What's the joke with Alan Harper having a poster of Molly Ringwald in high...

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...school instead of a girlfriend? That was a joke I heard on last Monday's episode of Two and Half Men, but I don't get it. My friends tell me they heard it's an inside joke from an old movie, but they don't really know either, since we are all in our early 20s. Please explain if you know the inside joke.
 
I think it's a reference to "Pretty In Pink" where Jon Cryer plays a teen vying for the affection of his friend whom he's secretly in love with, but (this is the inside joke) he must compete against another young man, one who is rich and has everything going for him (AKA Alan Harper's relationship with his brother Charlie for the entirety of his life). I don't know if this is the joke or not (she also shared the screen with Emilio Estevez in "The Breakfast Club"), but it's as close as I could find with a quick search of IMDB.
 
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