it was also featured in The Secret of My Success
Posted on 01/29/2017 8:36:00 PM PST by nickcarraway
The musician who wrote the famous techno tune that appears in the movie “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” got filthy rich by investing the cash he made from it into lucrative companies, according to a report Friday.
Dieter Meier’s song “Oh Yeah” — which features the catch phrase in a quirky slow-mo baritone — made a $175 million fortune by pouring the song money into train and currency companies, he told the Wall Street Journal.
The tune was first used in an iconic scene in which Ferris, played by Matthew Broderick, opens a garage and finds his pal’s dad’s shiny new Ferrari.
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That was an antique Ferrari, wasn’t it?
I’ve heard that song in films and commercials more than I ever remember hearing it on the radio.
WSJ article to which the NY Post article points:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/oh-yeah-the-song-from-ferris-buellers-day-off-is-catchy-irritating-and-the-origin-of-an-investing-fortune-1485531358?mod=e2tw
It was a replica based on a 240z Datsun.
The original Californias are 20 million plus now. The GTOs are 50 million dollar cars.
it was also featured in The Secret of My Success
It was a 250GT California Spyder - or, at least, a reasonable facsimile thereof. Like most other Ferraris of this era, a real California Spyder is very rare.
There are a few shots of real Ferraris in the film, but for the action shots they actually constructed replicas of the car.
If you are a good investor and have some money, you can get rich. I know a guy who sold his company in 2004, and invested the money in 10 different stocks. One of them was Apple Computer, and he’s now collecting a quarter of a million a year in dividends.
I mention because the article referred to it as “new.”
I mention because the article referred to it as “new.”
I remember being at the Monterey Historics one year where they had one race group that was nothing but Ferrari 250GTO’s - about a dozen or so of them if memory serves. Which is pretty impressive, considering there were only about forty of them ever built!
Not to mention there were three GTO’s at the Historics this past year. I know the car was built to be a racer - I’ve seen one up close and there is absolutely nothing in a GTO’s interior that doesn’t have to be there - but I don’t know if I can stomach the idea of racing in a car worth eight figures.
I probably missed that part.
If I ever hit the big one in the lotto, I want a Ferrari. It probably won’t be one of that vintage, but with that kind of money it WILL have a V12 under the bonnet.
I think 39 GTOs were made. Saw some show recently and a guy was racing one. Says his insurance doesn’t cover racing. 50 million dollar car and racing it without insurance. !
That’s awesome you get to see them in action. I’d love to go to that Monterey car week one year. Just need the $$....
Not a flat 12 like the Testarossa had?
I remember that too, for some reason.
That song was in about 4 or 5 movies at the same time.
The Beatles version of Twist and Shout also got placed in several films that year.
They sure didn’t spend the money on the music video.
Yello - Oh Yeah (official video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jJkdRaa04g
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