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Graduation (The college years)
The new class...
Tori
Never Jumped
Day One
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I admit watching this show when I was younger, a pity I didn't listen to my mom when she warned me about watching that (in her own words)"pointless dribble" had no idea what she was talking about but since seeing the re-runs I do now.
Here are a few cents worth of my thoughts on this show.
1. The Earthquake with the principle's wife, Zack, and Tori was not a bad summary. But living in California they should have known automaically that you should never use a elevator during a earthquake.
But I will let it slip by seeing how they were in there way before the earthquake occured and earthquakes are hard to predict.
2. The whole same classes thing was a bit much even for a fictional show. In my high school I probably had say one or two friends taking the same cource as me while the other half of my croonies attended different studies in a different room. So if anything interesting happned in thier class room or ours they would have to tell us since there is no way we would instantly know about it (unless it was so huge that it spread out quickly)it makes them appear xenophobic of the other classmates around them or co-dependent on each other.
2. Violet was nice, and I loved how in one scene Jesse used her feminism for good instead of annoyance when she told off Violet's rich boyfriend(I can't remember his name but he scolded her for talking to Screech about some school project telling that it upset him when she talked to the other boys but Jesse caught on to that and said that she can look or talk to anyone that she wanted to; she wasn't his property) very rare scene from Jessie and I wished they kept going with that sort of heroism.
And to top it off,they should have kept with the whole Violet/Screech relationship. They were so much more happier than when he was pining for Lisa.
3. Note that I am not ragging on the background, I would understand the cost effectiveness of recycling one scene for different scenerious (that was common for alot of shows back then I think if you didn't have enough money to waste) so I am not raging on that. They did that back in the 50s and 60s with classic movies too you know.
3. The "Zack Attack" band sort of bothered me, how egocentric can you get naming a band after you? And realistically they should have had some scenes where the band protested this because its a group effort not just Zack alone...wasn't he the "manager" of the band anyway?
4. There is no way that the school would have runned properly by the actions of only six kids. A bit of a stretch I agree with all here, not a good place for a extra to exercise her creative talents on the show.
5. Tori was obviously a grunge/tough girl poser. Yeah we needed balance against Zack, but lets face it, the drunk driving episode really made her out to be a majoy phoney. For someone who looked as if they attended a few "Metallica" or "Nirvana" concerts in thier day she was totally OOC acting all freaked out that everyone was drinking at a typical teenage party. It would have made sense before she left that she tried it once or that she was trying to quit. But such was not the case and we lost all respect for a so-called "relatable" character.
6. The "Say No to Dope" episode really REALLY should have been revised better than that.
Here are a few cents worth of my thoughts on this show.
1. The Earthquake with the principle's wife, Zack, and Tori was not a bad summary. But living in California they should have known automaically that you should never use a elevator during a earthquake.
But I will let it slip by seeing how they were in there way before the earthquake occured and earthquakes are hard to predict.
2. The whole same classes thing was a bit much even for a fictional show. In my high school I probably had say one or two friends taking the same cource as me while the other half of my croonies attended different studies in a different room. So if anything interesting happned in thier class room or ours they would have to tell us since there is no way we would instantly know about it (unless it was so huge that it spread out quickly)it makes them appear xenophobic of the other classmates around them or co-dependent on each other.
2. Violet was nice, and I loved how in one scene Jesse used her feminism for good instead of annoyance when she told off Violet's rich boyfriend(I can't remember his name but he scolded her for talking to Screech about some school project telling that it upset him when she talked to the other boys but Jesse caught on to that and said that she can look or talk to anyone that she wanted to; she wasn't his property) very rare scene from Jessie and I wished they kept going with that sort of heroism.
And to top it off,they should have kept with the whole Violet/Screech relationship. They were so much more happier than when he was pining for Lisa.
3. Note that I am not ragging on the background, I would understand the cost effectiveness of recycling one scene for different scenerious (that was common for alot of shows back then I think if you didn't have enough money to waste) so I am not raging on that. They did that back in the 50s and 60s with classic movies too you know.
