Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

Sign in with Plex to see what you can watch and keep a watchlist.

Wikidata Q498906, film, IMDb tt0091042, TMDB 9377: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title; 3 more episodes agree.

What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.

In the store as #527, Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986).

The Rewatchables' awards

From ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan (2020-04-21):

Most rewatchable scene

  1. floated Ferris telling the audience 'they bought it' and the fake-sick, life-moves-pretty-fast monologue, cutting to Ben Stein's class
    “The 1st one is when the parents leave and he looks at the camera and he goes, they bought it. They bought it.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:31:19
  2. floated Cameron outside his house arguing himself into leaving, then punching the car
    “Cameron, outside his house, debating whether to leave or not.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:33:41
  3. floated Ferris picking up Sloane in the Ferrari in front of Rooney
    “Ferris picking up Sloane and the Ferrari.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:36:08
  4. floated Ferris talking his way into Chez Louis as Abe Froman, and the phone bits
    “Uh, then the next one I have is, is Ferris talking his way into Shelouie.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:36:37
  5. pick The Star Wars music scene: the two parking attendants joyriding the Ferrari
    “The Ferrari Star Wars scene, which is my pick.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:38:07
  6. floated The Art Institute of Chicago sequence with Cameron and the little girl
    “Next one is the art museum.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:38:49
  7. floated Cameron destroying the Ferrari
    “Cameron destroying the car.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:40:28
  8. floated Ferris sprinting home through the neighborhood
    “Uh, last rewatchable scene Ferris sprinting home.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:44:33
  9. pick The parade and the Twist and Shout number
    “The parade.”
    Chris Ryan · 0:45:23

Casting What Ifs · Almost-castings and recasts, for the film and its people.

  1. pick Matthew Broderick as Alex P. Keaton: Bill's research: Broderick turned down Family Ties, which he wonders might have changed Back to the Future.
    “He was the 1st choice to play Alex P. Keaton in Family Ties.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:09:51
  2. pick Matthew Broderick: Broderick dropped out of The Flamingo Kid; Matt Dillon took it.
    “He was also cast in the Flamingo Kid, but he dropped out and that became Matt Dillon's breakout role.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:10:13
  3. pick Matthew Broderick as Johnny Utah: Chris says Broderick is too slight and not a quarterback for it.
    “He turned down the role of Johnny Utah, point break.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:10:26
  4. pick Emilio Estevez as Cameron Frye: Hosts are glad Alan Ruck got it.
    “Emilio Estevez turned down the role of Cameron?”
    Bill Simmons · 0:57:25
  5. pick Molly Ringwald as Sloane Peterson: Hughes went with Mia Sara instead.
    “Molly Ringwald wanted to play Sloan.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:58:18
  6. pick John Cusack as Ferris Bueller: Backup if Broderick had not been the lead.
    “Their backup choice, according to the cast and directors, John Cusack.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:58:48
  7. pick Bill Paxton as garage attendant: Paxton thought it too small and was never offered another Hughes role.
    “And then he offered him the role of the garage attendant, Ferris, and Paxton turned it down.”
    Chris Ryan · 1:00:37
  8. pick Paul Gleason as Ed Rooney: Hosts weigh Gleason's Dick Vernon energy against Jeffrey Jones; Sean prefers Jones.
    “Paul Gleason considered.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:00:54
  9. pick Alan Rickman as Ed Rooney: Bill wants someone other than Jeffrey Jones; Hans Gruber as the assistant principal.
    “Um, I was thinking Alan Richmond would have been really fun.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:09:30

Aged Best · The person, moment or thing that has aged best.

  1. pick Cameron's introduction, 'I'm dying' / 'you're not dying': Relatable during the quarantine.
    “Our 1st introduction to Cameron, when he says, I'm dying, and Ferris says, you're not dying.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:47:42
  2. pick Alan Ruck as Cameron Frye: His Succession role.
    “Uh, Another would say, HMS just, Alan Ruck, for a different reason, now that he's been reinvented yet again as one of our favorite succession characters.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:47:59
  3. pick Beat City: Great mid-80s song missing from Spotify.
    “Um, The Beat City.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:49:07
  4. pick The 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California: Auction value cited.
    “The 1961 Ferrari 250, GT California has aged the best.”
    unknown · 0:50:18
  5. pick Ferris realizing the Ferrari has extra miles on it
    “Uh, I like when Ferris realizes the Ferrari is through Andrew one miles on it.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:51:22
  6. pick Charlie Sheen: Bit part in Ferris Bueller, then A-list in Platoon.
    “Um, Charlie Sheen's 1986 is aged the best.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:51:32
  7. pick Mia Sara as Sloane Peterson: Inducts her into the mid-80s Mount Rushmore with Kelly Preston, Joyce Hyser and Elizabeth Shue.
    “And then, uh, I say, Mia, Sarah, as Sloane Peterson.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:51:57

Best Use of Music · Best use of pop music or a music moment in the film.

