Phoebe Cates Loved Everything About "Fast Times At Ridgemont High" | Letterman
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- Опубликовано: 24 май 2022
- Phoebe talks about her roles in "Fast Times," "Gremlins" and more.
(From "Late Night," air date: 8/27/84)
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Phoebe Cates was one of the best things of the 80's. Simply beautiful.
Jennifer Jason Leigh's nude scene personally was my favorite in Fast Times
80s Jennifer Connelly would give her a good competition for that title.
Geez..I hadn't noticed🙂
@@VCT3333 yeah, good point! The Hot Spot; Career Opportunities!...mind you those were In the 90's
Couldn't said it better myself.
Kevin Klein is a very lucky man indeed. Pheobe is a treasure. The 'magic twinkle' in her eyes is spellbinding.
Child molester, naw, I'm just jealous.😆😅😂
Phoebe is so lovely. She was every school boy's dream girl back in the 80's.
Hell yeah she did
big time
@Baronarx V Not in my era. You must be from a very different generation
@Baronarx V lmfao, why are you trying so hard to tell people you are straight? You sound like you have something to hide by calling "lovely" gay.
@Baronarx V she is straight too
Dark black gorgeous hair. She is the cutest thing. Her attitude is so endearing.
The pool scene has to be one of the most replayed in movie history. Absolutely gorgeous.
Also Bo Derek in 10 the beach scene
I was about 8 years old when I saw that scene.... I'm just realizing that scene is the reason I am attracted to raven haired women!!
Easy on the eyes
I read an article once that one of the admins from Blockbuster Video compiled a list of movies (VHS tapes) they had to replace from wear. Fast Times was number 2 because of the pool scene. Number 1 was Sharon Stone's interrogation scene in Basic Instinct.
That scene made Moving In Stereo (The Cars) one of my all time favorite songs because, reasons...Edit: Two reasons to be precise.
Phoebe Cates was the epitome of 80's beauty. I so adored her in both "Fast Times" and "Gremlins", respectively.
Don't forget Private School 🎒💯❤️❤️❤️❤️, Great Actress and Beauty.
My God this is so nostalgic.
I'd say it was Alyssa Milano, but Phoebe Cates is up there too.
@@Laidengizer011I think Phoebe Cates is a lot more beautiful than Alyssa but they weren’t really contemporaries were they?
@@wcolautti Phoebe is definitely cute, but Alyssa was obviously beautiful. Time to go back and look at her again. Not saying she was necessarily better-looking, but they're definitely close.
She has the best smile in the history of the human race.
Phoebe Cates is just a beautiful person inside and out and an incredible actress. Fast Times was very much my high school and teenage experience growing up. Extremely accurate for the period.
Nope. Now she's mean, nasty and obnoxious
Fast Times and Dazed and Confused double feature for if any grandkids ask "what was it like when You were in High School?"
Can you imagine coming home to her every single day!? WOW
Kevin Kline has known that feeling for many years.
Dude, hes seen EVERY part of her. Not trying to be pervy, but that guy is so lucky.
@@chocolatetownforever7537 so has every who's seen her movies. Big whoop
@@elgatofelix8917 not exactly...maybe you skipped health and anatomy classes kid!
Yeah, you would get used to it and if she is not a great person you would get tired of her. A pretty face can't make you happy. I speak from experience here.
The kind of girl whose beauty just stuns you and makes you forget your own name. Sublime.
She is off the charts on beauty. She has a smile that lights up the world and that gorgeous head of hair is unreal.
She's the reason Fast Times is so memorable.
The only reason...
She got out of Hollywood scene before it jaded her.... brilliant
I think I've seen "Fast Times" nearly 100 times...truly a classic!
Mr Pizza Guy who ordered the double cheese double sausage? Right here dude
People on ludes, shouldn't drive. 😎🤘
We know which scene you watched 1000s of times.
When are those Earth Wind & Fire tickets Coming in?
What the hell is wrong with you?
Yes, the swimming pool scene. I was in my late teens for Fast Times and I had the predictable reaction to it. The cars were already one of my favorite bands, and the combination of her obvious beauty, the song, and the surreal direction coalesced into a dreamlike quality that I can recall these many years later.
