We lost a good one yesterday. The man who gave us Ferris Bueller; The Griswolds; Trains, Planes and Automobiles; Uncles Buck; Home Alone; 16 Candles; The Breakfast Club and many many more. John Hughes was a great Chicagoan and a great film maker. He was 59.
Check out this tribute video. Could have been more comprehensive, but mad props for the use of Baba O'Reilly:
WildBill is a low level TV executive with delusions of grandeur when it comes to his ability to string words together. He hopes to one day get paid to write/talk about sports and pop culture all day. A sports fan from birth, he played competitive sports until he was 18 and has worked in sports departments in various news markets and at the (now defunct) Best Damn Sports Show Period. His love of sports is challenged only by his interest in (and absurd amount of useless knowledge of) TV, movies and music. He is a self admitted sports bigamist, rooting for the Cubs and Yankees as well as the Bears, Bulls, Hawks and Fighting Irish Football. Nothing comes close to his love of Marquette Basketball and his fandom for Buzz Williams is rapidly approaching man-crush territory. In addition to the four major sports, Bill follows NASCAR, Boxing and MMA. Other interest include upland game hunting, gambling, hiking and drinking like it's college.
August 7th, 2009
They don’t make movies like those anymore…