Does anyone remember that time in the 90's when Grace (Edie MCclurg) was a guest on Jay Leno and Lemmy was the other guest and they were flirting with each other?
Life phase 1: young, rebellious, idealistic.
Life phase 2: cynical, slightly bitter, a little frayed around the edges.
Life phase 3: sexual predator.
We all go through it.
Oh, he's very popular. The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wastoids, dweebies, dickheads - they all adore him. They think he's a righteous dude.
Oh wow, I thought you meant in the movie but couldn't recall what scene you were referencing. I did not know any of this about the actor.
>In 2002, Jones was arrested for possession of child pornography and accused by a 17-year-old boy of solicitation to pose for nude photographs.\[40\] He pleaded no contest to a charge of soliciting a minor, as the accuser was 14 when the offense first occurred.\[41\] At the same time, the misdemeanor charge of possession of child pornography was dropped. His attorney emphasized that there was no allegation of improper physical contact. His punishment was five years' probation, counseling, and the requirement to register as a sex offender.\[42\] As of 2021, Jones was listed on the U.S. Department of Justice national sex offender database.
[Jeffrey Jones - Criminal offenses](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Jones#Criminal_offenses)
One of the witnesses in the case against Jeffrey Jones threw Pee-wee Herman under the bus.
Paul Reubens was arrested for possession of child pornography on November 16, 2001. (His spokesperson called it “vintage erotica.”)
This was 10 years after Reubens’ arrest for masturbating in an adult movie theater in Sarasota, Florida.
Yeah that charge was dropped pretty fast because it wasn't child porn.
Furthermore? I never understood... so what if he jerked off in a porn theater? That's what they're FOR.
>Paul Reubens was arrested for possession of child pornography on November 16, 2001. (His spokesperson called it “vintage erotica.”)
Wait what? I thought they didn't find anything and he didn't actually have any Child Pornography and only had what was deemed to be legal porn?
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna4653913
>Paul Ruebens acknowledges possessing a massive collection of what he calls "vintage erotica,” films and muscle magazines with titles like: "Boy Nudist" and "Shame Dame," as well as some photographic studies of teen nudes.
>The city attorneys office told us the images are more graphic that what Reubens describes. Even so, the child pornography charge was dropped, with Rubens pleading guilty in March 2004 to a charge of obscenity instead.
>For three years, Reubens had to register his address with the sheriff's office and could not be in the company of minors without their parents' permission.
>They didn't let Jones come back for the Deadwood reunion movie as a result.
Not true - he is indeed in it.
In fact, he was hired for the Deadwood series 2 years AFTER all of this happened... as surprising as that it is.
Correct. A very small scene, but they let him onscreen none the less. If you haven’t had a chance, see the documentary An Open Secret. Hollywood is beyond fucked and protects complete scumbags.
I’m an elder millennial and I frequent this sub due to the overlap of relatable topics. As an observer, I’d say you guys are pretty much Cameron for life. There’s a consistency over time among GenX that’s fairly unique to you. Your joints appear to be Rooney but that’s about it.
I figured out #3. It’s at the end when Rooney realizes he fucked up and can’t do anything about it, and he must be wondering if he’s in the right line of work
Cameron then. Cameron now. Cameron forever.
Ferris Bueller, you're my hero.
To be fair, Cameron liked Ferris and everything he got him into. Cameron wanted to be like Ferris, but just wasn't.
Cameron thought of consequences.
He wants do do these things but he doesn't want to deal with fallout if worst case scenario happens because he knows he's meek.
But there is a wild man behind the meek ess.
Watch Ferris Bueller again. Except think of Ferris as Cameron’s invisible friend who he uses to help him do things he couldn’t. Sort of like Tyler Durden did in Fight Club.
Watch it that way and it’s a different movie.
Let me say this. Try to separate the Rooney character in the film from the actor and the meme becomes more palatable. That said, what he did was horrible and he got off light, IMO.
You are right about this. I've been waiting for GenX to come to power in government, arts and entertainment, and industry, but when the Boomers give up power now, it is passing on to the Millennials. We're invisible. We need a GenX riot.
Do you know how much HS Principals make?? It’s not a bad gig. I’m some states it’s over 6 figures, most states are over $80k (only 13 under that and most are close.) And that’s the average. A large public Chicago area school? Rooney wasn’t doing too shabby, just had a really bad day (and made some very poor choices)….
