I was thinking the same thing. So glad he is sharing his love of John Hughes movies with his children and they make a family day trip of it. Truly heartwarming.
I was a teenager in the 80's and I feel lucky that I was able to see John Hughes movies in the theatre, as a teen. Breakfast Club was his most popular, in that it affected our teenaged culture so much. Simple Mind's "Don't You (Forget About Me.)" was a huge song. A lot teen boys started wearing John Bender trench coats and untied black boots. - What a great time to grow up.
Crashburn 32 that makes me want to be a teen in the 80s. It’s weird that i always get such nostalgia from the 80s even though i wasn’t born then, i was born in 2000s :/
@crashburn 32 I agree, I saw Breakfast club, Uncle Buck, Planes trains and automobiles in theatres in the 80’s when I was a teen. I graduated in 1987 what a great time to grow up. Ronnie Ray guns was our prez and Phil Collins, Madonna and MJ filled our radio stations
It’s crazy to think that the North Chicago Suburbs is what defined a large part of the 80’s. I’ve lived/worked around here all my life and never really seen the beauty of it until now.
From June 1977 to August 1978 I lived & worked in a private home in Winnetka; Hubbard Woods to be exact. Never would have imagined then that these great movie's would be filmed in & around where I once lived. Absolutely love & miss the North Shore. Thanks for the awesome video.
I grew up watching John Hughes movies and I live in the Chicagoland area. My wife and I are big fans and we are going to be taking a tour thanks to your video. Respectfully of course to the property owners. Thank you for a great video!!
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 You and your family did a GREAT job filming so many locations of the late John Hughes filming locations. From one John Hughes fan to another 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
This guy made so many great movies. I've seen a select few in the theaters. A memorable one was Sixteen Candles. I saw it during the Summer of 1984 when I was 16. I just turned 50 on January 29th by the way, lol. In April of 1985 I was down in St Petersburg Beach Florida visiting family while on spring break from high school. I had the pleasure to meet and speak with John Candy at a filming location (St Petersburg Beach) for the movie Summer Rental. He was extremely kind and sincere; a sincerity that couldn't be faked.
I really want to thank you for this video. I have a 50 year old brother with Down's Syndrome. All he wanted for his birthday was to see the Home Alone house. I was able to plan a trip for him to see this house plus so many more of his favorite movie homes. Thanks again for helping me plan his birthday trip!
You are so welcome! Glad our video was able to help you out! Happy Birthday to your brother! You sound like a wonderful brother to do that for him! 😉♥☮
You, sir, have a wonderful family. Your parents must have been great examples to you when you were growing up, having given you experiences that you wish to pass on to your children, and now, thankfully to us, the viewing public. I, for one, really appreciated the John Hughes Tour, as he was an icon of my youth, as I’m sure he was to yours. It’s sad that he’s not around to see just how much his movies were loved by our generation. Thank you for taking us all on the tour with you, as well as for showing us his final resting place, and for respecting the places and people that own those places where the movies were filmed. As a person that once live in the Chicagoland area, in my very early youth, I have found that every time I visit, or pass through, I have felt the calling to move back. If the economic climate ever improves there, or I happen to win lottery, I’d love to return to my grandmothers old neighborhood of Northbrook, or any of the areas or towns you visited, and look you up. Until such good fortune is bestowed upon me, safe travels, and best wishes !
Thank you much for the kind words. They mean a lot! Glad you enjoyed this video. Thanks so much for watching! (And I hope one day you win that lottery!)
I'm a big John Hughes fan & think he's an underrated director of comedy-cultural-commentator type dramas (Dramedy's). Chicago's contribution to film is important & I really enjoyed this tour. Seeing his own home & gravesite at the end was particularly interesting. She's Having a Baby is one of his films that's rarely mentioned, but my favourite is Ferris Bueller.
Rare VHS uploads awesome! We're so glad you enjoyed it! It's funny you mentioned Ferris Bueller's Day Off. It's my favorite as well. We actually went to a special screening of it in a movie theater downtown Chicago yesterday. It was so fun to see it on the big screen again.
Thanks for making this, really great to see the locations. I live in Europe so it’s not very likely I will ever get there myself. I was so annoyed by what that woman in Kenilworth said! You are not her servant!
I really enjoyed this video even though I'm a Boomer and did not see any of the movies except "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", which I liked. I also have a back door story. Years ago my uncle from Florida brought several boxes of citrus for us when he was passing through on his way north. He also left a big box for a friend of his and asked me to take it to his friend's home. So I called the friend to set a time for me to deliver the fruit. He was a prominent member of the community and lived in an exclusive area. When I told him why I was calling, he told me to bring the box of fruit the next day and go to the back door. After I hung up I told my mother what he had said. She called the guy back and told him to come pick up the fruit at our house and be sure to come to the back door. Of course he never came.
My heart sunk when you told me the Weird Science house was torn down. I watched that film more than any other Hughes project growing up. Someday I will have that black on black 1985 Porsche 928s though. Always been a dream ride for me. Oh yes, it will be mine. Nice vid, thanks to The Albans.
This was so fun to watch.. im from California of course where most movies are made. I had no idea my favorite 80's movies were filmed in Illinois. So much fun! Thank you to yiu and your family for sharing God Bless!
I love Mr Wilson's house from Dennis The Menace. That house looks like it could be someone's grandparents house. It looks like a cozy, feel at home kind of place.
