Posts with tag saved-by-the-bell
Posted May 14th 2008 10:22AM by Debra McDuffee
Filed under: Programming, Children, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free

This must be my week for nostalgia. First, I learned all about what the cast of
Saved by the Bell has been up to for the last 20 years. Now, the news that
The Electric Company is coming back to TV has pushed my nostalgia button once again.
As a kid, I was such a fan of
The Electric Company that when my husband and three year old started singing the Spider-Man theme song, I thought they were wrong. I didn't understand where the lyrics, "Where are you coming from, Spider-Man? Nobody knows who you are," were in their version of the theme. I was set straight! I guess I can accept that Spider-Man theme situation, but to me, Morgan Freeman will always be Easy Reader.
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Posted May 13th 2008 10:01AM by Debra McDuffee
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Celebrities, Reality-Free

Hi, I'm Debbie and I'm a closet
Saved by the Bell fan. Whew, it felt good to finally admit that. C'mon, who's going to be big and brave and confess to watching
Saved by the Bell every Saturday morning when they were in high school (OK, maybe college too)? Stand tall!
So here we are, some 15-20 years later (and as I look at the dates I shamefully admit I was in college, not high school!) and AOL TV has decided to ingratiate us thirty-somethings and let us know
what the original cast members have been up to all of these years, and currently.
I knew Zack, er, I mean
Mark-Paul Gosselaar, had a stint on NYPD Blue, but it is nice to know that he'll be starring in a new legal drama on TNT this year.
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