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As a Chicagoan, my soul died a little every time you called Chicago New York.

Ferris learned his hacking skills from when he inadvertently broke into the US nuclear defense system. 😄

The movie is actually set in Chicago. Director John Hughes is from Chicago and loves to set his films in his home city.

Someone once explained this film as a best friend trying to save his friend from depression and the whole film seems different. Cameron needed someone to help break out of his own psyche and confront his father - that's what makes the scene after he wrecks the car so moving ;)

As a child of the 70s/80s, it's funny watching younger people nowadays watching these films through the lens of modern times. "Wouldn't he get caught running through everyone's backyards?" Nope. We all did that back then. It was a different world. And with no "connected" technology beyond landline phones. You could tell your mom you were going for a bike ride at 8am and not get back till bedtime and that was totally normal. This is an absolute classic movie.

I’m sure someone already said this, but the movie is set in Chicago, not New York. And you missed that Deadpool parodied the post credit scene. But other than that, your reactions are terrific as always. Keep ‘em comin’ Mary!

There is a strong argument to be made that Ferris is not the protagonist: Cameron is. Ferris's character doesn't have an arc - he doesn't learn anything, he doesn't grow, he doesn't change. He is essentially the mythical Trickster who introduces chaos and and gives others the opportunity to grow. Cameron grows up and develops some self-confidence - even his sister, Jeannie grows. it's a clever script, and a deservedly iconic film. And I still carry a torch for Mia Sara (who was also in "Legend" with Tom Cruise and the brilliant Tim Curry)

The teacher calling for Bueller over and over is iconic for those of us that watched this in the 80s. That guy’s monotone voice took him far back in the day

29:04 "That didn't age well ..." Sheen's appetite for drugs and women was well established by that point and was known in Hollywood circles as "The Machine". The reason he looks completely strung out/wasted is because he was (allegedly), having spent the three previous nights awake. But also shows why they called him "The Machine", even 3 days strung out he still delivers a memorable performance.

When Ferris says that Cameron is going to be OK, I think he means in the long term, as a result of his new found self confidence.

**A non-US resident sees a film that takes place in a big city in the US** “Oh, look. It’s New York.” 😜

Charlie Sheen being the kid in the police station arrested for drugs aged PERFECTLY imo 😂🤣😂🤣

This film immortalized breaking the fourth wall, including telling people who watched the end credits to go home (no films did cut scenes for sequels at the time, just gag/blooper reels during credits). If you didn't notice, Deadpool's end credit scene was a play on this film (lol, including deadpool wearing the same exact robe).

Dear Aussie, not every city in the US is NewYork City. This was in fact the city of Chicago, Ferris essentially took you for a tour of the city. The tall building they were looking down from was the Sears Tower, at the time the tallest building in the world, Wrigley Field, Home of the Chicago Cubs, and the Art Institute of Chicago.The house Cameron lived in was in Lake Forest, a VERY exclusive northern suburb of Chicago. Why Chicago, the writer John Hughs grew up there. But, I still love you.

this movie is set in Chicago, not NY. They even said it multiple times.

As a point of reference, the last 1961 Ferrari GT California Spyder that sold at public auction went for a little over $17M USD. I think Cameron's dad may have been a little upset in the end.

The end credit scene for Deadpool is a shot for shot recreation of the end credit scene in this movie. He even wears the same bathrobe. Also, the first teacher went on to make the Visine "get the red out" commercial.

Alan Ruck, Mia Sara & Jennifer Grey are criminally underrated. Not to take anything from Matthew Broderick, his brilliance is widely acknowledged. This is an ensemble comedy & the other actors are the critical ingredients in this recipe for this classic.

I don’t know if any told you but this takes place in Chicago not New York. Ferries’s family live in the suburbs, but they work in the city. The thing with the hand signs was the Chicago stock Exchange.

Interesting that you said “to gives me Home Alone vibes” because John Hughes wrote that too. He also wrote and directed such 80s hits as Pretty in pink, Sixteen Candles, planes Train and Automobiles , The Breakfast Club, Uncle Buck and many more

The parade scene is very nostalgic for me. Him singing twist and shout and everyone dancing is amazing.

Mary: "That didn't age well." Me: "It aged perfectly!"

I thought Cameron, aka the brilliant Alan Ruck, easily had the best character in the movie. He was so scared of everything.. At the end he finally finds the confidence in himself to finally take a stand.

