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Post by sbtbfanatic on May 13, 2014 3:30:50 GMT
I really don’t know why there were that string of episodes where Kelly and Jessie were written out…it just never seemed that normal to me…
The girl playing Melissa, though, WASN”T wheelchair bound. I think that maybe they should’ve gone with a girl who really was.
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Post by sbtbfanatic on May 13, 2014 3:31:41 GMT
From what I’ve heard: The cast wrapped up the “senior” season, but more episodes were ordered after everything was said and done. I think Kelly and Jessie were already in the midst of working on other projects (SHOWGIRLS?) , so they added Tori in and kind of intertwined episodes so that the audience “couldn’t tell”.
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Post by sbtbfanatic on May 13, 2014 3:32:26 GMT
I can’t believe you left out the fact that the table that Melissa is sitting at had a tablecloth! Like all of a sudden The Max has fine dining options. I’ve watched too much SBTB to remember that off the top of my head.
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Post by sbtbfanatic on May 13, 2014 3:36:16 GMT
Saved By The Bell S4E20: ‘Snow White and the Seven Dorks'
Welcome to Drama class! Zack mentions that he’s a star actor – he’s had so many performances in the Principal’s Office that he should win an Oscar! Zack can currently be seen in Franklin & Bash.
In walks Mr. Bainbridge, who announces that today they’ll pick the annual school play. Zack lobbies for last year’s play – after all, they already know the lines. Kelly, Lisa and Jessie opt for classics – A Chorus Line, Cats and Phantom of the Opera. Screech pipes in and suggests Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Lisa mocks him, before Bainbridge interrupts and says that fairy tales are the foundation of drama! Everything can be changed to fit a different audience.
“How about we make the dwarves tall blonde girls in bikinis?” Zack suggests. “Hi Ho Hi Ho,” Slater awkwardly announces. Jessie hits him in the arm for being gross.
Kelly then decides that a cool idea would be a rap version, and the class is all about it. Since when I think of the kids on Saved By The Bell, I think of natural rappers.
The dorks in the back have one slight concern – they want to be on stage this year! Normally they get the boring, behind the scenes jobs. Probably because Bayside is ashamed of them. Bainbridge guarantees them all parts and Zack makes a quip about how the play will now be “Snow White and the Seven Dorks”. And it is!
The students start practicing and while Screech is rapping a tune about kissing Snow White Lisa, Lisa quickly runs off stage to throw up. I’m guessing neither of them will get the part.
Next up to audition is Kelly, who simply talks out her lines as the Wicked Queen and just sucks. She really has her heart set on Snow White, since she’s just “not a nasty person”. Bainbridge gives her a scenario where Snow White stole all of Kelly’s popular girl cred, thus giving Kelly a bit of an oomph in her performance. She sucks just a little less now.
Jessie is having a few problems with the script, saying it’s derogatory and insulting to women. Zack encourages her to change it so she can act towards something she believes in. Jessie is all for the idea.
The scene in question is where the seven dorks are dancing around her, using every limb in their body, telling her that while she can stay over, she’s got to <rap> “Clean the house in every nook, sew, knit, wash, COOK!” </rap> (Actually, COOK! was never mentioned, but it rhymed. Jessie interrupted with a “LOOK!” and then did a side rap about the dorks being sexist pigs.) Bainbridge seems unsure about Snow White’s new lines about staying over at the Y but lets her continue.
Bainbridge posts the casting list the next day. Zack gets cast as the Prince, since – of course, right? Jessie lands Snow White, which makes our fragile Kelly Kapowski a bit jealous. While stating how she got into the Wicked Queen role in auditions, she has to make sure Jessie knows there are no hard feelings. Yet.
Zack stays behind, telling Kelly that he might opt out as Prince. The only reason he auditioned was due to the kiss scene. He couldn’t stand to have anyone else kiss Kelly! But Jessie, eh. Kelly says that Zack is needed for the role and he shouldn’t back out based on the fact that for once, she didn’t get the pretty role.
Jessie is also a bit heartbroken over Zack’s willingness to quit. After all, in their second grade play, they were Mr. and Mrs. Skunk. And I’m sure that show sold out in seconds flat. Zack supposedly whispered Jessie’s lines into her ear when she forgot (“Don’t raise your tail, dear. It’s only the badgers!”), which makes me doubt Jessie’s lead role capabilities all together!
Back in class, Zack and Jessie are practicing the kiss scene in front of their peers. Zack gives her an innocent peck and the audience “Woo”s like crazy – but Bainbridge wasn’t too impressed. Tomorrow, he wants them to try it with “a little more feeling” (Read: tongue) Jessie wants to stay later and work on the kiss, which Zack admits is “also known as making out”. “It’s called acting, Zack.” Oh, great. Now I understand why all of my past relationships have failed.
Jessie won’t take no for an answer and Zack – feeling extremely uncomfortable – has to be peer pressured into practicing. “We’ve been best friends since kindergarten, you don’t have to be shy around me!” Jessie coaxes. Zack is convinced – and then the innocent kiss turns serious.
Of course that’s when Lisa decides to walk in. Utterly shocked, she leaves the room unnoticed and the Saved By the Bell “worrisome guitar” noise goes off.
“What… what just happened?” Zack says, post kiss. “You kissed me.” Jessie responds. Duh. “We have to remember that that kiss… was pretend,” Jessie states. But then they both admit they liked it and almost kiss again! Awkward city.
Back at home, Lisa, Jessie and Kelly are rehearsing their lines. Kelly brings up the kiss scene, stating how it must be difficult kissing someone else’s boyfriend. “Psh, not for Jessie,” Lisa slips. Trying to quickly cover it up, Jessie gets the hint that Lisa knows what’s up and slips up herself. “Bring me one Zack!” she says with fluster, when Kelly says she’s going to grab some sodas.
