Michael O'Donoghue/John Belushi- Interview 1977 

Thanks so much! Belushi interviews are so rare

Michael O'Donoghue (January 5, 1940 - November 8, 1994) was an American writer and performer. He was known for his dark and destructive style of comedy and humor, and was a major contributor to National Lampoon magazine. He was the first head writer of Saturday Night Live and the first performer to deliver a line on the series.

Steve Allen reactions is truly epic and priceless!

BELUSHI is the best ever in the 70s on live tv. He touched multiple multiple generation since and even now

This interview is madness.

Seriously thank you SO MUCH for the upload. Have been wanting to watch this interview since first reading about it years ago. Super funny. O'D is awesome :)

This is from an episode of Midday with Bill Boggs, a local NYC program. O'Donoghue was one of the most savage writers National Lampoon Magazine ever had. By the time he came to SNL's debut in 1975 as head writer (with Chevy Chase), he had already established himself as, like other Lampoon writer/editors such as the equally legendary Doug Kenney, one of America's greatest satirists. Belushi had also worked with O'Donoghue on the Lampoon Radio Hour in 1973. Most forget that all SNL really was when it debuted was National Lampoon Magazine, the TV version.

THANK YOU so much for posting this

Awesome! This is on my playlist. Ty to the channel owner for posting the Albanian Tasmanian coked up devil!

Holy Moly what did I just watch...? Awesome

WOW, This is a blast from the past. The NYC I remember.

Interviewer's name is Bill Boggs...he's the only person still alive on that stage as of 11/30/20

Belushi was a legend!!!

2:20 “you talking to me” “I’m talking to you there’s nobody else here”

John Belushi was so CUTE!!! 🥰

09:22 John Belushi “ Nice beard you know the 60s are over don’t you” That’s 77’ Punk Rock Right F’n there maaan That epitomizes the Athos of the 1977 CBGB’s punk rock scene that he was part of shortly after became friends with not only the Dead Boys but Lee Ving of FEAR

This is gold !!!

What a RARE FIND !😉✌

never saw this, i thought i saw everything belushi did ,thank you

Wow, thanks for this interview! At 4:22, they brought performers on drugs and he instantly tried to think of what to say while looking down and at 7:02, talked on how they affect stage presence and at this time he was already 2-3 years into his cocaine/heroin addiction. If only he wasn’t in denial and had the knowledge to stop. There’s not many of like them and won’t ever be. He was so talented, loved by so many, and a huge influence on some of the greatest actors and comedians that have walked the earth.... and so far ahead of his time. I was so hurt hearing he died on the news... He impacted so many. Unfortunately, just like Farley, they both had certain personas they had to live up to on the camera. He was one of the biggest stars in the comedy scene at his time and drugs were plentiful, free (or cheap), and I’m sure he got the strongest of them during the 70s - early 80s. When you are being offered and given drugs almost everywhere became a serious addiction fast and he struggled for 7 slow and, in my opinion, miserable years until his death. With his addiction and the field of work he was in, it becomes a life line for every problem- ie. mood, long hours of work, anxieties, stage freight, confidence, sleep deprivation, depression etc. When you don’t the drugs as a life line, he probably could not see himself as the same comedian and person he was not only on camera but in everyday life to cause an inevitable death. If only he didn’t hang out with Cathy that night, she shot him up with 11 speedballs and finished by injecting him with straight heroin. He is missed by many even to this day and his work will forever be eternalized. Rest In Peace Bluto/Joliet. Forever a legend.

One of the most bizzare interviews I've ever seen

They just light up and puff away...how times have changed

Michael O'Donoghue was a genius

"claudine longet ski tournament" loved that bit

Of all these people Belushi was the confirmed drug user, and he was, ironically, the most correct about drugs. He had no illusions it was related to his comic ability at all.

that unprofessional woman who came on to interrupt things seemed to set Belushi off on a rampage at the end..

I’m watching Belushi being interviewed and then Steve Allen suddenly appears lol

Possibly both Belushi and O'Donoghue are so intelligent they need the marijuana to slow their brains enough to focus on one creative thought at a time.

pagesix.com/2017/12/11/remembering-john-belushis-wild-midday-live-interview/ A link to read about the circumstances behind this program

Michael O' Donahue doin" the Hunter S. Thompson bald short hair look of the 70's.

11:18 oooooh, that bombed so hard. Michael was too ahead of his time. The crowd sounds like they're all still Silent Generation or Depression era people. It sounds more normal now.

Gotta love the dark shades on these guys during the interview .

Weird they're talking about drug use and working and belushi died from an overdose

John getting crazy! Pours water on the host, kicks over/breaks the table.

This interview is very haunting knowing what happens to Belushi

5:09 haha. Everybody knew Carson did blow.

