I Just Switched to Sanka ... Have a Heart

One of Holly's favorite films, Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), was just added to the National Film Registry, a collection of films being preserved by the Library of Congress. Awesome, totally awesome.

In sadder Fast Times-related news, Vincent Schiavelli--aka the biology teacher Mr. Vargas--died of lung cancer on December 26th. He was 57. He also had a part in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975).

Strange trivia tidbit: in Fast Times, during the prom sequence at the end of the film, Mr. Vargas' wife, a tall, voluptuous blond who should NOT be with him at all (hence the humor of the scene), was played by the B-movie actress Lana Clarkson. Clarkson is the woman who batshitpsycho producer Phil Spector shot. Sadly, both Vargases met their ends all too soon :(

Way to go Hamilton.