Saturday Night Live, Actor Dan Aykroyd Autograph SNL DVD sleeve (In-Person)

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GHOSTBUSTERS, SNL ACTOR DAN AYKROYD SIGNED DVD SLEEVE
Dan Aykroyd Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd signed DVD sleeve in silver marker.
Obtained in person and we will provide our COA,
In new condition
Daniel Edward Aykroyd
,
CM
OOnt
(
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AK
-royd
; born July 1, 1952), is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, musician and filmmaker who was an original member of the "Not Ready for Prime Time Players" on
Saturday Night Live
(1975–1979). A musical sketch he performed with
John Belushi
on
SNL
,
the Blues Brothers
, turned into an actual performing band and then the 1980 film
The Blues Brothers
.
He conceived and starred in
Ghostbusters
(1984), which spawned a
sequel
and eventually an entire
media franchise
. In 1990, he was nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
for his work in the 1989 film
Driving Miss Daisy
. He starred in his own sitcom,
Soul Man
(1997–1998). Aykroyd is also a businessman, having co-founded the
House of Blues
chain of music venues and the
Crystal Head Vodka
brand.
Aykroyd was born on
Dominion Day
(July 1, which is now called
Canada Day
), 1952 at
The Ottawa Hospital
[2]
in
Ottawa
, Ontario, Canada.
[3]
He grew up in Ottawa, Canada's capital, where his father, Samuel Cuthbert Peter Hugh Aykroyd, a civil engineer, worked as a policy adviser to Canadian Prime Minister
Pierre Trudeau
. His mother, Lorraine Hélène (née Gougeon), was a secretary.
[3]
[4]
His mother was of
French Canadian
descent and his father is of English, Scottish, Irish, French and Dutch ancestry.
[5]
His brother,
Peter
, is also an actor.
Aykroyd was born with
syndactyly
, or
webbed toes
, which was revealed in the film
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
and in a short film on
Saturday Night Live
titled "Don't Look Back In Anger".
[6]
Aykroyd was raised in the Catholic Church, and until age 17 he intended to become a priest.
[7]
He attended
St. Pius X
and
St. Patrick's
high schools, and studied
criminology
and
sociology
at
Carleton University
, but dropped out before completing his degree. He worked as a comedian in various Canadian
nightclubs
and ran an after-hours
speakeasy
, Club 505, in Toronto for several years.
[8]
Aykroyd developed his musical career in Ottawa, particularly through his regular attendances at
The Owl
, a club that featured many blues artists. He describes these influences as follows:
there was a little disco club there called Le Hibou, which in French means 'the owl.' And it was run by a gentleman named
Harvey Glatt
, and he brought every, and I mean every, blues star that you or I would ever have wanted to have seen through Ottawa in the late '50s, well I guess more late '60s sort of, in around the Newport jazz rediscovery. I was going to Le Hibou and hearing
James Cotton
,
Otis Spann
,
Pinetop Perkins
, and
Muddy Waters
. I actually jammed behind Muddy Waters. S.P. Leary left the drum kit one night, and Muddy said 'anybody out there play drums? I don't have a drummer.' And I walked on stage and we started, I don't know,
Little Red Rooster
, something. He said 'keep that beat going, you make Muddy feel good.' And I heard
Howlin' Wolf
(Chester Burnett). Many, many times I saw Howlin' Wolf. As well as
the Doors
. And of course
Buddy Guy
, Buddy Guy and
Junior Wells
,
Sonny Terry
and
Brownie McGhee
. So I was exposed to all of these players, playing there as part of this scene to service the academic community in Ottawa, a very well-educated community. Had I lived in a different town I don't think that this would have happened, because it was just the confluence of educated government workers, and then also all the colleges in the area,
Ottawa University
,
Carleton
, and all the schools—these people were interested in blues culture.
[9]
[10]
Aykroyd's first professional experience, which he gained at the age of 17, was as a member of the cast of the short-lived Canadian sketch comedy series
The Hart and Lorne Terrific Hour
with
Lorne Michaels
, among others.
[11]
He was a member of the
Second City
comedy troupe in 1973 in both Toronto and Chicago.