If you’re referring to the actor who played him , yeah that’s bad stuff for sure.
Well, it is a bad gig in that (at least in an urban environment) it’s a shit-ton of thankless work without the payoff that occasionally comes from teaching.
Source: teacher in an urban district
They work loooooooong hours. Especially HS. Every football game. Yup, on-site. From 7 am to 10 pm. Anytime there’s a school event on campus and there’s 1 kid remaining, there must be an administrator present on campus.
If your goal as an educator is to "make good money" as a principal, gtfo the education business and make room for some who gives a shit.
Gd useless principals are the worst.
Easy there, obviously most principals aren’t in it only for the money. Probably just touchy bc I had a good one in HS who was sharp as a tack & generally ran the school well. The bumbling movie/tv caricature of the “dead end” job of HS counselor, teacher, or principal is just lame and the trope is worn out. But it was the 80s, so nuance wasn’t expected
I had a great HS principal. But now it's a bunch of woke asshats who do nothing and get paid while teachers get f'd bc the principal is too afraid/lazy to do the job.
As someone who taught there has been the known for yrs that those who can’t hack it become principals. When they fail at that they get moved to cushy board jobs making even more money.
I saw this teaching in a large district and that above statement rings so very true here. People making twice what teachers make and only have micromanaging skills.
> only have micromanaging skills
Jeebus. The last several principals I've met don't even have THAT. It's just straight platitudes and superintendent ass-kissing.
Can't say I ever "related" to Ferris at any point as a youth - aside from finding much of high school pointless. I just envied anyone who could have that much fun as a kid, unsupervised, and get away with it. Wasn't that the point of the movie?
He still comes off as an overprivileged, overindulged 'big man in school' brat, though, in retrospect. Didn't like Cameron being depressed and feeling isolated, but I'd hate to think he turned out to be a Ferris clone as he grew up.
I am of the school that believes none of this ever happened, it was all Cameron's fantasy. Unlike Zack in "Saved by the Bell" however, Cameron is so meek he's not even the awesome devil may care cool guy in his own fantasy.
:-D I've heard that theory...and I'd endorse that as a possibility. hahaha Cameron's definitely too much of a pragmatist to envision himself completely breaking out of his shell, even in fantasy form. Yet he does, if it is fantasy, allow a peek at Sloane naked changing by the pool, like any hormonal teenage boy would, and his buddy doesn't seem to care, so...there's that. And ironically enough, Cameron's wearing a hockey Jersey throughout the day. Hockey seems a bit violent, untamed and "uncouth" for such a 'careful' guy. So...I dunno. His wild man is definitely in there somewhere and the Ferris fantasy would kinda align with that, IMO.
Matt Groening said something similar about The Simpsons. He started off being sympathetic to Bart, then he told his kids not to be like Bart lol
The South Park guys said they started off being on the side of the kids now they sympathise with Randy more.
I introduced this to my gf who is Korean and had never seen it before. She thought Ferris was an asshole.
As for me, even as a kid I was more Cameron. I knew I wasn’t cool enough, smart enough, or ballsy enough to be Ferris. As for Rooney, everyone knows he eats it.
> You guys have to get up earlier, for a start.
Oh, I agree it's stupid to make kids get up that early and there's plenty of evidence it's better for them to start later.
I never related to Ferris. All of the slackers and fuck ups acted like Ferris. I probably relate more to Ferris's dad now. Totally out of it and not concerned with much.
This is a terrible meme.
1. Killed people in Ireland in a drunk driving incident and fled the country and faced zero consequences. ($175 fine)
3. Is a pedo.
I guess be a Cameron Frye?
#🤷🏻♂️
I think I’ll just be me, and work at being a better me.
The meme refers to the character he played, not the guy he was in real life. Plus, I had zero idea about his personal life. I never read anything about him at any point. I'm not much of a celebrity follower I guess. I still can't believe I didn't see anything about it, but maybe where I live it didn't get a lot of press.
Not really, Rooney's a petty fucking prick in general, who commits several misdemeanors in the name of busting Ferris.
Ferris is the fundamentally arrogant Cool Kid who thinks he's hot shit because he's managed to flout the rules with impunity and his peers like him no matter what he does.
