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Good to see a family enjoying life and doing things together. These guys are really nice.

I was a teenager in the 80's and I feel lucky that I was able to see John Hughes movies in the theatre, as a teen. Breakfast Club was his most popular, in that it affected our teenaged culture so much. Simple Mind's "Don't You (Forget About Me.)" was a huge song. A lot teen boys started wearing John Bender trench coats and untied black boots. - What a great time to grow up.

It’s crazy to think that the North Chicago Suburbs is what defined a large part of the 80’s. I’ve lived/worked around here all my life and never really seen the beauty of it until now.

I grew up watching John Hughes movies and I live in the Chicagoland area. My wife and I are big fans and we are going to be taking a tour thanks to your video. Respectfully of course to the property owners. Thank you for a great video!!

From June 1977 to August 1978 I lived & worked in a private home in Winnetka; Hubbard Woods to be exact. Never would have imagined then that these great movie's would be filmed in & around where I once lived. Absolutely love & miss the North Shore. Thanks for the awesome video.

I really want to thank you for this video. I have a 50 year old brother with Down's Syndrome. All he wanted for his birthday was to see the Home Alone house. I was able to plan a trip for him to see this house plus so many more of his favorite movie homes. Thanks again for helping me plan his birthday trip!

I really enjoyed this video even though I'm a Boomer and did not see any of the movies except "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", which I liked. I also have a back door story. Years ago my uncle from Florida brought several boxes of citrus for us when he was passing through on his way north. He also left a big box for a friend of his and asked me to take it to his friend's home. So I called the friend to set a time for me to deliver the fruit. He was a prominent member of the community and lived in an exclusive area. When I told him why I was calling, he told me to bring the box of fruit the next day and go to the back door. After I hung up I told my mother what he had said. She called the guy back and told him to come pick up the fruit at our house and be sure to come to the back door. Of course he never came.

This guy made so many great movies. I've seen a select few in the theaters. A memorable one was Sixteen Candles. I saw it during the Summer of 1984 when I was 16. I just turned 50 on January 29th by the way, lol. In April of 1985 I was down in St Petersburg Beach Florida visiting family while on spring break from high school. I had the pleasure to meet and speak with John Candy at a filming location (St Petersburg Beach) for the movie Summer Rental. He was extremely kind and sincere; a sincerity that couldn't be faked.

Thank you, thank you! John Hughes movies mapped my life in the eighties. Thank you so much for this.

So the church in Home Alone actually has two locations. The exterior is the one seen here in Wilmette, but the interior was actually filmed in Oak Park

Thank you for this..I grew up adoring his films. I know the words to each and every one of his films. In the mid 90”s I worked In a small video rental store, and we were allowed to play current movies on the big screen TV’s hanging from the ceiling, so customers just could hear it playing while browsing. I would play Pretty in Pink every shift, from the start of my shift to the end, each time I worked. My boss finally confronted me and said “ it’s the mid 90’s now, I’m tired of coming in and seeing this movie over and over “. Oh well, I now have a 26 year old daughter who is hooked on John’s films, so I know I did something right.. I also wish John Hughes directed my life. No one tops Jake Ryan in that red Porsche. Still today, I wish someone would move their car and he standing there looking at me and mouthing “ yeah you “ Sigh 😩😩 RIP to the most brilliant filmmaker, writer, director, producer of all time!!! 🙏🙏🙏

You, sir, have a wonderful family. Your parents must have been great examples to you when you were growing up, having given you experiences that you wish to pass on to your children, and now, thankfully to us, the viewing public. I, for one, really appreciated the John Hughes Tour, as he was an icon of my youth, as I’m sure he was to yours. It’s sad that he’s not around to see just how much his movies were loved by our generation. Thank you for taking us all on the tour with you, as well as for showing us his final resting place, and for respecting the places and people that own those places where the movies were filmed. As a person that once live in the Chicagoland area, in my very early youth, I have found that every time I visit, or pass through, I have felt the calling to move back. If the economic climate ever improves there, or I happen to win lottery, I’d love to return to my grandmothers old neighborhood of Northbrook, or any of the areas or towns you visited, and look you up. Until such good fortune is bestowed upon me, safe travels, and best wishes !

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 You and your family did a GREAT job filming so many locations of the late John Hughes filming locations. From one John Hughes fan to another 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

My heart sunk when you told me the Weird Science house was torn down. I watched that film more than any other Hughes project growing up. Someday I will have that black on black 1985 Porsche 928s though. Always been a dream ride for me. Oh yes, it will be mine. Nice vid, thanks to The Albans.

