Smoking trends point to ‘day off’ for Noonan

In the 1986 comedy classic Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, an economics teacher stands in front of a classroom.

Played with adroit drollness by former Nixon speechwriter Ben Stein, the teacher attempts to explain the Laffer Curve.

One student wakes suddenly on his desk in a pool of drool; another blows a massive bubble with her chewing gum.