Talk:Ferris Bueller's Day Off/Archive 1

Bart Simpson's Day Off
from the trivia/homage section - when was there ever a simpsons episode by this title? Was it a comic? Because im sure there was no episode by that name —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.148.33.223 (talk) 10:20, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Jennifer Aniston
okay, to avoid an edit war over such a minor thing, let me explain the Jennifer Aniston thing. When I saw this movie for the first time, it was in my English Media class, and my teacher told us that she was in the movie, he even mentioned that it her nose was a little different (because of some plastic surgery). I have seen the movie numerous times after this, and I can atest that it is indeed her. However, this is all the proof I have, and I understand it might not be very good proof. Earl Andrew 01:51, 15 Jul 2004 (UTC)


 * She was in the TV show, not the movie --Richy 22:56, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Cult status?
Would this film be considered a cult movie (i.e. average success in the box office and strong VHS/DVD sales leading to a group following)? I was thinking of adding it to the cult classic list. Demoman87 19:15, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
 * While I am not familiar with this list, I'd suggest that you be bold and add it to that list and see what feedback you get there. The worst that would happen is that it would be removed, but I would like to think that you'd spawn some discussion there first. Fwgoebel 21:36, 2 May 2007 (UTC) And, having just perused the list and seeing some other films that I've made a point of seeing on video multiple times with groups of friends (like The Breakfast Club and The Princess Bride), I think it'll be okay. Fwgoebel 21:43, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Cult films are generally defined not by how well liked the movie is or rabid it's fan base but that the movie initially did not do well and the following grew later. FERRIS BUELLER was a very successful movie (the attempted to make a TV series out of it) and well reviewed film even at the time. User:citizenjames  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.202.118.5 (talk) 18:39, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Emulator II note added
I have added a note on the make and model of synthesizer used to simulate Ferris' sounds of being sick. This information may or may not be of interest to people who are not electronic musicians. If anyone feels this information is out of place, feel free to remove the information. Samboy 03:02, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * That information was already in the trivia section of this article. "The Synthesizer/sampler used to create Ferris's cough and vomit sounds was an E-MU Emulator made in the early 1980s by E-mu." I linked E-mu Emulator II from there and removed the text you added. I think that kind of info is pefectly suitable for Wikipedia. bbx 03:32, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Trivia
The entire "Trivia" section is a virtual cut and paste from the same page on the [IMDB]. There is already a link to the IMDB on the page. What is the Wikipedia policy on duplicating pages? Corvus 20:11, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)


 * I would say to remove it. Generally, I find trivia sections to be amateurish. If the content is interesting enough, it should be worked into the article. Otherwise, it should be cut. --SparqMan 03:59, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Lefty/Righty
In the film, in the scenes where Ferris Bueller uses his left hand to use the mouse on his computer and also uses his left hand to throw the ball at the machine that makes a snoring sound to turn it off, that means that the actor, Matthew Broderick is a lefty especially that the character Leo Bloom that he played for The Producers was a lefty, and the actress, Jennifer Grey is probably a righty. --PJ Pete

The Car
I have a question about the car. The article lists it as a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT. I recently met the owner of the car that was actually used in the movie and, IIRC, he said it was a 1966 Ferrari 275 GT. Looking at stills from the movie it seems the wikipedia article may be wrong, but I am not certain enough to change it. Does anyone know more or know where the misinformation came from? -Lommer | talk 19:44, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * The quotation from the film is, "The 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California. Less than a hundred were made. My father spent three years restoring this car. It is his love, it is his passion...". The real car may have been a 275, but the film refers to it as a '61 250, so the article should probably reflect that. --SparqMan 15:43, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * I may be wrong after all as IMDB's trivia page mentions nothing of the sort, but does say that it was an '61 250 GT Califonia Spyder, which may (I dunno) look quite different from a normal '61 250 GT. -Lommer | talk 23:51, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Senior Skip Day
Someone recently added that FBDO was the origin of the senior skip day tradition. Is this bit of Trivia true? can we get a reference? I don't like just going on the word of an anon for something I've never heard of. -Lommer | talk 18:50, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Senior Skip Day was a tradition stretching from much further back than the 80s. Even without support to the contrary, I think we can safely strike that. --SparqMan 00:38, 30 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Glad to hear it &mdash; it's gone. -Lommer | talk 01:08, 30 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Sometimes called Senior Sneak Day - it goes back to at least the 1950s and probably earlier. Leonard G. 05:37, 6 August 2005 (UTC)

