Star Maker: Saved by the Bell - Pt. 1

Every Tuesday and Thursday morning, I watch "Saved by the Bell" while I'm getting ready for work. I love this damn show. It's cheese but the best kind - the kind that is browned and sits on top of homemade macaroni and cheese, the kind that comes off the piece of pizza NEXT to the piece that you pick up and is STUCK, therefore it's yours. I love cheese....

Anyway, after having watched "Saved by the Bell" more often in recent years, I noticed that there are TONS of people who are now stars who seem to have gotten their starts on SBTB. Who could that be, you might ask? Well, here are just a few of the actors whose breakthrough roles on SBTB led to fame and, in some cases, total obscurity or worse, the lesser known half of a famous couple.


Years before discovering bangs and playing Doug's sharp-tongued hottie wife on "King of Queens", Leah Remini played beach club owner's daughter Stacey Carosi in a story arc called "Malibu Sands" that involved the gang working at the Malibu Sands Beach Club over summer break. Stacey and Zach fell in love, but as we all know, Zach and Kelly eventually tied the knot in the Made-for-TV movie "Saved by the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas." Do we all know that?






COMING SOON: Long before she was losing the big "V" to David Silver on 90210, Tori Spelling was humping Screech, playing his nerdy girlfriend, Violet Bickerstaff.

Now Click This: 80's Videos Archive

Bust out your leg warmers, feathers, and acid washed jean jackets and get ready to go back in time!

Check this out! It's an archive of 1500 music videos from the 80's. It passed my test, as it included such classics as "Pass the Dutchie", "Punk Rock Girl", "We Are the World" and "Physical." There are so many awesome clips you could probably take a week playing them all! Enjoy!

NEWSBREAK: JonBenet Ramsey Killer Found

Normally I don't make posts that reference true crime. However, I must say I am completely shocked and happy for the Ramsey family that a suspect in the JonBenet Ramsey murder has been found and has confessed to being with her when she was killed.



I usually don't make posts referring to my personal beliefs, either, but I find it interesting that her mom died less than 2 months before this huge development. I consider myself more spiritual than religious, but this makes me wonder if she helped find the killer from the other side.

RIP: Bruno Kirby

Character actor Bruno Kirby has passed away from leukemia at the age of 57. Kirby starred as the loyal sidekick in many films, including City Slickers and one of my personal favorites, When Harry Met Sally. Most recently he had a guest spot on Entourage, playing a distressed producer whose original Shrek doll was stolen. His breakout role was playing the young Clemenza in The Godfather II in 1974.

As an aside, am I the only one who doesn't like watching movies where one of the main players has died? I mean, I probably won't watch When Harry Met Sally for a while.

Blast from the Past: The Boy Who Could Fly

Growing up, I was fortunate enough to have HBO. I have a thing about watching movies over and over...not sure if this is because HBO always played the same movies over and over when I was a kid or if I have OCD.

Anyhoo, one of the classics from my childhood was the 1986 film The Boy Who Could Fly. This is the basic premise: a young girl, played by Lucy Deakins, and her family move to a new neighborhood after her father dies. Her new neighbor, an odd young man named Eric Gibb, played by Jay Underwood, doesn't speak and is obsessed with flying. Eric's presence in Lucy and her family's life help them to mend.



There were quite a few big name stars in this movie, including Colleen Dewhurst, Fred Gwynne and Bonnie Bedelia. Also featured were Mindy Cohn, who was still on The Facts of Life, and a young Fred Savage, two year before his career took off with The Wonder Years.

I guess I always thought Lucy Deakins was destined for greatness. It seems she may have fallen off the map a bit, with her latest work being in Law and Order in 2002, where all bit actors go to die or jail for a long, long time.

Jay Underwood is still flying, but now it's with the Lord. After many years of playing small roles in a variety of tv shows, it seems Jay hit it big in 1999 when he played Sonny Bono in And The Beat Goes On: The Sonny and Cher Story. Who knew Jay was short enough to play Sonny?

It was a few years before playing Sonny that Jay "found the Lord," and in 2003, he decided to dedicate himself to becoming a youth pastor. Now located in Burbank, Jay is working on his seminary education and is slightly balding.

Possibly the biggest success story to come out of The Boy Who Could Fly is Fred Savage. Or maybe not...