Jan 23, 2015
Boy oh boy did we all adore Saved by the Bell when we
were kids. Donna thought this is exactly what high school was going
to be like. Chris and Carlos knew better, but actually loved the
show because of how heightened and ridiculous it was. As we
got older, it didn't take long to figure out that this series was
objectively pretty awful and that most of these kids were terrible
people. And yet - we remain incredibly fond of it. Listen in as we
attempt to figure out why...
Topics include: the show's origins as Good Morning Miss
Bliss, the various spin-offs and TV movies that kept the
Saved by the Bell brand alive for years after the original
series ended, how disturbing it is that no one involved with this
seemed to notice that all of these characters were dangerous
sociopaths, the murky sense of morality that undermines a lot of
the lessons these episodes were trying to teach us, the secret
truth about Bayside's miniscule number of students, why the show is
at its best when it commits to being a live-action cartoon, and
much much more!