Ferris Bueller's surprisingly traditional 'Day Off'



Forty years ago this month — June 5, 1985, to be exact — a high school senior named Ferris Bueller decided not to go to school.

Instead, he took his girlfriend, Sloane, his best friend, Cameron, and a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder (“borrowed” from Cameron’s dad) on an adventure-packed odyssey through Chicago, during which they lunched at a hoity-toity French restaurant, took in a Cubs game, and participated in the Von Steuben Day parade, all while engaging in an epic race against time, parents, and Vice Principal Edward R. Rooney.

Ironically, it’s Ferris who exhibits the very leadership qualities Vice Principal Rooney lacks.

Spoiler alert: He gets away with it.

"Ferris Bueller’s Day Off" is a teenage rebellion fantasy, but of a very different sort from the type Hollywood cranks out today.

For conservative pundit and former Nixon speechwriter Ben Stein, who had a small but indelible role as a droning economics teacher, the movie is a glorious product of the Reagan era. Noting that Hughes “was an ardent Republican” who “believed Reagan could transform all of us into Ferris Buellers,” Stein celebrates Ferris as “an unregulated high school kid in an unregulated world.”

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But Ferris is no libertarian. "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" celebrates loyalty, courage, and even justice. It encourages us to love our families, to stand up for our friends, and to be grateful for the time we’re given on Earth.

Yes, Ferris breaks the rules, but his mischief — unlike that of the 1960s radicals who came before him (or, for that matter, the leftists currently wreaking havoc on our streets) — is creative rather than destructive.

In fact, take a closer look at his itinerary, and you see that Ferris follows a strict moral code of his own.

Real friendship is sacrificial

Ferris’ name may be in the title, but this is Cameron’s story. Ferris is the same carefree, popular guy at the end of the movie as he is at the beginning.

Cameron complains about being roped into his best friend’s “stupid crap,” but eventually we understand that all of Ferris’ elaborate planning — not to mention the risk he assumes — is for Cameron’s benefit. It’s Cameron, not Ferris, who really needs this day off. As a true friend, Ferris realizes that the only way to break Cameron out of his shell is to make him face his deepest fears — even if Cameron ends up hating him for it.

Family bonds are important, no matter how fraught

Ferris lies to his parents, but there’s no contempt beneath his deception. He truly loves them as much as they love him.

Cameron is not so fortunate. His strict home life — ruled by an emotionally absent, domineering father — has paralyzed him with anxiety and fear. When Cameron finally confronts this truth, he resolves not to reject his dad so he can heal his “trauma” (as he might be encouraged to do today) but to stand up to him — a healthy sign that the father-son relationship is worth saving.

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Even Ferris and his seething, judgmental sister Jeanie repair their rift by the end of the film. Jeanie lets go of her resentment and helps her brother when he needs it most, while Ferris learns the humbling lesson that even he can’t always go it alone.

Authority deserves respect — but only when it’s earned

Vice Principal Rooney embodies overreaching authority — petty, ineffective, and consumed by the need for control. In the end, Rooney’s childish obsession with “beating” Ferris undoes him as much as any stunt his quarry pulls. Ironically, it’s Ferris who exhibits the leadership qualities Rooney lacks. With his natural charisma and willingness to take calculated, strategic, and effective action for himself and for others, Ferris can’t help but draw people to him.

We should be grateful for the present moment

“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." Ferris’ deceptively simple motto expresses deep, timeless wisdom.

All that he and friends gain by hoodwinking the adults are a few precious hours to appreciate the city of Chicago and each other’s company. And that's enough.

They don’t waste their time while playing hooky; instead they spend it truly alive to the joy of existence. And while church isn’t one of their stops, the reverent gratitude they display brings to mind Psalm 118:24: "This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it."

This celebrity just started selling … her dirty bathwater?



American actress Sydney Sweeney, who’s known for her roles in television series like “Euphoria” and “The White Lotus,” recently partnered with popular soap company Dr. Squatch to release a limited-edition soap bar dubbed "Sydney’s Bathwater Bliss," which is supposedly infused with Sweeney’s used bathwater.

