FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH (1982) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION * WE CRIED LAUGHING*

[@megroth5240]

I love when you asked why are they sniffing the paper. Nothing like the scent of freshly mimeographed paper on class. Something younger people never experienced.

[@locustjohn3865]

It's more about the effect that smell has.

[@stephwest1382]

Yes! We always sniffed the fresh printed paper

[@DJKhaos06]

That was the only reason we smiled while having a new test passed out!!!

[@FredFukkinBear]

I really got a kick out of that because it's exactly what everyone did when new papers were handed out. One of those rare details that gives true authenticity to the era in time this movie was made.

[@IggyStardust1967]

I admit, I almost fell out of my chair when they said that. "They like the smell of paper?" had me ROLLING!

[@GoldTop57]

“What’s a tape deck?” I died a little inside 😂

[@ginnyvann580]

Same!

[@Tater-yy8hw]

Just immediately came to the comments after this 😢

[@Niecy70]

It was so funny cuz I was like yeah tape deck and then she said what's a tape deck and I was like aggghhhh!!!!😂

[@cameronpickard7456]

yup tape deck typwriter wall phone the generation gap is there

[@kevinslayzak1214]

What's a tape deck?!...holy shit I'm old...lol....oh...n back in the day fresh copies could get you high from the chemicals involved in duplicating...lol...genx rules..lol

[@morgand1988]

My wife was an extra in this movie. She is the girl that looks into Brad’s car and says “Hi Bradley” as Brad is driving into the parking lot on first day of high school. She is also sitting right behind Spicoli as he is sleeping on the bleachers during pep rally. My wife was an extra in many classic 80 movies, including Pretty in Pink, St Elmo’s Fire, Back to the Future, Against All Odds, and Weird Science, to name a few.

[@twobeer3316]

Very cool...

[@Pixelologist]

How fun!

[@jtoland2333]

How fun!

[@PrudeyNoid]

Neat!

[@Governor1993]

Oh Wow that's awesome

[@donaldcasteel6179]

Phoebe Cates coming outta the pool is one of the most paused/slowed down scenes of all time. VHS rentals were being worn out in just that section of tape.

[@Hexon66]

Definitely a lot of Bradding going in those slo-mos..

[@Artificialintelligentle]

Lot of chickens got choked.

[@thomasjensen6243]

Yep, sin runs rampant with no repentance....they are all destined for the Lake of Fire.

[@JoeCool7835]

Judge Reinhold actually had a toy (you know what kind) in his hand for those scenes. When Phoebe Cates walked in on him, she couldn't tell it wasn't real & she wasn't informed ahead of time. That look on her face was genuine!

[@johncurtis7186]

I graduated high school, the year this movie was released in 1982. Never felt so old, as when two people asked, “what’s a tape deck”? 😳 Cars once upon a time, came equipped with a device that played audio cassettes….the equivalent of today’s CD players.

[@Zebred2001]

Ya, I got a pained laugh out of that one too!

[@terrymead4024]

Also a lot of kids replaced the factory AM/FM radio with a better stereo/tape deck

[@tjh43204]

Agreed, but even CDs are history now.

[@yg713]

I was looking down in the comments in order to try not to repeat someone else but you beat me to it. Let's just hope they know what a CD player is :)

[@julieharden2433]

Same! Lol. (Class of 89)

[@Juan_E_Dewitt]

"What's a tape deck?" Y'all, I DIED when you both said that 🤣🤣🤣

[@DravenMercer]

...damn I feel old lol

[@ipbrew5536]

No shit.

[@WiseGuy5674]

The paper sniffing was very common. The print on the paper was always fresh ink from a device called a mimeograph and the odor was kind of pleasant!😎🤪

[@DustinHawke]

*odor

[@chardtomp]

It was actually called a Ditto machine. It printed in that weird purple ink that smelled like nail polish remover.

[@RockoMinotaur]

yes - i can still smell it today! it was purple copy-type paper that was run around a cylinder and "stamped" each blank page with whatever was on the original, and the ink *smelled*...it's hard to describe to anyone who hasn't smelt it themselves...it was very unique, but the *everyone picking the test up and smelling it was 100% accurate!!* The purple paper (original that was wrapped around the cylinder) can be seen in another movie of the era - "Animal House", when the test is stolen from the garbage can...it's just a big piece of purple paper (you can't read any of the words on it unless you look at it up close, and they're obviously backward, since they need to be "stamped" onto a piece of paper for transfer)

[@BrianChappie]

Dittos!

[@quinny6920]

Oh lord I remember that too!!

[@zhubajie6940]

3 Future Academy winners were in this show Forest Whitaker, Sean Penn, and Nicolas Cage.

[@MrLedotson]

In case no one else said it, the girl in the corvette that Brad saw was Nancy Wilson of Heart. She was Cameron Crowe's wife at the time. He wrote the script for the movie.

[@Slim-Pickens]

I did not know that.

[@raybernal6829]

Cameron also makes a couple of cameos in movie. One time talking to Spicoli when they are looking at wreakage of car.

[@docj72]

All these years and I never knew that

[@matthewbruno5628]

I've seen this movies many times and I just noticed her via this review. Ha. Crazy I never noticed before.....

[@TheDivayenta]

And Amy Heckerling was the director.

[@jerryjerry8673]

I LOL several times. "Why are they smelling the paper?" "Whats a tape deck?" Damn I feel old. They smell the paper because of the chemical odor from the printing process. A tape deck is for playing music. It started with 8 track and then cassette. Before CD's.

[@MsDemeanorsMusings]

@jerryjerry You left out albums. There was actually a car with a record player in it. I saw it here on the tube of you... It lasted like five minutes. I wonder why, lol.

[@nonconsensualopinion]

@UCyWoAffaE8NBzlqLjqOeFug How do you know this? How do you know they don't know what the telegraph was? Because they didn't know why they were sniffing paper or about a tape deck? Perhaps because people learn about how telegraphs transformed communication and nobody cares about the thing that came after records and before CDs. Typical of your generation. Assuming you know things without verifying it. By feeling rather than evidence. A generation of assumptions without accomplishments.

[@rubroken]

4 tracks came before 8 tracks

[@johnm281]

Mimeograph copy machine!

[@beedeegee9374]

@@MsDemeanorsMusings My uncle had one. It seemed cool but didn’t really work well.