Midday Live 1977 with host Bill Boggs

Is the host confusing Belushi with Andy Kaufman with the demand for an Elvis impression?

Wow.

Steve Allen talks about this interview in his book More Funny People and mentions that Belushi only could project Agressiveness but not charm

I think just maybe ...these guys are on the dope.

Michael & John with the deadly tobacco drug which helped kill both of them AND David Brenner, too.

Brings back that horrid feeling of cocaine use.

It's never a good sign, when host talks more than his guests.

Whoever that interviewer is he looks alot like Will Ferrell.

Miss you John...

Allen and Belushi sitting next to each other in the same interview. A very uneasy one, but a rarity nonetheless.

Chainsmoking, in sunglasses. When wasn't Belushi totally high? 😒😎

water everywhere and table smashed. That's belushi saying: this is what you get for putting me out there.. LOL

They did not prebook belushi , and he had been partying all night , so he was a bit worse for wear here.

Look at the way she rubs her nose. I think the redhead was on blow. 11:38

Talented man, high as fuck right here little does he know he'll be dead in five years

Good weed and sunglasses....

John Belushi (Chicago, Illinois, 24 de enero de 1949-Los Ángeles, California, 5 de marzo de 1982) fue un actor, comediante y músico estadounidense, conocido por sus actuaciones en el dúo musical The Blues Brothers (Los hermanos del Blues), junto al comediante canadiense Dan Aykroyd, y por su famosa parodia de la película, en la que él había participado, titulada Animal House en el programa televisivo estadounidense Saturday Night Live.

Will Ferrell hosting

Y’all remember when SNL was funny!!

This nigga said "I take 3 Nytols". :D

Belushi and O'Donoghue both from Doug Kenney’s National Lampoon.

You could see the changes in John because of his drug use. Very sad

did you cath the guy on the left Mike Odonahue holding the iphone taking a selfie @9:47 TIME TRAVEL EXISTS BRING JOHN BACK

This is not the perfect audience for high octane John. More of an intervention.

All these voices could not disable the goo pepper.

John why didn’t you get help

Oh wow - brain freeze - who was the host? It escapes me ...

BELUSHI and the Host hate each other you can tell on camera together

What just happened?

The girl was the most coked up of all of them

😂😂😂🐐

They are really open about pot... but nothing on cocain.

13:00 "You know the words." Apparently not.

It looked like that could turn violent.

These guys are beyond full of themselves. Steve Allen is smarter than anyone else sitting there. Two telling things about Belushi; as soon as female performers/writers were brought up at 2:00, he said "forget it; they won't come, they said they don't like you". According to Jane Curtain, Belushi went out of his way to prevent women writer's material from being used on the show, saying "women can't be funny", right in front of their faces; including Jane Curtain and the others. The Only female performer he didn't insult was Gilda Radner, for some unknown reason. Also, at 8:00, Belushi says "You're overemphasizing this whole drug use thing". Belushi got to the point where he was so stoned he could barely perform during the show, and died from a heroin overdose four years after this. Here's the eerie part: they wrote a part for Belushi on the show called "Don't Look Back in Anger", shot in black and white, where he plays an old 80 year-old Jewish version of himself, at a cemetery, where all the other SNL performers were buried. He'd outlived them all. He goes over to Garrett Morris's grave and says "poor Garrett; died of a heroin overdose in 1980". He got a big laugh from that. John Belushi died of a heroin overdose in 1982.

Rare to see John without Dan dominating the interview like a pest

John was hot. God damn

Interviewer has no control over the interview or guiding the direction....aghh...

Good lord belushi. 12:03 "ive never hit a woman before. But uhh..."

Who's that jaggoff host who won't shut up?

Back when people smoked on tv talk show.

1:58

13:35 I don't do it as well as as Andy Kaufman, he does much better. Great call by Belushi about Elvis.

The Bellz

Is that Will Farrell ????

CAPTAIN BA BA LU JOHNNY LUC BELUSHI ARCHER***GRIMM GRANNIES GET YUR BATS*SEMPER FI BLUES BROTHER*COBRA KAI*

This host believes he is the biggest star in the room.

It’s not Saturday night it’s Saturday night live

"why don't u get a job huh" looool

I get the impression that Belushi is offensive smelling .... i mean he smells bad.

the interviewer looks like ferrell - weird.

Looked like the woman was trying to get coke from John or for him

👍👌🇦🇱🇺🇸🤙🤘

Coke glasses

Was John on drugs here, or was he just showing off, lol?

Belushi was Three Stooges on drugs funny, not a comic genius

belushi is coked out

Want to know why Boomers are insufferable? They started out in the 70s like this writer dude.

Brenner and Allen are funny--the other two, not really.

So that's why SNL isn't funny anymore.

Y’all remember when SNL was funny!!