For anyone wondering how Phoebe Cates has been spending her time ever since jump-starting a million teenage fantasies back in “Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” she now keeps herself busy running her own boutique, reassuring hubby Kevin Kline that he’s not a washed-up has-been who immediately squandered away all his Oscar-laden promise, and busting criminals just like one of New York’s finest.
When a friend’s apartment was broken into, the items stolen included a $250 gift certificate to Cates’s boutique…which the savvy criminals attempted to use the very next day. Having been alerted to the theft, Cates’s store manager phoned Phoebe, who instructed her to stall the thieves (one of whom, incidentally, claimed he “couldn’t remember” the name of the person who gave him the gift card…even though he also claimed that person was his mother!) long enough for the authorities to arrive. Justice was served, and the friend’s stolen credit cards were also recovered.
Hats off, Pheebs! Job well done. Casting agents need look no further for their star for the inevitable big-screen extravaganza, “Crime Dog McGruff: The Movie.”
