Following months of rumored anticipation ABC’s The Goldbergs has decided on its season-two John Hughes tribute episode.
The Goldbergs based on the life of showrunner Adam F. Goldberg, will pay homage to Hughes’ classic Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
Speaking on the inspiration behind the upcoming episode, Goldberg said this:
“Ferris Bueller [played by Matthew Broderick] exuded cool. He got the girl, he had the epic day off, he outsmarted his teachers, parents, siblings and classmates.
And the way John Hughes captured that epic day of fun, it was the obvious choice to send the Goldbergs on a quest to re-create that awesome day off!
“My older brother Barry and I had little in common growing up, but we shared an equal obsession with Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Watching it over and over was how we bonded and we quoted lines from it as if it was our secret language. We saw ourselves in the iconic character of Ferris, the popular schemer who could do no wrong.
However, we all knew the reality — neither of us was a Ferris. Sadly, we both more resembled Cameron (Alan Ruck), Ferris’ hapless sidekick.”
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off will become the second tribute episode of The Goldbergs – the show recreated the Goonies during their first season.
Like last season, the Ferris episode will air towards the end of the season [likely episode 15 or 16, according to Goldberg].
“It’s ambitious, too, and will take a ton of planning in terms of clearing clips and getting actors’ permission,” he said at the time.
The Goldbergs airs Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m. on ABC. A specific airdate for the Ferris episode has not yet been determined.