One of my favorite scenes in Ferris Buellers Day Off was when Ferris posed as Sloan's father Hilarious scene cool to see where they filmed that

I'm a big John Hughes fan & think he's an underrated director of comedy-cultural-commentator type dramas (Dramedy's). Chicago's contribution to film is important & I really enjoyed this tour. Seeing his own home & gravesite at the end was particularly interesting. She's Having a Baby is one of his films that's rarely mentioned, but my favourite is Ferris Bueller.

Thanks for making this, really great to see the locations. I live in Europe so it’s not very likely I will ever get there myself. I was so annoyed by what that woman in Kenilworth said! You are not her servant!

Thanks for taking the time and trouble in bringing us the tour of the shot locations. 🇨🇦

As a Brit I'll never get to visit these places but grew up watching those films in the 80s so thanks

Love this! Evanstonian here! I always take Sheridan north all to way to Wisconsin just to think. The norshore is a beauty!

I love Mr Wilson's house from Dennis The Menace. That house looks like it could be someone's grandparents house. It looks like a cozy, feel at home kind of place.

Thank you so much! This was such a trip down memory lane. Those are the movies of my teenage years. 👍😊

Pretty cool! I enjoyed it! John Hughes was my favorite movie writer. Would love to see the Griswalds vacation filming locations. Thanks for taking the time to do this!👍

Awesome video! We were just in the Chicago area this past week and my son and I did the Ferris Bueller, Uncle Buck and The Breakfast Club filming locations. His movies were the best!!

Very cool..thanks for sharing these favorite John Hughes movie scenes!!!

Thank you for sharing this, makes me feel very old to see the locations so different and it was very moving to see Mr Hughes final resting place, he influenced so many people and brought joy not to just our generation but generations since. Both my Daughters love his work. Watching these as a teenager in the 80’s I never dreamed I would be watching them with my own teenage daughters in years to come.

I love John Candy! John Hughes films were so heart warming and funny. Chris Columbus too. You've a beautiful family it's nice seeing you all love the art of film together.

Thank you for this proximity like tour of John Hughes. He was one of my favorite film writer/ director. His work will always be described as extraordinary.

Uncle buck, John candy my favourite Canadian comedian and still love his movies. Uncle buck was one of my favourites with John Candy.

This was so fun to watch.. im from California of course where most movies are made. I had no idea my favorite 80's movies were filmed in Illinois. So much fun! Thank you to yiu and your family for sharing God Bless!

A great tour. Well done guys. Now I know what all my favorite movies have in common.

I have been to the Home Alone house 😁 Love this video he made the best movies !!!!!

I'm a John Hughes fan and this video was a really fun treat, thanks to you & your family!

Cool video! I’m an 80s teen and watched a lot of his films. He was a great filmmaker! Excellent job!

Thank you for this video and addresses. I'm in Chicago visiting family in Elk Grove not far from many of these locations. Had a blast visiting and seeing places from my favorite movies.

Thank you!!! I got to live my childhood again! The best movies ever!!

My friend and I are headed to most of these on Wednesday!!! Thanks for the addresses and screenshots!!!

Just found your channel. I love all of these movies....thank you for taking the time and effort to go to all of these locations! It's amazing to see that they look pretty much the same even 30 something years later!!! Again....thanks to you and your family for the video! Loved every minute of it!!!

My generation of my days in high school movies. still watch every single one! It's great of a father like yourself showing your children the history of our generation of great Hughes films ! Thanks man!

This was amazing. So much nostalgia. It's also heartwarming with the whole family involved (kids these days still love John Hughes films, which is awesome).

Very enjoyable. ❤️ Thank you for taking the time and showing us around. Great tribute and salute at the end. 🙏🏼

What a fun day for a family!! Thanks for sharing!! Had fun watching

What a great video! Fantastic job! Grew up with these movies and for 36 minutes I got to go back in time. Best 36 minutes I've had in a long time. Appreciate how you took the time to explain each stop with attention to detail. Again, thoroughly enjoyed it! Thank you!

Great video and commend you for the location visits! I've been a longtime fan of John Hughes' talents since Vacation & The Breakfast Club were in theaters. He has been one of my biggest inspirations to have led me toward my line of work. And thank you all for having visited his gravesite, much too young to have left us but left very impressionable, pop culture entertainment.