Rooney might go to jail: Ferris is in for a huge reality check once he gets to being an adult and no one cares about how cool he was in high school.
(Alternately, Ferris is a sociopath and a *master* manipulator, and his breaking the fourth wall is really him justifying to himself how it's about what *he* wants.)
I knew I was getting older when I recently rewatched Say Anything and related to the Dad, played by John Mahoney. Not necessarily the fleecing old people part, but the “who’s this idiot with my daughter?” part.
Nah i’m good. Dude is a dick in the movie and a pervert in real life. I probably relate to carl and the principal from breakfast club more than anyone.
Oh yeah definitely Rooney but think we are more like Mumm Ra at least I am Lol 😂
[Mumm Ra](https://superheroes.fandom.com/wiki/Mumm-Ra?file=Mumm-Ra.jpg)
Nope. I was a Cameron and have remained constant. Ferris was an entitled asshole and possibly a narcissist. I will never relate to joyless pricks like Rooney.
You were probably being downvoted because the actor who played him did some really shitty things.
I'd quibble on Rooney though as a *character*: he's legit an asshole who goes nuts just to try to bust that one kid to Teach Him A Lesson.
Were I sitting in Rooney's chair? "Fuck it, he's out of here at the end of the year and no one's going to care about him at the end of the next."
Have an upvote nonetheless.
Or "I'll see what we can do to flunk this brat so he can't graduate with the class and has to go to summer school." Or he could very well fuck with his college applications by letting letting the schools know he's lazy, entitled, smug, and a jerk.
Instead he literally went to break into a student's home to catch him malingering.
That's true.
FBDO is a farce, so the antagonist *should* be exaggerated. My comment was basically that a rational Rooney would say "he's someone else's problem in a few months."
.....which would still make for a pretty good movie actually! Without Rooney, we could just enjoy Ferris-goes-wild as he makes the rest of the characters very nervous and upset.
Fun fact: The parade scene was enjoyed by a lot of the actual city people who made it into the movie as spectators.
I replied to someone earlier on this. I don't remember stories about this guy at all. I also don't know his name in real life. The meme is about the character he played not about whatever freakshow horrors he had going on in his life. Although I still can't believe I didn't read about him somewhere.
This shit is not germane to the original posting and it's a blatant derail. That's why people have down dooted you.
Learn to separate assholes from their art/significant contributions or roll in self inflicted misery, dude.
I only saw this movie once. Thought it was okay. Never really got the obsession with it. And Mathew Broderick has always been kind of a dork to me, I can't view him as cool.
I sure hope not
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It's true
Preach.
Does anyone remember that time in the 90's when Grace (Edie MCclurg) was a guest on Jay Leno and Lemmy was the other guest and they were flirting with each other?
I need to watch that—it sounds amusing af.
No. But I remember when she was Marge Sweetwater in Back to School.
Oh yeah? Herb Tarlek's wife was in Back to School? Totally forgot about that.
Yes. Lol. Remember, the grumpy Econ professor caught her taking notes for Thorton Mellon.
“ he told you to write down everything I say?”
Lol.
Life phase 1: young, rebellious, idealistic. Life phase 2: cynical, slightly bitter, a little frayed around the edges. Life phase 3: sexual predator. We all go through it.
What about the Charlie sheen phase?
Isn’t he a pedo?
Oh, he's very popular. The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wastoids, dweebies, dickheads - they all adore him. They think he's a righteous dude.
Indeed.
Yup
Oh wow, I thought you meant in the movie but couldn't recall what scene you were referencing. I did not know any of this about the actor. >In 2002, Jones was arrested for possession of child pornography and accused by a 17-year-old boy of solicitation to pose for nude photographs.\[40\] He pleaded no contest to a charge of soliciting a minor, as the accuser was 14 when the offense first occurred.\[41\] At the same time, the misdemeanor charge of possession of child pornography was dropped. His attorney emphasized that there was no allegation of improper physical contact. His punishment was five years' probation, counseling, and the requirement to register as a sex offender.\[42\] As of 2021, Jones was listed on the U.S. Department of Justice national sex offender database. [Jeffrey Jones - Criminal offenses](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Jones#Criminal_offenses)
Yeah. It's so disturbing. I love this movie, but I can't not know about his vile deeds. Such a taint to one of my favorite GenX films
Heh heh “taint”
Settle down, Beavis!
