In a departure from my usual humor blog posts, I wanted to share two super fun articles with you that I just wrote for Parent.co about the 30th anniversary of two iconic ’80s films: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and Pretty in Pink. Here’s a teaser, but please hop over to Parent.co to read the rest. And of course, if you like them, share them!
Like other teens in the 1980s, I grew up watching my teen angst play out on the big screen through John Hughes’ string of iconic movies, from Pretty in Pink and Sixteen Candles to The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
The characters’ struggles of unrequited love, the haves and the have-nots, and the social pecking order mirrored my own teen struggles, often to some amazing soundtracks.
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
“Bueller? Bueller?”
Saying these two words to anyone over the age of 14 usually evokes a smile and conjures up images of Ferris Bueller, the loveable high school slacker who ditched school to romp around Chicago with his friends all day in John Hughes’ iconic ‘80s film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Can you believe it’s been 30 years since the movie’s debut? Fall in love all over again with this cult classic and check out these behind-the-screen fun facts…continue reading at Parent.co.
Pretty in Pink
Pretty in Pink (1986) turns 30 this year, with the romantic teen dramedy being re-released as an anniversary special event in select theaters in February. That gives us fans one more chance to see Molly Ringwald as working-class outsider Andie, Andrew McCarthy as rich-boy-wins-girl Blane, Jon Cryer as Andie’s misfit best bud Duckie, and James Spader as upper-crust, boy-you-love-to-hate Steff. With Pretty In Pink back on the big screen to woo us all over again, I dug a little deeper into the movie to uncover these fun facts….continue reading at Parent.co.