- Emmy Award, Writer "Saturday Night Live"
- Gold Record, "Briefcase Full of Blues"
- Platinum Record, "Briefcase Full of Blues"
- Gold Record, "The Blues Brothers" Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Fourth Annual Jack Benny Award – UCLA
- Golden Reel Award
- Crawdaddy magazine Most Dangerous Man on Television
- Rolling Stone magazine Best Dressed
- Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (April 1, 2004)