After her viral 2024 appearance in a Dr. Squatch ad, in which she addressed “dirty little boys” while sitting in a bathtub, fans flooded social media with playful and bizarre comments about wanting Sweeney’s bathwater.

The “Madame Web” actress apparently saw the requests as a fun way to engage with her fans. A partnership with the natural grooming brand was quickly struck, and in late May, her soap bar, which is also infused with pine, moss, and fir scents to reflect Sweeney’s Pacific Northwest roots, dropped.

Dave Landau, ¼ Black Garrett, and Angela Boggs, hosts of “Normal World,” find the collaboration hilarious and incredibly odd.

“It’s like perverts wrote you letters,” laughs Dave.

“I get that she’s pretty and she’s got big boobies and stuff, but like honestly, who is buying this?” asks Angela.

Apparently, a lot of people are. The 5,000 bars of Sweeney’s limited-edition soap sold out in a matter of hours.

To hear the panel’s hilarious banter about this strange celebrity product, watch the episode below.

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Comedian sentenced to 8 years in prison for jokes — judge allegedly cites Wikipedia during conviction



A Brazilian comedian said a judge took issue with his Wikipedia page when she handed down an eight-year prison sentence.

Comedian Leo Lins, whose full name is Leonardo de Lima Borges Lins, was about three years removed from his comedy special when Judge Barbara de Lima Iseppi ruled the comedian made "discriminatory" remarks while on stage.

The comments the judge made during her ruling have been perceived as "power-hungry" by other comedians, who expressed shock at their compatriot's conviction.

'This is indicative of what's coming to America, and it's happening around the world already.'

Lins' 2022 special "Disturbing," or "Perturbador" in Portuguese, was ordered to be taken down from the internet by the Brazilian government in 2023, according to Euro Weekly News. Since then, it has garnered millions of view on uploads by third parties.

According to the outlet, the court found that Lins' performances have contributed to "the spread of verbal violence in society and promote intolerance."

Judge Iseppi added, "Freedom of expression cannot be used as an excuse to make hateful, prejudiced, and discriminatory remarks."

Those remarks, also known as jokes, allegedly contained material about the following groups: "black people, obese individuals, elderly people, those living with HIV, homosexuals, evangelicals, Indigenous communities, people from the impoverished northeast of Brazil, Jews, and people with disabilities."

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In a video uploaded by Lins on Thursday, the comedian alleged that the judge made several bizarre remarks during the sentencing, including citing Wikipedia as a source for her claims.

"Wikipedia," Lins bluntly said in the video, called "About My Prison."

"This is not a joke," he continued. "Imagine an innocent man accused of murder. The judge says, 'Did you kill?' He says, 'No.' She goes on Wikipedia [where] people can lie. 'Yes. Convicted.'"

Lins also claimed the judge said that even though the jokes "happened in a theater," they became harmful when they "left the theater" and showed up online.

Blaze News reached out to different comedians who have faced cancellations from comedy clubs over the years due to their content, including Leonarda Jonie, who shared the news of Lins' conviction to her 215,000 X followers.

"This is indicative of what's coming to America, and it's happening around the world already," Jonie told Blaze News.

Jonie, who is Albanian, said that everyone should be concerned with the "imposition on freedom of speech" that is reaching every corner of the globe.

"Notice how you can't joke about the predetermined protected groups, but you can say whatever you want about white people?" she added.

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Comedian Brendan Blacquier, who goes by the name "Uncle Hack," said Lins should be celebrated for being "overly inclusive with his jokes."

"I don't think there's a group he didn't make fun of," the comedian jokingly told Blaze News. "Also, I was unaware that the country of Brazil appointed a czar of laughter. The only appropriate charges that Leo Lins should face is for being too funny, by the sounds of it."

The popularity of Lins seems indisputable: A 2020 special on his YouTube channel has over 8.3 million views. Blacquier said that comedians of such a stature, and most comics in general, will never do what Lins did.

"That's exposing the government for what they truly are. Power-hungry to the point they want to control emotions.
I wish Leo Lins well and hope his spirits remain high," Uncle Hack added.

