<div> <div><img style= "display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/100264/hey-do-you-remember-podcast-uncle-buck.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="400" /><br /> <em>Home</em> <em>Alone</em>'s meteoric success in the winter of 1990 took John Hughes by surprise. It also (for better or worse) set the latter half of his career down a slightly different path. So in some ways, 1989's <em>Uncle Buck</em> represents the end of an era.<br /> <br /> On this episode, we examine how Hughes and his frequent collaborator John Candy straddle the line between the writer/director's golden age of output <em>and</em> the type of comedy that would define the next decade of his career.<br /> <br /> Topics include: Hughes' original (and somewhat surprising) choice for the title role, the studio's even more unusual pick, how an abandoned high school was transformed into a mini-movie studio, why Candy's performance doesn't totally match what's on the page and how that's ultimately a good thing, the ways in which a more formulaic structure might have actually helped this story, why there was never an <em>Uncle Buck 2</em> despite Hughes' interest, and much more!<br /> <br /> Check it out! You can now get <a href= "https://www.teepublic.com/user/official27thletter"><strong>HDYR merch</strong></a> exclusively through TeePublic!</div> <br /> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/heydoyouremember">Patreon</a> / <a href= "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hey-do-you-remember...-27th/id674853856" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href= "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hey-do-you-remember...-27th/id674853856"> iTunes</a> / <a href= "http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/27th-letter/hey-do-you-remember" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href= "http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/27th-letter/hey-do-you-remember">Stitcher</a> / <a href="http://heydoyouremember.libsyn.com/rss" data-cke-saved-href= "http://heydoyouremember.libsyn.com/rss">RSS</a> / <a href="http://facebook.com/HDYRpodcast" data-cke-saved-href= "http://facebook.com/HDYRpodcast">Facebook</a> / <a href= "https://twitter.com/HDYRpodcast" data-cke-saved-href= "https://twitter.com/HDYRpodcast">Twitter</a> / <a href= "https://instagram.com/hdyrpodcast" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href= "https://instagram.com/hdyrpodcast">Instagram</a></div> <p id="yui_3_17_2_3_1505951011573_7787" class="text-align-center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href= "http://27thletterproductions.com/hey-do-you-remember-podcast" data-cke-saved-href= "http://27thletterproductions.com/hey-do-you-remember-podcast">About The Show</a></strong></p>