I was 13 when this came out and I LOVED it. It was a phenomenon. There are a lot of teen “coming of age” movies from the 80s, and this is one of the best. Breakfast Club, Fast Times At Ridgemont High, Sixteen Candles and a few others are among them. Also, the original Karate Kid and even the Goonies fit in that category to a degree.

I’m an 80s kid so this is a favourite of mine. Classic 80s. The Ferris running through the back yards was recreated in Spider-Man homecoming when Spider-Man was running thru the back yards. Even one house they are watching Ferris bueller. Love your reactions as always mary cherry 🍒 where the content may vary.

Ferris did well for himself, becoming an architect and eventually having cable installed in his apartment. Though that was a bit of a chore. Cameron, on the other hand, had quite a harrowing vacation in LA, and is now quite skittish when it comes to public transportation.

I legit almost tripped while walking when you called Chicago NEW YORK. As a Chicagoan, that hurt 😂😭

I watched Ferris Bueller's Day Off 5 times in the cinema when it was first released. My friends never stayed for the credits so I didn't even know about the 'Go home' part until my 3rd viewing. This was the movie that made me decide to always stay in my seat until the lights go up and the cleaners start coming around vacuuming up the popcorn.

I had a big crush on Mia Sara (Sloane) growing up, she was such a cutie. Between this and Legend, she was an 80's icon heart throb for a lot of guys! Well, her and Ally Sheedy, Molly Ringwald, a few others!

You can make fun of the boing teacher (Ben Stein) all you want, but one of the questions in my US History final was about the Smoot Hawley tariff act and I aced that series of questions specifically because of this movie.

The appeal of Ferris Beuller as a character is exactly what makes him so despised by Jeanie: he gets away with everything you know you never could. He's the trickster, magician, and prince all in one. An interesting argument could almost be made that he's an antihero instead of a hero.

Jennifer Grey and Charlie Sheen are in "Red Dawn" together. Mia Sara is also very good in "Legend". Matthew Brodrick is also very good in "War Games".

The running through the backyards was referenced in Spider-Man Homecoming. (One of the people in Spider-Man was even watching Ferris Bueller)

City is Chicago, and the room full of guys doing crazy hand gestures with Cameron imitating them is the Chicago Mercantile Exchange(corrected)*** Also Chicago has some 🔥FIRE🔥 food choices if you ever plan to visit

This movie is set in Chicago, not New York City. It's even said multiple times. Chicago PD, the skyline, tallest building in the world which was the Sears Tower at the time in the 80s which is now the Willis Tower.

In 1986, the Chicago Cubs temporarily relocated to New York City while Wrigley Field was being renovated.

Jennifer Grey is famous for the movie Dirty Dancing. She was also married to Clark Gregg (Agent Coulson)

Jennifer Grey, who plays Ferris' sister, is best known for co-starring in 1987's Dirty Dancing with Patrick Swayze. The 2 of them (along with an all-star ensemble cast) had previously starred in 1984's Red Dawn. Red Dawn, of course, was remade in 2012 starring Chris Hemsworth.

One of the best of the 80s. It’s so quotable.

Also Chicago is 800 miles away from New York City in Illinois

"A beautiful day is rare in America?" In the Chicago area, during the school year (late August to early June)? Yes, they can be quite rare.

This is one of the most iconic movies of all time I’m glad your watching it

Ferris Bueller's Day Off is one of my top 10 all time movies

It's not New York. This is John Hughes love letter to the city of Chicago where he grew up. When they are atop the skyscraper, it's the famous "Willis Tower", formerly called "Sears Tower".

Ferris is a wonderful friend. He changed Cameron's life for the better. Cameron will catch hell for the car, but after that, he's going to be so much better because he's finally learned that he has to face his fears and anxieties. Ferris has superhuman levels of confidence, charm, and BS powers that he used to push Cameron until he was forced into confronting the worst aspects of his life. The last we see of Cameron, he looks truly happy. That's what Ferris meant by him going to be ok. Not the getting into trouble over the car but his overall approach to life going forward. A side effect of all the day's activities was the growth of his sister. Learning to focus on herself more than everyone else like Charlie Sheen suggested to her. She was the awful one, not Ferris. That's why the parents treated her differently and why the secretary immediately said, "Hello, Jeannie, who's bothering you now" when she saw her walk through the door. Everyone knew what her problem was but her. Yes, I've seen this movie a thousand times and given it A LOT of thought.