“Lisa – what you saw was an accident,” Jessie claims. Later, she admits that Zack is an amazing kisser. She threatens Lisa to keep her trap shut and panics when she hears Kelly come back with the sodas. First thing said once Kelly is back in shot? “KELLY, I KISSED ZACK.”
Kelly says she knows – for the play! But Jessie admits that it was more than that and then – in heightened anxiety – leaves, saying she needs to wash her hair. Kelly looks pretty confused.
At school, Jessie is swarmed by the seven dorks, trying to “protect” her and stay in character. Soon, Slater comes by to casually ask her about the play. “WHATDIDYOUHEARABOUTTHEPLAY”, Jessie barks. “DON’TASK!!”
She summons her dorks to take her away from Slater and they comply. Slater, also confused, decides to head to the MAX and have a chat with her BFF Zack about it.
When Slater announces he had some questions about Jessie, Zack does a spit-take. Slater says that he’s thinking of joining the play, just to keep tabs on her. Zack shoves some fries into his mouth, trying to keep cool over securing the secrecy of “the kiss”.
At rehearsals, Slater’s presence as “Studly”, the new dork, makes Zack nervous – he can’t seem to kiss Jessie at all!
“Prince, come on, why don’t you kiss her!” yells an impatient Bainbridge. Maybe it’s because Kelly, Slater, Lisa and all original 7 dorks were hovering.
“Maybe they like each other!” Lisa proclaims. “OOPS!” Worst Friend Secret Holder Ever. Jessie runs off stage and Slater finally realizes something is wrong, after proclaiming “What’s going on around here!” Will this play actually happen!?
Zack and Jessie both decide to quit the play and get an earful from Belding. The stars quitting two days before opening night? Every dork in town is coming, so this is even more of an outrage. The only understudy cast was when Screech wanted to be Dork #4 instead of Dork #6, or whatever the heck he was cast as.
Zack and Jessie admit to Belding that they might be falling for each other and that kissing again may be more than they can handle. Belding realized that he went through a similar situation with Natalie Kendall back when he was in high school – even though she was disgusted by it, he had to know if his feelings were beyond friendship. I bet Natalie Kendall ended up with Belding’s brother, Rod. Kelly and Slater meet up and realize that their significant others are avoiding each other. “Do you think it’s possible that there’s something going on between them?” Kelly asks. As per usual Kelly realizes things 15 show-minutes after everyone else. Slater and Kelly debate but then realize that there’s no way that could be the issue, despite the fact that Lisa admitted it earlier. Since they “have no proof”, they feel as if they’re just embarrassed over having to kiss in the play and decide to tell them that they totally understand. High school plays are hard.
Sitting on stage, Jessie and Zack are contemplating over the fact that they’ll have to kiss in order to know their feelings. Facing each other, they awkwardly go in for a kiss. The good news is, they both felt nothing! They’re just friends and can still be in the play! They decide to kiss again, since it was totally meaningless and of course that’s when Kelly and Slater walk in.
Kelly and Slater break up with them and refer to them as a skinny wimp and a neurotic egghead. All friendships are now broken. Probably forever, right?
Unfortunately, it’s time for the performance. Kelly and Slater resort to giving the pair the evil eye. Belding tries to give them a rushed pep talk, and after Kelly advises Zack to “break two legs”, Zack makes it clear that him and Jessie have worked out a plan. I bet it involves ad libbing!
During the performance, Kelly decides to let her personal issues ruin her performance, nearly gagging Jessie with an apple and yelling at Lisa, “the mirror of the mall”. Bainbridge gets nervous.
Flash forward to the scene where Zack and Jessie need to lock lips. “Dork Number 5, I have to agree! If you want to save Snow White, don’t look at me”, Zack raps, as Screech loudly interrupts him to remind him that’s not in the script. Zack continues to rap about how Dork #8, Studly, is the one that needs to kiss Jessie in order to wake her up. Slater raps back a forgiveness, while Zack continues to change the plot, and admits his heart belongs to the Queen. All is forgiven, and the play is a hit.
Lessons Learned: Dorks can only be in school plays if they play dorks.
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Post by sbtbfanatic on May 13, 2014 4:33:49 GMT
Saved By The Bell: S4E23 "Slater's Friend"
Zack and the gang are in Speech Class, where the assignment is called “My Best Friend”. As this topic seems somewhat elementary, I have to comment that Zack looks like he’s 12 in this episode. This can’t be a Season 4. Dare you lie to me, TiVo?*
Slater’s up first and talks about how his best friend is someone he’s known for a long time. They’ve traveled together and speak the same language. His best friend is his chameleon, Artie. Who ironically is sitting pretty in Slater’s shirt pocket. Also, Artie is wearing a leash.
At the MAX, Kelly thinks Slater’s “nosie” trick with Artie is absolutely adorable. (The trick is, Slater rubs his nose on the chameleon. I’m sure even Penn and Teller were stunned by how such a feat was possible!) When Slater tries to pass on Artie to Lisa and Zack, both are immediately turned off. Jessie is intrigued and asks Slater for the full story on how he obtained Artie.
“Well actually, Artie found me!” Slater says with a motherly glow. Let me predict this story: It was a cold, blustery night. Slater heard a mere scratching on the door and it turned out to be Artie – 2 inches big, but starving and cold. Slater knitted Artie a sweater, as Artie told him of his war stories while slowly sipping on hot chocolate.
Okay, I was just a little off. Slater’s dad was stationed in the Philippines when he found Artie and the two of them went through fourteen schools together. He’s the only friend that never left his side. OR WILL HE?
Slater asks Screech if he’ll watch Artie while he goes to San Diego this weekend. So – Artie never left his side, but he can’t even take him to San Diego for two days? Looks like this is a one-way friendship. Slater trusts Screech since Screech managed to name all of the ants in his ant farm. “Naming them was easy,” Screech says. “It’s remembering their birthdays that’s tough.”
