Jeff Spicoli (Sean Penn) butts heads with his strict history teacher Mr. Hand (Ray Walston) in a hilarious classroom standoff. Watch Fast Times at Ridgemont High here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com ...

Maybe what Jeff Spicoli really wanted, more even than the tasty waves and a cool buzz, was for Mr. Hand to take him seriously.Granted, Spicoli had some problems with Mr. Hand’s U.S. history class. And ...

Fast Times at Ridgemont High director Amy Heckerling is remembering her work with Sean Penn early in his career. On The Hollywood Reporter's podcast, It Happened in Hollywood, Heckerling, 71, ...

CBS's "Fast Times" cast: Dean Cameron (as Jeff Spicoli); Vincent Schiavelli (as Mr. Hector Vargas); Ray Walston (as Mr. Arnold Hand); Kit McDonough (as Ms. Leslie Melon); and Bill Calvert (as Surfer ...

Many moons ago, a young actor named Sean Penn made a household name for himself playing the quintessential surf dude Jeff Spicoli in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High." It was, in a word, awesome. Every ...