I don't know if there is a gene for comedy, but my dad was a very funny man.... He just didn't know it. He was a naturally funny character, and when my brother and I would laugh at things he said and did, he would say, 'What do you think is so funny?'
The Chicago Tribune, October 26, 2012, ""Belushis: Funny is in their bones: Jim, son Robert and stand-up Kyle Lane team up to create intimate Comedy Bar on Ontario Street"
Chicago's Comedy Bar is a family business for Jim Belushi and son