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Published on Friday, August 7, 2009 - 12:32pm |
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There's Probably No Better Remembrance Of John Hughes Than This...
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...with a link to a very touching story which, in itself, sounds like it could be a John Hughes film. It's about how Hughes' work irrevocably touched one girl's life, and how his protracted correspondence with her helped shape the person she is today.
It's pretty powerful, rather thought provoking, and says a lot about the man we lost yesterday.
Thanks to Hai for pointing us towards this.
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Reader Talkback
God - This hurts bad. by Mennen | Aug 7th, 2009 12:37:54 PM | Dear Michael Bay- by gavdiggity | Aug 7th, 2009 12:40:41 PM | That makes me sadder by beefywhore | Aug 7th, 2009 12:41:46 PM | your nails are digging into my
arm by the new transported man | Aug 7th, 2009 12:43:48 PM | Thanks John by blackshuck | Aug 7th, 2009 12:43:59 PM | Beautiful story. What a great
man. by Zeegloo | Aug 7th, 2009 12:44:32 PM | gavdiggity, That's because... by PessimusGrime | Aug 7th, 2009 12:44:57 PM | Gavdiggity = Win. by Zeegloo | Aug 7th, 2009 12:45:11 PM | oh man by chiahead | Aug 7th, 2009 12:47:42 PM | What a class act, John Hughes
was by BonerStabbone | Aug 7th, 2009 12:51:26 PM | I cant open it by ricarleite2 | Aug 7th, 2009 12:58:36 PM | Read this last night. by erichaislar | Aug 7th, 2009 12:58:40 PM | This makes me even prouder to
be from the midwest... by Shut the Fuck up Donny | Aug 7th, 2009 01:02:36 PM | He was really different (in a
good way) by Forsakyn | Aug 7th, 2009 01:05:01 PM | Beautiful. by BiggusDickus | Aug 7th, 2009 01:09:20 PM | I just absolutely weeped like
a 6 year old girl by RKDN | Aug 7th, 2009 01:11:42 PM | This just in... by Ratphink | Aug 7th, 2009 01:13:39 PM | also, imagine this... by RKDN | Aug 7th, 2009 01:15:18 PM | RKDN by Merrick | Aug 7th, 2009 01:21:46 PM | Read that whilst listening to
this by Josh Acid | Aug 7th, 2009 01:21:52 PM | Dear Alison, by My_IQ_is_135 | Aug 7th, 2009 01:23:35 PM | RKDN - Well done. by Mennen | Aug 7th, 2009 01:25:45 PM | wow by dalanjohnso | Aug 7th, 2009 01:28:50 PM | RKDN... by v1 | Aug 7th, 2009 01:29:12 PM | Thanks for the link by JT Kirk | Aug 7th, 2009 01:34:18 PM | Personal stories like this
one... by Rendell | Aug 7th, 2009 01:37:15 PM | You read something like
Alison's story and you realize by YackBacker | Aug 7th, 2009 01:40:37 PM | ...of it could be the
derranged ramblings of a
psycho fan by Curious_Jorge | Aug 7th, 2009 01:46:36 PM | why doesn't hollywood pay
tribute and remake all his
movies. by HerbWestAustin | Aug 7th, 2009 01:46:38 PM | A very affecting death... by Flames gotta Eat | Aug 7th, 2009 01:49:43 PM | Don't Believe it For a Second by ThusSpakeSpymunk | Aug 7th, 2009 01:54:37 PM | ThusSpakeSpymunk by JohnGaltShrugged | Aug 7th, 2009 02:03:53 PM | I respect Hughs ten times more