3. The "Zack Attack" band sort of bothered me, how egocentric can you get naming a band after you? And realistically they should have had some scenes where the band protested this because its a group effort not just Zack alone...wasn't he the "manager" of the band anyway?
4. There is no way that the school would have runned properly by the actions of only six kids. A bit of a stretch I agree with all here, not a good place for a extra to exercise her creative talents on the show.
5. Tori was obviously a grunge/tough girl poser. Yeah we needed balance against Zack, but lets face it, the drunk driving episode really made her out to be a majoy phoney. For someone who looked as if they attended a few "Metallica" or "Nirvana" concerts in thier day she was totally OOC acting all freaked out that everyone was drinking at a typical teenage party. It would have made sense before she left that she tried it once or that she was trying to quit. But such was not the case and we lost all respect for a so-called "relatable" character.
6. The "Say No to Dope" episode really REALLY should have been revised better than that.
Ever since Dustin Diamond's inexplicable self-humiliation on Celebrity Fit Club, I can't watch this show. Thanks a lot, you super-creep.
Here's a fun drinking game: Every time you see Slater in a tank top or workout gear, take a shot of your favorite (adult) beverage. I guarantee by the end of the show you won't be able to stand.
The Jessie Spannau "I'm so excited" speed addiction was truly the funniest thing i've ever seen. i'm so jealous because my husband gets to watch reruns at the gym in the morning and has seen it like three times in the past year. please if anyone knows how to get a hold of just this episode, let me know. what a desperate episode and career, elizabeth berkeley. oh yeah, thanks for showgirls, too.
Does anyone else feel sorry for Dustin Diamond when he tried to break back into acting by being cast as that "Famous Actor" on that dating show a few years ago. How embarrassing!
Saved By The Bell is too easy to make fun of. It was incredibly cheesy,unrealistic (even by TV standards) and sometimes I wondered if the scripts were written by monkeys. That being said I watched every Saturday. It was never really a good show but it was entertaining (for the most part) and it was always on after school so I could escape reality for 30 minutes. The show JTS when they brought on Tori and Screech became even more of a baffoon than before. The characters were so inconsistent. One minute Screech is a total moron, the next he's made out to be the smartest kid in school, which is it? And what the hell happened to Max? I truly couldn't take Jesse, she was so anal I couldn't take it. What the hell did Slater ever see in her?
I always felt bad for Screech, his friends always treated him badly, used him and laughed at him yet they made it seem like Zach and the other dopes were his best friends who would always be there for him. It was seemed like Screech was always doing things for Zach and the gang, but they rarely did anything for him, to me that's not being a very good friend, or any kind of friend, but I digress...
Another thing that always irritated me was that Jesse seemed have a drug problem for one episode LOL. Remember when she was addicted to caffeine pill? "I'm so excited, I'm so excited, I'm so...scared" It so cheesy I couldn't help but laugh. Obviously it was attempt to scare kids off drugs but the way it was handled was so ridiculous, you couldn't help but laugh at it. I realize it's just a kid's show, but I'm sorry, even I knew back then that you don't have a drug problem one minute and then Zach and the gang show up at your house and everythings all great.
Anyways, good show, it was what it was,a cheesy but entertaining show. The college years were lame and new class was even worse. Once Kelly and Lisa left (and then suddenly came back for graduation...very strange, were they in the witness protection program??? where the hell did they go?) they should have just ended the show, it just got too painful to watch with that boring girl Tori.
I always felt bad for Screech, his friends always treated him badly, used him and laughed at him yet they made it seem like Zach and the other dopes were his best friends who would always be there for him. It was seemed like Screech was always doing things for Zach and the gang, but they rarely did anything for him, to me that's not being a very good friend, or any kind of friend, but I digress...
Another thing that always irritated me was that Jesse seemed have a drug problem for one episode LOL. Remember when she was addicted to caffeine pill? "I'm so excited, I'm so excited, I'm so...scared" It so cheesy I couldn't help but laugh. Obviously it was attempt to scare kids off drugs but the way it was handled was so ridiculous, you couldn't help but laugh at it. I realize it's just a kid's show, but I'm sorry, even I knew back then that you don't have a drug problem one minute and then Zach and the gang show up at your house and everythings all great.
