Episode #16:The Breakfast Club

A brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, and a criminal walk into school… No this isn’t the beginning of a joke, it’s the opening of John Hughes trend-setting 1985 dramedy, The Breakfast Club. (starring Emilio Estevez, Paul Gleason, Anthony Michael Hall, John Kapelos, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, and Ally Sheedy). Join us in episode #16 for a memorable Saturday detention at Shermer High School. SHOWNOTES The Breakfast Club - Criterion John Hughes - Director    Sixteen Candles (1984)    The Breakfast Club (1985)    Pretty In Pink (1986)    Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)    Uncle Buck (1989) Emilio Estevez (as Andrew Clark) Anthony Michael Hall (as Brian Johnson) Judd Nelson (as John Bender) Molly Ringwald (as Claire Standish) Ally Sheedy (as Allison Reynolds) Paul Gleason (as Richard Vernon) John Kapelos (as Carl) A Charlie Brown Christmas dance All Psych episodes featuring cast members from The Breakfast Club    Judd Nelson       Season 4 Episode 13 - “Death is in the Air”    Molly Ringwald       Season 6 Episode 6 - “Shawn Interrupted”    Ally Sheedy       Season 3 Episode 16 - “An Evening With Mr. Yang”       Season 4 Episode 16 - “Mr. Yin Presents…”       Season 5 Episode 16 - “Yang 3 in 2D”       Season 7 Episode 15 - “Psych: The Musical”   Anthony Michael Hall       Season 7 Episode 14 - “No Trout About It”       Season 8 Episode 2 - “S.E.I.Z.E. the Day”       Season 8 Episode 4 - “Someone’s Got a Woody”   John Kapelos       Season 7 Episode 10 “Santa Barbarian Candidate”       Season 8 Episode 6 “1967: A Psych Odyssey”   This American Life (episode 526, Act Three)    Molly Ringwald and her daughter watch The Breakfast Club together for the first time. Music    Don’t You Forget About Me - Simple Minds    Fire In the Twilight - Wang Chung    We Are Not Alone - Karla Devito    I’m The Dude - Keith Forsey The “naked blonde” joke that Bender tells himself (while in the ceiling) never had a punchline. Additional Movie references    David Margulies       As The Mayor in Ghostbusters    William Atherton       As Walter Peck in Ghostbusters       As Richard Thornburg in Die Hard and Die Hard 2       As Professor Jerry Hathaway in Real Genius