When Screech asks about Artie’s diet, Slater says that he’ll eat flies, bugs or anything that gets stuck on a windshield of a car. Looking like she’s going to be sick, Lisa decides to head out. Slater then reveals a tiny toy that he states is “Artie’s Chew Toy”. This spun from cute to mentally dangerous really quickly. Kelly jets out and reminds Jessie that she’ll see her later to work on her speech. Since “My Best Friend” requires a ton of thought. Jessie flakes and says that she promised she’d join in a protest her Mom was throwing, where she’d be chained to a super unleaded gas pump. Zack decides to use the opportunity to get his flirt on and immediately offers to help out Kelly.
Back at Zack’s house, Zack shows the audience his life-sized Kelly Kapowski cut-out. This is one continuous element of Zack’s existence that makes me baffled. First – where would he obtain such an object? Second – what if Kelly found out? If I found out a guy in high school had a cardboard version of me in his room, I’d be a little weirded out. Personally, I vanquished the possibility of this by being horrifically unpopular.
Thinking it’s Kelly at the door, Zack puts the cut-out under his bed and announces that the beautiful creature is here. In walks Screech, holding his Artie shoebox.
Screech hands Artie over to Zack, saying that he needs to watch him for the remainder of the weekend. His other pets “love him” so much that they “love to eat him”, so the Powers household just isn’t safe for an aging, best friend chameleon.
Kelly walks in soon after and instantly grabs Artie away from Zack the second Screech leaves. She cooes at him and says that she’s sure he misses his best friend Slater. Zack tells Kelly to put him down so that they can work on the speech and Kelly leaves Artie by a cold window, with the shoebox uncovered.
Zack’s first speech lesson is eye contact. “Usually a short greeting works well,” Zack says in a romantic voice. “Hi,” Kelly says, staring him in the eyes. “Hi,” Zack responds, looking to go in for a kiss. “HI!”
Jessie “Mood-Killer” Spano walks in through the window, completely interrupting the moment. While Zack tries to kick her out the door, Kelly seems confused about her presence. Seems like they ran out of gas on the way to the protest and Jessie’s Mom refused to fill up, based on principal. Psyched, Kelly is glad that her first choice Best Friend Speech Helper is back on the market and the two leave Zack in the dust.
Back at school, Zack has Artie and tells the girls to quiet down, since he’s “still sleeping.” Jessie notices that Artie is looking a little pale. The gang asks Screech what his opinion is and he says that Artie looks fine. Except for the fact that he’s dead.
Zack tries to make excuses for dead Artie, saying he was probably just bored stiff over the English class they just went to. “Should we try CPR?” Jessie freaks. Class valedictorian, everybody! Lisa suddenly feels emotional over the loss, despite being disgusted by him all along. Jessie and Kelly, however, realize that they might be to blame. Jessie left the window open last night and Kelly put him under a hot desk lamp. Screech feels guilty that he gave Zack the responsibility of looking after the pet in the first place.
Pretty soon, Slater walks by, fresh from his San Diego gala. While Screech and Zack carelessly shove the lifeless Artie into a locker, the girls decide to vanish – they want nothing to do with consoling their friend, apparently.
Zack tells Slater that Artie is back at his place, sleeping. Slater seems pissed off – I guess despite the gang meeting Artie for the first time the other day, Slater brings him around in his pocket everywhere. EXCEPT SAN DIEGO.
Slater says that Artie is typically a sound sleeper – when he’s out, he’s “dead to the world”. Screech makes a point to comment on the proper use of words. Slater suggests the three of them ditch class to go get him and Zack tries to buy time by saying the grand reunion should happen at the MAX later.
Since Zack can’t perform miracles, he decides to buy another chameleon at the pet store to try and fool Slater. Has anyone had parents who tried this technique? I’d imagine it’d be traumatizing – for a second grader. Slater’s bound to know!
He doesn’t, but the jig is up when the girls come by with a similar shoebox, holding a similar fake Artie. They claimed that Artie was a guest at their slumber party, while Zack starts to panic like never before. Slater takes some time to figure out how there could be two Arties. The girls call on Zack to explain why “Artie” doubled and Zack says that one of them is short for “Artesia”, Artie’s gal pal. For some strange reason, Slater doesn’t buy it.
In fact, Slater assumes Artie got lost in Zack’s room and says he’ll come by after wrestling practice to help Zack look for him.
The gang has a group-fantasy about how Sheriff Belding was bound to arrest them, using Artie (Slater in a lizard costume doing his finest chameleon impression) as a witness. Lizard-Slater punishes Screech by giving him solitary confinement. Jessie is the second to be punished, having to sit on ice for leaving that drafty window open. And – you know what? This fantasy is so amazing that I went ahead and just taped it off my television – for you!
Back in the real world, Slater busts into Zack’s room to find Artie. Slater gets impatient after emptying Zack’s shoes and realizing he’s not in there. Zack, a bit sullen, tells Slater that he doesn’t think he’ll find him this time. Slater uncovers Zack’s giant Kapowski cut-out and I hope he tells the police about it. Or someone. Someone has to know.
In comes the gang, with the real shoebox. They figure it’s time to tell Slater the truth. “It’s just a dead lizard,” Slater says with a shrug. He walks out, probably to secretly cry in the bathroom. The next day in Speech Class, it’s time for Kelly to give her presentation. Kelly’s best friend is named Freddie and he’s Kelly’s German Shepherd. “Everyone knows pets don’t count as best friends!” Slater loudly interrupts. He continues to interrupt throughout the entire speech – rude, sure. But kind of insensitive of Kelly, if you ask me.
