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Who started the stoner surfer stereotype character in movies?
Posted on 4/26/24 at 4:27 pm
Posted on 4/26/24 at 4:27 pm
If it wasn’t Penn as Jeff Spicoli I’m guessing he at least got it into the mainstream but was this voice and mannerism done somewhere before that?
Posted on 4/26/24 at 4:55 pm to JumpingTheShark
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Penn as Jeff Spicoli
One of the most detestable characters in cinema, in my book.
Posted on 4/26/24 at 7:01 pm to JumpingTheShark
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Who started the stoner surfer stereotype character in movies?
the fact that it is reality
next question
Posted on 4/26/24 at 7:32 pm to JumpingTheShark
To answer the thread I wouldn’t be surprised if it could be traced back to the 1960s. Possibly later 50’s when surfing in CA worked its way into Hollywood culture.
Posted on 4/26/24 at 8:08 pm to JumpingTheShark
Donald Sutherland in Kelly's Heroes 1970
This post was edited on 4/26/24 at 8:09 pm
Posted on 4/26/24 at 8:56 pm to JumpingTheShark
maybe Doobie Gillis ( actor that played Gilligan) was an early archetype of this character
Posted on 4/26/24 at 9:32 pm to JumpingTheShark
John Philip Law as the hippie in Skidoo (1968)
Posted on 4/26/24 at 10:21 pm to JumpingTheShark
Before he got into surfing, and dropped acid, he was good at baseball and air hockey!
Kelly Leak | Air Hockey Scene (1976) on YouTube
Kelly Leak | Air Hockey Scene (1976) on YouTube
Posted on 4/27/24 at 8:26 am to JumpingTheShark
The 60’s surfer movies usually had an idiot character who may or may not have had some drug induced brain damage.
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