the popular kids whom patty and lauren are usually trying to impress are jennifer dinuccio (tracy nelson), the quintessential buxom valley girl, her boyfriend vinnie pasetta (jon caliri), a handsome greaser hood, and ladonna fredericks (claudette wells), jennifer's friend and the sole minority character in the cast. vinnie is cool but dense, using the "why don't you make like a tree and get out of here?" line three years before the character biff in 1985's "back to the future". ladonna is known for sassy remarks such as "shoot, child, you think this place is crowded? you should have seen our living room when "the jeffersons" went to hawaii. those were the three worst sundays of my life."