Miscellaneous Articles
The following articles are exclusive to The First Church of Dan Aykroyd, so please don't copy them from this site.
Exclusive Articles
- For a "Retiring" Actor, Aykroyd Sure Stays Busy
- Article about Dan's attempt to retire from acting.
- Latest Claim to Fame
- Short article about inductees to the Canadian Walk of Fame, of which Aykroyd was one.
- Dan Aykroyd Quitting Hollywood
- A short article about Dan's intention to leave the business.
- "Dan Aykroyd: Sidelights"
- Article about Dan's carerr, focusing mostly on SNL and The Blues Brothers
- "Aykroyd's Got Soul, Man"
- Article from the Newfoundland Herald about "Soul Man" and Dan's life.
- "How Much is a Pint of Milk?"
- A Q&A session with Dan from a UK magazine.
- "Aykroyds: Father and Son Write for the Fun of It."
- Short article about Dan and his father's book.
- Dan Aykroyd: AKA Elwood Blues Live at the Hard Rock
- Interview with Dan from "Hard Rock Cafe" magazine.
- Short article about Dan and his father's book.
- Dan Aykroyd and the Art of Motorcycle
- Article by Dan about an artist's paintings of motorcycles.
- SCTV: Behind the Scenes
- Excerpts from Dave Thomas's book SCTV: Behind the Scenes
- Offscreen With Dan Aykroyd
- Article about Dan's Ontario retreat, from a Canadian magazine.
- Lifestyles of the Rich and Funny
- Interview with Dan and Chevy Chase
- The Joint's Jumpin'
- Article about the opening of the Sunset Strip House of Blues.
- Tribute to Kirk Douglas: Dan Aykroyd
- Dan's speech for the Screen Actors Guild Awards tribute to Kirk Douglas.
- Blues For Dummies: Dan Aykroyd
- Dan's introduction to the book Blues For Dummies
- Enter Whining
- Excerpts from Fran Drescher's book Enter Whining. Dan and Donna Dixon are mentioned frequently.
- Renew Yourself
- Short article about Donna Dixon, Dan and celebrity fitness programs.
- Dan Aykroyd: All-Round Second Banana
- Interview with Dan from a European magazine. The interview was at the time of the release of Ghostbusters, a time when Dan granted few print interviews.
- Entertaining Canadians
- Dan's entry from the book Entertaining Canadians, a fairly hard-to-find encyclopedia of Canadian entertainers.
- Laughing on the Outside: The Life of John Candy
- Excerpts from the biography of John Candy (just excerpts about John Candy and his frienship w/Dan).
- Dictionary of American Comedy: Dan Aykroyd
- Dan's entry in the Dictionary of American Comedy.
- "Our Danny Boy"
- Great interview with Dan from Ottawa Magazine, 1992.
- Nightmares of the Rich and Famous: Dan Aykroyd
- Dan's contribution to Heavy Metal Magazine's column, "Nightmares of the Rich and Famous."
- Spook Stalker
- An interview with Dan's brother, Peter Aykroyd. Includes info about Dan, of course.
- Architectural Digest Visits: Dan Aykroyd
- Article about Dan Aykroyd and Donna Dixon and their farmhouse in Ontario, from Architectural Digest.
- Architectural Digest Visits: Dan Aykroyd--The Photo Tour
- This includes the photographs of Dan's farmhouse as well as the captions that are not included in the text of the article above.
- Easyrider
- From Maclean's magazine, this discusses Dan's involvement with the CBC Tv's AVRO Arrow series, Dan's Canadian pride and citizenship, etc.
- Resident Alien
- Also from Maclean's, an interview with Dan and discussion of the Coneheads movie.
- Typecasting
- Discusses Dan's film Sneakers and Dan's own interest in technology and security.
- "Messin' with the Kid", The Rolling Stone Interview
- An interview from February 1979
- Dan Aykroyd: The Playboy Interview
- The interview from Playboy,August 1993.
- "Turnin' it Loose with Dan Aykroyd", People Weekly, May 16, 1994.
- Short article about Aykroyd and company opening the Sunset Strip House of Blues.
Public Domain Articles
- JAM articles with Dan Aykroyd
- A collection of articles with Dan that have appeared at the Canadian online magazine Jam
- Dan Aykroyd's Other Business Interest
- Short piece about Dan's success in the restaurant business.
- Dan Aykroyd Chat Transcript, Nov. 3, 1998.
- This is the transcript from People Online's Chat with Dan Aykroyd, Nov. 3. 1998.
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