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Ferris Bueller and friends at the Chicago Museum of Art

Its’ the 40th anniversary of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off this month. 40 years!

I remember when it first came out. I read about it first in a school newspaper, where it was being reviewed by students. I read the first couple of paragraphs and loved the movie just from reading about it. Of course I eventually saw it. Many times, after that.

I probably still have that school newspaper somewhere, I saved them all.

Cher and Nicholas Cage; Moonstruck – Kitchen scene – best scene in the movie.

For years Ferris Bueller was my favorite movie. When I was asked on security questions to name my favorite movie, it was “Ferris Bueller,” and then it moved to “Moonstruck” and now it’s something else. Interesting that Ferris was released in 1986 and Moonstruck in 1987. Two wonderful years, in a perfect decade.

I still use the line, “I don’t even have a piece of shit, I have to envy your piece of shit.” I use it to this day when I am insulting something that someone has. It could be their car, but also their house, their dog, their whatever. I have used that line many times over the years.

As for Moonstruck, that was my favorite for years, too. There’s a scene in the movie where Danny Aiello gets out of the airport and goes to a cab and says, “Take me to 19 Cranberry.”

That sounded real to me. And so I went on an excursion to Brooklyn Heights one time and I found the exact address which was Cher’s house in the movie. They used the real address of the real house, in the movie.

I have gone back many times over the years, I’ve brought people with me to look at the house, to even pretend to kick the can on the corner like Cher does in the movie. I brought my mother to see it one time.

I saw Danny Aiello in the city one time and almost yelled that line out to him, but that would be stupid and I don’t usually do that when I see celebs, so I just walked by and didn’t say anything.

I love those movies yet I’ve never done a parody cartoon of Ferris or Moonstruck – something to think about i guess.

Here’s a video, “Behind the Scenes: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, which is the cast and others talking about the move, most of it in 1985-86. It just popped up last night as I was flipping through YouTube. A case of the internet reading my mind, again.

“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”

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