@krismry: Don't get me wrong -- I love me some Mary Woronov. I was super-excited when this came out on DVD since I had never seen it, but it was a little underwhelmed when I finally watched it.

jerebo

Like OMG! This is like the worst idea ever. Fer shur.

TurdBlossom

@Cam/ron: Yes, the job is now complete, and USA Americans now need maps to find the Iraq!

krismry

R+M is an instant cult classic.
Romy: Hey, if anyone needs to make a call, I've got a phone! (my friend ted and i still say that to each other). anyone see the Heigl remake?

@robotsattack: funny, even in italian

+ Watch video

el smrtmnky

@jerebo: night of the comet was almost fabulous because of the subplot with mary waronov, the queen of death race 2000, involving the bugs and gas warfare site, very funny, and for script that had the sisters, who just wanted to have fun, with a military brat background whose dad taught them self defense survival techniques, which is a pretty good backstory for a zombie movie actually.

krismry

@krismry: Indeed, the song was actually a lampoon of VG culture but millions of youngsters didn't understand what irony is. God bless the Gipper for ruining America's public schools.

Cam/ron

Sorry to cause a brouhaha, but NIGHT OF THE COMET is not as great as it should be. Very clever premise (Dawn of the Dead meets Valley Girl), but it's never quite scary or funny enough. All that being said, it should definitely be on this list.

jerebo

@Cam/ron: It came from Hollywood like everything else real in stupid Southern California anti culture. Except for surfing which came from OC and HB and Malibu.

krismry

@Cam/ron: I think for reals theyr not VeeGees, they are freaking VALS.

krismry

@Cam/ron: Plus Moon Unit is so inauthentic! She grew up in Laurel Canyon for dog's sake! This is like nowhere near Val culture! Oh, maybe it was a satire making fun of Vals. Okay then.

krismry

How did the expression, "Like, OMG!!!" come into the VG tongue. Wait, that doesn't sound right.

Cam/ron

@heidiho: Exactly, everyone from Beverly is as far from being a Val as you could possibly come.

krismry

Would you excuse me? I cut my foot before and my shoe is filling up with blood. ...

Romy on a blind date

best quote EVER

robotsattack

Vals are constantly getting all the credit for like all our stuff which we totally started in Hollywood! This is sort of annoying but not rilly cos Vals need to be famed for something besides a totally awful district which you could never find your way out of or around in, especially Van Nuys. So Flatland!!

krismry

@ronaldpagan: i use that line "that's was way harsh, tai" for any situation in which someone is in fact judging way too harsh just as i use the line "lieutenant dan!" the same way forrest gump uses it when he realizes that lieutenant dan has a wife depsite not having legs. don't get it? me either.

bess marvin, girl detective

mining the 80s for content won't be complete without a movie version of Square Pegs - SJP will have to wear a prosthetic nose, but I'd think Tracy Nelson would be glad to reprise the role of Jennifer

longcrosse

What was that one commercial where a VG blind date tells the camera, "I don't eat meat because I'm a VETranarian"?

Wasn't Sarah Jessica Parker a VG in "LA Story"?

Cam/ron

@Cam/ron: Oh wait, it's about on-screen VGs. Like, totally.

Cam/ron

@ronaldpagan: ... and this is why I love RonaldPagan.

NerD!!!

LEAVE THIS MOVIE ALONE!

Seriously Damn it! Why must you ruin every decent tender awkward teenage movie of the 80's. Leave this movie alone!

The only people who remember this movie and love it for it's charms will hate you for doing this.

NerD!!!

@NoGrumpys: I have always wondered why that was.

RocketRockit

@jerebo: Great call and great film, to boot.

Douglas Reinhardt

But what about Moon Unit Zappa in her daddy's song that spread the gospel across the land? I sometimes wonder what the American teenage venacular would be like if that song and the "Valley Girl" movie were never released. I guess there would be more stoner "uhhs" or "ums" than usual.

Cam/ron

Stacy a "non-looker"??

She totally loses her virginity on the baseball field to an older guy. No VG would tolerate that.

Miss Smith Drank Your Vodka

The girl on the Valley Girl box cover looks nothing like Julie in the movie. At leat Nic looks like a charecature

AS IF!

NoGrumpys

@jerebo: OMG! i LOVED that movie! i think i might rent it again.

LLH

@jerebo: You just so rearranged my Netflix queue. That movie was AMAZING.

shutupitsmine

Uh, NIGHT OF THE COMET anyone?

jerebo

here we go again. like willy wonka and countless other pointless remakes, why oh why this?? it's perfect as-is, and i am saving my vhs copy in perpetuity. there really must be no new ideas--can we close hollywood for a while and recruit outside?

thatgirlinnewyork

Oh, R+M. Is that movie R? I think it was my first R-rated movie. Gotta love Buffy as well. Mmm, Giles.

scootsincutoffs

"You're a virgin...who can't drive."
"That was way harsh."

ronaldpagan

Hmm... I thought Bring It On was set in San Diego for some reason. And man oh man, if you'd have called Cher a Valley Girl, she'd have totally bugged.

heidiho

@Colonel Mustard: Yes, they lived in Venice. I, too, have much embarrassing knowledge about that movie. My favorite line: "Do you really think I would do that? For a car?"

heidiho

I know you're going to tell me to take a chill lozenge, but...do Romy and Michele really count as Valley Girls? They were originally from Tucson and they (appeared to) live in Venice, right? Wasn't their apartment right on the beach?

DO NOT ASK why I have so much R&M information at my fingertips, because I am embarrassed enough already.

Colonel Mustard

Honestly, for the longest time, there was so little I understood about Tai's first interactions with Cher and D. That "herbal refreshment"? I didn't know why she looked at Cher funny -- I thought "tea," too!

