Well i was far away in Nashville and 10 yrs old but my cousins lived in LA and they said the movie is on point. Great movie and you dont have to be from LA to love it.
The 80’s were awesome! I loved the music, movies, clothes and my big hair lol. I miss the carefree times with my friends. And no internet or cellphones.
We bought it on VHS as soon as it hit video stores and we would have FTATRH nights as my room was downstairs away from the parents and we would smoke that devels lettuce to get in the right mood lol.
Oh man, in 81 I was 9 and my brother smuggled me into the drive in to see this and I loved it! Loved it then and love it now at 52! There will never be another decade like the 80s!
@@twoblacklabs904”Dad, why can’t we get the 4head VCR that doesn’t svrew up the picture when you pause it?” Dad: “Why the hell do you need a VCR that….” *walks into room and sees paused Phoebe* Dad: “Let’s go to Radio Shack and see what they’ve got on sale. Don’t tell your mother.”
I’m right there with your stone. I grew up in the valley. I used to hang out at that galleria. I’m 55 and I have a 20 year-old Fast Times growing up in the valley!!
So, I'm old enough to remember Ditto's. The "smell" is the cookoff from the ink solvent, which gave you a quick headrush. Probabably chemicaly similar to poppers.
If anyone (that wasn't there at the time) wants to see what sniffing the paper was like, grab a sharpie and smell it while holding a stick of butter from the fridge. I fondly remember how "cool" the paper was (because 9 times out of 10 the teacher had just run it through the machine the period before). Ahh...tactile memories embedded in my brain - likely where the mathematical facts should have been stored. Don't know about the rest of the country, but we used to call that the Mimeograph machine.
I bought into the Spicoli character so much that I had problems taking Penn seriously as an actor for years! He did that part so well, and it was written so well.
Decade of debauchery, and excess. What could be better, for a latch key suburban, high school kid. For those of us that made it out alive, couldn't have been more fun. Best of all, wasn't camera's in everyone's pockets. So, all the wild craziness only lives in the minds if those that partook. No Incriminating evidence... just Great memories!!
Sniffing the ink on the paper didn't smell good. It gave you a minor HIGH. Like certain glue or spray paints. I would know, I started High School in 1984.
Reminds me of a moment in a simpsons comic where Otto is hanging out in the room where they're printing the school paper because "I'm just here for the fumes, man".
Kids were doing it in Primary school in Australia it wasn’t just high school. It was likely dangerous too. I wouldn’t be surprised if it lead to mental and cognitive issues down the track.
The page smelling thing did not give you a high. It smelled like glue and the pages were cold to the touch, and the smell did not last. But it was so cool.
NOTE: The Sherman Oaks Galleria was heavily damaged during the Northridge Earthquake in 1994. It was torn down and rebuilt with only the elevator shaft and parking garage left from the original build. The Santa Monica Mall used for the exterior shot was also torn down and rebuilt.
I had just left a lengthy comment above on the last time I went into that mall. It was a random weekday afternoon circa 1992. My mom had called me to take her there because she could not drive at the time, and she was trying to track down a certain pattern of fine china dishes. I had zero interest in china, so walked around and ended up outside Perry's Pizza. It looked exactly the same! I went in and ordered a slice, unfortunately not from Stacy or Linda, but rather who I assumed was the owner/operator. I believe he was Middle Eastern. I mentioned the film, and he was quite proud that THIS Perry's was the one in the film--he had bought it in the later 80s, and because he was not in the US had not even seen the film. After I got my slice I ate at a table looking outwards and realized that everything still looked pretty much the same as when they filmed inside the restaurant and other spots including the movie theater. I had been to the theater on prior occasions in the mid to late 80s, but me and my friends always seemed to end up at the late showings, so I recall the mall was mostly closed down and there were separate entrances from the outside to go only to the theater. So this afternoon visit a few years later was much more clear as my theory that most of L.A. was one big movie set. Never went there again before the earthquake, but have gone a few times in the past few years to catch movies and the new theater there. Of course, not much of anything looks the same. Thanks, earthquake...
I was visiting a friend in North Hollywood in 1981. One day when he was working I went to the Sherman Qaks Galleria and I remember like half the mall was closed off. Probably for filming of FTARH
MR. HAND was a combo of Mr. Neman and Mr. Kay. I had both teachers and THEY nailed Mr. HAND. I was in the middle of this. Graduated in 79/80 from Clairemont
the fact Ray Walston doesn't immediately make you think of the TV Series My Favorite Martian shows that A. You're not American nor old as dirt B. That I am 😂 Thanks for yet another awesome ten things episode , they absolutely brighten up my day every time, Cowabunga from Arizona USA!
@kenn5287 Bwahahahaha SAME! Well sort of, due to lack of friends and an ungodly obsession with the ole TV and thanks to basic cable and UHF (yes not just a Weird Al film 😂) I saw many video treats that were not necessarily of my generation 😂
Hi, Mark! I was at a Barnes & Noble and found a copy of the Criterion Collection version of this. Of course, I grabbed it! The big reason I did (despite already having a copy of the original DVD release) was because the Criterion Blu-ray included the TV cut of the film which included a bunch of extra scenes not available anywhere else, including Nick Coppola 😉 getting a few lines!
He talks about the guy he copied in an interview. He said the guy was a stoner surfer, and he had run into the guy recently, and the guy ended up being a cleaned up family guy. He was shocked but never told the guy he stole that character from him, and he wouldn't mention the guys name.
I graduated high school in 1982. This movie was very close to what high school was like at that time. At least it did where I grew up. You could identify with most of the characters. My school had someone just like each character in the movie. The things we did back then, and what influenced us were spot on. We did some crazy stuff, but all in all, we were mostly good kids just trying to figure out our place in the world. The relationships we had were similar to the movie. The behaviors were similar. This has always been a nostalgic favorite movie of mine.
