Why The Very Strange Ferris Bueller's Day Off Spin-Off Failed

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  • Опубліковано 15 лют 2024
  • Ferris Bueller's Day Off is without a doubt one of the best comedies of all time. From renowned director John Hughes, Ferries Bueller's Day Off is a movie that spans generations of fans. Though it was a major surprise when it was announced the Ferris Bueller was getting a TV Pilot adapted from the movie. To no one's surprise, the Ferris Bueller TV show was so bad it was cancelled almost immediately.
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  • @Mecharnie_Dobbs
    @Mecharnie_Dobbs 3 місяці тому +38

    4:40 I just realised that the sister of Phineas and Ferb, is based on the sister of Ferris Bueller.

  • @echecroi
    @echecroi 3 місяці тому +42

    Parker Lewis can't lose.
    Oh, the childhood after school memories.

    • @delyea
      @delyea 7 днів тому

      The worst part of that show is that he always lost. I remember I thought he would get away with his shenanigans. But I he always was caught, and the show ended up sucking.

  • @RJKYEG
    @RJKYEG 3 місяці тому +4

    One of the things that worked about Zack Morris on Saved by the Bell (while it did) was that Zach's schemes and hijinks didn't work out, until he learned his lesson and had to redeem himself somehow.

  • @trinaq
    @trinaq 3 місяці тому +73

    They really missed the point of the original characters. Cameron lacked his tragic film back story, Ferris lacked charm, and Sloane was a blonde instead of a brunette. "Parker Lewis Can't Lose" was a similar show which aired around the same time, and they made fun of Ferris's cancellation.

  • @Mecharnie_Dobbs
    @Mecharnie_Dobbs 3 місяці тому +36

    4:39 Plothole: If the film of his life exists in this universe, then how can he pull the wool over anybodies eyes?

    • @TomWDW1
      @TomWDW1 3 місяці тому +11

      And how is he meeting and asking Sloane out if ... in the movie ... they're already together?!

    • @danielryanmulligan9381
      @danielryanmulligan9381 3 місяці тому +1

      OK I think some of what your commenters are saying helps to establish my point if the Ferris of the TV show had a movie based on his life all of his fourth wall, breaking powers couldn’t exist think of the movie Ferris, like a superhero version of the TV Ferris, and you might get my point that being said all of the moments of fourth wall breaking simply could not exist that being said one(1) way to write around this problem would have been to trick the audience into thinking tv Ferris is talking to us, but then cut to a response shot from his parents and sister, hearing him bitching about the movie, ruining his life, and then the movie/TV show style format switches to a normal single camera set up with an omniscient view to allow us to see tv Ferris’s interactions in his world also from what you said, it seems to be Ferris before he met Sloan, and such which means the ferris in the movie is doing things our TV Ferris hasn’t done yet, hmmm… anyway, I hate to make these comments because I hate to feed you the energy to allow you to be successful when you’re the Pawnee resident hating asshole with your parks and recreation theory!!!! Dan aka one(1) very angry and very loyal Pawnee resident wannabe!!!!

  • @OrangeCat1992
    @OrangeCat1992 3 місяці тому +8

    I’m Gen X. I have no memory of the Ferris Bueller TV show, but I loved Parker Lewis Can’t Lose as short lived as it was.

  • @RandomBailey2011
    @RandomBailey2011 3 місяці тому +11

    Hey! I worked with Charlie Schlatter last year on a movie. My first time prop mastering. He’s also the voice of the Honey Nut Cheerio’s Bee. Nice guy!

    • @Crepy7654
      @Crepy7654 2 місяці тому

      I need Honey Nut Cheerios

  • @RrowdyBeast
    @RrowdyBeast 3 місяці тому +12

    The inadvertent successor was definitely Parker Lewis Can't Lose

  • @grapeshot
    @grapeshot 3 місяці тому +25

    The main thing I remember from that show is when his sister was riding the bike and they were playing the Wicked Witch of the West music in the background.

    • @trinaq
      @trinaq 3 місяці тому +2

      Me too, I think that they did a similar thing with the loathed "Mean Girls 2."

  • @Mecharnie_Dobbs
    @Mecharnie_Dobbs 3 місяці тому +13

    5:43 The T.V. series should have been about Ferris moving to a new school and meeting new people. Conning some, helping others. Dispensing random advice.

