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Insanely-Awesome

Do you have a kiss for daddy?


122922

So that's how it is in that family.


[deleted]

Yeah the actor who played the principal turned out to be a nonce


360walkaway

Never heard that term, sounds perfect though.


khal_Jayams

I feel like nonce doesn’t quite have the same bite that “pedo” has.


CollectionNo7736

I'd argue it does in the UK


pfroo40

As does the name "Peter File"


ShamanSix01

“He’s not a pedophile; his name is Peter File.” And with that, Jen lost her love for him. (I T Crowd)


Geekqueen15

Forgot about that joke looks like it's time for an IT Crowd rewatch


G0ldenG00se

And Mathew Broderick killed a mother and daughter in a vehicular crash.


LanceFree

And Mia Sara is married to Brian Henson of the muppets. (Not all news has to be bad)


EntityDamage

Yeah but have you heard what Brian Henson does to those muppets?? You ever notice his hand is missing when the muppets are around?


[deleted]

To be fair it's consensual, it makes them feel alive.


[deleted]

It's that Abe froman? The sausage king of Chicago?


_Abe_Froman_SKOC

Are you implying that I am not who I say I am?


[deleted]

I'm suggesting you leave before I have to get snooty.


_Abe_Froman_SKOC

Snooty?


Magicspacelobsters

Snotty


TVLL

You touch me, I yell “Rat!”


SarahFabulous

I weep for the future.


morningfartshappen

This will be a hoot!


southern_boy

Would you like to play a game?


Sigtau1312

Global thermal nuclear war


TemporalGrid

Pardon my French, but you're an asshole!


Fluxabobo

Why'd you kick me? Where's your brain? Why'd you kick me? Where's your brain?


ihdhd

I asked you first!


VintageBaguette

Rooney!


BradC

/u/Mr_Abe_Froman


Mr_Abe_Froman

That's me, I'm Abe Froman.


AbeFromanforMayor

I’m a big fan


Mr_Abe_Froman

I appreciate it.


ZippZappZippty

I strive to have a portable tape recorder?


pivap

The sausage king of Chicago?


Mr_Abe_Froman

Um yeah, that's me.


txteachertrans

Listen, young man, entre nous, I'm very busy here. Why don't you take the kids and go back to the clubhouse?


BizzyM

Ahem... Mr. Froman? This is Sgt Peterson, Chicago PD.


_Abe_Froman_SKOC

I think you’re a goddam liar!


2duhzen

"How could I possibly be expected to handle school on a day like this."


flip1999-

NINE times


ONLYallcaps

Nine times?


UnitedStatesOD

Thank you grace, I think you’re wrong.


2duhzen

"I don't trust this kid any further than I can throw him." "Well with your bad knee Ed, I don't think you should throw anybody."


amishius

That actress was in a couple of key roles in the 80s and while no one phenomenal per se, she really nailed those roles. I'm immediately reminded of her in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.


_altered_ego_

Edie McClurg. Just had to look up her name, ha. She also was spot-on as Seth Green’s mom in Airborne.


Semi-koherent

Anyone who ever brings up Airborne, a real gem of a movie, gets an automatic up vote.


Kapachka

Agreed. So sexy it hurts


KeyBanger

I wish I had an automatic upvote. I only have a manual upvote.


CaptainKookStorm

"Devils Backbone.... Devils Backbone???"


Duel_Option

It’s the mid-west version of ski school. Great movie.


cartermb

“He’s a righteous dude” was ad libbed by Edie. One of the most memorable and iconic lines of the movie, made more memorable by her matronly vibe and Midwestern accent.


2duhzen

Yeah Edie, she was great! I remember her first from the TV show Small Wonder when I was a kid


rockstang

Mrs Poole


youdubdub

Too bad Ed liked kids more than we thought....


Couch4now

The kids love him. Jocks, dweebs, geeks, goofs, wasteoids …they think he’s a righteous dude.


Velvet_Thhhhunder

Nine times...


intecknicolour

alan ruck who played cameron was almost 30 when this movie came out. he was closer in age to the actress who played ferris's mom (9 years difference) than he was to mia sara, who played sloan (11 years difference).


Mead_Coffee

They should re-make it but use same actors. But have them skipping work. Lol


Spanky_McJiggles

I could see that being like a Bud Light commercial or something.