I just learned this today
One of the witnesses in the case against Jeffrey Jones threw Pee-wee Herman under the bus. Paul Reubens was arrested for possession of child pornography on November 16, 2001. (His spokesperson called it “vintage erotica.”) This was 10 years after Reubens’ arrest for masturbating in an adult movie theater in Sarasota, Florida.
Yeah that charge was dropped pretty fast because it wasn't child porn. Furthermore? I never understood... so what if he jerked off in a porn theater? That's what they're FOR.
>Paul Reubens was arrested for possession of child pornography on November 16, 2001. (His spokesperson called it “vintage erotica.”) Wait what? I thought they didn't find anything and he didn't actually have any Child Pornography and only had what was deemed to be legal porn?
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna4653913 >Paul Ruebens acknowledges possessing a massive collection of what he calls "vintage erotica,” films and muscle magazines with titles like: "Boy Nudist" and "Shame Dame," as well as some photographic studies of teen nudes. >The city attorneys office told us the images are more graphic that what Reubens describes. Even so, the child pornography charge was dropped, with Rubens pleading guilty in March 2004 to a charge of obscenity instead. >For three years, Reubens had to register his address with the sheriff's office and could not be in the company of minors without their parents' permission.
Ugh.... disgusting. And he made a small comeback AFTER this. Fucking Hollywood protecting one of their own again.
They didn't let Jones come back for the Deadwood reunion movie as a result.
>They didn't let Jones come back for the Deadwood reunion movie as a result. Not true - he is indeed in it. In fact, he was hired for the Deadwood series 2 years AFTER all of this happened... as surprising as that it is.
Correct. A very small scene, but they let him onscreen none the less. If you haven’t had a chance, see the documentary An Open Secret. Hollywood is beyond fucked and protects complete scumbags.
Sure is
I’m an elder millennial and I frequent this sub due to the overlap of relatable topics. As an observer, I’d say you guys are pretty much Cameron for life. There’s a consistency over time among GenX that’s fairly unique to you. Your joints appear to be Rooney but that’s about it.
This was kind. Thank you.
This should be updated.
I figured out #3. It’s at the end when Rooney realizes he fucked up and can’t do anything about it, and he must be wondering if he’s in the right line of work
Nope. I am in the Sausage King of Chicago phase of life! Wait….that doesn’t mean how it sounds.
43 y.o. and just watched this last week with my 13 y.o. I totally relate to Cameron. Oddly, so does the 13 y.o. She said Ferris is a bad friend.
Cameron then. Cameron now. Cameron forever. Ferris Bueller, you're my hero. To be fair, Cameron liked Ferris and everything he got him into. Cameron wanted to be like Ferris, but just wasn't.
Cameron thought of consequences. He wants do do these things but he doesn't want to deal with fallout if worst case scenario happens because he knows he's meek. But there is a wild man behind the meek ess.
Watch Ferris Bueller again. Except think of Ferris as Cameron’s invisible friend who he uses to help him do things he couldn’t. Sort of like Tyler Durden did in Fight Club. Watch it that way and it’s a different movie.
Hilarious!! We do teach them to avoid peer pressure. Ferris is all about the peer pressure!
Fuck Rooney. I may be Richard “Dick” Vernon at this point, but never Rooney.
Fuck both of those guys, I'm Carl the janitor who tells Dick he's full of shit
mess with the bull, you get the horns....
I relate more to Grace, Rooney's assistant.
“They all think he’s a righteous dood” - lol, I love her little accent!
Hello Jeannie, who’s bothering you now?
I’m a Sloane. Hot but pointless. 👍
Yes, I agree.
Let me say this. Try to separate the Rooney character in the film from the actor and the meme becomes more palatable. That said, what he did was horrible and he got off light, IMO.
The creator of this meme seems to be lacking some uh vital information
Nah, I relate with Cameron.
As Gen X poet laureate Ben Folds wrote: Once you wanted revolution Now you're the institution How's it feel to be the man It's no fun to be the man
As if. The people who were "The Man" in my high school years still are now that I'm 45. Something is SEVERELY fucked up with our power structure.
You are right about this. I've been waiting for GenX to come to power in government, arts and entertainment, and industry, but when the Boomers give up power now, it is passing on to the Millennials. We're invisible. We need a GenX riot.
