Shaffer occasionally teamed up with the Not Ready for Prime-Time Players off the show, as well, including work on Gilda Radner's highly successful Broadway show and as the musical director for John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd whenever they recorded or performed as the Blues Brothers. Shaffer was to appear in the duo's 1980 film, but as he revealed in October 2009 on "CBS Sunday Morning", Belushi dropped him from the project. In a memo to fellow "SNL" colleagues, Belushi said that he was unhappy that Shaffer was spending so much time on a studio record for Radner. Belushi said that he had tried to talk Shaffer out of working on the album in the first place to avoid sharing Shaffer's talents with another "SNL"-related project. Shaffer later reported that he was in (unrequited) love with Gilda Radner. He went on to appear in 1998's "Blues Brothers 2000".