Evening Entertainment: Ray Walston and Vincent Schiavelli return for the TV series based on FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH

Today commemorates the 100th birthday of everyone's favorite Martian, Ray Walston, so check out the pilot episode of "Fast Times," a short-lived 1986 TV series in which Walston reprises his role of Mr. Hand from the classic FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH.  With Patrick Dempsey, Courtney Thorne-Smith and Dean Cameron as Spicoli!

Evening Entertainment: Danny DeVito's THE SELLING OF VINCE D'ANGELO

On the birthday of Danny DeVito, we bring you one of his earliest directorial efforts -- a two-part series of shorts made for "Likely Stories," a made-for-Cinemax comedy anthology series documenting the fictional campaign of a "concret businessman" attempting to become New Jersey senator.  With DeVito's wife Rhea Perlman, Vincent Schiavelli, and TRANCERS' Tim Thomerson as the current man in charge.

Happy birthday, Vincent Schiavelli - a mini-documentary on the life and career of the great character actor

Vincent Schiavelli, the immensely talented and memorable character actor known for his roles in GHOST, ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEXT, FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH, AMADEUS, LORD OF ILLUSIONS, BETTER OFF DEAD and about a hundred other films, would have turned 66 today had he not passed away in 2005. Here's a great look at Schiavelli's life and career courtesy Brandon Hardesty's No Small Parts, a great webseries concentrating on character actors.