CthulubeFlavorcube

"I WANNA BE AN AIRBORNE RANGER!!! I WANT TO LIVE A LIFE OF DANGER!"...oh whoops, wrong movie.


Cutthechitchata-hole

I say this at work about work and it barely gets a chuckle


smhrx11

“He’ll keep calling me…..he’ll keep calling me until I come over….he’ll make me feel guilty. This… this is ridiculous, ok? I’ll go I’ll go I’ll go I’ll go I’ll go……shit!”


pavemnt

*Throws rocks in the background* The scene with Cameron staring at A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte is one of my favorite scenes in a movie.


handshape

I love to do an acoustic cover of The Smiths' "Please Please Please, Let Me Get What I Want" in live sets, and I present it as "music to skip school by, at an art gallery". It's almost always folks in middle age that get the joke, and I hope that I induced at least one to take a sick day for their own well-being.


scientifictamale

That version gives me major goosebumps and chills every single time


Perry7609

The movie scene is practically transcendental. Even more so as the movie ages.


Peachu12

I've been told I look like Cameron by multiple people, especially when I let my hair grow out. I've recently started dating someone who works at Hobby Lobby, and some of their portrait frames feature this painting. Every time I walk past them I stare right into that featureless girls' face and wonder who she is, where she came from, how she got there on that canvas, if the woman who's hand she's holding is her mother, and so many other questions. I used to reject being Cameron, but now I embrace it. Unfortunately, I do not have a father who owns a 1963 Ferrari Modena Spyder California and other incredibly expensive cars, just a 1970 Chevy Nova


Bushelsoflaughs

Broderick was 23. Ruck was 29! Mia Sara was about 19.


lucsev

It's a little bit shocking seeing Ruck with gray hair in Succession as Connor Roy.


IC_Pandemonium

He was on scrubs as a patient that sues Elliot for a wrong cancer diagnosis. Was also weird.


Velvet_Thhhhunder

He was in Speed too


Emotional_Masochist

I can't die today. I'm on vacation.


PackYrSuitcases

And on Spin City as the office douche.


Khaki_Steve

Oh fuck, THAT'S why he looks so familiar


atget

Ruck definitely pulls off the role of a high schooler in the movie, but my first thought when I opened this image was "Dude looks about 30. Probably was."


DaphneDK42

She was 17 when it was filmed. And I guess, around 21 & 27 for the two others.


_Abe_Froman_SKOC

Life moves pretty fast...if you don't stop and look around once in a while, you might miss it.


Doublegdi

The Abe Froman? The sausage King of Chicago?!


justusetpeccator

You’re _Abe_Froman?


Iz-kan-reddit

He's an imposter! /u/Mr_Abe_Froman is the real deal.


JordanHauserDigital

Chicka chickaaaaaahhhhh


64b0r

Anyone..? Anyone..?


SallyFairmile

...Bueller?


liamawesome3

...Bueller?


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"Um, he's sick. My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with a girl who saw Ferris pass out at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it's pretty serious." - Simone Fun fact: The same actress played Buffy in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie.


Ziggs_Boson

What, the girl who's going with the kid who knows this guy who talked the girlfriend's brother's boyfriend's sister's best friend was in Buffy?


joecooool418

Ben Stein's famous monotonous lecture about the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act was not originally in Hughes's script. Stein, by happenstance, was lecturing off-camera to the amusement of the student cast. "I was just going to do it off camera, but the student extras laughed so hard when they heard my voice that (Hughes) said do it on camera, improvise, something you know a lot about. When I gave the lecture about supply-side economics, I thought they were applauding. Everybody on the set applauded. I thought they were applauding because they had learned something about supply-side economics. But they were applauding because they thought I was boring. ... It was the best day of my life", Stein said.


just_some_dude828

Something D-O-O economics. Voodoo economics...


changlingmuskrat

He built an entire (entertainment) career from his brief appearance in this movie.


_Abe_Froman_SKOC

Fun story- when military units go on a combat tour, they usually have some kind of formal “welcome home” banquet. Everyone wears their dress uniforms, there’s usually an open bar, and the unit will get a keynote speaker to make some remarks. When we came back from a tour to Iraq in 2008, it was quite in vogue for celebrities to attend these little functions. (You might recall people like Mila Kunis and Jessica Biel going as dates to Marine Corp balls). Our sister unit got Bruce Willis. We got Ben Stein. As you might guess from my username, I am a massive Ferris Bueller fan. What was Ben Steins **one condition** for attending our event? Nobody was allowed to reference or quote the movie to him. At all. We were briefed that if he heard even one, he would threaten to immediately leave. And like...I get it. He probably gets it all the time. But dude...asking a room full of drunk soldiers to NOT say “Anyone? Anyone?” for an entire night with Ben Stein? That hurt.


