Fast Times at Ridgemont High | Ep #51

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It's the final installment of the 1982 Movie Retrospectacle (or Retrospectacular, depending on what we feel like calling it at any given moment)! We round out the four-part series with Fast Times at Ridgemont High. The movie that set the mold for all high school movies to come. Or was it? "Hey, I know that dude!" 

**Warning: This episode contains some bad words. So, if you don't like that kind of thing...**

 

Show Notes: 

01:17 1982 Retrospectacle: the final episode

04:35 The quintessential high school movie?

05:46 Porky's

08:04 The cheering squad | That's not a nerd | Blame John Hughes?

11:18 The opening sequence

11:31 Interlude: The Go-Go's "We Got the Beat"

14:28 Jimmy Fallon and Mike Damone. Separated at birth?

16:52 Spicoli

22:25 "There are no villains"

23:29 Linda's "boyfriend"

26:44 Jennifer Jason Leigh

31:00 Ridgemont High School kids just deal with it

33:48 Interlude: "He's gonna kill us!"

35:38 Mike Damone

40:15 Surprises on set

41:18 Interlude: "Way to go Hamilton!"

44:00 Where are they now?

44:34 The sequel (in spirit) to Fast Times: The Wild Life

45:50 Fast Times at Ridgemont High: The book

47:30 Ron Johnson, Stereo Engineer

48:02 Brad Hamilton

52:24 80s movies fixtures

55:40 A 1982 Retrospectacle Round-up

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Fast Times at Ridgemont High | Ep #51