  1. pick The film's use of pop music
    “Yeah, um, is this, is this maybe not the best soundtrack of all time, but is this the best use of pop music in a movie ever?”
    Sean Fennessey · 0:53:31
  2. pick Art Institute scene scored to the cover of Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
    “But I don't think there's a movie that uses music in this way.”
    Chris Ryan · 0:54:13
  3. pick The final chase scored to the English Beat
    “One last thing about that is I find myself looking forward to the end of this movie more than most movies because I'm waiting for that English beat drop, the March of the Swivelhead song to start.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:55:10

Aged Worst · What has aged the worst.

  1. pick Jeffrey Jones as Ed Rooney: Because of what Jones was later convicted of.
    “Jeffrey Jones?”
    unknown · 0:55:54
  2. pick Bryan Ferry's Slave to Love poster over Ferris's bed
    “For whatever reason, they put Brian Ferry's giant slave to love poster over his bed.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:56:52

Joey Pants Award · Best 'that guy' actor in the film.

  1. winner Richard Edson as parking attendant: Together with Larry 'Flash' Jenkins.
    “I'm going with both parking attendance.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:03:29
  2. winner Larry 'Flash' Jenkins as parking attendant
    “And then the other guy, Larry Flash Jenkins, who is in Fletch, and is in season 3 of The White Shadow, my favorite show ever.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:03:42
  3. nominee the maitre d' as maitre d'
    “But I have both of those guys, unless you want to go with the maitre d from Chez Louis, because he's one of those guys too.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:04:05
  4. nominee Max Perlich: Also Scott Coffey.
    “Yeah, I also have Max Perlick and Scott Coffee from the classroom scene both show up in a lot of 80s movies.”
    unknown · 1:04:11

Vincent Hanna Award · Best overacting.

  1. pick Jeffrey Jones as Ed Rooney
    “I think Jeffrey Jones dials it up a couple times.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:05:13
  2. nominee Alan Ruck as Cameron Frye: Bill considers it, then decides Ruck is actually good in that scene.
    “I was like, Alan Ruck in the Ferrari scene that Sean loves when somebody's beloved possession gets destroyed.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:05:37
  3. nominee the maitre d' as maitre d'
    “Maybe the maitre d'.”
    unknown · 1:05:57

Dion Waiters Award · Small role, big impact.

  1. winner Charlie Sheen as boy in the police station: Agreed as the winner at 1:09:00; stayed up two days for the look.
    “Chaz Sheen.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:06:06
  2. nominee Edie McClurg as Grace
    “Edie McClure, as Rooney's secretary.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:06:34
  3. nominee Cindy Pickett as Katie Bueller: Bill puts her in his 80s mom Mount Rushmore.
    “I just love Mrs. Bueller.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:06:50
  4. nominee Jennifer Grey as Jeanie Bueller: Bill raised her; Chris and Sean praise her as a villain and her karate kicks.
    “I mean, I just think that a much maligned character.”
    Chris Ryan · 1:07:36

Picking Nits · Nitpicks of a film they love.

  1. pick Cameron wears a Red Wings jersey in Chicago
    “So Cameron's not wearing a Blackhawks jersey.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:19:47
  2. pick Rooney does not recognize Ferris 20 feet away, and the Buellers miss the mannequin and Sloane
    “Wouldn't, uh, we mentioned Wooden Rooney recognize Ferris outside the Ferrari, unless he didn't have his contacts in or something.”
    unknown · 1:21:54
  3. pick Ferris's outfit changes in the first 20 minutes
    “is in the 1st opening minutes, Ferris goes through the following outfits, starts out in pajamas, goes pajamas robe, showers, then switches to swim trunks for the iced tea by the pool.”
    Chris Ryan · 1:23:15
  4. pick Who is working the parking garage while the attendants joyride the Ferrari
    “Who who's working at the parking garage?”
    unknown · 1:24:37
  5. pick Ferris and friends never drink or smoke on their cut day
    “Is this day fun?”
    unknown · 1:25:40
  6. pick The school bus full of kids at 6 o'clock in the end credits scene
    “Why is the whole school bus of kids coming home from school at 6 and not 3 and the whole thing?”
    Bill Simmons · 1:15:37

Best Quote · Favorite quotes from the film.