Thank you so much for sharing this. There is a special place in my heart for these movies that more or less define my generation. It was really fascinating to look up all of the addresses on Google maps to see where they all are.

Great video. Just to correct a couple of things: 1. John Hughes grew up in Northbrook and attended Glenbrook North High School in Northbrook. Before the city was named Northbrook, it was called Shermerville. That is why he often used the name Shermer, Illinois and where it came from. 2. The football field from "The Breakfast Club" is the football field from Glenbrook North High School and it still stands today (just around the corner from the theater steps used in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off." *I attended Glenbrook North High School in the 80s while these movies were being filmed which is how I know these corrections are true. The high school held a rally for him during his filming of FBDO. Also, the cast of TBC sat in the hallways of the school observing students (although we had no idea who they were at the time obviously because "16 Candles" had not come out so even Molly Ringwald was a relative unknown at the time they were visiting.)

Thank you for the great video and keep up the good work. While watching it I was googling on the background about his family and realized that his wife Nancy Hughes passed away on September 19, 2019 in Lake Forest, Illinois. John was one of the 80s teenager movies trade mark that will never fade away. May they rest in peace.

Northbrook used to be named Shermerville, I used to be a contractor in Northbrook and you are so right about Kenilworth!

I'm familiar with the area being I'm from Libertyville and I'm not shocked by your HVAC story @ 10:30 .. "The help uses the side door"... Yep that's Kenilworth for you... The whole North Shore is probably one of richest areas per sq mile in the United States. My family owns a residential/commercial Audio Video company and the majority of our customers are from the North Shore, and to say some of them are "snooty" or act like you're beneath them would be an understatement, however for every "snooty" person there is always someone who is very nice.. So yea, being from the area I'm familiar with these locations.... As a matter of fact your video made me realize that the Church from Sixteen Candles was the same church we held a memorial for at for a dear fried of my family.. Had no idea until I saw your video.

Thank you so much. I truly loved the tour.

Thanks for the tour, those are some of my favorite movies.

Wow.. very cool thank u! It was neat to see where they actually filmed and their homes for movie's

Thank you so much for posting these film locations! 😃 I've always been a huge fan of John Hughes & his films. Seeing the locations for Sixteen Candles, Weird Science, etc brings back fond memories of my teen life.🤗 I hope one day, I'll be able to visit these locations coming from England. 😁

Thanks To and your and your lovely family for the tour. Loved all John Hughes movies although ferris bueller was my, anyone, anyone, favourite, anyone , movie 😁😁. Thanks again

What a great video! With this short, half hour video, I relived years of my youth as a teenager in the 80s. I can't thank you enough for this!

Thanks to your video, I was able to go to a bunch of these locations! Cameron's house is STILL under construction, in fact you can't even go over the bridge in front of the house, its blocked off and has a detour up:( Thanks again, his movies were simply the best!

Thank you for this video. I too was a huge John Hughes Movie fan. They don't make movies like this anymore. I appreciate you and the family taking the time to share this with all of us. Well done!

Wow !! The magic of movies.who would have thought that a simple neighborhood would become a tourist area.or an iconic town.nice!!👍👍

Really enjoyed this video! Thanks for the memories man.

Wow, what a beautiful, heartwarming family! This video was really sweet and awesome!

One time you should stop in at Superdawg in Chicago. A deleted scene of Sixteen Candles was filmed there where Long Duck Dong drives Sam and his girlfriend to the place on their way home from the dance. Long inspects and plays around with a motorcycle making it go flying through the parking lot and Sam’s friend catches up with her there to inform her that her grandparents showed up to the dance telling embarrassing stories about her. Apparently the place has been owned by the same family since then. There is evidence to corroborate this when Long pulls up to Sam’s house and the food tray is at the side of the car.

I enjoyed every second of your video. Thanks

Thanks guys for doing this really enjoyed it.

A true John Hughes fan right here!! Great video! Thank you for the detailed and wonderful tour. Great way to pass time when you can’t sleep during the Covid19 pandemic! Stay safe everyone!

Thank you for posting this! Really enjoyed watching it! You have a wonderful Family!