Slater gets sent to the Principal’s office after Coach Rizzo had enough. Belding seems concerned about Slater’s outburst – after all, he’s on the wrestling team! Zack and Screech walk in to try and explain the outburst, but they don’t get too far – Belding got the information he needed, and kicks them out. Belding tries to sympathize by talking about his old birds, Sonny and Cher. “Life isn’t always fair. And neither is death! But that’s life,” Belding says. Slater gives Belding a tight grip and feels much better about the situation – especially after Belding suggests a funeral.
The funeral is held in a classroom, and the only attendees are those who were previously blamed for killing him in the first place. Zack speaks and says how Artie didn’t have an enemy in the world. “Except the hoot owl!” Screech interrupts.
Lisa goes up to share her Artie moment. “He was a gentle soul. He never hurt a fly! Except for when he was eating them,” Lisa said, prior to mentioning how color coordinated Artie was. Coach Rizzo is next and he doesn’t have much to say, but mentions a donation to “Save The Lizards”. Then Jessie sings a song. This one I didn’t tape – “Oh Artie Boy” is pretty memorable.
Slater gets up to say a few words next and his speech is all about how he’ll be okay. Now he has human friends, but his lizard friendship was much appreciated for those prior years.
Then they decide to flush him in the boys bathroom, despite the fact that they managed to buy him a perfectly adequate chameleon-sized casket.
Lessons Learned: Sometimes, chameleons don’t live for as long as it takes for you to move 14 times.
*Supposedly this was shot for season one and then thrown in with season 4. Season 4 also has an episode called “Slater’s Sister” – don’t worry. Her fate isn’t as bad as Artie’s.
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Post by sbtbfanatic on May 14, 2014 13:32:56 GMT
Saved By The Bell: S4E24 "School Song"
Walking right by the MAX jukebox, Screech is wearing his finest multicolored, vertical striped shirt. But nobody cares, since Zack just walked in! Zack talks about how graduation is coming up, and no incoming freshman will ever be as cool as him. I bet he’s totally right, since The New Class was just really terrible.
Lisa is discussing with Slater and Tori about the class gift and asks for Zack’s input. Zack’s gift will be a kiss to every girl. Even the fat ones and the ones in wheelchairs… and possibly Slater’s sister. Lisa says that she wants to give a lasting gift – last year, the class bought a VCR. And I’m sure it’s still being used today.
The group jokes, saying that Zack graduating is enough of a gift. Zack seems taken aback – four seasons of tomfoolery and scams and the school will be happy he’s gone? I agree with Zack on this one. I’d have extended his stay there even longer, like how they did with Screech in The New Class. Screech admits that Zack took on the title of Bayside’s Biggest Goof-Off, but says he’s still a fan of him anyway.
In choir practice, the students trudge through their boring school song. Even the nerd accompanying on piano is yawning over how dull it is. “That song should be in a nursing home,” says Tori. Lisa agrees and thinks that writing a new song would be an amazing class gift.
The “committee” brings the issue up with Belding, who thinks the idea is great. Rushing in two seconds after the decision has been finalized, Zack joins the gang and is met with ridicule and jokes. “Let me guess. You were rescuing a bunch of girl scouts from a burning cookie factory!” says Belding, before Zack could think up another excuse. After the other students join in, Belding says that if they got on the topic of the trouble Zack has caused, they’ll all be there another four years.
Once the meeting lets out, Zack tells Screech that he needs to clear his name before he graduates. “The only way to clear your name is to change it!” Screech jokes. Zack decides that his mission is to write the song solo, so everyone can see what a great dude he is.
While they get to working on the song, Zack tries to make matters difficult by penning Lisa’s ideas against Slater’s. Pretty soon he creates tension with Tori and Screech as well and everyone leaves, leaving Zack the perfect opportunity to have the piano all to himself. What a great dude!
Unfortunately, his plan backfires. Now everyone in the committee is set on writing the school song individually. While Screech blatantly rips off of ‘Home on the Range’ with a xylophone, Zack learns that his competition is pretty intense. While Tori and Slater are teaming up, we’ve also got Louise on the accordion and that other nerd on the committee that I refuse to look up the name for. And who knew that Lisa could play guitar?
A very upset Belding comes out of his office to handle the noise issue. He agrees to letting the seniors vote on the new song via PA System, which Belding agrees to with frustration. Tori and Slater are more impressed that Zack thought up a plan that made logical sense. OR WILL IT?
All of a sudden, it’s the end of the week and Tori and Slater are amped to show “Mr. B” and the students how great their song is. Of course, Zack takes it upon himself to screw with the piano first. Really, Zack? What a nice guy!
As guessed, Tori’s chords are screwed up while Slater dreamily sings the lyrics to ‘Bayside, We’ll Remember’. Slater freaks out on Tori, and the entire school hears them quit the competition. There are many, many dramatic cuts to the PA system.
Overhearing in the hallway, Zack admits that the sabotage was pretty low. “But if I want to be remembered as a nice guy, you can’t take any chances!” Screech is up next and Zack said he could lay low – Screech’s song will sabotage itself.
Surprisingly, ‘Home At Our School’, dramatically performed, is somewhat of a hit. Sure, it sounds like a 12-year-old wrote it, but at least he didn’t screw up the chords! And he also managed to magically fix the piano in between his and Tori’s set, which is pretty amazing.
Zack’s song, ‘Cool School’, is featured last. Despite practicing so long at the piano, Zack switches it up with a guitar. Pretty soon, all of the students are feeling the groove of “Bayside is a school that’s cool,” and Zack is an obvious winner.
Or is he! Both Screech and Zack got 132 votes and the glee club will be singing both songs to the senior class and they’ll determine the winner. Zack realizes that Screech’s “in” with the dorks might be enough to declare him the winner, so he decides to ask Louise out on a date. The most popular of the girl nerds, who we earlier learned, has amazing accordion skills.