[@johnhinkle8952]

The football player was Forest Whitaker. A very prolific actor with many screen credits. They sniffed the papers cause back in the day the mimeograph machines used ink that had a fruity smell. That was a very realistic scene. Little trivia; when the cute blonde sees Brad in his car with the pirate hat on she is portrayed by Nancy Wilson. One of the wilson sisters who led the rock band Heart ( Nancy wilson guitar player.)

[@michaelnunyaa1219]

Nancy Wilson ended up marrying the guy that wrote this.

[@mn-wk3ju]

Great fact! I didn’t know that! And she married the writer of this movie is great too

[@robfinlay8058]

Fast Times is the only "teen boner comedy" that features 3 future Best Actor Oscar winners: Forest Whitaker, Nicholas Cage and Sean Penn.

[@seanswinton6242]

@@michaelnunyaa1219 Cameron Crowe. He wrote Jerry McGuire and the film "Almost Famous" was about him.

[@seanswinton6242]

@@robfinlay8058 The other stones with Spicolli were Anthony Edwards from "Revenge Of the Nerds" and eventually "ER," Eric Stoltz from the films "Mask", "Some Kind Of Wonderful" and "Pulp Fiction."

[@jentommyontheroad8089]

The 80s was such a great time to be a teen/young adult! The question “What’s a tape deck?” cracked me up!! So many things that no longer exist like the mimeograph paper with the purple ink. Nice trip down memory lane!

[@norwegianblue2017]

Remember how the Dr. Zog's Sex Wax t-shirts were everywhere? At least in California. "Best Wax for Your Stick!" (meaning surfboard)

[@lindalemieux4623]

Sean Penn played Spicoli and it was said that he stayed in character the entire filming of the movie just crackin the other actors up. His character really helps make this movie.

[@rudolphbehrmann6151]

Sean Penn/Jeff Spicoli made this entire film.

[@Kinn72]

Check out The Wild Life 1984 it’s just as good…

[@theccpisaparasite8813]

Sadly that was my HS experience. God knows how many days I missed due to great surf

[@dawnpatrol700]

When Brad's in the pirate costume, the girl he sees in the car is Hearts Nancy Wilson

[@pattyestrada6]

Definitely do “Dazed and Confused”, I sent it to you a while back so you have it 😉. It’s a cult classic with a great soundtrack!

[@denisef2845]

Excellent movie, and a good starter movie for so MANY!

[@wendyhodges7172]

Yes!! Great one!

[@raunchy1313]

Watch it with a bud

[@mike7146]

Fantastic sound track and the party is such a flashback 🤣

[@brucew7062]

They would love the music, culture, personalities, and cars in “Dazed and Confused”

[@MrFb65]

Yes we all hung out in the front of the school. Different cliques etc. best times .Class of 83

[@martinwhite3559]

A tape deck is an electronic device to play audio cassette tapes, like a stereo. Portable tape decks were called a boom box. Cassette tapes came after vinyl records and before CDs. You should check out Stand By Me, Risky Business, Sixteen Candles, The Karate Kid (original), Teen Woolf and Weird Science. Just some more 80s high school and coming of age movies.

[@mamcgee2000]

That question from Rob Squad was freaking hysterical! What's a "Tape Deck"? Let us know in the comments!.....

[@GenaralZod]

defiantly Karate Kid

[@monkeysuncle2816]

"WHAT'S a tapedeck?" 🤣🤣🤣

[@johndododoe1411]

A "mix tape" was an entire playlist recorded (without permission) onto a blank cassette and given to someone as a gift they could play it. Blank tapes were sold as 15, 30, 60 or 90 minutes with half that time on the back. Recording a mix tape could only be done at the actual music speed, stopping whenever you had to change to play another LP / single track into the recording cable.

[@COBHCWAGGS1999]

I remember requesting a song on the radio and waiting for the DJ to announce it and hit record on my tape player so I had a copy of it.

[@bradsullivan2495]

"Animal House" is an iconic 70s "school" film, though it's set at a fictional college in 1962. It's hilarious throughout, though there's definitely a reason it was rated R.😂

[@jaemyrick5277]

I saw Animal House it was hysterically funny my first time watching it. A lot of inappropriate behavior back then, that were considered taboo issues.

[@IZZY_EDIBLE]

You gotta do ANIMAL HOUSE!!!

[@irl91sparky]

Animal House is an absolute must!, in my book it's one of the greatest movies of all time

[@teresajarrell452]

❤️ANIMAL HOUSE❣️❣️ MY #1 comedy!!! 👍😃🧨😃👍

[@twilarolff8021]

They've GOTTA review Animal House!😃

[@gman2673]

"What's a tape deck?".....omg! My favorite line today. I literally had to pause to laugh. You guys are awesome! I so enjoy watching your reactions.

[@Speedracer6996]

Me too .. I did a face palm lol

[@spaceghost27]

we're old!

[@rowena-]

Same 😂

[@sharilynbratton6476]

Quietly banging my decrepit ancient old head against the wall...this question proves I am officially prehistoric.

[@jannathompson2262]

@@spaceghost27 My heart hurts lol..

[@bigsarge8795]

As an 80s high school graduate, I can tell you about 95 percent of this is absolutely true.

[@meyers7]

This was pretty much "the movie" about the 80's (well high school in the 80's). Ten years later there was a movie about high school in the 70's, "Dazed and Confused". Both with great soundtracks from each decade. Fast Times was Sean Penn's coming out movie. While Dazed and Confused was Matthew McConaughey' s coming out film. You guys should definitely watch that one.

[@teresajarrell452]

alrite, alrite, alrite 👍😃🧨😃👍

[@firebird7479]

And in the 90s when "Outside Providence" was released..

[@generally_good_guy]

Yes, Sean Penn broke out there after successful turns in "Taps" along side George C. Scott one Timothy Hutton, and in Bad Boys with Esai Morales. Great movies all of them.

[@laudanum669]

Another movie set in the 70's with a great soundtrack is "Detroit Rock City".

[@philmullineaux5405]

I would add, lost boys!

