Fast Times

Name: Fast Times
Released: March 5, 1986
Rating: 60
Cast: Wallace Langham, Paul Willson, Ray Walston, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Jason Hervey

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Series Details & Credits

CBS | Release Date: March 5, 1986

Starring: Wallace Langham, Paul Willson, Ray Walston, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Jason Hervey, Bill Calvert, Claudia Wells, Patrick Dempsey, Vincent Schiavelli, Kit McDonough, James Nardini, Moon Unit Zappa, Dean Cameron

Summary: Inspired by the movie of the same name that was written by Cameron Crowe. While in his 20's Crowe posed as a high school student to gain access to the inner happenings of high school students and their lives. He based his characters and writings on students and teachers that he met there. The central character is Jeff Spicoli, aInspired by the movie of the same name that was written by Cameron Crowe. While in his 20's Crowe posed as a high school student to gain access to the inner happenings of high school students and their lives. He based his characters and writings on students and teachers that he met there. The central character is Jeff Spicoli, a stoner/surfer dude that is constantly battling with teachers like the very uptight Mr. Hand, as well as the usual high school happenings like love problems and the inner cliques associated with teenage life.… Expand

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S1:E7. Secret Romance
Air Date: April 23, 1986
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S1:E6. My New Best Friend
Air Date: April 9, 1986
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S1:E5. My Brother, the Car
Air Date: April 2, 1986

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Tom Shales

May 1, 2014

Season 1 Review: It is a happy, sweet surprise, much more humane than almost any of the teen-age comedies that have broken out like acne on the movie screens of the nation during what seems like an interminable cinematic puberty. [5 Mar 1986, p.D1]

Lee Margulies

May 1, 2014

Season 1 Review: If you're not expecting the motion picture, Fast Times is rather pleasant. Not as wacky as "Square Pegs," the underappreciated 1982 CBS comedy that also focused on high school students and their teachers, it is no less appealing, boasting an attractive, engaging cast and a warm, gentle sense of humor. (And the high-energy, animated title sequence, featuring a theme song by Oingo Boingo, is dynamite.) [5 Mar 1986, p.C-10]

John J. O'Connor

May 1, 2014

Season 1 Review: Everybody, though, is well meaning and enormously attractive. Even Damone, banned from Disneyland, dressed like a rummage sale and generally recognized as the school sleaze, is basically likable. That is what makes the show moderately interesting. It might also be noted that there is no laugh track. That makes Fast Times almost courageous. Read full review

Clifford Terry

May 1, 2014

Season 1 Review: Fast Times is strictly spoon-gagging grotty-to-the-max, lacking the bite and outrageousness of the movie and coming across, in its tidied-up-for-television form, as nothing more than a peach-fuzz "Punky Brewster." [5 Mar 1986, p.C7]

Gus Stevens

May 1, 2014

Season 1 Review: Thumb-sucking scripts, actors without direction and forgettable emotional clout. [6 Mar 1986, p.E-8]

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

60
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: March 5, 1986
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  S1:E7. Secret Romance
  Air Date: April 23, 1986
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  S1:E6. My New Best Friend
  Air Date: April 9, 1986
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  S1:E5. My Brother, the Car
  Air Date: April 2, 1986
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  S1:E4. What Is Life?
  Air Date: March 26, 1986
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  S1:E3. The Engagement
  Air Date: March 19, 1986
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  S1:E2. Pilot
  Air Date: March 12, 1986
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  S1:E1. The Last Laugh
  Air Date: March 5, 1986