Uncle Buck
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Uncle Buck is a 1989 film starring John Candy, Amy Madigan, Jean Louisa Kelly, Gaby Hoffmann, and Macaulay Culkin. The movie was written and directed by John Hughes.
Plot
Cindy and Bob Russel are raising a family in an upper middle-class Chicago suburb. Their children are Miles (Culkin), Maisy (Hoffman), and Tia (Kelly). They had recently moved to Chicago from Indianapolis. This has caused much resentment on the part of Tia.
Late one night, Cindy and Bob receive a phone call from Indianapolis. Cindy's father had just suffered a heart attack. Cindy and Bob make plans to leave immediately. However the children had school, which made taking them along not possible.
Bob suggests his brother Buck (Candy), which Cindy rejects because she doesn't feel comfortable with him. Buck drinks, smokes, and is a general slob. Cindy also does not approve of his girlfriend. However it turns out that no one else is available to help them, so they have no choice to turn to Buck. Buck agrees to come out to their home and watch them. Buck doesn't even remember the names of the two younger children. After some confusion over what house Bob's family lives in, he finally gets to Bob and Cindy's home. The couple soon leave to go to her father.
Buck immediately hits it off with both Miles and Maisy. However Tia does not like Buck. When taking her to school, Buck meets Tia's boyfriend Bug. Buck sees right through him, Bug's only interest in Tia is for sex.
Over the next several days, Buck has to deal with a number of interesting situations involving his girlfriend, Miles, Maisy, and Tia. These situations included taking the kids to Buck's favorite bowling alley, Buck talking to a school principal over her concerns about Maisy, cooking gigantic pancakes, and dealing with a drunk clown. In these situations Buck is shown to be a man with a heart of gold who adores his brother's children.
Quotes
Bug - "Ever hear of a tune-up? Ha ha."
Buck - "Hee hee hee. Ever hear of a ritual killing?"
Bug - "I don't get it."
Buck - "You gnaw on Tia's face in public like that again and you'll be one. Hee hee hee hee!"
Buck - (speaking to the drunk clown who arrived in a Volkswagen modified to look like a mouse) "Get in your mouse, and get out of here."
(Buck is about to take the children bowling)
Maisy - "They have rent-a-shoes."
Tia - "And rent-a-foot-disease."
E. Roger Cogswell - (Speaking to Buck) "You gotta let somebody know where you are. I've been checking car trunks for your corpse."
The TV Show
In 1990, a television show named Uncle Buck was released on CBS. It starred Kevin Meaney as Buck, a slob that drinks and smokes. When his brother and sister-and-law die in an automobile accident, Buck is named as the guardian of Tia, Miles, and Maisy. The show was not well received by either critics or the viewing public, and it was quickly cancelled.