First Time Watching FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH (1982) Reaction & Commentary

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Fast Times at Ridgemont High is a 1982 American coming-of-age comedy film directed by Amy Heckerling (in her feature directorial debut) from a screenplay by Cameron Crowe, based on his 1981 book Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A True Story, and starring Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Phoebe Cates, Brian Backer, Robert Romanus, and Ray Walston. Crowe went undercover at Clairemont High School in San Diego and wrote about his experiences.[3]
The film chronicles a school year in the lives of sophomores Stacy Hamilton and Mark Ratner and their older friends Linda Barrett and Mike Damone, both of whom believe themselves wiser in the ways of romance than their younger counterparts. The ensemble cast of characters form two subplots with Jeff Spicoli, a perpetually stoned surfer facing off against history teacher Mr. Hand, and Stacy's older brother Brad, a popular senior who works in entry-level jobs to pay for his car and ponders ending his two-year relationship with his girlfriend Lisa.
In addition to Penn, Reinhold, Cates, and Leigh, the film marks early appearances by several actors who later became stars, including Nicolas Cage, Eric Stoltz, Forest Whitaker, and Anthony Edwards (the first two in their feature film debuts).
In 2005, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[4][5]
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[@RyanCarrington]

Always up for movie recommendations. Drop 'em below!

[@MindFeather]

i'm just gonna keep saying Terry Gilliam's Fisher King, his 12 Monkeys, and Satoshi Kon's anime "millennium actress" and/or "tokyo godfathers." lol ... hope you're doing well, my dude. or we could talk about much, much weirder stuff like the French "Delicatessen," or the 1 Giant Leap music/video world project, "What About Me?", or even the harrowing no-dialog beautifully shot "Baraka."

[@mikegilgenbach4840]

Better Off Dead with John Cusak. There are a few actors in that that were also in Fast Times.

[@Take_Me_Back_To_The_1980s]

If you've not seen *Old School (2003)* it will be right up your alley

[@Hail_To_The_King]

*PUMP UP THE VOLUME (1990)* - Lesser known Gen X time capsule with Christian Slater

[@peterreist2882]

@@Hail_To_The_Kingagree

[@mikegilgenbach4840]

You were confused when they all smelled their tests. Back before Xerox machines were everywhere, the copiers schools used were called ditto machines and they used a unique ink. Freshly copied pages had an incredible and unique smell.

[@sean-ew2qv]

And maybe provided a chemical buzz.

[@New-tu3mn]

The smell of that wet ink is difficult to describe. It was oddly stimulating, or, maybe, satisfying is a better word. I can’t think of anything similar to the smell, except, perhaps, the smell of leaded gasoline as it was being pumped in your car.

[@ThisLoveIsSweet]

I remember that smell. I think there is a Simpsons episode where kids in class get papers handed out and someone (Ralph?) says, "you can smell the benzyne". haha

[@yournamehere6002]

People got high from the chemical fumes

[@cronos222]

Memories ........

[@murph69yum]

1:40 "I fucking Loved Phoebe Cates back in the day!!!!". OMG dude, strap in. 👍

[@RyanCarrington]

I didn't know what I was in for 😂

[@sean-ew2qv]

@@RyanCarrington I was laughing waiting for the pool scene.

[@ckobo84]

What was the movie she was in where Betsy Russell rides a horse 🐎 bareback?

[@keinogeorge7698]

Private school

[@Artificialintelligentle]

"Doesn't anyone f*****g knock anymore'? brad said. Hey bro, lock the door when you choke a chicken.

[@jamesm654]

The woman laughing at Brad's pirate outfit is Nancy Wilson from the rock band Heart.

[@jannathompson2262]

She was Cameron Crowe's wife too....I think he wrote this movie;)

[@BouillaBased]

He should’ve kept the food when he ditched the uniform. Call it a severance package.

[@bjgandalf69]

I am almost 55 and have seen this film a ton of times and had no idea that was Nancy Wilson!

