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Ferris Bueller Gets a Divorce – My Dad’s Divorce Blog – The Movie

My Dad’s Divorce Blog ™, a major motion picture in development. (Today I found a link to the original shooting script from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.)

I kid. But I imagine it would make quite a screenplay.

The pitch: “Ferris Bueller gets a divorce.”

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Staring as DAD, Matthew Broderick.

see the Ferris Beuller reprise commercial from Honda.

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And his beautiful ex-y, Sarah Jessica Parker (uh, sure, she’s actually married to the guy above – similarities to ex-y acknowledged)

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The ice breaker Felicia Day

wait… maybe Suzanne Vega would be better

click for “If You Were In My Movie”

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The love interest Mary Louise Parker (I’ll admit I have a thing for dark hair.)

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Young Son is, of course, played by Justin Beiber.

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And Young Daughter is played by Zendaya Coleman from Disney’s Shake It Up, cause we’ve gotta have a Disney tie-in.

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The Med’s Doc in Suite 404 is played by Lawrence Fishburn.

“We’re going in without pills this time.”

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The Talky Doc is played by Johnny Depp.

“And how did that make you feel? Do you know what John Lennon said about his divorce/separation from Yoko? (pause) The separation didn’t work out.”

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Liberal, Progressive, Spiritual, mentor, and Methodist Minister is played by Nathan Fillion (the Firefly dude)

“There’s a dark forest, and a lot of sad feelings. Light a fire, or shoot your way out of it.”

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And then again, maybe the Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along-Blog is the better format.

dr. horribles sing along blog as a divorce metaphor

click to see dr. horrible in action

With this much fun, it’s bound to be a hit. Strippers, Online dating. Random sex. Recovery. Parenting. Ex-wives and ex-husbands. Now we just need someone to option the script. Takers?

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Sincerely,

The Off Parent
@theoffparent

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