Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Do You Even Binge? Ep 60

This week, we’re looking at Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (40th anniversary), celebrating the June 11, 1986 release and exploring the production, timeline logistics, and fan theories behind the classic comedy.

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986): A high school wise-guy is determined to take a day off from school with his girlfriend and best friend, despite what the suspicious school principal thinks.

In this episode:

Testing our acting abilities, tone trend, John Hughes writing the script in 6 days, previous casting choices (Tom Cruise, Johnny Depp, John Cusack, and Nicolas Cage), Shermer IL, Richard Edson, Leroy Flash Jenkins, the real parade shoot (Von Steuben Day Parade) and the extras shoot at Daley Plaza, the timeline logistics of the big day, two love connections (Cindy Pickett & Lyman Ward, Matthew Broderick & Jennifer Grey), and alternate theories (Home Alone similarities, Ferris & Jeannie as twins, the Fight Club theory, the Exaggerated Recollection theory, and the time loop theory). 


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Executive Producers: Felipe Esparza & Lesa Esparza
Producer: Rommel Suniga
Music: Isaak Wintringham

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Felipe Esparza is a comedian and actor, known for his stand-up specials, “They’re Not Gonna Laugh at You”, “Translate This”, and his latest dual-release on Netflix, “Bad Decisions/Malas Decisiones” (2 different performances in two languages), his recurring appearances on Netflix’s “Gentefied”, NBC’s “Superstore” and Adultswim’s “The Eric Andre Show”, as well as winning “Last Comic Standing” (2010), and his popular podcast called “What’s Up Fool?”. Felipe continues to sell out live stand-up shows in comedy clubs and theaters around the country.