[@MikeySea676]

​@@bjgandalf69She's also in The Wildlife with Eric Stoltz and Chris Penn.

[@visaman]

​@jannathompson2262 he wrote an article in Rolling Stone Magazine that inspired the movie.

[@charliemac64]

When you professed your love for Phoebe Cates in the early part of the video, I said, "Oh, hell, he's in for a BIG surprise!!!" 😂😂😂

[@adnap]

Technically, two.

[@russellward4624]

The shirtless guys are Anthony Edwards(Goose from Top Gun) and Eric Stolz(the drug dealer from Pulp Fiction)

[@artdeco64]

Eric Stolz is also Cher’s son in the movie Mask.

[@Divamarja_CA]

He’s also the star of 80s teen romcom, Some Kind of Wonderful.

[@norwegianblue2017]

@@artdeco64 Also in The Wild Life, a real 80s hidden gem which also stars Chris Penn, Sean's brother.

[@visaman]

He was casted for some movie called Back To The Future?

[@dreamweaver1603]

Eric Stolz was also in the movie Rob Roy

[@LukeWarm05]

Every single time I hear Moving in Stereo...

[@MotoNomad350]

Seatbelt? In 1982? That’s comedy gold right there! Back then I didn’t know anyone who wore seatbelts when cruising around.

[@donnyrodenbergerjr4757]

This is Nicholas Cage's first movie, and his name is actually Nicholas Copolla. Now, you're gonna LOVE Phoebe forever after this movie.

[@yournamehere6002]

*Coppola

[@allenruss2976]

She's way better in Paradise. Everything is shown

[@papalaz4444244]

@@allenruss2976See what was I saying? All this film is to these people is a pair of tits from 40 years ago.

[@asterix7842]

Nicolas Coppola

[@DustinHakonson]

Nephew of Francis Ford Coppola. Jason Schwartzman is his nephew as well.

[@CitiesTurnedToDust]

The Phoebe Cates coming out of the water scene was so popular -- back in the day when you rented the video you'd get to that part the videotape and it would be completely messed up because of all the rewinding the other renters would do.

[@Slim-Pickens]

Facts! Witnessed and contributed.

[@EarlBiggs]

Not ta mention the pour souls that Jerked off to that seen alone!

[@ScottGibbs]

As soon as you said you had a crush on Phoebe Cates everyone watching was thinking the same thing.... Lol

[@chrissiegle1065]

The blonde that pulls up next to him and laughs because he's dressed as a pirate is Nancy Wilson from Heart. Great reaction. Thank you. 😊

[@philmakris8507]

Fun Fact: Cameron Crow in his 20's went undercover as a high school student for a year for a series of articles for Rolling Stone magazine. Later adapted into a book and the script for Fast Times.

[@gadgetsgalore]

We all sniffed the fresh printed paper in the 80's brother.

[@Purple_Buffalo]

"This is U.S. History, I see the globe right there." American Graffiti - 60's Dayzed and Confused - 70's Fast Times at Ridgmont Hiiiiiiiigh - 80's

[@Hail_To_The_King]

Pump Up The Volume - 90s

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

@@Hail_To_The_King "Mid90s" is better for the 90s.

[@SarahManley]

Clueless-90s; Mean Girls, Superbad, Easy A-2000s

[@norwegianblue2017]

@@Hail_To_The_King Swingers and Suburbia are my go-to 90s films.

[@EarlBiggs]

We got the beat

[@reservoirdude92]

You better be high while watching this gem, Carrington!

[@RyanCarrington]

😏

[@Dharp666]

You should always be high people suck might as well be high all the time lol

[@justinrichards7822]

I'll be high while I watch you watch this movie.

[@hellomark1]

This movie definitely provides a contact high

[@philmakris8507]

This movie was responsible for putting checkered Vans on the map

[@djmichnal]

Crazy that a high school movie would have three eventual Best Actor winners - Cage, Whitaker, and Penn.

