Jim Belushi as Abe Froman???
Jim Belushi is not the “Sausage King of Chicago”. But it sure seems like he is campaigning to be! For the past couple of years, everywhere I turn, this extremely unfunny, tubby actor jams his face onto the TV screen during Cubs games, Bears games, Monday Night Football intros and interviews. He even has his picture up at the majority of Portillo’s Hot Dog stands around the greater Chicagoland area. (Believe me, that is not the image I wanna see before stuffing my face with a juicy beef/sausage combo.)
Here is a message for Jim and his Hollywood brethren that humor him:
“FUCK YOU, JIM BELUSHI – LEAVE US ALONE! WE DON’T WANT YOU AS A CHICAGO CELEBRITY ICON! YOU ARE AN EMBARRASSEMENT TO US AND YOURSELF!”
It is his Destiny?
I have no idea how Jim has been living off the short-lived, yet talented career of his brother for this long. How is he still finding work after such stinkers as Red Heat and Mr. Destiny?
I wish my destiny was to be a talentless slob that falls into fame and fortune. (I have the talentless slob part down…still working on the latter!)
I wish he would just let me watch a Cubs or Bears game without seeing his mug.
Why me?
Maybe he has a personal vendetta against me and he doesn’t know it. Example: My brother and I went out to Boston for a wedding in August and we were fortunate enough to get tickets to a Red Sox/Angels game. It was a beautiful night, perfect for a game of baseball at Fenway.
When all of a sudden, the PA announcer says, “Throwing out the first pitch tonight is comedian, Jim Belushi!” Amongst the less than enthusiastic cheers from the Red Sox Nation, I almost burst into tears. “LEAVE ME ALONE!” I sobbed. Of course, Jim soaking up as much time as he could, walked to the mound and proceeded to do a very stale and predictable “pitcher routine”.
Comedy Gold
Can you guess what he did!?!?……..That’s right! He stood on the mound, pretended to shake off the catcher’s signals (FUNNY), did a couple of fake windups (HILARIOUS), then threw to first base for the pick-off (HISTARICAL!). He then got the ball back, did a couple more fake windups and then threw a crappy pitch to home plate and left with his arms up in the air, listening to his fans cheer him off the field. What a joke. This guy gets paid millions of dollars and does a Bugs Bunny shtick.
Time for a change
Jim Belushi, your time is up. That is enough. Stop embarrassing yourself and leave us hard-working, Chicagoans alone. Chicago deserves a more popular celebrity face. One that can compete with LA’s Nicholson or NYs Spike Lee.
It is time for some other Chicago-born and/or raised celebs to step up and take over as our celebrity leader. There are a handful of these celebs that are seen sporadically at games or around the city…but they haven’t stepped up to the “Jim Belushi-force-yourself-down-the-throat-of-Chicago” plate yet.
So I am looking at you, John Cusack and, you, Bill Murray. STEP IT UP! A Michael Madsen would be cool or how about the hot Jenny McCarthy? I’d even take more Joe Mantegna or even Mr. T!!!
If these celebs won’t step up, then maybe Chicagoans have to do it themselves. I guess I’ll start the rally cry:
“YOU HERE THAT CHICAGO??? THAT IS THE WORLD LAUGHING AT US!”
Jim Belushi….you suck.
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