John Hughes is dead of a heart attack. And while yes, Hughes was a director, producer and writer of a lot of awesome movies in the 1980’s like The Breakfast Club and single-handedly put Molly Ringwald on everybody’s radars, consider this thought, paraphrased from twitter user @wafflesgirls: Without John Hughes, there is no Long Duk Dong. And without Long Duk Dong, there is no longer a free pass to laugh at racist jokes for 90 minutes.
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3 Comments to “John Hughes, Creator of Long Duk Dong, Dead of Heart Attack”
jaredprice wrote:
ding duk dong, the racist is dead
Posted on 06-Aug-09 at 8:32 pm | Permalink
Creator of Long Duk Dong Dies « Asian American Movement Blog wrote:
[...] blogger on 8Asians puts it, “Without John Hughes, there is no Long Duk Dong. And without Long Duk [...]
Posted on 08-Aug-09 at 7:16 am | Permalink
jozjozjoz wrote:
RIP, John Hughes!
Your movies and their soundtracks are part of the fabric of my youth!
Posted on 08-Aug-09 at 5:16 pm | Permalink
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