Chicago Mercantile Exchange
I recall a scene from this location where Ferris makes a quick, short term bet Brazilian orange juice futures, and scores nicely, but did not see this in a recent TV display of this film. Am I thinking of some other movie? Leonard G. 05:36, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes, afraid so. Libatius 22:46, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Could you be thinking of Trading Places? 172.144.106.6 18:24, 21 July 2007 (UTC)RKH

bad math
on mia sara's wikipedia page it says she was born in '67 now if ferris bueller came out in '86 that would make her 19 not 17 as it says in the trivia section


 * Keep in mind "bad math" that a movie is often filmed at least a year before it is released, if not more. Mia Sara was born in 1967 but the movie was filmed 1984-1985, making her 17 for most, if not all of the production.

Filming for this movie was in Late-1985, so she was 18. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.232.61.228 (talk) 16:48, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Song Help
I was just curious, what is the song that plays as Ferris is racing to get home?

OutRider2003 20:48, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

--The lorax 06:40, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
 * March Of the Swivelheads by The (English) Beat

SparkEE 06:41, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
 * March of the Swivelheads is the instrumental version of Rotating Heads by the same artist.

Another question: What is the song that plays after Cameron kills the car and while he's giving the speech about facing his dad?

It's not a song, but part of the movie's original score. Frogan 05:45, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Triva Error
The Trivia sections both here and on IMDb list the restaurant Ferris, Cameron, and Sloane eat lunch at as "Chez Quis" and add that it is a pun for "Shakey's." The restaurant's name, however, is "Chez Luis." Though the cursive L looks a bit like a Q on the sign, there is no word or name "Quis" in French. The restaurant would roughly be translated as "Louis' ". -Alex, 16 November 2005
 * Just to clarify, the name of the restaurant is Chez Quis - the two trivia sections are, in fact, correct. If you are unconvinced by the sign outside the restaurant, watch the scene where Ferris pretends to phone the police from the restaurant.  When the Maitre D' picks up the phone he says 'Chez Quis, Bonjour'.  Incidentally, it is the same in the french language version of the movie. Libatius 22:45, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Filming Dates
What date did this film start filming and when did this finish filming? --PJ Pete It started filming from Monday, September 9, 1985 and finished filming on Friday, November 22, 1985. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.232.59.234 (talk) 18:49, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Section on influence
Should we make an attempt to write about what influence this film had? In terms of its popularity and appeal to teenagers, when it was released and even in present day. I dont know, I guess it may not belong in the article, but maybe someone could write how it contributed to the whole idea of skipping school. Maybe it could be in the lead...Forever young 13:45, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Evidence of the date?
I watched the movie again recently, and didn't notice anything that indicated the date of the movie was May 17th, despite the fact that I was looking for it. This is not to say there's no evidence, just that I didn't notice it if it is there: anyone care to enlighten me as to what supports that date, if there is indeed something to support it? Thanks.

Ferris and Jeanie Bueller's Age
In the film, Ferris Bueller is about 17-18 years old, and his sister, Jeanie Bueller is 16 years old. So, Jeanie is officially Ferris' younger sister. The reason is, they go to the same school, and Ferris is a senior. --PJ Pete


 * So the actor was actually 6 to seven years older than the role he played! Why is that so common in US movies? --84.161.217.17 11:56, 15 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Is there a definitive record of the ages of the characters? My recollection is the Ferris is older in the movie, but younger in the TV show.  But this seems to be refuted repeatedly by various wikipedia editors, without any real references.  (As I said...I don't have a "reference", just my recollection) -Alex.rosenheim 14:26, 4 October 2007 (UTC)


 * I was wondering the same thing. She comes across as his older sister. Any evidence as to who is what age? 71.193.243.8 (talk) 03:20, 23 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Wasn't Ferris a senior? Jeanie being the older sister wouldn't make any sense. 72.130.143.244 (talk) 02:08, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Poster
Whoever believes it's a video poster, I thought it was officially a theatrical movie poster. If it is officially a video poster, and not a theatrical movie poster, click the poster, and click "Upload a new version of this File", and with the same filename, find one that's a different picture, but it must ONLY be vertical-positioned. Remember! The posters cannot be folded or rolled as scanned or from a photoshot, like there's elements in the picture, outside the poster. --PJ Pete

