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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.
Fast Times at Barrington High, an album by the band The Academy Is..., is a play on the title of the film. "Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High", a Family Guy episode from Season 4. Fast Times at Fairmont High, a novella by Vernor Vinge, is named in reference to the film. "Stacy's Mom", a song by Fountains of Wayne which pays homage to the film.
Robert Romanus (born July 17, 1956), also billed as Bob Romanus, is an American actor and musician who has starred in film and television. [1] He is perhaps best known for his role as ticket scalper Mike Damone in the 1982 comedy Fast Times at Ridgemont High, [1] [2] and as Natalie Green's boyfriend Snake on The Facts of Life. [1]
His other roles include Mr. Vargas in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), John O'Connor in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1982), the Subway Ghost in Ghost (1990), Organ Grinder in Batman Returns (1992), Lanny in The X-Files episode "Humbug" (1995), Dr. Kaufman in Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), and Buggy Ding Dong in ...
The screenplay was based on Crowe’s 1981 book, “Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A True Story,” about his experience going undercover as a high school student for one year.
Fast Times at Ridgemont High, a 1982 coming-of-age comedy drama film; Fast Times, a 1986 American television series "Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High", a 2005 episode of Family Guy "Fast Times", the second episode of the first season of Continuum, 2012
It also spawned a short-lived series on CBS called Fast Times, with Heckerling writing, directing and producing. After doing Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Heckerling was bombarded with similar but lesser scripts. It was hard for her to find anything that wasn't about high school, preppy kids, or story about a girl losing her virginity ...
He appeared in Comedy Central's UnCabaret special as well as its Amazon episodes. He appeared as Melinda Hill 's date in one episode of the 2013 web series Romantic Encounters . [ 6 ] [ 7 ] His last television role was the part of an acting coach in Season 1, Episode 5 of The Comedians starring Billy Crystal and Josh Gad .