Dan Aykroyd

Dan Aykroyd shares the inspiration for the Blues Brothers. Writer Alan Zweibel remembers working with Gilda Radner. Al Franken recalls a sketch that got pulled. Jon Lovitz talks about master thespian.

As part of the first cast of Saturday Night Live, Dan Aykroyd helped bring the Coneheads and the Blues Brothers to life.

He went on to star in a number of films, including Trading Places and Grosse Pointe Blank. He also received an Academy Award nomination for his role in Driving Miss Daisy.

We talk with Aykroyd about his two latest projects: the book Elwood's Blues: Interviews with the Blues Legends and Stars, and the upcoming movie Christmas with the Kranks.