who played the parents in ferris bueller day off?
Cindy Pickett
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 Ferris Bueller 's Day Off is a 1986 American teen comedy film written , co @-@ produced and directed by John Hughes , and co @-@ produced by Tom Jacobson . The film stars Matthew Broderick as Ferris Bueller , a high @-@ school slacker who spends a day off from school , with Mia Sara and Alan Ruck . Ferris regularly breaks character to explain techniques and inner thoughts . 

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 In 1990 , a series called Ferris Bueller started for NBC , starring Charlie Schlatter as Ferris Bueller , Jennifer Aniston as Jeanie Bueller , and Ami Dolenz as Sloane Peterson . The series served as a prequel to the film . In the pilot episode , the audience sees Schlatter cutting up a cardboard cutout of Matthew Broderick , saying that he hated Broderick 's performance as him . It was produced by Maysh , Ltd . Productions in association with Paramount Television . In part because of competition of the similar series on the Fox Television Network , Parker Lewis Can 't Lose , the series was canceled after the first thirteen episodes aired . Both Schlatter and Aniston later had success on other TV shows , Schlatter on Diagnosis : Murder and Aniston on Friends . 

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 While in Chicago , Mr. Burns and Homer walk into a salon called " Ferris Bueller 's Day of Beauty " in a reference to Ferris Bueller 's Day Off . When they exit the salon , they are dressed as Ferris ( Burns ) and his friend Cameron ( Homer ) , respectively . Lionel Richie sings " Say You , Say Me " on the flight . He makes it about beer at Homer 's requests . The two titles , when changed , are " Hey You , Beer Me " and " Beer Beer , Beer Beer , " the latter of which Homer forgets the words to . Mr. Burns and Homer catch a show at the real @-@ life Second City Theater . Both Dan Castellaneta and guest star Stephen Colbert were members of Second City early in their careers . 

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 All major characters in the miniseries were played by the five members of The Kids in the Hall , except for the mayor 's son , who was played by young actor Landon Reynolds @-@ Trudel . Several of the original The Kids in the Hall characters appear in cameo roles , including Mark McKinney 's Chicken Lady as a candidate juror and Paul Bellini clad only in his towel at an ATM ; in addition , McCulloch and McKinney 's police officers are tweaked variations of their OPP officer characters of the original series . 

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 The song used during Duffman 's first and subsequent appearances is " Oh Yeah " by Yello , popularized in the final scene of the film Ferris Bueller 's Day Off . The Original Famous Ray 's Pizza shop Homer sees is a parody of independently owned pizza stores that carry the name " Ray " in their name . The musical sequence played during the Flushing Meadows segment is a stylistic parody of the piece Flower Duet from the opera Lakmé by Leo Delibes . When the traveling bus passes by Hasidic Jews , Bart mistakes them for ZZ Top , and when Bart visits Mad magazine 's offices , he sees Alfred E. Neuman , the Spy vs. Spy characters , and cartoonist Dave Berg . The actor in the musical number " You 're Checkin ' In " was based on Robert Downey , Jr . , who was battling a cocaine addiction during the time of the episode creation , just as the character in the musical was . The sequence where Homer races alongside the carriage in Central Park was a reference to a similar scene in the film Ben @-@ Hur . The final scene when the family is crossing the George Washington Bridge uses a version of the song " Theme from New York , New York " , which continues to play throughout the credits . 