But I’ve seen that movie since, and as an adult it took on a new quality. Some very heavy issues were addressed in that film, to the point of discomfort. It truly was a landmark movie, and has stood the test of time not because of a poolside topless fantasy but rather exceptional writing, a killer cast, and expert direction. And throughout, Phoebe Cates was absolutely wonderful. A gifted actress that made “one of the ten most beautiful women in the country” seem like the girl next door. She gave the character an odd yet approachable combination of beauty and awkwardness, confidence and insecurity. I understand it, but I wrestle with seeing such a wonderful performance reduced to a single, albeit legendary scene. Ms. Cates, thanks for the wonderful and yes, unforgettable performance.
You are overthinking it rather there.
I bet your doing the Fantasy Guy part Right Now,, aren’t you…. AREN’T YOU !! YOU SICK PUPPY YOU!!
@@Twirlyhead
Ya think? Lol
I didn't find Cates character in that film like the girl next door. She seemed much more the unobtainable beauty that at least put forth the idea that she was very advanced for her age. Completely out of the league of any high school boys.
She was American's Sweetheart! I was in high school when Fast times at Ridgemont High came out....
Great time to be alive!
The "Pool scene" is an absolute classic. Still lampooned to this day.👙
3 cinema moments that live with me forever. The Death Star exploding, the dinosaurs running through the field in Jurassic Park and Phoebe getting out of the swimming pool.
The Jurassic dinos and Death Star exploding just filled me with angst --- Phoebe's scene relieved tension in my nuts!
Wow! ...how childish.
It's too bad those all didn't happen in the same movie! Could you imagine? 😂
Oh, man! I remember her so well! The definition of goddess.
Dave was completely accurate when he described "Fast Times" as a fine film. There was critical derision at the time - I can remember the local paper dumping on the movie - but it's clearly made with heart and sincerity. In the years since it was released the movie has rightfully become a classic.
@Wilt Chamberlain is the GOAT
It was great, but I'd rank Weird Science above it. I laughed alot harder.
@@MeneerHerculePoirot WS had little basis in reality
@Wilt Chamberlain is the GOAT Fast Times has become so lauded a film that it was recently preserved in the Library of Congress as a film of lasting cultural value ( as well as a great time capsule of early 80's Southern California teen life)
@@007ndc if you were a teenager when that came out it was so accurate no matter where you lived.
@@hankkingsley9300 you so right
Not only did Phoebe's topless scene make her more famous, but it also made the Cars more famous too. I didn't even know who the Cars were until Fast Times, and I bought the album based on that one song. The album was killer too, but that one song should be Phoebe's theme song forever!
Moving in Stereo, hell yes!
Absolute perfect song for that scene!!
Pretty shocking you didn't know the Cars before then. They were quite big by that time. Their debut album came out in '78 and went 6x platinum. Then 3 more platinum albums after that before this movie came out.
@@ericsloss3963 He was probably pretty young.
@@Laidengizer011 Still surprising. They were on the radio all the time.
Look at her. What a creature. Props to Dave for keeping a semblance of composure.
One of the "Most Beautiful Women in America" in 1982??? WRONG!!! One of the most beautiful women,EVER!!!😃👍
That was as little composure as I've ever seen him with, actually. Hard to blame him though. 😉
Fast Times was a great movie, and the whole cast was fantastic! It is a true classic for the time…..
Absolutely!
Just marveling at how young Letterman is looking. I started watching his show probably in 85-86. Really miss the 80's.
My 80s crush love her to this day.
One of my biggest crushes.
Phobe takes me back to better times and makes me happy
She is totally at ease and Dave seems completely off his game, like a kid who can’t talk to his crush.
If you were sitting across from her could you talk?
ha no
He was a big creepy tho
We all would be LOL
A kid ? Dave was like 60 during this and she was 21 super creepy man
she's stunning! ♥
This was a joy to watch, just for Dave's whole demeanor. I don't believe I've ever seen him so flustered. He seems to have really had a thing for li'l Phoebe, though who could blame the guy?