Thank you for this video. I too was a huge John Hughes Movie fan. They don't make movies like this anymore. I appreciate you and the family taking the time to share this with all of us. Well done!
My generation of my days in high school movies. still watch every single one! It's great of a father like yourself showing your children the history of our generation of great Hughes films ! Thanks man!
Awesome video! We were just in the Chicago area this past week and my son and I did the Ferris Bueller, Uncle Buck and The Breakfast Club filming locations. His movies were the best!!
Thank you for sharing this, makes me feel very old to see the locations so different and it was very moving to see Mr Hughes final resting place, he influenced so many people and brought joy not to just our generation but generations since. Both my Daughters love his work. Watching these as a teenager in the 80’s I never dreamed I would be watching them with my own teenage daughters in years to come.
Nice! Love your channel! We just got back from Chicago a bit ago and did a bunch of these. We watched a lot of your videos recently. You guys do a wonderful job! Love the story about you doing a/c work at rich people's houses and being told the front door is not an entrance for the help from another one of your videos lol!
So the church in Home Alone actually has two locations. The exterior is the one seen here in Wilmette, but the interior was actually filmed in Oak Park
I like to go for drives when I have something I need to think through, like making a decision or just working out some issue. I pick an area without much traffic and just drive. My favorite drive is going out towards one of the barrier islands, nice 30 minute stretch one way. I once read that taking a familiar, relaxing drive without traffic causes your brain to shift into its right-brain mode, which is the more creative side so maybe that's why driving seems to help me think problems through.
Thank you for this video and addresses. I'm in Chicago visiting family in Elk Grove not far from many of these locations. Had a blast visiting and seeing places from my favorite movies.
What a great video! Fantastic job! Grew up with these movies and for 36 minutes I got to go back in time. Best 36 minutes I've had in a long time. Appreciate how you took the time to explain each stop with attention to detail. Again, thoroughly enjoyed it! Thank you!
So glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching. This summer we plan on doing some of the Downtown Chicago Locations as well as a few movies we didn't cover such as She's Having a Baby, Curly Sue, Home Alone 3 and Baby's Day Out. Keep an eye out for that one. And again, thank you!
@@wheretheheckarethealbans I went to Home Alone 3 house and Mrs Hess house from across the street. It's actually quite close to Sam's house from 16 candles
Thank you for this proximity like tour of John Hughes. He was one of my favorite film writer/ director. His work will always be described as extraordinary.
Thank you for this..I grew up adoring his films. I know the words to each and every one of his films. In the mid 90”s I worked In a small video rental store, and we were allowed to play current movies on the big screen TV’s hanging from the ceiling, so customers just could hear it playing while browsing. I would play Pretty in Pink every shift, from the start of my shift to the end, each time I worked. My boss finally confronted me and said “ it’s the mid 90’s now, I’m tired of coming in and seeing this movie over and over “. Oh well, I now have a 26 year old daughter who is hooked on John’s films, so I know I did something right.. I also wish John Hughes directed my life. No one tops Jake Ryan in that red Porsche. Still today, I wish someone would move their car and he standing there looking at me and mouthing “ yeah you “ Sigh 😩😩 RIP to the most brilliant filmmaker, writer, director, producer of all time!!! 🙏🙏🙏
@@wheretheheckarethealbans I’ve always wondered where all the homes were located! A couple of the homes like Breakfast Club, Home Alone, Planes Trains, and Automobiles ( which I’m watching right now) my favorite part is when he goes off on the car rental lady ( gobble gobble) 🤣 anyway, it’s neat to see where all the homes are because like I said, I thought he used the home alone house for a lot of his films. I wrote down all the addresses because I hope to see them, I didn’t realize I only live 3 hours away! I think it’s time for my daughter and I to make a road trip! Like I said, great video, if you have any more 80’s related or John Hughes stuff, I’d love to see it! Thank you guys! 😊
You're in luck! Not sure if you've seen it yet, but we did a Part 2 of the John Hughes Filming locations, and here's the link to that. th-cam.com/video/f5n0D2n2ISw/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for the great video and keep up the good work. While watching it I was googling on the background about his family and realized that his wife Nancy Hughes passed away on September 19, 2019 in Lake Forest, Illinois. John was one of the 80s teenager movies trade mark that will never fade away. May they rest in peace.
The houses are Dream houses even today. I live in Tucson Arizona and houses that size are about 400k. Also, notice the lot size which is spacious. (Houses here are affordable too!) I would like to see the insides. Does the Home Alone house have a basement?
I love John Candy! John Hughes films were so heart warming and funny. Chris Columbus too. You've a beautiful family it's nice seeing you all love the art of film together.
You were very considerate in providing addresses, that's thinking about your audience. Kids are lucky to go on this tour. I wish my parents took me to see these great film sites but I was born in 1983 so my parents were too old to watch these teen films, they were in their late 30's in the 1980's. My name is Dennis by the way, so glad to see Hughes made a film about me lol... This tour is on my bucket list and NO youtube doesn't count
Just found your channel. I love all of these movies....thank you for taking the time and effort to go to all of these locations! It's amazing to see that they look pretty much the same even 30 something years later!!! Again....thanks to you and your family for the video! Loved every minute of it!!!
@@wheretheheckarethealbans Great video. I really enjoyed it very much because you showed me the filming locations and homes for the John Hughes films.Now I know where they are when I watch them.I wish I could go for a drive to see where they are and by the way you have a nice family.