I was 16 when I saw this. Skipping school was a lot easier than Ferris made it out to be, but then the movie wouldn't be as good. Lol loved it

Got to admit I died a little when you completely ignored the whole Cameron staring at Seurat's "Sunday on La Grande Jatte" at the Art Institute. For me, that is the entire heart of his character in a single shot, and I have to admit I spent an extra long time looking at that work myself when I visited CHICAGO. (TBF I'd probably be just as $#!+ on Australian landmarks and cities)

I'm only half-way through. Does Mary ever realize it isn't New York? 50/50. 😉

“Even the furniture is so 80s” hmmm I wonder why

It took a few years but Mary Cherry is finally watching the greatest movie of all time.

That “this teacher is giving me Great Depression” line got me 😂

"This gives me a home Alone vibes" Both films were written and directed by John Hughes.

The car in the movie is represented as an insanely valuable car. (Although it was actually a cheap fiberglass replica used for filming) A real 1961 Ferrari California is worth at least $20 million dollars.

The city is Chicago, not New York.

only someone who lived before the internet, when cassettes were new, can imagine how my friends and I felt when the Star Wars tune suddenly sounded!Where else could we hear it !?

Mathew Broderick actually plays Simba in the lion king

Although it sometimes seems that way, not every American movie takes place in NY. This is Chicago

I think the main reason Jeanie stood up for her brother at the end of the movie is because she realized that he did finally get caught and that was enough for her and so she bailed him out of his predicament.

The kissing in front of the principal and the ensuing burn-out was just his way to flaunt it. He wanted the principal to know he in fact, was dodging school, and that he couldn't do anything about it. skipping school wasn't enough--it was not getting caught that was the thrill.

I felt Cameron did the one thing Ferris never could and that was taking responsibility. He's the hero of this story.

I love that you included the nurse at Ferris’ house in the edit. Most reactions leave it out.

watch "The Breakfast Club" (1985)

My headcanon is that Election is the sequel to this movie- Ferris's wasterel years finally catch up with him and we witness his burnout middle age.

I was 16 when this movie came out. It played at one our local movie theaters in Southern California for almost a full year. I can't tell you how many times I saw it but by the end of the year, I could practically recite the movie verbatim as well as everyone else in my high school. It was a sensation amongst teenagers. We all wanted to be Ferris and we all loved the principal Ed Rooney. It was a different time with an entirely different set of rules. I honestly think that Ferris Bueller and The Breakfast Club were John Hughes' masterpieces. John Hughes created a narrative for how teenagers acted in the 80's. The Breakfast Club is a greater testament to this and I highly recommend it. On a different note, another movie from 1987 called The Princess Bride should be on your list as well.

Movie takes place in Chicago

I completely understand how you mistook the city for New York, but as a former Chicagoan there are so many local details they included in this movie, it makes me homesick!

My favorite line in the whole movie is when Cameron says "call me sir God d*mn it!" to Rooney.

I've always liked this movie for one thing, the last thing Ferris said in his bed. About not taking life for granted. In our day to day struggle, paying bills, stressing out, letting other people's successes upset us instead of seeking our own happiness... We can't all be the Charming Rogue the Ferris is, but we can occasionally take the time to unwind, spend time with those we care about, and even stop to smell the 🌹 Overall words that most people hear but ignore to their own detriment.

And yes, set in Chicago. All of the sites they hit have become “must do” tourist attractions. I’ve been to several. Watch Mathew Broderick in War Games. Watch the sister Jennifer Grey in Dirty Dancing! Charlie Sheen is best in Major League. I was in my mid 20s but could still relate. Plus I had just visited Chicago and been to several of those places!

Ferris: “I didn’t hit you. I lightly slapped you.” Mary: “Alright, Amber Heard.” Me: 💀

I’ve seen this movie a hundred times but I’ve always seen this as Ferris just skipping school never noticed that he planned this as a last Adventure with his best friend and girlfriend before that all moved on. Was a good catch

If you enjoyed Matthew Broderick and want another fun comedy, there's no better musical-movie than The Producers. Although the original might be better, the remake is wonderful.

this movie screams 80s. Love it, we had so many great teen flicks then. Im sure others have said but this was Chicago, not New York. The director, John Hughs, set most if not all of his movies that decade in Chicago. Not sure if you noticed but even on the giant electronic board outside of Wrigley Field they had put up "Save Ferris". You can still find t-shirts that say that as well.

Ferris did everything to save his friend from his own life.