Like most of his ladies, Zack brings Louise to the MAX. While admitting she would have voted for Zack after realizing how charming and great he really is, Louise asks Zack for a kiss. Zack, obviously, is not a fan. He is, however, flattered that she referred to his lips as “lethal weapons”.
Slater, Lisa and Tori witness the event and Tori concludes that Zack is willing to do anything to win. Even sabotage his friends’ songs! I have to say, despite being on the Tori Hate Train, she’s definitely quicker than Jessie and Kelly. Kelly would have realized that Zack sabotaged her chances while babysitting for Professor Lasky’s daughter, a year later.
While Louise is trying to persuade her nerd clan to vote for Zack, Slater pulls them aside and reminds them that Zack has a lot of pull in the school. If he dates a nerd girl, then all of the jocks will start dating nerd girls. There won’t be any more nerd women to go around!!
In the midst of practicing with the glee club, Lisa, Slater and Tori decide mid-song that they need to talk to Screech. They present a few changes to the song, that – well, the song is nothing like what it used to be. Let’s leave it at that. I’m not about to argue the validity and fairness of a completely different “winner” song. Not now! Possibly later.
Step 3 of the process is to poison Zack. At least, that’s what I heard when Slater – behind the scenes of the glee club contest – says, “I poured our secret weapon in Zack’s cup.”
Wait, no. It’s only lemon extract. But after accepting to toast with his friends, Zack probably assumes it’s alcohol.
Belding introduces “Cool School”, although he admits he’s unsure where Zack got the title from. After all, he keeps the thermostat at 70 degrees. Zack comes on stage, still feeling the effects of that lemon extract. This show has taught me that lemon extract can make it sound like you’re suffering a stroke, as Zack loses his ability to speak English properly.
Going along with his verbal screw-ups, the glee club repeats his nonsensical jabbering in a harmonic way. I guess the whole glee club was willing to look foolish based on the lemon prank. Zack hums the remainder of his song, while someone in the audience should have been calling an ambulance.
Afterwards, Zack realizes that he’s been duped. “You – Sippha-Me- — Un Puppos!” he says, angrily. Lisa gets him some actual water, and his extract nonsense is wiped away. “You sabotaged me on purpose?” Zack asks. They admit that they know Zack was behind the previous sabotages, which they all thought was pretty low.
Zack admits that he wanted to be seen as more than a goof-off and he really wanted a chance to be remembered by something positive. He apologizes and the gang admit that they had a lot of fun treating their friend like garbage. Screech walks in, finally realizing that his song is completely different. It only took him a few days and practices. Zack asks if he can sing with them, and he manages to learn all of the words in about five minutes.
While Screech sings, he longingly looks over at Zack. The song repaired everyone’s friendship!
Lessons Learned: In order to be a hero to change your reputation as a jerk, you should be a jerk to reach that goal. And never, ever buy lemon extract before a speaking event.
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Post by sbtbfanatic on May 14, 2014 13:36:48 GMT
I always found it odd that the new school song was explicitly about graduation. It makes no sense at all. Like, are freshmen going to sing that song when they come in? Huh?
By the way, did you ever see it performed on The New Class? They just loop the original audio from this episode. Quite hilarious.
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Post by sbtbfanatic on May 15, 2014 6:48:53 GMT
Saved By The Bell: S2E15 “The Fabulous Belding Boys”
Zack walks into history class but gives us a little background first, just in case. Zack claims that Mr. Dickerson, the teacher, is more horrible than four zits on a first date. Incredible! I think most of Bayside’s teachers would fit under the “1 to 3″ zits category.
“Good morning, Mr. Dickerson!” Zack proclaims in a charming way. “Stop sucking up – it won’t work!” Dickerson answers. Zack was right! This guy is terrible!
Dickerson reminds everyone that tomorrow is the History midterm and makes sure to add that nobody has passed it in three years. I kind of wonder what type of life-altering, horrific experience Dickerson suffered three years ago, but since the episode revolves around the Belding family, I’m guessing we’ll just never know.
While the students ask for some kind of test prep, Dickerson agrees. “Who shot Lincoln, SCREECH?” Dickerson gets in Screech’s face in an accusatory way. “It wasn’t me!” Screech answers with fear. “John Wilkes Booth!” Slater says from the other side of the room. The students get into a good question and answer rhythm before Dickerson announces that none of this information is even on the test.
Belding interrupts the class using the PA System, which angers old man Dickerson. So much that he throws a chalk duster at the PA. Unfortunately, Belding doesn’t realize and the PA System stays in tact. Belding talks about the Annual Class Trip and asks the representatives – which is approximately half of Dickerson’s entire class – to meet in his office immediately. Dickerson comments to Zack about how the only trip this class will take is to Summer School. I love it when teachers get psyched about failing you!
In Belding’s office, Mr. Belding says that the students will be discussing trip destinations. Milton, the portly student, is amped to go to the Hershey Chocolate Factory. Trust me, Milton. Living 45 minutes away from Hershey Park, I can guarantee you that Chocolate World isn’t worth the air fare from California to Pennsylvania.
When Lisa mentions a Hawaiian Cruise, Belding admits that money is tight. Jessie wants the trip to be a place where they can picket a nuclear power plant. I cannot imagine what her future honeymoon will be like. And – oh man. Zack just said that she should “save that idea for your honeymoon!” I swear, you guys. I’m watching this show so much that I can pretty much predict dialogue. I think I might need to see a therapist about this.
Milton’s second suggestion is to visit the Hostess Exhibit and learn about Ding Dongs. “You’re a ding dong, Milton!” Zack yells. I have to say, the whole “fat kid suggestions only involve food” method that the writers of Saved By The Bell seemed to adopt is pretty horrible.
Since nobody can agree, Belding decides to make the decision. Which probably should have happened all along, saving us from the Milton jokes. Belding tells them to start hitting the books, since failing the midterms will mean that nobody gets to go on a class trip. And I’m sure the probability of more than half of Bayside failing every class is pretty high.