Great video and commend you for the location visits! I've been a longtime fan of John Hughes' talents since Vacation & The Breakfast Club were in theaters. He has been one of my biggest inspirations to have led me toward my line of work. And thank you all for having visited his gravesite, much too young to have left us but left very impressionable, pop culture entertainment.
It’s so cool living within 20 minutes of all of these places. I live about 5 min from Cameron’s house where they drive the Ferrari into the Ravine and Jake’s house.
Hi, my friend lives in the Home Alone House and he said that they couldn’t have kept it the same. The house had to get rewired because the Filipino crews put in special outlets for there equipment. So, they had to take out all the wall.
@@harrisonkriston3062 Im calling that a lie, because there are videos of the house years after filming where the cricle drive is still there. This one for example, taken in 2011 and the front circle drive is still there.... th-cam.com/video/wZ_42rPxlBE/w-d-xo.html
Pretty cool! I enjoyed it! John Hughes was my favorite movie writer. Would love to see the Griswalds vacation filming locations. Thanks for taking the time to do this!👍
Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it. The actual location of the Griswold house is on the backlot of the Warner Bros. Ranch facility in Burbank, Los Angeles.
@@wheretheheckarethealbans y’all are welcome! I live in Texas but I’ve always wanted to go to Illinois and check it out. I love all the houses and scenery up there.
I'm familiar with the area being I'm from Libertyville and I'm not shocked by your HVAC story @ 10:30 .. "The help uses the side door"... Yep that's Kenilworth for you... The whole North Shore is probably one of richest areas per sq mile in the United States. My family owns a residential/commercial Audio Video company and the majority of our customers are from the North Shore, and to say some of them are "snooty" or act like you're beneath them would be an understatement, however for every "snooty" person there is always someone who is very nice.. So yea, being from the area I'm familiar with these locations.... As a matter of fact your video made me realize that the Church from Sixteen Candles was the same church we held a memorial for at for a dear fried of my family.. Had no idea until I saw your video.
That's just nonsense. We have just as nice & even much nicer homes in the deep south & don't treat people that way. I live in 3,700 sq ft & we call her "Tara" because she looks like "Gone With The Wind" & our "help"...delivery, maid, gardener, repairmen...come up our circular drive to the front door all the time. I lived approx 11/2 hr from Evanston a long time ago...people in the Midwest are strange & "distant". Maybe those harsh winters make them "cold" hearted. They still eat & crap the same as everyone else. Long live the South! Glad to be back!!!
Great video . I've always wanted to do this for many years now . I live on a farm west of Rockford so it is a lot of driving just to get into the burbs . Even tho I'm a small town farm boy I always loved the John Hughes movies but now in my mid 40s I love them even more ! thanks for the video !!!
Thanks To and your and your lovely family for the tour. Loved all John Hughes movies although ferris bueller was my, anyone, anyone, favourite, anyone , movie 😁😁. Thanks again
This was amazing. So much nostalgia. It's also heartwarming with the whole family involved (kids these days still love John Hughes films, which is awesome).
A true John Hughes fan right here!! Great video! Thank you for the detailed and wonderful tour. Great way to pass time when you can’t sleep during the Covid19 pandemic! Stay safe everyone!
Great video. Just to correct a couple of things: 1. John Hughes grew up in Northbrook and attended Glenbrook North High School in Northbrook. Before the city was named Northbrook, it was called Shermerville. That is why he often used the name Shermer, Illinois and where it came from. 2. The football field from "The Breakfast Club" is the football field from Glenbrook North High School and it still stands today (just around the corner from the theater steps used in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off." *I attended Glenbrook North High School in the 80s while these movies were being filmed which is how I know these corrections are true. The high school held a rally for him during his filming of FBDO. Also, the cast of TBC sat in the hallways of the school observing students (although we had no idea who they were at the time obviously because "16 Candles" had not come out so even Molly Ringwald was a relative unknown at the time they were visiting.)
eric60025, So you say. In my experience, I find that truth is always proven by evidence, not only by facts stated. I would be interested to see your version of this tour.
Thanks to your video, I was able to go to a bunch of these locations! Cameron's house is STILL under construction, in fact you can't even go over the bridge in front of the house, its blocked off and has a detour up:( Thanks again, his movies were simply the best!
John Hughes movies have made a profound impact on me and to this day continue to bring me back when I re-watch one. I am visiting Chicago for the first time and top of mind was all the nostalgic Hughes' scenes filmed in Chicago suburbs. Thank you for your video, it will be a great help and inspiration during my visit this summer!
Thank you so much for sharing this. There is a special place in my heart for these movies that more or less define my generation. It was really fascinating to look up all of the addresses on Google maps to see where they all are.
This was very cool! I’m lucky to say I watched all of these movies originally in the theater when 1st released, All classic movies 🍿 movies 🎥, thank you for doing this , how super cool !
Thank you so much for posting these film locations! 😃 I've always been a huge fan of John Hughes & his films. Seeing the locations for Sixteen Candles, Weird Science, etc brings back fond memories of my teen life.🤗 I hope one day, I'll be able to visit these locations coming from England. 😁
I was in Chicago for less than 2 years. Ive been wanted to see the filming locations like the schools & such. But i couldn't bc i dont drive. So, thank u for doing this.❤✌🏾✊🏾*fist pump*
This video was great, I always wondered where these locations are when I'm in the Chicago area for work.. I passed the motel from Planes, Trains and Automobiles a couple times when I was in the Chicago area for work..
