Why The Very Strange Ferris Bueller's Day Off Spin-Off Failed

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3 ай бұрын

Ferris Bueller's Day Off is without a doubt one of the best comedies of all time. From renowned director John Hughes, Ferries Bueller's Day Off is a movie that spans generations of fans. Though it was a major surprise when it was announced the Ferris Bueller was getting a TV Pilot adapted from the movie. To no one's surprise, the Ferris Bueller TV show was so bad it was cancelled almost immediately.
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@Mecharnie_Dobbs 3 ай бұрын

4:40 I just realised that the sister of Phineas and Ferb, is based on the sister of Ferris Bueller.

@echecroi 3 ай бұрын

Parker Lewis can't lose. Oh, the childhood after school memories.

@delyea 3 күн бұрын

The worst part of that show is that he always lost. I remember I thought he would get away with his shenanigans. But I he always was caught, and the show ended up sucking.

@trinaq 3 ай бұрын

They really missed the point of the original characters. Cameron lacked his tragic film back story, Ferris lacked charm, and Sloane was a blonde instead of a brunette. "Parker Lewis Can't Lose" was a similar show which aired around the same time, and they made fun of Ferris's cancellation.

@Mecharnie_Dobbs 3 ай бұрын

4:39 Plothole: If the film of his life exists in this universe, then how can he pull the wool over anybodies eyes?

@TomWDW1 3 ай бұрын

And how is he meeting and asking Sloane out if ... in the movie ... they're already together?!

@danielryanmulligan9381 2 ай бұрын

OK I think some of what your commenters are saying helps to establish my point if the Ferris of the TV show had a movie based on his life all of his fourth wall, breaking powers couldn’t exist think of the movie Ferris, like a superhero version of the TV Ferris, and you might get my point that being said all of the moments of fourth wall breaking simply could not exist that being said one(1) way to write around this problem would have been to trick the audience into thinking tv Ferris is talking to us, but then cut to a response shot from his parents and sister, hearing him bitching about the movie, ruining his life, and then the movie/TV show style format switches to a normal single camera set up with an omniscient view to allow us to see tv Ferris’s interactions in his world also from what you said, it seems to be Ferris before he met Sloan, and such which means the ferris in the movie is doing things our TV Ferris hasn’t done yet, hmmm… anyway, I hate to make these comments because I hate to feed you the energy to allow you to be successful when you’re the Pawnee resident hating asshole with your parks and recreation theory!!!! Dan aka one(1) very angry and very loyal Pawnee resident wannabe!!!!

@RandomBailey2011 3 ай бұрын

Hey! I worked with Charlie Schlatter last year on a movie. My first time prop mastering. He’s also the voice of the Honey Nut Cheerio’s Bee. Nice guy!

@Crepy7654 2 ай бұрын

I need Honey Nut Cheerios

@grapeshot 3 ай бұрын

The main thing I remember from that show is when his sister was riding the bike and they were playing the Wicked Witch of the West music in the background.

@trinaq 3 ай бұрын

Me too, I think that they did a similar thing with the loathed "Mean Girls 2."

@RrowdyBeast 3 ай бұрын

The inadvertent successor was definitely Parker Lewis Can't Lose

@OrangeCat1992 3 ай бұрын

I’m Gen X. I have no memory of the Ferris Bueller TV show, but I loved Parker Lewis Can’t Lose as short lived as it was.

@kamsismith 3 ай бұрын

I can see why Ferris Bueller didn't work for television. It reminded me of when Dirty Dancing was turned into a TV series. What's the point of turning Dirty Dancing into a TV series if there isn't much to expand on other than having Johnny have a new student each week?

@trinaq 3 ай бұрын

I never even realised that "Dirty Dancing" had a short lived TV series, and so did "The Outsiders." Sometimes, classics should just never be touched.

@kamsismith 3 ай бұрын

It lasted one season and premiered a year after the movie came out. I only knew about it because WatchMojo featured it in their video about signs a TV show isn't going to be good. On the third entry of that list which was the show is based on a movie, specifically a very popular one. They had the gall to feature Time of My Life as the show’s theme song.