"from the Hughes’ fictional suburb"?
Is this a typo? If not, perhaps the meaning could be clarified ;-) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Leeborkman (talk • contribs)
 * "Shermerville" is the fictional suburban setting for several John Hughes films. The text could indeed use a clarification. --SparqMan 15:35, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I reverted the sentence back to a previous version. Now it just says "from the fictional suburb of Shermerville." I also put back in that it was filmed in Northbrook, since it seems to be at least a partial inspiration for Shermerville. Feel free to change it to change it to make it clearer. Flutefreek 04:48, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Just FYI, if you check the page for Northbrook, Illinois, you'll see that the original name of the town, until 1923, was Shermerville. Lafong (talk) 05:13, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

PG-13
I'm removing the "one of the earliest films to receive the PG-13 rating." The rating had been in place for two years by the time Ferris came out. PacificBoy 16:13, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Copy edit
I copy edited the plot and cleaned up the trivia section - there was way too much there. PacificBoy 17:09, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Protagonist
Is the protagonist really Farris in this movie? The protagonist is the person who experiences change and would be Cameron, wouldn't it?
 * Interesting point - That's a great little definition to bring in! Ferris is certainly the main character (the movie is named after him), even if he doesn't fit the description of protagonist fully. I think the synopsis describes his chabges pretty well... Any thoughts? Gold fritter 08:16, 24 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Protagonist does not necessarily have to go through a change. Protagonist and "main character" are essentially the same term. We follow Ferris through the movie, we root for Ferris, he is the protagonist. Could we say that his character is perhaps not as ROUND as Cameron's because Ferris does not go through a change? Yes, but that does not make Cameron the protagonist. Ferris is definitely the protagonist. Liontamarin 09:10, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Continuous language?
What's continuous language? It's listed as a reason that the film received a PG-13 rating --Badger151 19:07, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

From the Trivia section
I cut this: "In the film, the scenes where Ferris uses his left hand using the mouse at his computer, and where he throws the baseball at the machine that makes a snoring sound in his room, Matthew Broderick is left-handed, but most of the other actors and actresses of this film are right-handed, such as Jennifer Grey." I'm not clear on what this is supposed to say. Is it just supposed to mean that Matthew Broderick is left-handed? --Badger151 19:27, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Well, the actress, Jennifer Grey is a righty, because, in this film, she uses control with her right hand the most. --PJ Pete

Metafictionally aware?
Although Bueller is a narrator, I do not recall him talking about being in a movie. Speaking to the camera/audience is just the style of narration and not indicative of Bueller understanding that he is a fictional character. --Chris Griswold (  ☎  ☓  ) 07:37, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

After the credits, he tells the audience that the movie is over and that we should go home. Besides, breaking the fourth wall by talking to the audience is a inherent acknowledgment that a character is no longer being the character that is being portrayed. -Alex.rosenheim 18:25, 23 August 2007 (UTC)


 * I realize that this is an old comment, but I wanted to point out the fact that breaking the fourth wall does not necessarily equate to dropping character. A character can acknowledge the audience, just as an actor can.  In this case, it's definitely Ferris addressing the audience, not Matthew Broderick.  &mdash;  Music  Maker  5376  17:11, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

He's gonna marry me!
I removed the reference to Ferris asking Sloane to get married. First, he doesn't really ask Sloane to marry him, but asks rhetorically during the Chicago Board of Trade scene in a sequence that further sets up Cameron's relationship with his family. Second, before the movie's climax, he doesn't ask Sloane, but she remarks, "He's gonna marry me," as he runs away, in reference to the previous scene.

Apparent "Spring" That I Changed To Autumn
Ferris attends the Von Steuben Day Parade which is in September which proves that the film took place in September on the day of the parade, bottom-line.
 * No it doesn't. It proves that the movie was filmed in the autumn, but if you pay attention to the actual movie, it is intended to be set in the Spring. There is a note about this under 'filming details'. Libatius 08:41, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Brass
''John Hughes decided to add brass to the popular song "Twist and Shout" during the carnival sequence. Sir Paul McCartney was outraged, telling Hughes, "If I wanted brass I would have added brass."''