  • @thatRyzzle
    @thatRyzzle 3 місяці тому +10

    As an 80s kid who grew up in Switzerland, I actually remember comparing the Ferris Bueller and Parker Lewis TV shows among friends, and I think we all preferred the latter. Though, I doubt neither of us had watched the Matthew Broderick movie by then. So, even to us, Parker Lewis was just the better show.
    For the longest time, in my head the original tagline for Parker Lewis was just the English translation of the German tagline we got: Parker Lewis, der Coole von der Schule - Parker Lewis, the Cool One from School. Thanks to which I'm always weirded out when I see the real tagline of, “Parker Lewis Can't Lose.”

    • @purplesamurai5205
      @purplesamurai5205 3 місяці тому +1

      I think I like that tagline better. Funny enough, that sounds like something movie Ferris would say while the other one sounds like TV Ferris.

    • @honestabe411
      @honestabe411 3 місяці тому +1

      The German version is Parker Lewis Hates Jews

    • @clautastic9186
      @clautastic9186 2 місяці тому

      Here in Mexico the show was titled: Parker Lewis el ganador.

  • @kamsismith
    @kamsismith 3 місяці тому +24

    I can see why Ferris Bueller didn't work for television. It reminded me of when Dirty Dancing was turned into a TV series. What's the point of turning Dirty Dancing into a TV series if there isn't much to expand on other than having Johnny have a new student each week?

    • @trinaq
      @trinaq 3 місяці тому +5

      I never even realised that "Dirty Dancing" had a short lived TV series, and so did "The Outsiders." Sometimes, classics should just never be touched.

    • @kamsismith
      @kamsismith 3 місяці тому +1

      It lasted one season and premiered a year after the movie came out. I only knew about it because WatchMojo featured it in their video about signs a TV show isn't going to be good. On the third entry of that list which was the show is based on a movie, specifically a very popular one. They had the gall to feature Time of My Life as the show’s theme song.

    • @kylespevak6781
      @kylespevak6781 3 місяці тому

      Yes! I saw Knuckles is being made a show instead of just another Sonic movie, and it's like, why? We don't need to spend hours with a video game character to get to meet them; they usually have thin motivations

  • @chasehedges6775
    @chasehedges6775 3 місяці тому +61

    Ferris Bueller‘s Day Off is an 80s classic. 10/10 film.

    • @trinaq
      @trinaq 3 місяці тому +4

      Agreed, apparently they're making a spinoff about the parking valets and their exploits.

  • @Punmaster9001
    @Punmaster9001 3 місяці тому +3

    I haven't seen the show, but I'm glad being on it didn't keep Charlie Schlatter from appearing on Diagnosis Murder where he was a likeable character.

  • @DocTrower1980
    @DocTrower1980 3 місяці тому +4

    Trust and believe. Parker Lewis Can't Lose and Ferris Bueller's Day Off combined were much more digestible and fun than the TV version of the latter.

  • @cpdreyer
    @cpdreyer 3 місяці тому +11

    It will never cease to amaze me that Ferris Bueller the TV show was released the same year as Parker Lewis Can't Lose only for Parker Lewis to do it better causing Ferris Bueller to get axed mid season and Parker Lewis drop the Can't Lose (literally) along with the Ferris Bueller formula a couple of seasons later to attempt to be more like 90210 and get ignominiously dropped for the effort.

  • @sellbythebell
    @sellbythebell 3 місяці тому +3

    That intro is as Clarissa Explains It All as it can possibly get.

  • @ChrisRoth1972
    @ChrisRoth1972 3 місяці тому +1

    I would have been 18 when this Ferris Buller Show in 1990 & I don’t remember this show being on TV.
    Based on the clips u showed,this Ferris Buller show looked very bazaar to say the least.

  • @spamtong.spamton5
    @spamtong.spamton5 3 місяці тому +3

    I can watch people appreciate or talk about Ferris Buller all day long

  • @RobertJohnson-bj5lk
    @RobertJohnson-bj5lk 3 місяці тому +2

    “SYNCHRONIZE SWATCHES!!!”
    The Biggest reason why the TV Ferris failed is because “Parker Lewis Can’t Lose” hit the airwaves first. Plus, it was Way better.