  1. pick The George Peterson phone bit
    “Every single thing that the George Peterson bit, the whole bit is some of the most quoted stuff in my in my life.”
    unknown · 1:27:28
  2. pick Rooney's school policy on dead bodies
    “Oh, yeah, and just everything where, when, uh, Rooney's Rooney's whole, like, uh, school policy for dead bodies?”
    unknown · 1:29:07
  3. pick Ferris's 'isms' monologue
    “It's just, every fucking line is indelible.”
    unknown · 1:30:11
  4. pick Grace's 'righteous dude' speech
    “I think probably the one non-Ferris or Rooney line that I'll remember the most is Grace going.”
    unknown · 1:30:21

Roger Ebert's Review · Reading of Roger Ebert's review of the film.

  1. pick Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Ebert three of four stars; Gene Siskel disliked it, and Ebert later named it a favorite.
    “Three out of 4 stars, called it, quote, one of the most innocent movies in a long time and, quote, a sweet, warm-hearted comedy.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:28:43

Apex Mountain · Where a person, place or thing sits on the career mountain.

  1. pick Mia Sara as Sloane Peterson
    “Mia Sarah.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:16:56
  2. pick Ferrari the corporation
    “How about the Ferrari Corporation?”
    unknown · 1:17:03
  3. pick Shermer High School and Chez Louis
    “Shermer High School, I feel like, yes.”
    unknown · 1:17:08
  4. pick Matthew Broderick: No clear single apex; The Producers on Broadway is floated.
    “Broderick's a tough one.”
    unknown · 1:17:13
  5. pick Jennifer Grey: Her apex was Dirty Dancing.
    “Jennifer Gray Hearst was dirty dancing.”
    unknown · 1:18:15
  6. pick Chicago in movies
    “I was going to say, is this is this Apex Mountain for Chicago in movies.”
    unknown · 1:18:20
  7. pick The all-in-one-day movie
    “Do you guys think this is the this is Apex Mountain for the all in one day movie?”
    unknown · 1:18:39

Who Won the Movie · Who won the movie.

  1. winner John Hughes
    “I want to say Cameron, but I think it's Hughes.”
    Sean Fennessey · 1:35:23
  2. winner John Hughes
    “I go Hughes one, Broderick two, Cameron three.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:35:33
  3. winner Matthew Broderick
    “Yeah, I just think that it's one of those things where you look at like a graph chart.”
    Chris Ryan · 1:37:13

Unanswerable questions · Questions the film leaves open.

  1. pick Could all of this happen in 8 hours: Chris says no, because of parade traffic.
    “Uh, Basically, the question is, how did they do everything in 8 hours?”
    Bill Simmons · 0:24:24
  2. pick Why Cameron's dad hated Cameron so much
    “why did Cameron's dad hate Cameron so much?”
    Bill Simmons · 1:31:08
  3. pick Did Ferris become a software billionaire
    “Did Ferris become a software billionaire?”
    unknown · 1:31:39
  4. pick Why do the Buellers have such a mean dog
    “Why would they have such a mean dog?”
    unknown · 1:32:21
  5. pick Would the internet have made Cameron more or less normal in 2016
    “Would the internet have made him more or less normal?”
    unknown · 1:32:52
  6. pick Is Ferris a figment of Cameron's mind
    “And then the theory that Ferris is figment in Cameron's mind.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:33:15
  7. pick Where do Ferris and Cameron go to school, and what happens with Sloane
    “Where do you think Ferris and Cam go to school?”
    unknown · 1:33:40

What If It Were Made Today · How the film would play with modern technology or formats.