[@Gigi_Unapologetic]

This movie completely epitomizes the 80s. Not sure that you noticed that spicoli was Sean Penn. I almost married a guy whose nickname was spicoli who looked just like him 😂 Also, Sex Wax was a block of wax you polished your surfboard with. The tape deck thing made me feel old as dirt 🤦‍♀️ LOL

[@jackiegoodspeed1849]

My young daughter just loved cassettes. She brought one to school and everyone asked, " what is that?" We laughed. She rejects my generation but I Also know, she secretly wishes the world was still that way. She's 17, and my how school has changed. Despite all the drama, we were blessed. Everyone had at least one friend. Not today. Many kids walk alone. The rest, spoiled and so entitled.

[@jackiegoodspeed1849]

@@jokes881 Man you put that just right. I can't stand when my generation apologizes for being old. We still have the best times. We know how to relax and treat others.

[@AndieO]

So glad it wasn't just me... Lol. Old enough to remember the first car we ever had that had a tape deck. Then to cds.

[@DinoNardelli]

Meh, let's face it....we were/are way cooler than kids after us. :)

[@BalokLives]

@@jokes881 It's really not their fault. They don't teach kids about every electronic device that got replaced. The telegraph was part of history, and I'm sure they have heard of that. Never hearing music that is still on the radio and playing in every store is a crime though. When I was their age, I had heard music and seen movies going all the way back to the 30's and 40's. I mean who hasn't seen Laurel & Hardy? Abbott & Costello? Judy Garland? Alfred Hitchcock, The Three Stooges, Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, Buster Keaton, on and on. It hurts my heart to know that kids are missing out on classic music, movies, and shows. We had Television and Radio to hear and see these things. What do they have? Recorded MP3's that they chose. Netflix. It is an al a carte society. But high school in the early 80's was super cool. It's hard to say if it would be the same today. A lot of your memories are modified by sentiment over the years.

[@smacky1966]

I was in 11th grade when Fast Times came out. Watching FTs is literally like entering a Time Machine. This is exactly what coming of age in the 80‘s was all about.

[@wblewis1964]

If I remember, I went to see it at the theater like 15 times!

[@yamahaguy1732]

@@wblewis1964one of the best movies ever

[@believer8662]

When you two said “what is a tape deck?” I laughed out loud AND feel really old!😂

[@mandandanmandamayor3511]

I have cars that still have tape players

[@mattsnyderARTIST]

Imagine if this film had 8 Track players

[@Lensmaster1]

Mr. Hand wouldn't normally go to a students house, but he could see that Spicolli has potential. Going to his house he punished Spicolli by making him late for the dance, and gave him one on one attention so he would learn some basic history and be worth passing.

[@MrCerious73]

I'm voting for you to check out "Weird Science", "Sixteen Candles", and "Just One Of The Guys". All great 80's coming of age comedies!

[@essiefinch1356]

Better off Dead ..I want my Two Dollars.. But Sixteens Candles was My Fav..

[@MrCerious73]

@@essiefinch1356 omg, your bringing back memories. That was me and my childhood friends favorite movie line! Rofl, we still say it to this day, when we see each other. 🤣😂🤣😂

[@Doug778]

yesss, 16 candles .

[@deesee3622]

Prety in pink too

[@MrCerious73]

@@deesee3622 honestly I think I liked "Pretty in Pink" a little more than "Sixteen Candles". Either way you can't go wrong! I so had a crush 😍 on Molly Ringwald.

[@johndee9719]

That "coming out of the water scene" Is consistently rated as the number one movie clip of all time.

[@cameronpickard7456]

it was amazing for sure

[@davestang5454]

Phoebe Cates also made a "Blue Lagoon" ripoff movie called "Paradise" where she is fully nude, before she made the "Gremlins" movies.

[@SSGAirborneDaddy]

The infamous red bikini scene, starring Phoebe Cates

[@ttresser9883]

Not true. #1 nude scene. Not #1 movie clip ever.

[@chrisashley5206]

Phoebe was amazing. To this day I stop if I see that clip and I smile.

[@DouglasFess]

This was my high school, Clairemont High, in San Diego in 1979. C Crowe was undercover my junior year and wrote the book, which was better than the movie; more detailed. He hung out with the girls, mostly the cheerleaders, and snuck away to write notes as no one knew he was a freelance Rolling Stone writer. Was a fun time…..

[@Doug778]

omg " whats a tape deck" had me rolling. thats where you insert your tape cassettes . prior to cd's we played tapes.

[@jonlate4581]

That's actually pretty scary. The telegraph was way before my time, but I still know what it is. As technology gets 'smarter' people are getting dumber.

[@tim_davidson6344]

Yep...cassettes and 8-Tracks.

[@SackMachine_83]

Dazed and Confused, American Grafitti and Almost Famous (Bootleg Cut) are all great coming of age movies with great soundtracks

[@patrickborin9814]

Great suggestions.

[@DopeAsThePope1]

Agree 💯

[@emeraldtiger7135]

Don't forget Last American Virgin from around the same time as this one.

[@DopeAsThePope1]

@@emeraldtiger7135 TLAV is a classic 80's flick!

[@trip189n]

The Hollywood Knights is an awesome movie.

[@lordflashheart3680]

I’m a child of the 80’s (class of ‘88). The reason everyone was smelling their papers was that they were copied on a “Ditto” machine. The papers always came out warm and smelling of ink which was kind of a good smell. 😀

[@itss_nattyj]

Ah yes, the Ditto copies!

[@janethernandez724]

Ah yes, the primitive copier of the 80s! The papers did have a nice smell to it after they were printed on! Something Jay and Amber missed out on

[@msdarby515]

Fast Times was groundbreaking in many ways. Linda and Stacey discuss sex, a lot. This is basically the first time in cinema where female sexuality is normalized and young women are portrayed as curious, horny teenagers with sex on their mind. Totally normal. Most movies treated women as people who sex happened to when a male chose them for it. For Stacey and Linda to own their sexuality was a first. Most importantly, there was absolutely no judgements. Unlike most films of its time, Stacy’s enthusiasm about sex is never shamed or used as a plot point to cast judgment over her character. Same goes for the abortion scene. It's treated as a serious situation, but the shame is on Damone for failure to accept his portion of responsibility. The most crucial aspect, is that Stacy is the one in control of her sexual journey. Instead of being subjected to the will of other men’s desires, Stacy herself is the pursuer. And in the end, after the very unsatisfying, passionless trysts, she chooses the sweet, sensitive boy who has real feelings for her, and is content to wait to move the relationship to the next level.

