I just got home from school and had a chance to catch an episode of Saved by the Bell. Apparently, it wasn’t getting good enough ratings in the 5AM slot it used to have, so they’ve rescheduled it to 4:30PM. This is lucky for me because I tend to get home around this time and usually I like to have a snack and watch a bit of the tele. Today’s was the now-classic “Senior Ditch Day” episode where Zack and Slater make a $100 bet that Zack can’t ditch every single class during the day. The side stories have Kelly and A.C. getting romantic, while the same happens with Jesse and her fellow protester, Graham. And as usual, Lisa mocks and laughs at Screech whenever she has the chance. Some of my favorite moments from today’s episode include but are not limited to:
–When Screech gives Zack some of his imported chocolates (remember Zack later gives the “Chocolate Covered Grasshoppers” and “Caramel Caterpillars” to Mr. Belding in a sinister plot to get out of class) to Zack, and says, “Afghanistan makes the best chocolate covered grasshoppers!”. I wonder if they actually do….
–Throughout the episode, characters refer to the day as “Ditch Day” or ”Senior Ditch Day” or “Cut Day” with no consistency at all. In response to A.C.’s challenge to skip out on every class, Zack proclaims himself as “The King of Ditch Day”. Assuming Zack is a senior only once during the show, and if the day is called “Senior Ditch Day”, how could he possibly be the “King”? This would be his first time experiencing ditch day.
–The scene on the beach when A.C. Slater is rubbing lotion on Kelly because her shoulders are “burning up”. This was most uncomfortable sexual tension on screen since Jodi Foster and Richard Gere shared a kiss in Somersby
–Jesse and her fellow student council friend Graham protesting for “No Foam Plastic Cups” in an attempt to “Save the World”. What I don’t understand is why Graham plays such an important role in this show–offering such profound statements as “Two people can make a difference. It only takes a spark to start a fire!”–and then disappears from the face of the earth and is never heard from in another episode.
–Mrs. Cullpepper, their visually-challenged teacher looking in the wrong direction when Zack calls her name. From neuroanatomy class, we know that bad vision would not cause her to look the wrong way because that would fall under the audio-visual reflexes category, which is oh by the way, controlled in part by the Tectospinal tract.
–Again Mrs. Cullpepper, who begins her geography lesson by saying ” Nairobi is here”. After looking closer she realizes she’s pointing to the wrong place, and says, “Next to Las Vegas??”. What is even funnier is that she’s actually pointing at San Diego. Why would her bad vision cause her to have a poor understanding of language? Wouldn’t she still read “Las Vegas” as saying “Las Vegas”?
–Back to the Student Council meeting… How did Zack get voted in with such a bad attitude and general disinterest in academia?
–The scene in the movie theatre where Kelly hugs A.C. because “it was a really scare scene in the movie”. Does anyone else wonder why the movie theatre seats are none other than fold out patio chairs?
I need to go to the store really quick, but I promise to write more later…
* Movie Quote of the Day: “Every man dies, but not every man really lives!”