I think the paper selling scene was from a mimeograph machine, not a ditto-machine. Both were pre-photocopier technology, and both have weird smells. We had a mimeograph at our school in the early 80s. You had to type a document on special paper, then feed it through the machine with a hand crank, and it would produce copies on blue ink. And it had a weird sweet smell. Since the ink would fade eventually, you would make the copies "fresh". We did not have a ditto-machine though.
YES! I worked in the office from time to time as I was able to graduate at the end of my junior year but stayed for the fun of my senior year of course. I ran off more tests on the mimeo machine for the office than anything else!
yes, mineograph! i remember that now. i used to help my grandma who was a teacher by churning out copies on that thing. i remember after awhile you sort of got a mini buzz!
Yeah - I think Ditto was a specific brand name, as everywhere I went they were called mimeograph machines. It's funny that people these days are perplexed by that scene. I suppose there is a hard age cutoff when photocopiers got a lot more affordable for schools all over the place because people my age knew exactly why they sniffed those sheets 😆
@@ama0858 It wasn't the ink, it was methyl alcohol that was used as a solvent to make the ink transfer to the blank paper. The ink itself was relatively odorless.
Thanks Minty for brightening up morning with this slice of 80's Nostalgia , This was an awesome movie , and has a lot of heart to it in addition to being bloody hilarious .😄 Keeping quality 80's movies alive CHEERS Mate.
The casting on this movie was incredible. The story, the directing. Everything spot on. It didn't try to be Shakespeare, but in terms of quality of construction, it was one of only a handful of perfect movies.
#11 Also actress Meg Tilly (The Big Chill, Psycho 2, Agnes Of God) said on her own RUclips channel that she was originally cast as the Jennifer Jason Leigh character but the Director changed her mind when she noticed Meg looked too much like Phoebe Cates. (they're both half Chinese in real life) They were suppose to be friends in the film but looked more like sisters. Also they feared audiences would get confused.
The director needs new glasses. There are pictures where they look very similar, but in live action I wouldn't be confused. I do get the they could be sisters thing.
My favourite during that time was entering the school office just before class started in the morning, the mimeograph (ditto) machine had been going full bore for a long time and the entire office had that smell. It was glorious.
Thanks, Minty.I would volunteer to make copies in the office when I was in 6th grade. I still remember the look and smell of that purple ink. Great times in the 70s and 80s.
Actually there was no purple ink. In spirit duplicators a master is created by writing/typing on a sheet of purple wax which is transferred to the back of the master. The master is then put on the duplicating drum which rolls the master over paper that has been moistened with alcohol. It is the residual alcohol the kids were sniffing, not the non-existent ink.
Fun fact... Judge Reinhold thought Sean Penn was really a stoner surfer since Penn insisted he stay in character through the entire filming. He was blown away when Penn came out of the Spicoli roll after it wrapped.
Copy paper also had a weird texture like smooth glass and they were usually handed out fresh & warm like someone decided to toss them in a microwave for a minute, the warmer the paper the stronger the odor. A lot of people rubbed their faces with them too, you could always tell who did that because the ink smeared.
The cast were kids starting their careers and did a good job as did Amy Heckerling. But Ray Walston was a pro and steals every scene he’s in. Great movie and as a ‘69 grad can tell you mimeograph highs were a thing long before I was a freshman.
1982 i was 13 living in L.A. California. i snuck in the back of the movie theater and watch this movie 10 times in a week. did the same for ET when it came out. lol. keep up the good work sir.
I lived in Northridge, but remember going into the Sherman Oaks Galleria on a few occasions to watch movies at the theater in the mid to late 80s. In the early 90s, my mom was looking for some specific fine China dishes and could not drive at the time so she called me and asked me to take her to the Galleria. We went on a random weekday afternoon. I had zero interest in China, and ended up ditching mom and grabbing a slice of pizza at Perry's Pizza. The entire mall was somewhat dead and I took it all in from the view looking out from Perry's; L.A. in general was one big movie set. The mall, about 10 years after the film came out, looked exactly the same. Of course, a couple years later the '94 earthquake hit and the Galleria was not rebuilt to anything it looked like in Fast Times, so I only have that last memory on the random weekday in the near empty mall. One small place that still looks the same is the corner of Chatsworth and White Oak in Granada Hills. My parents still live a couple miles away from that intersection. What happened there? That was the scene at the red light when Brad, who was delivering dozens of boxes of fast-food fish to the guys at IBM, thought the woman in the Corvette was flirting with him. He then noticed her laughing and realized he still had the uniform for Captain Hook Fish and Chips on and the woman was laughing at him. He drove off tossing the fish out onto Chatsworth Street. Had he made a left at White Oak, a few blocks up, he may have come face to face with some bike riders, one of which had an alien in a basket. That was the street where E.T. used his 'magic' to make the bikes defy gravity and fly escaping the evil Feds (tying into how L.A. is one big movie set.
Crazy how all of the cast went on to have great careers and the folks that didn't get the parts also went on to have flourishing careers. I saw an interview with either Sean Penn or one of the other characters and it was mentioned that Sean stayed in character through the entire period of filming. This included off camera and off set too. smelling the Ditto prints was definitely a thing! When the movie came out I received calls telling me they'd movie with a main character that reminded them of me. haha
This was my last year of high school and my best friend would continue to recite many lines from the movie, and pretty much all of Sean Penn's. That 1979 Camaro Z-28 that he wrecked has always been my dream car.
A friend of mine went to the HS in San Diego when Cameron was there getting his inside look at high school life - new many of the "characters" in the movie or who they were based on. Said the school was pissed when the book came out. The 80's were great! Malls used to be the place to hang out - and they were SAFE!! Miss those days - and music!
