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Penn’s Jeff Spicoli is the poster boy for this trailblazing spirit.
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Paul Fitzgerald, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
The 20-year-old is seen as the poster boy for Turkey’s hopes of a first World Cup appearance since a famous run to the semi-finals in 2002.
—Jack Bantock, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
Penn’s happy stoner surfer dude Jeff Spicoli immediately became the movie’s poster boy and comedy focal point.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 25 July 2025
Long before the little black book, before the conspiracy theories, before one died by suicide in jail and one ascended to the White House, Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump were poster boys for ’90s New York City excess.
Parties.
—Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 25 July 2025
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Paul Fitzgerald, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
The 20-year-old is seen as the poster boy for Turkey’s hopes of a first World Cup appearance since a famous run to the semi-finals in 2002.
—Jack Bantock, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
Penn’s happy stoner surfer dude Jeff Spicoli immediately became the movie’s poster boy and comedy focal point.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 25 July 2025
Long before the little black book, before the conspiracy theories, before one died by suicide in jail and one ascended to the White House, Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump were poster boys for ’90s New York City excess.
Parties.
—Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 25 July 2025
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“Poster boy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poster%20boy. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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