Ben Stein

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986).

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, 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. (1982): 1 line

  1. craft (comedic device) · through Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), which they acted in: 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

  1. people (auteur culmination) · through Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), which they acted in: 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)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Easy A (2010): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), which they acted in: 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 (1990): 1 line

  1. unmapped (dry run) · through Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), which they acted in: 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 (1990): 1 line

  1. unmapped (derivative) · through Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), which they acted in: 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

  1. lineage (adaptation) · through Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), which they acted in: 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)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (1) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

No claims join them to a film or another person.

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Ben Stein: Ben Stein ad-libbed the lecture off camera; the extras laughed so hard that the voodoo economics bit stayed in even though it was not in the script.
    “the student extras were laughing so hard that they decided to actually just keep in the voodoo economics, that whole scene.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:14:28 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)