Pretty much the last glimpse snapshot of old LA. Sean Penn based his character on a surfer friend. About 2 decades later he met that same surfer again now married and family in passing at a beach parking lot who said to Penn that Spicoli character was so spot on. Quite a juncture for Jennifer Jason Leigh, her father Vic Morrow was killed 20 days before the release of Fast Times on August 13th 1982. Vic probably knew his daughter was in the movie production, but probably never saw the final cut. Would Vic have been at odds with the scenery of his daughter portrayed in the movie? Hard to tell, show business is show business. Also a trained concert pianist Ray Walston said he needed this role to break the stereotype of being a Martian TV character it really bugged him. Yet after Fast Times people called him Mr. Hand and that made him very happy. As it was he was proudest of his Judge Bone role on "Picket Fences." Sean Penn used to try and aggravate Walston between takes and with improv startle the actors who were extras in that classroom. For the Fast Times TV show the TV network wouldn't let Spicoli be a stoner and instead very confused.
It's funny how Danny Elfman contributed to both soundtracks AND film scores (and tv shows)... he was everywhere before people even noticed. He's as much an 80s treasure as his films.
I remember sniffing the paper. We called the process a mimiograph. It used an ink similar to indelible ink. The chemical in the ink is a solvent and gave you a high.
Great video, Minty! The Galleria in Sherman Oaks as seen in the film was destroyed in the Northridge Earthquake in 1994. The mall was replaced with an open air shopping center that houses a movie theater, gym, and several restaurants - no longer as expansive as it once was.
ive been watching your videos for a while now, you have done a great job on improving your presenting them over time, much more refined and finding the balance between joking and serious. you have a fan here!
I never watched the TV show. But always loved the movie. I grew up in the 80's and when I look back, we didn't realize what an iconic time that was. The movies, the arcade, the girls, the fashion, the music, Skateboarding and BMX Freestyle. We thought all the rad times and things were going to go on forever.
Having gone to high school in San Diego, about 5 miles from Claremont High and graduating in 1984, I can say with some authority that this film should be listed as a documentary. If that doesn't quite work someone needs to put up the "Based on Actual Events" disclaimer. Keep up the good work.
I watched the “clean” version a zillion times on regular tv when I was a kid. Loved it. Bought the dvd when I was older and WOWZERS! Big difference😂 That and Conan the Barbarian used to come on all the time back in the day. Loved the “clean” version of that too but of course the real versions of both are better🤓
Hey you "Fuzzy nerd" don't be talking that "Bull stuff" 🤣🤣 gaah the overdubs for the clean version of this movie are hilariously bad! I mean BAAAAAAAAD.
In grade school in the 70s it was an honor to get picked to go to the office and turn the crank on the ditto machine! Loved it. Also go take the black board erasers to get cleaned with a vacuum type machine.
There were two deleted scenes that reappeared in a network broadcast of the movie. In the theatrical release, Stacy's abortion was just her going to the clinic and then coming out later, being met by her brother. But the deleted sequence depicted the abortion process in more detail where Stacy clearly didn't enjoy going through it. In another deleted scene, Brad has a meeting with a school counselor about his grades dropping, and is accused of slacking off while having fun during his last year in high school. Brad retorts that he gets up early to work a couple hours at Mi-T-Mart, then goes to school, then has to jam through his homework before going back to Mi-T-Mart for a few more hours. All to make money while he's waiting for the fun to start.
I don't understand how van nuys is in los Angeles and Sherman oaks is in the valley, boggles my mind, the movie was damn good! for it's era, I was 12 back then, watched it everyday on vhs.
This is one of my favorite movies of all time. I lived this experience growing up during that era and not far from where they filmed it. There is one thing about this video that I have to take issue with, though, and that's how Phoebe Cates, Robert Romanus, and Brian Backer were the actors among all those others who went on to do larger stuff to do other stuff. I don't think those three actors ever did reach that level of fame that the others included. Other than that, I loved this video. And here I thought I knew everything about this movie but obviously didn't.
😎👍🇺🇲 Still one if my favorites. Even at my age. The memories are fresh. Phoebe Kates was one of my first teenage crushes. As a maintenance tech. I still use the "my dad is a television repairman" bit as with several others.
I watched this when it first came out, and we still to this day, every day, quote something or other from this film. Every day there is some line that is part of our Lexicon. "Get a clamwhich" "ah, No" "i have uno nicklette" "who ordered the double cheese and sausage?" When I was in LA I had to go and eat at All American Burger
During the COVID-19 pandemic, as a fundraiser for CORE (Community Organized Relief Effort), a nonprofit charity co-founded by Sean Penn, a table read was organized for the film. After the table read, Cameron Crowe and Amy Heckerling hosted a discussion about the film.
The one thing i totally missed the first time seeing this movie was that Phoebe Cate's character Linda who gave Stacy all her advice about dating and sex was a virgin and never had a boyfriend who was away at collage.
@@MaxStax1 How about the fact that Phoebe Cates is actually younger than Jennifer Jason Leigh and yet she played the older friend in the movie hmm.....🤔🏫🥕🤷
I remember being in grade 1 in elementary school in 1983, and we had the ditto machine. I almost forgot about that smell, lol! It's hard to describe but it was a bit addictive and distinct in scent!
Awesome coverage of this classic! Makes me want to watch it again today and reminisce! Happy happy! Thank you, Minty! I have been a subscriber for awhile and really enjoy your work! 🎞📽
I love this movie and it was the first movie review I ever published. Mostly based on the situation that I used to watch it as a young kid with my mom as she loved it so much when it came out. I had it line for line memorized by age 10 and had no idea what it really was. Great video! Keep making them
One of my all time favorites. Snuck in when I was like ten years old. Nobody cared a kid was in a rated R film sitting alone…heh. I remember moving to Santa Monica in the late 90s and noticing the facade of the third street promenade mall was used as the opening shot of the movie. Just the exterior. The interior was the mall you talked about. That facade is long gone now as is the third street promenade area…it’s like junkie hobo walking dead now.
My parents were both teachers so I loved volunteering to go make copies for them when I helped out for their classes 😂 I graduated from an LA high school in ‘84….a very real slice of Southern California life!
