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re: Teens React to Saved by the Bell (25th Anniversary)
Posted on 8/11/14 at 1:07 pm to Henry Jones Jr
Posted on 8/11/14 at 1:07 pm to Henry Jones Jr
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Asian bitch compared it to Gilligan's Island
She said it was like GI in that she's heard of it but never seen it before.
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Not to mention several of them were laughing at the scene where Jessie is taking pills and Zach stops her.
They reacted differently to the Hot Sundae episode than I thought they would.
But at least several of them thought it was at least semi-serious (not the acting, but the point).
This post was edited on 8/11/14 at 1:23 pm
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Posted on 8/11/14 at 1:08 pm to Dr RC
At least one of the kids acknowledged that it was just as lame as the teen shows on tv now.
This post was edited on 8/11/14 at 1:08 pm
Posted on 8/11/14 at 1:19 pm to Zamoro10
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They were all lame. Hell, I love Gilligan's Island - grew up on re-runs after school and watched way too much Saved by the Bell.
But it was all cheesy shite. People love stuff because they want their experiences to matter - to be important...to be great.
It's personal.
Sorry to disappoint but Saved and Gilligan's was some of the most shite TV ever produced...but hey, we loved it.
Stop acting like it was Breaking Bad. Hell, I loved Cheers and Night Court too.
But TV is so much better now...
No wonder current teens would look at this show and laugh their heads off - it's embarrassing.
Who the frick is saying that SBTB is Breaking Bad?
Of course SBTB is cheesy...that was the point. Those kids even said it: it was an overexaggeration of stereotypes for dumb humor. But "lame" is a little different. They're all lame now, sure. But back then they weren't lame at all...it was just television in the late 80s/early 90s for the most part. I feel like "lame" and "Lame on purpose" are two sort of different things. SBTB was intentionally over the top cheesy/lame.
Also, this:
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They sound so unaware of how it works. They'll figure it out in 10 years when they look back at what they like now.
They should've shown them a picture of Slater/zach now and see how quickly the chicks jump all over him
ETA they presented it bad as well. You can't just speak plot points like they. All TV plot points sound stupid and ridiculous if given zero context.
Everything looks stupid/lame when you look back on it decades later.
This post was edited on 8/11/14 at 1:21 pm
Posted on 8/11/14 at 1:33 pm to CocomoLSU
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Everything looks stupid/lame when you look back on it decades later.
No...but as the other poster pointed out...
The Bell was even lame for its time. At least 90210 tried to be hip.
The Bell lived in its own universe of weirdness...compelling to watch because it felt of a different era even for its time...such a time-capsule, cheesy show...it's easy to say it was on purpose...but I don't think so...it got a following because it was on all the time...a genius move...make a totally safe, cheeseball show and TV will play it non-stop because it was so non-threatening. It was like the TV show version of the "After-school specials" in the 80's...pretending to tackle teen-issues but in a totally ridiculous sanitized way. They were so safe, it came off as planned cheese - and created a niche - but in reality, they tried but were so lame by accident...we loved it.
This post was edited on 8/11/14 at 1:34 pm
Posted on 8/11/14 at 1:34 pm to Zamoro10
Me saying " I hate these kids" was more tongue in cheek. I know it was cheesy as frick, and i know its just nostalgic for us.. but damnit I feel old now and i DON'T LIKE THAT!
Posted on 8/11/14 at 1:54 pm to Zamoro10
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No...but as the other poster pointed out...
The Bell was even lame for its time. At least 90210 tried to be hip.
The Bell lived in its own universe of weirdness...compelling to watch because it felt of a different era even for its time...such a time-capsule, cheesy show...it's easy to say it was on purpose...but I don't think so...it got a following because it was on all the time...a genius move...make a totally safe, cheeseball show and TV will play it non-stop because it was so non-threatening. It was like the TV show version of the "After-school specials" in the 80's...pretending to tackle teen-issues but in a totally ridiculous sanitized way. They were so safe, it came off as planned cheese - and created a niche - but in reality, they tried but were so lame by accident...we loved it.