  • @stingrey1571
    @stingrey1571 3 місяці тому +2

    Parker Lewis is the rare exception where the parody/copy cat was better than the source material.

  • @Mr.ThomasAnderson
    @Mr.ThomasAnderson 3 місяці тому +2

    I was hoping you would mention Parker Lewis but kinda disappointed you didn't mention "TV Ferris" making an appearance on his rival's sow to see "how they do it"

  • @HarvestStore
    @HarvestStore 3 місяці тому +2

    Great video.

  • @yohothepirate7241
    @yohothepirate7241 3 місяці тому +1

    Keep up the content 💙

  • @hardfiled
    @hardfiled 3 місяці тому +2

    2:44 “the movie was embraced by BAUDIENCES”

  • @m.d.2193
    @m.d.2193 3 місяці тому +6

    they should have sold it as an american psycho prequel instead. shudder.

    • @purplesamurai5205
      @purplesamurai5205 3 місяці тому

      Ten years too early, but that would be funny if America Psycho was conceived as "TV Ferris 10 years later" lol.

  • @Bismark1815
    @Bismark1815 3 місяці тому +2

    Trapped in purgatory

  • @hard2getitrightagain314
    @hard2getitrightagain314 3 місяці тому

    Thanks!

  • @jeffkadlec8264
    @jeffkadlec8264 3 місяці тому

    I loved Parker Lewis!!!

  • @Jordacar
    @Jordacar 3 місяці тому

    The only other thing I saw Charlie Schlatter on was when he played The Flash on Superman: TAS. They replaced him with Michael Rosenbaum for Justice League.

  • @WhatsThePointBahamas
    @WhatsThePointBahamas 3 місяці тому

    I like these movie Vs TV shows. will you do TV shows that did well that are based on movies?

  • @tastyneck
    @tastyneck 3 місяці тому +1

    02:45 "baudiences"? lmao

  • @stvinney
    @stvinney 3 місяці тому

    Only thing i remember about that show was watching at the very start of the school year, I think freshman year?
    And seeing him talk to the camera in his room as he puts on his brand new Reebok pumps
    I was insanely jealous of those ugly shoes that cost $200

  • @BigMoneyLion
    @BigMoneyLion 3 місяці тому +1

    I'm GenX and very much remember this, TV Ferris was way worse than you're giving him credit for... Till this day I might bust out a " synchronize swatches"

  • @Chikec8
    @Chikec8 3 місяці тому +2

    I actually have this it is very bizarre but funny in its own way.

  • @TheJoshDM
    @TheJoshDM 3 місяці тому

    Watching later, but hoping this video mentions the direct higher quality competition of "Parker Lewis Can't Lose".

  • @Whynotmini
    @Whynotmini 3 місяці тому

    Okay but him increasing his sisters bail has my dying that’s funny

  • @Whynotmini
    @Whynotmini 3 місяці тому

    Okay but him increasing his sisters bail has me dying that’s funny

  • @robtheoutsider
    @robtheoutsider 3 місяці тому +1

    The movie was amazing, but when it comes to the show, I have a somewhat guilty pleasure feel for it.

  • @kylespevak6781
    @kylespevak6781 3 місяці тому

    Still haven't seen Ferris Bueller despite knowing most of the moments from other media

  • @nomadcowatbk
    @nomadcowatbk 3 місяці тому

    the were also an Uncle Buck sitcom that year

  • @1707Durandal1707
    @1707Durandal1707 3 місяці тому

    The movie was awesome... rewatched it many times.
    The spin off show... I saw the premiere and never watched another episode. So awful.
    Then I found Parker Lewis Can't Lose... such a great show. Definitely the spiritual successor to Ferris Bueller. Sychronize Swatches!!! Reminds me a little of Eerie Indiana which feels kind of like x-files for a slightly younger demographic, though still great.

  • @davehandelman2832
    @davehandelman2832 3 місяці тому

    I never thought the end of Ferris wasa good one. Cameron's father either would have thrown HIM out the garage window or sent him off to military school or made him work a job to pay for the insane damages. Destroying the Ferrari was ABSOLUTELY unacceptable behavior. I feared for Cameron.

