Everybody remembers the super awesome "Saved by the Bell", a show about 6 (sometimes 5) high school students at Bayside High who got into trouble before finding a resolution that worked out for the better every week. What people sometimes forget (as did I, or what I didn't know thanks to being retconned) is that the started as "Good Morning Miss Bliss" and followed Jr. High teacher, Miss Bliss (portrayed by Hayley Mills) and the students in her class. This show is basically the first season of SBTB. Like the show we all know and loved there are many things to rant about, such as....
5. Why does no one ever bring up to Tony Reali his stint as Mikey Gonzalez, Zack Morris' Jr. High best friend, and how Reali felt about getting replaced. Speaking of being replaced...
4. How can they drop 75% of a cast and not make a reference to them? Yes, they accout for the teachers and Mylo, but Mikey and Nikki? The entire class has been best friends since 1st grade (because apparently they don't have kindergarten in Indiana) yet going into High School no one comments, "man it sucks Mikey and Nikki moved" or even a memorial service where they stole a car and died (rough I know, but c'mon. something should've been done).
3. Yeah, I said the show was in Indiana. How did they keep some of the cast in California the next year? And Principal? I could see a "jobs transferred" things for the kids, but Belding? C'mon. And how was Miss Bliss' number one world concern, in Indiana, was saving the whales? Seems a bit ridiculous for me. Her number one concern should've been PETBKA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Bobby Knight Athletes). He was killing players and people knew about it, but I guess saving the whales is a more important issue than an athlete's life.
2. According to wikipedia (which is always accurate) Mylo the janitor's catchphrase is "Mylo got's to get his". I've watched 9 out of 13 episodes (as I've written this, bout to knock other 4 out) and he hasn't said this once. I'm not rocket scientist (as I know you can tell with my grammar and spelling errors that are probably in here that I'm too lazy to look for) but shouldn't a catchphrase be said every other show, at the least? Even if he says it in every episode left that's still less than 1/3 of the show. This shouldn't count as a catchphrase, even if that is the only thing said throughout these last episodes. And for the number one reason...
1. Zack Morris was the biggest shithead in Jr. High. While the show only lasted for 13 episodes, around half of these episodes involve Zack dicking someone over. He even screws Miss Bliss out of 1500 dollars (which apparently was the price of a new convertible in 1988, I don't know so don't judge). These are consequences he has never had to deal with and the rest of his life is just him making crazy decisions such as getting hitched in Vegas with someone who he clearly shouldn't have except that she was hot and trying to kill his roommate in college so he could get all A's (Dead Man on Campus, act like you didn't watch it America).
I promise, I still love this season. Thank you to Netflix for allowing me to do watch this Instantly as I will do alot. There are more things to rant about in this show, but I am only one man trying to cram 13 episodes in a row (Hell, I wasn't paying attention and for 2 episodes thought JFK Jr. High School was a HS named after JFK's son). If you have more and want to comment, feel free. Would love the feedback
