"Ferris Bueller" (1990)TV series 1990-1991

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

23 August 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Based on the popular feature film "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," this half hour situation comedy followed...

Plot Keywords:

Based On Film | Character Name In Title

Cast

Charlie Schlatter	...	Ferris Bueller (13 episodes, 1990-1991)
Richard Riehle	...	Principal Ed Rooney (13 episodes, 1990-1991)
Sam Freed	...	Bill Bueller (13 episodes, 1990-1991)
Jennifer Aniston	...	Jeannie Bueller (13 episodes, 1990-1991)
Ami Dolenz	...	Sloan Peterson (13 episodes, 1990-1991)
Brandon Douglas	...	Cameron Frye (13 episodes, 1990-1991)
Judith Kahan	...	Grace (13 episodes, 1990-1991)
Cristine Rose	...	Barbara Bueller (13 episodes, 1990-1991)
Jeff Maynard	...	Arthur Petrelli (10 episodes, 1990)

Runtime:

30 min | 30 min (13 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

RMS Queen Mary - 1126 Queens Highway, Long Beach, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Television

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "My Name Is Earl: Stole Beer from a Golfer (#1.7)" (2005)

Don't bother to save this "Ferris"...

The road to you-know-where is paved with good intentions.

And I'm sure there are a lot of producers, directors and so forth who are headed that way after seeing the prime-time terror they have wrought here.

"Ferris Bueller" is a TV version of the everyday high-school life of the lead character from John Hughes' brilliant movie "Ferris Bueller's Day Off". And while the basic idea is good, everything else is completely done wrong.

Schlatter is a lot of the problem. Though he looks appropriately young, he just seems too cocky, too arrogant and too smug as Ferris to appeal the same way as Matthew Broderick did. He manages to begin the ship sinking early.

Not much better are Aniston as his sister, Riehle as Ed Rooney and not even the actors that play his parents, girlfriend or best pal Cameron Frye make as much of an impression as their counterparts did on film.

And then there were the scripts; not half as inventive as the movie; not even cameos by whomever happened to be on the NBC studio back lot that day make much difference. No, even good direction (by Bixby, Lynn, etc) helps.

In the end, the "Ferris Bueller" series didn't even last 13 episodes. What do you know, looks like Ed Rooney got his revenge after all.

No stars. Hardly worth thinking about; unless you just want to get a headache.