  1. pick Cell phones would kill the impersonation-by-phone bit
    “I feel like probably cell phones kill this as like a bit as like, I'm going to go in and impersonate someone.”
    Chris Ryan · 0:37:36
  2. pick Rideshare would make the Ferrari unnecessary
    “I do wonder whether or not rideshare makes this movie completely obsolete though, because you don't have to take the Ferrari.”
    unknown · 0:28:10
  3. pick A 10-episode Netflix remake: Chris jokes each episode could be a different cut day.
    “Could this be remade as a 10 episode Netflix show?”
    Bill Simmons · 1:30:38

Picked in other episodes

Who talked about it

The Rewatchables

Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

48 Hrs.: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. craft (comedic device): 48 Hrs. ⇒ Ferris Bueller's Day Off (the host's read). Ferris's impersonation bit is the suburban white guy riff on Eddie Murphy in 48 Hrs.
    “it's the suburban white guy riff on, on, uh, Eddie Murphy in torchies in 48 hours, right?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:28 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)

John Hughes: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. people (auteur culmination): John Hughes ⇒ Ferris Bueller's Day Off (the host's read). Cameron is the culmination of five years of Hughes teen movies trying to get that character right.
    “the Cameron character is a culmination of 5 years of John Hughes teen movies, him trying to get this character correct, and then I feel like he finally did.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:04:56 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

Easy A: 1 line the maker said so ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Ferris Bueller's Day Off ⇒ Easy A (the maker said so). Director Will Gluck has said Ferris Bueller is his favorite movie, and Olive's Mohawk and guitar bits echo it.
    “I think the director, Will Gluck, has like talked about how Ferris Bueller is, I think, his favorite movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 0:12:38 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)

Home Alone: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. unmapped (dry run): Ferris Bueller's Day Off ⇒ Home Alone (the host's read). Rooney getting beaten up by the house is Hughes's dry run for Home Alone.
    “Hughes has like a dry run for home alone when when Rooney goes to the house.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:19:48 · Chris Ryan (0.70 sure it was them)

Parker Lewis Can't Lose: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. unmapped (derivative): Ferris Bueller's Day Off ⇒ Parker Lewis Can't Lose (the host's read). Parker Lewis Can't Lose is essentially Ferris Bueller and preferred over the actual TV adaptation.
    “do you guys prefer the Ferris Bueller TV adaptation or Parker Lewis Can't Lose, which is essentially just Ferris Bueller?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:15:08 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

The Ferris Bueller Show (TV, 1990): 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (adaptation): Ferris Bueller's Day Off ⇒ The Ferris Bueller Show (TV, 1990) (the host's read). A 1990 NBC series with Jennifer Aniston as Jeanie, which the hosts call bad.
    “The Ferris Bueller Show, 1990, NBC.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:14:56 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Connected to

The Breakfast Club: 4 lines unmapped ×2 verdict ×1 contrast ×1

  1. unmapped (sibling film): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → The Breakfast Club. The two were basically filmed simultaneously at Shermer High, which also hosts Weird Science and Sixteen Candles.
    “Ferris Bewer and Breakfast Club were basically filmed simultaneously in Shermer High.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:01:03 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Weird Science: 3 lines theme ×2 contrast ×1

  1. theme (shared location): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → Weird Science. Shermer High is the location for Weird Science, Sixteen Candles, Breakfast Club, and Ferris.
    “Shermer High is the location for weird science, um, 16 candles, Breakfast Club, and Ferris Bueller.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:01:12 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Easy A: 2 lines lineage ×1 theme ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Easy A → Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Director Will Gluck has said Ferris Bueller is his favorite movie, and Olive's Mohawk and guitar bits echo it.
    “I think the director, Will Gluck, has like talked about how Ferris Bueller is, I think, his favorite movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 0:12:38 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)

48 Hrs.: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (comedic device): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → 48 Hrs.. Ferris's impersonation bit is the suburban white guy riff on Eddie Murphy in 48 Hrs.
    “it's the suburban white guy riff on, on, uh, Eddie Murphy in torchies in 48 hours, right?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:28 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)

About Last Night: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (genre: Chicago movies): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → About Last Night. Ferris is argued as the Apex Mountain for Chicago in movies, alongside Blues Brothers and About Last Night.
    “is this is this Apex Mountain for Chicago in movies.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:18:20 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Anthony Michael Hall: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): Anthony Michael Hall → Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Hall turned down Pretty in Pink and Ferris Bueller; Ferris would have been the move away from the dork side.
    “And He turned down both roles.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:20:30 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Back to the Future: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (year context): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → Back to the Future. Hughes has the biggest cultural footprint of 80s directors, involved in five of the fifteen biggest 80s movies, plus Home Alone.
    “out of the 15 biggest 80s movies. I think he was involved in five.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:36:21 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Beverly Hills Cop: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (comedic device): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → Beverly Hills Cop. Impersonating people over multiple phones to outwit annoying people peaked in Ferris, Beverly Hills Cop, and Fletch.
    “This was peak trying to outwit really fucking annoying people by pretending to be different characters and using different phones.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:17 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Beverly Hills Cop II: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (TV adaptation precedent): Beverly Hills Cop II → Ferris Bueller's Day Off. The studio floated a TV series version like what happened with Ferris Bueller.
    “they were talking about making it into a TV show, which was kind of like the way Ferris Bueller went and stuff like that.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:13:20 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Dazed and Confused: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (genre: all in one day): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → Dazed and Confused. Other nominees for the all-in-one-day genre include Dazed and Confused, Dog Day Afternoon, Before Sunrise/Sunset, Do the Right Thing.
    “Dazed and Confused, dog day afternoon. Um, the before sunrise before sunset movies. Do the right thing is on that list.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:18:50 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Fight Club: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (fan theory): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → Fight Club. The online theory that Ferris is a figment of Cameron's imagination is likened to Fight Club.
    “this is Cameron's fight club, you know, that Ferris is a figment of Cameron's imagination”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:02:36 · Chris Ryan (0.70 sure it was them)

