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Welcome:
AKA:
John Hughes
,
Edmond Dantes
Edmond Dante
Birthplace:
Detroit, Michigan
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John Hughes' films are set in the familiar mid-American landscape of well-lit shopping malls, neat two-story houses, and--most especially--locker-lined high school corridors. Peopled by the denizens of middle- and upper-middle-class suburbia, they focus on the discontented teenage children of baby boomers. A writer and editor for National Lampoon magazine, Hughes started in films by writing scripts for two forgettable movies, "National Lampoon's Class Reunion" (1982) and "Nate and Hayes" (1983). These were followed by two family comedy hits of 1983: "National Lampoon's Vacation", which
Characters as Source Material
Raised in Detroit suburbs
Moved to the Chicago area at age 13
Returned to Chicago after he dropped out of college; took a job in a warehouse; began sending comedians unsolicited jokes, sometimes writing 100 jokes a day (sold some to Rodney Dangerfield)
Joined DDB Needham Worldwide advertising agency; later worked at the Leo Burnett Company in Chicago; during his seven years in advertising worked on Johnson Floor Wax, and the Edge shaving cream commerical that used a credit card to test the closeness of a shave
Wrote full-time for the National Lampoon magazine
1982
First on-screen credit, "National Lampoon Class Reunion"
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