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  • 1986
  • CBS
  • 1986
  • CBS
Fast Times

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, a stoner/s...

  • 1986
  • CBS
  • 1986
  • CBS

Fast Times

Season 1 Premiere: Mar 5, 1986
Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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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, a stoner/s...

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20% Negative
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May 1, 2014
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]
By Tom Shales FULL REVIEW
70
May 1, 2014
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]
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60
May 1, 2014
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.
By John J. O'Connor FULL REVIEW
40
May 1, 2014
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]
By Clifford Terry FULL REVIEW
30
May 1, 2014
Thumb-sucking scripts, actors without direction and forgettable emotional clout. [6 Mar 1986, p.E-8]
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Initial Release Date: Mar 5, 1986
Number of seasons: 1 Season
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