Home Alone: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (dry run): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → Home Alone. Rooney getting beaten up by the house is Hughes's dry run for Home Alone.
    “Hughes has like a dry run for home alone when when Rooney goes to the house.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:19:48 · Chris Ryan (0.70 sure it was them)

Inside Man: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (genre: all in one day): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → Inside Man. Bill asks whether Ferris is the Apex Mountain of all-in-one-day movies; Chris names Inside Man as a favorite of the genre.
    “my favorite all in one day movie is, I think, is inside man.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:19:36 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

John Hughes: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (auteur culmination): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → John Hughes. Cameron is the culmination of five years of Hughes teen movies trying to get that character right.
    “the Cameron character is a culmination of 5 years of John Hughes teen movies, him trying to get this character correct, and then I feel like he finally did.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:04:56 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)

Michael Jordan documentary (The Last Dance): 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (analogy): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → Michael Jordan documentary (The Last Dance). Chris frames Ferris and Cameron as Jordan and Pippen, and Rooney as Jerry Krause.
    “Hey, Ferris is MJ and and Cameron's Pippin, but they do need each other.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:04:37 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)

Parker Lewis Can't Lose: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (derivative): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → Parker Lewis Can't Lose. Parker Lewis Can't Lose is essentially Ferris Bueller and preferred over the actual TV adaptation.
    “do you guys prefer the Ferris Bueller TV adaptation or Parker Lewis Can't Lose, which is essentially just Ferris Bueller?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:15:08 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Paul Hirsch: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (editing to music): Paul Hirsch → Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Hirsch cut the movie to the rhythms of its songs, especially the final run set to The English Beat.
    “I think Paul Hirsch basically cut this movie to the rhythms of these songs.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:54:47 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)

Platoon: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (same year): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → Platoon. Oscar year 1986 pairs Platoon with Ferris, and Platoon's nominees are listed alongside the 1986 supporting actor race.
    “Lucas, Ferris Bueller, Platoon. Iconic one year.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:51:38 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Pulp Fiction: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (soundtrack comparison): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → Pulp Fiction. Pulp Fiction, Goodfellas, Boogie Nights have better soundtracks, but none use music the way Ferris does.
    “you can make the argument that like pulp fiction and um, Goodfellas and boogie nights and days all have like better soundtracks”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:54:02 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Raiders of the Lost Ark / Indiana Jones: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (analogy): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → Raiders of the Lost Ark / Indiana Jones. Ferris is to high schoolers what Indiana Jones is to archaeologists, an aspirational model.
    “Ferris Bueller is to high schoolers as Indiana Jones is to archaeologists.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:05:32 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Risky Business: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (era marker): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → Risky Business. Chris notes Risky Business as the first modern 80s movie, a candidate for a future episode.
    “that's like the 1st modern 80s movie basically.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:35:12 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Robert Smith: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (cut music): Robert Smith → Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Robert Smith wrote original museum music that failed in screening; replaced by an instrumental of a Smiths song.
    “the music that they got rid of is was written for the movie by Robert Smith from The Cure.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:39:16 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

St. Elmo's Fire: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (shared location): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → St. Elmo's Fire. Same restaurant where Kirby (Estevez) waits for Andie McDowell.
    “same restaurant at St. Elmo's Fire, where Kirby played by Abilo Estevez, waits for Andy McDowell”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:11:56 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (pop-culture integration): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. The Star Wars theme and the I Dream of Jeannie song are woven into the film though they do not belong to it.
    “literally the I dream of Jeannie song and the Star Wars theme appear in the movie, and those songs don't belong to the movie, and yet they do at the same time.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:53:42 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

