What’s Aged the Best?
Cameron's "I'm dying" introduction; Alan Ruck; Cameron's George Peterson impression; the Ben Stein classroom scene; the 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California; Charlie Sheen's 1986; Mia Sara as Sloan; the use of pop music
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- The first introduction to Cameron, "I'm dying," answered "you just can't think of anything good to do," feels identifiable in quarantine.
- Alan Ruck has aged well now that he is reinvented as a favorite Succession character.
- Cameron as George Peterson ("Pardon my French, but you're an asshole") is a fully committed impression.
- The anyone-anyone, voodoo economics class with students in a coma, a glaring girl and a drooling guy captures how much high school sucked.
- Beat City, World Party's When You Come Back to Me and the Beautiful Girls theme are lamented as missing from streaming.
- The hosts debate whether the movie invented or only popularized the "hey batter batter" chant.
- The 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California has aged the best; the hosts say one sold at auction in 2018 for $18 million.
- Cameron's dad's glass-and-wood house is beautiful and surprising for Illinois; the hosts cite $1.8 million in 2020.
- Ferris's double take at the Ferrari's 301 miles is a favorite beat.
- Charlie Sheen's 1986 aged best: from Lucas and a bit part in Ferris to Platoon and then Wall Street.
- Mia Sara as Sloan: high expectations never fully happened, but she is inducted into a mid-80s Mount Rushmore; another host mocks the crush talk.
- It may not be the best soundtrack, but it may be the best use of pop music in a movie: the I Dream of Jeannie and Star Wars themes are integrated, and other movies with better soundtracks do not use music this way.
- The Art Institute cover, the closing English Beat run and the opening song are essential, and the movie seems cut to the songs; the closing chase is great filmmaking synced to a great record.