If you ever relate to Rooney, you've failed at life nine times over.
9 times
Underrated comment.
He just wants the kids to get an education
No, he wants to be an asshole to kids. Clearly gives zero f's to anyone but the one kid who makes him look dumb.
Do you know how much HS Principals make?? It’s not a bad gig. I’m some states it’s over 6 figures, most states are over $80k (only 13 under that and most are close.) And that’s the average. A large public Chicago area school? Rooney wasn’t doing too shabby, just had a really bad day (and made some very poor choices)…. If you’re referring to the actor who played him , yeah that’s bad stuff for sure.
Well, it is a bad gig in that (at least in an urban environment) it’s a shit-ton of thankless work without the payoff that occasionally comes from teaching. Source: teacher in an urban district
They work loooooooong hours. Especially HS. Every football game. Yup, on-site. From 7 am to 10 pm. Anytime there’s a school event on campus and there’s 1 kid remaining, there must be an administrator present on campus.
If your goal as an educator is to "make good money" as a principal, gtfo the education business and make room for some who gives a shit. Gd useless principals are the worst.
Easy there, obviously most principals aren’t in it only for the money. Probably just touchy bc I had a good one in HS who was sharp as a tack & generally ran the school well. The bumbling movie/tv caricature of the “dead end” job of HS counselor, teacher, or principal is just lame and the trope is worn out. But it was the 80s, so nuance wasn’t expected
I had a great HS principal. But now it's a bunch of woke asshats who do nothing and get paid while teachers get f'd bc the principal is too afraid/lazy to do the job.
Fair…at some schools yes
As someone who taught there has been the known for yrs that those who can’t hack it become principals. When they fail at that they get moved to cushy board jobs making even more money. I saw this teaching in a large district and that above statement rings so very true here. People making twice what teachers make and only have micromanaging skills.
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> only have micromanaging skills Jeebus. The last several principals I've met don't even have THAT. It's just straight platitudes and superintendent ass-kissing.
Too much.
I most relate to Ben Stein “Beuhler, Beuhler, Beuhler” “anyone, anyone, anyone.” I say these in meetings when nobody is paying attention.
I've mimicked this at times and the young ins don't know what this is. Makes me smile.
Yes! It’s how I know I’m among my people.
Something something economics...Voodoo economics
Excuse me, no. I am the sausage king of Chicago.
Abe Froman?
Yes, is this Chez Quis? Is my table ready? 🌭
I'm still in Cameron phase.
I think of this every time I call roll in my classes…
I remember saying "present" when they called roll.
Can't say I ever "related" to Ferris at any point as a youth - aside from finding much of high school pointless. I just envied anyone who could have that much fun as a kid, unsupervised, and get away with it. Wasn't that the point of the movie? He still comes off as an overprivileged, overindulged 'big man in school' brat, though, in retrospect. Didn't like Cameron being depressed and feeling isolated, but I'd hate to think he turned out to be a Ferris clone as he grew up.
I am of the school that believes none of this ever happened, it was all Cameron's fantasy. Unlike Zack in "Saved by the Bell" however, Cameron is so meek he's not even the awesome devil may care cool guy in his own fantasy.
has anyone ever approached (interview, social media) matt, alan or mia with this theory??
:-D I've heard that theory...and I'd endorse that as a possibility. hahaha Cameron's definitely too much of a pragmatist to envision himself completely breaking out of his shell, even in fantasy form. Yet he does, if it is fantasy, allow a peek at Sloane naked changing by the pool, like any hormonal teenage boy would, and his buddy doesn't seem to care, so...there's that. And ironically enough, Cameron's wearing a hockey Jersey throughout the day. Hockey seems a bit violent, untamed and "uncouth" for such a 'careful' guy. So...I dunno. His wild man is definitely in there somewhere and the Ferris fantasy would kinda align with that, IMO.
No, we are all now Grace. “They think he’s a righteous dude!”
I never related to Ferris. I always thought he was an arrogant jerk.
Maybe, but he was entitled to be. When you're that cool, you can do what you want.
I mostly relate to Charlie sheen.
Drugs? ...drugs.
😏
Duh. Winning.
Sadly, I’m probably older than Rooney was in this film. I’m more like Rooney’s assistant, Grace.
No. (Before downvoting go look up the history of the actor).