[@reneedennis2011]

Good points.

[@walkofnails2923]

I have never laughed so hard at one of your videos than when I heard “Why are they sniffing?” “They like the smell of paper?” 😂😂😂😂😂 My friends & I liked to pretend we were high after sniffing. We had a lot of fun with that. The 80’s were the best. No cell phones, no social media, great music, new malls, fun clothes, & mtv was a baby that had fantastic music videos... It was a fun time

[@JohnDoe-dh4fi]

the paper sniffing was better when it freshly printed ink on the paper the best thing about the 80's is there is no video evidence of us doing stupid stuff that will back to haunt us in adult life not like today's kids

[@walkofnails2923]

@@JohnDoe-dh4fi Yes!! I have thought many times Thank God there were no phones w/cameras back then. We’d have been in all kinds of trouble with that kind of evidence

[@dawnpatrol700]

@@JohnDoe-dh4fi yeah, I think back to some of the stuff I did/ got talked into, and think " who the hell was that - wasn't me" lol

[@Orangeflava]

The 80s had many cool things that we love but the fashion was NOT one of them…..according to my partner.

[@walkofnails2923]

@Orangeflava We loved it!! Swatch gear, mini skirts, ankle boots, mesh tops over camis, etc. ❤️ I will agree on the mc hammer pants and some parachute pants on the guys. But the girls had fun 🔥😄😄

[@jeffwerth2707]

Dazed and Confused is one you may love - set in '76 with a LOT of great songs. Nothing much happens but its a good time capsule movie

[@jeffwerth2707]

You may remember "Mr. Hand" as the track announcer in "The Sting".. Also D&C is where Matthew McConaughey says "Alright-alright-alright"

[@GinaGeeILuvu]

The football player is the amazing Forest Whitaker! This was a romp of a movie! Great actors like Jennifer Jason Leigh as the horny fifteen year old, Phoebe Cates is her friend, Sean Penn as Spacolli (the surfer), and Judge Reinhold! Check out the following eighties teen movies: Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink, Weird Science, Soul Man, and The Outsiders! ❤️❤️

[@satyadasgumbyji8956]

"Sixteen Candles" is perhaps the greatest teen comedy ever! & Phoebe is still the finest human species I've seen in my 51 yrs on planet earth!!! Take note, ladies! It ain't just the looks! Ain't no fake anything about her! & please, PLEASE, for the love of God, BRING BACK THE WOOL!!! ✌😅❤

[@yankeesfan3961]

This was Forest Whitakers first movie too. He was great in it.

[@LowcountryJoe2]

@@yankeesfan3961 He was also quite a bit 'taller' in that movie🤣

[@PrinceJediMaster]

You may know Phoebe as Billy's girlfriend in both Gremlins movies.

[@kenf3539]

I don't think Soul Man aged very well. That movie would be protested out of existence today.

[@bigal5712]

The 80's was just like that. Great time to be a teenager. We were so free back then.

[@Sirala6]

Mainly we were all so MUCH younger.

[@rachellara4661]

Love this movie!! Sean Penn, Nicholas (Coppola) Cage, Eric Stoltz, Judge Reinhold, Forest Whitaker, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Phoebe Cates, Ray Walston.... the cast is incredible! Can watch this over and over! So glad y'all enjoyed it!!

[@Johnnyultra1]

You forgot about Nancy Wilson of Heart. She's the girl in the Corvette that pulls up to Brad when he's doing the delivery.😁

[@rachellara4661]

@@Johnnyultra1 yessir I sure did, sorry bout that!

[@Johnnyultra1]

@@rachellara4661 No reason to say sorry. I'M sorry if I seemed like i was correcting you. I just thought it was a funny tid bit of info for her to do a cameo. She was dating Cameron Crowe at the time so I think thats why she's in it. I love how you put Nicholas Coppola in there.😁

[@rachellara4661]

@@Johnnyultra1 no I didn't take it that way at all 🙂

[@dunhill1]

You likely recognize Eric Stoltz but didn't realize he played Lance in Pulp Fiction, the bathrobe wearing Heroin dealer who love to eat Fruit Brute cereal. LOL

[@stevetanner3019]

Stoner Jeff Spicoli is Sean Penn, with one of the greatest high school student performances ever. And the football player is a very young Forest Whitaker. So many actors in this movie went on to bigger roles, it's crazy.

[@reneedennis2011]

Yup.

[@paigegee5921]

Dazed and Confused is the next one you should do music is incredible and storyline is definitely on point for late 70s.

[@MHume63]

Excellent movie!!!!

[@gmunden1]

Eric Stolz ("Mask", "Pulp Fiction"), Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh ("Hateful Eight" ,"Easy Money", "Dolores Claiborne"), Phoebe Cates ("Gremlins", Princess Caraboo"), Robert Romanus ("Fame", "CSI"), Nicholas Cage, Anthony Edwards("ER", Top Gun").

[@keefmack]

My school years 76-82 were pretty much "Dazed and Confused" my early years which morphed into "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" by graduation year.

[@donnagonatas3155]

Me too! But 74 -78✌️♥️

[@RussVerbofsky]

"Dazed and Confused" has to be the next reaction 1970's. I graduated in 83; a mixture of dazed and fast times

[@joerhea9340]

@@RussVerbofsky Dazed and Confused in a fantastic movie and one that they should absolutely add to their list. One of the best soundtracks ever!

[@RussVerbofsky]

@@joerhea9340 great music and cars

[@neilsackman4723]

I was a mall rat in the 80s and this movie was just about spot on. Such a great time to grow up.

[@seanswinton6242]

Yes it was. I was born at the right time. I entered secondary school (HS) the exact month MTV launched. The best movies and music! Concerts were much more affordable and more frequent! Clubs, auditoriums, coliseum and stadiums and even free concerts happened. Everyone was having fun both at school and at work. I miss those days.

[@Saltyzwiggy]

Wow, I am struck by how young you two are and how quickly things changed in our world. Back then, copied papers were done with a mimiograph machine and the "ink" had a alcohol smell that was strong when fresh and would dissipate after a few minutes. A tape deck was basically his car stereo and it played cassette tapes. Those were a big upgrade from 8 track tapes. Cassette tapes were the technology before CD's.