I was 13 in 1981, and I grew up in Southern California. This movie nailed it. That's how life felt. Great research, Minty. Love your work.
Same, I was 15 and even our smallish high school school had the same type of characters, we only had 4 pat benatars 😅. Good times.
Like wow. That is like really interesting. Like wow.
Well i was far away in Nashville and 10 yrs old but my cousins lived in LA and they said the movie is on point. Great movie and you dont have to be from LA to love it.
What high school did you go to? Taft here.
I was 20 and just entered the Navy. Went to El Camino High School 76-80 in Oceanside, Ca. That was very close to what my high school was.
Mimiograph print smelled so great. Still got many from 39 years ago. The smell is gone, but memories remain. Thanks Minty.❤❤
Can confirm. I love that smell!
Personally, I thought it smelled nasty. But I sniffed anyway. Peer pressure you know.🙂
Ditto machine papers were printed in purple ink and was somewhat difficult to read. It had that faded look.
It's a smell that hits the "1980s jr. high flashback" button at the base of the brain.
That tracks. Scent _is_ the strongest of the five senses that is tied to memory.
This was hands down. My favorite movie of all time.
Especially in 1983. Till today the memories will last a lifetime. God, I miss the 80s.
This & The Breakfast Club we’re great
So do I.
The 80’s were awesome! I loved the music, movies, clothes and my big hair lol. I miss the carefree times with my friends. And no internet or cellphones.
We bought it on VHS as soon as it hit video stores and we would have FTATRH nights as my room was downstairs away from the parents and we would smoke that devels lettuce to get in the right mood lol.
you like it so much because you were a young teenager then, and nostalgia is a strong emotion...Kids who are teens in the 90s say the same thing
Any time I hear the Cars Moving in stereo come on the radio its brings a smile to my face!
Most people that know it from the movie just bust a chub from hearing that song like a pavlovian response 🤣
totally true! i always expect to hear phoebe say, " you know ive always wanted you brad" lol
* Moving in Stereo
FU, dude! See what you did?? Now I'm gonna have to open Spotify and play that song super loud!! 😮
😅
Let the good times roll
Oh man, in 81 I was 9 and my brother smuggled me into the drive in to see this and I loved it! Loved it then and love it now at 52! There will never be another decade like the 80s!
did you go in the car thunk method?
It was great as long as you didnt end up doing time for a few blotts of acid
Ah, Phoebe.
"Ah, Phoebe."
"Translate to English"
No, RUclips, we ALL understand.
Literally, one of the most “slowed down and rewatched” scenes on VHS (to the point of damaging the videocassette’s tape) EVER!
@@twoblacklabs904”Dad, why can’t we get the 4head VCR that doesn’t svrew up the picture when you pause it?”
Dad: “Why the hell do you need a VCR that….”
*walks into room and sees paused Phoebe*
Dad: “Let’s go to Radio Shack and see what they’ve got on sale. Don’t tell your mother.”
@@jimdennis2451 😂
@@twoblacklabs904 Yup. Every copy was burned through 😂
i’m 55 years old, 13 when this movie came out, i still quote it regularly and so does my 22 year old son.
"No shirt, no shoes, NOOOO dice!" "Learn it, live it, love it..."
"Get a good one!"
59 and so do I
I’m right there with your stone. I grew up in the valley. I used to hang out at that galleria. I’m 55 and I have a 20 year-old Fast Times growing up in the valley!!
"People on ludes should not drive." - Facts, as they would say now. 🙂
I graduated in 1981. Yeah, we all sniffed the handout sheets. We called it a mimeograph machine, though.
To catch a little buzz cause it didn't smell good it wasn't like glade
Ours smelled like bread and chemicals. But never got a buzz off it.
yes !!!!
Think some of the teachers called it a ditto machine
Thanks for giving my old brain that word I couldn't think of.
So, I'm old enough to remember Ditto's. The "smell" is the cookoff from the ink solvent, which gave you a quick headrush. Probabably chemicaly similar to poppers.
I still remember the smell too! Remember the color of the ink? It was kind of a purple-bluish color.
If anyone (that wasn't there at the time) wants to see what sniffing the paper was like, grab a sharpie and smell it while holding a stick of butter from the fridge. I fondly remember how "cool" the paper was (because 9 times out of 10 the teacher had just run it through the machine the period before). Ahh...tactile memories embedded in my brain - likely where the mathematical facts should have been stored. Don't know about the rest of the country, but we used to call that the Mimeograph machine.
@@NotFranksPlanet We called it the mimeograph machine too. Still remember the smell.
I remember mimeographs being used up to 1987.
Totally remember sniffing the prints
Nobody could’ve played “Spicoli” better than Sean Penn!!!❤
I bought into the Spicoli character so much that I had problems taking Penn seriously as an actor for years! He did that part so well, and it was written so well.
Who wrote and performed The Spicolli Song?
The 1980s. Didn't know how good we had it back then!
It was a different time. The future looked bright!
Best decade ever!
Decade of debauchery, and excess. What could be better, for a latch key suburban, high school kid. For those of us that made it out alive, couldn't have been more fun. Best of all, wasn't camera's in everyone's pockets. So, all the wild craziness only lives in the minds if those that partook. No Incriminating evidence... just Great memories!!
Sniffing the ink on the paper didn't smell good. It gave you a minor HIGH. Like certain glue or spray paints. I would know, I started High School in 1984.
Reminds me of a moment in a simpsons comic where Otto is hanging out in the room where they're printing the school paper because "I'm just here for the fumes, man".
Kids were doing it in Primary school in Australia it wasn’t just high school.
It was likely dangerous too. I wouldn’t be surprised if it lead to mental and cognitive issues down the track.
To some of us, it did. Which was an added bonus with the high 😂
(I started high school in 82)
Some of us liked it. It was an added bonus to the high😂
(I started in 1982)
The page smelling thing did not give you a high. It smelled like glue and the pages were cold to the touch, and the smell did not last. But it was so cool.