[@nicholasregan6526]

and Sean Penn gets into drugs once again later in the movie Falcon and the Snowman

[@seansmith4880]

Also Academy Award nominee Jennifer Jason Leigh, not too shabby

[@Kevonutube303]

"Kingpin" right up your alley! Crazy Comedy.

[@ericsierra-franco7802]

Kingpin is hilarious!

[@philmakris8507]

"My dad's a TV repairman, he's got a really killer set of tools"

[@katek9864]

I can fix it!

[@russellward4624]

The guy that robes the convenience store at the end is Foley's friend that gets murdered in Beverly Hills Cop.

[@DanJackson1977]

The warm ditto machine paper smell... one of those 80s American school things lost to time. I also miss the the high pitched electrical buzz sound when theyd turn on the old media center tv... the ones theyd wheel into the classroom on a cart. Only the kids could hear it becase of how you lose that hearing register as you get older.

[@protovision2010]

great movie + reaction! the students were sniiffing the tests because of the 'ditto' fluid used to print tests and handouts by a hand-cranked printing press the teachers would use (Ditto machine). IIRC, kinda a blueberry-alcohol smell, and would give you a very TINY buzz/high for a second.

[@BouillaBased]

Once you’ve smelled the fluid from a mimeograph, it will stay in your memory forever. Every time that classroom scene comes up, I’m right back there.

[@philmakris8507]

The original POINT BREAK

[@philmakris8507]

Not only is Spiccoli a Stoner but the quintessential stereotypical Surfer dude of the era. Better Recognize!!!

[@BouillaBased]

One of my favorite films of all time. Even if the music changes, the experience of young people doesn’t.

[@Okaydo1]

Random things: --Fast Times was directed by Amy Heckling, who went on to direct another iconic teen movie: Clueless. --Phoebe Cates and Jennifer Jason Leigh became lifelong friends. In 2001, Leigh and Alan Cumming wrote and directed a film called The Anniversary Party, which she starred in with Cates and her husband Kevin Kline. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mH-leIaMl7-Yr5I --Cates' son is an actor in his early 30s named Owen Kline. Her daughter, who turns 30 this month, is a singer who goes by the name Frankie Cosmos: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHqtc2OXeZ2aiaM

[@ToniMcGinty]

The actress playing Mrs Vargas at 39:33 is Lana Clarkson, who starred in a few 80's sword and sorcery movies. She was shot and killed by legendary music producer Phil Spector in 2000.

[@ThisLoveIsSweet]

Thanks. She was also Alpha Beta in one of my favorite movies, Amazon Women On The Moon. Tragic what happened to her.

[@ToniMcGinty]

@@ThisLoveIsSweet It was. Thankfully, justice prevailed. Eventually.

[@LordVolkov]

"Is this the same mall from Commando?" The Sherman Oaks Galleria is in a ton of movies! Very iconic location. Some other uses of the Galleria - Phantom of the Mall, Chopping Mall, Night of the Comet, and Innerspace.

[@JoseGonzalez-wv5br]

Don’t forget T2 was shot there too.

[@indridcold3762]

Welcome to the Pheobe Cates fan club. She helped many of us reach puberty faster.

[@dahveed72]

That "scene" is probably the most iconic "scene" of its kind in American cinema history.

[@brettschacht4183]

If you love Phoebe Cates, this is the film for you!😮

[@disconnexionsdotcom]

This is the film that made a lot of young guys fall in love with her.

[@allenruss2976]

She shows a whole lot more in Paradise

[@josewong5412]

To answer your question Carrington, Yes, Fast Times at Ridgemount High is the same mall as in the movie Commando. That mall was the Sherman Oaks Galleria located in the San Fernando Valley, a suburb of Los Angeles. That mall was also featured in a few other movies including, Valley Girl, Night of the Comet and Terminator Judgement Day. It was opened in 1980 and closed in 1999. It was rebuilt and opened again in 2002 as a mixed used structure which included office space and restaurants. Just a side note, the opening scene of the entrance of a mall was the Santa Monica mall located across town. It too was demolished.