This sounds like a myth. Twist and Shout was written not by Paul McCartney, but by Phil Medley and Bert Russell. It was originally recorded by the Isley Brothers, who's version includes brass. Also, in the movie, the brass is provided by the marching band playing along with the recording. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.189.75.142 (talk • contribs) 21:50, April 22, 2007 (UTC)


 * removed comment from article page and placed here. --Dual Freq 00:51, 23 April 2007 (UTC)


 * John Hughes himself said this on the DVD commentary. DanTD (talk) 18:39, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

copyright violation
It's a copyright violation to have Ebert's entire review reproduced here. I will delete it shortly, unless someone cuts it down to a few quotes or a summary first. Tesseran 05:53, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Sequel
Why is a fan script posted on a blog listed here? It is not in consideration at the studio, and is not written by a published screenwriter. I will delete this section unless someone can explain what makes this legitimate.24.165.188.30 00:55, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree that this is pretty ridiculous and will remove it. --David Bixenspan 22:29, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
 * It is a referenced fact. The probability of it being produced is irrelevant. -Alex.rosenheim 14:27, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
 * What makes it notable? A random blog?  --David Bixenspan 03:22, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Foul ball catch
"Washington is seen fouling a pitch into the stands behind third base, the foul that Ferris catches in the movie."

Really? So this just happened serendipitously as they were filming? *cynical* Shiggity (talk) 17:23, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Plot Summary Mistakes
Just watched this movie again, and noticed a couple mistakes in the plot summary (which should be generally tidied up by someone very familiar with the film anyway), but these should be fixed (if they're correct) nonetheless. In the scene where Jeanie is sitting in the police station, she says that she was "...picked up for making a phony police call" after the dean had entered the house, not that she went there of her own accord (which also explains why she's driving her mother's car on the way home in following scenes). Also, Cameron doesn't spot the odometer in his father's Ferrari; Ferris makes a statement about the mileage and questions Cameron, who verbally states the previous mileage exactly, who then takes a look at it to see it over 300. Sitting in the back, even with his worries, he still wasn't the first person to notice it. Two minor errors; but still errors.-TAz69x (talk) 03:49, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Photo of Cameron's home taken Sun Oct 12th 2008
I just took a photo of his house while bicycling by today. Cameron's Home in Glen Ellyn IL

If the maintainer's want to include it on this page - feel free.

3dc (talk) 00:09, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Jeanie Buller
I believe it should be mentioned in this article that Jeanie Bueller has an often sarcastic attitude, often likely to want to criticize her brother Ferris for ditching school. --PJ Pete November 1, 2008

Articles for deletion/Ferris Bueller's Day Off in popular culture
FYI. Ikip (talk) 23:18, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Requested merge
The result of this thread was merge. Gwen Gale (talk) 18:06, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

