He was 59.

 

RIP

Wow, that's a surprise. I'll have to put Breakfast Club on and toast his memory.

 

RIP

Wow, that's a surprise. I'll have to put Breakfast Club on and toast his memory.

 

RIP

 

Don't you forget about me... RIP.

Don't you forget about me... RIP.

 

Are you calling me a Simple Mind?

 

His movies define the 80s.

 

I met him once at the Fireside Bowl on Fullerton. His son was playing in a band. True story.

 

RIP.

That sucks. So many good movies. He wrote a movie called "Reach the Rock". Its one of my favorites.

No More Candles

Planes, Trains and Hearses

Ferris Bueller's Day Off'd

 

 

Too soon?

I live a minute from Shermer Road. It's really cool to see my high school and others in the area in his movies. Breakfast Club is a classic. RIP

I live a minute from Shermer Road. It's really cool to see my high school and others in the area in his movies. Breakfast Club is a classic. RIP

Yeah, I actually went to New Trier, in the late 80's. Felt like Hughes was somehow, oddly, intruding in our lives. Still though, RIP.

 

I never understood how Cameron in Ferris Bueller wore a Red Wings jersey in Chicago and never got pummeled.

I never understood how Cameron in Ferris Bueller wore a Red Wings jersey in Chicago and never got pummeled.

I hated that.

Obviously Cameron was a commie.

I hated that.

 

But you let the whole Cubbie love thing slide?

 

I wonder if Wirtz wouldn't allow Hughes to use the logo or something.

I wonder if Wirtz wouldn't allow Hughes to use the logo or something.

 

If it is commercial apparel, logo use cannot be stopped. The filmmakers can opt not to use a logoed product if they didn't get the product placement $$ they may have been looking for, but if you want an on-film character to wear the commercial apparel of a particular team, you have every right to do that.

But you let the whole Cubbie love thing slide?

 

 

On the Ferris DVD Hughes is sure to point out, quite vehemently, that he is a diehard White Sox fan and that he hated using the Cubs anf Wrigley. But he wanted a real game, and it called for a day game. The Sox were not going to be in town on the day that he had permission, if I am not mistaken. There are reasons why it was the Cubs and Hughes hated having to show them instead. But Hughes himself was very strong in stating he is a Sox fan.

On the Ferris DVD Hughes is sure to point out, quite vehemently, that he is a diehard White Sox fan and that he hated using the Cubs anf Wrigley. But he wanted a real game, and it called for a day game. The Sox were not going to be in town on the day that he had permission, if I am not mistaken. There are reasons why it was the Cubs and Hughes hated having to show them instead. But Hughes himself was very strong in stating he is a Sox fan.

Sounds like the path to Hell and good intentions and all that. . .

 

That is an interesting sidenote, and it helps somewhat ease my guilt over enjoying the film.

 

I also think the Red Wings jersey on Cameron actually fits perfectly with the character. It never occured to be before, but it helps show how "lost" he is, how misguided he really is.

 

 

I also think the Red Wings jersey on Cameron actually fits perfectly with the character. It never occured to be before, but it helps show how "lost" he is, how misguided he really is.

Or that he just liked Gordie Howe, one of the true greats to ever lace 'em up.

John Hughes is the North Shore.

John Hughes is the North Shore.

Or more accurately, the North Shore made John Hughes.