# fast times at ridgemont high **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 14, 2001, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-times-at-ridgemont-high/65414 "2001-05-14T14:19:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![holdenmagroin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5daacb/32.png) [@holdenmagroin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/holdenmagroin)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2001, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-times-at-ridgemont-high/65414/1 "2001-05-14T14:19:52Z")
Has anyone else noticed that the version of this movie that is shown on TNT has some scenes that are not on the VHS or DVD versions? Usually, it’s the other way around, the movie is usually edited for TV, not for video. I can’t recall the scenes in question as I sit here but I know this movie very well and I’m sure I’m right. I’d just like to know why it’s like this. ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2001, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-times-at-ridgemont-high/65414/2 "2001-05-14T14:56:00Z")
Welcome to the SDMB. If you have a question about movies, check the IMDB. The “Alternate Versions” page for [_Fast Times at Ridgemont High_](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0083929) explains this: > [@](#): > > The Cable TV Version has many scenes omitted from the home video and laser disc versions. It is also missing the obvious scenes with nudity. Some of the scenes added are: > > Damone and Rattner talk about what to do on a date and Damone telling Ratt to play Led Zeppelin IV. This scene is followed by a scene in which Phoebe Cates and Jennifer Jason Leigh are talking on the phone and they are in their bra and panties (this scene is sometimes omitted when showing on cable depending on how prude the network airing it is.) In this conversation Phoebe Cates warns Jennifer Jason Leigh about Led Zeppelin IV. > > A new scene between Stacey and her brother and his friends where they warn her about Mr. Hand. > > A new scene between Brad and a guidance counselor about his life. > > After Brad gets fired there is a scene where he rips down a Coca-Cola poster in his bedroom. > > Mr. Hand signing people’s annuals (yearbooks) at the school dance. > > Cable TV version also removes some scenes due to copyright disputes over the songs featured in the soundtrack and is actually 2 minutes shorter than the theatrical release. > > The cable-TV version includes scenes from Stacy’s abortion that are omitted in the video version. > > Broadcast TV version has an additional scene right after the scene where Mr. Hand rips up Spicoli’s card on the first day of school. Spicoli and two of his buddies are in the bathroom and Spicoli is telling a overly fantastic version of the incident, about how he told Mr. Hand not to mess with him or there would be trouble. This probably was to tie in with the joke later where the story gets aroud that he pulled a knife on him. > > At least one broadcast version of this movie cut out the scene where Spicoli and his friends open the door to their van and tons of smoke comes out. > > 1999 DVD version is completely restored and contains all of the music and scenes from the theatrical version. The entire soundtrack has been restored, including Timothy B. Schmidt’s “So Much In Love”, Tom Petty’s “All Amercan Girl,” and “Goodbye, Goodbye” which had been omitted in several other versions. > > The MPAA originally slapped the film with an “X” rating, stating that the male frontal nudity had to be cut from the boathouse sex scene. This cut, along with a few other trims to that scene, was made and the MPAA gave the film an “R” rating. > > In the original television version, there is more dialogue in the “no shirt, no shoes, no dice” scene. Spicoli says “I have uno nickel-ette…and a pick”. He then makes up a story of how Mick Jagger gave him that pick. Trust Google, trust Snopes, and trust the IMDB. ---
**Author:** ![DougC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2001, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-times-at-ridgemont-high/65414/3 "2001-05-15T04:36:40Z")
- - - Useless Tidbit: the story “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” originally appeared as a short story in Playboy magazine. -So it seems, somebody really _does_ read the articles. - MC