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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Dustin Diamond…but Were Afraid to Ask Screech

by | January 15th, 2013

Having guaranteed Dustin Diamond and his management that I would remain “tasteful” in the publication of this interview, I’ll spare you the details of his sordid exposé on time spent as Saved by the Bell’s brainy misfit Samuel “Screech” Powers.

Yes, Diamond did write a book about SBTB (aptly titled Behind the Bell).

He nonetheless assured me during our hour-long tête-à-tête that he had little to do with the final product. Which is a good thing, as no matter how guilty of a pleasure the read might be (check it out immediately), it’s also rife with bafflingly egregious editorial errors, dubious-at-best rumors, racist inferences, and the gratuitous use [...]

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Six Recent Examples of "Breaking the Fourth Wall" Trope Subversion

by | December 2nd, 2011

When I learned the meaning of the expression “breaking the fourth wall” (which Urban Dictionary surprisingly accurately describes as when “a character [acknowledges] the fact that they are fictional”), all those many years ago, I was ecstatic — “Hey, I know a smart movie and TV term…” — and extremely obnoxious — “…and I’m going to say it ALL THE TIME now.” And I probably did, because it’s something impossible not to notice when it’s happening, and it was nice finally having a term to peg to it.

Then you start noticing it everywhere, in every movie and on every sitcom. It’s what people call a “trope” (another [...]

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The Community/Saved by the Bell Theory

by | January 25th, 2011

Someone has spent some time thinking about which Community characters are the most like the characters from Saved by the Bell. It's pretty good, I guess, but where's Chang? If you can't find a place for Chang in your theory, your theory might be bullshit.

Update: Here is a much more in depth theory that was posted a few days before the other one. And here's a Saved by the Bell/Community trailer mashup from last fall. Harmon, you totally ripped off Saved by the Bell!!!

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