The Blues Brothers: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (shared location): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → The Blues Brothers. Chez Louis is the same restaurant as in Blues Brothers and St. Elmo's Fire, a three-year span of iconic 80s restaurant movies.
    “Same restaurant as the Blues Brothers, with Elwood and Jake.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:11:42 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

The Ferris Bueller Show (TV, 1990): 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (adaptation): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → The Ferris Bueller Show (TV, 1990). A 1990 NBC series with Jennifer Aniston as Jeanie, which the hosts call bad.
    “The Ferris Bueller Show, 1990, NBC.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:14:56 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Thief: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Thief → Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Ferris Bueller uses Chicago best of all Chicago movies.
    “I think Ferris Bueller uses the city of Chicago the best.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:09:14 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

contrast (2)

  1. contrast (contrast): Weird Science → Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Hall's Gary is charismatic and confident, more like Ferris Bueller than a nerd.
    “Gary feels more like Ferris Bueller to me.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:19:50 · Bill Simmons (0.45 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (style contrast): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → The Breakfast Club. Ferris is more new wave, with synths and funky outfits, than the more trad early-80s Breakfast Club.
    “Ferris feels more new wave than breakfast club in some ways.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:02:38 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)

craft (5)

  1. craft (comedic device): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → Beverly Hills Cop. Impersonating people over multiple phones to outwit annoying people peaked in Ferris, Beverly Hills Cop, and Fletch.
    “This was peak trying to outwit really fucking annoying people by pretending to be different characters and using different phones.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:17 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. craft (comedic device): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → 48 Hrs.. Ferris's impersonation bit is the suburban white guy riff on Eddie Murphy in 48 Hrs.
    “it's the suburban white guy riff on, on, uh, Eddie Murphy in torchies in 48 hours, right?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:28 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. craft (cut music): Robert Smith → Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Robert Smith wrote original museum music that failed in screening; replaced by an instrumental of a Smiths song.
    “the music that they got rid of is was written for the movie by Robert Smith from The Cure.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:39:16 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  4. craft (soundtrack comparison): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → Pulp Fiction. Pulp Fiction, Goodfellas, Boogie Nights have better soundtracks, but none use music the way Ferris does.
    “you can make the argument that like pulp fiction and um, Goodfellas and boogie nights and days all have like better soundtracks”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:54:02 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. craft (editing to music): Paul Hirsch → Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Hirsch cut the movie to the rhythms of its songs, especially the final run set to The English Beat.
    “I think Paul Hirsch basically cut this movie to the rhythms of these songs.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:54:47 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)

lineage (3)

  1. lineage (TV adaptation precedent): Beverly Hills Cop II → Ferris Bueller's Day Off. The studio floated a TV series version like what happened with Ferris Bueller.
    “they were talking about making it into a TV show, which was kind of like the way Ferris Bueller went and stuff like that.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:13:20 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage): Easy A → Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Director Will Gluck has said Ferris Bueller is his favorite movie, and Olive's Mohawk and guitar bits echo it.
    “I think the director, Will Gluck, has like talked about how Ferris Bueller is, I think, his favorite movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 0:12:38 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (adaptation): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → The Ferris Bueller Show (TV, 1990). A 1990 NBC series with Jennifer Aniston as Jeanie, which the hosts call bad.
    “The Ferris Bueller Show, 1990, NBC.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:14:56 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (auteur culmination): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → John Hughes. Cameron is the culmination of five years of Hughes teen movies trying to get that character right.
    “the Cameron character is a culmination of 5 years of John Hughes teen movies, him trying to get this character correct, and then I feel like he finally did.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:04:56 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)

theme (11)

