Little-known fact: Brand Labs’ original business model was built around the concept of being able to make a fully-operational Kelly LeBrock using only magazine clippings, jumper cables and the finest computing hardware that Radio Shack had to offer. It was only after two decades of failed attempts that we broke down and decided to see what this whole “Interwebs” thing had to offer. (It should be noted that though we failed to ever make a Kelly LeBrock, we did successfully create one Ally Sheedy and two Maria Conchita Alonsos.)

Thank you, John Hughes, for giving a voice to a generation (or two or three) of hapless nerds, freaks, criminals, prom queens and jocks. You will be missed.

(Note: The video above is mildly NSFW)