[@davestang5454]

Tape decks were standard in cars at least until thee early 2000s.

[@kevinmarshall854]

As a 80's kid who went and graduated high school this is exactly how it was for most of us.

[@e.s.9080]

One of the best films that captures coming of age of it's era, along with American Graffiti (representing the mid 1950's), Dazed and Confused (the mid 1970's), this one representing the early 1980's. Movies loaded with great scenes, outstanding performances, classic music and, of course fast times.

[@scotthartman8993]

American Graffiti is set in 1962 not mid 50s..

[@adamdavis4164]

What does everyone say about the Hollywood knights???

[@adamdavis4164]

The one armed violinist and I know this taste I've had it in my mouth before. Saw it many years ago still remember parts of it like these

[@SergioArellano-yd7ik]

Have you heard the one about the man with the 5 penises?

[@holdensagan]

Little known fact. The scene, where Brad’s sister’s friend(Phoebe Cates) comes out of the pool during Brad’s dream sequence, is the most downloaded scene in movie history. At least it was for years.

[@sopwithpuppy]

You're right, the most downloaded scene - up until Sharon Stone uncrossed her legs in "Basic Instinct" with no knickers.

[@dunhill1]

Well I can honestly admit I contributed to that honor. When HBO started to air this movie, I want to say 1983, I made sure to be alone in my room, and "ready" for that pool scene. That's when I found out what my special purpose was. After that, I stopped playing with my GI Joes and Rubik's cube as I then had a new more fun toy! I used to play with it in front of my old toys. I have to thank Phoebe Cates for turning me into a young man. I went through so many socks after that. My Mom threatened to stop buying me socks; by December I had like only 2 pairs left. Yikes. Ah the good ole days.

[@Albert-dd5hd]

@@dunhill1 LMAO

[@ursanator]

Stacy's Mom by Fountains of Wayne music video pays homage to scene

[@Cablecol]

I've read where Phoebe Cates stated that that they used a body double for the topless scene. She has been married to Kevin Klein for decades now.

[@jaquettajones]

A Ton of future greatness in this movie: Forrest Whitaker and Sean Penn (Spicoli) TWO of the best actors of our Generation! Same with Jennifer Jason Leigh ALL Academy Award Winners. Other featured known actors: bit part with Anthony Edwards (Top Gun) and Eric Stoltz. The woman in the convertible when Jeff was wearing the Pirate Hat was Nancy Wilson of HEART who was and is still married to the director of Fast Times Cameron Crowe.

[@FredFukkinBear]

Don't forget Mr. Hand. aka Ray Walston (real name) and "Uncle Martin" in the 1963 comedy sitcom, My Favorite Martian, starring Bill Bixby (the original Hulk). Then of course there's Phoebe Cates, every young man's dream girl in movies like Drop Dead Fred, Gremlins I & II just to name a few. I'll have to go back and look at Nancy. Can't believe I've never noticed that before. Probably distracted by that silly, crazy pirate hat.

[@timdore1131]

Amy Heckerling directed the movie, but Cameron Crowe wrote the book it was based off of. The book is so good too. Amazing that Cameron Crowe actually became a student at a San Diego area high school to write this book. He was (and is) a very baby faced person, so even in his early 20s he looked 16.

[@leefriedman9882]

Also a blink and you’ll miss him appearance by Nicholas Cage (billed as Nicholas Coppola)

[@USCFlash]

Jennifer Jason Leigh is awesome but sorry, she never won an Academy Award.

[@TrashPandaActual]

@@leefriedman9882 in his first film role no lesd

[@bryangriffin2093]

Fun fact. When Sean Penn is In a movie. He stays in character 24/7 in this movie he would not even answer you unless you called him by his characters name.

[@bryanrhenderson6510]

Sean’s scenes in this movie were the best

[@dudetocartman]

Interesting fact. Funny, back when my sister worked for CNN, she went to convention where famous people went, and she saw Sean Penn there. One fan went up to him and asked him to do the Spicoli character from this movie, and he responded, "FUCK NO." My sister was so surprised to see him behave that way. But I can see why he would act like that, but still.

[@reborndaughter445]

Mr. Hand used to play My Favorite Martin, a very popular older black and white tv show. He was great in that role and also of course as Mr. Hand. This movie was EXTREMELY popular back in the 80s. I'm so glad you got a chance to watch it. Love you two!

[@trip189n]

I remember Ray Walston in episodes of The Six Million Dollar Man and The Incredible Hulk in the 70's. He was also in a 1990 horror film called Blood Salvage.

[@franklinterrell9392]

"what's a tape deck?" I almost choked to death on my ice cream.

[@Bekka_Noyb]

The red bikini fantasy scene is iconic! Been parodied/homages in so many other films/shows. Phoebe Cates is gorgeous!

[@clevelandcbi]

Her and Sherilyn Fenn in The Wraith in red bikinis 🔥🔥🔥

[@laudanum669]

Back when they had Video rental stores and VHA tapes. The VHS tapes of the "Bikini Scene" in the movie would be worn out because of all the rewinding and slow motion.

[@dunhill1]

She still is and Kevin Klein is a very lucky man. Even in her 50's she still looks ravishing.

[@dunhill1]

@@laudanum669 Sir, I am guilty of that crime. I was one that added probably 15x of slow motion viewing of that amazing scene. I even paused it at the right frame so I could time my wide-eyed rollback Shangri La. Good thing I always had newspaper available because our house was all carpet. And when it dries, it crunches when you step on the spot.

[@David-Clarke]

She was also a minor when filmed, her parent was there to "allow " her to be filmed.

[@metalmellie4371]

I was in high school in the early 80's and yes, that is exactly the way it was! Their was always someone who got pregnant and had an abortion. There was all these different groups, the stoners, the nerds, the pool popular kids, etc. Yes high school was just like this back then! Love this movie, have probably seen it over 30 times! Great reaction btw!!

