Saved by the Bell Reviewed

And so it comes to this. The final act. The conclusion. What kind of day has it been? The whole enchilada. Last call. The end. Our final episode. But we’re going out with a bang, with a supersized episode crammed full of great stuff: an overview of the entire series, including each of the Aluminum Four’s all-time favorite episodes & characters, a special extra-large mailbag segment, the final installment of Carolyn’s fan fiction, and the resolution to one of our show’s biggest mysteries! So grab a comfy chair, then download & listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or Stitcher, follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook. The show can also be found on PodBean and Google Play. And you can email us at sbtbreviewed@gmail.com. And don’t forget to support our IndieGoGo campaign! In exchange for helping us cover our expenses, you can get some cool swag. Just because we’re going off the air doesn’t mean we won’t take your money! Check out the page here!Plus, if you like Saved by the Bell Reviewed, be sure to check out our follow up podcast, A Very Special Episode, in which the Aluminum Four and friends will reviewed “very special” episodes of pop culture. The first episode will be up one week after this one, and can be downloaded and listened to here.Thanks for listening! http://media.sbtbreviewed.com/SBTBReviewedEp133.mp3

And so we come at last to Saved by the Bell’s final scripted content, the Wedding in Las Vegas TV movie, in which the Aluminum Six minus Jessie (who was busy chasing her dream of becoming a showgirl for most of the film) head to Vegas so Zack & Kelly can get married, over the objections of Zack’s dad and Kelly’s poverty. And it wouldn’t be a wedding without the traditional running from mobsters, a serial killer, male prostitution and Shirtless Desert Jesus! So settle in for Zack’s moment of triumph and the final nail in the coffin of Kelly’s promising life by downloading & listening here, then rate & review us on iTunes or Stitcher, follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook. The show can also be found on PodBean and Google Play. And you can email us at sbtbreviewed@gmail.com. And don’t forget to support our IndieGoGo campaign! In exchange for helping us cover our expenses, you can get some cool swag. Our show’s almost over, but we’ll still take your money! Check out the page here!http://media.sbtbreviewed.com/SBTBReviewedEp132.mp3

Continuing our epic, two-part look at the continued trainwreck of Dustin Diamond’s post-Saved by the Bell output, this week’s episode takes a deep dive into Behind the Bell, Diamond’s infamous tell-all book which purports to tell-it-like-it-was on the set on the show, but is really just an excuse for Diamond to rag on celebrities he doesn’t like (ie most of them) and crow about his many, varied sexual conquests (all of dubious veracity), all peppered liberally with spelling errors and typos. So buy your tickets for the Magic Kingdom, then download & listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or Stitcher, follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook. The show can also be found on PodBean and Google Play. And you can email us at sbtbreviewed@gmail.com. And don’t forget to support our IndieGoGo campaign! In exchange for helping us cover our expenses, you can get some cool swag. It’s the reason we read this awful book! Check out the page here!http://media.sbtbreviewed.com/SBTBReviewedEp131.mp3

Because you demanded it, the Aluminum Four take a look at the trainwreck that is Dustin Diamond’s post-Screech life, discussing everything from his reality show appearances (did you know they weren’t actually REAL?!?), to his sex tape (with much discussion of the so-called stunt dick) to his 2009 tell-all book Behind the Bell (which doesn’t really tell all, and what it does tell, is of dubious veracity). And because we just can’t stop talking about Dustin Diamond, we’ve split this episode in two, ending this week after we finish up talking about the porno, leaving most of the book discussion for next week’s episode. So draw yourself a bath and settle in for two full weeks of Dustin Diamond insanity! Then download & listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or Stitcher, follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook. The show can also be found on PodBean and Google Play. And you can email us at sbtbreviewed@gmail.com. And don’t forget to support our IndieGoGo campaign! In exchange for helping us cover our expenses, you can get some cool swag. It’s the reason we watched that icky sex tape! Check out the page here! http://media.sbtbreviewed.com/SBTBReviewedEp130.mp3

Because it’s just so nuts we had to review it, this week the Aluminum Four discuss the so-called lost episode of Saved by the Bell, “Who Shrunk Saturday Morning?”, in which four of the Golden Six get shrunk (?) into TV Land and encounter a variety of NBC’s best and brightest (??) stars from 1989′s Saturday mornings, revealing in the process the secret origin of the entire series!. Amongst the things they encounter are a new set, Alf, Marsha Warfield (again!), John freaking Candy, and, possibly, a two-head, fire-breathing dog. So imagine up a giant joystick, then download & listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or Stitcher, follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook. The show can also be found on PodBeanand Google Play. And you can email us at sbtbreviewed@gmail.com. And don’t forget to support our IndieGoGo campaign! In exchange for helping us cover our expenses, you can get some cool swag. Check out the page here! http://media.sbtbreviewed.com/SBTBReviewedEp129.mp3

Because the portion of our audience which donated enough to IndieGoGo to push us over an arbitrary threshold demanded it, it’s time for the Aluminum Four to tackle one of the more infamous movies of the 90s, Showgirls. While four of her SbtB co-stars went off to The College Years, Elizabeth Berkley went on to bigger and better things - but ended up here, in a movie pitched at the level of her “I’m so excited/I’m so scared” freakout for two long, tonally-dissonant hours. It’s a movie that tries to be a prestige drama and a thick slab of camp at the same time, before taking a disturbing & disquieting turn at the end. It’s got boobs and hamburgers and Kyle McLachlan’s butt and Gina Gershon snorting coke off her fingernail and floppy swimming pool sex and angry dancing. So much angry dancing. So grab some ice and give us your best jazz hands, then download & listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or Stitcher, follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook. The show can also be found on PodBean and Google Play. And you can email us at sbtbreviewed@gmail.com. And don’t forget to support our IndieGoGo campaign! In exchange for helping us cover our expenses, you can get some cool swag. It’s the reason we did this episode! Check out the page here! http://media.sbtbreviewed.com/SBTBReviewedEp128.mp3

In which we bid adieu to Miss Bliss the only way we can: with a rambling, slightly drunken, discussion of our few favorite and many least favorite characters, episodes, and moments from the awkward series that was Good Morning Miss Bliss. Also featuring another installment in Carolyn’s fan fic, which gets to the bottom of the whole “JFK to Bayside” move, and a special drop-in appearance from a certain British school marm. So stock up on potatoes, free the frogs, and put your ears to the pipes, then  download & listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or Stitcher, follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook. The show can also be found on PodBean and Google Play. And you can email us at sbtbreviewed@gmail.com. And don’t forget to support our IndieGoGo campaign! In exchange for helping us cover our expenses, you can get some cool swag. It’s the reason we’re reviewing these episodes! Check out the page here! http://media.sbtbreviewed.com/SBTBReviewedEp127.mp3

It’s time at last to say goodbye to Good Morning Miss Bliss, and while it’s really just “see you later” for some characters (Zack, Screech, Lisa & Mr. Belding), it’s “so long forever” for others (Miss Bliss, Mikey, Nikki, Mylo and, uh, what’s-her-name). So the show concludes as only it can: with dicey gender politics followed by dressing up an old man in an Abraham Lincoln costume at the end of an episode in which it’s never terribly clear what the point of it all is supposed to be. So wander off into the woods with a strange man, and when you get back,  download & listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or Stitcher, follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook. The show can also be found onPodBean and Google Play. And you can email us at sbtbreviewed@gmail.com. And don’t forget to support our IndieGoGo campaign! In exchange for helping us cover our expenses, you can get some cool swag. It’s the reason we’re reviewing these episodes! Check out the page here! http://media.sbtbreviewed.com/SBTBReviewedEp126.mp3

Good Morning Miss Bliss is winding down as we reach the series penultimate episode, in which Zack pledges a high school (?) fraternity (??) called the Rigmas (???), while Bliss & Belding trot out that old “job swap” plotline. It’s a tale of jackets, makeup, Nothings and note cards, but most importantly, it’s almost the end. So grab a piece of pie, then download & listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or Stitcher, follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook. The show can also be found onPodBean and Google Play. And you can email us at sbtbreviewed@gmail.com. And don’t forget to support our IndieGoGo campaign! In exchange for helping us cover our expenses, you can get some cool swag. It’s the reason we’re reviewing these episodes! Check out the page here! http://media.sbtbreviewed.com/SBTBReviewedEp125.mp3

