Fast Times
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| Also known as | Fast Times at Ridgemont High |
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Based on | Fast Times at Ridgemont High |
| Developed by | Allen Rucker |
| Directed by | Amy Heckerling |
| Creative directorTemplate:Pluralize from text | Cameron Crowe |
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| Opening theme | "Fast Times" performed by Oingo Boingo |
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| Template:Pluralize from text of origin | United States |
| Original languageTemplate:Pluralize from text | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 7 |
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| ProducerTemplate:Pluralize from text | Amy Heckerling Jonathan Roberts |
| Production locationTemplate:Pluralize from text | Glendale, California |
| EditorTemplate:Pluralize from text | Debra Chiate |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production Template:Pluralize from text | Universal Television |
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| Network | CBS |
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Fast Times is an American sitcom based on the 1982 film Fast Times at Ridgemont High that was produced by Amy Heckerling, who directed the original movie. The series ran for 7 episodes on CBS from March 5 until April 23, 1986. Cameron Crowe, who wrote the original Fast Times novel and film screenplay, served as creative consultant. Moon Zappa was hired to research slang terms and mannerisms of teenagers, as she had recently graduated from high school and had a much better grasp of then-current high school behavior than the series writers. Oingo Boingo provided the theme song. Ray Walston as Mr. Hand and Vincent Schiavelli as Mr. Vargas, were the only actors from the film to reprise their roles for the TV series.
Cast
- Claudia Wells as Linda Barrett
- Courtney Thorne-Smith as Stacy Hamilton
- James Nardini as Brad Hamilton
- Wallace Langham as Mark Ratner (credited as Wally Ward)
- Patrick Dempsey as Mike Damone
- Kit McDonough as Leslie Melon
- Dean Cameron as Jeff Spicoli
- Ray Walston as Mr. Hand
- Vincent Schiavelli as Mr. Vargas
Episodes
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Response
Jeff Borden of The Charlotte Observer observed the series' biggest downfall: "The challenge 'Fast Times' faces is emphasizing the comedic elements from the R-rated film while soft-pedaling the teen lust aspects that were a major part of the movie. Comic characters like spaced-out surfer Jeff Spicoli fare well, while subtle characters like fast-food king and would-be ladies man Brad Hamilton are sanitized into blandness."[1]
Christopher Cornell, writing in The Philadelphia Inquirer, echoed the sentiment: "People who liked the movie (read: teenagers) will tune in expecting something like what they saw in the theater. But the network is going to have to completely eliminate the movie's cheerfully rampant drug use and tone down the lusty sexual content, so that parents won't be uncomfortable."
However, Borden calls Fast Times "the hippest look at high school life since the late, lamented Square Pegs few seasons back, yet it treats the teachers with compassion and respect. An 'us vs. them' mentality is avoided." Mike Duffy of the Detroit Press disagreed entirely, saying "With 'Fast Times,' we have 'Dull Pegs'."
Mark Dawidziak of the Akron Beacon Journal was far less than kind to the sitcom: "Just when you thought the CBS Wednesday schedule couldn't get any worse, along comes these two lethal stinkers (Fast Times and another series that preceded it, Tough Cookies). It would be better if the network programmers turned the hour over to repeated tests by the Emergency Broadcast System. It would be better, and considerably more entertaining, if they devoted the hour to a reading of the Newark Yellow Pages. It would be better, and far more merciful, if they just went dark. Just about anything would be kinder than subjecting even a few stray viewers to this video swill. Indeed, Tough Cookies and Fast Times make Stir Crazy look like television's answer to Ulysses."
Ratings
| No. | Title | Air Date | Time | Rank | Rating | Viewers (Millions) |
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| 1 | "The Last Laugh" | March 5, 1986 | Wednesday at 8:00 P.M. | #49 of 69 | 12.4 | 10.6 |
| 2 | "Pilot" | March 12, 1996 | #52 of 69 | 12.4 | 10.6 | |
| 3 | "The Engagement" | March 19, 1986 | #31 of 65 | 14.8 | 12.4 | |
| 4 | "What Is Life?" | March 26, 1986 | #53 of 65 | 10.6 | 9.1 | |
| 5 | "My Brother, the Car" | April 12, 1986 | #56 of 67 | 10.9 | 9.3 | |
| 6 | "My New Best Friend" | April 9, 1986 | #57 of 71 | 10.7 | 9.2 | |
| 7 | "Secret Romance" | April 23, 1986 | #43 of 64 | 10.6 | 10.1 |
Source: A.C. Nielsen Company via Los Angeles Times
References
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External links
- Fast Times at IMDbTemplate:Edit at Wikidata
- Fast Times at JumpTheShark.com
