Comedian Dan Aykroyd Rides into Jamestown

A few hundred people were on hand in Jamestown Friday evening to see comedy legend Dan Aykroyd ride his 1971 Harley-Davidson one last time up to the entrance of the National Comedy Center, which will be the motorcycle's new home. Aykroyd got the motorcycle in his Canadian hometown and wound up riding it to and from NBC Studios when he worked on "Saturday Night Live" from 1975-1979. With people mobbed around him, he talked about some of the people who rode with him often...

Dan Aykroyd: who rode with him

The coup was pulled off by Comedy Center Executive Director Journey Gunderson while she was visiting Aykroyd two years ago in Santa Monica, California, and they were talking over lunch...

Journey Gunderson: sitting down with Dan Aykroyd

The Aykroyd event took place prior to two huge shows by stand-up comedian and actress Amy Schumer at the Northwest Arena.

 

Photo by the Post-Journal

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