Kathy Dobrzynski well, if you still live in the Chicago area, we just gave you all the addresses and now you have no excuse. LOL! Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it!
Very nice presentation! The church (Trinity United Methodist) is my church, but the interior shots were filmed at St. Francis (Catholic church) a few blocks south.
Wow thank you so very much enjoyed this so very much he made the best movies ever and love them as much today as I did back then so timeless and the message of them all I think will always be relevant.Always wish for just one more of his films but I can understand why he quit.
One time you should stop in at Superdawg in Chicago. A deleted scene of Sixteen Candles was filmed there where Long Duck Dong drives Sam and his girlfriend to the place on their way home from the dance. Long inspects and plays around with a motorcycle making it go flying through the parking lot and Sam’s friend catches up with her there to inform her that her grandparents showed up to the dance telling embarrassing stories about her. Apparently the place has been owned by the same family since then. There is evidence to corroborate this when Long pulls up to Sam’s house and the food tray is at the side of the car.
Thanks for making this video with the addresses. The Methodist church is in Wilmette after I went to look it up. When I visited the lighthouse in Evanston, I was probably pretty close to these locations and didn’t know it. I look forward to going back to Chicago one day and seeing these places.
Don't forget to visit our "Part 2" to this video! Here's the link! th-cam.com/video/f5n0D2n2ISw/w-d-xo.html
Good to see a family enjoying life and doing things together. These guys are really nice.
I agree, great family!
Very nice this is cool god bless
I was thinking the same thing. So glad he is sharing his love of John Hughes movies with his children and they make a family day trip of it. Truly heartwarming.
I was a teenager in the 80's and I feel lucky that I was able to see John Hughes movies in the theatre, as a teen. Breakfast Club was his most popular, in that it affected our teenaged culture so much. Simple Mind's
"Don't You (Forget About Me.)" was a huge song. A lot teen boys started wearing John Bender trench coats and untied black boots. - What a great time to grow up.
Crashburn 32 that makes me want to be a teen in the 80s. It’s weird that i always get such nostalgia from the 80s even though i wasn’t born then, i was born in 2000s :/
@crashburn 32 I agree, I saw Breakfast club, Uncle Buck, Planes trains and automobiles in theatres in the 80’s when I was a teen. I graduated in 1987 what a great time to grow up. Ronnie Ray guns was our prez and Phil Collins, Madonna and MJ filled our radio stations
Thank you, thank you! John Hughes movies mapped my life in the eighties. Thank you so much for this.
You're very welcome! Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
It’s crazy to think that the North Chicago Suburbs is what defined a large part of the 80’s. I’ve lived/worked around here all my life and never really seen the beauty of it until now.
Caprini Green in Chicago was used in Candyman and also Hardball with Keanu Reeves. Both were filmed there
From June 1977 to August 1978 I lived & worked in a private home in Winnetka; Hubbard Woods to be exact. Never would have imagined then that these great movie's would be filmed in & around where I once lived. Absolutely love & miss the North Shore. Thanks for the awesome video.
I grew up watching John Hughes movies and I live in the Chicagoland area. My wife and I are big fans and we are going to be taking a tour thanks to your video. Respectfully of course to the property owners. Thank you for a great video!!
That's awesome! We're so glad you enjoyed it! I literally just posted the Part 2 to this video today! Be sure to check it out. Thanks for watching!
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 You and your family did a GREAT job filming so many locations of the late John Hughes filming locations. From one John Hughes fan to another 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
This guy made so many great movies. I've seen a select few in the theaters. A memorable one was Sixteen Candles. I saw it during the Summer of 1984 when I was 16. I just turned 50 on January 29th by the way, lol. In April of 1985 I was down in St Petersburg Beach Florida visiting family while on spring break from high school. I had the pleasure to meet and speak with John Candy at a filming location (St Petersburg Beach) for the movie Summer Rental. He was extremely kind and sincere; a sincerity that couldn't be faked.
Eric Lozen that's awesome! I would have loved to have met John Candy. He's one if my favs. Thanks for watching!
wheretheheckarethealbans to bad the good die young. God must have wanted him in heaven to make him laugh.
Oh my I am so jealous! He was my all time favorite actor. I've heard nothing but wonderful things about him, so cool you got to meet him.
I really want to thank you for this video. I have a 50 year old brother with Down's Syndrome. All he wanted for his birthday was to see the Home Alone house. I was able to plan a trip for him to see this house plus so many more of his favorite movie homes. Thanks again for helping me plan his birthday trip!
You are so welcome! Glad our video was able to help you out! Happy Birthday to your brother! You sound like a wonderful brother to do that for him! 😉♥☮
You, sir, have a wonderful family. Your parents must have been great examples to you when you were growing up, having given you experiences that you wish to pass on to your children, and now, thankfully to us, the viewing public. I, for one, really appreciated the John Hughes Tour, as he was an icon of my youth, as I’m sure he was to yours. It’s sad that he’s not around to see just how much his movies were loved by our generation.
Thank you for taking us all on the tour with you, as well as for showing us his final resting place, and for respecting the places and people that own those places where the movies were filmed. As a person that once live in the Chicagoland area, in my very early youth, I have found that every time I visit, or pass through, I have felt the calling to move back. If the economic climate ever improves there, or I happen to win lottery, I’d love to return to my grandmothers old neighborhood of Northbrook, or any of the areas or towns you visited, and look you up. Until such good fortune is bestowed upon me, safe travels, and best wishes !