[@bobbymariani2839]

And these were my peers 😂

[@bobo1972-h7o]

And most of our parents were divorced and both worked, so we usually were on our own most of the time until 6 or 7 at night when our parents got home. We had almost no adult supervision and had to figure problems out on our own. On the bright side, it made us very independent, and we knew how to handle ourselves, so when we left home the real world wasn't a complete shock to us, because we most likely saw it all before we were out of high school. I feel sorry for those after us with helicopter parents who overscheduled every moment of their kids' lives and sheltered them from reality. They went out into the world and were shocked and offended by everything and that's why a lot of this kind of humor and entertainment can't be done anymore. People under 42 are too sensitive. FOR THE MOST PART......LOL

[@tocham757]

Now you need to watch Dazed and Confused another great high school film with lots of great music from the 70`s

[@ejmoscato366]

I think that the movie Almost Famous would be a great one for you two to react to...Phenomenal story about a music loving teenager who winds up touring with and writing about a fictional 70s band for Rolling Stone magazine. Made by the director of Fast Times, Cameron Crowe, who actually lived that life himself..Amazing soundtrack of many of the groups/songs you react to on your channel...

[@kerrycronin256]

Yes, Yes, Yes

[@jannathompson2262]

The director is the same one as Clueless, Amy Heckerling. You are thinking of Cameron Crowe. He wasn't the director of Fast Times at Ridgemont High...he was the writer;)

[@margaritakmp]

yes!! a great movie and i think they'd love it

[@IsraelShekelberg]

Also another historically accurate movie about our HS days.

[@jimwhite4801]

Please!!!!¡

[@ryanfeit1420]

You guys would love "Sixteen Candles" with teen queen Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael.Hall and it is an absolutely hilarious film. Judge Reinhold played Brad in Fast Times and he was one of my favorite characters in the film. Sean Penn stole the entire film as Spicoli, the wasted surfer guy who is one of today's biggest Hollywood actors. I'm surprised you guys don't know who he is. Forest Whittaker played the football player. Another good 80's film that Penn starred in was a dramatic film with Christopher Walken, "At Close Range" which showed his great acting ability. That film would also be a great 80's film for your channel as well as "Footloose" with Kevin Bacon. "Footloose" has one of the biggest and best soundtracks from the 1980's.

[@jco207]

I think it was officially Forrest Whittaker's first movie role. "Sixteen Candles" is one of my favorite 80s movies. You might also like "Risky Business" which was really early in Tom Cruise's career.

[@connorhalo]

Sixteen Candles has some great scenes, but man, their treatment of Asians in that film is just horrid and has not aged well.

[@gpk1982]

Sixteen Candles hasn’t aged well AT ALL. Let’s leave that one in the 80’s.

[@jannathompson2262]

​@@gpk1982 I never liked Sixteen Candles and I grew up in the 80's lol

[@gregcowen930]

Nobody’s mentioning “ Weird Science “? That was a great 80’s classic

[@cheripetty1805]

I was 14 in 1976. Been there, done that... selected the funky heat-transfer Rock T-Shirt at the Pleasent Valley Shopping Mall.

[@chrisscott7317]

The 80s were unbelievable in so many ways. I'll always cherish those memories

[@kylespeirs6510]

You can have the 80’s back

[@dude-man]

a decade known for its oddness, but was probably the last one of normality... people born after the 80s will never understand.

[@redoz9768]

It's funny to now see just how accurate this movie was in depicting what many of us 80's kids experienced in high school.

[@josephhickman4759]

It's uncanny... I easily if my father chose between promotion and move family to Huntington Orange county or stay in North of Sacramento ...our roots... 20/20 hindsight better!

[@josephhickman4759]

Snowbord winter, surf summer ...heck sometimes Skateboard year round.

[@lizetteolsen3218]

Your reactions are priceless---and make me feel as ancient as Stonehenge. LOL. The paper the students were smelling was printed from a mimeograph machine--a really unique aroma. Tape deck in a car could play cassettes--before CD player. Spicoli is the best character in the film--decent, polite kid dancing to his own beat.

[@corybritton1966]

The tape deck was likely an 8-track

[@payleighsteele1540]

By then it was probably a cassette.

[@davestang5454]

Tape decks were standard in cars at least until the early 2000s. I have a late 1990s car and it has a cassette tape deck standard and it still plays.

[@thehoundofhorror5120]

Ya probably don’t realize, but that pool scene with The Cars song is quite iconic. It’s been parodied by everything from Stranger Things to Family Guy. Such a classic 80s flick. Glad you guys liked it.

[@yankeesmegw]

I'm dying!!! "What's a tape deck?"😂

[@privateer9181]

Right

[@jannathompson2262]

My heart LOL...54 years old and feel like 100 :(

[@markroybal25]

You definitely have to watch the movie Weird Science from 1985. Two high-school nerds use a computer program to literally create the perfect woman, who promptly turns their lives upside-down.

[@g-moneyrides8341]

One of RDJ's early films.

[@shinigamieyes2600]

Classic

[@mdanam]

"what's a tape deck? " 🤣 now you guys are making me feel old. Brought back memories of my first car, 1976 Chrysler Cordoba with an 8-track player that I inherited from my father. You don't know the '80s until you know what an eight track is. Please go look it up.

[@bystandah9626]

Which seat option did your Cordoba have, the rich crushed velour or the rich Corinthian leather?

[@mdanam]

@@bystandah9626 why, genuine Corinthian leather of course!

[@frankthekrank]

It’s so amazing to see how much knowledge you have accrued about music, just identifying bands and songs left and right, so impressive!

[@frankthekrank]

But then asking “what is a tape deck?” Perfect.

[@msmrsro]

Sean Penn is Spicolli, his friends are Nicolas Cage, Anthony Edwards (Goose in Top Gun; er), Eric Stoltz (Mask). Brad was Judge Reinhold, Stacey is Jennifer Jason Leigh, and former model Phoebe Cates as Linda. So many songs from this movie that I still hear today and scenes come right back, like the Cars’ “Moving in Stereo” when Linda comes out of the pool in Brad’s daydream, or Jackson Brown “Somebody’s Babe” when Stacey is with a guy. Also, before music on CDs there was music on cassette tapes. Most cars had a tape player built into the radio, like CD players were later.

[@kengunter6903]

Those were the times.

[@t.j.payeur5331]

@@kengunter6903 absofuckinglutely...

[@jschrauwen]

And before cassette decks were 8 Track tape decks.

