bueller? bueller? bueller?" and i started reading that off-camera. >> the kids in the classroom every time ben would say something, they actually started laughing. the crew would laugh. >> john hughes said, "let's do that on-camera." and then i did it on-camera, and the student extras were just laughing their heads off. and john said, "why don't you -- do you have a scene that you could improvise right now that you could just do off the top of your head?" >> ben did his voodoo economics speech, which was a true speech from the nixon years. >> something-d-o-o economics. voodoo economics. >> actually, that to me was a surprise, 'cause i thought that was an extremely interesting lecture, but apparently it's considered a model of boredom. >> narrator: as the film rolled behind schoolhouse walls and into ferris' perfect day, hughes reached into his own life for inspiration for a pivotal character, which he would develop with the actor. >> i found it interesting that john identified as ferris and not as cameron. he sa

he played principal rooney in ferris bueller's day off jay jones is 66. oscar nominated actress naomi watts is 44. they call him the face of the franchise nats thirds baseman ryan zimmerman is 28. if it's your birthday, have a great day. we will be right back. >>> welcome back. 5:46. want you to check out this photo. lightning last night dancing across the skies there in virginia on the potomac river. mark, thank you for that. send me a picture. i'd love to share it with everybody on wusa. we do have a lingering shower but it's quickly pulling away. patchy fog will be more of an issue with temperatures in the 60s this morning. sunrise at 7:02 this morning with sunset before 7:00 p.m. we've got good looking day today for the most part, although later we're going to have some issues potentially toward the evening. 76 at noon. winds will turn to the west and northwest. drying us out a little bit. as we get toward the late afternoon and evening hours, could be a few more showers and storms. the best chances for that will be south and east of washington. 78 at

bueller? anybody? senator pat -- >> the god father, make the whole problem go away, godfather. >> thank you, i wonder if i can get in trouble for bringing that up because he was a nevada senator, too. >> do you remember how to get a license? that would never happen -- >> see you tomorrow. >> oh, god, no, please. thanks, howard, love you. >> always a delight and a pleasure. we'll see you soon. >> thank you. >>> coming up, the markets are nervous the fiscal cliff is coming. where's congress? they're heading home? is that a good or bad thing? larry is out sick, but don't forget free market capitalism is the best path to prosperity. "the kudlow report" is coming right back. americans believe they should be in charge of their own future. how they'll live tomorrow. for more than 116 years, ameriprise financial has worked for their clients' futures. helping millions of americans retire on their terms. when they want. where they want. doing what they want. ameriprise. the strength of a leader in retirement pla

. >> jimmy: he's gonna be ferris bueller. >> yeah, we're doubling the state police there. >> jimmy: veryight be the biggest springsteen fan i know. you love bruce springsteen. >> i do. i do. [ scattered applause ] >> jimmy: you just saw him last night. >> yes, in philly. >> jimmy: and what number show is this? and i'm not lying. >> it was my 130th show last night. [ audience ohs ] >> jimmy: see, this guy is -- wow! >> i started when i was 13. so, you know -- and i'm gonna be 50. so, it's a lot of years. >> jimmy: and did you start -- back in asbury park or where? like, where -- >> the first show i saw him at was at seton hall university in south orange, at walsh gym. in 19 -- it was either -- it was 1975. >> jimmy: gosh. so, i know exactly who you are, by the way. >> yeah. >> jimmy: 'cause i've been to springsteen shows with the guy that screams all the words louder than bruce springsteen behind me. yeah, yeah, pumping his fist. yeah. >> like that. it was the first fist pump. >> jimmy: that is you, yeah, you are, yeah. like, what do you do? can you give us a little taste of something? >>

. >> bueller, bueller -- >> and a read on real estate.ng to get housing starts out at 8:30 a.m. eastern. but first, chip case is going to give his expectations for the housing recovery. he's the co-founder of the case-shiller home price index. the third hour of "squawk box" starts right now. ♪ >>> welcome back to "squawk box" here on cnbc. first in business worldwide. i'm joe kernan along with becky quick and andrew ross-sorkin. our guest host today, you haven't done that one yet, have you? >> not this jack. >> jack and jill went up the hill with a dollar and a quarter each -- >> yes, but there are children who watch this show in the morning. it's a family program. >> jack, it's national pirate day. he won't tell pirate jokes, but he's got a lot of good analysis about the global economy. did we get to china? we've got to talk about china quickly. >> we didn't get to europe. >> europe, china. >> we haven't talked about belize. >> jack is founder of the jack welch institute management institute. he wrote a couple of best-sellers, straight f