RocketRockit

My favorite line comes from Romy and Michele. "Remember that time we got mono? That was the best diet ever!"

kookla

@krismry: Except for surfing which came from OC and HB and Malibu.

I thinks the folks from Polynesia might disagree with you.

Little Mintz Sunshine

The Val Party in Clueless informed many of my preconceived notions of the high school party scene. Many of them turned out to be very true.

Unfinished pool becomes skate park? True story.

Wendy-Bird

@NoGrumpys: For many years, this was my favorite movie (embarrassing, but true, and at least I was in the target demographic at the time)- my three main complaints:
1. Different Julie on movie poster/cover of vhs tape.
2. No soundtrack for many years!
3. The later version of the movie took out the Bananarama song and replaced it with something else (remember, that song "Sayin Something"- playing when the high school guy came in the house and got caught in the shower with Julie's friend?)

Best quote of the movie: "Is this movie in 3D?"

Randy: "No, but your face is"

RollinWithIt

@jerebo: I watched that movie last week. How? Because I totally own the DVD. NotC FTW.

ExtensionOfBob

@RollinWithIt: There is nothing to be ashamed about. Valley Girl, Fast Times, and Risky Business are my holy trinity of Teen Films, followed closely by Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains.

Tiger_Tanaka

Who?
Tommy!
Who?
Tommy!
Fuck him.
Girls, we must fuck him.

shag_carpet_bomb

Seriously? Did we just shy away from a perfectly good excuse to wax emphatic on Buffy?

"gym was canceled due to the extreme dead guy in the locker room"

and was there any cooler fashion period than buffy's high waist pants with cropped shirt think???? no??? didn't think so.

lyx

@lyx: And Hilary Swank was actually funny! Really! She got so serious after The Next Karate Kid...

Of course the real scene stealer was Paul Reubens: "You ruined my new jacket! Kill him A LOT!"

Tardy

romy, at the bar...

"um, do you guys have a business woman special?"

used this many a time.

jongian

Young JJL as a "non-looker"???? I don't think so, shes cute as heckfire in the movie! No she's not Phoebe Cates, but come on, 90% of women would love to be as much of a 'non looker'... lighten up!

jrhys

@Colonel Mustard: @heidiho: That movie rocks! Don't be embarrassed.

Romy: I hate throwing up.
Michelle: Ugh, me too!

Yeah, they lived in Venice. And I'm pretty sure Tai had to live in BH in order to go to school with Cher.

@longcrosse: I just downloaded the pilot off of iTunes. I forgot how awesome it was.

Desk_hack

Cher: Duh it's like a famous quote.
Dion: From where?
Cher: Cliff's Notes.

R_Claw

Cher: And when I get my license, I fully intend to break for animals.

R_Claw

Cher's father," Cher, what did you do in school today?
Cher, " Umm, I broke in my new purple clogs!"

hollygirl

what about the tv show 'square pegs'? jennifer dinuccio, anyone? the complete valley girl in every single possible way.

rednrowdy

If I were in school with Stacey I'd totally hit on her. BTW I'm glad that people remember the Buffy movie and hasn't confused it with the TV show. I loved Kristy Swanson in that role: hot and athletic. I thought she'd be bigger. And let's not forget Rutger Hauer's Lothos.

bigredgambler

Love love love all these women and all these movies. And I'm not embarrassed to admit it!

Krista_Belle

I hope this thread never ends so my best friend and I can finally realize our dream of an entire day filled with nothing but Clueless lines.

And Bring it On is definitely not in the Valley. Remember when they get on the freeway to get to Compton? Fully San Diego.

VG: It's like, sushi, dontcha know? (God, VG sounds like a disease. We're not diseased, right?)

cupcakes

Dee: I do NOT wear polyester hair, ok? Unlike some people I know, like Shawanna!

Clueless is my favorite movie of all time; still watch it at least 2x a week.

foreverinbluejeans

@shag_carpet_bomb: like freak me out tommy is such a fox

cupcakes

What about Earth Girls Are Easy?! "You're an alien and I'm from the Valley!"

Oxycontinmoron

I will accept a Valley Girl remake if the following rules are adhered to:

1) They shave Randy's chest hair into a chevron.
2) They play "A Million Miles Away" about sixty times.
3) They restore the Sherman Oaks Galleria to its former glory.

A girl's gotta have her standards (intentional Deborah Foreman shout out).

EliCross

I cannot believe "Heathers" didn't make the list.
Teenage suicide, don't do it!

Sin DeRolla

@Sin DeRolla: Sherwood, Ohio is not The Valley!

shutupitsmine

@Sin DeRolla: "I love my dead gay son!"

Somebody was going to say it; it might as well be me.

I remember the movie 'Valley Girl' fondly and I also remember where I was (Houston, TX. driving around aimlessly on a Friday Night) when I first heard Zappa's 'Valley Girl' and was moved to laughter that bordered on having dry heaves.

gwendolyn

not sure this quote is verbatim, but "have you ever noticed how wine kinda makes you wanta feel sexy?"

majikthise

@heidiho: Bring It On was set in Rancho Carne, but I think it was a substitute for San Diego. Yes, I am embarassed I know this. But no one should EVER be embarassed about remembering Romy & Michelle.

gangrenejean

@bess marvin, girl detective: Me too! And if someone doesn't "get it," I immediately stop speaking to them.

Molly Friedman

@Molly Friedman: i knew we were soulmates

bess marvin, girl detective

@robotsattack: yes. best quote ever. and then she limps away.

mrstanseloy

"Who knew that stuff tastes like Clorox?"

NJOTB