In this week’s episode, teen heartthrob Debbie Gibson Tiffany Stevie “returns” to Bayside Junior High for a farewell “concert”, which of course leads to sex crimes as Zack sets about tricking Stevie into kissing him so he can win a bet (as one does when a pop star comes to one’s middle school). Join us for talk of Zack’s laundry, rehashed plotlines, and the debut of Doctor Bitz’s teen heartthrob alter ego, Jordyn. So put on your best Tina Turner wig, then download & listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or Stitcher, follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook. The show can also be found onPodBean and Google Play. And you can email us at sbtbreviewed@gmail.com.  And don’t forget to support our IndieGoGo campaign! In exchange for helping us cover our expenses, you can get some cool swag. It’s the reason we’re reviewing these episodes! Check out the page here! http://media.sbtbreviewed.com/SBTBReviewedEp124.mp3

It’s time for the annual Bayside Junior High Prank Week (?), and when someone finally gets Miss Bliss, she wants the truth! But Screech can’t handle the truth, so he gets put on trial and ends up with Zack of all people defending him. And because he just loves Miss Bliss so much, Terry Blas is back again to help us adjudicate the matter. So keep an eye out for falling buckets of water as you download & listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or Stitcher, follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook. The show can also be found onPodBean and Google Play. And you can email us at sbtbreviewed@gmail.com.Also, be sure to follow Terry on Twitter @TerryBlas, and check out hiswebsite & webcomic, Briar Hollow! And don’t forget to support our IndieGoGo campaign! In exchange for helping us cover our expenses, you can get some cool swag. It’s the reason we’re reviewing these episodes! Check out the page here! http://media.sbtbreviewed.com/SBTBReviewedEp123.mp3

Unofficial Aluminum Fifth Terry Blas returns this week to complete the Saved by the Bell Trifecta with a Bliss episode that’s all about teamwork and “compromise”. Zack & Nikki are fighting, Tina is destroying the Bliss estate, and Screech is committing sex crimes.So put down your horse phone then download & listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or Stitcher, follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook. The show can also be found onPodBean and Google Play. And you can email us at sbtbreviewed@gmail.com. Also, be sure to follow Terry on Twitter @TerryBlas, and check out his website & webcomic, Briar Hollow! And don’t forget to support our IndieGoGo campaign! In exchange for helping us cover our expenses, you can get some cool swag. It’s the reason we’re reviewing these episodes! Check out the page here! http://media.sbtbreviewed.com/SBTBReviewedEp122.mp3

It’s time for the Bliss Challenge of the 8th Grade Stars, but before we find out what the heck that is (spoiler: it mostly involves Miss Bliss in lots of different costumes & facial hair accessories), we have to watch Zack grapple with feeling strange hu-man emotions after his surprisingly well-executed plan to shut down the school risks costing Bliss a prestigious (?) teaching award. So grab a big stick and keep an eye out for rats, then download & listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or Stitcher, follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook. The show can also be found onPodBean and Google Play. And you can email us at sbtbreviewed@gmail.com. Also, don’t forget to support our IndieGoGo campaign! In exchange for helping us cover our expenses, you can get some cool swag. It’s the reason we’re reviewing these episodes! Check out the page here! http://media.sbtbreviewed.com/SBTBReviewedEp121.mp3

“Tonight, that’s right, there’s gonna be a fight tonight!” Mikey comes the closet he ever will to a spotlight episode this week,as he and Zack fight over a girl, threatening to spoil the just-reinstated, litigation-free 8th grade dance. And for once, Zack’s actually NOT the worst person in the situation! So cue up some music and creepily let Mylo take you home, then download & listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or Stitcher, follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook. The show can also be found onPodBean and Google Play. And you can email us at sbtbreviewed@gmail.com.Also, don’t forget to support our IndieGoGo campaign! In exchange for helping us cover our expenses, you can get some cool swag. It’s the reason we’re reviewing these episodes! Check out the page here!http://media.sbtbreviewed.com/SBTBReviewedEp120.mp3

This week, returning guest Alex Robinson, cartoonist and co-host of Star Wars Minute, stops by to help us unpack the episode where Screech is bullied by an apparent 40 year old man with two kids, a mortgage and a bad back. It should be a cathartic episode for everyone who’s ever wanted Screech to get punched in the face (so, everyone), but in true Miss Bliss fashion, it manages to not even do that right. So put down that product-specific grocery list you can’t read, then download & listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or Stitcher, follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook. The show can also be found on PodBean and Google Play. And you can email us at sbtbreviewed@gmail.com.Be sure to check out Alex’s website, where you can buy his awesome books, and the Star Wars Minute podcast here. Also, don’t forget to support our IndieGoGo campaign! In exchange for helping us cover our expenses, you can get some cool swag. It’s the reason we’re reviewing these episodes! Check out the page here!http://media.sbtbreviewed.com/SBTBReviewedEp119.mp3

