American Graffiti (1973)

If you're looking to quantify how influential American Graffiti was
in the history of cinema, look at just about any other movie we've
covered this lap. While we've seen more than a few elements shared
from one movie to the next, the influence of American Graffiti can
be directly felt in nearly every car movie (or teen movie, or
hangout movie, or...) that came after it. In this episode, we place
a very important online order, discuss a spin-off podcast that
feels like an eventual inevitability, hear Dom talk about his
father's fiery death and the sad tale of Kenny Linder, and wonder
where he is today. Then, we tune into Wolfman Jack as we turn our
focus to American Graffiti and cruise our way through the rest of
the episode as we come up with our dream casting for Dom's dad, and
wonder why there aren't more pranks in the Fast and Furious movies.
(Movie conversation begins around 49:30.) Email us:
family@cageclub.me Visit our Patreon page at
patreon.com/2fast2forever. Extra special shout-out to Ben Milliman,
Jake Freer, Alex Elonen, Nick Burris, Brian Rodriguez (High School
Slumber Party), Hayley Gerbes, and Christian Larson for joining at
the “Interpol’s Most Wanted” level or above! Intro music by Nico
Vasilo. Interlude and outro music by Wes Hampton.