@kylespevak6781 3 ай бұрын

Yes! I saw Knuckles is being made a show instead of just another Sonic movie, and it's like, why? We don't need to spend hours with a video game character to get to meet them; they usually have thin motivations

@Mecharnie_Dobbs 3 ай бұрын

5:43 The T.V. series should have been about Ferris moving to a new school and meeting new people. Conning some, helping others. Dispensing random advice.

@thatRyzzle 3 ай бұрын

As an 80s kid who grew up in Switzerland, I actually remember comparing the Ferris Bueller and Parker Lewis TV shows among friends, and I think we all preferred the latter. Though, I doubt neither of us had watched the Matthew Broderick movie by then. So, even to us, Parker Lewis was just the better show. For the longest time, in my head the original tagline for Parker Lewis was just the English translation of the German tagline we got: Parker Lewis, der Coole von der Schule - Parker Lewis, the Cool One from School. Thanks to which I'm always weirded out when I see the real tagline of, “Parker Lewis Can't Lose.”

@purplesamurai5205 3 ай бұрын

I think I like that tagline better. Funny enough, that sounds like something movie Ferris would say while the other one sounds like TV Ferris.

@honestabe411 3 ай бұрын

The German version is Parker Lewis Hates Jews

@clautastic9186 2 ай бұрын

Here in Mexico the show was titled: Parker Lewis el ganador.

@RJKYEG 3 ай бұрын

One of the things that worked about Zack Morris on Saved by the Bell (while it did) was that Zach's schemes and hijinks didn't work out, until he learned his lesson and had to redeem himself somehow.

@chasehedges6775 3 ай бұрын

Ferris Bueller‘s Day Off is an 80s classic. 10/10 film.

@trinaq 3 ай бұрын

Agreed, apparently they're making a spinoff about the parking valets and their exploits.

@DocTrower1980 3 ай бұрын

Trust and believe. Parker Lewis Can't Lose and Ferris Bueller's Day Off combined were much more digestible and fun than the TV version of the latter.

@Punmaster9001 3 ай бұрын

I haven't seen the show, but I'm glad being on it didn't keep Charlie Schlatter from appearing on Diagnosis Murder where he was a likeable character.

@sellbythebell 3 ай бұрын

That intro is as Clarissa Explains It All as it can possibly get.

@cpdreyer 3 ай бұрын

It will never cease to amaze me that Ferris Bueller the TV show was released the same year as Parker Lewis Can't Lose only for Parker Lewis to do it better causing Ferris Bueller to get axed mid season and Parker Lewis drop the Can't Lose (literally) along with the Ferris Bueller formula a couple of seasons later to attempt to be more like 90210 and get ignominiously dropped for the effort.

@ChrisRoth1972 3 ай бұрын

I would have been 18 when this Ferris Buller Show in 1990 & I don’t remember this show being on TV. Based on the clips u showed,this Ferris Buller show looked very bazaar to say the least.

@spamtong.spamton5 3 ай бұрын

I can watch people appreciate or talk about Ferris Buller all day long

@HarvestStore 3 ай бұрын

Great video.

@yohothepirate7241 3 ай бұрын

Keep up the content 💙

@RobertJohnson-bj5lk 3 ай бұрын

“SYNCHRONIZE SWATCHES!!!” The Biggest reason why the TV Ferris failed is because “Parker Lewis Can’t Lose” hit the airwaves first. Plus, it was Way better.

@Mr.ThomasAnderson 3 ай бұрын

I was hoping you would mention Parker Lewis but kinda disappointed you didn't mention "TV Ferris" making an appearance on his rival's sow to see "how they do it"

@stingrey1571 3 ай бұрын

Parker Lewis is the rare exception where the parody/copy cat was better than the source material.

@hard2getitrightagain314 3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@hardfiled 3 ай бұрын

2:44 “the movie was embraced by BAUDIENCES”

@WhatsThePointBahamas 3 ай бұрын

I like these movie Vs TV shows. will you do TV shows that did well that are based on movies?

