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Do you feel that Soul-Glo slathered jheri curl-style pseudo-mullets go best with florescent colored tank tops and ill-fitting Z. Cavariccis? Are you a fan of comically oversized cellular phones? Would you like your friend more or less if he or she owned a talking robot? Do you hate Valley as much as I do…with the passion with which Hector hated the Achaeans? Were you devastated when Rod Belding turned out to be precisely the type of deadbeat disappointment his upstanding brother predicted he would be? Are you a Kelly, Jessie, Tori or Lisa guy? How about you gals- is it A.C. or Zack…Screech? How many Grammy awards do you think Zack Attack truly deserved? Do you think I will stop asking questions so you can start this Saved by the Bell quiz? You don’t have to answer that.
Although the show may have (some) shortcomings, and (many) detractors, it has become such a phenomenal cult hit that it has inspired multiple syndication deals on numerous networks and countless Halloween costume representations across the nation…like the devilishly detailed Zack and Kelly outfits sported by my friends DJ and Kate at a party in ‘05. Imitation, it has been said, is the highest form of flattery. Goooooooo BAYSIDE!!!
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Best. Costume. EVER!
posted by Kate on 2-12-2008 at 11:07 am
Great costumes!
Also, great quiz! I got 15/15, proving I know WAY too much about Saved By the Bell.
posted by jcpdiesel21 on 2-12-2008 at 11:10 am
I scored an embarrassing 15 out of 15.
posted by opie on 2-12-2008 at 11:12 am
I’ve never even seen the show. 7/15
posted by dawn on 2-12-2008 at 11:34 am
11/15, not quite as embarrassing as 15/15, but still a little embarrassing.
posted by Leslie on 2-12-2008 at 11:50 am
Totally failed the quiz, maybe because I’ve never watched a single episode. My friends can’t believe I grew up in the 80’s and never watched Saved By the Bell, but I was a Nickelodeon-type of girl. Now, give me a quiz about You Can’t Do That On Television or The Adventures of Pete and Pete - I would rock it!!
posted by bas on 2-12-2008 at 11:55 am
12/15….I watched way too much Saturday morning TV in the 80s & 90’s
posted by Tamara on 2-12-2008 at 11:56 am
12/15 80% nice questions on that one!
posted by deidra on 2-12-2008 at 12:06 pm
14/15…the question i got wrong was the stupid SAT question. 1502 is impossible to get on an SAT, but now that they mention it i completely remember him always adding that 02 when he would tell people his score…LAME!
posted by darci on 2-12-2008 at 12:19 pm
15/15 and not ashamed at all. I still watch episodes in the morning while getting ready for work.
posted by Greco on 2-12-2008 at 3:25 pm
That’s right, I totally got a 15/15. I wished they had included something about the cheerleading competition episode-it was always my favorite! “We are the ladies of Bayside, the best school around…”
posted by Erin on 2-12-2008 at 4:01 pm
15/15 100% baby!!!! That was THE show to watch. I still watch the show in the mornings while I get ready for work. And my picture of Mark-Paul Gosselaar is still taped the wall in my room at my parents house with lipstick smudges on it lol. I am not ashamed!
posted by Elle on 2-12-2008 at 4:02 pm
Aaarrrggh! Only 47% - and I( was in the wedding movie!!
posted by aTribe on 2-12-2008 at 5:44 pm
Bring on the ‘Just the 10 of Us’ and the ‘Head of the Class’ quizzes!!!
Not that I’ll do any ‘better’
posted by Amy on 2-12-2008 at 11:38 pm
I’M SO EXCITED…I’M SO EXCITED…I’M SO SCARED!!
That girl who played Jessie totally deserved a Golden Globe for her acting skills in that episode. That’s way up there in my favorite TV moments of all time.
posted by Sandy on 2-13-2008 at 12:26 am
10 out of 15 baby! I was very sad when I realized I had seen every episode mentioned in the episode specific questions. :)
posted by Williesha on 2-13-2008 at 7:43 am
13/15. I missed the SAT one and the writer one at the end.
Sandy, I LOVE that episode when Jessi’s on caffeine pills!! Classic!
posted by Tricia on 2-13-2008 at 10:01 am
i scored a 13 out of 15 i thought zack scored a 1602 on his s.a.t.’s and i never heard of the chapter called being zack morris :( but i still love saved by the bell
posted by the cangri on 2-20-2008 at 4:03 pm
I got 13/15 not too bad considering it’s been a few years since I’ve watched the show. I missed the SAT question also.
posted by Alison on 2-26-2008 at 5:46 pm
I scored 13/15, i guess i should stop watching the reruns on TBS.
posted by Roy on 2-29-2008 at 6:51 pm
I scored 15 out of 15. I don’t know if I should be proud or REALLY embarassed!
posted by Eli on 3-6-2008 at 11:43 am
14/15- Didn’t get the last one about the book. I loved this show and like the rest of you, have seen every episode way to many times
posted by Nick on 5-2-2008 at 1:12 pm
14/15… lost on the last essay Q
I’m not ashamed at the high score I got, but am possibly ashamed about how quickly and confidently I knew those answers, lol
posted by Luna on 5-8-2008 at 10:24 am
I actually scored a 1502
posted by Andrew on 5-9-2008 at 2:48 pm
i scored a 13/15 and I am watching Saved by the Bell right now on the N
posted by jenn on 5-27-2008 at 10:32 pm
14/15 — but that’s only because I haven’t read Chuck Klosterman’s book. It’s weird how much of that show I actually remember.
posted by Rebecca on 6-23-2008 at 3:54 pm