  1. theme (theme): Weird Science → Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Hughes always adds a sentimental scene at the end, like Ferris, and Weird Science's 'like me for me' speech.
    “Like Hughes will always give you a little bit of green beans on the side.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 1:24:16 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme): Easy A → Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Characters like Olive, Beanie Feldstein in Book Smart and Ferris Bueller let parents trust they will be okay.
    “Beanie Felstein and Booksmart, Ferris Bueller, these sorts of like, they're going to be okay.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 1:42:25 · Shea Serrano (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. theme (analogy): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → Michael Jordan documentary (The Last Dance). Chris frames Ferris and Cameron as Jordan and Pippen, and Rooney as Jerry Krause.
    “Hey, Ferris is MJ and and Cameron's Pippin, but they do need each other.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:04:37 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)
  4. theme (analogy): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → Raiders of the Lost Ark / Indiana Jones. Ferris is to high schoolers what Indiana Jones is to archaeologists, an aspirational model.
    “Ferris Bueller is to high schoolers as Indiana Jones is to archaeologists.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:05:32 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. theme (shared location): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → Weird Science. Shermer High is the location for Weird Science, Sixteen Candles, Breakfast Club, and Ferris.
    “Shermer High is the location for weird science, um, 16 candles, Breakfast Club, and Ferris Bueller.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:01:12 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  6. theme (shared location): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → The Blues Brothers. Chez Louis is the same restaurant as in Blues Brothers and St. Elmo's Fire, a three-year span of iconic 80s restaurant movies.
    “Same restaurant as the Blues Brothers, with Elwood and Jake.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:11:42 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  7. theme (shared location): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → St. Elmo's Fire. Same restaurant where Kirby (Estevez) waits for Andie McDowell.
    “same restaurant at St. Elmo's Fire, where Kirby played by Abilo Estevez, waits for Andy McDowell”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:11:56 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  8. theme (genre: Chicago movies): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → About Last Night. Ferris is argued as the Apex Mountain for Chicago in movies, alongside Blues Brothers and About Last Night.
    “is this is this Apex Mountain for Chicago in movies.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:18:20 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  9. theme (genre: all in one day): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → Dazed and Confused. Other nominees for the all-in-one-day genre include Dazed and Confused, Dog Day Afternoon, Before Sunrise/Sunset, Do the Right Thing.
    “Dazed and Confused, dog day afternoon. Um, the before sunrise before sunset movies. Do the right thing is on that list.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:18:50 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  10. theme (genre: all in one day): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → Inside Man. Bill asks whether Ferris is the Apex Mountain of all-in-one-day movies; Chris names Inside Man as a favorite of the genre.
    “my favorite all in one day movie is, I think, is inside man.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:19:36 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  11. theme (era marker): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → Risky Business. Chris notes Risky Business as the first modern 80s movie, a candidate for a future episode.
    “that's like the 1st modern 80s movie basically.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:35:12 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

unmapped (8)

  1. unmapped (fan theory): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → Fight Club. The online theory that Ferris is a figment of Cameron's imagination is likened to Fight Club.
    “this is Cameron's fight club, you know, that Ferris is a figment of Cameron's imagination”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:02:36 · Chris Ryan (0.70 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (dry run): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → Home Alone. Rooney getting beaten up by the house is Hughes's dry run for Home Alone.
    “Hughes has like a dry run for home alone when when Rooney goes to the house.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:19:48 · Chris Ryan (0.70 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (same year): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → Platoon. Oscar year 1986 pairs Platoon with Ferris, and Platoon's nominees are listed alongside the 1986 supporting actor race.
    “Lucas, Ferris Bueller, Platoon. Iconic one year.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:51:38 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  4. unmapped (pop-culture integration): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. The Star Wars theme and the I Dream of Jeannie song are woven into the film though they do not belong to it.
    “literally the I dream of Jeannie song and the Star Wars theme appear in the movie, and those songs don't belong to the movie, and yet they do at the same time.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:53:42 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. unmapped (easter egg): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → The Breakfast Club. A Simple Minds Don't You Forget About Me poster appears in Ferris's room, a year after Breakfast Club, as Hughes building his own universe.
    “the simple minds. Don't you forget about me, poster, one year after Breakfast Club, which I love like Hughes making his own universe.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:56:30 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  6. unmapped (sibling film): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → The Breakfast Club. The two were basically filmed simultaneously at Shermer High, which also hosts Weird Science and Sixteen Candles.
    “Ferris Bewer and Breakfast Club were basically filmed simultaneously in Shermer High.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:01:03 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  7. unmapped (derivative): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → Parker Lewis Can't Lose. Parker Lewis Can't Lose is essentially Ferris Bueller and preferred over the actual TV adaptation.
    “do you guys prefer the Ferris Bueller TV adaptation or Parker Lewis Can't Lose, which is essentially just Ferris Bueller?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:15:08 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  8. unmapped (year context): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → Back to the Future. Hughes has the biggest cultural footprint of 80s directors, involved in five of the fifteen biggest 80s movies, plus Home Alone.
    “out of the 15 biggest 80s movies. I think he was involved in five.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:36:21 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

verdict (2)

