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3 unusual facts about Uncle Buck


Chan Romero

"Hippy Hippy Shake" remained a popular cover song as well as appearing in numerous movie soundtracks, among them Uncle Buck, It Takes Two and Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery.

Four flush

In National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Clark refers to his boss as "four flushing" in his tirade over his corporate Christmas present; in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York it's used by the mafia boss Johnny in the fictional film Angels with Even Filthier Souls; and in Uncle Buck, Pooter the Clown calls Buck a four flusher, which results in Buck punching the clown right in the face.

Uncle Buck

Bob Russell (Brown), his wife Cindy (Bromka), and their three kids, Tia (Kelly), Miles (Culkin), and Maizy (Hoffmann) have recently moved from Indianapolis to the Chicago suburbs because of Bob's promotion.



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