Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

 I saw this movie 3-4 times back in senior year at Austin High.  It was a classic of our Gen X era for no good reason, kind of like our whole Gen X existence :)


After going back to the Summer of 1982, I realized "You Can't Go Home Again".  How I ever thought this was a classic is a question I'd have to ask a younger me.  30 years later it was not that funny.  And the quotes not that quotable... "Hey Bud, Let's Party!"

It was still a bit shocking to see the bong hits, the topless scenes of the high school girls, the multiple sex scenes and the abortion clinic.  Those topics have been made off limits in movies.  Perhaps that's why this was a VHS cult classic, before internet porn and such.

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