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25 Years Ago: The Best Genre Year Ever! Part V! FlmLvr Remembers PORKY’S, FAST TIMES, And LAST AMERICAN VIRGIN!

I’m a little bummed out that I’m having to rewrite the intro to this piece. Originally, I ran this article the night after Bob Clark’s death for fairly obvious reasons. This is the latest in the series of the 1982 pieces we’ve been running, but it also served as a really lovely obit in a way.

I have to say... I was positively Machiavellian as a kid when it came to seeing a film I wanted to see that was rated R. I found that it was easiest to get permission to see a violent film that was rated R, while anything that dealt with sex was a much harder sell. In the case of PORKY’S, I was visiting my grandmother in Memphis when the film was gearing up for release. It was spring break, and Fox was doing sneak previews of the film for a few weeks before the actual release. I didn’t know much about it, but that poster was enough to pique my interest:

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FAST TIMES!! ARMY OF DARKNESS!! PITCH BLACK!! ENTER THE DRAGON!! Herc's HDTV Cellar!!

I am - Hercules!! PS3 Equals 1080p? Somebody who seemed to know what he was talking about wrote in recently to confirm that the $600 PlayStation 3, which goes on sale in November, will indeed output HD at 1080progressive. So unless somebody kn | »

Special Free Screening of FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH in Austin - Heh...

Hey folks, Harry here... Feeling down' Been stuck in a malaise you can't seem to conquer' Well AICN and UNIVERSAL STUDIOS are attempting to perk ya back up... ya know... "Hey Dude, Let's Party!!!!" -- That's right, we're showing FAST TIMES AT R | »

My Favorite Martian has died! Mr. Hand will hand out no more homework!

WHOA!!! Dude. GNARLY news indeed!!! FATHER GEEK here with still more sad tidings. That strict teacher we all hated in school, but came to understand and love later in life is gone. Mr. Hand the archtype overbearing prof died yesterday at his home in | »