  • @MrFantastic23
    @MrFantastic23 3 місяці тому

    I don't remember the Ferris bueller TV show. I do remember liking Parker Lewis can't lose. At least I think I watched the first two seasons I might have fallen off a bit on the third season but yeah I like Parker Lewis. And I love Ferris bueller the movie I was 10 years old when it came out so he was like the super cool kid. Yeah I just dated myself it's fine though

  • @docdoc2011
    @docdoc2011 3 місяці тому +1

    I was just now years old to learn the existence of this show, like wtf it was real? lol

  • @dcb_75
    @dcb_75 3 місяці тому

    Weirdly I know of both shows but haven't watched either - your video is the most I have seen of either😂
    I think your last point is probably a big reason why it failed - certain characters are tied to the actor and you can't just swap them and their characters out for someone else. If you are doing a tv version of the movie, it needs to be like the movie or totally change what you are doing. Frasier would have bombed if he went back to Seattle and the show was based in a bar, and a few people from Cheers showed up. That is kind of what they did here - same character names but not the same characters really. Plus it isn't as easy as it seems to take a comedy movie and make it into a sitcom. Things that are fine in a 90 minute movie because annoying real fast when you see them weekly.

  • @pfm3174
    @pfm3174 3 місяці тому

    Good lord , when it rains it pours

  • @rk-jn5mp
    @rk-jn5mp 3 місяці тому

    @2:45 ..."baudiences"?

  • @steve_santiago
    @steve_santiago 3 місяці тому

    Connor Roy!

  • @ElvisRose_
    @ElvisRose_ 3 місяці тому

    Can you make a video about why anyone thought this was going to work in the first place because I think that's the real question.

  • @NikoBellic04
    @NikoBellic04 3 місяці тому +3

    It didn't wor?

  • @raheemhamilton8624
    @raheemhamilton8624 2 місяці тому

    The real spin off for Ferris is Parker Lewis can't lose.

  • @Asukenick
    @Asukenick 3 місяці тому

    I really liked the show. I mean I never saw the movie but I'm really into movies that much. Especially if theres cursing in them.

  • @TheFantaFruitTwist
    @TheFantaFruitTwist 3 місяці тому

    Im not american so not sure if its right or not but do big sporting events usually take place during the work/school day?!

  • @sallybranson6042
    @sallybranson6042 3 місяці тому

    There was a fan theory that ferris bueller is a figment of Cameron's imagination. He was everything Cameron wasn't.

  • @a35362
    @a35362 3 місяці тому

    Some of us think the original Ferris was already a bit of a psychopath who uses people like Cameron (and Sloane. And his parents. And Jeanie. And... well, everybody) for his own personal gain. Yet he cons everybody into thinking he needs help ("Save Ferris") -- even Jeanie sticks up for him in the end -- because Matthew Broderick is so darn charming.

  • @DanielSong39
    @DanielSong39 3 місяці тому

    The spin-off was very successful
    It was called Parker Lewis can't lose

  • @jamegumm
    @jamegumm 3 місяці тому

    I always thought Parker Lewis can’t lose was the TV Ferris Bueller…

  • @murrethmedia
    @murrethmedia 3 місяці тому

    I liked the show.

  • @MyHandle4455
    @MyHandle4455 5 годин тому

    Did anybody watch Parker Lewis Can’t Lose? I always felt that was more of a television. Version of Ferris Bueler’s Day Off than this show.

  • @Mecharnie_Dobbs
    @Mecharnie_Dobbs 3 місяці тому

    5:44 Everyone in Film-Ferris' school worships at his feet, but the film isn't set in that school, so the worship is a running gag that cannot affect the plot.

  • @RanterInShades
    @RanterInShades 3 місяці тому

    Maybe it would have made a better impression if it didn't demolish the 4th wall.

  • @goosebums67
    @goosebums67 3 місяці тому

    I hate when things don’t wor

  • @cwcpants140
    @cwcpants140 3 місяці тому

    It looks like this is even more widely hated than the 1978 Star Wars holiday special

  • @seen921
    @seen921 3 місяці тому

    Your point that it’s not Matthew B makes it 50% less interesting to start
    Any movie to TV transition always suffered from this.
    And the overall title : Day Off- doesn’t exactly translate to television

  • @cjbricks422
    @cjbricks422 3 місяці тому

    The quality of the show makes it look like it was shot on a camcorder in comparison to the film, which is laughable even for the time

  • @welshmouse
    @welshmouse 3 місяці тому

    Wait, Jeanie is meant to be younger?