[@IggyStardust1967]

You want to see a "Young Sean Penn"? Check out the movie "Bad Boys" from 1983... completely different character than Spicoli, but a damned good movie. Between the two movies, you can really see his range as an actor, even at that young age.

[@dreamweaver1603]

That's so wild. I was just thinking of that movie when he said he'd never seen a young Sean Penn. I think the movies came out in the same year or within a year. Great range.

[@gggooding]

You are correct, sir. Nick Cage's film debut!

[@RyanCarrington]

Oh wow! Such I tiny part.

[@losingstreak415]

So early in his career he was still going by Nicolas Coppola at the time

[@HALberdier17]

​@@RyanCarringtonhe originally tried to get a bigger part by lying about his age. It became a smaller part once producers found out he was only 17.

[@philmakris8507]

Yup that was Nic Cage. He was still using his given last name of Coppola. He later changed it to Cage to dispel any accusations of nepotism as his Uncle is Franis Ford Coppola. (And he is also the nephew of Talia Shire, Adrian in Rocky)

[@msmrsro]

Before copy machines as we know them today, there were mimeograph machines that ran a big roller on the page to make copies and the purple ink smelled.

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

Mandatory viewing in the nostalgia canon. Working monkey-suit jobs, hanging out, embarrassing yourself on a regular basis. Good times.

[@philmakris8507]

"I hope you had a hell of a piss Arnold"

[@OBIWANCANOLI77]

Carrie fisher and Phoebe Cates were a lot of young mens first crush. This movie is one main reason 😂. Glad you back homie!

[@user-ei8kx4pu8g]

Yes, that is Nick Cage. He was supposed to have the Spicoli role, but he was only 17 yrs old & therefore had restricted work hours.

[@magicbrownie1357]

Of all the high school movies of the 80's, Fast Times is the one that feels the most familiar to how I grew up.

[@RyanCarrington]

Yeah, I'm seeing a lot of people saying its pretty authentic!

[@RobynHurley-zp9sh]

Me too. Graduate 1985

[@chappie_nottherobot]

Need the Dazed and Confused reaction soon, Ryan. One of my favorites! Great video!

[@davidzabel5195]

Judge Reinhold isn't the only actor in this movie that was also in Beverly Hills Cop. The robber at the end of the movie played Mikey.

[@russellburress6240]

Fun facts about the movie Cameron Crowe who wrote the screenplay was married to Nancy Wilson at the time who is lead guitarist for Heart and has a cameo in the movie as the blonde in the car that Judge Reinhold is flirting with while wearing his pirate outfit

[@cainealexander-mccord2805]

Double bonus points for the Drop Dead Fred reference. Subbed! RIP Rik.

[@RyanCarrington]

What a guy!

[@number9434]

Holy crap. I just realized Brad's girlfriend, who broke up with him, was John Cusacks girlfriend in Better Off Dead and said virtually the same break-up line. Talk about type cast.

[@JoeCool7835]

She was also Freddy's first victim Tina in Nightmare on Elm Street.

[@WUStLBear82]

Also fun from a few years earlier is 1979's _Rock 'n' Roll High School_ featuring the Ramones, and sight gags about the negative effects of punk rock on lab mice (and presumably on high school students).

[@sca88]

This came out when i was in high school and along with Caddyshack and 70's Apocalypse Now were most quoted films in the 80's.

[@okeefe757]

Your edit with increasing the volume of the start of The Cars: Moving In Stereo is TOP TIER! NICE! That was a big scene for guys in the 80's. I was 7 when this came out. It only took a few years later for me to see and appreciate that scene and Phoebe Cates. It was a gift. Your surprised face is perfect.

