Dan Aykroyd

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q105221: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as writer, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they wrote, which the two lists below run through too: Ghostbusters (1984). Count them as actor (7 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Michael Ovitz: 1 line

industry (super-packaging precedent) · through Ghostbusters (1984), which they wrote: Michael Ovitz ⇒ Ghostbusters (the host's read). Ovitz's famous packaging example: assembling the cast, director and effects on paper and forcing studios to bid, as with Ghostbusters.
“His famous example of this is that he puts together like Ghostbusters and goes to all of the studios and is like, like, it's on everyone's table, you know, like, start bidding.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 0:57:34 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Ghostbusters (1984), which they wrote: Ghostbusters ⇒ Ghostbusters: Afterlife (the host's read). Afterlife is a revival of the original series by Ivan Reitman's son, loaded with its mythology.
“This is Jason Reitman's revivification of his father, Ivan Reitman's famed film series.”
The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:02:45 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

Jason Reitman: 1 line

people (people) · through Ghostbusters (1984), which they wrote: Ghostbusters ⇒ Jason Reitman (the host's read). Reitman has said he wants to honor his father's franchise; Jason was on set of some of the originals.
“Jason Reitman was on the set of some of these movies”
The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:16:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Pixels (2015): 1 line

unmapped (tonal model) · through Ghostbusters (1984), which they wrote: Ghostbusters ⇒ Pixels (the host's read). Pixels is called a Ghostbusters knockoff, with Adam Sandler trying to do Ghostbusters with Chris Columbus.
“Hixels is Ghostbusters.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber · 1:48:24 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Writing (1) everyone in writing

writer, Ghostbusters (The Big Picture, ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies)

Acting (7) everyone in acting

co-star, Spies Like Us (The Rewatchables, ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
actor, Trading Places (The Rewatchables, ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
actor, Behind the Candelabra (The Big Picture, ‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard’ and Top Five Music Biopics)
actor, Ghostbusters: Afterlife (The Big Picture, ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies)
grocer, Grosse Pointe Blank (Blank Check — Patreon, The Killer with Marie Bardi (Ad-Free))
co-lead, Loose Cannons (Blank Check — Patreon, The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free))
lead (Joe Friday, Jr.), Dragnet (Blank Check — Patreon, Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free))

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

career (career): Eddie Murphy → Dan Aykroyd. Trading Places was a Dan Aykroyd movie; Eddie got Beverly Hills Cop only two weeks before shooting.
“Trading Places was a Dan Ackroyd movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:16:15 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.