Comments on: John Hughes. He spoke to all of us 30-somethings. https://www.web-betty-blog.com/2009/08/06/john-hughes-he-spoke-to-all-of-us-30-somethings/ Still crazy after all these years Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:06:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.5 By: Bo https://www.web-betty-blog.com/2009/08/06/john-hughes-he-spoke-to-all-of-us-30-somethings/comment-page-1/#comment-1032 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 02:21:58 +0000 http://www.web-betty-blog.com/?p=1323#comment-1032 “Dong. Dong! Where is my automobile?”

]]> By: Laush https://www.web-betty-blog.com/2009/08/06/john-hughes-he-spoke-to-all-of-us-30-somethings/comment-page-1/#comment-1028 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 05:09:28 +0000 http://www.web-betty-blog.com/?p=1323#comment-1028 I just watched Weird Science a month or so ago… not necessarily his funniest, but really spoke to the dorks and has many (as usual) great one-liners so casually delivered- I get the feeling he probably said this alot during shoots: “no, don’t even emphasize it. Yes, it’s a joke, but just say it.”

I’m sure many of us could go off on quotes at a bar until it closed. Maybe we’ll do that next time you’re out west.

I always thought Pretty in Pink was a weird to-the formula ending too… and not very funny.

Cameron: “He’ll keep calling me, he’ll keep calling me until I come over. He’ll make me feel guilty. This is uh… This is ridiculous, ok I’ll go, I’ll go, I’ll go, I’ll go, I’ll go. What – I’LL GO. Shit. ”

There was a weird point in the 80s where I would mix up Thomas Dolby’s “Blinded Me with Science” ( ‘she turned her tender eyes to me’ – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V83JR2IoI8k&feature=fvst)

with Oingo Boingo’s “Weird Science” (‘bits and pieces bits and pieces’ – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDe5Ckt4joQ.

One thing is for sure- the 1980s were years when humanity did ‘science’ and wrote awkward songs about it!

Thanks for posting this! Miss your Friday 80’s music jams at eC, you better get on a plane soon!

]]> By: melissa https://www.web-betty-blog.com/2009/08/06/john-hughes-he-spoke-to-all-of-us-30-somethings/comment-page-1/#comment-1023 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:41:46 +0000 http://www.web-betty-blog.com/?p=1323#comment-1023 In reply to Boat Covers.

Thanks for the additional info. 🙂

]]> By: Boat Covers https://www.web-betty-blog.com/2009/08/06/john-hughes-he-spoke-to-all-of-us-30-somethings/comment-page-1/#comment-1022 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 07:19:37 +0000 http://www.web-betty-blog.com/?p=1323#comment-1022 Good post. I just have a few seldom-mentioned things to add…- Hughes wrote the spectacular National Lampoon’s Vacation (1983), which featured a score by Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac. The ridiculous guilty pleasure “Weird Science” by Oingo Boingo comes from the Hughes film of the same name.

]]> By: melissa https://www.web-betty-blog.com/2009/08/06/john-hughes-he-spoke-to-all-of-us-30-somethings/comment-page-1/#comment-1021 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:30:34 +0000 http://www.web-betty-blog.com/?p=1323#comment-1021 In reply to perpstu.

I’m already planning my John Hughes’ movie fest. Maybe I should bring it to Vegas! 😉

]]> By: perpstu https://www.web-betty-blog.com/2009/08/06/john-hughes-he-spoke-to-all-of-us-30-somethings/comment-page-1/#comment-1020 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:51:03 +0000 http://www.web-betty-blog.com/?p=1323#comment-1020 What a fantastic tribute. I watched Pretty in Pink so many times the VHS tape wore out. I smiled reading all the lines from some of my favorite movies of all times. Thank you!

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