[12]
Saturday Night Live
Aykroyd gained fame on the American late-night comedy show
Saturday Night Live
. He was originally hired, and paid 8 a week, as a writer for the show, but became a part of the cast before the series premiered. The original cast was referred to on the show as "The Not Ready For Prime Time Players". Aykroyd was the youngest member of the cast, and appeared on the show for its first four seasons, from 1975–1979. He brought a unique sensibility to the show, combining youth, unusual interests, talent as an
impersonator
, and an almost lunatic intensity. Guest host
Eric Idle
of
Monty Python
said that Aykroyd's ability to write and act out characters flawlessly made him the only member of the
SNL
cast capable of being a Python.
[13]
He was known for his impersonations of celebrities like
Jimmy Carter
,
Vincent Price
,
Richard Nixon
,
Rod Serling
,
Tom Snyder
,
Julia Child
, and others. He was also known for his recurring roles, such as Beldar, father of the
Coneheads
family; with
Steve Martin
, Yortuk Festrunk, one of the "Two Wild and Crazy Guys"
Czech
brothers; sleazy late-night cable TV host E. Buzz Miller and his cousin, corrupt maker of children's toys and costumes Irwin Mainway (who extolled the virtues and defended the safety of the "Bag-o-Glass" toy, perhaps the retail leader of the "Bag-o" series of toys); Fred Garvin – male prostitute; and high-bred but low-brow critic
Leonard Pinth-Garnell
. He also co-hosted the
Weekend Update
segment for one season with
Jane Curtin
, known particularly for their point-counterpoint debates enlivened with vicious personal insults including his
catchphrase
"Jane, you ignorant slut".
[14]
Aykroyd's eccentric talent was recognized by others in the highly competitive
SNL
environment: when he first presented his famous "Super Bass-O-Matic '76" sketch, a fake T.V. commercial in which a garish, hyper-pitchman touts a
food blender
that turns an entire
bass
into liquid pulp, "to [other writers and cast members] the 'Bass-O-Matic' was so exhilaratingly strange that many remember sitting and listening, open-mouthed ... Nobody felt jealous of it because they couldn't imagine writing anything remotely like it."
[15]
While Aykroyd was a close friend and partner with fellow cast member
John Belushi
and shared some of the same sensibilities, Aykroyd was more reserved and less self-destructive. Aykroyd later recalled that, unlike Belushi and other of his peers, he was uninterested in recreational drug use.
[16]
In 1977, he received an
Emmy Award
for writing on
SNL
; he later received two more nominations for writing and one for acting. In
Rolling Stone
'
s February 2015 appraisal of all 141
Saturday night live
cast members to date, Aykroyd was ranked fifth (behind Belushi,
Eddie Murphy
,
Tina Fey
, and
Mike Myers
). "Of all the original [
SNL
] greats, Aykroyd is the least imitated", they wrote, "because nobody else can do what he did."
[17]
In later decades, Aykroyd made occasional guest appearances and unannounced
cameos
on
SNL
, often impersonating the American politician
Bob Dole
. He would also bring back past characters including Irwin Mainway and Leonard Pinth-Garnell. In 1995, he appeared on the show to introduce a performance by Canadian rock band
The Tragically Hip
.
[18]
Aykroyd, who is a fan of the band, had personally lobbied
Lorne Michaels
to book them as a musical guest.
[19]
During some guest appearances he resurrected
the Blues Brothers
musical act with frequent host
John Goodman
in place of Belushi. He became the second member of the original cast to host
SNL
in May 2003 when he appeared in the season finale. During his monologue, he performed a musical number with
James Belushi
similar to the Blues Brothers, but neither Aykroyd nor Belushi donned the famous black suit and sunglasses. On March 24, 2007, Aykroyd appeared as a crying fan of
American Idol
finalist
Sanjaya Malakar
(played by
Andy Samberg
) during
Weekend Update
. On February 14, 2009, he appeared as U.S. House Minority leader
John Boehner
. Aykroyd also made a surprise guest appearance, along with many other
SNL
alumni, on the show of March 9, 2013.
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