now by Virtual Satyr | Aug 7th, 2009 02:09:50 PM | This is an unprecedented
amount of love for someone on
AICN by ZombieHeathLedger | Aug 7th, 2009 02:15:28 PM | And you call yourself
JohnGaltShrugged? by ThusSpakeSpymunk | Aug 7th, 2009 02:19:13 PM | And you call yourself
JohnGaltShrugged? by ThusSpakeSpymunk | Aug 7th, 2009 02:19:21 PM | Amen, supercowbell. by jolaz | Aug 7th, 2009 02:23:40 PM | "Ayn Rand is one of my
favorite authors" by Mostholy | Aug 7th, 2009 02:24:44 PM | One last thought on Ayn Rand by Mostholy | Aug 7th, 2009 02:28:25 PM | Somebody post it in a
talkback... by Vic Twenty | Aug 7th, 2009 02:30:44 PM | John Who's? by Linguo_IS_Dead | Aug 7th, 2009 02:42:58 PM | HOLY CRAP MICHAEL JACKSON'S
DEAD by ArmedNDrunk | Aug 7th, 2009 02:55:40 PM | Can I Refill Yer Egg Nog,
Eddie? Get You... by Buzz Maverik | Aug 7th, 2009 02:57:34 PM | The best... by Mel Garga | Aug 7th, 2009 03:02:03 PM | That was amazing. Magnifies
the loss for sure. by Cletus Van Damme | Aug 7th, 2009 03:13:44 PM | We've got our first Hughes
hater! by Flames gotta Eat | Aug 7th, 2009 03:20:16 PM | Gavdiggity by quicksilver80 | Aug 7th, 2009 03:23:49 PM | that would be "snorting" by quicksilver80 | Aug 7th, 2009 03:25:14 PM | Dear Stephen Sommers by lockesbrokenleg | Aug 7th, 2009 03:26:42 PM | "(Hollywood) had "killed" his
friend, John Candy" by Gorgomel | Aug 7th, 2009 03:47:48 PM | Dear Roland Emmerich by Gorgomel | Aug 7th, 2009 03:51:24 PM | That's something you'll never
hear about Lucas or Spielberg
doin by alienindisguise | Aug 7th, 2009 03:56:28 PM | I don't get it..... by cheyne_stoking_DMS | Aug 7th, 2009 04:02:35 PM | Dear Luc Besson by Gorgomel | Aug 7th, 2009 04:03:43 PM | Wagons East was so bad that
John Candy died during
shooting by Gorgomel | Aug 7th, 2009 04:04:59 PM | Dear McG by lockesbrokenleg | Aug 7th, 2009 04:05:50 PM | John Candy :( by Gorgomel | Aug 7th, 2009 04:07:56 PM | Try to by YOUKILIS20 | Aug 7th, 2009 04:08:06 PM | nevermind..... by cheyne_stoking_DMS | Aug 7th, 2009 04:09:10 PM | Dear M. Night Shyamalan by Gorgomel | Aug 7th, 2009 04:09:54 PM | Dear Uwe Boll.... by cheyne_stoking_DMS | Aug 7th, 2009 04:13:44 PM | Shit..... by Randall_Flagg | Aug 7th, 2009 04:14:26 PM | Dear Guy Who Made Die HArd 4 by lockesbrokenleg | Aug 7th, 2009 04:14:47 PM | Loved John Candy. by Sal_Bando | Aug 7th, 2009 04:15:02 PM | Dear McG by Gorgomel | Aug 7th, 2009 04:16:44 PM | Sal_Bando... by cheyne_stoking_DMS | Aug 7th, 2009 04:16:44 PM | Wink Wilkinson by Gorgomel | Aug 7th, 2009 04:18:32 PM | BILLY MAYS WAS A COKE USER!! by lockesbrokenleg | Aug 7th, 2009 04:25:14 PM | hi folks, harry here; I. me,
I, picture me at 12, me, I,
also my by ironic_name | Aug 7th, 2009 04:25:19 PM | Dear Peter Jackson by Gorgomel | Aug 7th, 2009 04:26:50 PM | She sounds like a stalker by Wordage | Aug 7th, 2009 04:27:03 PM | Dear David Geffen by Gorgomel | Aug 7th, 2009 04:28:07 PM | Didn't realize how many movies
