Back In The Day Show

I just got the sad news: John Hughes has died of a heart attack while visiting family in Manhattan. The 59-year-old filmmaker wrote and/or directed several 80s films, such as The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Pretty in Pink, Weird Science, and so many others. Needless to say, we here at the Back in the Day Show owe a lot to him, if only for the amount of material he gave us about which to reminisce on the podcast. Many of his movies took the point of view of young people. In The Breakfast Club, he tackled the issues of high schoolers’ common angst for the future, lack of communication with parents, and peer pressure; in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, he emphasized the need to seize life and enjoy it to the fullest; and in many of his films, he exhibited how ridiculous adults could be at times with hilarious results. I don’t think I can put it any better than Ferris Bueller when he said: “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” Thanks for all the good times, John. We’ll miss you.