The article Ferris Bueller's Day Off in popular culture underwent an AfD discussion, and there was no consensus, largely due to an attempted article rescue amidst discussion. The article contains some useful content which has since already been copied over to this film article in its "Impact" section, so this content is not lost. This leaves that content as well as indiscriminate trivia in the popular culture article. Since the merge has already been done, I request a redirect from the popular culture article to the "Impact" section of this film article. The film article is hardly large, and per WP:SS, there does not need to be a sub-article spun off. So with the redirect, the useful content is here in this film article, and we can dismiss all the inane instances of the film ever being mentioned, even in a single line of some TV episode. For what it is worth, the closing admin for the aforementioned AfD noted an interest in merge, hence this discussion. — Erik (talk • contrib) 15:57, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Redirect, the scholarly content is already located here. Mintrick (talk) 16:14, 5 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep as separate articles. Some users found the list of examples useful and we should humor our fellow editors.  No reason not to have both articles just because of an WP:IDONTLIKEIT.  Sincerely, --A NobodyMy talk 16:43, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep as separate articles. There is enough information to fill its own article, so might as well have them separate.   D r e a m Focus  17:34, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Redirect/merge As I suggested late in the AfD. All the scholarly content is at the main article which renders the other article useless. The only difference between the two is that the latter also contains a clear violation of WP:TRIVIA.  Them  From  Space  17:53, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Redirect/merge - trim the trivia and merge the notable content back into its proper context on the main article. Girolamo Savonarola (talk) 21:21, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep them separate. Quistisffviii (talk) 23:25, 5 April 2009 (UTC) Save Ferris Quistisffviii (talk) 07:18, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge, trivia article with a fancy title.--Wehwalt (talk) 00:52, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Redirect/Merge Nothing (besides trivia) that can't be covered here. Ferris Bueller's Day Off currently has 23kB of article size, a far cry below WP:SIZE's "May need to be divided" 30kB mark for readable prose size. – sgeureka t•c 09:37, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Redirect/merge this is a content fork filled with trivia. This works best as 2-3 graphs in the main article on the movie.Bali ultimate (talk) 16:22, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge Develop a section within the article comprised of a few paragraphs and keep the most notable occurrences which are sourced. --Nehrams2020 (talk) 19:06, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge - I don't see how this could not be presented (in prose form) in the film's article.   BIGNOLE     (Contact me)  03:37, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * either merge or not, but keep most of the content-- one article or two doesnt matter. The content does. Add sources where needed, of course. Personally, I think there's enough content that it would be better separate. DGG (talk) 04:20, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge - As per sgeureka, and not per DGG. -- Oliver  Twisted (Talk) (Stuff) 04:23, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep all content and merge. Important movie in pop culture. Whether its notable or not is just a matter of opinion, NOT a matter of fact. TomCat4680 (talk) 04:25, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Redirect - Developed content already present in this article. Wildhartlivie (talk) 04:31, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Notice: engaged in excessive cross-posting to notify all editors from the AfD for the popular culture article even when the discussion already attracted enough attention (though the attention may have been considered so far unfavorable by the editor, who opposes merging). — Erik  (talk • contrib) 04:32, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * And you are the one who nominated this, so perhaps object to more attention. Stop guessing the intent of others.  Its pointless and assumes bad faith.  When an AFD ends, if you try to then merge everything, then everyone who participated should be notified.  And lets try to keep this on topic, shall we?   D r e a m Focus  04:37, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I actually prefer community notifications to talk page spamming. I mentioned the discussion at WT:FILM since it was a film-related topic. — Erik  (talk • contrib) 04:38, 7 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Redirect - valid, sourced content has already been merged; nothing else to keep. Unsourced stuff doesn't need to be moved over. Redirect old list to the Impact section. In general, an "in popular culture" section shouldn't be split from the main article, and this article as a whole is certainly not so long or unwieldy that it can't support this content, leaving no reason for such a split to exist. -- AnmaFinotera  (talk · contribs) 04:42, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Trim and Merge Length of the film article is not long enough (yet!) to necessitate a separate article for the pop culture influences. Not all of the influences on that page are appropriate to be listed in the depth of detail given (many are mention-in-passing). --M ASEM  (t) 05:27, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Either merge everything from the other article (which has not been done, content has been selected on a seemingly arbitrary basis) or keep. Probably best to keep, as it seems at least some editors on this page don't want the content here. JulesH (talk) 07:25, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Redirect/Merge: Trim out the unsourced stuff and don't transfer the bits of info that mention when the film was simply parodied or name-dropped. Ryan 4314   (talk) 08:50, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Suggestion Why not edit the article back and forth and determine what should be kept, before deciding upon a merge or not? Otherwise its kind of a mute discussion.  You can't make a decision without knowing exactly what information is going to be merged.  To merge means most of the content will be lost.  Edit the article to be what you consider an appropriate amount of information, get people to agree upon that, and then decide if you can merge that much information over.  If there is enough valid information left, then there is no reason not to have a side article for it, instead of doubling the size of the main article.  Since I see nothing wrong with having a long article on this, there plenty of information about to demonstrate just how influential this film was, I still say Keep, no matter what, not delete most of it and merge the rest, to trim down and eliminate over time because you consider it pointless trivia.   D r e a m Focus  10:40, 7 April 2009 (UTC)