@m.d.2193 3 ай бұрын

they should have sold it as an american psycho prequel instead. shudder.

@purplesamurai5205 3 ай бұрын

Ten years too early, but that would be funny if America Psycho was conceived as "TV Ferris 10 years later" lol.

@jeffkadlec8264 3 ай бұрын

I loved Parker Lewis!!!

@Whynotmini 3 ай бұрын

Okay but him increasing his sisters bail has me dying that’s funny

@Whynotmini 3 ай бұрын

Okay but him increasing his sisters bail has my dying that’s funny

@tastyneck 3 ай бұрын

02:45 "baudiences"? lmao

@Bismark1815 3 ай бұрын

Trapped in purgatory

@TheJoshDM 3 ай бұрын

Watching later, but hoping this video mentions the direct higher quality competition of "Parker Lewis Can't Lose".

@Jordacar 3 ай бұрын

The only other thing I saw Charlie Schlatter on was when he played The Flash on Superman: TAS. They replaced him with Michael Rosenbaum for Justice League.

@Chikec8 3 ай бұрын

I actually have this it is very bizarre but funny in its own way.

@ifthen1526 3 ай бұрын

I'm GenX and very much remember this, TV Ferris was way worse than you're giving him credit for... Till this day I might bust out a " synchronize swatches"

@stvinney 3 ай бұрын

Only thing i remember about that show was watching at the very start of the school year, I think freshman year? And seeing him talk to the camera in his room as he puts on his brand new Reebok pumps I was insanely jealous of those ugly shoes that cost $200

@TheFantaFruitTwist 3 ай бұрын

Im not american so not sure if its right or not but do big sporting events usually take place during the work/school day?!

@dcb_75 3 ай бұрын

Weirdly I know of both shows but haven't watched either - your video is the most I have seen of either😂 I think your last point is probably a big reason why it failed - certain characters are tied to the actor and you can't just swap them and their characters out for someone else. If you are doing a tv version of the movie, it needs to be like the movie or totally change what you are doing. Frasier would have bombed if he went back to Seattle and the show was based in a bar, and a few people from Cheers showed up. That is kind of what they did here - same character names but not the same characters really. Plus it isn't as easy as it seems to take a comedy movie and make it into a sitcom. Things that are fine in a 90 minute movie because annoying real fast when you see them weekly.

@rk-jn5mp 3 ай бұрын

@2:45 ..."baudiences"?

@NikoBellic04 3 ай бұрын

It didn't wor?

@docdoc2011 3 ай бұрын

I was just now years old to learn the existence of this show, like wtf it was real? lol

@kylespevak6781 3 ай бұрын

Still haven't seen Ferris Bueller despite knowing most of the moments from other media

@robtheoutsider 3 ай бұрын

The movie was amazing, but when it comes to the show, I have a somewhat guilty pleasure feel for it.

@pfm3174 3 ай бұрын

Good lord , when it rains it pours

@davehandelman2832 3 ай бұрын

I never thought the end of Ferris wasa good one. Cameron's father either would have thrown HIM out the garage window or sent him off to military school or made him work a job to pay for the insane damages. Destroying the Ferrari was ABSOLUTELY unacceptable behavior. I feared for Cameron.

@1707Durandal1707 3 ай бұрын

The movie was awesome... rewatched it many times. The spin off show... I saw the premiere and never watched another episode. So awful. Then I found Parker Lewis Can't Lose... such a great show. Definitely the spiritual successor to Ferris Bueller. Sychronize Swatches!!! Reminds me a little of Eerie Indiana which feels kind of like x-files for a slightly younger demographic, though still great.

@nomadcowatbk 3 ай бұрын

the were also an Uncle Buck sitcom that year

@MrFantastic23 3 ай бұрын

I don't remember the Ferris bueller TV show. I do remember liking Parker Lewis can't lose. At least I think I watched the first two seasons I might have fallen off a bit on the third season but yeah I like Parker Lewis. And I love Ferris bueller the movie I was 10 years old when it came out so he was like the super cool kid. Yeah I just dated myself it's fine though

@raheemhamilton8624 2 ай бұрын

The real spin off for Ferris is Parker Lewis can't lose.