Oh my word she's absolutely gorgeous. No grotty tattoos or piercings like a lot of modern women.
Thankfully in the 80's full body disfigurement hadn't hit yet.
thats because shes a class act !
Yes exactly, a lot of the women walking around now look like they just got out of prison.
Damn my peers have all turned into the Lawrence Welk fogies judging my long hair and Alice Cooper shirt 😂😂😂
@@demonhoopa A tattoo or 2 is ok, covered in them, not a good look. All trends die hard! You really want to open laser tattoo removal clinics. You will be rolling in cash!
3:10 Love the way she says "nope"...
I love that she is so easygoing and able to deal with Letterman's attitude. She is totally aware of what he is doing and handles it beautifully. I remember when he had Tom Cruise on and he said to Cruise that I guess you can handle yourself based on the roles he played. Instead of realizing Letterman was making fun of him, and his macho roles. Cruise answered defensively and without laughing "yeah I'm okay and I can handle myself.
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🔯 Epstein 🔯
Dave was a respectful interviewer here. I see no attitude
5:48 she mentions she used to babysit Kate Capshaw's daughter. Kate Capshaw's daughter is Jessica Capshaw, who later played Arizona Robbins on Grey's Anatomy.
She was very good in Fast Times Dave you’re correct it was a terrific scene 👍😊
Cannot get over how "Breathtaking" she looks!
Definitely! I paused the video at least a half dozen times just to take screenshot pics of her.
Saw her at a wedding party, she was newly married at the time. Yes, amazing beauty.
She was so adorable. Fast Times was something else. It was quite clear she didn't want to talk much about Paradise. I will just say if you want to see more of Phoebe, Paradise is def the film to see. She's had a nice quiet life. She prob doesn't miss acting at all. I thought she should have been a bigger star.
Adam Carolla said Kevin Kline married her and benched her during her prime. He hated it.
Married to Kevin Klein and has two kids
In Hollywood, they all get nervous about talking about old projects that aren't really Hollywood approved. Paradise was nothing but a Blue Lagoon ripoff (itself a bad movie) that featured Cates' beauty. I'll watch Paradise over Blue Lagoon any day, but I'm sure her agents were telling her to not talk about Paradise. I think here she was afraid that Dave was going to say more about it like he was setting her up. I get the feeling that Dave really just knew nothing about it and was curious.
It was 1984 and I was 17 year old stockboy when she entered the store I worked at on 72nd street (UWS of Manhattan). She asked me for assistance to reach a product on a high shelf. I remember being nervous as I used a "reach grabber" to retrieve her item . . . and I remember falling in love.
Can't say you didn't have your shot.
I mean she is just insanely above and far above and other worldly beautiful and I cant even thinknof another words to describe her pure beauty as I'm just too awestruck to even type
The face Phoebe make after she caught Brad. That was absolutely hilarious!
Pheobe was a 100% All Natural Beauty ! 😍
I've never seen a more beautiful woman than this girl in her prime.
I'm going with Christina Applegate but I wouldn't kick either of them out of bed for eating crackers!😉
She is definitely second to whoever is first.
No offense to Ms. Derek, but if shes a ten, this woman is an eleven.
I think she shot some rare publicity photos for Fast Times in a different bikini --- girl had an amazing ass back then
Fast times at Richmont high is one of my favorite movies 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽🏆🏆🏆
1984 Phoebe Cates is an all time favorite.
Letterman’s folded arms tells the entire story of his comfort level.
Omg ...this ep takes me back...
What teenage boy was not head over heals in love with her 💕 ❤ 💗 ♥
I think she is one of the most beautiful actors of all time. And fast times was a staple of my generation. Her scene with the carrot makes me crack up.
The carrot scene is probably what most teen girls do at slumber parties LOL
I'm glad that Phoebe liked everything about Fast Times because I sure liked her being in one of my favorite movies - PEACE LOVE n HIPPYNESS ✌❤☮
You can almost tell by her eyes that she was more than willing to give up stardom for a real life. God bless Phoebe for choosing wisely. She was then and still is today a gorgeously soul.
