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Ferris Bueller’s mysterious Super Bowl ad is for Honda

By Matt Hardigree | Jalopnik – Fri, Jan 27, 2012 1:38 PM EST

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There's a lot of buzz right now for a clip showing Matthew Broderick appearing to be a grown-up Ferris Bueller (bow-bow-chik-chika-chika sound effect included) looking to skip work for another day off.

While everyone thinks it's a teaser for a sequel to the hit flick "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" only Jalopnik can tell you it's not. No, it's for Honda. And that's not all.

A source familiar with Honda's operations hinted to us
earlier this year that the company was going to do a Ferris Bueller-style ad for the Super Bowl starring none other than Matthew Broderick.

The source also added that the spot was going to mimic much of the original film, except this time prominently featuring Hondas. The big jump the two valets do in Cameron's dad's Ferrari? We hear this time it's going to be a Honda CR-V.

Honda is pouring a lot of money into this ad and, according to our source, hired The Hangover writer/director Todd Phillips to put it all together.

See the clip that's got everyone buzzing below.

 
  • Leslie
    Leslie  •  Irvine, California  •  3 months ago
    the sausage king of chicago!
    • Chaz
      Chaz 3 months ago
      of south side chicago
    • Martha
      Martha 3 months ago
      You're Abe Froman?
  • Carmen
    Carmen  •  3 months ago
    they all think he's a righteous dude...me too
  • Meagan
    Meagan  •  Denver, Colorado  •  3 months ago
    When Cameron was in Egypt's land
    Let my Cameron go...
  • Mark
    Mark  •  Martin, Kentucky  •  3 months ago
    SAVE FERRIS AGAIN! I'm there! LOL
  • richard
    richard  •  3 months ago
    loved that movie, the girlfriend was so hot ! "ferris bueller's day off" was my manta for just finding some excuse to take off,now look where i am at damn Norway ! which is great by way mind the herring !
    • Bill
      Bill 3 months ago
      Mia Sara (Sloane) is hot. Check out the Van Damm movie Time Cop to her naked.
    • richard
      richard 3 months ago
      will do
  • Think About It...
    Think About It...  •  Walla Walla, Washington  •  3 months ago
    No, you watched a commercial to watch a trailer for a commercial.
    • DJ
      DJ 3 months ago
      And all of 1.5 seconds of it even
  • Chris M
    Chris M  •  Mannheim, Germany  •  3 months ago
    "Ferris Bueller's Day Off II"

    I'd go see it!
  • Frank
    Frank  •  New York, New York  •  3 months ago
    Cameron Frye: "The 1961 Ferrari, two-fifty GT California. Less than a hundred were made. My father spent three years restoring this car. It is his love, it is his passion . . . "

    Ferris Bueller: "It is his fault he didn't lock the garage."
    • Rodney Bissell
      Rodney Bissell 3 months ago
      My FAVORITE part...HAHAHAHAHAAHAH!!!
    • Rodney Bissell
      Rodney Bissell 3 months ago
      He just wipes it down with a diaper every day...He loves that car more than life itself...HAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA!!!!
    • Myotis
      Myotis 3 months ago
      A man with priorities so far out of wack doesn't deserve such a fine automobile
  • Charles
    Charles  •  3 months ago
    The fact that I have to watch a commercial to view this commercial is annoying.
  • Jeff
    Jeff  •  3 months ago
    It would be great to see another ferris movie. He could skip work this time.
  • TR
    TR  •  3 months ago
    One of my favorite scenes. Ferris and the parking garage attendant. Ferris "Do you speak English?" Attendant "Uh...what country do you think this is?"
  • Jack
    Jack  •  3 months ago
    I loved Ferris Bueller's Day Off. It's really a classic "slacker" movie, haha! It's good to see the actor doing well.
    • Daniel
      Daniel 3 months ago
      He is Actually doing Great if you have followed his Carrier or life, the only unfortunate thing he had happen to him was marrying Sarah Jessica Parker. Poor guy, he should have bought himself a horse and married a woman that was Hot instead.
    • BruceP
      BruceP 3 months ago
      She may be hot in the rack though.
    • civilizeemwithakrag
      civilizeemwithakrag 3 months ago
      Uh, BruceP, Sarah Jessica Parker wouldn't even be hot is she caught on fire while standing in the path of a thermal nuclear blast next to a trailer park gas explosion.
  • Mark S
    Mark S  •  Cleveland, Ohio  •  3 months ago
    Sloane, oooooh yeahhhhhhh!
  • PitaJean
    PitaJean  •  3 months ago
    SAVE FERRIS!! Can't wait to see this commercial today!
  • Dooglas
    Dooglas  •  3 months ago
    Firefox add-on "Adblock plus" blocks those ads before the video plays. STOP WHINING
  • Anonymoose
    Anonymoose  •  3 months ago
    Maybe they can incorporate the lines Ferris traded with Cameron about Cameron's car when Ferris called it a P/O/S.

    Cameron: A P/O/S?

    Ferris: It is a P/O/S. Don't worry about it, I don't even have a P/O/S I have to envy yours.

    Classic.
  • bubba_ntj
    bubba_ntj  •  3 months ago
    Should I be glad or scared that there are so many lunatics (like me) out there that can quote just about every line from the movie? Also, I've always watched the Bowl for the GAME, guess I'll have to watch for this commercial.
  • Cherry
    Cherry  •  3 months ago
    Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
  • nono
    nono  •  3 months ago
    anyone, anyone. Blank doo economics.... voo doo economics
  • Catch22
    Catch22  •  Lanham, Maryland  •  3 months ago
    Wow!! How anti-climatic is that? From a Ferrari to a. . .Honda? I don't know, Ferris. . .maybe you shouldn't have skipped school that much!!! However, using the movie for the commercial's concept is a good one.
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