he made by indyjonez100 | Aug 7th, 2009 04:31:04 PM | that story was wonderful,
alison is very lucky. by ironic_name | Aug 7th, 2009 04:31:25 PM | Wow, she got a fan letter from
John by lockesbrokenleg | Aug 7th, 2009 04:32:36 PM | lockesbrokenleg by Sweet Action Hero | Aug 7th, 2009 04:45:46 PM | pwned by cheyne_stoking_DMS | Aug 7th, 2009 04:49:03 PM | Wordage, by gavdiggity | Aug 7th, 2009 04:51:53 PM | "The cool uncle a lot of US
never had..." by gavdiggity | Aug 7th, 2009 04:53:03 PM | gavdiggity. by Mostholy | Aug 7th, 2009 04:55:29 PM | Hahaha by gavdiggity | Aug 7th, 2009 04:57:33 PM | Wow, she used the word FUCK in
her blog by lockesbrokenleg | Aug 7th, 2009 05:05:02 PM | I don't give a shit if she
is/was a narcissist. by Dingbatty | Aug 7th, 2009 05:23:49 PM | @lockesbrokenleg by Dingbatty | Aug 7th, 2009 05:25:35 PM | Dingbatty by lockesbrokenleg | Aug 7th, 2009 05:31:39 PM | Lockesbrokenleg - it's true... by dagwood | Aug 7th, 2009 05:36:41 PM | dagwood -I hate you too
fuckwad by lockesbrokenleg | Aug 7th, 2009 05:39:09 PM | Not everyone by gavdiggity | Aug 7th, 2009 05:45:58 PM | Why would I go see a shitty
movie? by Dingbatty | Aug 7th, 2009 05:52:32 PM | And at least I CAN fuck off.
You are by Dingbatty | Aug 7th, 2009 05:53:31 PM | Dingbatty by lockesbrokenleg | Aug 7th, 2009 05:53:58 PM | Not as much as you pleasure
yourself by Dingbatty | Aug 7th, 2009 05:56:32 PM | She was a teenager... by seanny_d | Aug 7th, 2009 05:59:25 PM | Here you go, Vic by Jackson Healy | Aug 7th, 2009 06:00:54 PM | Entertainment Tonight can eat
fuck! by ZodNotGod | Aug 7th, 2009 06:42:52 PM | Dingbatty Et Al by ThusSpakeSpymunk | Aug 7th, 2009 06:47:15 PM | Spymunk is totally right by gavdiggity | Aug 7th, 2009 06:52:12 PM | Lay off morons. by ZodNotGod | Aug 7th, 2009 06:52:20 PM | Zod by gavdiggity | Aug 7th, 2009 06:54:41 PM | ... by ZodNotGod | Aug 7th, 2009 06:54:49 PM | Grav - by ThusSpakeSpymunk | Aug 7th, 2009 06:58:32 PM | Spymunk- by gavdiggity | Aug 7th, 2009 07:01:51 PM | Dear Artoo Detoo by lockesbrokenleg | Aug 7th, 2009 07:08:12 PM | While this does show how John
Hughes was a good man... by Wordage | Aug 7th, 2009 07:15:47 PM | Farwell John by drdoom_v | Aug 7th, 2009 07:24:39 PM | Well... by kaylum | Aug 7th, 2009 08:07:52 PM | How much of yourself.... by cheyne_stoking_DMS | Aug 7th, 2009 09:10:44 PM | he even said.... by cheyne_stoking_DMS | Aug 7th, 2009 09:11:27 PM | "I missed you too. Don't get
me into trouble with my boss." by BadMrWonka | Aug 7th, 2009 09:17:28 PM | Gah... by Semen Stains | Aug 7th, 2009 09:22:18 PM | Thank you by ThusSpakeSpymunk | Aug 7th, 2009 09:28:28 PM | gen X? by Semen Stains | Aug 7th, 2009 09:28:51 PM | Meh. He was no Savage Steve
Holland. by CatVutt | Aug 7th, 2009 09:33:29 PM | John Hughes was awesome by batzilla | Aug 7th, 2009 10:51:41 PM | Tocuhing tribute. I wonder how