 * "Why not edit the article back and forth and determine what should be kept … "
 * "I still say Keep, no matter what, … "
 * You seem to have answered your own question. pablo hablo. 10:47, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * For those who say merge, they need to be aware what they are voting for. Do they realize that most of what is there now will be deleted, or do they believe every bit of information will be merged over?  Even if every bit there was proven valid, it'd still be too long to fit, and thus would be trimmed down.   D r e a m Focus  10:51, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * There will be information lost if it is merged, yes, but a good chunk of that information is unsourced and trivial. There are valid points in that article to be kept, but not every single one.  --M ASEM  (t) 15:10, 7 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Merge/Redirect' after any content of significance is incorporated into the film article. Most of what's in the pop culture article are incidental mentions that are, at best, merely unencyclopedic. — Bellhalla (talk) 14:51, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep due to space concerns. Certainly completely uncited references may be removed.  I won't have a stroke if it's merged, but I think it can stand alone. Bearian (talk) 16:15, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge. Ferris Bueller's Day Off in popular culture seems WP:PUFFed up with items that belong in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. The Academic analysis section seems taken (perhaps in a hasty, AfD-driven Google Scholar search) from discussions about mass culture rather than about Bueller, but much of it would still enhance this article. The Influences on society and culture is entirely IPC spottings, and rather WP:IINFO&mdash;anyone who has ever watched the show knows cultural references on Family Guy are hardly a rare and important event&mdash;but some of it would be okay to keep in this article. The Lasting effects section is verbose with WP:PEACOCK arguments on how incredibly influential this film is&mdash;without checking histories, I imagine this also may be an artifact of the recent AfD&mdash;and could be re-written for inclusion here. / edg ☺ ☭ 16:36, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * keep Space concerns are an issue. Much fo the article is cited and more likely could be cited and added if research was done. JoshuaZ (talk) 02:07, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge Seems reasonable. Protonk (talk) 06:43, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep There's enough here to justify a standalone article. Alansohn (talk) 21:31, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge Merge sourced content. &mdash; Mattisse  (Talk) 17:43, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge what relevant, sourced content there is. &mdash;/M endaliv /2¢/Δ's/ 16:10, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Clean-up of "Influences on society and culture"
With the merge, I think it would help to clean up this section. A couple of good approaches, in my opinion, are to eliminate self-referential influences (citing the episode itself for a line) and influences cited by IMDb's user-submitted movie connections, which is unreliable. Items like Sexy Boy could be acceptable, but the problem is that Sexy Boy does not have an article. We should evaluate the section item by item. Thoughts? — Erik (talk • contrib) 18:17, 14 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Yes. Mind, the way I factored the merge, as an uninvolved admin, was straightforward should not be taken as any lasting way to handle this content. Gwen Gale (talk) 18:21, 14 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Sounds good. Ryan 4314   (talk) 18:49, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Deleted scenes
The deleted scenes, sans the radio show scene, were shown on the KVVU version of the movie when it aired, I think, during the early 1990s (some time between 1989 to 1994). I recorded the version and these scenes are in the airing of the movie. I haven't seen these scenes anywhere else. Anyways, other than combing KVVU's vaults, the tape that I recorded the movie onto is no longer able to keep a tracking status and is unwatchable (sigh), as is many Beta and VHS tapes that I have that are going over 15 years of age. Coffee5binky (talk) 06:13, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
 * That's too bad. I recently discovered the original theatrical trailer which includes snippets of these deleted scenes including a missing sibling as written in the original script. How much of these do you recall?--The lorax (talk) 18:17, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Broderick approves 'Bueller' remake
See here. Seems like this belongs somewhere in the article, but I couldn't really figure out where. BLGM5 (talk) 13:49, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Movie blurs in and out?
I have multiple copies of this movie, DVD, VHS. This movie has a very pronounced blurring in it, to see it, you need only to stare at something in the scenery, a mailbox, bricks on a wall. Things with lots of lines and definition help.

Is the master copy of this movie like this, what type of camera was used in the shots, has anyone else noticed this? I want to guess no on the last question, since I couldn't find any information about it on the web.

Try not to just discount what I'm saying right off the bat, get a copy and watch any scene for longer than a minute and you should notice it too. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.225.22.246 (talk) 21:41, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Charlie Sheen as drug dealer?
Maybe I am not watching closely enough, but I never heard Charlie Sheen's character being referred to as a drug dealer - although I did seem to remember something about drugs as the reason he was at the station. Perhaps this needs a reference? Trista (cannot log in at work) 24.176.191.234 (talk) 21:36, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
 * His first line in the film is asking Jeanie, "Drugs?" meaning did she get arrested for drugs. Eventually she says she didn't. After some diologue, she asks him why he is in the station, and he simply says, "Drugs."

