Everyone knows that Fast Times at Ridgemont High is one of the most formative films of the 1980s, writing the formula for the prolific genre of teen/high school sex comedies. Although Amy Heckerling 's debut 1982 film spawned many crass and uninspiring comedies about sex-crazed young men lusting after unsuspecting adolescent girls, no amount of problematic films can take away from the greatness of Fast Times at Ridgemont High , which is far more nuanced and mature than its copycats, as it wisely subverts the expectations of a teen sex comedy by underlining the stark peaks and valleys of life as a free-spirited teenager in a decade of rampant consumerism and economic independence.

Few people are aware that the film inspired a television series in the mid-80s that aired on ABC

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