[@bigpace]

“And that was Dazed and Confused guys!” 😂😂😂😂😂

[@RyanCarrington]

Man, I watched them back to back 😂

[@msmrsro]

That song from the Cars, Moving in Stereo, will forever be associated with “that pool scene”.

[@cronos222]

I saw this at the theatre when I was 15 and it became big with my friend group . We thought it was very representative of teens at the time . A classic I feel . Glad you checked it out Mr. Carrington .

[@jaywoolston2851]

You have no idea how many VHS tapes got worn out rewatching that swimming scene.

[@fredmurphy1604]

They were sniffing the papers because copies used to be made by a mimeograph machine which (for shorthand purposes) was more like a screen print than a photocopy. Fresh mimeographs were always slightly wet and smelled like the ink.

[@bkeyser]

Junior in High School when this came out, so... um... very relatable.

[@TimCarter]

Same here, but had more than 3 Pat Benatars at our school.

[@Dharp666]

Haven't even watched the reaction yet but I know it's gonna be so good this movie is amazing such an epic classic I can watch that pool scene over and over haha

[@msmrsro]

Movie is from 1982 and set in the time. Dazed and confused came out about a decade later. So many actors here before they were big names - Nic Cage (Coppola), Jennifer Jason Leigh, Sean Penn, Anthony Edward’s (Goose from Top Gun), Forrest Whitaker, and Eric Stoltz (Mask, Some Kind of Wonderful, Pulp Fiction)

[@Sammyzuko]

"WHERE WAS THIS WHEN I WAS 8 YEARS OLD?" ahahahhahahahahaha dude too funny!

[@RyanCarrington]

My mind was blown 😂

[@johnw8578]

This is the 80s -- we did things differently and were not offended and appalled by life.

[@norwegianblue2017]

Fun fact: the woman in the Corvette that laughs at Brad in the pirate outfit is Stacy Wilson from the band, Heart. She was dating the screenwriter, Cameron Crowe, at the time.

[@chrisbryz1652]

One of my favorites nice

[@DannyD714]

the difference between this and "dazed and confused" is that "fast times" came out around the time the movie was set in. "dazed and confused" came out about 20 years after the time it depicted,so "fast times" felt more realistic imo. the scene with phoebe cates coming out of the pool is one of the most iconic scenes in movie history. i saw the movie at a drive in theater in 1982 at a time when the movie audio could be played through your car stereo,so with all those great songs playing everyone had the sound cranked up to 11. i was walking back from the snack bar when the pool scene came on. as phoebe was taking off her top i was surrounded by the cars' song "moving in stereo" with phoebe's image on a 40 foot screen in front of me. i'll never forget it.

[@Brooklyn_Bleek]

I like how all the nude scenes before the Spicoli scene with his teacher in his room were all blurred, but the pictures in his room were in full view. You gotta love KZbin...

[@RyanCarrington]

Didn't spot them during the watch, didnt spot them during the edit. Hopefully, youtube doesn't either 😅

[@veryc7437]

Also, noting the credits at the end, Dina Phillips was played by Pamela Springsteen, Bruce's younger sister.

[@Johnnyultra1]

Every time you hear "Moving in Stereo" by the Cars you think of the scene with Phoebe at the pool.

[@billyhill7630]

It is always so much fun to watch a movie with someone who talks during the whole thing.

[@RyanCarrington]

Glad I could be of assistance.

[@jefferoni1984]

Phoebe Cates's topless scene is one of the most famous scenes in Hollywood history. It's gotta be one of the most replayed moments ever from the 80's. They also parody it in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and a number of other movies and tv shows.

[@BouillaBased]

I think that scene alone is responsible for 80% of The Cars success.

[@jefferoni1984]

@@BouillaBased 😂 I never thought about it that way. I wouldn’t bet against it. I bet it also drove Kleenex sales through the roof.