Mathew Broderick was also in a movie called " GLORY " and also in another movie with Marlon Brando called " The Freshman ".

This is my generation’s movie - amd my generation was awesome. By the way, this movie inspired deadpool’s habit of breaking the fourth wall, which is why there’s a minor homage to it in Deadpool. The hand waving was how stock exchanges worked before computers. Because of the noise a form of sign language was used to make offers and bids. I was 18 or 19 when I saw this movie in the cinema. Ps personally, I think Ferris Buller has the perfect character to be a successful internet influencer, although we didn’t have internet or mobile phones back then, and the most advanced computers ran on 64k of ram and had no memory at all - you had to run everything from a floppy disc. It was a much more innocent age and one where person to person interactions were very different.

I was a perfect age for this when it came out, a teenager. Everyone was talking about it by the next day and by the end of the week I knew every part of it just from everyone talking about it, without ever having seen it yet. But a sign of how iconic it was, even knowing it all, it was still great when I finally saw it.

Saw this in the theater with my younger brother. We walked to another theater and watched “Back to School” immediately after. The post credit scene in Deadpool was a reference to the post credit scene in this movie

1st semester of 7th grade, 3rd period study hall was spent learning to make the water drip sound. Life skillz.

GREAT movie. I first saw this within the first month it was released. It was in Lincoln, Nebraska, and I went with a big group of friends, maybe twelve altogether in our group. We had a blast watching this movie. The most memorable part to me was the parade scene; during the performance of "Twist and Shout", we were literally dancing in the aisles 😁

34:58 Fun Fact: Jeanie was the inspiration for Candace from Phineas and Ferb and that’s why she name dropped the term “BUSTED”

There is a reason it is a classic teen and 80s movie.

The actress who plays the sister was in Dirty Dancing. A 1961 Ferrari California Spider sold for $18,500,000 in 2015. In the post-credits scene for the first Deadpool where they have an easter egg about Ferris Bueller's Day Off post-credit Scene.

"This kind of gives me HOME ALONE vibes..." Fun fact: John Hughes actually wrote the screenplay for HOME ALONE.

There's a fan theory that Ferris is Cameron's imaginary friend, and the whole film is in Cameron's head. It really doesn't quite work, but it's a fun lens to look at the movie through.

Every time I was sick from school this was the movie I’d watch. Love this movie

There were somewhere in Chicago, Il. Ferris' teacher is Ben Stein, who used to write speeches for Pres. Richard M. Nixon. Remember the end of this film when you get around to watching, "Deadpool." ✌️❤️🌹

5:32 They had the clarinet on set and they asked him if he could play it. He said yes.

There was once a VH1 or MTV "Pop-Up Video" version of this with a ton of facts that popped up as the film played. I've seen this movie somewhere around 100 times.

Thanks for doing this 80's classic, John Hughes had his finger on the pulse of what 80's kids wanted to see. It had an impact on me during the 80's, I think of this movie sometimes when characters break the 4th wall. I liked how Deadpool imitated the end scene, even the set was copied well with a similar hallway and wallpaper, well done.

Yup, Chicago. I live 80 miles away in Milwaukee. Took a day off school when I was a kid & went to Chicago to sight see with the neighbors family. We went to the Sears Tower & 3/4 of the observation deck was closed, so most people didn't opt to go up. We did, at a discount & they just happened to be filming a movie up there that afternoon ;) I still have the ticket stub to prove it!

29:02 "It's funny because he's in there for drugs. That didn't age well." Charlie Sheen actually made a joke about this on The Roast of Charlie Sheen. He said, "when I did Ferris Bueller my first line was 'Drugs?' I thought they were asking how I wanted to be paid."

That Ferrari starts at around $1,000,000.00 USD, and can climb up to $15,000,000. You can see why Cameron's dad might be a tad irked.

Cameron IS going to be ok, because he is going stand up to his dad for the first time in his life. It won't be a pleasant confrontation, and he'll be in trouble in the immediate aftermath, but he will gain the confidence necessary to be a well adjusted adult, something he probably wouldn't have had before the events in the movie.

For me, this movie is an 80s landmark along with ET, Karate Kid and Return of Jedi. They were my favorite movies when I was a kid

Please give STAR TREK a chance! 🙏 🖖 Yes, I repeat myself! 😊

This is an extra fun film if you’re from Chicago!

You should continue with John Hughes movies. Other than his obvious talent in film making, he had great taste in music.

New drinking game. Every time she says New York, “How dare you!”