Fast Times at Ridgemont High hit home video in the early ’80s, Blockbuster employees noticed a spike in damaged VHS cassette tapes.
A generation of teens –– finally allowed to enjoy the film within their own four walls –– kept rewinding the infamous scene where Phoebe Cates gets out of the pool.
So much so, that the poor, antiquated tech couldn’t take the heat. Literally.OK, so a peek into the feminine mystique wasn’t front of mind for gays at the time.
We were too busy focusing on Spicoli (Sean Penn) or “Rat” (Brian Backer), or maybe none of the above because all the dudes in that flick kind of suck.