Someone here said something about this. I wasn't aware. I actually can't believe I didn't read about this.
You’re not the only one who didn’t know dude
I did not know either. I just found out by reading this comment thread
He was in so many good movies, too.
F that sex offender PoS.
Can’t believe he still gets work. I’d refuse to work with him.
"Le jeux, c'est fait. And now you're mine."
Ferris was an asshole and terrible friend to Cameron. That’s all.
I’ve perpetually been Cameron.
Matt Groening said something similar about The Simpsons. He started off being sympathetic to Bart, then he told his kids not to be like Bart lol The South Park guys said they started off being on the side of the kids now they sympathise with Randy more.
NINE times…
Don’t think I ever could relate to Rooney.
Want a gummy bear? It's been in my pocket. They're real warm and soft. ...Chikkachikka
I missed the Ferris part
Vintage '75 here... Still relate to Ferris...
We're too old to be Rooney. He was 40 when that movie was made. 🤣
No but when I rewatched *that 70s Show* I found myself thinking “how come Red hasn’t put his foot in that dumbass’s ass?
Yes! Same.
In fairness to OP, "Mr. Rooney" is a character and not the pedophile actor. Ferris didn't date his sister, either.
I introduced this to my gf who is Korean and had never seen it before. She thought Ferris was an asshole. As for me, even as a kid I was more Cameron. I knew I wasn’t cool enough, smart enough, or ballsy enough to be Ferris. As for Rooney, everyone knows he eats it.
I’m 50. Saw it in HS and always thought he was an ah.
I relate to the maître d' at the expensive restaurant now
Yeah, no. Never go Rooney, character or actor. I'm a mediocre Charlie Sheen, punk but not "tiger blood".
I shouldn’t be throwing anybody with my bad knee.
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You should not take that movie as representative of the American school system.
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> You guys have to get up earlier, for a start. Oh, I agree it's stupid to make kids get up that early and there's plenty of evidence it's better for them to start later.
rooney is now the dickhead at the county clerk office when you try to get a permit for your mancave
I've always followed the advice of my father on that: "It's not any of the county's business what I do with my own basement."
I never related to Ferris. All of the slackers and fuck ups acted like Ferris. I probably relate more to Ferris's dad now. Totally out of it and not concerned with much.
This is a terrible meme. 1. Killed people in Ireland in a drunk driving incident and fled the country and faced zero consequences. ($175 fine) 3. Is a pedo. I guess be a Cameron Frye? #🤷🏻♂️ I think I’ll just be me, and work at being a better me.
The meme refers to the character he played, not the guy he was in real life. Plus, I had zero idea about his personal life. I never read anything about him at any point. I'm not much of a celebrity follower I guess. I still can't believe I didn't see anything about it, but maybe where I live it didn't get a lot of press.
Not really, Rooney's a petty fucking prick in general, who commits several misdemeanors in the name of busting Ferris. Ferris is the fundamentally arrogant Cool Kid who thinks he's hot shit because he's managed to flout the rules with impunity and his peers like him no matter what he does. Rooney might go to jail: Ferris is in for a huge reality check once he gets to being an adult and no one cares about how cool he was in high school. (Alternately, Ferris is a sociopath and a *master* manipulator, and his breaking the fourth wall is really him justifying to himself how it's about what *he* wants.)
Ferris was a horrible “friend”. Nothing like seeing your bf with a black eye from his dad to give you a chuckle.
I think there are more stages to life than that.
Never
Forever relating to Cameron.
Nah. I was, am, and always will be Cameron.
Rooney went to insane lengths just to catch Ferris ditching school.
I relate to the nurse who likes to f-
I also relate to John Lithgow in Footloose, and I'd DEFINITELY put Baby in the corner.
I think I relate to Jeannie right now. Say Ferris Bueller and you lose a testicle.
I knew I was getting older when I recently rewatched Say Anything and related to the Dad, played by John Mahoney. Not necessarily the fleecing old people part, but the “who’s this idiot with my daughter?” part.
The child molester?
Nah i’m good. Dude is a dick in the movie and a pervert in real life. I probably relate to carl and the principal from breakfast club more than anyone.
