# What movie is this from? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 10, 2009, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this-from/517046 "2009-11-10T15:01:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![muttrox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a8b319/32.png) [@muttrox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muttrox)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this-from/517046/1 "2009-11-10T15:01:51Z")
The scene is a high school pep rally. The cheerleaders are trying their hardest, but darn it, no one seems to care. One of them gets up and gives a heartfelt speech about how hard it is to get up here and pour out your heart bla bla bla. The response is some snarky comment, or maybe even throwing something at the overly enthusiastic cheerleader. It’s not Election, and it’s not Fast Times at Ridgemont High (thought that was close). Does this ring a bell for anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this-from/517046/2 "2009-11-10T15:11:52Z")
It’s _Fast Times at Ridgemont High_. I used to own that movie, and saw it a thousand times, so I’m sure. Two cheerleaders are performing a skit. The audience response when they ask if the school “has spirit” is lethargic, to say the least. One cheerleader goes on a rant about how hard it is to stand there and do that stuff. Somebody throws a paper airplane. ---
**Author:** ![muttrox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a8b319/32.png) [@muttrox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muttrox)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this-from/517046/3 "2009-11-10T15:14:08Z")
That’s what I thought too – I don’t see it [here](http://sfy.ru/sfy.html?script=fast_times_at_ridgemont_high), and I can’t find a vid of it. No wait, it is over [here](http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/f/fast-times-at-ridgemont-high-script.html). Has the internet failed me? ---
**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this-from/517046/4 "2009-11-10T16:13:18Z")
Fired Up? ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this-from/517046/5 "2009-11-10T16:18:45Z")
Off topic question–in those online scripts, how come the character names for who is saying what is never given? Drives me BONKERS. Okay, the first link has it but not the second…and I’ve seen a lot of them in the second format. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this-from/517046/6 "2009-11-10T16:27:00Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Off topic question–in those online scripts, how come the character names for who is saying what is never given? Drives me BONKERS. > > Okay, the first link has it but not the second…and I’ve seen a lot of them in the second format. I don’t know what that second format is, but it’s not a normal format for a movie script. My WAG is that it’s just on the Internet a lot because it can be created easily by some kind of machine transcription program. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this-from/517046/7 "2009-11-10T16:33:24Z")
I believe that some of these online scripts are generated from the closed captioning of the DVDs, and the characters are not identified on those. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this-from/517046/8 "2009-11-10T16:47:37Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I believe that some of these online scripts are generated from the closed captioning of the DVDs, and the characters are not identified on those. Thanks, guys. I figured as much that it wasn’t official but it does bug me how almost every online script I find is like that. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this-from/517046/9 "2009-11-10T18:08:22Z")
Moved to CS. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this-from/517046/10 "2009-11-10T18:56:29Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Thanks, guys. I figured as much that it wasn’t official but it does bug me how almost every online script I find is like that. It’s not that they are unofficial, it’s that the people who make them are either so lazy or so impatient that they can’t take the time to edit them to say who says what. ---
**Author:** ![Pashnish\_Ewing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@Pashnish\_Ewing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pashnish_Ewing)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this-from/517046/11 "2009-11-11T00:23:29Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > It’s _Fast Times at Ridgemont High_. I used to own that movie, and saw it a thousand times, so I’m sure. Two cheerleaders are performing a skit. The audience response when they ask if the school “has spirit” is lethargic, to say the least. One cheerleader goes on a rant about how hard it is to stand there and do that stuff. Somebody throws a paper airplane. **Dio** is right. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this-from/517046/12 "2009-11-11T00:28:25Z")
> [@muttrox](#): > > That’s what I thought too – I don’t see it [here](http://sfy.ru/sfy.html?script=fast_times_at_ridgemont_high) Often, “official” movie scripts do not represent exactly the contents of the movie. At least that’s what I’ve noticed from the movie scripts that I’ve read online, from sites such as [imsdb.com](http://imsdb.com). ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this-from/517046/13 "2009-11-15T08:40:50Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > It’s _Fast Times at Ridgemont High_. I used to own that movie, and saw it a thousand times, so I’m sure. Two cheerleaders are performing a skit. The audience response when they ask if the school “has spirit” is lethargic, to say the least. One cheerleader goes on a rant about how hard it is to stand there and do that stuff. Somebody throws a paper airplane. The complaining cheerleader was played by Elizabeth Daily, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2009, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this-from/517046/14 "2009-11-17T22:02:12Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > The complaining cheerleader was played by Elizabeth Daily, IIRC. The singer Elizabeth (E.G.) Daily from Better Off Dead and Streets of Fire? ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2009, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this-from/517046/15 "2009-11-17T22:07:09Z")
> [@ministryman](#): > > The singer Elizabeth (E.G.) Daily from Better Off Dead and Streets of Fire? And let’s not forget, Tommy on Rugrats. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2009, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this-from/517046/16 "2009-11-17T22:16:55Z")
Huh. I didn’t RC; it wasn’t her. :smack: