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In the early years of the 1970s comedy TV show Saturday Night Live, John Belushi portrayed an archetypal samurai — he had a dedicated concept of honor, spoke only (mock) Japanese, and wielded a katana.
Oct 3, 2013 · In the first appearance of Samurai Futaba (John Belushi), a customer (Chevy Chase) checks into a hotel where the desk clerk (Belushi) and bellboy (Richard Pryor) are sword-wielding...
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- Saturday Night Live
This video edit of a collection of various clips of the late great John Belushi as Samurai Futaba, a character he played on Saturday Night Live from 1975 to 1979.
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- ™GROWING BELUSHI
Oct 3, 2013 · Subscribe to SaturdayNightLive: http://j.mp/1bjU39d Samurai Futaba: http://j.mp/1dX1qkT SEASON 3: http://j.mp/1dX179y Classic Characters: http://j.mp/1dWXmRN John Belushi takes a stab at...
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- Saturday Night Live
john belushi and buck henry on saturday night live, 1976.
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Samurai Futaba was an early SNL character portrayed by John Belushi, he appeared between 1975-1979. The sketch follows a katana wielding samurai who, while speaking faux-Japanese, performs various jobs such as a bell hop and a baker.
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Over his four-year tenure at SNL Belushi developed a series of successful characters, including the belligerent Saturday Night Live Samurai; Henry Kissinger; Ludwig van Beethoven; the Greek owner (Pete Dionisopoulos) of the Olympia Café; Captain James T. Kirk; and a contributor of furious opinion pieces on Weekend Update, during which he ...
