My favorite bit of dialogue in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (other than Phoebe Cates’ pool scene, which, strictly speaking, had no dialogue), was this exchange during history class, where Sean Penn’s character had a pizza delivered:
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Mr. Hand: Mr Spicolli, what are you doing?
Jeff Spicolli: Just learning about Cuba and having some food.
So it should come as no surprise that Penn didn’t learn much about history.
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