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Oh, up in the sky.
What's the matter, what's wrong? What's

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wrong? For Christ's sake? Look
at him, honey, Farris. He

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doesn't have a fever, but he
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What's the matter of Ferris? Papa, Honey, Feever's hands? They're

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cold and clammy. I'm fine,
I get it. No, No,

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I have a test to it.
I have to take it. I want

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to go to a good college so
I can have a fruitful life. Honey,

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You're not going to school like this
now? Oh fine, what's this?

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What's his problem? He doesn't feel
well? Yeah? Right, dry

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that one out. You can fertilize
the lawn. Genie, is that you,

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Geenie? I can't see that far, Geenie. Jeanie, I bite

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the big ones Jr. Thank you, Jeanie. You get to school.

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Wait, you're letting him stay home. I can't believe this. If I

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was bleeding out my eyes, you
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This is so unfair. Genie.
Please don't be upset with me. You

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have your health. Be thankful.
Oh that's it. I want out of

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this family. I'm okay. I'll
just sleep. Maybe I have an aspen

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around noon. I'm showing some houses
to that family from Vermont today, so

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I'll be in the area now.
That office will know just where I am.

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If you need me, okay,
okay, I'll check on your two

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pall. It's it's nice to know
that I have such love and caring parents.

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You're both very special people. You
get better, Pumpkin. I'll be

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home at six shot. If you
need anything, I love you. Swee

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and me me, me, me
me all if you need is they bought

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it skip day playing hooky. No
matter what you call it is one of

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the greatest joys anyone can have.
To have a free day to do whatever

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you want is something as adults we
strive for. In his kids we yearned

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for. There are many films that
depict this, but one shows a young

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man that truly takes advantage of his
day off, all in one of the

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greatest metropolitan areas in the United States. Directed by teen film maestro John Hughes,

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Ferris Bueller's Day Off was released in
nineteen eighty six and stars Matthew Broderick

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as the titular character, Ferris Bueller, a crafty high school senior that wants

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a day off to enjoy with his
girlfriend Sloan played by Mia Sarah and neurotic

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friend Cameron Frye Alan Rock before graduation. While enjoying everything downtown Chicago has to

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offer, such as the Chicago Institute
of Art, a Cubs game at Wrigley

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Field, in even a parade,
the threesome must stay ahead of Ferris's parents

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and their high school principle, the
swarmy ad Rooney. The introductory clip sets

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the stage for this film. What
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breaking the fourth wall, that is
him looking at the camera and talking to

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us the audience. This tactic has
been used in teen movies and television shows

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since, most notably Saved by the
Bell. Our next clip is an example

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of this. Ferris explains his rules
for faking sick in how to get your

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parents to fall for it. This
scene also shows us Ferris's unique worldview and

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his art of getting out of school
incredible. One of the worst performances of

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my career, and they never doubted
it for a second. How could I

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possibly be expected to handle school in
a day like this? This is my

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ninth sick day this semester. It's
getting pretty tough coming up with new illnesses.

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If I go for ten, I'm
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so I better make this one count. The key to faking out the

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parents is the clammy hands. It's
a good nonspecific symptom. I'm a big

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believer in it. A lot of
people will tell you that a good phony

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fever is a deadlock. But you
get a nervous mother, you could wind

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up in a doctor's office. That's
worse than school. You fake a stomach

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cramp, and when you're bent over, moaning and wailing, you lick your

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proms. It's a little childish and
stupid, but then so is high school.

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Life moves pretty fast. If you
don't stop and look around once in

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a while, you could miss it. I do have a test today that

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wasn't full. It's on European socialism. I mean, really, what's the

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point. I'm not European. I
don't plan on being European, so who

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gives a crap? If they're socialists, they can be fascist anarchists. Still

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wouldn't change the fact that I don't
own a car. I recall central parking

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dress. What a message? Not
confessed that or any ism for that matter,

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isms, in my opinion, are
not good. A person should not

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believe in it is he should believe
in himself. I quote John Lennon,

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I don't believe in Beatles. I
just believe in me. A good point

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there. After all, he was
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I'd still have to boom riots up
with people. So many times on this

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program I have said a film needs
a good villain, and comedies are no

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different. This film's villain is Edward
Rooney, the dean of students that makes

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it his mission to make an example
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In our next clip, we hear
Rooney describe what Ferris could do to

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the student body to his dim witted
secretary played by Edie mcclurk. She tells

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him exactly what he is up against, and it's easy to see that even

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she loves Ferris in a way.
I don't trust this kid any further than

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I can throw him. Well,
with your bad need, you shouldn't throw

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anybody, That's true. What is
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is he gives good kids bad ideas. Uh huh. Last thing I need

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at this point in my career is
fifteen hundred Ferris Bueller disciples running around these

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halls. He jeopardizes my ability to
effectively govern this student body. Well,

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makes you look like an ass is
what he does. D thank you,

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Grace. I think you're wrong.
Oh well, he's very popular ed the

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sportos and motor hits, geeks,
sluts, bloods, wastoids do we be?