According to the Daily Caller, Lins' legal team plans to appeal the conviction based on a Supreme Court ruling from 2023 that overturned a lower court that criminalized Lins' words.

Lins was also fined 300,000 Brazilian reals, or about $54,000 USD.

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Kid Rock torches Bruce Springsteen over his liberal sanctimony; identifies cause of low birth rates



Music legend Kid Rock roasted Bruce Springsteen Thursday, then identified a possible contributing cause of America's low fertility rate.

Fox News' Jesse Watters confronted Rock with footage from Springsteen's Wednesday concert in Manchester, England, where the "Born in the U.S.A." singer badmouthed the Trump administration and the president.

"The mighty E Street Band is here tonight to call upon the righteous power of art, of music, of rock 'n' roll in dangerous times," said Springsteen. "In my home, the America I love, the America I've written about — that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years — is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration."

The geriatric rocker, whose preferred candidate for president lost in an electoral landslide last year, urged his foreign audience to "rise with us" against "authoritarianism, and let freedom ring."

Springsteen kept complaining and lecturing his audience over the course of his performance, declaring, for instance, that "they're rolling back historic civil rights legislation that led to a more just and plural society," and "they're abandoning our great allies and siding with dictators against those struggling for their freedom," reported CBS News.

When speaking with Watters about a sample of Springsteen's polemics, Rock expressed doubt over whether the liberal musician would similarly slam the president at a show stateside and questioned his relative quality.

'Never liked him, never liked his music, or his Radical Left Politics.'

"Let's break it down. Pound for pound, when it comes to heartland rock and roll, Bruce Springsteen's made some good songs, I'll give him that. Bob Seger smokes him any day of the week in my book," said Rock. "Bruce Springsteen is another one of these liberals who has mountains of money that so desperately wants to keep his good standing in the eyes of Hollywood and the elite but plays like this working-class guy."

"His politics are so ass-backwards — just stay in Europe, Bruce," added Rock.

Watters quipped, "Maybe 'The Boss' should go by 'The Employee' next time."

President Donald Trump exercised less restraint than Rock in his response to the liberal performer's rant.

"I see that Highly Overrated Bruce Springsteen goes to a Foreign Country to speak badly about the President of the United States," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "Never liked him, never liked his music, or his Radical Left Politics and, importantly, he’s not a talented guy — Just a pushy, obnoxious JERK, who fervently supported Crooked Joe Biden, a mentally incompetent FOOL, and our WORST EVER President, who came close to destroying our Country."

'It all made sense.'

Toward the end of his message, the president leaned harder into his insults, writing, "Springsteen is 'dumb as a rock'" — a "dried out 'prune' of a rocker (his skin is all atrophied!) [who] ought to KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT until he gets back into the Country."

Later in the segment, Watters pressed Rock on the kinds of people he sees at his concerts, asking specifically, "Do you ever see anybody with blue hair, armpit hair — female armpit hair?"

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"Listen, I was just watching your clips, and you know — we have this low birth rate in America, and it all made sense," said Rock.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed in a report last month that the fertility rate, only slightly higher than the record-low set in 2023, now sits at 1.6 births per woman over her lifetime. By way of contrast, in 1960, the U.S. rate was 3.7. The rate necessary for a population to maintain stability and replenish itself without requiring replacement by foreign nationals is 2.1.

"It just hit me right now because who's going to sleep with these ugly ass, broke, crazy, deranged, [Trump derangement syndrome], liberal women?" continued Rock. "I mean, you look at these rallies, it's like a bunch of women that no guy wants to sleep with and a bunch of dudes that want to sleep with each other."

Rock recently sat down with Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck for a wide-ranging nearly hour-long conversation touching various topics including Cybertrucks, Diddy, problems with Ticketmaster, and the ways that Gen X may save us all from the "pussification of America." Watch the full episode of "The Glenn Beck Podcast" featuring Kid Rock below:

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'They were all high-fiving me': Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe says his Puerto Rico joke helped Trump's campaign



Stand-up comedian and host Tony Hinchcliffe said his joke about Puerto Rico last October helped the Donald Trump campaign because it grabbed headlines for more than a week just before the presidential election.

