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The Librarian of Congress has added ‘Fast Times At Ridgemont High’ to the National Film Registry just in case you weren’t watching. Rocky Horror Picture Show and Baby Face were also entered along with Fast Times.

But it is Fast Times that gives us our intro today as Mr. Vargas - Vincent Schiavelli - has passed away apparently as another in the long line of lung cancer victims. What was not so well known about Mr. Schiavelli was that he authored several cook books. If you are a lover of Italian cooking then you owe yourself a visit to Mr. Schiavelli’s section in Cooking.

You might consider that the phrase ‘fast times’ is also appropriate to the writings of George Bernau, our second ODDguest today. Mr. Bernau came up with the idea of the ‘What If?’ novel - what if JFK had survived Dallas? And what if Marilyn had survived? This type of novel could be more than just tedious if done poorly, but according to many reviews Mr. Bernau’s writing is stellar.

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