@sallybranson6042 3 ай бұрын

There was a fan theory that ferris bueller is a figment of Cameron's imagination. He was everything Cameron wasn't.

@Asukenick 3 ай бұрын

I really liked the show. I mean I never saw the movie but I'm really into movies that much. Especially if theres cursing in them.

@steve_santiago 3 ай бұрын

Connor Roy!

@ElvisRose_ 3 ай бұрын

Can you make a video about why anyone thought this was going to work in the first place because I think that's the real question.

@DanielSong39 3 ай бұрын

The spin-off was very successful It was called Parker Lewis can't lose

@a35362 3 ай бұрын

Some of us think the original Ferris was already a bit of a psychopath who uses people like Cameron (and Sloane. And his parents. And Jeanie. And... well, everybody) for his own personal gain. Yet he cons everybody into thinking he needs help ("Save Ferris") -- even Jeanie sticks up for him in the end -- because Matthew Broderick is so darn charming.

@murrethmedia 3 ай бұрын

I liked the show.

@jamegumm 3 ай бұрын

I always thought Parker Lewis can’t lose was the TV Ferris Bueller…

@Mecharnie_Dobbs 3 ай бұрын

5:44 Everyone in Film-Ferris' school worships at his feet, but the film isn't set in that school, so the worship is a running gag that cannot affect the plot.

@purplesamurai5205 3 ай бұрын

Nice catch

@seen921 3 ай бұрын

Your point that it’s not Matthew B makes it 50% less interesting to start Any movie to TV transition always suffered from this. And the overall title : Day Off- doesn’t exactly translate to television

@cwcpants140 3 ай бұрын

It looks like this is even more widely hated than the 1978 Star Wars holiday special

@RanterInShades 3 ай бұрын

Maybe it would have made a better impression if it didn't demolish the 4th wall.

@goosebums67 3 ай бұрын

I hate when things don’t wor

@graemewilson7975 2 ай бұрын

That looks awful. From obviously poor writing , bad acting (Jennifer appears to have her own nose though) FBDO is true classic in part because of a great cast but the excellent writing , directing , editing really sells you Ferris and his antics are cheered on because he isn't nasty just a bit smarter than everyone else AND he does stuff U wish U could do Great review it looks ghastly though

@tylerhackner9731 3 ай бұрын

Don’t try to recreate or spinoff what’s already perfect

@eddiejoewalt7746 3 ай бұрын

ALREADY PERFECT? A bit of surprise for a film that 1. U.S. President and anti gay Ronald Reagan viewed the film at Camp David on June 21, 1986 2. Barbara Bush used dialogue from the film at a commencement speech!

@c-j-p 3 ай бұрын

Now this "bait and switch" crap is the norm.

@andysmetrotrainvlogs8163 10 күн бұрын

What Wrong With Ferris Bueller Day Of Movie on TV 📺

@welshmouse 3 ай бұрын

Wait, Jeanie is meant to be younger?

@cjbricks422 3 ай бұрын

The quality of the show makes it look like it was shot on a camcorder in comparison to the film, which is laughable even for the time

@darrenXparker 3 ай бұрын

Wait, it’s his younger sister?

@CaptainHooker69 3 ай бұрын

I went to the same high school in NJ as Charlie Schlatter but he was a few years ahead of me. He also did a movie with George Burns called, 18 Again.

@13Ricosama 3 ай бұрын

Ferris’ spiritual successors were Zack Morris and later Van Wilder… the character lost its appeal as society and the audience matured.

@fearful1139 3 ай бұрын

Wor

@FreakStomp95 3 ай бұрын

Thought it was Bradley Cooper

@mechajay3358 3 ай бұрын

TV show Ferris is so unlikable, which the Movie Ferris is not. Also kinda ironic and new Ferris Bueller Spin-off was just announced.

@sayastra 3 ай бұрын

I didn't know his sister was younger. . . I was pretty sure she was older. . . maybe it's because Broderick is "fun sized" And yes, this looks terrible.