Bayside Tigers!!!!!!

Alright, if you know what the title refers to, then good job, you know your late 80's, early 90's shows. If you don't know what I'm talking about, then click this.

That's right. Saved by the the Bell! Even if you didn't watch it when it was one of the biggest teen shows during its time, I'm sure most of you have seen it in syndication since its so popular. For some, it provided insight on what high school would be like. For others, it was what high school should have been like, but never was. In any case, Saved by the Bell was popular because it appealed to so many young adults who wanted to live lives like those characters.

When you were in high school, there were plenty of these people roaming around your school. Maybe they didn't hang out togather, but they were around.

-Zack Morris, everyday popular guy trying to get ahead in life sing scams and just hanging out.
-A.C. Slater, the All-American athlete who was always macho.
-Samuel "Screech" Powers, the lovable dweeb who turned out to be smarter than anyone in his class.
-Kelly Kapowski, captain of the cheerleading squad and overall hotness.
-Jessie Spano, overachiever of all things academic and super feminist, also former drug user.
-Lisa Turtle, rich girl with limitless amounts of money and clothes.

And of course:
-Mr. Belding, principal of Bayside High and mentor to the main cast.

All of you have probably seen most of these characters at your school. Some more than others. But when you got home to watch TV and tuned into Saved by the Bell, you knew that you would immerse yourself into Bayside High, wishing you were in school with them.

I have to say that I did have portions of all the characters in my high school. My class (class of 2004) had roughly 100 students (that's right, 100). We had our jocks playing on the sports teams, but there were only varsity teams and no cut... We had the popular guys and gals that everyone wanted to hang out with, but then again everyone pretty much hung out with each other. We had the nerdy kids, because everyone was smart in my class. We had the hot girls, but we also probably had some ugly people...and no cheerleading team....We had the small crew of weird people, but people thought they were interesting in their own way. We had rich people, and poor people, and we stimulated the local economy with hundreds of dollars of lunch money running around getting food at various places.

All in all, I would have to say that high school was a great experience, but it differed from what Saved by the Bell showed me. Still, you could never stay away from those teens from Bayside High.

And then there were the vacation specials. Remember the Hawaii episode? Remember when they got jobs at the Malibu Sands Beach Resort with Mr. Carosi? Remember when Zach and Kelly went to Vegas to get married? All these were great episodes that took the cast out of school and into other adventures. It was great fun to watch them on TV and even grow up on TV. It didn't work out so well with the college years, but the original still stands the test of time. When you hear that theme song, you immediately recognize the show. When you hear any of the cast's names like Mr. Belding or Screech, you still remember the crazy moments you watched.

Maybe there is a show that is on now that I probably don't watch enough of. But a teen sitcom of that caliber may never again be as popular as Saved by the Bell was and still is.

And of course, how could I not talk about Saved by the Bell without talking about Zack and Kelly.