Thank you much for the kind words. They mean a lot! Glad you enjoyed this video. Thanks so much for watching! (And I hope one day you win that lottery!)
Thanks for taking the time and trouble in bringing us the tour of the shot locations. 🇨🇦
I'm a big John Hughes fan & think he's an underrated director of comedy-cultural-commentator type dramas (Dramedy's). Chicago's contribution to film is important & I really enjoyed this tour. Seeing his own home & gravesite at the end was particularly interesting. She's Having a Baby is one of his films that's rarely mentioned, but my favourite is Ferris Bueller.
Rare VHS uploads awesome! We're so glad you enjoyed it! It's funny you mentioned Ferris Bueller's Day Off. It's my favorite as well. We actually went to a special screening of it in a movie theater downtown Chicago yesterday. It was so fun to see it on the big screen again.
Underrated? He's recognized as THE director of comedy-cultural-commentator type dramas.
My favorites are Ferris Bueller and Pretty In zPink
Also "Some Kind of Wonderful" is often overlooked, but one of my favorites.
Thanks for making this, really great to see the locations. I live in Europe so it’s not very likely I will ever get there myself. I was so annoyed by what that woman in Kenilworth said! You are not her servant!
I really enjoyed this video even though I'm a Boomer and did not see any of the movies except "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", which I liked.
I also have a back door story. Years ago my uncle from Florida brought several boxes of citrus for us when he was passing through on his way north. He also left a big box for a friend of his and asked me to take it to his friend's home. So I called the friend to set a time for me to deliver the fruit. He was a prominent member of the community and lived in an exclusive area. When I told him why I was calling, he told me to bring the box of fruit the next day and go to the back door. After I hung up I told my mother what he had said. She called the guy back and told him to come pick up the fruit at our house and be sure to come to the back door. Of course he never came.
HA! That's a great story! Thanks for sharing!
My heart sunk when you told me the Weird Science house was torn down. I watched that film more than any other Hughes project growing up. Someday I will have that black on black 1985 Porsche 928s though. Always been a dream ride for me. Oh yes, it will be mine. Nice vid, thanks to The Albans.
That black 928 is a jewel and a miracle. Best sounding 5L V8 ever made.
Bill Paxton rip
I have the GPS same one garmin good model
This was so fun to watch.. im from California of course where most movies are made. I had no idea my favorite 80's movies were filmed in Illinois. So much fun! Thank you to yiu and your family for sharing God Bless!
Thank you so much! This was such a trip down memory lane. Those are the movies of my teenage years. 👍😊
I love Mr Wilson's house from Dennis The Menace. That house looks like it could be someone's grandparents house. It looks like a cozy, feel at home kind of place.
Thank you for this video. I too was a huge John Hughes Movie fan. They don't make movies like this anymore. I appreciate you and the family taking the time to share this with all of us. Well done!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
My generation of my days in high school movies. still watch every single one! It's great of a father like yourself showing your children the history of our generation of great Hughes films ! Thanks man!
My oldest daughter loves 16 Candles and my youngest's favorite is Breakfast Club. Thanks so much for watching. Glad you enjoyed it!
Lol my Grandpa is buried there and you zoomed in on his grave hahahaha. Funny thing to run into at 1 am on youtube
LOL! How bizarre. What are the odds? Perhaps this was a way for your grampa to say "hi". Thanks for watching. 😉❤️☮️
@@wheretheheckarethealbans ....Very strange. I agree. Grandpa was saying "hello" to his loved ones.
Was Locke your grandpa as that’s the only other name I could see on a headstone?
Awesome video! We were just in the Chicago area this past week and my son and I did the Ferris Bueller, Uncle Buck and The Breakfast Club filming locations. His movies were the best!!
Thank you for sharing this, makes me feel very old to see the locations so different and it was very moving to see Mr Hughes final resting place, he influenced so many people and brought joy not to just our generation but generations since.
Both my Daughters love his work.
Watching these as a teenager in the 80’s I never dreamed I would be watching them with my own teenage daughters in years to come.
Cool video! I’m an 80s teen and watched a lot of his films. He was a great filmmaker! Excellent job!
I'm a John Hughes fan and this video was a really fun treat, thanks to you & your family!
We're so glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching!
Nice! Love your channel! We just got back from Chicago a bit ago and did a bunch of these. We watched a lot of your videos recently. You guys do a wonderful job! Love the story about you doing a/c work at rich people's houses and being told the front door is not an entrance for the help from another one of your videos lol!
One of my favorite scenes in Ferris Buellers Day Off was when Ferris posed as Sloan's father Hilarious scene cool to see where they filmed that
So the church in Home Alone actually has two locations. The exterior is the one seen here in Wilmette, but the interior was actually filmed in Oak Park
Yes. That is correct!
Love this! Evanstonian here! I always take Sheridan north all to way to Wisconsin just to think. The norshore is a beauty!
I like to go for drives when I have something I need to think through, like making a decision or just working out some issue. I pick an area without much traffic and just drive. My favorite drive is going out towards one of the barrier islands, nice 30 minute stretch one way.
I once read that taking a familiar, relaxing drive without traffic causes your brain to shift into its right-brain mode, which is the more creative side so maybe that's why driving seems to help me think problems through.