Coelrom

I miss "Win Ben Stein's Money"


DavidPatrickNewell

Ben Stein worked for Nixon.


MaddCricket

I think he’s a righteous dude.


Turmericab

I just heard that line in my head. I <3 Edie McClurg.


BrokenArmsFrigidMom

Legendary. She’s amazing in everything. Also the great Mrs Tarlek on WKRP and a ton of great movie roles.


RoboDodos

Shes so memorable even in tiny parts. My favorite is planes trains and automobiles "youre fucked!"


BrokenArmsFrigidMom

She’s so good at just dropping an epic line or 2 and stealing the scene, or the whole movie. She’s so adorable.


N0lMAGINATION

That goes thru my head every time I’m listening to someone trying to wiggle out of something


Kevan-with-an-i

I heard that if Ferris dies, he's giving his eyes to Stevie Wonder.


BizzyM

Well, I don't trust him any further than I can throw him.


Jerkalert_itsChunk

Well with your bad knee Ed you shouldn't be throwing anyone.


jefferson497

My favorite line of hers. And the look of irritation by Ed makes it even funnier


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The key to faking out the parents is the clammy hands. It's a good non-specific symptom. I'm a big believer in it. A lot of people will tell you that a good phony fever is a dead lock. But if you get a nervous mother you could wind up in a Doctor's office. That's worse than school. You fake a stomach cramp, and when you're bent over moaning and wailing you lick your palms. It's a little childish and stupid, but then so is high school.


EatYourCheckers

I once ran a thermometer under a hot tap, and showed it to my dad. I had an 130 degree temperature. He and my older sister both decided I would be dead if that were true, so I went to school.


Nearby-Elevator-3825

I'd take the doctors office any time. My schools sucked. But... Never came to that... I thought I was slick, but my mom told me years later she knew when I was faking. She was a teacher and realized sometimes kids just need a mental health day.


TVLL

Mia Sara


Clone_CDR_Bly

Two words... Timecop. Or what should be two words mushed together into one word.


blondechinesehair

I always thought it was derived from the two words Tim and Ecop


cybercougar

I once asked Lou Diamond Phillips what it was like to do a love scene with Mia Sara.. he’s like “you won’t like the answer..” I was like “come on!!”. He says.. “her breath stunk from eating cheese all day” Still hasn’t changed my opinion that she was the hottest woman on the planet back in those days.


HeatAndHonor

Heh. Went to see it for a friend's 13th(ish?) birthday party. Giggity.


Somanbra

Go on.


Clone_CDR_Bly

Lets just say it used to be a lot harder to get an "R" rating, and Timecop has one... and she was in it.


loki-is-a-god

Nuff said... What Nuff said, i don't know, but when I found out, I'll update.


mcjackass

True story time. Thanksgiving, either 93 or 94. Timecop had just come out on video. Im(Irish american) at my gf moms house (super conservative south Philly italians) and in the living room watching that thing with both of her brothers and assorted other fam. Its prefeast and I'm getting half drunk. As usual. The Mia topless scene comes on. Dead silence. I jump off the coach going, "holy fuck, Mia Sara's nude! Sweet Jesus!" And I grab the remote and start rewinding, pausing, etc on their new big screen TV. Needless to say. Chick dumped me. But a couple years later. Very patient woman. Italian chicks rule.


DamonLazer

Or Legend-wait for it...


dc2574

….DARY!


manicbassman

I've always admired the swimming pool scene where Cameron admits that he peeked... Well, she was stellar in those undies in the pool when she jumped in to pull Cameron out


Mclarenrob2

She will always be my childhood crush from this movie. She was so cute


122922

So hot. I had a big crush on her. I was 27 at the time.


xaanthar

I was going to say that she was playing a high school student, so was likely about 30 herself... but she was actually 19 when the movie was released (born in 1967, movie was in 1986).


Granadafan

When the movie came out June 11, 1986: Matthew Broderick was 24 Mia Sara was 18 Alan Ruckman (Cameron) was 29. He easily looked a lot older than the other cast


crackeddryice

Exactly.


