Greatest News Ever? Or Worst Prank in History?
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"Saved by the Bell" goes back into Production: Saved by the Bell: The Thirtysomething Years
Zack Morris was my idol growing up. He was cunning, witty, and got all the girls all the time. Well, not all the time, but he knew it was a numbers game and took his rejections with grace and humility before hitting on the next hot girl that walked by. And let's not forget the fact that he and Slater were somehow on every sports team at Bayside High.
That show singlehandedly ruined my impressions of how middle school and high school were going to be. I was led to believe we'd have massive amounts of freetime with which to just "hang out" by our lockers. Anyone who actually went to school and fought through the endless hordes of students to get to your textbooks under a predetermined time knows that reality played out more like a video game or an obstacle course than it did the carefree loungetime on the show.
And "Saved by the Bell: The College Years" had me thinking our dorm rooms would be huuuuuge, and that somehow, my roommates and I would be lucky enough to share a ginormous common room with a group of hot girls who lived on the other side. I also thought my RA would be an ex-pro football player.
Then there was Kelly Kapowski. Ahhh, Kelly Kapowski. Every boy dreamed of having Kelly Kapowski as his girlfriend. I guess the show did get one thing right: There's always that one hot girl at your school that everyone has a crush on. She might be what I'm most excited to see on the new "Saved by the Bell" show if this story turns out to be true. Everyone had a crush on her, come on. And those of us that saw her on "Bevery Hills 90210" knows she continued to be quite hot. I mean, that's what I hear. I, uh, saw pictures of her on TV Guide and stuff when that show was still on. I didn't watch. Pssh.
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Of course, on occasion, the show tried to interject some timely and important social issues into their stories. Zack and the gang fought in the Drug Wars in an episode where they discovered a "roach" in the bathroom after movie star Jonny Dakota comes to the school to film an anti-drug commercial. That episode coined the maxim "Would I do dope? Nope." The show also tackled drunk driving after the gang goes to a party, consumes one or two beers, and then proceeds to wreck Lisa's mother's car with Zack at the wheel. Funny? Not so much. Educational? Sort of, but cheesy episodes like that were what made the show great.
The potential to once again see "old friends" I grew up with is what's exciting about this story. Are Zack and Kelly still together? Do they have kids? Is Zack coming up with a million and one ways to become a millionaire? Did A.C. Slater go into pro sports? Or did he go into the military and follow in his father's footsteps? Did Lisa become a famous clothing designer? Is Screech still a bumbling fool, and if so, how the heck did he become the Principal of Bayside? Oh wait, Belding was the principal before him wasn't he...
Or did the whole group achieve their dreams of super-stardom with their rock band "Zack Attack" before falling from the heavens by failing to adapt to new musical sounds in the late 90's and going bankrupt after wasting their fortunes on faberge egg addictions, Buddy Bands, and a prolonged copyright infringement court case with Betty Crocker?
Of course, ex-stripper Elizabeth Berkely won't be coming back; her stint on "Showgirls" is still probably too recent and too risque for producers to want her back on a family show. Or, she could have declined, trying instead to focus on her movie career. I wonder how they will write her out? I suppose Jesse could have had a relapse and become addicted to caffeine pills once more.
Well, Adult Swim, you better not be yanking my proverbial chain. And you better make this show a darn good one, one as wonderfully cheesy and funny as the show before it with a large supporting cast of goofball teachers, squeaky-voiced nerds, and dumb bullying jocks to complement Zack's hair-brained schemes.
The show could go either way, good or bad, and thus it should create a very certain reaction in all of us, one illustrated by the single best quote in "Saved by the Bell", nay TELEVISION history:
(singing)
"I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so *sob*... SCARED!"
--Cbake
"Saved by the Bell" goes back into Production: Saved by the Bell: The Thirtysomething Years
Zack Morris was my idol growing up. He was cunning, witty, and got all the girls all the time. Well, not all the time, but he knew it was a numbers game and took his rejections with grace and humility before hitting on the next hot girl that walked by. And let's not forget the fact that he and Slater were somehow on every sports team at Bayside High.
That show singlehandedly ruined my impressions of how middle school and high school were going to be. I was led to believe we'd have massive amounts of freetime with which to just "hang out" by our lockers. Anyone who actually went to school and fought through the endless hordes of students to get to your textbooks under a predetermined time knows that reality played out more like a video game or an obstacle course than it did the carefree loungetime on the show.
And "Saved by the Bell: The College Years" had me thinking our dorm rooms would be huuuuuge, and that somehow, my roommates and I would be lucky enough to share a ginormous common room with a group of hot girls who lived on the other side. I also thought my RA would be an ex-pro football player.
Then there was Kelly Kapowski. Ahhh, Kelly Kapowski. Every boy dreamed of having Kelly Kapowski as his girlfriend. I guess the show did get one thing right: There's always that one hot girl at your school that everyone has a crush on. She might be what I'm most excited to see on the new "Saved by the Bell" show if this story turns out to be true. Everyone had a crush on her, come on. And those of us that saw her on "Bevery Hills 90210" knows she continued to be quite hot. I mean, that's what I hear. I, uh, saw pictures of her on TV Guide and stuff when that show was still on. I didn't watch. Pssh.
...
Of course, on occasion, the show tried to interject some timely and important social issues into their stories. Zack and the gang fought in the Drug Wars in an episode where they discovered a "roach" in the bathroom after movie star Jonny Dakota comes to the school to film an anti-drug commercial. That episode coined the maxim "Would I do dope? Nope." The show also tackled drunk driving after the gang goes to a party, consumes one or two beers, and then proceeds to wreck Lisa's mother's car with Zack at the wheel. Funny? Not so much. Educational? Sort of, but cheesy episodes like that were what made the show great.
The potential to once again see "old friends" I grew up with is what's exciting about this story. Are Zack and Kelly still together? Do they have kids? Is Zack coming up with a million and one ways to become a millionaire? Did A.C. Slater go into pro sports? Or did he go into the military and follow in his father's footsteps? Did Lisa become a famous clothing designer? Is Screech still a bumbling fool, and if so, how the heck did he become the Principal of Bayside? Oh wait, Belding was the principal before him wasn't he...
Or did the whole group achieve their dreams of super-stardom with their rock band "Zack Attack" before falling from the heavens by failing to adapt to new musical sounds in the late 90's and going bankrupt after wasting their fortunes on faberge egg addictions, Buddy Bands, and a prolonged copyright infringement court case with Betty Crocker?
Of course, ex-stripper Elizabeth Berkely won't be coming back; her stint on "Showgirls" is still probably too recent and too risque for producers to want her back on a family show. Or, she could have declined, trying instead to focus on her movie career. I wonder how they will write her out? I suppose Jesse could have had a relapse and become addicted to caffeine pills once more.
Well, Adult Swim, you better not be yanking my proverbial chain. And you better make this show a darn good one, one as wonderfully cheesy and funny as the show before it with a large supporting cast of goofball teachers, squeaky-voiced nerds, and dumb bullying jocks to complement Zack's hair-brained schemes.
The show could go either way, good or bad, and thus it should create a very certain reaction in all of us, one illustrated by the single best quote in "Saved by the Bell", nay TELEVISION history:
(singing)
"I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so *sob*... SCARED!"
--Cbake
posted by Cbake at 12:52 PM
2 Comments:
are you truly serious? or is this post the worst prank in history? i used to watch saved by the bell. but i was like, 3 and didnt understand it too well.
xoxo Allie
speaking of kelly kapowski, a certain vertically challenged, hair folically blessed blogger once quipped,
"N****** H**** is so hot, I would hit that on the spot"
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