Hinchcliffe made countless news feeds when he joked about Puerto Rico being an "island of garbage" at Trump's Madison Square Garden rally in October.

Democrats reacted as expected and subsequently compared Trump's rally to a Nazi gathering filled with vitriol. For example, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) claimed that's what Republicans "think about you," meaning Republicans believe that Americans are literal garbage.

On an episode of Bill Maher's "Club Random" over the weekend, Hinchcliffe said the Trump team later thanked him for the happy distraction.

"When I was at the inauguration and everything, trust me, they were all high-fiving me and kissing my ass," Hinchcliffe said about Trump's staff. "They look at me doing what I did and accidentally, right — it couldn't have been planned — accidentally being the news for nine godd**n days during an election week."

"Stop pretending you don't love it," Maher teased in response.

Tony Hinchcliffe performs in Austin, Texas, in 2022. Photo by Errich Petersen/Getty Images for SXSW

Hinchcliffe added that while it was a "very stressful" time for him, he managed to "ride that wave" and come out better on the other side.

As for Vice President JD Vance, history will likely look back fondly at his defense of Hinchcliffe's jokes.

During a press conference the day after the rally, Vance fielded a question from a reporter who characterized Hinchcliffe's remarks as "racist" and wanted to know if the Trump campaign supported such a "tone."

Vance explained that he did not believe the proper reaction to the joke was to call Trump supporters "Nazis" and that overall, people needed to "stop getting so offended" by comedy.

"I'm so over it," Vance stated.

'He would nail it every time, day after day.'

Vance further explained the absurdity of the left-leaning reactions on Joe Rogan's podcast, where he noted the excessive amount of coverage Hinchcliffe's jokes got on networks like CNN, MSNBC, CBS, and more.

Hinchcliffe told Maher he was pleased with how Vance handled the backlash and praised the politician for seeing the situation through the lens of comedy.

"He would nail it every time, day after day," Hinchcliffe said of the soon-to-be vice president. "He was just taking the questions like he was a comedian, like he understood the perspective of the mission."

Hinchcliffe revealed that he hoped his appearance at the Trump rally would influence maybe a "thousand" votes in the president's favor and thought it would be "awesome" if the president gave him at least some praise.

Maher then asked if Hinchcliffe actually did get to speak with Trump, to which Hinchcliffe said, "No," causing the two comedians to burst out in laughter.

Hinchcliffe never did apologize for his jokes and has pointed out on his own podcast that there is, indeed, an actual garbage issue in Puerto Rico.

Well before the comedian ever appeared at the Trump rally, environmental websites were covering the island's landfill problem and said the country would soon be at capacity for garbage.

The St. Kitts and Nevis Observer even said that the island's infrastructure was under considerable strain and many of its landfills were over capacity.

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Comedian Bill Burr claims white people are having 'meltdowns' while ignoring the 'truly oppressed people' in America



Stand-up comedian Bill Burr positioned himself as a critic of both sides with remarks stating that liberals are crybabies and white people ignore atrocities.

On his "Monday Morning Podcast," Burr threw insults at conservatives and liberals in his ongoing attempt to secure the status of conscientious objector. He began his rant by saying that one of his favorite things is how "each side thinks the other side is dumb and then each side thinks the other side's a bunch of babies."

"Specifically, the right thinks that liberals are a bunch of f**king snowflakes, whiny entitled a**holes, which I mean, come on, that's pretty f**king true, right?" Burr posited.

Burr then began to target white people, specifically saying they were overly upset about a new Disney movie. Though Burr referred to "Cinderella," he likely meant the new "Snow White" movie.

"My people, whitey, were all f**king upset. There's enough of us to get it going trending anyway. We're upset about the new 'Cinderella' movie. 'The actress playing Cinderella isn't white! There's no prince,'" he mocked. "'They changed the story. What am I going to tell my kids?'"

'I don't like trans people and God only makes real boys.'

The 56-year-old then claimed it should be easy for white people to explain the film's changes to children because they are used to avoiding the history of "genocide" and "slavery" in the United States.

