A scene from Ferris Bueller's Day Off 1986
Ed Rooney

I don't trust this kid any further than I can throw him.

Grace

Well, with your bad knee Ed, you shouldn't throw anybody... Its true.

Ed Rooney

What is so dangerous about a character like Ferris Bueller is he gives good kids bad ideas. Last thing I need at this point in my career is fifteen hundred Ferris Bueller disciples running around these halls. He jeopardizes my ability to effectively govern this student body.

Grace

He makes you look like an ass, is what he does, Ed.

Ed Rooney

Thank you Grace, but I think you're wrong.

Grace

Oh, he's very popular, Ed. The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wasteoids, dweebies, dickheads — they all adore him. They all think he's a righteous dude.

Ed Rooney

That is why I need to show these kids that the example he sets is a first-class-ticket-to-nowhere!

Grace

Oh, Ed. You sounded like Dirty Harry just then.

Ed Rooney

Really? Thanks, Grace.

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