Well, Christopher Borrelli, a John Belushi fan on par with me, was in Chicago and determined to set out to retrace or find Belushi's past in town.
The hotel clerk did not know of any Belushi statue, but maybe he should go over to Second City. Surely they would have something about one of their most famous alums. The had only a painting of him on a mural of other second City stars.
They told him to go over and check out the Billy Goat Tavern near the Tribune building. Of course, that was was the skit where Belushi did his famous "Ceezbooger, Cheezbooger" imitation of its Greek cooks which has made the place such a tourist attraction. They did have some stuff, but no statue and, "no fries, no Coke! Just cheeps."
"Many years later, there are no Belushi memorials or honorary whatevers in Chicago."
He did say there were fiberglass Blues Brothers statues until recently at the A Concourse at Chicago's Midway Airport and at Celebrity Salon in Evanston. (There are also a fiberglass Blues brothers at the Polka Dot Inn in Braidwood, Illinois, on the famous Route 66.)
At Calumet Fisheries on East 95th Street, beside the bridge that the Blues Brothers leaped in the film, there is a shrine to the movie.
--Cooter
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