[@IZPC]

Yes . React to Mask

[@deesee3622]

Nicolas cage was credited as Nicolas Coppola

[@lipby]

The story behind this movie is really interesting. It's based on a book by Cameron Crowe, who basically dropped out of school at 15 to write for Rolling Stone magazine. He went under cover as a high school student to write the book (and screenplay), which is why it captures teen life in the 1980s so vividly. Crowe's recounts his experiences as a 15-year-old writer on the road with rock bands in Almost Famous, one of the most satisfying movies of all time.

[@pattyestrada6]

Almost famous is in my top 3! I sent it to them a while back, so I hope they watch it soon 😊. They’ll love the soundtrack, the characters, the wardrobe, all of it I think.

[@gurulimbo]

Almost Famous is a must see.

[@petem3627]

Almost famous is loosely based on his life. Singles is another of his that captures grunge.

[@jenniferfoster1692]

Yes, Almost Famous is one of the most perfect movies ever made, not one bad moment. Just perfection, great music, so much fun and heart.

[@lipby]

@@pattyestrada6 It's in my top 5

[@MoMoMyPup10]

A tape deck was the next big thing after the record player, where you could also play 'tapes' (8-Track/Cassette) in your car for the first time. Them being stolen wasn't all that uncommon.

[@IronCavalier]

Had one stolen at a party.

[@FreeMTrider]

So many modifications came from theft prevention back then. The removable face, slide outs, fake face plate. It was an epidemic back then.....probably still is.

[@MoMoMyPup10]

@@FreeMTrider yeah, remember that well. My favorite was the revolving face plate that made the deck look like a blank piece of plastic. This just reminded me that I used to have a recurring dream where my car was stolen and after tracking it down the stereo was always gone. The threat was real!

[@IronCavalier]

@@MoMoMyPup10 Yeah. This was in ‘82 or so… pretty easy to take out, it appears

[@jasondierbeck4392]

The pretty lady in the car at 23:37 when Brad is delivering is Nancy Wilson of Heart

[@Entiox]

I went to high school in the 80s and where you hung out largely depended on what clique you were in. I was a metal head and the metal heads, punks and hippies mostly hung out behind the school in an area that was just outside the fence that went around most of the school grounds but was still part of them so we couldn't get in trouble for being off grounds. It had a lot of trees that we could use for cover as we smoked cigarettes and/or weed and whoever wasn't smoking would be the lookout to call the alarm if security was spotted approaching.

[@barbkennedy9382]

It was a very popular flick at the time but it never moved me as much as '10 Things I Hate About You' with Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles did...Oh, I would watch 'A Knights Tale' too with HL in it...Not a bad movie at all and it has some great music...

[@planthungry]

It's even more fun watching Sean Penn as Spicoli when you know he's been nominated for 5 Academy Awards and won twice!

[@Jcruzer70]

I was actually in middle school when this came out but this is the ultimate coming of age high school movie that's actually relatable. The Breakfast Club is also phenomenal but Fast Times has that amazing soundtrack, too!

[@Bellthorian]

Nickolas Cage was an extra in this movie as one of the guys working the grill at All American Burger. He is credited under his real name Nickolas Coppola.

[@DeannaAKADeanna]

Spicoli is played by 2-time Oscar winner (Milk & Mystic River) Sean Penn & Jefferson played by Oscar winner Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland). There are SO many actors in this who went on to make more '80s flicks!

[@chadcallis8866]

Many of the students became very famous later in life. Phoebe cates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Forrest Whitaker, Sean Penn, judge Reinhold ( you recognized him from Beverly hills cop), and others

[@mattsnyderARTIST]

Yes this was an accurate depiction of High School in the 80's I graduated in "88😅

[@harlowrioux5790]

Me too! Oh, when they ask: What's a tape deck" I feel like I graduated in 1888 not 1988. lol I remember my friends removing their tape decks from their cars so they wouldn't get stolen lol Oh and the sweet addictive smell of mimeo ink hot off the press! I'd buy a mimeographed scented candle if they made one, Heck I'd buy mimeographed scented perfume lol

[@maureencollins5177]

Schools used a machine called a mimeograph to quickly print pages to hand out. The ink made them smell good. It was rumored it would get you high, but no. The football player is Oscar winner Forest Whitaker. Which reminds me, Good Morning, Vietnam with Whitaker and Robin Williams is a great movie.

[@Strawberryfearsforever]

I feel lucky that I was born in the 80s. When I was in middle school we listened to tapes, in High school we listened to CDs and in college we started downloading songs. I remember life before the internet, but was one of the first to jump in chat rooms. So glad I also got to play outside, riding bikes and playing games all over the neighborhood.

[@markmcgee2417]

I love that Amber saw the Devo poster! And I have that Debbie Harry poster next to it as well!

[@elawane]

One of the running gags that my friends and I noticed back in the '80s when we watched this movie was that he tells him to play the first side of Led Zeppelin 4 but when theycut to the scene in the car it's kashmere, which actually comes from the album Physical Graffiti

[@okielady73]

Came here to say this.

[@jefferybarnett6056]

If you look at the entire cast, you will be blown away with who they all became in the acting world. It is one of the most future star studded movies ever! Lots of them just had bit parts in this movie. I remember when it came out and it was just awesome and all these years later it holds up very well.

[@bobbymariani2839]

Even Nichols Cage

[@galvestoncandlecompany5696]

my fav Sean Penn films from back in the day are The Falcon and The Snowman and Dead Man Walking

[@victorsixtythree]

Man...how can a movie be SO of the 80's and also SO timeless at the same time?

[@USCFlash]

welllllll i disagree a tad there. it was filmed in 81 based on Cameron Crowe's book, that he wrote by going undercover in a high school in 1979. so really, it is about the late 70s turning to the 80s.....since the 80s comprised 11 years after this was written & 9 full years after filming. Notice how it has zero mid-late 80s cheese. So i would not say it was "of the 80s" so much as it was released in the early eighties. mtv had only been around a year when this came out. hell, "Thriller" hadn't even been released yet, when this opened & Madonna's first album was still a year away

[@susanharmon2740]

Well it looks like everyone answered your questions. LOL. I really enjoyed this reaction, it was, and still is, such a good movie. I agree with "Dazed and Confused". The soundtrack is killer!

[@antoinettelopes]

Three of these people went on to win the Oscar for Best Actor. Forest Whitaker who played the football player. Nicolas Cage who played Brad's friend. And Jeff Spicoli himself Sean Penn who actually won Best Actor twice.

