New credibility for Fast Times

Took a recent trip down memory lane to the 80's via the cult classic Fast Times at Ridgemont High. In spite of its nonsensical themes embodied by the immortal Sean Penn, director Amy Heffering actually accomplished historical significance, something along the lines of George Lucas in American Graffiti. Now, you may want to debate what kind of turmoil was facing the free love/stoner set that was attending high school in the early 1980's in southern California, but there were lots of tough choices, especially for the females, to find a popular niche back then. I propose that this is a bookend film to Graffiti, and as Lucas captured the search for significance of the adolescents in the James Dean era, Heffering does the same in the Cheech and Chong 80's. A huge thumbs up to Penn for actually mastering Cheech's genre. His fantasy dream of being interviewed on national televsion after winning the surfing competition belongs in a time capsule in the Smithsonian. Bring plenty of Kleenex for the inescapable laughter it will generate.