Thank you for this video and addresses. I'm in Chicago visiting family in Elk Grove not far from many of these locations. Had a blast visiting and seeing places from my favorite movies.
Were you aware Nightmare on Elm Street movie was filmed at Elk Grove High School
What a great video! Fantastic job! Grew up with these movies and for 36 minutes I got to go back in time. Best 36 minutes I've had in a long time. Appreciate how you took the time to explain each stop with attention to detail. Again, thoroughly enjoyed it! Thank you!
So glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching. This summer we plan on doing some of the Downtown Chicago Locations as well as a few movies we didn't cover such as She's Having a Baby, Curly Sue, Home Alone 3 and Baby's Day Out. Keep an eye out for that one. And again, thank you!
@@wheretheheckarethealbans I went to Home Alone 3 house and Mrs Hess house from across the street. It's actually quite close to Sam's house from 16 candles
Thank you for this proximity like tour of John Hughes. He was one of my favorite film writer/ director. His work will always be described as extraordinary.
Thank you for this..I grew up adoring his films. I know the words to each and every one of his films. In the mid 90”s I worked In a small video rental store, and we were allowed to play current movies on the big screen TV’s hanging from the ceiling, so customers just could hear it playing while browsing. I would play Pretty in Pink every shift, from the start of my shift to the end, each time I worked. My boss finally confronted me and said “ it’s the mid 90’s now, I’m tired of coming in and seeing this movie over and over “. Oh well, I now have a 26 year old daughter who is hooked on John’s films, so I know I did something right.. I also wish John Hughes directed my life. No one tops Jake Ryan in that red Porsche. Still today, I wish someone would move their car and he standing there looking at me and mouthing “ yeah you “ Sigh 😩😩 RIP to the most brilliant filmmaker, writer, director, producer of all time!!! 🙏🙏🙏
What an excellent comment! I love your story. This was fun to read. So glad you enjoyed our video! Thanks for watching! 😉♥☮
@@wheretheheckarethealbans I’ve always wondered where all the homes were located! A couple of the homes like Breakfast Club, Home Alone, Planes Trains, and Automobiles ( which I’m watching right now) my favorite part is when he goes off on the car rental lady ( gobble gobble) 🤣 anyway, it’s neat to see where all the homes are because like I said, I thought he used the home alone house for a lot of his films. I wrote down all the addresses because I hope to see them, I didn’t realize I only live 3 hours away! I think it’s time for my daughter and I to make a road trip! Like I said, great video, if you have any more 80’s related or John Hughes stuff, I’d love to see it! Thank you guys! 😊
You're in luck! Not sure if you've seen it yet, but we did a Part 2 of the John Hughes Filming locations, and here's the link to that. th-cam.com/video/f5n0D2n2ISw/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for the great video and keep up the good work. While watching it I was googling on the background about his family and realized that his wife Nancy Hughes passed away on September 19, 2019 in Lake Forest, Illinois. John was one of the 80s teenager movies trade mark that will never fade away. May they rest in peace.
My friend and I are headed to most of these on Wednesday!!! Thanks for the addresses and screenshots!!!
Wow !! The magic of movies.who would have thought that a simple neighborhood would become a tourist area.or an iconic town.nice!!👍👍
The houses are Dream houses even today. I live in Tucson Arizona and houses that size are about 400k. Also, notice the lot size which is spacious. (Houses here are affordable too!) I would like to see the insides. Does the Home Alone house have a basement?
I love John Candy! John Hughes films were so heart warming and funny. Chris Columbus too.
You've a beautiful family it's nice seeing you all love the art of film together.
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it!
You were very considerate in providing addresses, that's thinking about your audience. Kids are lucky to go on this tour. I wish my parents took me to see these great film sites but I was born in 1983 so my parents were too old to watch these teen films, they were in their late 30's in the 1980's. My name is Dennis by the way, so glad to see Hughes made a film about me lol... This tour is on my bucket list and NO youtube doesn't count
Just found your channel. I love all of these movies....thank you for taking the time and effort to go to all of these locations! It's amazing to see that they look pretty much the same even 30 something years later!!! Again....thanks to you and your family for the video! Loved every minute of it!!!
Wow.. very cool thank u! It was neat to see where they actually filmed and their homes for movie's
Jennifer Packers so glad you enjoyed it! 😉
@@wheretheheckarethealbans Great video. I really enjoyed it very much because you showed me the filming locations and homes for the John Hughes films.Now I know where they are when I watch them.I wish I could go for a drive to see where they are and by the way you have a nice family.
@@wheretheheckarethealbans this was awesome thank you so much
Great video and commend you for the location visits! I've been a longtime fan of John Hughes' talents since Vacation & The Breakfast Club were in theaters. He has been one of my biggest inspirations to have led me toward my line of work. And thank you all for having visited his gravesite, much too young to have left us but left very impressionable, pop culture entertainment.
Northbrook used to be named Shermerville, I used to be a contractor in Northbrook and you are so right about Kenilworth!
It’s so cool living within 20 minutes of all of these places. I live about 5 min from Cameron’s house where they drive the Ferrari into the Ravine and Jake’s house.
@@nallard Cameron & Jake's House are still standing. The house that was torn down was Wyatt's house from Weird Science.
Very cool..thanks for sharing these favorite John Hughes movie scenes!!!
