My tribute to John Hughes (by someone else)

I always admired John Hughes greatly but never really worked with him. I heard that he could write a great screenplay in one weekend so I always revered (resented?) him for that. But I have no personal stories to tell. My only real connection was John Candy. They were friends and he spoke very highly of him. John would later go on to do a number of Hughes' movies including the classic, PLANES, TRAINS, & AUTOMOBILES (a movie I wish I had written -- more resentment).

I'm sure you've seen and read a gazillion tributes by now. So I want to share something different. This is a blog post by a fan who wrote Hughes a letter and became a pen pal. In this touching account of that relationship you'll hear his own words and see his actual handwriting.

Thanks, Alison, for writing -- to him... and to us.

You can find her blog post here.