The movie where every guy fell in love with Phoebe Cates.
Fell in love… She put me to sleep every night!!!
Correction: Fell in Lust...
17:10
Yes. Take it off!
That's one way to put it... so, Brad was "in love"..
The fact that this movie used the music, we were actually listening to back then, really added something. It really helped it capture its time.
NOTE: The Sherman Oaks Galleria was heavily damaged during the Northridge Earthquake in 1994. It was torn down and rebuilt with only the elevator shaft and parking garage left from the original build. The Santa Monica Mall used for the exterior shot was also torn down and rebuilt.
Valley Girl was filmed there as well. ❤
it was a wicked quake
I had just left a lengthy comment above on the last time I went into that mall. It was a random weekday afternoon circa 1992. My mom had called me to take her there because she could not drive at the time, and she was trying to track down a certain pattern of fine china dishes. I had zero interest in china, so walked around and ended up outside Perry's Pizza. It looked exactly the same! I went in and ordered a slice, unfortunately not from Stacy or Linda, but rather who I assumed was the owner/operator. I believe he was Middle Eastern. I mentioned the film, and he was quite proud that THIS Perry's was the one in the film--he had bought it in the later 80s, and because he was not in the US had not even seen the film. After I got my slice I ate at a table looking outwards and realized that everything still looked pretty much the same as when they filmed inside the restaurant and other spots including the movie theater. I had been to the theater on prior occasions in the mid to late 80s, but me and my friends always seemed to end up at the late showings, so I recall the mall was mostly closed down and there were separate entrances from the outside to go only to the theater. So this afternoon visit a few years later was much more clear as my theory that most of L.A. was one big movie set. Never went there again before the earthquake, but have gone a few times in the past few years to catch movies and the new theater there. Of course, not much of anything looks the same. Thanks, earthquake...
yeah it sucks since the rebuild
I was visiting a friend in North Hollywood in 1981.
One day when he was working I went to the Sherman Qaks Galleria and I remember like half the mall was closed off. Probably for filming of FTARH
Mr. Hand and Spicoli's feud and the pool fantasy scene were my favorite parts of the movie.
EVERYONE loves the pool scene, for two obvious reasons. 🙄🙄🙄
MR. HAND was a combo of Mr. Neman and Mr. Kay. I had both teachers and THEY nailed Mr. HAND.
I was in the middle of this. Graduated in 79/80 from Clairemont
"Yooou Dick!"
the fact Ray Walston doesn't immediately make you think of the TV Series My Favorite Martian shows that A. You're not American nor old as dirt B. That I am 😂 Thanks for yet another awesome ten things episode , they absolutely brighten up my day every time, Cowabunga from Arizona USA!
And several original Twilight Zone episodes, but now I'm outing myself as old as dirt haha.
When I saw Fast Times in theaters I immediately thought of Silver Streak.
@kenn5287
Bwahahahaha SAME! Well sort of, due to lack of friends and an ungodly obsession with the ole TV and thanks to basic cable and UHF (yes not just a Weird Al film 😂) I saw many video treats that were not necessarily of my generation 😂
He was also Glen Bateman in the 94 miniseries "The Stand" and Boothby the Starfleet Academy groundskeeper on Star Trek TNG
He will always be “My Favorite Martian.” But was always good to see him in new material, like “Fast Times”
Forgot to mention, the Scene where Phoebe Cates is getting out of the Pool is the Most Wore Out Scene of Any Movie on VHS Tape.
naw, for once it was nice to keep it a little classy.
This and Jaime Lee Curtis in Trading Places
@@lauraanne5175 we came into this world butt naked, we'll leave it butt naked.....there's nothing wrong talking about people being butt naked 😂
@@dvsreedUm... Not even close!
This was true! Hamilton wasn’t the only guy who needed some privacy! 🤣💦
"Relax, alright? My old man's a television repairman. He's got the ultimate set of tools. I can fix it."🤣
"People on 'ludes should not drive."
Well make up your mind...is he going to shit or is he going to kill us? 😂
@ first he's gonna shit, then he's gonna kill us! 🤣
Pittsburgh PA HERE! High School for me was 1980-1984! This Movie is dead on for it's representation of the time period of teenagers!
Mine was 78-84 because it went from 7th grade to 12th grade!
*81-85 for me in high school* A great representation teens during that era!*
82-86 Here. Spot on. Jazzed & Confused was my Jr High yrs
Hi, Mark! I was at a Barnes & Noble and found a copy of the Criterion Collection version of this. Of course, I grabbed it! The big reason I did (despite already having a copy of the original DVD release) was because the Criterion Blu-ray included the TV cut of the film which included a bunch of extra scenes not available anywhere else, including Nick Coppola 😉 getting a few lines!
Does the Criterion Collection blu-ray include the alternate end credits song("That's All There Is" instead of "Goodbye, Goodbye")?
@FreddyKurganNimmo No. I think the alternate songs were only used in the VHS releases.
The Criterion version also has the male nudity put back in.
I could smell the dittos when you started talking about it. I was born in 1972 so that smell was all through my primary school and high school days.
Sean Penn single-handedly invented the surfer dude character thats now a staple of pop culture!
You obviously didn't grow up in a So Cal beach community. The surf stoners invented themselves, dude.
He talks about the guy he copied in an interview. He said the guy was a stoner surfer, and he had run into the guy recently, and the guy ended up being a cleaned up family guy. He was shocked but never told the guy he stole that character from him, and he wouldn't mention the guys name.
I graduated high school in 1982. This movie was very close to what high school was like at that time. At least it did where I grew up. You could identify with most of the characters. My school had someone just like each character in the movie. The things we did back then, and what influenced us were spot on. We did some crazy stuff, but all in all, we were mostly good kids just trying to figure out our place in the world. The relationships we had were similar to the movie. The behaviors were similar. This has always been a nostalgic favorite movie of mine.
