If Shermer Highschool was a real place...

everyone would look like Molly Ringwald.


Like every other post puberty female in America I love all John Hughes films; pre Baby's Day Out. Hughes perfected the art of teen melodrama while maintaining a element of cool.

I have never been cool. As much as I love and want to be Sam from Sixteen Candles, pining for and eventually getting Jake Ryan; I have a feeling I'd be more comfortable in some of the lesser known yet important roles. Here we go in no real order:





Sixteen Candles

So my fave movie for forever. I heart it so much and I'll have you know I was in love with Jake Ryan waaaaay before Hot Topic started selling t-shirts with his face. I think it makes it even more awesome that Micahel Schoeffling aka the model of 80s teen perfection quit the biz to make furniture. What!!!

Anyways in the midst of Sweet Sixteen shenanigans there is a man who I don't think gets nearly enough credit:

Grandpa Fred

Who is Grandpa Fred? Grandpa Fred is the the fantastically inappropriate grandfather of Samantha Davis Baker Jr! I want to grow up to be him, appearing to be perpetually slightly intoxictaed and the only one who laughs during awkward moments. "Hey Howard, there's your Chinaman."








The Breakfast Club

Prolly the definitive work in the John Hughes collective. There is nothing to say about this movie that hasn't been said already, heck people are even writing dissertations on it. How awesome would that be?

Out of a cast of only 7 everyone's real hero is Carl.
Carl even has a facebook, fan page. Do you?



"I am the eyes and ears of this school."




Some Kind of Wonderful

I'd so be the dad in this movie.
I am totally pissed at that kid blowing his savings on some earrings for a skirt. What the hell Keith? Caroline in the City is cute and all but you should have known from the beginning to stick with Watts. Watts was the inspiration for Emily Valentine from 90210 (I know It)!



"You're Cool"


"Watch out Bren, she's dangerous!"

This movie also has the greatest all time makeout scene ever. Here it is for gratuitious enjoyment.





Ferris Bueller's Day Off
The only mistake that streetwise Ferris makes during his epic adventure is handing over the keys of a Ferrari 250 GT California to a couple of yabbos! I'd much rather joyride around the streets of Chicago in an classic car with the Star Wars soundtrack blasting in my wake than go to a Cubs game.



"What country do you think this is?"



Pretty in Pink

James Spader's chest hair. That is all