Anyways, good show, it was what it was,a cheesy but entertaining show. The college years were lame and new class was even worse. Once Kelly and Lisa left (and then suddenly came back for graduation...very strange, were they in the witness protection program??? where the hell did they go?) they should have just ended the show, it just got too painful to watch with that boring girl Tori.
Great show but had several dumb moments. The "No Hope With Dope" episode where Johnny Dakota comes in and tries to smoke pot with the kids and hit on kelly was stupid. Kelly was supposed to be how old in this? This was To catch a Predator Material. I was waiting for Chris Hanson to show up. Also they recycled this plot later(as they often did) in the college years episode where Johhny Walters, the big pro football star comes in. Same routine, The kids initially fawn over him, zack becomes his buddy and he tries to get with kelly. They discover he's a jerk and stand up for what they believe in. Originality was lacking in quite a few episodes.
i admit i still watch this show although not the earlier ones. I had never heard of Good Morning Miss Bliss. I can think in peticular of one instance when SBTB jumped the shark. Torrie was the new chick, and kelly and jessie disappeared, NO one mentioned them again, as if they never existed.
Screech was basically the running joke of the show. All of his supposed "friends" couldn't stand him and would make him do all of these stupid things just so he would get in trouble and they wouldn't. He counted Zack as his best friend but Zack couldn't have disrespected him more if he'd tried.
The show jumped when Kelly broke up with Zack for Jeff. They were the central couple on the show and everytime they hooked up with anyone but each other it didn't make sense because they were clearly meant to be together. The two of them getting married was the perfect way to end the show because it meant they came full-circle and it wrapped up the basic premise of the show. All their friends came back for that episode which was great to see.
The fact that the network made a 'New Class' is just pathetic. I never watched it and didn't need to because SBTB without Zack and his friends just doesn't make sense.
The show jumped when Kelly broke up with Zack for Jeff. They were the central couple on the show and everytime they hooked up with anyone but each other it didn't make sense because they were clearly meant to be together. The two of them getting married was the perfect way to end the show because it meant they came full-circle and it wrapped up the basic premise of the show. All their friends came back for that episode which was great to see.
The fact that the network made a 'New Class' is just pathetic. I never watched it and didn't need to because SBTB without Zack and his friends just doesn't make sense.
The show is alright, not to be taken seriously.
But I remember at the time that me and my brother would get annoyed cause whenever Zack got a new girlfriend, she would disappear after that one episode and would never be seen again.
Plus it was also annoying whenever the school had an activity and they were the only ones who participated. No one else was allowed I guess. It also seemed like that was the smallest populated school ever. There were like only 30 people there.
Screech was just the most annoying bastard ever, getting more dumber and annoying as the show went on.
Plus the whole Tori thing, was that an alternative universe?! Made no sense.
And don't get me started on the new class. In the first season, they were just carbon copies of the original cast.
But the show is still good for some good laughs. Man I thought about this way too much. HAHA!
But I remember at the time that me and my brother would get annoyed cause whenever Zack got a new girlfriend, she would disappear after that one episode and would never be seen again.
Plus it was also annoying whenever the school had an activity and they were the only ones who participated. No one else was allowed I guess. It also seemed like that was the smallest populated school ever. There were like only 30 people there.
Screech was just the most annoying bastard ever, getting more dumber and annoying as the show went on.
Plus the whole Tori thing, was that an alternative universe?! Made no sense.
And don't get me started on the new class. In the first season, they were just carbon copies of the original cast.
But the show is still good for some good laughs. Man I thought about this way too much. HAHA!
I just remember Zach had a cell phone the size of a maglite and it was around 1989 - that was cool. My grandma has a cellphone now but back in '89 a cell phone was akin to having your own spaceship.
show was cheesy from day one! but i think that was the point. it is funny how when it premired as Good Morning Miss Bliss it took place in Indiana and then when it went to Saved by the Bell it moved to Cali. I think the show was inconsistent in a lot of stuff. Like the storyline where Zach and Lisa start dating...what on earth..for one entire episode. Don't even get me started on that Tori girl ( where were Kelly and Jessi?)! and then there was the new class,which every season it was on switched characters!
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