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

And one of the girls was killed by Freddy Krueger, and another one (the spirit bunny not shown in the reaction) survived killer mall robots and comet zombies.

[@patcurrie9888]

Spicoli, a young Sean Penn This movie was the bomb back then.

[@buckbuchanan4902]

The 80's was the decade of my teens, and I am so blessed to have grown up then. The big football player you recognized is the great actor Forest Whittacker, who has been in heaps of great movies. For another fun 80's High School movie, check out Wildcats. It's a football movie that stars Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson and Goldie Hawn.

[@jcarlovitch]

So did I and I actually saw the movie in the theater that Ratner worked in which was in the old Sherman Oaks Galleria mall. The far away scenes of that football game was a real game between Conoga park high school Versus Van Nuys high school.

[@jtoland2333]

It was such a great time, and I think few of us realized at the time how the world was about to change. I'd be lying if I said I was wise enough to appreciate it in the moment.

[@DustinHawke]

I was born in '80. I wish I could have been a teen in the 80s. The 90s were cool though, but the 80s had to be the best for the teenage years.

[@LoveBandit1000]

He's not that great of an actor...if you notice every character he plays has that same weak eye... 😀

[@buckbuchanan4902]

@@LoveBandit1000 Are you saying he is not a great actor because of a physical condition? What???? He can't open his left eye fully due to the hereditary condition ptosis. He won an Academy Award for his performance as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the film The Last King of Scotland (2006), and has also won a Golden Globe and a BAFTA! He has been nominated for 72 awards and won 59! Forest was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of fame in April of 2007. He has 136 acting credits to his name.

[@ryanmahoney4185]

Sean Penn, the guy who plays Spicoli, became one of the greatest actors ever. Won an Oscar.

[@jasonremy1627]

The football player is Forest Whittaker. He's been in a hundred movies. His biggest was probably playing Idi Amin in "The Last King of Scotland".

[@betsybabf748]

I graduated in 1990 so I enjoyed the 80s. High school was 1986 to 1990 and feel fortunate to have gotten to experience such fun high school years. We hung out in the front, and in the student smoking area...yes, we had one and were allowed to smoke at school. Sometimes teachers would come out to our smoking area and bum a cigarette off of us, and stand and smoke with us. Boy, things have changed.

[@twobeer3316]

My favorite pop culture movie of all time. So many classic lines, so many great young future stars. Mr. Hand was the Martian, on the sitcom My Favorite Martian... Forrest Whitaker was great with John Travolta in Phenomenon.

[@five4fighting194]

Phobe coming up out of the pool is by far one of the most iconic scenes from the 80’s bar none.

[@H-sgracesavedme1711]

One of my favorite movies from the 80’s. Can NEVER be duplicated! Epic classic!

[@The_Magic_Man_Is_Here]

The girl in the Corvette next to Brad at the stop light when he had his Captain Hook hat on was Nancy Wilson of "Heart" making a cameo appearance. 👍

[@chart6454]

For the record Spicoli isn’t totally fictional. None of the characters are. An early 20s Cameron Crowe went undercover for a year as a high school student to get materials for the book this is based on. Spicoli is a composite of several students. Mark Ratner is based on Andy Rathbone, author of a few “Computing for Dummies” books.

[@solidsnake58]

I forgot this was Cameron Crowe! They totally need to check out Say Anything and Almost Famous too.

[@冨里ブライアン]

Yeah the book this is based off is in the non-fiction section of the library, because it is based on a true story

[@laustcawz2089]

@@solidsnake58 Yes, Cameron Crowe wrote the book & the screenplay, but it was the directorial debut of Amy Heckerling, who went on to direct "Johnny Dangerously", "Clueless" & National Lampoon's European Vacation".

[@solidsnake58]

@@laustcawz2089 oh cool. I learned something today. It also looks like she directed Clueless, Look Who’s Talking and Johnny Dangerously. I knew she sounded familiar.

[@deesee3622]

Sean penn said he knew a real life Spicoli-type and thats who inspired him

[@BGRPiccu]

As an old dude, I remember seeing this on network tv as a kid. Of course, all the nudity & cursing were edited out, but I was just fascinated by it. The Phoebe Cates, Linda, scene of her coming up out of the pool is iconic & flipped the switch in many a pre-teen boys. She's still one of my all time crushes from when I was a kid. I've seen this movie around 50 times probably. In the same vein, you should watch the other high school period movies. American Graffiti is 60's high schoolers, National Lampoon's Animal House is 60's college, Dazed and Confused is 70's high school & Clueless is 90's high school. All great, classic movies.

[@janethernandez724]

All Good suggestions of movies for them to react to. I think they will like American Graffiti, that has a lot of music they may have reacted to or will learn a new song to react to. AND they will be introduced to an old time DJ we once knew as 'Wolfman Jack" aw man he was something else back in his radio days! Something to look forward to I suppose! 👍

[@arizrich]

Lots of fun with this one guys. And as everyone has said, when the mimeograph paper was handed out by the teacher every single kid would be sniffing it. I'd sniff it now if I could! Another movie similar to this would be "American Graffiti" set in the 50s with a soundtrack that makes the movie. Again, like this movie it follows several plotlines that weave between the characters. You'd love it! (And Jay, I know what you mean about football, I don't think they portray hippies right!) Peace!

[@richardupcott9026]

I vote for American Graffiti as well. Lots of music for 50 to early 60's

[@Dee-eq1pg]

Yep with the mimeograph paper😂😂

[@CanuckDWfan]

Set in 1962 actually, in the short period of time between the death of Buddy Holly et.al. and just before the Beatles blew up and America became involved in Viet Nam. Love American Graffiti

[@LA_HA]

I vote for American Graffiti, too. The peer pressure. haha

[@Crazychick64]

Before we had CDs we listen to cassette tapes. Car radios that play tapes were called tape decks

[@sagittarian1955]

🤣🤣🤣 OMG!! Love you guys! Had to stop the movie because Amber and Jay just asked "What's a tape deck?" Hopefully someone else has already explained. If you didn't have a tape deck in your car, you just were not cool at all!

[@heidimackay1902]

Omg there was nothing like growing up in the 80's best times of my life, it was like being able to live in 2 different worlds no technology to computers and cell phones so grateful I was able to experience life before things changed.