  • @darrenXparker
    @darrenXparker 3 місяці тому

    Wait, it’s his younger sister?

  • @c-j-p
    @c-j-p 3 місяці тому

    Now this "bait and switch" crap is the norm.

  • @graemewilson7975
    @graemewilson7975 2 місяці тому +1

    That looks awful. From obviously poor writing , bad acting (Jennifer appears to have her own nose though) FBDO is true classic in part because of a great cast but the excellent writing , directing , editing really sells you Ferris and his antics are cheered on because he isn't nasty just a bit smarter than everyone else AND he does stuff U
    wish U could do
    Great review it looks ghastly though

  • @tylerhackner9731
    @tylerhackner9731 3 місяці тому +1

    Don’t try to recreate or spinoff what’s already perfect

    • @eddiejoewalt7746
      @eddiejoewalt7746 3 місяці тому

      ALREADY PERFECT?
      A bit of surprise for a film that
      1. U.S. President and anti gay Ronald Reagan viewed the film at Camp David on June 21, 1986
      2. Barbara Bush used dialogue from the film at a commencement speech!

  • @FreakStomp95
    @FreakStomp95 3 місяці тому

    Thought it was Bradley Cooper

  • @CaptainHooker69
    @CaptainHooker69 3 місяці тому

    I went to the same high school in NJ as Charlie Schlatter but he was a few years ahead of me. He also did a movie with George Burns called, 18 Again.

  • @fearful1139
    @fearful1139 3 місяці тому

    Wor

  • @andysmetrotrainvlogs8163
    @andysmetrotrainvlogs8163 14 днів тому

    What Wrong With Ferris Bueller Day Of Movie on TV 📺

  • @13Ricosama
    @13Ricosama 3 місяці тому

    Ferris’ spiritual successors were Zack Morris and later Van Wilder… the character lost its appeal as society and the audience matured.

  • @dancingpixie6120
    @dancingpixie6120 День тому

    Great movie. No recollection of series at all. Obviously not a good show.

  • @adamhawn2523
    @adamhawn2523 3 місяці тому

    The spinoff likely failed because no one ever heard of it.

  • @mechajay3358
    @mechajay3358 3 місяці тому

    TV show Ferris is so unlikable, which the Movie Ferris is not. Also kinda ironic and new Ferris Bueller Spin-off was just announced.

  • @joshfactor1
    @joshfactor1 3 місяці тому

    wait, why does he have a british flag poster in his room?

  • @sayastra
    @sayastra 3 місяці тому

    I didn't know his sister was younger. . . I was pretty sure she was older. . . maybe it's because Broderick is "fun sized"
    And yes, this looks terrible.

  • @haitileblanc3075
    @haitileblanc3075 16 днів тому

    Parker Lewis can’t lose was better

  • @kendrickoyola4290
    @kendrickoyola4290 3 місяці тому +2

    90s! So, Xtreme! Adults are stupid and kids are smart.

  • @alexallen126
    @alexallen126 3 місяці тому

    This didn’t wor

  • @jasonguinn6075
    @jasonguinn6075 3 місяці тому

    Parker Lewis was waaayyy better than the Ferris show

  • @sdcoinshooter
    @sdcoinshooter 2 дні тому

    It’s easy to understand why the show failed, I couldn’t even stand watching thee trailer

  • @matthallett4126
    @matthallett4126 3 місяці тому +2

    Ferris Buller was the clinical definition of a sociopath. Just like Zach Morris from saved by the Bell.

    • @djpegao
      @djpegao 3 місяці тому +2

      Hence why _♪ Zach Morris is traaaaash...♪_ was created

    • @matthallett4126
      @matthallett4126 3 місяці тому

      @@djpegao The same guy does "A Very Special Episode" series and its even better.

  • @donaldkochersperger8074
    @donaldkochersperger8074 3 місяці тому +1

    @HatsOffEntertainment did this first

  • @kyliethelittlespider-mangirl94
    @kyliethelittlespider-mangirl94 2 місяці тому

    Nice job talking about this trash show!

  • @checocartoons342
    @checocartoons342 3 місяці тому

    The Megamind on Peacock of its Day 🫤