'Wasn't That Special' Season Four Clips Package
Let it never be said that Wasn’t That Special doesn’t do investigative reporting. This week, Christian headed to the Billy Goat Tavern to see if they still do the “cheeseburger, cheeseburger, cheeseburger” bit as made famous in the Olympia Restaurant sketches.
Answer: They do not.
Here is what the inside looks like:
And one of the famous cheeseborgers:
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Here are some of the materials we discuss throughout the Season Four episode:
Fred Garvin, Male Prostitute:
The French Chef:
Superhero Party:
Name the Bats:
Roseanne Roseannadanna on King Tut:
Father Guido Sarducci:
Blues Brothers, “Soul Man:”
Newsday TV Critic Marvin Kitman crushes Belushi and Aykroyd for leaving SNL: (9/26/1979)
“I blame Belushi for the defections, which will affect American culture more than 25 ballet dancers jumping rope. Belushi dragged Aykroyd with him - the samurai instigator fink…
This explains his performance last season. ‘Mr. Ego’ as Diane Kistel of Valley Stream dubbed him, spent all last season worrying about his movie career. No wonder the Olympia diner skits were mundane, his samurai superstar-big shot skits were stale. But I loved him anyway.
Why was Belushi quitting? A source said he was mad at TV Guide for saying he ate a phone booth. Another says it’s all his agent’s fault. He keeps whispering in his cauliflower ears, ‘You’re a star, baby.’ But it’s probably the money, the big Hollywood bucks. Money is a drug. Under the influence of money, Belushi is the sort of guy who will do or say anything.
What really stunned me is Aykroyd going over the side with Belushi. He had come down with a bad case of Belushi-itis or inflated head. He could also be addicted to money.”
(Editor’s note: Money was not the drug to which Belushi was addicted.)