Yeah you can say that about her eyes......now. You must have ESPN.
why is that "choosing wisely"?? i think she SHOULD have been a big star. instead, she disappeared soon after this.
No.. yu can't. Get real.
@@capacola262743 she married actor Kevin Kline in 1989 and put her career on hold a few years later to have and raise their children - they are still happily married and have a net worth of $35 million and their daughter is a successful musician - I'd say she made the right choice
@@billymuellerTikTok damn right.
Breath taking Beauty and every mans dream girl!
She is absolutely adorable
Phoebe is 21 here and is handling this interview with great maturity. Do we see this type of poise from 21 year olds today?
Yea. Scarlett Johansson comes to mind. Jennifer Lawrence is another one.
My nephews and nieces ask me what was the 80s like and I say just watch fast times at ridgemont high!
Good goddess … I was a horribly awkward teen in the 80’s…but Phoebe was a beautiful part of my coming of age … Gremlins was another very cool part of the 80’s...such a cool time.
A lot of people don't know that she was huge in Japan. Japanese magazine and ads made her a lot of money and exposure. Beautiful woman. Fast Times came out the same year I was a senior in HS. Great memories..
And she was the inspiration for Madoka Ayukawa from a classic anime series called Kimagure Orange Road
Japanese love everything foreign but they hate China and filipinos. Phoebe Cates is 25% filipino/chinese
I knew; this American subscribed to Roadshow and Screen magazines because of their Phoebe Cates and Brooke Shields coverage, bought her "Paradise" record and went to Japan 27 times.
Oh that pool scene….it is engraved in my brain!
It's still amazing. Fast Times wound up being every bit as socially significant as American Graffiti, & Pheobe was NO SMALL part of that !! "Hi Brad..." and the carrot in the lunchroom will live forever. Not one man over the age of 35 can look at ANY red bikini and not automatically think "Pheobe Cates !!!". Even in 2023. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Sean Penn, Judge Reinhold, & "Mr. Hand" also slayed EVERYONE !!! Thank you Phebes' & the gang !!!
Don’t forget Nicholas Cage when he was going by his uncles last name Coppola in the credits of the movie
I'm 48 and was a teen in the 80's. I was HUGE into movies. Rented everything that looked even half way decent at the video store. Never saw or even heard of this movie until maybe 15 years ago. Pretty weird, cause I would have loved it!
@@blackandbluecamaro2877 not sure how you can be a teen in the 80's and not know about "Fast Times" LOL
yikes, it's phoebe 😂
She was the most beautiful woman in the world!! God bless her!
I can never get enough of Phoebe. I wished she would have continued with her movie career but respect her choice.
Fun interview and yes she was the star of the 1980's. Only wish she did more movies.
Letterman is guilty,
He wished her a long career.
But obviously he did not do a good job.
I have no idea who she is, even I saw gremlins.
So I looked at her list of movies.
Quite short, compared with Brook Shields from Blue lagoon.
Or even with Milla from the blue lagoon .... returns.
50 is not so much, but few are quite great movies.
Memorable scene particularly because she looks so innocent!
The chimney plot from Gremlins threw me for a loop. I thought it was dark and clever.
There was a reason why just about any rental copy of Fast Times VHS tape was messed up right at the pool scene.
Phoebe, the 80’s fantasy dream girl
Letterman is so shy around Phoebe
Moving in Stereo… I still remember that scene lol
2:41 her beautiful eyes, her smile...Good Lord!
I hit puberty the millisecond that Fast Times hit the theaters.
To this day, I still can't hear Moving In Stereo without growing a semi.
I loved everything about Pheobe Cates on Fast Times in Ridgemont High lol
Love Fast Time's, still watch it on my DVD.
that smile..
Absolutely STUNNING! Had a huge crush on her in 82 when Fast Times came out!
And I loved everything about her in fast times!
"Fast Time at Ridgemont High" has aged unbelievably well. It feels better now than when it came out. It indeed is a genuinely fine film. Amy Heckerling is the most underrated American filmmaker of her generation.