You were very considerate in providing addresses, that's thinking about your audience. Kids are lucky to go on this tour. I wish my parents took me to see these great film sites but I was born in 1983 so my parents were too old to watch these teen films, they were in their late 30's in the 1980's. My name is Dennis by the way, so glad to see Hughes made a film about me lol... This tour is on my bucket list and NO youtube doesn't count

Great video . I've always wanted to do this for many years now . I live on a farm west of Rockford so it is a lot of driving just to get into the burbs . Even tho I'm a small town farm boy I always loved the John Hughes movies but now in my mid 40s I love them even more ! thanks for the video !!!

Lol my Grandpa is buried there and you zoomed in on his grave hahahaha. Funny thing to run into at 1 am on youtube

Sorry but if I lived in the "Home Alone" house I would have kept it the same....circle drive with the jockey ;)

Rip John Hughes

It’s so cool living within 20 minutes of all of these places. I live about 5 min from Cameron’s house where they drive the Ferrari into the Ravine and Jake’s house.

John Hughes movies have made a profound impact on me and to this day continue to bring me back when I re-watch one. I am visiting Chicago for the first time and top of mind was all the nostalgic Hughes' scenes filmed in Chicago suburbs. Thank you for your video, it will be a great help and inspiration during my visit this summer!

You guys are such a great family and do such a great job on all of you videos! Thank you!

Thank you for sharing your video i really enjoyed it I'm a big fan of John Hughes movies

Nice! Love your channel! We just got back from Chicago a bit ago and did a bunch of these. We watched a lot of your videos recently. You guys do a wonderful job! Love the story about you doing a/c work at rich people's houses and being told the front door is not an entrance for the help from another one of your videos lol!

Thank you for sharing such a fine location and educational video from such a great director and movies. Cheers!

You guys are so cute! Thank you for this. I love John Hughes movies, and enjoyed seeing all the locations. You did a great job!

23:29 “Hmm. So, that’s how it is in their family.” 😂 I couldn’t resist! 🎵 Beat City, now, now 🎵

This is just so cool.. thanks for helping us relive the nostalgia .. love from India 😊

This was very cool! I’m lucky to say I watched all of these movies originally in the theater when 1st released, All classic movies 🍿 movies 🎥, thank you for doing this , how super cool !

I’m happy you made this video. I live in the metro Detroit area. The areas you take us through reminds me of that

This is like a Griswold family holiday...but in a good way. Loving it ;P

Thank you my friend that was absolutely wonderful and done very tastefully

I had a question regarding a location in Weird Science but I just found it. It is the scene near end of the movie (1 hr 18 min 55 sec mark) where Gary and Deb turn onto trying to ditch the cop. It is Central Avenue in Highland Park. It has a lot of businesses along the street. The road they were on is St. John’s Avenue (main chase scene). The stunt driver did a heck of a job nailing that corner in the Ferrari. Being a teen in the’80s (‘86 grad), I want to thank you for the rest of the tour. Cool of you to include your family. Also, the second you said Kenilworth, I knew you were talking about Neil Page’s house. I used to have Google Earth and pinned the addresses of the houses in PT&A, Uncle Buck, and Home Alone. I didn’t know it was that uppity, well, based on your experience. Side note to Neil’s house: back when the IMDb had message boards, people used to post that Neil’s house was the McCallister house. I had to point out the differences between the two including the street and their locations. I’m not even from the Chicago area and I could tell the differences.

Great vid! Best filming locations video I ever watched. Great job and Thank you!

This was great. Really made me want to grab a spot in the back seat and ride along!

Brilliant video thanks so much.

I love all these movies i own them all i was just staring high school when breakfast club came out 1985 how time flys

I really love this video with you and your ( lovely) family, enjoyed it very much, great locations!!

Great video. Enjoyed watching it very much!

You guys are the best. Great family my man and great job on the filming locations love to see the then and now pictures.

Amazing, Cheers for making the video guys.

What a great time to be have been a teen and grown up with his movies!🌷

Thank you so much. Thank you and your beautiful family

At 1258 Linden Ave is where Risky Business was filmed. It is 1 block away from Weird Science house, and Cameron's house (Ferris Bueller)

Thank you! Will definitely check this out!!!! 😀

fun stuff thank you! - love Chicago movie spots - so many great ones - did Dark Knight last trip

Wow thank you so very much enjoyed this so very much he made the best movies ever and love them as much today as I did back then so timeless and the message of them all I think will always be relevant.Always wish for just one more of his films but I can understand why he quit.

Great video, just recently watched The Breakfast Club great movie like all of John Hughes films 👍