Very enjoyable. ❤️ Thank you for taking the time and showing us around. Great tribute and salute at the end. 🙏🏼
I have been to the Home Alone house 😁 Love this video he made the best movies !!!!!
Sorry but if I lived in the "Home Alone" house I would have kept it the same....circle drive with the jockey ;)
Hi, my friend lives in the Home Alone House and he said that they couldn’t have kept it the same. The house had to get rewired because the Filipino crews put in special outlets for there equipment. So, they had to take out all the wall.
@@harrisonkriston3062 Im calling that a lie, because there are videos of the house years after filming where the cricle drive is still there. This one for example, taken in 2011 and the front circle drive is still there.... th-cam.com/video/wZ_42rPxlBE/w-d-xo.html
Harrison Kriston surrrreeee
What does electrical outlets and rewiring has to do with the circular driveway?
Thank you!!! I got to live my childhood again! The best movies ever!!
Pretty cool! I enjoyed it! John Hughes was my favorite movie writer. Would love to see the Griswalds vacation filming locations. Thanks for taking the time to do this!👍
Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it. The actual location of the Griswold house is on the backlot of the Warner Bros. Ranch facility in Burbank, Los Angeles.
@@wheretheheckarethealbans y’all are welcome! I live in Texas but I’ve always wanted to go to Illinois and check it out. I love all the houses and scenery up there.
The house from the first one is on the way into Griffith park but adam the woo did the entire cross country pilgrimage to see the moose! :)
I'm familiar with the area being I'm from Libertyville and I'm not shocked by your HVAC story @ 10:30 .. "The help uses the side door"... Yep that's Kenilworth for you... The whole North Shore is probably one of richest areas per sq mile in the United States. My family owns a residential/commercial Audio Video company and the majority of our customers are from the North Shore, and to say some of them are "snooty" or act like you're beneath them would be an understatement, however for every "snooty" person there is always someone who is very nice..
So yea, being from the area I'm familiar with these locations.... As a matter of fact your video made me realize that the Church from Sixteen Candles was the same church we held a memorial for at for a dear fried of my family.. Had no idea until I saw your video.
That's just nonsense. We have just as nice & even much nicer homes in the deep south & don't treat people that way. I live in 3,700 sq ft & we call her "Tara" because she looks like "Gone With The Wind" & our "help"...delivery, maid, gardener, repairmen...come up our circular drive to the front door all the time. I lived approx 11/2 hr from Evanston a long time ago...people in the Midwest are strange & "distant". Maybe those harsh winters make them "cold" hearted. They still eat & crap the same as everyone else. Long live the South! Glad to be back!!!
23:29 “Hmm. So, that’s how it is in their family.” 😂 I couldn’t resist!
🎵 Beat City, now, now 🎵
Great video . I've always wanted to do this for many years now . I live on a farm west of Rockford so it is a lot of driving just to get into the burbs . Even tho I'm a small town farm boy I always loved the John Hughes movies but now in my mid 40s I love them even more ! thanks for the video !!!
Rockford isn't that far! We take day trips there all the time. Just pick and nice weekend and do it. Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it! 😉❤️☮️
I know ... drive into the burbs a few times a year just never head that way for fun anymore ... lol ... some day
Thanks To and your and your lovely family for the tour. Loved all John Hughes movies although ferris bueller was my, anyone, anyone, favourite, anyone , movie 😁😁. Thanks again
As a Brit I'll never get to visit these places but grew up watching those films in the 80s so thanks
Thanks for watching! We're so glad you enjoyed it!
What a great video! With this short, half hour video, I relived years of my youth as a teenager in the 80s. I can't thank you enough for this!
Awesome! Glad you enjoyed this! Thanks for watching.
This was amazing. So much nostalgia. It's also heartwarming with the whole family involved (kids these days still love John Hughes films, which is awesome).
A great tour. Well done guys. Now I know what all my favorite movies have in common.
A true John Hughes fan right here!! Great video! Thank you for the detailed and wonderful tour. Great way to pass time when you can’t sleep during the Covid19 pandemic! Stay safe everyone!
Wow, what a beautiful, heartwarming family! This video was really sweet and awesome!
You are so kind. Thanks so much for watching. We're so glad you enjoyed it!
This is just so cool.. thanks for helping us relive the nostalgia .. love from India 😊
Great video. Just to correct a couple of things:
1. John Hughes grew up in Northbrook and attended Glenbrook North High School in Northbrook. Before the city was named Northbrook, it was called Shermerville. That is why he often used the name Shermer, Illinois and where it came from.
2. The football field from "The Breakfast Club" is the football field from Glenbrook North High School and it still stands today (just around the corner from the theater steps used in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off."
*I attended Glenbrook North High School in the 80s while these movies were being filmed which is how I know these corrections are true. The high school held a rally for him during his filming of FBDO. Also, the cast of TBC sat in the hallways of the school observing students (although we had no idea who they were at the time obviously because "16 Candles" had not come out so even Molly Ringwald was a relative unknown at the time they were visiting.)
eric60025, So you say. In my experience, I find that truth is always proven by evidence, not only by facts stated. I would be interested to see your version of this tour.
cubbysrig why would you doubt what he has written. Sounds petty true to meas he has went into quite good detail
Thanks to your video, I was able to go to a bunch of these locations! Cameron's house is STILL under construction, in fact you can't even go over the bridge in front of the house, its blocked off and has a detour up:( Thanks again, his movies were simply the best!