I think the paper selling scene was from a mimeograph machine, not a ditto-machine. Both were pre-photocopier technology, and both have weird smells. We had a mimeograph at our school in the early 80s. You had to type a document on special paper, then feed it through the machine with a hand crank, and it would produce copies on blue ink. And it had a weird sweet smell. Since the ink would fade eventually, you would make the copies "fresh". We did not have a ditto-machine though.
No it’s a ditto. I remember them clearly. And they sniffed them because you got a slight high from the ink.
YES! I worked in the office from time to time as I was able to graduate at the end of my junior year but stayed for the fun of my senior year of course.
I ran off more tests on the mimeo machine for the office than anything else!
yes, mineograph! i remember that now. i used to help my grandma who was a teacher by churning out copies on that thing. i remember after awhile you sort of got a mini buzz!
Yeah - I think Ditto was a specific brand name, as everywhere I went they were called mimeograph machines. It's funny that people these days are perplexed by that scene. I suppose there is a hard age cutoff when photocopiers got a lot more affordable for schools all over the place because people my age knew exactly why they sniffed those sheets 😆
@@ama0858 It wasn't the ink, it was methyl alcohol that was used as a solvent to make the ink transfer to the blank paper. The ink itself was relatively odorless.
Thanks Minty for brightening up morning with this slice of 80's Nostalgia ,
This was an awesome movie , and has a lot of heart to it in addition to being bloody hilarious .😄
Keeping quality 80's movies alive
CHEERS Mate.
The casting on this movie was incredible. The story, the directing. Everything spot on. It didn't try to be Shakespeare, but in terms of quality of construction, it was one of only a handful of perfect movies.
Heckerling is super underrated as a Director but she made a bunch of iconic movies
Awesome job Minty. One of my all time favorite 80s movies. I 100% remember smelling "dittos" LOL.
#11 Also actress Meg Tilly (The Big Chill, Psycho 2, Agnes Of God) said on her own RUclips channel that she was originally cast as the Jennifer Jason Leigh character but the Director changed her mind when she noticed Meg looked too much like Phoebe Cates. (they're both half Chinese in real life) They were suppose to be friends in the film but looked more like sisters. Also they feared audiences would get confused.
Hm...both Cates (retired from acting shortly after Gremlins 2) and Tilly are of East Asian heritage. Fascinating.
@@bonghunezhou5051 Hmmm SLAYER was in Gremlins 2!
The director needs new glasses. There are pictures where they look very similar, but in live action I wouldn't be confused. I do get the they could be sisters thing.
13:20 - I remember those "dittos". Slightly wet, weird fumes, a big sniff for a quick, light-headed feel.....
At least it wasn't Tide Pods...
Ya, they always were a bit wet, huh?
They were a bit wet or oily
"Hey, wait. There's no birthday party for me, here" lmao
My favourite during that time was entering the school office just before class started in the morning, the mimeograph (ditto) machine had been going full bore for a long time and the entire office had that smell. It was glorious.
When people ask me what I’m doing I usually respond with learning about Cuba and having some food
The line I use from this movie almost daily.. "People on 'ludes should not drive"
I still sometimes say, "Oh, gnarly!!"
Hey! I know that dude!
I used the “if I’m here and you’re here, isn’t our time?” Line on my high school literature teacher when she scolded me for being 2 mins late
Me, too…! 😂
Thanks, Minty.I would volunteer to make copies in the office when I was in 6th grade. I still remember the look and smell of that purple ink. Great times in the 70s and 80s.
Actually there was no purple ink. In spirit duplicators a master is created by writing/typing on a sheet of purple wax which is transferred to the back of the master. The master is then put on the duplicating drum which rolls the master over paper that has been moistened with alcohol. It is the residual alcohol the kids were sniffing, not the non-existent ink.
One of my favorite flicks of the early '80's!
Great character actors, Ray Walston and Vincent Schiavelli!
It was the smell of a fresh “xerox” copy when I was in high school, ‘86
same
We just smoked weed or drop a .when I was in high schools. Started high in 88
Spicoli was the goat of that time. Amazing movie and a truly great soundtrack 🤘😎🤘
Jennifer Jason Lee was so great in the Hateful 8 and pretty much everything she is in. Such a great actor.
this is one of those movies i've seen on tv dozens of times, but due to commercials, never watched beginning to end.
Do yourself a favor and check out the unedited version. My best friend Nick says it's gay.
Nosferatu
And never seen Phoebe's 🍒! 😮
_(unless you watched it on cable)_ 😅
The front part of the mall that is shown in movie is actually the mall from my hometown of Santa Monica, i worked at that mall in the 80s 😀
Fun fact... Judge Reinhold thought Sean Penn was really a stoner surfer since Penn insisted he stay in character through the entire filming. He was blown away when Penn came out of the Spicoli roll after it wrapped.
Copy paper also had a weird texture like smooth glass and they were usually handed out fresh & warm like someone decided to toss them in a microwave for a minute, the warmer the paper the stronger the odor. A lot of people rubbed their faces with them too, you could always tell who did that because the ink smeared.
No Shirt
No Shoes
NO DICE!!
The cast were kids starting their careers and did a good job as did Amy Heckerling. But Ray Walston was a pro and steals every scene he’s in. Great movie and as a ‘69 grad can tell you mimeograph highs were a thing long before I was a freshman.
1982 i was 13 living in L.A. California. i snuck in the back of the movie theater and watch this movie 10 times in a week. did the same for ET when it came out. lol. keep up the good work sir.