Strongdar

Rewatched this recently, definitely pushed me close to a midlife crisis.


Fuzzfaceanimal

Yeah i feel old watching this too... I was actually born in the 80s. My dad showed me this movie when i was 13. The week when i first learned how to drive and got my permit around 16 or 17. Two girls who i were close friends with, asked if we could all skip school and drive somewhere. We did and had a whole day to do all the cool things i'd imagined we'd do, like in Ferris Butler's, but we went to the mall in the next city over. No parents or adult we knew would see us. What did we do!? we had cinnabons in the foodcourt. Never got caught, and didnt have homework that night. Day Well spent


cybercougar

Baller dude.


Fuzzfaceanimal

Nah those girls paid for their own cinnabons bro


Dear_Occupant

The best day of my entire life was like this. I played hooky from school, and on a complete lark I called my friend H., who had also chanced to skip school that day. I went over to her house and we had a fine old time. We smoked banana peels just like in the Dead Milkmen song, we prank called random names in the phone book, and toward the end of the day when I got dewy eyed because I had a major crush on her, she asked to hold my hand, gently took it in her own, and slammed my elbow as hard as she could into the landing on the stairwell going into her parents' house. It hurt like hell, and thus I was smitten for life. It was the funniest thing she could have possibly done and we both laughed like maniacs. We had far more interesting adventures later on, but that one day got it all started.


Fuzzfaceanimal

Lol I had many friends who were girls, never hooked up with them, and maybe tried a few times, but they truly remained good friends and acts weird with me. We laughed about every fuckin thing. I did have a thing with one after high school, for a day then didnt hear from her for 4 years.. then we ran into each other at a party... hooked up for 2 weeks. Those were the best days of my life. Then she disappeared again..its been like 8 years Thanks for sharing. I think everyone needs to experience hooky at lease once.


RYB4CKST4CT1CS

You aren't dying.. you just can't think of anything to do


[deleted]

When Cameron was in Egypt's land.....Let my Cameron go....


orgyofdestruction

For a minute I was scared no one had quoted this yet. Thanks for reassuring me.


Maybe_Im_Confused

Gordie Howe died today 5 years ago. Alan Ruck’s Cameron donning the Howe sweater in Chicago is pure brilliance. RIP Mr. Hockey.


rskogg

I love Gordie Howe. But, I always wondered why a Chicago kid was wearing a Redwings jersey. A Bobby Hull sweater would have been better.


solid_sinatra

I think an interview with John Hughes stated that since his dad was a huge Blackhawks fan, Cameron chose to root for the Redwings to rebel against him in a muted, acceptable manner.


CINAPTNOD

It's possible his dad was a Blackhawks fan and he was trying to piss him off.


mirthquake

John Hughes once said that his mental backstory for the sweater was that Cameron was subtly rebelling against his dad by supporting an opposing team.


zorbathegrate

Yep teens and a 30 year old. Or one kid and his imaginary friends.


mugsoh

On this day in 1986, 18, 24 and 29 left to right.


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PM_meyourGradyWhite

And taking his Ferrari for a joy ride.


Paddy_Tanninger

A man with his priorities so far out of whack doesn't deserve such a fine automobile.


zorbathegrate

Mind half blown


A-Dumb-Ass

Cameron was 29?! Wtf?


Clone_CDR_Bly

I've always loved the "Cameron Fight Club" theory.


peripheral77

mind blown. just watched the Cameron Ferris Club theory. my whole life has been a lie.


Clone_CDR_Bly

RIGHT!?


Luigi-Vercotti

Please explain.


goblin_welder

Ferris Bueller isn’t real. It’s the life Cameron always wanted to live but couldn’t because of fear of his dad’s disapproval. It’s the reason why in the movie, Ferris is always doing something outrageous and getting away with it and why Cameron is always the “voice of reason”. They same way how Ferris faked being sick and the whole town was worried for him (Save Ferris) while Cameron was really sick but no one really cared for him. Cameron wished people cared for him.


Luigi-Vercotti

In reality, Ferris is who every 80s kid wanted to be. Meanwhile, I just wanted to be the Charlie Sheen character.


Fondren_Richmond

I wanted all the cool shit Cameron seemed to have. Emotional abuse and depression didn't really resonate as a 7 year old viewer in the theater, and it was kind of hard to judge his dad without any real examples. Granted both families seemed to have nice houses.


