“Barry Goldberg’s Day Off” is hands down my favorite thing I’ve ever written. I’ve never been more proud of anything… and nothing made me more panicked and nervous to write. It’s my ultimate tribute to John Hughes — a writer who inspired me to write from the heart.

Usually, we shoot an episode over five days. This one took more than TWO months. The writers began calling it my Apocalypse Now. It was a true labor of love where we re-created sets, shots and even got Charlie Sheen to slip on his old leather jacket to reprise his role.

At one point he looked around the police station set, shook his head and said, “This is ****ing weird, man!” And it was. Weird, surreal, funny, touching, glorious… everything the movie was to me.

Some of my best memories were watching Ferris Bueller with my big brother Barry and quoting the lines with him. I still get chills every time I see that final shot of TV Barry on the float singing “Twist and Shout” with the voice that says — “We all wanted to live the movies we loved growing up… and on that magical night my brother really did.”

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