Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
EH · Season 8 · Episode 295 · 2/15/2026 · 1:34:19
Guest: Peter Kafka
We’re joined by the host of the podcast Channels, Peter Kafka, as we go back to 1982’s Los Angeles, with Cameron Crowe and Amy Heckerling’s teenage masterpiece starring Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Phoebe Cates, Fast Times at Ridgemont High. We cover how The Pool Scene changed a generation, the first time Haitch got blue balls (after making out all night at a church lock in), why the Super Bowl sucked so hard, and just how sweet all those conservative tears taste right about now.
Directed by: Amy Heckerling
Written by: Cameron Crowe
Cinematography: Matthew F. Leonetti
Starring: Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Phoebe Cates, Brian Backer, Robert Romanus, Ray Walston, Scott Thomson