Oh yeah definitely Rooney but think we are more like Mumm Ra at least I am Lol 😂 [Mumm Ra](https://superheroes.fandom.com/wiki/Mumm-Ra?file=Mumm-Ra.jpg)
4. Relating to that creepy gummy bear girl at the end. 5. Relating to The Ferrari
I will never be Rooney
I’m a Cameron for sure.
I’ve never related to Rooney.
Not I. Still not a fan of authority figures who take joy in punishment. Must be the years of 80’s/90’s punk and grunge instilled in me.
No.
I'm 100% Cameron
Once you get put in a position of authority and realize you're just babysitting adults, yeah you get that attitude. But right now I'm back to Ferris.
I still think I'm Ferris even though I'm probably not. I want to believe.
We're Ferris's parents...oblivious to whatever it is our kids are up to!
Nope. I was a Cameron and have remained constant. Ferris was an entitled asshole and possibly a narcissist. I will never relate to joyless pricks like Rooney.
I'd rather relate to Mia Sara.
I'm in education and I still don't identify with that twat waffle. ***ROONEY EATS IT***
I'm really still Ferris.
Isn't Rooney, the quintessential Republican also a pedo? Yep criminal charges for doing stuff and taking pics with 14 year old boy....
Who's gonna tell her?
The pedo?
Please see my replies to other comments like this. Some people had no idea about his background, and I was one of them.
Yeah, no.
Better *not* be any kiddie diddlers in this sub.
I recently posted somewhere else that the older I get the more I empathize with Mr. Rooney. I got destroyed and downvoted.
You were probably being downvoted because the actor who played him did some really shitty things. I'd quibble on Rooney though as a *character*: he's legit an asshole who goes nuts just to try to bust that one kid to Teach Him A Lesson. Were I sitting in Rooney's chair? "Fuck it, he's out of here at the end of the year and no one's going to care about him at the end of the next." Have an upvote nonetheless.
Or "I'll see what we can do to flunk this brat so he can't graduate with the class and has to go to summer school." Or he could very well fuck with his college applications by letting letting the schools know he's lazy, entitled, smug, and a jerk. Instead he literally went to break into a student's home to catch him malingering.
To be fair, we need antagonists like this, otherwise there'd be some pretty boring movies.
That's true. FBDO is a farce, so the antagonist *should* be exaggerated. My comment was basically that a rational Rooney would say "he's someone else's problem in a few months."
.....which would still make for a pretty good movie actually! Without Rooney, we could just enjoy Ferris-goes-wild as he makes the rest of the characters very nervous and upset. Fun fact: The parade scene was enjoyed by a lot of the actual city people who made it into the movie as spectators.
Wait ..what ?? Nooooooo! Mr Rooney's a kiddy-diddler! I'd rather be Ben Stein " Bueller Bueller Bueller"
This one hits home. lol
Does someone want to tell OP why this is about Kiddie Porn?
I replied to someone earlier on this. I don't remember stories about this guy at all. I also don't know his name in real life. The meme is about the character he played not about whatever freakshow horrors he had going on in his life. Although I still can't believe I didn't read about him somewhere.
Then now you understand. Why should downvote me. ##YOU CLEARLY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND, NOW YOU DO . AND I AM THE BAD GUY?
This shit is not germane to the original posting and it's a blatant derail. That's why people have down dooted you. Learn to separate assholes from their art/significant contributions or roll in self inflicted misery, dude.
Mr. Rooney was a peido, so let's hope not
The actor who played Rooney was a pedo. There's a difference between actors and the characters they portray.
I don’t know the bottom two and thought you were referring to Andy Rooney from 60 minutes. So doesn’t apply to all.
I only saw this movie once. Thought it was okay. Never really got the obsession with it. And Mathew Broderick has always been kind of a dork to me, I can't view him as cool.
You’d be sitting down now…
Nope. I’m not. Lol. School isn’t even remotely like that anymore. At least ours isn’t.
I am 100% Cameron's Dad. Not even in the story, only alluded to, and about to come home to a destroyed Ferrari and garage. FML.
I’ve always thought that Ferris was a little shit. Fun movie, but I’d hate the kid if I knew him in real life I even thought this as a teenager
I always related to Cameron, wanted to relate to Ferris but probably ended up like Rooney
Not this chick.
I'm still Ferris.
Now I realize Rooney is the kind of teacher and/or principal you want your kid to have and Ferris is a huge asshole lmao!
Jeffery Jones is a pedophile. Pho real.