That's awesome! Glad our video helped! Hope you had a great time visiting the locations.
John Hughes movies have made a profound impact on me and to this day continue to bring me back when I re-watch one. I am visiting Chicago for the first time and top of mind was all the nostalgic Hughes' scenes filmed in Chicago suburbs. Thank you for your video, it will be a great help and inspiration during my visit this summer!
Wonderful! Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the tour, those are some of my favorite movies.
Glad you enjoyed it! These are some of my favs too! Thanks for watching! 😉❤️☮️
Thank you for sharing your video i really enjoyed it I'm a big fan of John Hughes movies
What a fun day for a family!! Thanks for sharing!! Had fun watching
Thank you so much. I truly loved the tour.
This is like a Griswold family holiday...but in a good way. Loving it ;P
Thank you so much for sharing this. There is a special place in my heart for these movies that more or less define my generation. It was really fascinating to look up all of the addresses on Google maps to see where they all are.
Thank you for posting this! Really enjoyed watching it! You have a wonderful Family!
Thanks so much for the wonderful comment. We're glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching!
This was very cool! I’m lucky to say I watched all of these movies originally in the theater when 1st released, All classic movies 🍿 movies 🎥, thank you for doing this , how super cool !
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great vid! Best filming locations video I ever watched. Great job and Thank you!
Wow, thanks! Thanks for watching!
I’m happy you made this video. I live in the metro Detroit area. The areas you take us through reminds me of that
What a great time to be have been a teen and grown up with his movies!🌷
Thank you so much for posting these film locations! 😃
I've always been a huge fan of John Hughes & his films. Seeing the locations for Sixteen Candles, Weird Science, etc brings back fond memories of my teen life.🤗
I hope one day, I'll be able to visit these locations coming from England. 😁
You guys are such a great family and do such a great job on all of you videos! Thank you!
Thank you so much! Glad you are enjoying them! Thanks for watching!
Thank you my friend that was absolutely wonderful and done very tastefully
Thank you kindly! Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for sharing such a fine location and educational video from such a great director and movies. Cheers!
Really enjoyed this video! Thanks for the memories man.
KBN2424 glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching! We had a great time seeing all these places in person. 😉❤️☮️
Rip John Hughes
I was in Chicago for less than 2 years. Ive been wanted to see the filming locations like the schools & such. But i couldn't bc i dont drive. So, thank u for doing this.❤✌🏾✊🏾*fist pump*
I enjoyed every second of your video. Thanks
At 1258 Linden Ave is where Risky Business was filmed. It is 1 block away from Weird Science house, and Cameron's house (Ferris Bueller)
This video was great, I always wondered where these locations are when I'm in the Chicago area for work.. I passed the motel from Planes, Trains and Automobiles a couple times when I was in the Chicago area for work..
It's funny. I grew up in Chicago but never saw the areas of the movies. Thanks for sharing
Kathy Dobrzynski well, if you still live in the Chicago area, we just gave you all the addresses and now you have no excuse. LOL! Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it!
I'm now in a little town called Ransom Il not far from Starved Rock in Ottawa. Family still lives in Chgo but I don't get there much :)
I know exactly where you are! I grew up in Yorkville, IL!
I really love this video with you and your ( lovely) family, enjoyed it very much, great locations!!
We're so glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching! 😉❤️☮️
@@wheretheheckarethealbans You are welcome ! i am also enjoying the other video ´s !!! keep them coming ! :)
Very nice presentation! The church (Trinity United Methodist) is my church, but the interior shots were filmed at St. Francis (Catholic church)
a few blocks south.
Great nostalgic video... You sir are a very engaging character! Best wishes from an Englishman in a French forest! 👍🇬🇧
Thank you kindly!
You guys are so cute! Thank you for this. I love John Hughes movies, and enjoyed seeing all the locations. You did a great job!
Wow thank you so very much enjoyed this so very much he made the best movies ever and love them as much today as I did back then so timeless and the message of them all I think will always be relevant.Always wish for just one more of his films but I can understand why he quit.
One time you should stop in at Superdawg in Chicago. A deleted scene of Sixteen Candles was filmed there where Long Duck Dong drives Sam and his girlfriend to the place on their way home from the dance. Long inspects and plays around with a motorcycle making it go flying through the parking lot and Sam’s friend catches up with her there to inform her that her grandparents showed up to the dance telling embarrassing stories about her.
Apparently the place has been owned by the same family since then.
There is evidence to corroborate this when Long pulls up to Sam’s house and the food tray is at the side of the car.
so cool man thank you and your family for those great locations from the classic films i used to love as a kid, much love from canada
I knew the breakfast club library was a set but I had no idea it was built in the school. Pretty cool that he really contained everything in the area.
Thank you so much. Thank you and your beautiful family
Thanks so much for watching! Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for making this video with the addresses.
The Methodist church is in Wilmette after I went to look it up.
When I visited the lighthouse in Evanston, I was probably pretty close to these locations and didn’t know it.
I look forward to going back to Chicago one day and seeing these places.
fun stuff thank you! - love Chicago movie spots - so many great ones - did Dark Knight last trip
Thanks guys for doing this really enjoyed it.
Jason36 M awesome! Glad you enjoyed it!
This was great. Really made me want to grab a spot in the back seat and ride along!
I love all these movies i own them all i was just staring high school when breakfast club came out 1985 how time flys