03.15.07
Oh, Artie Boy
I actually was up in time to catch parts of all 4 Saved By the Bell episodes today. Now let’s see if I can remember what they all were. The one I saw the most of was the one where Slater has the gang baby-sit is pet Chameleon for the weekend and he ends up dying. Best part? Where Slater dresses up like Artie in Zack’s dream sequence and keeps repeatedly sticking his tongue as if to imitate the chameleon way. That acting is a delight!
The 8:30 episode was the one where Zack is Kelly’s date for her birthday party Saturday but then he gets blackmailed by Belding into taking out his niece Penny Belding on Friday night thanks to his 10th detention (ordinarily a week’s suspension). Then our hero finds out the party for Kelly was switched to Friday also (the Max was overbooked on Saturday). As memory serves, Penny is hot and Screech takes her out, dressed as Zack, then they get caught at the party and everyone figures out what is going on. Kelly gets mad when she hears Penny talking about how great Zack is, neither knowing that this Zack is, in fact, Screech. When Kelly finds out the truth, she is flattered by Zack’s efforts to make her happy on her birthday. Everybody lives happily ever after and I think Screech may have even gotten lucky with the Principal’s niece that night! Why didn’t he parade around and throw that in everyone’s face?!?!? What a conquest! This episode contained the great joke by Mr. Hudson (the overweight Science teacher): “There are 2 types of genes, dominant genes and recessive genes. Which are not to be confused with <pause for dramatic effect> blue jeans.” It’s great stuff.
What were the other 2 episodes? Oh, one was where the gang forgets about Screech’s birthday until Kevin (Screech’s Robot) reminds Zack. Screech is mad and looking for revenge and to compound the problem Mr. Dewey makes him hall monitor and he puts everyone in detention when they’re trying to throw a surprise party for him in Belding’s office to make up for forgetting his birthday. Eventually they all get to Belding’s office and have a party for him in 30 seconds. Lisa gives him “a compass, for when I tell you to get lost.”
Oh and I just remembered the first episode. It was the Bayside-Valley Prank War. I missed most of it, but the scenes between the two school principals are classic SBTB. “We’re the Bayside Tigers and we’re on the prowl…” Also the Stan and Dan Kleig episode. “Whoa, you guys stole Valley t-shirts!” “No, we stole Bayside Jackets!” There’s the whole “Interesting, Stan” “Very, Dan” exchange between the two. It’s good stuff. Of course Bayside wins the coveted golden megaphone at the cheerleading competition and everybody’s happy. One final thought about Saved by the Bell. Remember how we talked about how the pop culture references were great because they kind of transcended the years (in my first SBTB post, I believe)? Well think of this exchange between Lisa and Jessie from this morning’s episode (the Kelly’s party, Zack and Mr. Belding’s niece one):Lisa: Jessie, I have the perfect guy for you to take to Kelly’s party! He’s my next door neighbor!
Jessie: Oh my gosh, you live next door to Kevin Costner!?!?!?! Hmm, swing and a miss there if you ask me. He did have Robin Hood around that same time, but for the most part they missed his big career moments of Dances with Wolves and Field of Dreams. Even Bull Durham. They must have seen big things for him before his career pulled a Christian Slater and gleamed the cube. So I guess all their pop references aren’t great (they also referred to Alan Thicke in a later episode when Screech and Lisa were at a “Zombie Love Story” movie). Talk about growing pains. So there is a nice long SBTB update for you.
It was gorgeous here Tuesday. Wednesday it rained and then in the evening we had a massive thunderstorm complete with tornado, but it was still warm. Today I wake up to snow covering the ground and 20 degree weather. Plus I heard there was an earthquake in Twinsburg this week. So in four days we’ve had an earthquake followed by a perfectly clear 70 degree day, followed by a massive thunderstorm and tornado, followed by a snowstorm and in there we had a 50 plus degree temperature change. I’m waiting for the locusts or boils. I hate
Ohio during this time of year.
Hawthorne Heights “Ohio is For Lovers”
“Hey there, I know its hard to feel like I don’t’ care at all where you are and how you feel with these lights off as these wheels keep rolling on and on. Slow things down or speed them up, not enough or way too much, how are you when I’m gone? And I can’t make it on my own. Because my heart is in Ohio. So cut my wrist and black my eyes so I can fall asleep tonight, or die. Because you kill me. You know you do, you kill me well. You like it too and I can tell, you never stop until my final breath is gone. Spare me just three last words, I love you is all she heard. I’ll wait for you, but I can’t wait forever.”