Friday, September 6, 2013

The Barkfast Club

Nothing shaped my life growing up more than John Hughes movies and animals. Oh come on, what did you think I was going to say? Football and beauty pageants?

A few nights ago the television seemed to be telling me something. Every channel I flipped to had a John Hughes movie playing. First "The Great Outdoors" then "The Breakfast club" followed by "Sixteen Candles." Watching these movies got me to thinking. What would happen if my two favorite things in life were combined. What if John Hughes wrote an animal movie. I don't mean the Beethoven family friendly type movie. I mean the ones he did best. A full on angst filled teen, ridiculous humor, clueless parents, Anthony Michael Hall, epic pic.
To me the most epic Anthony Michael Hall moment of all time is when he reads the letter written to Mr. Vernon at the end of "The Breakfast Club". We all remember it don't we? We knew exactly who we were or who we wanted to be
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The athlete, the princess, the basket case, the brain, and the criminal. For all of those animal loving John Hughes fans out there. This is for you...

My take on any given Saturday at Griffith Small Animal Hospital. Enjoy.

"Dear Mr. Vernon, 




We accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong.  What we did was wrong, but we think you are crazy to ask us to write an essay telling you who we think we are. You see us as you want to see us. In the simplest terms. The most convenient definitions. 
But what we found out is that each one of us is 


a brain


 and an athlete


 and a basket case


a princess


and a criminal








Does that answer your question?

Sincerely yours, 
The Breakfast Club."





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All credit for this post goes to John Hughes. He was amazing. Check out his filmography on IMDB www.imdb.com/name/nm0000455/


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