"Your teacher pops a test, you know you're in a mess"

I would venture to say that the average kid between the ages of 25 and 19 had similar afternoon entertainment habits in elementary school: Saved by the Bell. It was on literally five times every weekday afternoon. The Disney Afternoon offered some pretty stiff competition, but Saved by the Bell was generally on in my household. At least two episdodes a day. I never got into the middle school "Good Morning Miss Bliss" Episdodes, but everything else I loved. High School, College. Whatever.

What could be better than spending your afternoons laughing at Screech and hoping that Kelly won't dump Zach for Jeff this time, even though she always does. Zach was such a stand-up boyfriend, Kelly. What were you thinking? From Malibu Sands to Bayside High every episode was memorable for some reason or another.

When I was in Lithuania I watched Saved by the Bell with the other Americans and a few Lithuanians on a projector. Everybody loved it. It's a shared memory for our generation. Bring an episode up in a coversation. See where it leads. Today I bought the 5th season on DVD. I now own all of the high school episodes that I've seen so many times in syndication. Sure they include the infamous Tori episodes, but even she was involved with the Teen Line, which led to the wheelchair charity basketball game in the half-gym.