Speaking of Photos…
The first person to identify this house wins…uh…something. Maybe an e-card.
A little history: My wife grew up in Long Beach, California. We were down there over the weekend for the funeral of her maternal grandfather–a remarkable man, I must add, but that’s for another post–and we spent a little time revisiting her old neighborhood. This house is just a few blocks away from the home where she grew up and belonged to a family that my wife used to babysit for frequently. That said, the house has a much more historic and important place in American pop culture.
So submit your guesses. Your e-card awaits!
October 15th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
Ferris Beuller!
October 15th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
And we have a winner!
October 15th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
FERRIS BEULLER
/me logs in to database and updates the timestamp on my comment
October 15th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
The pillars threw me off. The lesson is, you should always react without thinking.
October 15th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Incidentally, the popular babysitting activity for my then-teen-aged wife was to watch the movie while babysitting. It should be noted that all interior decor, wall hangings, pictures, etc. were original and owned by the family that owned the house. The set designers did very little to the home prior to shooting. So next time you see it, you can say, “hey, that’s not the Beuller family!!”
October 15th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
Crap, I was thrown off by the fact that Jeanie’s Fierro is no longer parked in the driveway.