The gang decides to study back at home, where they talk about how Dickerson even flunked his own kid once. But even using their best studying habits fail when the students start seeing terrifying images of Dickerson in their books and on their sports posters. I guess they shouldn’t have taken all of those hallucinogens prior to studying.
Dickerson even appears on their TV, when they try to take a break to watch The Fresh Prince of Bel Air! Aw. Shows within shows.
On test day, Dickerson is more than 5 minutes late and the kids decide to invoke the “5 minute rule”. The definition of the “5 minute rule” is pretty self-explanatory. While they count down the seconds before they can walk out with no punishment, Belding walks in and says that Dickerson won’t be in. He pretty much went bananas in the teacher’s lounge. My guess is, he’s probably in jail.
Thankfully, Belding found a good substitute teacher to proctor the exam in such short notice. It’s Mr. Belding! Er. Mr. Belding 2. Just call him Rod. “A building with two Beldings, one of whom is balding!” Screech announces. I thought this line was hilarious when I was 7. Also, now.
Rod looks over the test and admits it looks pretty hard. He decides that instead of taking history, the students should be making history. He tells the students to follow his lead, while poorly ripping up the test and throwing it in the air with glory. Pretty soon, test pieces are everywhere, a janitor is bound to be annoyed and I’m sure Dickerson is punching the walls of his jail cell where I’ve fictionally placed him.
It’s only later that Jessie questions her midterm grade. But Rod is so cool, he says that he’ll just give the kids the grade they totally deserve. A’s for everyone! Except for Screech, who thinks he deserved a C+.
The real Mr. Belding comes in to check up on the group and realizes that everyone’s gone a little Rod-crazy. He’s so cool! He makes paper airplanes and left an important job at the airlines to become a substitute teacher and has such cool hair.
Belding also wanted to announce that the trip destination has been decided – they’re going to Yosemite Park! (BO-RING! Wait, I shouldn’t talk. My school barely had class trips and when we did, they were terrible.) Rod thinks that the students are brave, since Belding once got lost camping outside on his front lawn.
Rod adds more points to his cool-o-meter when he lets Zack and Screech watch a Dodgers game in Belding’s office while Belding is off school grounds. He’s even letting Zack drink a soda! And pretend to announce stuff about girls on the PA!
When Rod asks Zack if he’s psyched about the Yosemite trip, he mentions how his high school trip was going white water rafting. All of a sudden, Zack no longer cares about his original plan. White water rafting beats all – and Rod is taking them! This will surely end well.
Back at the MAX, the gang talks about how exciting white water rafting is. Only Jessie remembers how they promised Belding the chance to take them to the park, so Zack decides to clue in Belding on the changes they made regarding the trip he planned.
When they greet Belding, he’s looking up a bunch of Yosemite pamphlets from the ‘70s. Belding, amped about the trip, already tells the kids about the first two planned days. Hiking! Yosemite Falls! Deers! Wildflowers! Nature! Man, Belding’s going to get so bummed.
“We don’t want to go on your boring nature trip,” Screech announces. “We want to go white water rafting!” Belding fears the danger and then realizes that the students would rather hang with Rod. They crush his feelings and leave the office as Belding tosses his Yosemite pamphlets in the trash.
The next day, Rod decides to have a sexually charged practice run for the students. Screaming, flailing students are all over the place before Rod decides to hold a seminar on mouth to mouth. Jessie reveals that Slater isn’t a very good kisser, which “wasn’t what she said Saturday night!” TMI, you two.
Belding walks in right as the makeout party is starting. “Hey hey hey, WHAT is going ON here?” Belding says. I cheer! I love when he says that!
He’s not too fond of Rod for pulling the kids out of History class and the two brothers get into a confrontation. “Take your class to the room,” Belding says sternly. When Zack asks Belding why he was being such a killjoy, he mentions how Rod was the only teacher who cared about them. “Maybe he should care more about teaching and less about being popular,” Belding says. Zack claims Belding is just crazyjealous over Rod being great, which is yet another knife through Belding’s poor, Principal heart.
The students prepare for their Colorado River trip – Screech even has a flotation device to prevent him from drowning/being taken seriously. Milton loudly announces that the buses were there when the students realize Rod is nowhere to be found. Zack goes off to find him and realizes he’s in Belding’s office being reprimanded.
“They look up to you!” Belding says. “What’s so important that you’d disappoint 30 kids?” “Richie, if you met this stewardess, you’d know!” Rod says. WAIT. HOLD UP. Bayside’s entire class only has 30 kids in it?
I mean – Wait! Rod would disappoint kids for a lady? Named Inga? Doesn’t he know they’re called flight attendants now?
Belding claims that Rod has never changed, while asking him how he’d explain this weekend fling to the kids. “Tell them I’m sick! Tell them anything, cover for me!” Rod says with a smarmy, stupid smile. Belding kicks him out of the school and as he exits, he fails to see Zack eavesdropping outside the door.
Zack rejoins his classmates and tells Kelly he’s not feeling so good. Belding comes in to announce that Rod can’t take them on the trip, claiming that Rod has the flu and is sorry for disappointing everyone.
While the kids try to pack up, Belding says that while he’s no rafting expert, he’d love to take the kids on the trip himself. The kids are psyched, while Belding fails to realize he’s prepared no luggage. Zack pulls Belding aside and asks why he didn’t tell the truth. He apologizes for acting like a jerk. “Rod always was the more exciting Belding,” Belding admits. “Maybe,” says Zack. “But we got tLessons Learned: Life is tough when you have a cool sibling.
he better Belding.” Aww.
Post-episode, there’s been a lot of speculation on what truly happened to Rod. I highly suggested you check out this video, which is (honestly) one of my favorite things in the world.
