Porky's really was something more than it seemed. The cast was fantastic and the comedy was pure. The noodity was just gravy.

Fast Times is iconic, but it hasn't held up as well as Porky's for me. It was almost too hip (or at least seems that way in retrospect). DaMone may still be one of my most frequently quoted film characters of all time, though.

I was in college at the time, but that movie was my life. Although the coolest HS job in San Diego was working at Farrell's Ice Cream Parlor.

My dear, sweet Grandmother liked to go out to movies with her friends. She had heard about a good one called "An Officer and Gentleman" and decided to go with a friend to see it...but her friend couldn't go--so she went alone. Turns out the movie was either sold out, or had just stopped showing at the theatre in Mansfield, Ohio (I cannot remember exactly).

Well, she asked the usher if anything else was playing and they said "Porky's".

"What's about?" She asked.

"It's about teenage boys in the 1950's trying to grow up" the sly usher said.

"Well, I'll see that instead", she said.

So, my Grandma saw Porky's on a summer night in '82. She stayed through the whole movie.

I saw it a year later on late night Cable a year later at a friend's house--and all I remember was wanting Kim Cattrall like nothing else on this planet. God I loved 'Lassie'. AWROOOOO. It was the first time I ever saw a sex comedy and it helped fuel a lifelong appreciation of the female form. Which is a polite way of saying I like Naked Ladies.

And what did Grandma think of the film?

All she would say was "Oh, those poor boys..."

Trivia note: Gary's sleazy friend Rick was played by Steve Antin, who currently produces "Search for Next Pussycat Doll." PCD was created by his wife, Robin Antin. And who recently guested on that show? Weepy Hairstylist Jonathan Antin, who must be Steve's brother?

Also, 1984 was a great year for movies also. There is plenty of love to be shared by both these years.

The English Beat, $10, The Busboys, $5, The Ventures, $10, Springsteen, $25, Oingo Boingo AND the Police, $20. Bars with live bands, not DJ's. Parties with lovingly recorded cassettes of favorites, allowing for uninterrupted dancing an hour at a time. Man it was great.

Then came MC Hammer, and once again white guys were regulated to the sidelines.

This was also the beginning of MTV, when it simply was music videos. We could sit for hours watching it.

Andromeda Strain,The Adbominable Dr. Phibes, Bannanas, The Beguiled, Billy Jack, Brian's Song, Carnal Knowledge,Clockwork Orange, Cold Turkey, Diamonds are Forever, Dirty Harry, Duel, Fiddler on the Roof, French Connection, Friends, Get Carter, The Gang that Couldn't Shoot Straight, Harold and Maude, Hellstrom Cronicles, The Hospital, Happy Birthday Wanda June, Klute, Kotch, Last Picture Show, Let's Scare Jessica to Death, Little Murders, Lady Frankenstein, Macbeth, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Murphy's War, A New Leaf, Omega Man, Panic in Needle Park, Play Misty for Me, Plaza Suite, Pretty Maids All in a Row, Rickshawkaran, Shaft, Skin Game, Straw Dogs, Summer of 42, Sunday Bloody Sunday, THX 1138, They Might Be Giants, Vanishing Point, Vampyros Lesbos, Willard, Willy Wonka, Women in Cages.

Now THAT was a year for film.

Somerichs, yeah a lot of early 80s was restricted to SoCal, I think. I was in San Diego and best friend lived in Newport Beach. Remember KROQ well and it was so cool when we got 91X down here.