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They all adore it. They think
he's a righteous dude. That is

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why I have got to catch him
this time, to show these kids that

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the example he sets is a first
class ticket room nowhere. Oh Dad,

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you sounded like dirty Harry just then, Relliant uh huh. I mentioned in

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the opening of this review that Ferris
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To me, Cameron is one of
the most memorable characters in any teen movie.

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In this film, it becomes obvious
that Ferris does really care for him

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and wants to see him break the
chains of his neurosis in negative worldview.

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Our final two clips of this review
show their relationship. First, Ferris calls

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Cameron, who is legitimately sick,
to come in enjoy the day with him,

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and then Ferris calls him again.
In the middle of the second call,

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Ferris is checked on by his father
on the other line. We then

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hear Ferris's shrewdness in keeping up the
guise of his being sick. Hello,

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carababe, what's happening? Very little? How do you feel shredded? Is

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your mother in her room? She's
indicator. Unfortunately she's not staying. Where

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are you? I'm taking a day
off, and they get dressed and come

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on over. You can't scare that
I'm sick, that's all in your head.

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Come on over. I feel like
complete Chris. I can't go anywhere.

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I'm sorry to hear that. The
come on over here and pick me

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up. You're not dying. You
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If anybody needs a day off,
it's Cameron. He has a lot

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of things to sort out before he
graduates. Can't be wound up this titan

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go to college his room, it'll
kill him. When Cameron was in Egypt's

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land, let my Cameron. Pardon
my French, but Cameron is so tight

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that if you stuck a lump of
coal up his in two weeks you have

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a diamond. And now Farris's second
call, I'm serious, man, This

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is ridiculous making me wait around the
house for you. Why can't you let

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me rot in peace? Cameron?
This is my ninth sick day. If

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I get caught, I won't graduate. I'm not doing this for me,

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I'm doing it for you. Do
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a man, Take some pepto bismal, get dressed, and come on over

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here. I'm tired of this stuff. Shut up. Hold your water for

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a second. I got another call. Oh barres Hi, you sound terrible,

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really darn. I thought I was
improving. Were you sleeping? Dad?

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Can you hang on for a second? Sure, Pal, hang on,

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Cameron, it's my dad. Oh
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If you're not over here in fifteen
minutes, you can find a new

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best friend. You've been staying that
since the fifth grade. Dad. Now,

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all this talking has made me kind
of light headed. I think I

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had to lie down, take a
hot bath, and then wrap a hot

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towel around your head, wrap a
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make yourself some soup. Got a
nap? Okay? Okay? Hey Fairs,

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Yeah, love your pal, I
love you too. I'm so disappointed

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in Cameron twenty bucks says he's sitting
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he should go out. You'll keep
calling me. You'll keep calling me until

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I come on. You'll make me
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Okay, i'll go, I'll go, I'll go, I'll go, I'll

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go with I'll go. God,
damn it, forget it. That's it.

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Oh. This film is one of
the most highly regarded teen comedies of

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all time. Roger Ebert gave it
three out of four stars. It is

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Richard Roper's favorite film, so much
so the license played on his car is

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sv F E R I s or
say ferris, a homage to what was

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on the water tower in the film. The reason is because this film isn't

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raunchy means spirited or insulting. It
is a good, clean, heartwarming comedy.

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Filmgoers agreed with critics. It was
the tenth highest grossing film of nineteen

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eighty six, generating over seventy million
dollars in ticket sales. It spawned a

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short lived, way less heralded NBCTV
series that featured Jennifer Aniston. It was

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canceled after thirteen episodes. Among very
low ratings. Despite this, the film

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is one of the most beloved comedies
in cinema history. Everything I just listed

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about the good natured humor of this
film, coupled with excellent performances, great

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direction by John Hughes, immemorable cameos
from Ben Stein and Charlie Sheen, make

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this a true comedy classic and one
that is a must see no matter who

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you are, no matter where you're
at. I guarantee you will find a

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smile on your face after viewing this
film. I hope you join me next

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week when in honor of Veterans Day, we look at Oliver Stone's biopic A

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Vietnam War veteran turned back to this
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fourth of July or W M and
H in Matt Connor Knumbination and this has

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been a classic film. You don't
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