Washington lawyer Edward McNally, who grew up on the same street as director John Hughes and may well have been the inspiration for Ferris Bueller, recounts his mischievous childhood in suburban Northbrook, Illinois, and the real-life lessons we can all take away from the Sausage King of Chicago. (Full story HERE.)
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My blog is featured in Susan Olsen's tell-all about the ill-fated "Brady Bunch Variety Hour"!
Growing up in Madison Heights, Mich.
The Web leads to an unexpected return to a house I grew up in.
Carlsbad, Calif. (2008)
Go Behind the Music of my high-school band, A La Plage
Little Larry left us too soon.
With Debbie Harry
With Robert Buckley
With Roger Federer
With Ed Burns
With Thomas Roberts
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I may be one of the only people of our generation (since we happen to be near the same age) that did not really like Ferris Buehler's Day Off. I found it reprehensible that young Ferris encouraged his friends to join him in his irresponsible behaviors, often ending in personal tragedies.
But then...I always was something of a stick in the mud.
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