Monday, March 20, 2006
front nine
today i wrote two midterms, i ate chunky for lunch and am currently eating hotdogs for my after school snack.mmm, after school snacks, they are quite possibly the greatest invention next to two ply toilet paper. but why are after school snacks such a great invention? because when you eat an after school snack your about to go watch an after school special. now i do not know what the television has now for after school specials but when i was younger the after school specials were just that, special. saved by the bell, by far the best after school special ever aired after school, with out a shadow of a doubt. the show was so great because it delt with issues that were important to everyone's everyday life. it had real life like characters that you could point out in any highschool. thankyou zack, a.c., screech, lisa, jessie, kelly and mr. belding for showing me what highschool is all about. the next is student bodies, this show although no where near the genius of saved by the bell, it still holds a special place in my heart. a place that i am reminded of every once in a while when i see one of the acters on a cheesy canadian commersial. next is family matters, what a show, always teaching a valuble life lesson, but family matters is great because they had the best character ever thought up and some would think i'm talking of steve urkle, but no, waldow, waldow was the man, always "koo". and least but no where near last, infact almost close to first was fresh prince of bell air. the young will smith as will smith was always a treat, the show that taught the importance of family values. the episode where will gets shot, almost brought me to tears. the only thing against the show was that it ended poorly, will was sorta left with nothing, his fiance left him, his cousins moved and he was left alone to finish school in bell air, but i guess since he's will smith he can do anything. but i am a child of the nineties so my after school specials might be different from yours, if i've missed one you think should be on the list of greats, let me know.
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Matt, you and I see eye to eye on one thing for sure: Waldo was the best! He was the only redeeming factor for that miserable excuse for a show. Urkle was so lame. Also, Fresh Prince, in my mind, beats Saved by the Bell. It's close, like photo-finish close, but the carlton dance is the trump card.
Graeme
I fully second that statement Graeme. In West Philladelphia, born and raised--
Amanda
Hey i read all your blogs backwards, so this was the first one i read but the last comment im writing, i enjoyed them, yet i like the newer ones better, so keep it up!!!
Matt, it brings me such delight to know that I am not alone in my familiarity of the show student bodies. you should know that their careers have in fact gone much further than simply infomercials. In fact, chris, if I recall his name correctly, is now a weather man on the weather network. you should check it out sometime.
Hey Matt, thanks for the walk down memory lane...How could you forget Kevin Arnold and the Wonder Years re-runs though? :)
And here I thought you were doing homework.... love, mom
i will never say what my afterschool specials were, ok i will, spiderman lol, i'm so immature, but that and i did like student bodies but not until it was a pathetic rerun show.
Okay, "Saved by the bell?" Come on! Very unrealistic show, cheesy. I will however agree that Family Matters was a good watch! As for fresh Prince & family values? Hmmmmm. Dunno with that one.
All time greats for afterschool viewing has to include Gilligan's Island, or Get Smart. A different era, but great entertainment. Classic TV. Bewitched, Jeannie . . . Need to get DEJA View TV. Then there's I love Lucy. I'd have to say Brady bunch was better for family values than fresh prince.
In short though, all of these shows would now seem cheesy, but it's all about Nostalgia. A blast to the past when life was simple
I must agree that "saved by the bell" was the best show of all. Only the old school ones, the new ones were not as good.
But Matt!! What about all those movies we would watch on pd days? Good times. Love the memories.
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