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Weiss has been the President and Vice Chairman of the X Prize Foundation since 1996. Credits. Kentucky Fried Movie (1977): producer, actor; The Blues Brothers (1980): producer; Police Squad! (TV series, 1982): producer; Doctor Detroit (1983): producer
His name was mentioned in Blues Brothers 2000 (1998) by Elwood Blues (Dan Aykroyd) as being a famous blues mentor. This was an in-joke, as Weiss was a producer of the original The Blues Brothers (1980) film.
- Producer, Writer, Additional Crew
- Robert K. Weiss
Jan 21, 2024 · With the film's production start date two months away, Universal Pictures Vice-President Ned Tannen and producer Robert K. Weiss determined a full re-write was necessary. Working furiously to...
- John Landis
- John Belushi
Overview. Birth name. Robert Kenneth Weiss. Mini Bio. Robert K. Weiss is known for Tommy Boy (1995), Nothing But Trouble (1991) and The Blues Brothers (1980). Trivia. His name was mentioned in Blues Brothers 2000 (1998) by Elwood Blues ( Dan Aykroyd) as being a famous blues mentor.
Feb 6, 1998 · “Who’s Robert K. Weiss?” someone asks. Elwood doesn’t answer, but Weiss is an old friend of Landis’, and the producer of both “The Blues Brothers” and the earlier “Kentucky Fried Movie.”...
Apr 1, 2024 · Donald "Duck" Dunn: Who is Robert K. Weiss? Elwood Blues: Turn your backs now and you snuff out the fragile candles of blues, R&B and soul, and when those flames flicker and expire, the light of the world is extinguished because the music which has moved mankind through seven decades leading to the millennium will wither and die on the vine of ...
Jul 28, 2011 · Producer Robert K. Weiss had visited Chicago before while studying Film and TV Production at Southern Illinois University. The Blues Brothers is a very American movie," said Landis.