Lessons Learned: Life is tough when you have a cool sibling.
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Post by sbtbfanatic on May 15, 2014 6:50:25 GMT
That video is one of the greatest things I’ve ever seen. Not to mention, the 3eb in the background music just makes it.
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Post by sbtbfanatic on May 15, 2014 6:50:34 GMT
That video is amazing! Love it, and love this post!
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Post by sbtbfanatic on May 15, 2014 6:50:50 GMT
You should also check out the Hamilton Brothers’ “Saved by the Belding, where some friends go on a journey to find Rod Belding…it even has cameos from both Beldings. The greatest thing on the Internet. www.vimeo.com/17739184
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Post by sbtbfanatic on May 15, 2014 6:51:09 GMT
omg that was incredible
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Post by sbtbfanatic on May 15, 2014 6:51:20 GMT
This is seriously a must-watch for all SBTB fans. Thank you so much for sharing!
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Post by sbtbfanatic on May 15, 2014 6:51:53 GMT
I wrote almost the entirety of the SBTB Minor Characters page on Wikipedia, but nothing comes close to the brilliance of Saved by the Belding. That was just phenomenal.
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Post by sbtbfanatic on May 15, 2014 6:57:13 GMT
Saved By The Bell S2E18: "The Glee Club"
“Love is in the air, and you’ll never guess who’s the hottest couple at Bayside!” Zack introduces from the MAX. I bet it’s Mr. and Mrs. Belding.
I was wrong. It’s Screech and Tori Spelling. Uh, I mean Violet.
While Screech and Violet grab a table to lovingly stare into each other’s eyes, the gang comments on how happy Screech is. “And look at Violet,” Jessie comments. “She has stars in her eyes.”
“And rocks in her head!” Lisa comments. “My cat won’t even go near Screech when he has a fish in his pocket!” Get your retorts in now, Lisa. We all know that 85% of your dialogue on this show is a comment on how Screech is annoying, so now that he’s moved on, they may as well just have written you off this episode.
Violet and Screech talk about how they went to a movie and Screech realizes he mistook her chauffeur to be her father. Obviously nobody introduces themselves in Violet’s family. Zack, Kelly, Slater, Jessie and Lisa soon join their table to invite them out to go bowling. While Violet would love to go, she can’t – she has glee club after school. Cheerfully, she invites them to totally join the club, and Kelly and Zack feel this way about it:
Slater says that he likes more active things than glee club; football, wrestling and Jessie. TMI! Lisa is less kind in her rejection, stating that the glee club is for geeks. You’re 0 for 2 here Lisa, and the episode has only been on for about three minutes.
Violet says that the glee club is perfect for her, since her parents forced her to join an extracurricular activity and singing would help her hide in a group. Probably like those extras on Glee. (Sidenote: I have never watched Glee, so I’m just guessing they have extras.) Screech offers to join her, which leads Violet to snort in … well, glee.
It’s then when Violet lets it out that the glee club National Competition is in Hawaii this year. “Hawaii?” Zack questions. He obviously feels this way about that factoid:
He’s so amped to win that he manages to get everyone to join with him.
Flash forward to glee club practice: Slater is a bit miffed, since he’s missed two wrestling practices ever since Zack forced him to join. Obviously Slater is unaware that he’s fully able to quit the glee club.
In walks the fabulous Mr. Tuttle, whose the advisor for the club. I love Mr. Tuttle!
When Lisa loudly sneezes, Tuttle quips that she’s off-key. Oh, that Tuttle! Jessie asks to move, stating that she doesn’t want to catch Lisa’s cold and shoves next to Kelly. You guys know the rule – you need to move one-full-person-away from a sneeze if you want to be immune. I’m pretty sure I saw that on a motivational poster once.
Before the group can start, Belding walks in to interrupt. Since the All City Sing is just a week away, he’s curious on the club’s progress. “If I needed to be nagged, I’d call your wife!” Tuttle says. So, let’s keep score here: Turtle is 0-2, and Tuttle’s 2-0. If you count that deathly sneeze, Turtle’s stats are even lower. I’ll wait to see if it’s a major plot point.
The group starts by singing the ‘Civil War Medley’. Three groups of students start singing randomly and they’re all horrible. It’s really tough to believe that three of them were in the famous pop group Hot Chocolate. It’s even tougher to believe that Zack Attack originated this way.
“… We’ve come a long way,” Tuttle embarrassingly admits to Belding. Belding pulls him aside, reminding him that the All City Sing is at Bayside this year and the shoddy performance could embarrass the entire school! “I’m giving you 48 hours to shape up,” Belding threatens. Yeesh. Now I know who inspired Simon Cowell.
Back at home, Zack and Screech brainstorm on how to make the glee club sound better. “Maybe we can cut out the singing part!” suggests Screech. Soon after, Violet calls the house and says she got tickets to a concert at Cal State. Screech asks Zack’s permission on whether or not they could go. Zack forbids it, saying that they really need to focus. While Screech passes the news onto Violet, he ends the call with kisses and romance.
Screech thinks they should reconsider – after all, they might be able to pick up some pointers from the show. “It’s not every day you get to see the California Glee Club,” Screech reasons. Zack realizes he has a point and tells Screech to call Violet back. Zack fishes for his tape recorder in his underwear drawer and says he’ll be bringing it with him.
Back at school, Zack has his boombox handy. “Just do what we practiced,” he advises to the group. Wait – now I know where this is going!
A clueless Tuttle walks in with Belding, stating that the progress they’ve made since yesterday might not be noticeable to the amateur ear. “Remember, everyone. Posture, Pitch and Pray,” Tuttle nervously advises.
Screech presses play and out come the completely noise-free live recording of the California Glee Club. Yeesh. Now I know who inspired Ashlee Simpson on SNL. (Okay, I know. That bad joke is pretty dated.) The lipsynching completely fools Belding and he leaves the class with a smile on his face.