I lived in Northridge, but remember going into the Sherman Oaks Galleria on a few occasions to watch movies at the theater in the mid to late 80s. In the early 90s, my mom was looking for some specific fine China dishes and could not drive at the time so she called me and asked me to take her to the Galleria. We went on a random weekday afternoon. I had zero interest in China, and ended up ditching mom and grabbing a slice of pizza at Perry's Pizza. The entire mall was somewhat dead and I took it all in from the view looking out from Perry's; L.A. in general was one big movie set. The mall, about 10 years after the film came out, looked exactly the same. Of course, a couple years later the '94 earthquake hit and the Galleria was not rebuilt to anything it looked like in Fast Times, so I only have that last memory on the random weekday in the near empty mall. One small place that still looks the same is the corner of Chatsworth and White Oak in Granada Hills. My parents still live a couple miles away from that intersection. What happened there? That was the scene at the red light when Brad, who was delivering dozens of boxes of fast-food fish to the guys at IBM, thought the woman in the Corvette was flirting with him. He then noticed her laughing and realized he still had the uniform for Captain Hook Fish and Chips on and the woman was laughing at him. He drove off tossing the fish out onto Chatsworth Street. Had he made a left at White Oak, a few blocks up, he may have come face to face with some bike riders, one of which had an alien in a basket. That was the street where E.T. used his 'magic' to make the bikes defy gravity and fly escaping the evil Feds (tying into how L.A. is one big movie set.
I’ve been all those places that you just mentioned in your paragraph being a kid in the 80s in the valley was awesome!
The girl in the car who laughs at Brad was actually Nancy Wilson , one half of 'Heart'. She was apparently dating Cameron Crowe at the time.
@@shaun2072 There are always 'hidden' facts with classic films, I swear!
Crazy how all of the cast went on to have great careers and the folks that didn't get the parts also went on to have flourishing careers.
I saw an interview with either Sean Penn or one of the other characters and it was mentioned that Sean stayed in character through the entire period of filming. This included off camera and off set too.
smelling the Ditto prints was definitely a thing!
When the movie came out I received calls telling me they'd movie with a main character that reminded them of me. haha
Penn was apparently a 'method' actor, at least back them and wouldn't answer to his real name during shoots, only his characters name. Weird.
This was my last year of high school and my best friend would continue to recite many lines from the movie, and pretty much all of Sean Penn's. That 1979 Camaro Z-28 that he wrecked has always been my dream car.
I love that car too!
I'm from Texas. But went to School in California. San Bernardino HS in 81 and 82. That movie sums up the times exactly!
12:52 my street, my neighborhood!! Woop woop Granada Hills!! That's Chatsworth St, near White Oak where they filmed the ET bicycle flying scene.
Yes. I went to Alemany high school ‘87. we used to go to the top of Reseda to ET Park.!!!
A friend of mine went to the HS in San Diego when Cameron was there getting his inside look at high school life - new many of the "characters" in the movie or who they were based on. Said the school was pissed when the book came out.
The 80's were great! Malls used to be the place to hang out - and they were SAFE!! Miss those days - and music!
I remember sniffing the test papers and hand-outs at school. We had a hand operated Gestetner machine.
Pretty much the last glimpse snapshot of old LA.
Sean Penn based his character on a surfer friend. About 2 decades later he met that same surfer again now married and family in passing at a beach parking lot who said to Penn that Spicoli character was so spot on.
Quite a juncture for Jennifer Jason Leigh, her father Vic Morrow was killed 20 days before the release of Fast Times on August 13th 1982. Vic probably knew his daughter was in the movie production, but probably never saw the final cut. Would Vic have been at odds with the scenery of his daughter portrayed in the movie? Hard to tell, show business is show business.
Also a trained concert pianist Ray Walston said he needed this role to break the stereotype of being a Martian TV character it really bugged him. Yet after Fast Times people called him Mr. Hand and that made him very happy. As it was he was proudest of his Judge Bone role on "Picket Fences."
Sean Penn used to try and aggravate Walston between takes and with improv startle the actors who were extras in that classroom.
For the Fast Times TV show the TV network wouldn't let Spicoli be a stoner and instead very confused.
It's funny how Danny Elfman contributed to both soundtracks AND film scores (and tv shows)... he was everywhere before people even noticed. He's as much an 80s treasure as his films.
I remember sniffing the paper. We called the process a mimiograph. It used an ink similar to indelible ink. The chemical in the ink is a solvent and gave you a high.
📺📼Fast Times tv series starred Dean Cameron as "Spicoli" later, Summer School, They Came From Outerspace and Ski School. 🛸🏫🧑🎤📚
I have some of those tv show episodes on VHS. I wish they'd put it out on dvd.
Dean Cameron was great in summer school
Great video, Minty! The Galleria in Sherman Oaks as seen in the film was destroyed in the Northridge Earthquake in 1994. The mall was replaced with an open air shopping center that houses a movie theater, gym, and several restaurants - no longer as expansive as it once was.
3:02 She also directed Johnny Dangerously (1984).
One of my favorites!
His name is an adverb. 😊
That was a really funny movie you fargin icehole. 😁
"It shoots through schools."
ive been watching your videos for a while now, you have done a great job on improving your presenting them over time, much more refined and finding the balance between joking and serious. you have a fan here!
I never watched the TV show. But always loved the movie. I grew up in the 80's and when I look back, we didn't realize what an iconic time that was. The movies, the arcade, the girls, the fashion, the music, Skateboarding and BMX Freestyle. We thought all the rad times and things were going to go on forever.
Having gone to high school in San Diego, about 5 miles from Claremont High and graduating in 1984, I can say with some authority that this film should be listed as a documentary. If that doesn't quite work someone needs to put up the "Based on Actual Events" disclaimer. Keep up the good work.
I watched the “clean” version a zillion times on regular tv when I was a kid. Loved it. Bought the dvd when I was older and WOWZERS! Big difference😂 That and Conan the Barbarian used to come on all the time back in the day. Loved the “clean” version of that too but of course the real versions of both are better🤓
Hey you "Fuzzy nerd" don't be talking that "Bull stuff" 🤣🤣 gaah the overdubs for the clean version of this movie are hilariously bad! I mean BAAAAAAAAD.
One of the best 80s movies, and that's saying something in a decade that gave us so much gold.
