John Hughes‘ death feels far more like the true end of my 80s-adolescent generation’s youth than Michael Jackson’s did. It feels like a Very Big Deal.
What’s your fave John Hughes quote? I myself am partial to the quintessential, existential lament of teenage girlhood: “I can’t believe I gave my panties to a geek!”
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“I really love Rudy. He is totally enamored of me. I mean, I’ve had other men love me before, but not for six months in a row.”
I’ve been reading your blog for a while now, but never commented before. This post has inspired me to de-lurk:
“IF HE GETS UP, WE’LL ALL GET UP, IT’LL BE ANARCHY!!!”
GO. READ. THIS. NOW.
http://wellknowwhenwegetthere.blogspot.com/2009/08/sincerely-john-hughes.html
(And you might cry but you’ll be glad you read it.)
The question isn’t “what are we going to do,” the question is “what aren’t we going to do?”
“Relax, would you? We have seventy dollars and a pair of girls underpants. We’re safe as kittens.”
Ferris Bueller: “Not that I condone fascism, or any -ism for that matter. -Ism’s in my opinion are not good. A person should not believe in an -ism, he should believe in himself. I quote John Lennon, ‘I don’t believe in Beatles, I just believe in me.’ Good point there. After all, he was the walrus. I could be the walrus. I’d still have to bum rides off people.”
I am a big fan of John Hughes movies and especially the fact that he used Chicago so much for his locations. One of my favorites from Vacation.
“I don’t know why they call this stuff hamburger helper. It does just fine by itself, huh?”
Oh, one more from Ferris Buller’s day off…
“Pardon my French, but Cameron is so tight that if you stuck a lump of coal up his ass, in two weeks you’d have a diamond. “
From the Breakfast Club
When you grow up, your heart dies