[mycroft]

I can't find the quote - so maybe it's apocryphal, but someone (allegedly) once said to a dinner guest: "It is possible to be funny without being crude, and it is possible to be funny while being crude. I would suggest you be one or the other."

John Belushi's comedy - well, is a thing. He was very very good at it - one of the best. Not only the lines, but the timing and facial expressions. But if it isn't for you, it isn't for you; it isn't for everybody.

And the Lampoon wasn't for everybody either - I have "Bored of the Rings" (and used to have "Doon"), and read it regularly. The first half of the book is amazing (but a *very similar* comedy style to Animal House, so, yeah, that). They either ran out of jokes or interest there, though, so the last two thirds of the story is the last half of the book, and it's "extruded comedy product contractually required".

But if you haven't seen The Blues Brothers (the first one), maybe try that before giving up completely on Belushi. If it turns out you still hate his style of comedy (and it's definitely there), at least you can enjoy the music and the multi-car pileups. And the cameos, if you still remember 1980, are amazing.