  1. verdict (verdict): The Breakfast Club → Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Bill ranks Breakfast Club above Ferris, though both are pantheon.
    “They're both pantheon for me, but breakfast club's an all timer for me.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 1:23:34 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (verdict): Thief → Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Ferris Bueller uses Chicago best of all Chicago movies.
    “I think Ferris Bueller uses the city of Chicago the best.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:09:14 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): Anthony Michael Hall → Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Hall turned down Pretty in Pink and Ferris Bueller; Ferris would have been the move away from the dork side.
    “And He turned down both roles.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:20:30 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Cameron's house is in Lake Forest, near the Bears and Bulls facilities, five minutes from Michael Jordan's.
    “I know where Cameron Fry's house is.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 1:31:17 · Kyle Brandt (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Bill's 2009 mailbag timeline test: fit the whole day (Sears Tower, exchange, art museum, Chez Louis, Wrigley, parade, car repair) into under 8 hours. He challenged readers to reenact it; no one did.
    “I challenged everyone in 2009 to to, I was like, all right, 3 high school or college people, just try to reenact this and see if you can do this in 8 hours.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:27:41 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Most Rewatchable Scene nominees: the they bought it monologue, Cameron deciding to leave, Ferris picking up Sloane, the Abe Froman call, the Star Wars Ferrari joyride, the art museum, Cameron destroying the car, and Ferris sprinting home.
    “My winner for this is I'm going to break rewatchables tradition for the 1st time in 110 episodes”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:31:03 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Bill's pick: the parking attendants' joyride in the Ferrari set to Star Wars music, one of the hardest he has ever laughed.
    “It probably made me laugh top 4 hardest ever in a movie”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:38:15 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about Ferris Bueller's Day Off: The Cameron-destroys-the-Ferrari debate: Bill loves the car and sees no excuse; Chris in his 40s says Cam is getting executed by his dad; Sean sees it as angsty teen anger.
    “Cam's gonna get a socket wrench to the eye if his dad is coming home, man.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:41:41 · Chris Ryan (0.70 sure it was them)
  6. fun, about Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Hosts argue the film may be the best use of pop music in a movie: The Smiths-style museum cover, the English Beat chase, and the Yello opener.
    “is this the best use of pop music in a movie ever?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:53:31 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  7. fun, about Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Chez Louis is the same restaurant as The Blues Brothers and St. Elmo's Fire.
    “So, an iconic 80s rest movies restaurant.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:12:07 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  8. fun, about Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Deleted scene: Ferris takes a bond bought at his birth from his dad's closet and cashes it, funding the day. Cut because it made him look like a thief.
    “It was removed because it made him seem like a thief.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:12:39 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  9. fun, about Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Trailer line about Ferris being the first kid to ride the space shuttle was removed after Challenger exploded.
    “come next year, I'll be the 1st kid to ride in the space shuttle, then the challenger exploded.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:13:05 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  10. fun, about Ferris Bueller's Day Off: The post-credits bus scene was supposed to be in the film; Hughes loved it and threw it at the end, so the school bus of kids coming home at 6 makes no sense.
    “I think John his is just like, fuck it, I'm putting it in.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:15:49 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  11. fun, about Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Hosts say the car in the movie is a replica; maker Modena Design was sued by Ferrari and went bankrupt. A real 1961 250 GT California sold for around $18 million.
    “Ferrari ended up suing them and they went bankrupt because of this movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:16:23 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  12. fun, about Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Costume-change nitpick: nearly ten outfit changes in the first twenty minutes, Chris notes, which also strains the timeline.
    “So that's a little less than 10 outfit changes.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:23:56 · Chris Ryan (0.70 sure it was them)
  13. fun, about Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Nitpick: Bill's complaint that a senior cut day with no beer or joint is too innocent, and Sean's retort that the museum, Wrigley, and a Ferrari day is amazing. Chris calls it the most innocent cut day possible.
    “Your dirtbag ethics have nothing to do with what makes Ferris Bueller beautiful.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:26:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  14. fun, about Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Best quote category: the George Peterson phone bit; the film's first 25 minutes are yearbook quotes.
    “the 1st 25 minutes of this movie is yearbook quotes.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:29:28 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)
  15. fun, about Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Unanswerable question: Cameron in 2016 would have written first-person trauma essays and co-hosted Chapo; Ferris becomes a software billionaire in a hypothetical 2001 sequel.
    “He's a co-host of of Chapo right now.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:33:10 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.