Tuttle, on the other hand, is much smarter than that. Zack admits that the singing was from a completely different glee club, with pride. “Zachary! That’s despicable, deceitful and I’m delighted you did it!” Tuttle says. He thanks the club for buying him some time and Tuttle promises to whip them into shape in time for the competition.
Later, Zack tells the audience that he thought up a plan: Find the good singers and hide everyone else. Kelly auditions first and is pretty weak. Next up is Jessie, who is wearing a surgical mask. She’s not letting Lisa’s cold invade her precious body. Wait – Lisa sneezed once and it was days ago! I’d really hate to see how she handled the bird flu scares.
Tuttle asks Violet to sing next and she’s amazing! The gang cheers, since who knew! Tuttle announces her to be the soloist, which brings her into a panic. She joined this club to hide, remember?
Zack pressures Screech to talk Violet into it – after all, Violet is “his woman”.
“Come here, my heart,” Screech says, leading her into the hallway. Screech promises to stand behind her the entire time, and tells her how fantastic she’ll be. Lisa, you missed out. Even though Screech is a dork, he’s proven to be the best boyfriend on this show.
Violet then tells Screech that her parents want to meet him on Saturday night and invites him for dinner. Leaving Screech in shock, he meets up with his friends. While coaxing her to perform was a win, Screech admits that he’s crazy nervous over meeting her folks. After all, they’re rich. I mean, Violet drives to school in a limo.
Slater and Lisa offer to give advice; Slater mentions how Screech should compare her mother to a big movie star. “Is that why you told my Mother she looks like Candace Bergen?” Jessie questions. “Oh no – that’s true!” says Slater. Off the hook!
That Monday, a downtrodden Screech walks into the glee club practice. “I did just what you guys told me,” Screech said, bringing on a flashback.
He compared Violet’s Mom to Arnold Schwarzenegger, asked if the frog legs he was served would cause warts, drools a lemon everywhere and ends the meal by bringing the entire tablecloth with him. Because, of course Screech tucked it into his pants. Of course.
In walks Tuttle, along with a sad Violet. Violet announces that she’s quitting the glee club and Screech admits it was probably to get away from him. Zack asks Jessie to sub, but Jessie … has a cold. Bravo, Miss Spano. While everyone accuses Lisa for sneezing that one time, they should be accusing her of turning an innocent fruit bowl into a necklace. That’s it, Turtle. Four strikes against you.
Meanwhile, Violet is crying in the Girl’s Bathroom and the girls find her snorting and crying into a wad of toilet paper. She admits that she knows she let everyone down, but being around Screech would be too painful. She doesn’t hate Screech, but her parents do.
Zack is consoling Screech, while Violet walks in and asks to speak with him. “After you left last night, my parents forbid me to go out with you anymore,” she admits. “I should be the one to quit,” Screech says. “The only reason I joined was to be with you!” Violet says she doesn’t know if she can sing without Screech behind her, and Screech states that he’ll always be behind her – it doesn’t necessarily have to be on the bleachers. Aww.
It’s competition day, and Screech appears in his best red suspenders to cheer on Violet and give her a rose. In walk Violet’s parents, who see Screech and reprimand Violet for disobeying them. They’ll continue the conversation at home. Upset, Violet walks out of the competition, leaving Tuttle to stall for the group.
Zack sees the audience get restless, and does a classic Morris “TIME OUT!” For those unfamiliar, this is a phrase Zack yells to get everyone to freeze. Yes, my friends. Zack Morris can stop time. And even better than stopping time is having a backup plan.
Zack brought the original fake-out tape with him, in the slim chance that Violet’s parents would see Screech causing Violet to run out and cry in the bathroom! Genius.
Zack runs in the back with the tape and asks Screech – unaffected by the worldwide Time Out for some reason (probably based on the length of their friendship) – to hook it up to the sound system. Zack runs back to the stage and unfreezes time, whispering his master plan to Tuttle. Tuttle announces their famous ‘Saint’s Go Marching In’ rendition, and I’m sure nothing can go wrong at this point, right?
Screech has some issues with the tape, launching the glee club into full-on Chipmunk mode. After the song finishes and Belding is like, “What the eff, dude?” Screech accidentally plays the tape in slow-mo. Soon, the tape blows up and all that’s heard is whiny – well, screeching. Why didn’t they just give Screech an MP3?!
Despite clearly being a recording, Zack explains that it was their impression of a glee club tuning up. Somewhere, Milli Vanilli wishes they had similar luck. Blame it on the- Blame it on the – Blame it on the – Blame it on the rain.
Luckily, Zack bought enough time to push a post-teary Violet Bickerstaff on stage. Yet, Violet isn’t mentally prepared to sing. It’s tough to blame her – not only is this entire competition riding on her performance, but she’s probably getting screamed at by her parents later.
Finally, Violet belts out “Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me…” yet freezes after the starlight and dewdrops. An awkward pause of silence fills the air, until Screech joins his heart on stage, picking up on the missing lyrics. Whoa, now it’s a duet! Rad. Eventually, Violet gains her confidence to do a pretty decent job.
Back at the MAX, the gang finally admits that Screech did something right. They would have been lost without him! As Zack says how it’s a shame how things won’t work out between him and Violet, Violet enters the MAX. Followed by her parents.
Before Screech can scream bloody murder, Violet’s Mom says how they saw him rescue their daughter and no longer disapprove of their relationship. The two hug and the audience is psyched. Mrs. Bickerstaff says that “Samuel” is welcome at their house any time.
“Except dinner time!” Zack quips.
… Wait. Did they ever make it to Hawaii? I’m guessing not, but. Uh.
Lessons Learned: A glee club can be formed with just one person whose partially talented.
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