# Anyone else still a little peeved about Phoebe Cates' career? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 16, 2005, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-still-a-little-peeved-about-phoebe-cates-career/326477 "2005-10-16T16:24:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Operation\_Ripper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/34f0e0/32.png) [@Operation\_Ripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Operation_Ripper)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-still-a-little-peeved-about-phoebe-cates-career/326477/1 "2005-10-16T16:24:23Z")
Without question, her seminal work in [Fast Times at Ridgemont High](http://imdb.com/title/tt0083929/) made her an icon, which was followed by several standout performances ([Lace](http://imdb.com/title/tt0087583/) comes to mind), but then she up and married my arch nemesis [Kevin Kline](http://imdb.com/name/nm0000177/) and pretty much quit working. Anyone else besides me still mourn this turn of events? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-still-a-little-peeved-about-phoebe-cates-career/326477/2 "2005-10-16T16:25:56Z")
The red bikini scene was my desktop up until I got married. Just think how many more movies she could have gotten naked in if she hadn’t met Kevin. ---
**Author:** ![Operation\_Ripper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/34f0e0/32.png) [@Operation\_Ripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Operation_Ripper)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-still-a-little-peeved-about-phoebe-cates-career/326477/3 "2005-10-16T16:33:06Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > The red bikini scene Ahh, yes, I still remember plotzing in the theater when the red bikini scene played. Afterword, I was like, did that really happen or did I dream it? Best thing ever? ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-still-a-little-peeved-about-phoebe-cates-career/326477/4 "2005-10-16T16:39:11Z")
“Plotzing”? ---
**Author:** ![Operation\_Ripper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/34f0e0/32.png) [@Operation\_Ripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Operation_Ripper)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-still-a-little-peeved-about-phoebe-cates-career/326477/5 "2005-10-16T16:49:53Z")
> [@Priceguy](#): > > “Plotzing”? Is [Yiddish](http://www.sbjf.org/sbjco/schmaltz/yiddish_phrases.htm) my friend. ;j ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-still-a-little-peeved-about-phoebe-cates-career/326477/6 "2005-10-16T17:11:29Z")
I loved her in Princess Caraboo, and wondered what had happened to her. ---
**Author:** ![Phantom\_Dennis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/51bf81/32.png) [@Phantom\_Dennis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phantom_Dennis)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-still-a-little-peeved-about-phoebe-cates-career/326477/7 "2005-10-16T17:59:30Z")
As a teenager, I was not the type to drool over actresses, but Phoebe managed to win my heart. To this day, she’s the only actress I’ve ever had a crush on. I didn’t discover her until her “Gremlins” phase, and I didn’t see “Fast Times” until a good ten years after its production. You can imagine my reaction to the Bikini Scene… It’s sad that she fizzled out so quickly. But maybe she didn’t enjoy the limelight and it was her choice to settle down and raise a family. In which case I don’t blame her in the least. She was in “Drop Dead Fred” as well, which, although far from spectacular, was greatly improved by her presence. ---
**Author:** ![Operation\_Ripper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/34f0e0/32.png) [@Operation\_Ripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Operation_Ripper)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-still-a-little-peeved-about-phoebe-cates-career/326477/8 "2005-10-16T18:09:16Z")
> [@June](#): > > It’s sad that she fizzled out so quickly. I don’t think it was a fizzle. I think it was a conscious decison on her part to focus on her family. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-still-a-little-peeved-about-phoebe-cates-career/326477/9 "2005-10-16T18:39:52Z")
Y’all forgot about the Blue Lagoon ripoff _Paradise_. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-still-a-little-peeved-about-phoebe-cates-career/326477/10 "2005-10-16T21:22:53Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Y’all forgot about the Blue Lagoon ripoff _Paradise_. Much as Willie Aames has been trying to do for the last 20 years. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-still-a-little-peeved-about-phoebe-cates-career/326477/11 "2005-10-16T21:56:33Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Much as Willie Aames has been trying to do for the last 20 years. C’mon! _Charles in Charge_, _Eight is [del]Too Much[/del] Enough_, _BibleMan_…hell, _Paradise_ IS his seminal work! ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-still-a-little-peeved-about-phoebe-cates-career/326477/12 "2005-10-16T22:17:18Z")
Feh. Nothing will ever compare to his masterful portrayal of Crazy Willie Aames on _Celebrity Fit Club 2_. I mean really, when Gary Busey is all, woah that guy’s messed up… ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-still-a-little-peeved-about-phoebe-cates-career/326477/13 "2005-10-17T03:05:32Z")
And with a third child due, she’s not likely to be reappearing in any movies soon. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-still-a-little-peeved-about-phoebe-cates-career/326477/14 "2005-10-17T19:02:17Z")
No, I’m not peeved. I’m just damned jealous of Kevin Kline… that lucky bastard.