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‘Skillset’ Podcast: All John Hughes All The Time

Plus: The mysterious missing hour of ‘Breakfast Club’ footage the world has never seen

Pay attention, class. This week’s “Skillset” salutes John Hughes, the prom king of the high school movie. First up, step into the office of high school principal Sean Gaillard to ask if that class-skipping punk Ferris is really the hero of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Next, we hand the microphone to guitarist Sam Cannariato of the cover band Molly and the Ringwalds to talk about how John Hughes’s soundtracks became eternal hits. And finally: Legend has it that John Hughes’s original version of The Breakfast Club was two and a half hours. Audiences have never seen a full hour of lost footage, including a whole new character. Assistant editor Nancy Frazen was there — and we ask her what got cut out. So raise a fist and let’s get marching on this week’s episode of “Skillset.”

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