It wasn't on all the time until it hit syndication. Originally it was just another Saturday morning show mixed in with cartoons.
Also, it wasn't as lame then as it is now...not even close. I agree with you that it sort of operated within its own universe and all that. That's spot on. But it was absolutely overly cheesebally on purpose IMO, at least for the most part. I mean shite, one of the main characters was called "Preppy" because his parents had money, and look at how the nerds act and talk and move...you can't make me believe that shite was meant to be anything other than overly stereotypical and cheesy.
And I remember how lame I thought 70s shite was, especially in the 90s when everything was so much different...because I didn't live in that time (at least not for very long - November '79 birthday
). But I did like that one kid who pointed out that the nerds in SBTB are the hipster kids now.
Posted on 8/11/14 at 2:03 pm to P-Dawg
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At least one of the kids acknowledged that it was just as lame as the teen shows on tv now.
Yep, while all the other kids seemed to miss that fact.
Posted on 8/11/14 at 2:03 pm to Dr RC
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Y'all are the ones that need to remove the stick from your asses, not the Asian kid
Nah, Asian chick needed to come down off the high horse. Every other kid, even if they laughed at how terrible SBTB was (and it really was), at least wasn't all high and mighty about it.
Not that it matters. It was just an observation I made. I actually couldn't give two shits about Saved by the Bell. It was a cheeseball show with a cheeseball shtick that was mindless entertainment for 7 to 13 year olds. I watched it sporadically.
Posted on 8/11/14 at 2:04 pm to Henry Jones Jr
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Not to mention several of them were laughing at the scene where Jessie is taking pills and Zach stops her.
I recently started a rewatch of Saved by the Bell and it was kind of sad how excited I was to get to that episode.
Posted on 8/11/14 at 2:08 pm to CocomoLSU
I read this title and knew it would piss Cocomo off.
And frick these kids.
And frick these kids.
Posted on 8/11/14 at 2:24 pm to Tigerdew
California Dreams > SBTB
Posted on 8/11/14 at 2:25 pm to Nado Jenkins83
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California Dreams > SBTB
Yeah. And Pacific Blue was better than Baywatch...
COME ON!
Posted on 8/11/14 at 2:34 pm to Nado Jenkins83
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California Dreams > SBTB
No way. Sly was a bitch but Sam and Tiffani were
The more I rewatch SBTB though on netflix the more pissed I get that the group let Screech hang around them. He had no business being friends with them.
Posted on 8/11/14 at 2:35 pm to Nado Jenkins83
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California Dreams > SBTB
<~~~~ at you, not with you.Posted on 8/11/14 at 2:52 pm to Henry Jones Jr
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Not to mention several of them were laughing at the scene where Jessie is taking pills and Zach stops her.
I grew up watching it and I thought that scene was stupid when I first saw it. Because it was.
Posted on 8/11/14 at 2:53 pm to CocomoLSU
frick these teens ask a 12-13 year old about save by the Bell.... Not hot arse Madison
Posted on 8/11/14 at 2:55 pm to LoveThatMoney
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Saved by the Bell really was terrible, but we see it through glasses of nostalgia. And that's okay. It was marketed to kids of that generation and, frankly, wasn't popular with a lot of teenagers, moreso pre-teens.
That's the takeaway from this. Teenagers don't watch teen shows. Younger kids who want to be teenagers watch them. Of course these kids think it's lame, it's not the show their demographic would watch, then or now.
Posted on 8/11/14 at 3:16 pm to WG_Tiger23
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I grew up watching it and I thought that scene was stupid when I first saw it. Because it was.
Stupid and hilarious and awesome.
Posted on 8/11/14 at 3:19 pm to Henry Jones Jr
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Not to mention several of them were laughing at the scene where Jessie is taking pills and Zach stops her.
I saw it live and I laughed.
I'm so excited! I'm so excited!
I get the intended gravity of the scene, just poorly executed.
Posted on 8/11/14 at 3:31 pm to Napoleon
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Is that Arya?
Thats what I thought!
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