>> prior to john hughes, most of the comedies weren't aimed at us. the teenagers to us in the movies were olivia newton john and john travolta. these kids when they were in high school looked like my parents. it was kind of like you woke up one day and you're like, this is an entirely underserved audience. here, make movies for them on their level, the way they talk. using actors that look their age. >> i think one of the mistakes commonly made in hollywood teenage pictures is, they're going for the bucks and not for the heart. >> i think he's honest and doesn't try to show us for something we're not. >> he took the simplest of canvases and ones we were all familiar with. >> bueller? >> growing up. >> bueller? >> staying home from school. the sneaky stuff we tried to pull off. >> life moves pretty fast. you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. >> john was obsessed with sort of the middle american outlook on life. there's no clearer expression of john's affection for what is a