In grade school in the 70s it was an honor to get picked to go to the office and turn the crank on the ditto machine! Loved it. Also go take the black board erasers to get cleaned with a vacuum type machine.
🏴☠At 4:50 that is Hearts Nancy Wilson. 👩🎤🎸🎥📻
She was dating Cameron Crowe at the time I believe.
4:56 mmm Justine Bateman. Gorgeous.
There were two deleted scenes that reappeared in a network broadcast of the movie. In the theatrical release, Stacy's abortion was just her going to the clinic and then coming out later, being met by her brother. But the deleted sequence depicted the abortion process in more detail where Stacy clearly didn't enjoy going through it. In another deleted scene, Brad has a meeting with a school counselor about his grades dropping, and is accused of slacking off while having fun during his last year in high school. Brad retorts that he gets up early to work a couple hours at Mi-T-Mart, then goes to school, then has to jam through his homework before going back to Mi-T-Mart for a few more hours. All to make money while he's waiting for the fun to start.
Can confirm, Those copies smelled really good!
I don't understand how van nuys is in los Angeles and Sherman oaks is in the valley, boggles my mind, the movie was damn good! for it's era, I was 12 back then, watched it everyday on vhs.
Such an iconic movie, we didn't realise that so many future famous people would have roles, including Nicholas Cage, Sean Penn and Forrest Whittaker.
This is one of my favorite movies of all time.
I lived this experience growing up during that era and not far from where they filmed it.
There is one thing about this video that I have to take issue with, though, and that's how Phoebe Cates, Robert Romanus, and Brian Backer were the actors among all those others who went on to do larger stuff to do other stuff. I don't think those three actors ever did reach that level of fame that the others included.
Other than that, I loved this video. And here I thought I knew everything about this movie but obviously didn't.
growing up, my mom was a librarian and I remember the ditto machine. I couldn’t explain how it smelled, but yes, the paper always smelled good.
I'd kill to see the Amy Heckerling uncensored, uncut version of this film.
Release the Heckerling Cut!!!!!
😎👍🇺🇲
Still one if my favorites.
Even at my age. The memories are fresh.
Phoebe Kates was one of my first teenage crushes.
As a maintenance tech.
I still use the "my dad is a television repairman" bit as with several others.
Does he have an awesome set of tools? 😅
I watched this when it first came out, and we still to this day, every day, quote something or other from this film.
Every day there is some line that is part of our Lexicon.
"Get a clamwhich"
"ah, No"
"i have uno nicklette"
"who ordered the double cheese and sausage?"
When I was in LA I had to go and eat at All American Burger
"My father's got an awesome set of tools - I can fix it!" 😅
Yeah Minty! Love from South Africa 🇿🇦
Aren’t whites fleeing from that country at an alarming pace ?
Sean penn went to julliard school of arts in nyc with kevin bacon and val kilmer..he was destined for greatness way before fast times...
It seems like the critics at the time may have watched the beginning of the movie without seeing that there were later consequences for actions.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, as a fundraiser for CORE (Community Organized Relief Effort), a nonprofit charity co-founded by Sean Penn, a table read was organized for the film. After the table read, Cameron Crowe and Amy Heckerling hosted a discussion about the film.
The one thing i totally missed the first time seeing this movie was that Phoebe Cate's character Linda who gave Stacy all her advice about dating and sex was a virgin and never had a boyfriend who was away at collage.
You just caught that ?
@@hemihead001 No that would have been about 40 years ago when they first started showing it on The Movie Channel on TV. 😆
@@MaxStax1 How about the fact that Phoebe Cates is actually younger than Jennifer Jason Leigh and yet she played the older friend in the movie hmm.....🤔🏫🥕🤷
Ray Walston was one of those Hollywood actors who did everything. Big musicals, dramas, comedies, horror, sitcoms and sci fi.
It's interesting how the supporting cast of this movie became more successful than the leads.
A classic time of life & a classic movie that did an excellent job capturing the early 80’s teen. Well done Minty!
I remember being in grade 1 in elementary school in 1983, and we had the ditto machine. I almost forgot about that smell, lol! It's hard to describe but it was a bit addictive and distinct in scent!
Awesome coverage of this classic! Makes me want to watch it again today and reminisce! Happy happy! Thank you, Minty! I have been a subscriber for awhile and really enjoy your work! 🎞📽
Every time we got worksheets made from ditto paper they were always damp because of the ink blotch it soaked up. The ink was always purple.
The ditto smelling is a fantastic detail in this movie.
Two words...
Phoebe Cates!
Lol I almost said the exact same thing.
I love this movie and it was the first movie review I ever published. Mostly based on the situation that I used to watch it as a young kid with my mom as she loved it so much when it came out. I had it line for line memorized by age 10 and had no idea what it really was. Great video! Keep making them
it's quite fun to watch this movie.
FT really nailed so much of the attitude of the 80's.
13:40 yup, still the best smell ever
I remember that smell.
One of my all time favorites. Snuck in when I was like ten years old. Nobody cared a kid was in a rated R film sitting alone…heh. I remember moving to Santa Monica in the late 90s and noticing the facade of the third street promenade mall was used as the opening shot of the movie. Just the exterior. The interior was the mall you talked about. That facade is long gone now as is the third street promenade area…it’s like junkie hobo walking dead now.
Matthew Broderick as Spicoli? HAHAHAHAHAno.
Right! That would be ridiculous!
What a fun film with loveable characters. Truly a classic. I can not stand Sean Penn now but back then I loved Spiccoli.
i think the same mall was used for chopping mall
Also known as killbots. Which is really crazy. I noticed a lot of movies had 2 titles , back then .
still think killbots was the better name out of the two feels more to the point
every teenager went to bed dreaming of phoebe
Nice one, Minty.
18min long video posted 9min ago. There's no way your 6min old comment allowed you to watch this 😅
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My parents were both teachers so I loved volunteering to go make copies for them when I helped out for their classes 😂 I graduated from an LA high school in ‘84….a very real slice of Southern California life!