"The s**t that my people get upset about. 'What am I going to tell my kids?' Well, f**king talk around it the way we talk around the real history of this country. I think you could do that. For you to talk around f**king genocide and slavery, you could talk around a stupid f**king movie about some broad who didn't exist."

The comic then brought in a bit more humor, joking that conservatives would even be mad at "Pinocchio" because he "transitions into a real boy."

"'I don't like trans people and God only makes real boys. Not some immigrant named Geppetto. What am I supposed to tell my kids?'" Burr stated, from the perspective of an alleged conservative.

Bouncing back to liberals, Burr mocked the idea of leftists having an "absolute f**king meltdown" over being referred to by the wrong pronouns.

In the end, Burr decided to wrap up his point by again referring to white people as being ignorant of oppression in America.

"It's my people having meltdowns while ignoring truly oppressed people in this country."

The respected comedian made headlines recently after he accused reporters of trying to use him for clickbait after he was asked to defend his remarks on a sneaker-shopping show.

"Free Luigi!" Burr said on a show by outlet Complex, referring to Luigi Mangione, a man accused of murdering a health insurance CEO.

"I don't think you should be asking a comedian," he told the reporters in early April. "That’s you guys passing the buck. You guys need to have balls again, which you don't," he added.

Burr also made similar remarks on the "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" show in January.

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Anti-Elon Musk protester starts fight; jiujitsu-trained YouTuber finishes it



Bite first, whine later.

That was the strategy of an anti-Elon Musk protester who assaulted a comedian on camera at a recent demonstration at a Palo Alto, California, Tesla dealership.

'Left wing protestors have added "biting" to their tactics.'

Hundreds of demonstrators were there to protest Elon Musk and his recent cost-cutting rampage via the Department of Government Efficiency.

Also in attendance — with cameras rolling — were YouTubers and comedians Danny Mullen and Leo Dottavio, the former proudly displaying his support for Musk by wearing a DOGE T-shirt.

Fighting fascism

The mostly peaceful protest — in which mostly elderly protesters brandished signs with slogans like "Honk for democracy," "Stop Musk's power grab," and, naturally, "Fight fascism" — became violent after a masked protester turned his camera on Mullen and dared him to remove his sunglasses.

A second man, likely in his 30s or 40s, approached Mullen and sarcastically pretended to side with him.

"Hey! Sir, we have tiny d***s, and that's why we support this s***!" the man said, while pointing to Mullen's shirt. The man then hit Mullen with a backhand that struck the comedian in the face and knocked his hat off. "You little bitch!" the protester added.

Mullen retaliated by slapping the man in the face, who then moved toward Mullen. As the two engaged, Mullen eventually threw the man to the ground and controlled him.

Once bitten

Mullen is an experienced jiujitsu practitioner and therefore was able to calmly hold the man against the ground. However, during the scuffle, the protester allegedly bit Mullen in the chest, with Mullen showcasing the wound on his Instagram page.

"Left wing protestors have added 'biting' to their tactics," Mullen wrote alongside the photos.

As the pair grappled, the man claimed he only hit Mullen's hat despite the footage proving otherwise. Other protesters defended the aggressive male by saying Mullen was actually the one who started the exchange.

"I felt like I was in bizarro world," Dottavio told Blaze News. "It's as clear as day that my friend Danny was assaulted by this man first, then defended himself, but people clearly wanted to say the opposite and paint him as the bad guy."

Dottavio added, "It felt like I was around a bunch of lying children."

Sore losers

Protests at Telsa showrooms have recently popped up in cities like New York, Boston, San Francisco, and Tucson, Arizona, in response to Musk's campaign to curb federal spending. According to the Washington Post, protests have been organized at at least 90 Tesla locations as of March 4.

Several middle-aged women continued to verbally assault Mullen even after he let the aggressive protester back to his feet. One woman yelled, "F*** you!" at him, and another told him to "get the f*** out of here."

Mullen could not help but return fire with his own quips, asking why the other protesters were mad at him despite him defending himself and winning the exchange.

"In your America, do losers get credit?" Mullen asked. "That's the problem. That's what DOGE is trying to counteract," he jokingly concluded.

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