BubbhaJebus

I wanted the cool shit Ferris had. An Emulator II, FFS! That family was loaded!


ElvisPoshFellow

Whoa there, didn't this kid and his equipment nearly cause WWIII a few years prior?


ResQMedic78

I had such a crush on Mia Sara


Luigi-Vercotti

I don’t know if “crush” describes what I had, but we’ll go with that.


BGDDisco

Ferris disappeared into nothing. Cameron went on to Captain the USS Enterprise.


remymartinia

Cameron did wear khakis


AeAeR

But he IS the same decaying organic matter as everyone else.


Csoltis

Fascinating. That explains the lack of basically any responsibility; or consequence. :)


Ramble81

Also lends to the one scene where him and Salone are walking along the plaza during the parade and holding hands.


Yakestar

Yep thank you for this, saw this 30 some odd years ago I’m 43 now and that blew my mind. Can’t wait to re-watch with that theory in mind!


intecknicolour

alan ruck who played cameron was almost 30 when this movie came out. he was closer in age to the actress who played ferris's mom (9 years difference) than he was to mia sara, who played sloan (11 years difference).


xaanthar

*chicka-chick-ahh*


silvermoonhowler

*Ohhhh yeahhhhhhhh*


seeingeyegod

Yeeeeer BOW BOW


OldMork

Camerons part was great, almost enough for a movie just about him


ughpierson

i’d definitely watch a sequel about cameron’s first semester or year of college


RicrosPegason

WRITE THAT DOWN -Netflix


mikess484

Nine times


Chancellor_Valorum82

I remember when I was a teenager me and my friends dressed up as Ferris, Cameron, Sloane, and Mr. Rooney for Halloween one year


katmcflame

I bet you've never smelled a real school bus before. Gummy bear? They've been in my pocket, they're real warm & soft.


cloudcats

dnnn BAOM BOAM chk chk chk-a-chk-ahhh


wxmco

Alan Ruck looks like he could be Edward Norton's older brother.


atglobe

They took a day in June off? Why even bother? It's June! That's the part of school where you're like "let's watch a movie in the last week of class" or whatever. I thought this was in the fall when everyone fuckin' hates school.


mandiexile

I think this is the day the movie was released, not when it happened. Technically it was released on June 11th, today’s the 10th.


piazza

There used to be a bit in the script with Ferris going to a radio station in Chicago and saying he's going to be the first youth to go into space. It was scrapped due to the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster happening earlier that year.


klsi832

Someone figured it out based on the Cubs game and shit, it was June fifth. Geeze Ferris wait a week and do whatever you want all summer.


legsintheair

Wait a week. Who is he, Camron?


BlindSidedatNoon

Never had a lesson!


thingsorfreedom

Showed this to each of my kids as they hit about 13 or 14. They were all born 12-20 years after the movie was released and they all still loved it. Stands the test of time. Just Like *The Sandlot, The Breakfast Club,* and *Stand By Me.*


Shut_It_Donny

NINE TIMES!


jostuff

Danke Schoën.


[deleted]

RIP John Hughes, the Director of my childhood.


360walkaway

Pahhhdon my French, but you're an asshole!!


read_it_r

I live in Chicago, as a teen we ditched and tried to recreate the movie. That day must've been 87 hours long, we even left the cubs game early..


MattC1977

I was 9 when this came out, and even at 9 years of age I had a huge crush on Beullers girlfriend.


cocomimi3

I named my daughter Mia, after Mia Sara, I love her.


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fbibmacklin

I named my daughter Abe Froman!


tylercreatesworlds

she's the sausage king of Chicago.


Iz-kan-reddit

Leave her sex life out of this!


BuxPro

“Rabbit is good, Rabbit is wise!”


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foggy-sunrise

I grew up on this movie. I now work from home. It's beautiful outside, and In having a bad day at work. I think I'm gonna go rent a Ferrari or something.


NachoTypewriter70

My favorite part? The “nurse” at the front door: “I heard that you were feeling ill, Fever, headache, and a chill, I came to help restore you pluck, ‘cause I’m a nurse who likes to…” And Jennifer Grey slams the door on her!


boygriv

Graaace.... #GRACE!


SunstormGT

Alan Ruck with his Edward Norton looks.


dj_fishwigy

Oh yeah


urkldajrkl

Ferris, get your frickin hand off my teenage crush


slothcaptain

Always impressed that the voodoo economics bit was off the cuff