Monday, May 29

"Well, well. Here we are. You have exactly eight hours and fifty-four minutes to think about why you're here."

Let's all take a minute to mourn the passing of Paul Gleason, the angry principal in The Breakfast Club, who died of a rare form of Lung cancer, aged 67.

His wife said: "Whenever you were with Paul, there was never a dull moment - He was awesome."

Mr Gleason has been in a truckload of movies, including Johnny Be Good, She's Having a Baby, Die Hard and Not Another Teen Movie as well as making loads of tv appearances.

But to me he's best known as one of the highlights of The Breakfast Club.

Richard Vernon: You're not fooling anyone Bender. The next screw that falls out will be you. Bender: Eat my shorts.
Richard Vernon: What was that?
Bender: Eat... My... Shorts!
Richard Vernon: You just bought yourself another Saturday.
Bender: Ooh I'm crushed.
Richard Vernon: You just bought one more.
Bender: Well I'm free the Saturday after that. Beyond that, I'm going to have to check my calendar.
Richard Vernon: Good, cause it's going to be filled. We'll keep going. You want another one? Just say the word say it. Instead of going to prison you'll come here. Are you through?
Bender: No.

1 comment:

Buffy said...

The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, all the Molly movies really...are my 'watch when depressed movies'.

Oh..and the Goonies of course.