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Bill O’Reilly has been taping his ratings dominant O’Reilly Factor from Los Angeles this week, and Fox News has been promoting it as “The Factor Goes Hollywood.” The promo spot claims that “Bill’s brought you the biggest names in the biz…” but the celebrities actually shown aren’t exactly what one would call big stars anymore. Or even relevant. Marion Ross (Mrs. Cunningham from Happy Days), and The Six Million Dollar Man‘s Lee Majors are just a couple of odd choices for “tinseltown titans” that he’s talked to in the past.

It’s unlikely that the teens of Hughes’ films could exist today. Being stuck in a school library on a Saturday for detention wouldn’t be quite the same punishment – between iPhones and Blackberries they’d never actually have to talk to each other. Ally Sheedy would be updating her Facebook status and posting to twitter about how bored she was while Judd Nelson texted Molly Ringwald something creepy. The nerd would probably be in the back creating a new app.

Those teenagers existed in a snapshot of time – the 80s – but the essence of the characters remains relatable for anyone who’s been through it.