Looney1023 (talk) 21:30, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Space shuttle
Pending better sources, I've removed the following:

"In a 2009 screening of the film at the New Beverly Cinema in tribute to John Hughes (who had died less than a month earlier), editor Paul Hirsch told the audience that the film's original cut included a scene in which Ferris bluffs his way onto a radio talk show, where he claims to be the first teenager chosen to ride on the Space Shuttle. According to Hirsch, he was editing this very scene in January 1986 when the Challenger disaster occurred. Hughes and Hirsch agreed that the scene would then be in poor taste and was dropped from all versions of the film."

Watching someone give a speech and then reporting on the contents of that speech is original research. Only primary sources that have been reliably published may be used on Wikipedia, and then only with great care. Someone added a very unreliable source&mdash;a 1998 essay by "Future Publising"[sic]&mdash;which mentions a supposed space shuttle scene but does not discuss the reason for its removal. Aside from the obvious unreliability of that source, it certainly doesn't support the claim about a speech in 2009, 11 years after the essay was written. If there are no reliable sources for this, it shouldn't be in the article. Kafziel Complaint Department: Please take a number 18:14, 29 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Spelling mistakes aside Future Publishing is a publisher in the United Kingdom, so it may be possible to track down the source to one of the Film Magazines they run. Thanks for making the effort to at least bring this item to the talk page. Deletion does not lead to improvements. Hopefully someone can come up with other sources reporting on the interview with Paul Hirsch. Editors more familiar with the DVD commentary might also be able to help if any of this was mentioned there but hopefully something can be made of this good faith addition.
 * I hope you don't mind but I've changed the setion heading to "Space Shuttle" whihc is the specific original research we are hoping editors will take the time to look and prove or disprove, and with a more specific section title it might draw more attention. -- Horkana (talk) 20:15, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

Filming inconsistency
The article states, "Shooting for Ferris Bueller's Day Off began on September 9, 1985" but according to this page:

http://www.justonebadcentury.com/chicago_cubs_history_25.asp

the baseball game in the movie was played on June 5, three months earlier.

Edgowik (talk) 17:58, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

I've added a section on "Wrigley Field" under "Filming" which explains and addresses this apparent inconsistency. The references provide in-depth analysis of these games and confirmation from one of the film's editors that the actual filming took place September 24, 1985. ~Anonymous --66.234.232.42 (talk) 19:08, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

The replica Ferraris
'The "replicar" was "universally hated by the crew," said Ruck. "It didn't work right." The scene in which Ferris turns off the car to leave it with the garage attendant had to be shot a dozen times because it wouldn't start.'

It occurs to me that a real 25-year-old Ferrari wouldn't have started first go either :) Grassynoel (talk) 02:10, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Sequel?
There are alot of rumors going around about Ferris Bueller 2, especially about after superbowl 2012. Does anyone else think that this should at least be mentioned? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.33.49.143 (talk) 02:24, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
 * There's no sequel. An ad for the Super Bowl which homages the movie led to rumors but they've been quenched by now. --M ASEM (t) 02:26, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

CAN SOMEONE FIX THE BIT ABOUT THE TV SHOW PLEASE
HOW CAN THE TV SHOW BE A PREQUEL TO THE FILM, IF AS NOTED THE LEAD CHARACTER IS CUTTING UP A CARD BOARD LIKENESS OF MATHEW BRODERICK ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.145.177.43 (talk) 23:33, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Fixing quotation in Plot
One of the sentences in this article, quote: "...[He] then encourages his girlfriend, Sloane Peterson and his pessimistic best friend, Cameron Frye to spend the day in Chicago as one of their last flings before they head off to different colleges." Is incorrect with the film.

Towards the end of the film, it is explained that Ferris and Cameron will probably go to different colleges. However, his girlfriend, Sloane, is a year below them. This statement implies that all three of the characters mentioned are going to go to different colleges. Furthermore, it implies that it is a lot closer to their inevitable departure than what it is, however it is mentioned in the film that it will probably be "the last thing they do before college", or words to that effect.