Fast Times was a great movie, a lot of actors got their start in that movie..and Phoebe Cates was of course the highlight of it all. She was so gorgeous and perfect in every way…yes perfect 😍😍😍
Don't forget Jennifer Jason Leigh. The two together were perfect ❤
Phoebe Cates was the It girls of the early 80's.
Every time I hear "Moving in Stereo" by The Cars.....there is Linda Barrett.
Time to rub one out to Phoebe in a bikini
Dang she was gorgeous! Shame she stopped acting. I’d watch anything with her in it.
She's underselling Fast Times. It's a classic!
I think the problem is that back then almost all the Hollywood critics bashed it. Most gave it only 1 star. About 20 years later, the critics starting praising it, but when it came out most of them refused to acknowledge it as worthy of an honest review.
Let's thank Phoebe's dad....." If you wanna do it, do it".Great call!
Simply gorgeous
Gosh she is beautiful. That little shine or twinkle in her eyes is adorable 😂
I was secretly married to her at one time... Oh, wait that was a dream.
I estimate that she's had literally millions of 'husbands'. I count myself in that mass of humanity. But, it turns out that Kevin Kline is the only one who can really make that claim. Lucky bastard.
She’s Absolutely stunning
She's absolutely beautiful.
Phobe Cates is half Filipino like me and why I idolized her. She represented well and intelligent and gorgeous. She got out of the business when she married and had kids with Kevin Klein ,ran her own boutique,an accomplished business woman in Nycity..she made the transition to accomplished mature woman. Acting was just one of many. Shes still one of my tavorites from the 80s..
Not half, she only have 5% Filipino blood
Phoebe Cates is a Eurasian. European Asian. Her mom is Chinese.
To a Chinese - Filipino Heritage. Her dad American Europe descent. 😊
"LIfe's the same you're moving in stereo." Weird, why did that song suddenly pop into my head? And I can't get rid of it. No idea where it came from, or why.
Did you rub one out?
The Cleopatra of the 1980s.
My absolute dream girl.
LOL Dave always has been a very personable, very funny and absolute expert interviewer. Priceless, thx for the vid.
This is evidence that Dave was a horrible interviewer. He was jumping all over the place on timeline of her movies, had no research team on the fact she was there promoting her play . He seems like he is making it up as he goes along.
There was a skit Chris Farley used to do on SNL as a star struck amateur talk show interviewer where his character was more professional and prepared that Dave Letterman in general, but this interview was even worse than Dave's usual ineptitude.
Phoebe will always be gorgeous.
a true doll.
Phoebe is the most beautiful, gorgeous & adorable woman that has ever existed.
Some women are 1 or 2 of those, Phoebe is all 3.
She's a rare beauty with strikingly gorgeous features, and an easy going down to earth charming personality that is painfully adorable & enduring.
I've had a crush on her since I first saw her in the Gremlins when I was 5 in 1986.
YEPPER, We all loved it also.
Letterman literally licking his lips and repeatedly turning the conversation back to Paradise, even after Cates said the subject made her uncomfortable, seems more than a little creepy.
Thanks for posting! It's great to see Ms. Cates at possibly the peak of her legendary beauty.
“at possibly the peak of her legendary beauty” oh, no, no. Seems more than a little creepy!
You're absolutely right.
@@Keeferboy Think about it.
No creepiness to me at all. Simply inquiring for the audience into a lesser known part of her professional background. She doesn't seem uncomfortable at all.
@@cactaceous Sorry, you're right.
WOW! She still looks so good.
Dave was struggling to keep this conversation going. Entertaining none the less.
she wasn't much of a guest she should have wore something sexier for sure
Looking at older clips i noticed Dave got better at interviewing guest as he got older, especially after he became a father.
@@timyumichuck9262 pig
Dave had Phoebe on 5 or 6 more times after this and he hit on her every time it was like a running theme.
It was an awkward interview on both sides. Interviews have never been one of Dave's strengths and Phoebe was so young and not super talkative.
The chimney storey made me laugh out loud watching the movie it was unreal hahah
Phoebe Cates is such a good sport about everything! She was my 80s crush!
I miss the old days of Letterman. Later years....not so much.