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Director John Hughes Dies
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Posted on 08/06/2009 2:05:53 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache

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To: retrokitten
That must have been surreal. The only celebrity I've ever seen in public (that I know of) was Jerry Bledsoe, the guy that wrote Bitter Blood. That was at the post office. I was probably the only person in there thinking, Hey that's Jerry Bledsoe! LOL
81 posted on 08/06/2009 8:15:15 PM PDT by silent_jonny ("... in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye ..." 1 Corinthians, Chapter 15)
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To: silent_jonny

Oh, she was my favorite in “FBDO”.

My sister-in-law looked and talked just like her, and had the same job, only in a Long Island High School.


82 posted on 08/06/2009 8:17:54 PM PDT by Palladin (Me to Gubmint Healthcare Counselor: "Get your ass out of here or YOU will be in intensive care!")
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To: willieroe

Hhahahahahahaha


83 posted on 08/06/2009 8:31:22 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache (An oath to a liar is no oath at all)
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To: retrokitten
“Here’s a quarter. Why don’t you go downtown and pay a rat to gnaw that thing off your face.”

That's exactly the scene and the line that came to my mind. I really miss John Candy, too. Remember Dewey Oxberger?
84 posted on 08/06/2009 8:32:08 PM PDT by aruanan
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To: Rastus

I am noticing outside of the net that the entertainment shows have shown very little on him..I tuned into Showbiz Tonight on Headline News and they just splashed it in today’s “news briefs”...not a word said...just Paula Abdul and a story on Brad Pitt liking sex and his issues with gay marriage.


85 posted on 08/06/2009 8:32:58 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache (An oath to a liar is no oath at all)
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To: My Favorite Headache

The rumors about him being a Republican must be true and known to the media.


86 posted on 08/06/2009 8:42:31 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: Palladin; retrokitten
My sister-in-law looked and talked just like her, and had the same job, only in a Long Island High School.

I was watching my DVD of Ferris earlier tonight (I had to transcribe the "righteous dood" quote, LOL) and Edie McClurg is interviewed for the special features. She seems like a total doll. She said she and Jeffrey Jones (Principal Rooney) filmed the phone call scene in one take!

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87 posted on 08/06/2009 8:51:28 PM PDT by silent_jonny ("... in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye ..." 1 Corinthians, Chapter 15)
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To: silent_jonny

I wonder if he will be buried in Shermer, Illinois?


88 posted on 08/06/2009 8:51:39 PM PDT by Pappy Smear (Support the presidency, end the policies.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

This guy wrote “Flubber and “Home Alone 3”? :-o

And “Maid in Manhattan”?

He must have lost his mind.


89 posted on 08/06/2009 10:09:25 PM PDT by Impy (RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN)
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To: TomOnTheRun

My father died the same way, massive heart attack, 5 days after his 55th birthday.


90 posted on 08/06/2009 11:47:33 PM PDT by chae (I am karmic retribution)
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To: silent_jonny
The only celebrity I've ever seen in public (that I know of) was Jerry Bledsoe, the guy that wrote Bitter Blood.

That is cool! It was a little surreal seeing John Hughes at the Whole Foods. I didn't want to stare, but I kept thinking, "OMG, is that John Hughes in the checkout line???"

A few years ago I saw one of the goalies for the Blackhawks at the regular grocery store. He was walking out and we were walking in. He was trying so hard to avoid my husband looking at him because he was wearing a Chicago Wolves tshirt (our local AHL team) and a Blackhawks hat. I swear I could see the thought bubble over his head, "Look straight ahead...look straight ahead..."

91 posted on 08/07/2009 7:26:43 AM PDT by retrokitten (I want to rock your gypsy soul just like way back in the days of old...- Into the Mystic)
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To: aruanan

Yes! LOL Love that movie, too.

“Aaaaarmy training, sir!”


92 posted on 08/07/2009 7:27:40 AM PDT by retrokitten (I want to rock your gypsy soul just like way back in the days of old...- Into the Mystic)
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To: Rastus

Yep because very little has been shown about him even on the entertainment shows...the man was responsible for more hits than any producer, writer, director today could dream of.


93 posted on 08/07/2009 11:02:07 AM PDT by My Favorite Headache (An oath to a liar is no oath at all)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

Well Buck WAS living in Chicago at the time ;)


94 posted on 08/07/2009 11:04:51 AM PDT by My Favorite Headache (An oath to a liar is no oath at all)
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To: Impy

Sometimes you have off days. If you haven’t seen his later work, “Reach the Rock”, I’d recommend renting it. You could see shades of his ‘80s greatness in it. I wish he could’ve continued on that course and made a comeback... Alas, not to be.


95 posted on 08/07/2009 11:04:54 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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