[@ThisLoveIsSweet]

​@BouillaBased I have to disagree. I'm not a huge Cars fan, but they had lots of hits. If anyone should get credit for their success, it might be Mtv 📺 😊

[@oscardiggs246]

The movie is based on writing by Cameron Crowe, who went undercover into a high school to do research about the story. His story is also told in Almost Famous, where he writes for Rolling Stone about a famous rock band when he is still a teenager. The band in the movie was named Stillwater, but in real life was Led Zeppelin. Like all of his movies, it has a very unique outlook. Worth checking out.

[@msmrsro]

It’s Stillwater, not Sweetwater. Always sticks with me because of the town by that name here in MN.

[@rollomaughfling380]

@@msmrsro And it was based on several bands, not just Led Zeppelin. Most prominently The Allman Bros., whom Cameron went on the road with when he was 15, to write his first article for Rolling Stone.

[@oscardiggs246]

@@msmrsro Thank you for the correction. Fixed. I probably got messed up by the online music store. 🙂

[@djr6876]

Just saw a recent Sean Penn interview, he stated that he based his character on an actual teenage buddy of his that he’d surf with. He met him again years later and didn’t recognize him. He had completely changed into a straight-laced business man ,married with kids.

[@stuwhiteman3810]

Remember watching this back in the day on VHS stoned out of our minds and LMAO. And the CARS song when Phoebe comes out of the pool will stick with me for a lifetime 😆

[@adamdarmstaedter1256]

I love in Spicoli's fantasy when he asks the reporter - "Where did you get this jacket??!!!"

[@chrisgrove7829]

This and Dazed and Confused, directed by Richard Linklater, were such accurate depictions of teen angst and coming of age at a certain time. They also both had great soundtracks:)

[@waitwhat537]

You high af 😂

[@MrDman21]

"Scalper, did you call me a scalper?" "that's exactly what you are." 😄

[@jdswearingen1963]

The blonde woman who was the teachers wife at the dance was murdered by famous record producer Phil Spector.

[@DanStrahan-pq7do]

I noticed that you noticed this flick going sideways. LMAO

[@k_salter]

As a female, I never cared about Phoebe Cates taking her top off, but I could not wait to get there this time! Enjoyed this Ryan!

[@RyanCarrington]

Hahaha I didn't know what I was letting myself in for 🤯😂

[@paulamoya7956]

Yes!!Nick Cage! Eric Stoltz & Anthony Edward’s ( Goose)!!

[@agustinavila9780]

Sad fact, Mr. Vargas' wife in the movie Lana Clarkson was murdered. Phil Spector was convicted in her murder.

[@jannathompson2262]

Oh wow! I didn't know that was her😢

[@scottmessenger8639]

I'm the same age as Phoebe Cates so needless to say I was in love with her also! Jennifer Jason Leigh is gorgeous also! Back in vhs days all the videos of this movie had imperfections at the spot where Phoebe takes her top off from guys pausing the tape at that point! Thanks for the reactions, always entertaining!

[@menotyou8369]

Digital video was one of humanities finest achievements.

[@pommie5093]

such a classic!

[@TravMaxAdventures]

Here is a little taste of dopamine. (The first ones free.)😉 As always, awesome edits and commentary. And yes, the Phoebe Cates scene with The Cars “Moving in Stereo”… Every time I hear that song, I think of that scene. Every time…. And now you will too. Still love her character in “Gremlins” the best. Her sense of humor in that film was top tier. Cheers

[@JoeCool7835]

Fun fact: when the website Mr. Skin did their first ranking of the 100 greatest nude scenes in movie history, Phoebe Cates' pool scene made #1! In a more recent ranking, it fell out of #1 but stayed in the top 20.

[@exprezzion]

"...and that was Dazed and Confused..." says a lot that's true.

[@tapoemt3995]

Saving the store at the end, loved the 80's. Of course now you'd be arrested for throwing the coffee at the robber, and more than likely sued.

[@jeanine6328]

When they handed out the paper, the kids sniffed the paper because the ink they used smelled really good, some said you could get high but I never did. It smelled like grape flavor. I say grape flavor because grape flavor tastes nothing like a grape and gas it’s own smell.

