Truth be told, Ferris was a lying, manipulative little jerk.
Who had to bum rides.
The screen name came about when I saw the Save Ferris band on TV just the day before or so.
Still, the greatest scene in the movie is.....
I think the black dude just died recently.
“Oh, he’s very popular Ed. The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wastoids, dweebies, dickheads - they all adore him. They think he’s a righteous dude.”
Grace
My son-in-law was raised in Glencoe, Illinois. The late John Hughs shot a lot of movies in that general area in Chicago. One day he ( my SIL) gave us “The Tour” as I like to call it, taking us to locations where John Hughs shot movie scenes.
We saw the “Home Alone” house, the church used in the exterior shots of Sam’s sister’s wedding in “16 Candles”, the North Shore location by Lake Michigan where Cameron, from “Ferris Beuhler” laid down on the stone wall, comatose, after his dad’s car was wrecked. I sat in that very same spot.
He told us stories about sneaking out of the house late at night and watching scenes being shot.
Pretty cool.
I really didn’t like the Ferris Beuhler character, as he got away with EVERYTHING, but it was cool seeing all those locations.