In this week’s episode, Miss Bliss returns from a swingers rafting trip just in time for parent/teacher conferences, and to learn that her weekend paramour is none other than Zack Morris’ dad! Or is he? Cuz “Peter” Morris sure doesn’t look like the “Derek” Morris we all (sort of) know and love (?). Needless to say, the Aluminum Four have some things to say about Randy Bliss and Zack’s family tree. So drop your keys in the bowl, then download & listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or Stitcher, follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook. The show can also be found on PodBean and Google Play. And you can email us at sbtbreviewed@gmail.com.And free love rafting trips don’t pay for themselves, so don’t forget to support our IndieGoGo campaign! In exchange for helping us cover our expenses, you can get some cool swag. It’s the reason we’re reviewing these episodes! Check out the page here! http://media.sbtbreviewed.com/SBTBReviewedEp118.mp3

It’s Dissection Day at Good Morning, Miss Bliss Junior High, and everyone, from Zack to Screech to the creepy-ass science teacher, is frighteningly-over the moon about it. Everyone except Nikki, who, wearing her best Jessie hat, decides to spoil everyone’s “fun” by taking a stand for animal rights. Also, Mr. Belding tries to bribe Miss Bliss with a globe that may or may not contain booze inside it. So grab a frog kidney and a cup o’science noodles, then download & listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or Stitcher, follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook . The show can also be found onPodBean and Google Play. And you can email us at sbtbreviewed@gmail.com.Once dissection is done, don’t forget to support our IndieGoGo campaign! In exchange for helping us cover our expenses, you can get some cool swag. It’s the reason we’re reviewing these episodes! Check out the page here! http://media.sbtbreviewed.com/SBTBReviewedEp117.mp3

“Money money money money...MONEY!” This week’s oddly prescient episode is all about the greenbacks, as Miss Bliss’ class uses the awesome powers of a computer to play the markets and, giving further credence to Ryan’s long-standing theory that Zack is responsible for the 2008 economic crash, ends up with no money and a lot of potatoes after Zack takes charge of the project himself. So grab some spuds and boil ‘em, mash ‘em, or put ‘em in a stew, then download & listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or Stitcher, follow us onTwitter and like us on Facebook . The show can also be found onPodBean and Google Play. And you can email us at sbtbreviewed@gmail.com. When you’re done talking taters, don’t forget to support our IndieGoGo campaign! In exchange for helping us cover our expenses, you can get some cool swag. Check out the page here! http://media.sbtbreviewed.com/SBTBReviewedEp116.mp3

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways this episode is rife with ideas that will become full fledged episodes and plotlines later in the series: Zack manipulating Screech (and trading loving for homework) for the first time, the genesis of Screech’s unrequited love for Lisa and his creepy inability to take “no” for answer, misplaced anonymous love letters that trigger “hilarious” antics between students and staff alike, and the very first hunky substitute teacher!  So get your best forensic typograper on the line, then download & listen here, then rate & review us on iTunes or Stitcher, follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook . The show can also be found on PodBean and Google Play. And you can email us at sbtbreviewed@gmail.com. http://media.sbtbreviewed.com/SBTBReviewedEp115.mp3

This week we hop into the way back machine to the very beginning of it all, with the first of the Miss Bliss episodes! There’s a new series lead, the sets are slightly different, a few favorite characters are missing and the familiar faces are much, much younger, but one thing remains constant: Zack is still lying to women to get in their pants. Also, the Aluminum Four spend a lot of time discussing director Peter Bonerz, because some things remain constant no matter what. And now that we’re firmly back in the 80s, the time is never better to check out Ryan & Carol’s adult coloring book, featuring images from all your favorite 80s TV shows! Check out their page here, featuring a fantastic video in which you can see Carol do lawyer stuff and Ryan eat an enormous sandwich while wearing a Cosby sweater!Then, download & listen to this episode here, then rate & review us oniTunes or Stitcher, follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook . The show can also be found on PodBean and Google Play. And you can email us at sbtbreviewed@gmail.com. And if you have any money left over after supporting Ryan & Carol’s coloring book, don’t forget to support our IndieGoGo campaign! In exchange for helping us cover our expenses, you can get some cool swag. Check out the page here!http://media.sbtbreviewed.com/SBTBReviewedEp114.mp3