[@TimCarter]

That gorgeous lady playing the role of Mrs. Vargas, was Lana Clarkson. The actress who was murdered by Phil Spector in 2003. If you ever get a chance to see the TV edit of this movie, check it out. They replaced most of the sex and drugs scenes with scenes that were not used in the theatrical release that show more of the kids' personalities, like Spicoli lying to his friends about his beef with Mr. Hand, and meeting Mick Jagger. The deleted scene in the abortion clinic is an eye opener, that gives even more to that part of the story..

[@3DJapan]

6:17 Early copies on a mimeograph machine used ink that smelled good. We all loved sniffing it.

[@michaelb1761]

Thank God, someone else called it a mimeograph.

[@VicMikesvideodiary]

This movie is so tame nowadays. But back in the day it came out it was really controversial. When the students were sniffing that paper, those sheets weren't printed from a photo copier but were mimeographs. The ink on the paper smelled really good.

[@richiecabral3602]

Ha! Mate! Watching you gush over Pheobe Cates, while seeing that you're oblivious to what lies ahead. Brilliant! No worries! You are definitely not alone in your feelings on this. Check out a movie that she did about this same time called "Paradise", which was basically a rip off of "The Blue Lagoon". I don't think she acts anymore, or has for a very long time. She married the great actor Kevin Kline, and I guess just became a mother? Her father and uncle were producer/directors in early TV, and theater at that time, and were around and involved in a lot of the history of that period, and then also movies. There's a movie "Quiz Show" about one of the controveries from that time, if you're interested. Her uncle Gil Cates, had famously produced and directed The Academy Awards show like 13 to 15 different times, and was responsible for all the times Billy Crystal hosted, but that was probably way before your time, and you have no idea what I'm talking about.

[@ToniMcGinty]

Phoebe Cates now owns a really expensive boutique in New York. I've heard she doesn't appreciate fans going to see her. I don't know first hand if that's true.

[@IsraelShekelberg]

I went to high school 1976-1979 about three blocks from Clairemont HS in San Diego (the original 'Ridgemont High' visited by the director Cameron Crowe). This film was made closer to the time than 'Dazed and Confused' and so is not as retrospective; 'Dazed' actually 'feels' more accurate to me -- not quite as fashiony as this one. There are some accurate bits, though. I could name at least three students who were clones of the Jeff Spicoli surfer character. Sean Penn based on the character on someone he actually knew. Crowe's 'Almost Famous' is also very good about San Diego in the period.

[@anthonygarbarino9089]

I'm so surprised that you haven't heard anything about this movie!! Total Classic!!!

[@russellward4624]

31:54 what we have here is Nancy Wilson from the band Heart. Shes married to the director Cameron Crow.

[@Okaydo1]

Were married. They divorced in 2010.

[@bito269]

The mall was the place to be in the 80's some of my best days! Friday Saturday night at the mall

[@psterud]

People put the emphasis on "Fast" and "High". FAST Times at Ridgemont HIGH. The reason why they were sniffing their paper in class was because there was an old method of copying that involved a solvent that could get you high, sort of like old marker pens. The baseball "pit" is called a "dugout".

[@lollywright4258]

Excellent end screen 😂

[@MrDman21]

One of the guys that was with Spicoli when they had their shirts off was a young Anthony Edwards (when he still had hair) AKA Gilbert from Revenge of the Nerds and one of the doctors on ER.

[@RyanCarrington]

I've not seen either of those 😂

[@bob5074]

I was 16 when I saw this movie in Ocean City MD on opening night while on vacation.

[@ericsierra-franco7802]

"WHAT! How did I not know about this?"... 😂

[@pmaximus5659]

Great reaction, I was entertained.. keep going and I will follow!

[@childrenoftheabzu]

Looks like every mall in the 80s but wouldnt be surprised if they used the same mall for multiple movies