State-supported college education means that students take a John Belushi-like seven years to complete the work of four.

FORBES: The Scandinavian Model

This club is symbolized by John Belushi, who emerged from the suburbs in 1970 with a creative, manic, no-holds barred style.

BBC: Chicago's cutting-edge comedy

But, like John Belushi and the other pranksters from Animal House, the creatures of Wall Street, no matter how awful their actions, continue to roam free.

FORBES: Feds Put Wall Street On 'Double Secret Probation'

Donal Logue plays Dex, the portly and lovable hero, as a kind of threatless John Belushi no one is wary of him or his bulk, and women, in particular, are drawn to his bed in spite of themselves.

NEWYORKER: The Tao of Steve

The central pairing sounds full of promise, but, with Galifianakis gazing blearily upon the world like a dopey, less explosive John Belushi, and Downey bristling with nervous frustration beside him, the movie is in dire need of a straight man.

NEWYORKER: Due Date

At the climax of the 1980 movie "The Blues Brothers, " hundreds of gun-toting police officers, state troopers and other riotous authority figures scramble after John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as they calmly ride a Chicago City Hall elevator while being soothed by a piped-in instrumental version.

WSJ: The Elusive Girl From Ipanema