many other celebs by Proman1984 | Aug 7th, 2009 11:47:16 PM | Spymunk by DoctorWho? | Aug 8th, 2009 12:02:49 AM | spymunk is a fool. by RedHorseVector | Aug 8th, 2009 12:22:18 AM | Alison by carraway | Aug 8th, 2009 12:27:07 AM | I love to spend all day
writing letters to strangers by lockesbrokenleg | Aug 8th, 2009 01:34:04 AM | this story: the movie by bswise | Aug 8th, 2009 02:11:05 AM | 'Wyatt, i'm sorry for being
such a shit to you all these
years' by Kennyhyperk | Aug 8th, 2009 03:25:33 AM | There's Probably No Better
memory of John Hughes Than
This by islandkeeper | Aug 8th, 2009 06:25:06 AM | Wordage by ZombieHeathLedger | Aug 8th, 2009 06:56:10 AM | Very moving... by workshed | Aug 8th, 2009 06:56:25 AM | islandkeeper - take your
prozac please by ZombieHeathLedger | Aug 8th, 2009 06:57:13 AM | THIRD article on Hughes... by Dr Eric Vornoff | Aug 8th, 2009 07:10:47 AM | Two things by Cameron Crowe | Aug 8th, 2009 10:47:53 AM | locksbrokenleg by dagwood | Aug 8th, 2009 11:00:11 AM | W? T? F? by MadEyeMongo | Aug 8th, 2009 12:46:15 PM | MadEyeMongo by JohnnySepulveda | Aug 8th, 2009 01:14:13 PM | mongo. by RedHorseVector | Aug 8th, 2009 01:38:37 PM | ThusSpakewhateverthefuck by skoolbus | Aug 8th, 2009 01:43:57 PM | Billy Mays was a coke user. by lockesbrokenleg | Aug 8th, 2009 03:08:09 PM | This guy was responsible for
so many..... by liljuniorbrown | Aug 8th, 2009 03:53:39 PM | You might wanna also see this- by Sal_Bando | Aug 8th, 2009 07:17:35 PM | johnnysepulveda by MadEyeMongo | Aug 8th, 2009 08:02:22 PM | I don't know if this got out
there or not... by lovecraftian | Aug 8th, 2009 08:05:10 PM | ^^ douche ^^ by RedHorseVector | Aug 8th, 2009 08:05:41 PM | Lucas and Spielberg are just
as "Legendary" by lockesbrokenleg | Aug 9th, 2009 02:35:14 AM | Whatever... by ScriptCunt | Aug 9th, 2009 07:52:01 AM | ScriptCunt.... by benlinus | Aug 9th, 2009 08:59:22 AM | Dear Nora Ephron by Escape_goat | Aug 9th, 2009 02:35:50 PM | I loved John Hughes' movies
but... by Ironhelix | Aug 9th, 2009 03:08:46 PM | You tend to forget sometimes.. by malificus | Aug 10th, 2009 12:36:29 AM | You know why John Hughes was
so fucking awesome? by malificus | Aug 10th, 2009 12:43:50 AM | Don't Believe it For a Second
- ThusSpakeTheCynic by spud mcspud | Aug 10th, 2009 06:14:09 AM | Dear Michael Bay by spud mcspud | Aug 10th, 2009 06:14:51 AM | Watched SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL
again last night... by spud mcspud | Aug 10th, 2009 06:20:22 AM | Dear Mr. benlinus by ScriptCunt | Aug 10th, 2009 07:40:22 AM | This reminds me of a movie by thepoohguy | Aug 10th, 2009 12:10:57 PM | I never realised how few
movies he actually directed. by ExcaliburFfolkes | Aug 11th, 2009 12:05:53 AM | MadEyeMongo by Droogie Alex | Aug 11th, 2009 12:27:08 AM | MadEyeMongo, you loon by spud mcspud | Aug 11th, 2009 03:35:47 AM | Ironhelix by spud mcspud | Aug 11th, 2009 03:43:39 AM | spud mcpudpuller by MadEyeMongo | Aug 17th, 2009 07:38:21 PM | Droogie Alex by MadEyeMongo | Aug 17th, 2009 07:39:59 PM |
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