I'm going to do my best to clarify that the sequence of events in the movie are a few months before their graduation and that the comment "head off to different colleges" is not definitive, however can be safely assumed based on the movie's quotes. Styk0n (talk) 13:13, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

Which car was auctioned?
Ferris Bueller's Day Off notes that there were three reproduction cars. There is a trace the ownership/status of each, ending with each being unknown currently, cites to a December 2009 source. Then there is information about one of them being auctioned in April 2010. Anyone know which of the three this car is? DMacks (talk) 16:25, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

What does this have to do with the movie? Styk0n (talk) 13:15, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

"Bueller? Bueller?"
What doers this actually mean? I've heard it in popular culture but the subsection doesn't explain it correctly. UtilityIsKing (talk) 11:25, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I've fixed the article abit, you can see down in the pop culture section that it arises when Stein's character takes roll call (and thus is asking for Bueller to respond). --M ASEM (t)
 * Frye, Bueller, Stein: Just great German surnames! Not unusual in Chicago, a city with hundreds of thousands of German Americans. --91.66.12.82 (talk) 02:06, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

Broderick's car accident
The car accident - which is detailed in full on the actor's page - is extremely tangient to the film here. Yes, it involves the fact that it happened during the film (But didn't affect filming) and that it was between him and Grey who developed the crush during filming, but again, this had no impact on the film. The commentary about having Broderrick in the car ad that borrowed from the film (note: we do mention that ad in this article) is again not about the film directly but about Broderrick in a car ad that just happened to be based on this film. It's all very tangential stuff and bogs down the article, and thus should not be included here. On his page, yes (though even there, one commentary considering that notion a problem may be undue weight, but that's an issue there, not here). --M ASEM (t) 06:38, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

Movie trailer
Has a copy of the film's trailer ever appeared on a vhs or dvd copy? I've looked at the extras on a couple of the editions and haven't found it. This could be a short item in the article and....personal reasons, I'm in it (and haven't seen it since seeing the trailer in a theater and seeing myself on screen) as an extra (in the film as well). Randy Kryn 15:36 8 November, 2014 (UTC)
 * Is this it?--The lorax (talk) 01:19, 11 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes, and thanks. This is one reason I dislike trailers, practically the whole movie is in there. Randy Kryn 6:25 18 November, 2014 (UTC)

The Goldbergs
Episode 14 of season 2 of The Goldbergs is based on FBDO. I added it to the Cultural impact section of this article, but it's been removed as trivia. However, this is a whole episode of a sitcom watched by millions of people - it's more important than one scene in Deadpool and at least as relevant as the episode of Limitless, both of which are included. Jim Michael (talk) 19:16, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

Attribution
Copied text and references from Ferris Bueller's Day Off to Oh Yeah (Yello song); see former page's history for attribution. 7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 21:30, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

In Popular Culture / References / Influences
2017 Domino's Pizza ad (http://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/2017/03/21/dominos-pizza-channels-ferris-buellers-day-off-in-latest-ad-campaign.html); just thought someone might want to add it. Ssredg (talk) 18:25, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

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My edit reverse
Hi. Please, next time just check the link I provided. It has a Wikipedia episodes list. IKhitron (talk) 09:36, 12 August 2019 (UTC)
 * We generally want to make sure that if something is referenced in the pop culture that it got noticed by a third-party source, not just documenting it from the episode. See WP:TRIVIA. --M asem  (t) 13:55, 12 August 2019 (UTC)
 * So, it's OK in one article, and wrong in another? Weird. OK, try . Do not know if it's good enough as a source. If isn't, I'll try to find more. IKhitron (talk) 13:59, 12 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Just because it is used in some articles doesn't mean it's right, per WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS - those should be fixed too. That said, that EW article is sufficient to use as a reference for it. --M asem (t) 14:01, 12 August 2019 (UTC)
 * So, I can return the text? IKhitron (talk) 14:02, 12 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes you may, with that source. --M asem (t) 19:38, 12 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you. IKhitron (talk) 20:04, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

2 Sections for Music?
Why is there 2 sections in the article about music? It might be better to consildate the two music sections into one Moonlightfocus (talk) 08:56, 13 May 2020 (UTC)


 * I understand the logic and the structure which I think is good but having two sections with exactly the same name is not the best. I would suggest making a smaller easier change, renaming the the subsection under Cultural Impact to something else, maybe "Musical influence". -- 109.77.194.248 (talk) 23:55, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

Creation of Ferris Bueller article
User:Crimson ClawYT created Ferris Bueller and I restored the redirect based on WP:NOTABLE. WP:CONSENSUS should be established before restoring. Vaselineeeeeeee★★★ 01:52, 5 March 2021 (UTC)