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Andrew Dobbs — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:35:55 -0000

Like barbecue on Memorial Day and fireworks on the Fourth of July, there are few traditions as patriotic, as thoroughly in the spirit of America as sitting on the couch and watching a SBTB marathon while smoking a lot of pot.

Dope and Bayside High, where the only drugs are Jessi's pep pills. It's what makes our country great.

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DeMiurge — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:20:07 -0000

Glad I'm not the only one who laughed at that episode.

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Lemmy Caution — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:32:06 -0000

Ah, no offense to "Kelly Kapowski" but busy doing what???

You should watch the video. It's funny.

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Michael E. Sullivan — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:28:17 -0000

I would guess that "Saved by the Bell" is your generation's "Love Boat" or maybe "Three's Company". Come to think of it, there have to be a half dozen other shows in the 70s and early 80s that were equivalently horrible. While it's possible that none of them plumbed the depths of mass market pablum culture mediocrity quite so thoroughly as SbtB, I think you could make a solid case for most of them.

I will admit to watching a few episodes of SbtB here and there, but damn Screech and most of the girls were hard on the ears and I just wasn't as much a tv watcher as when I was a teenager.

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rikyrah — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:56:07 -0000

maybe it's just my mood, but this is the funniest post you've ever done..

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Bruce — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:24:38 -0000

I remember the episode when she smoked pot as the single most significant proof of her "devious" and "coniving" ways...the faux-moral outrage was off the charts...

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hrf — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:01:29 -0000

I have an embarrassing residual fondness for that show. But then, Zack Morris was my first TV crush. I was young!

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Stacy — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:51:17 -0000

Yeah, I agree. He's coming out with a new book of essays pretty soon. I think that format can be problematic, because I don't think he writes them in an organic way. I feel like he comes up with a topic, and then fills the words around it. I still think he's absolutely brilliant in his own way, and I liked 'Killing Yourself to Live" a whole lot. I even read his fiction book, 'Downtown Owl,' and found it to be really enjoyable.

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Joe E Rosewater — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:35:22 -0000

I also feel like Chuck K hits or misses with me. I like him when he's not trying too hard to be profound, which I think he spent too much time doing in that SBTB essay (Tori is totally like all those people in your life that are around for a while, and then aren't! It's a metaphor for our lives!)

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Persia — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:00:55 -0000

At least he didn't try to buy them off with his sex tape.

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Persia — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:59:58 -0000

It's so good.

Andre Braugher has a new show coming out. It looks like it might be terrible but I will check it out anyway.

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ToddB — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:50:33 -0000

Screech lives in Wisconsin. My brother, a proud member of Best Buy's geek squad, actually worked on his computer a few times. Screech actually tried to get out of paying for the service by arguing that he "was Screech and shouldn't have to pay".

He ended up paying.

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Stacy — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:38:15 -0000

Ah, Homicide. Probably one of the best 2 or 3 network dramas of all time. Really sorry to see that Andre Braugher's career didn't have more luck. Dude is brilliant in that show.

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pronk — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:26:51 -0000

Got busy in a Burger King bathroom?

Kelly Kapowski & Humpty Hump???

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CK — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:20:03 -0000

I thought you were joking, but this is ACTUALLY on DVD. If I weren't having a Homicide: Life on the Streets marathon (and it wasn't $50), I would consider buying this and enjoying for the sheer camp value.

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Stacy — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:15:50 -0000

'The Wonder Years' is very, very awesome. All the comedy and drama one could need in 30 minute show. They never released it on DVD because I heard the music rights would make it cost prohibitive. However, if you look hard enough, there are bootleg copies floating out there. Not like I would do anything like that, of course...

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Stacy — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:13:54 -0000

I assume some of you have read Chuck Klosterman's long essay on Saved by the Bell? His stuff is pretty hit or miss with me, but finding someone willing to write that many words about SBTB really made me happy.

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Stacy — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:12:29 -0000

"I'm so...scared."

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peep — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:12:19 -0000

Sarcasm? Brownie points?

Sorry if I offended you. Really just being silly.

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Stacy — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:11:27 -0000

Lisa Turtle was HOT. I went back and forth between the three characters as a child, but I remember deciding that Lisa Turtle had the best long term potential.

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Stacy — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:10:18 -0000

Anyone seen the episode of 'Always Sunny' where Mr. Belding was the old gym teacher? One of their funniest episodes to date.

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Teknontheou — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:09:15 -0000

Wasn't there an episode of 90210 where she got busy with somenone in a Burger King bathroom? Or was it some girl with her same shoes on that episode? I can't remember.

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LCrawfty — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:05:42 -0000

@peep, you might want to turn down the sarcasm a smidge. Also, I dont know who you thought was going to give you brownie points for "The Wonder Years" connection.

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Bruce — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:05:24 -0000

lolz...ok, someone took it a wee bit to serious...but i have to say, she did fit the role as a cuniving vixen in 90210...god bless her for that...

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CK — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:02:56 -0000

I'm embarrassed to say I kinda liked Fast Lane.