February Updates

Well it is time again to give you some updates. Let's begin shall we?

Here is what I will be reviewing in the future. Not the dear future but not necessary in the far distant future either:

Saved by the Bell Season 5 Parts 2 and 3 plus the wrap-up.
Arrow Season 1
Once Upon a Time Season 2
G I Joe Retaliation

Plus I will be going back to watching and reviewing the classic seasons of Dallas beginning with season 4 but I won't list that until I get to these. I do plan on going to see the new Captain America Movie in a few months and I will post a review on that when I can (It doesn't come out until May).

Now about my story Bite Me: V. 7:

Well first I am going to rename it Bite Me for the last "season" when I begin posting portions of the chapters again. As far as when I will start posting chapters again, I don't know. I need a new computer and I have plans of doing things a certain way but I really don't know what they will costs. As soon as my plan is hopefully set up the way I want it to be I will start finishing up this story and begin posting the last few chapters. This was originally planned to be 40 chapters long but I am going to try to trim that down to a lower number and have even shorter chapters so I can post one chapter a week in one day but I don't know how fast my creative juices will flow when I start typing it again.

Plus, I have other titles I won't to take a stab at again and I will be posting them when this one is done so I need to wrap it up rather quickly.

I have one more holiday report but that won't come until near the end of the month of April. I will focus on the holiday of Easter.

This wraps up this update. I'll do another one when I deemed necessary.

Saved By the Bell Season 5 Review Part 1

Okay, I'm back with the first of four final posts on Saved by the Bell. Yes, I said for because I am going to reflect on the series as a whole when I am done with Season 5. Now let's get right to it shall we?

Episode 1: The Fight (F):

Need I really have to say anything about what makes this episode so great. Zack and Slater actually get into a physical fight. It was a long time coming too. Yes, they were rivals over Kelly but Zack won her fair and square so there was no reason to fight. But this time it was over a new girl they both liked. And they both did something to try to ruin the other's date with that girl and so it led to a fight. But they did solve their differences and become friends again.

Episode 2: Student Teacher Week (F):

Kelly is the history teacher; Lisa and Screech are the gym coaches; and Zack is the Principal? He is for one week in order to learn responsibility. And that he does folks when he suspends Slater and the other Senior football players for missing Kelly's test. They then take the test during the game and play only after they pass. They then go out and win the game.

Episode 3: Screech's Spaghetti Sauce (F):

The kids put on a "Today" like show for kids for public access Television and there is a segment with Screech in the Kitchen with Slater. He is fixing his grandmother's secret spaghetti sauce recipe which can be found in a Betty Crocker Cookbook. Screech also gets a date with a girl that turned down both Zack and Slater. But she is only using him which he finds out the hard way but with Zack and the other's help he gets back at her by selling her his business of selling someone else's recipe in order to get money to pay Mr. Belding for using school supplies.

Episode 4: The New Girl (TE):

Take special not there is no F by this episode and that is because I call this and several of the episodes that follow "Tory Episodes" and I do not like these episodes and I will tell you why. 1, there is no Kelly or Jessie. Now I know the behind the scenes why but no in-episode mention of where they are is unacceptable. Plus, in this episode Lisa acts like a jerk the entire time.

Episode 5: The Bayside Triangle (F):

In this episode, Screech finally tries to win Lisa's heart only it gets captured by Zack instead. Screech wants a fight but Zack knows its not worth it (probably because of the one he had with Slater). In the end, Zack and Screech remain friends and he gets Lisa for a date.

Episode 6: Teen Line (TE)(F):

This is another "Tory Episode" as indicated above with a TE. This episode is kind of a favorite because it shows Zack trying to help someone and getting carried away not with a get rick scheme but with caring too much about something rather than someone. In this case, it was a girl in wheelchair.

Episode 7: Masquerade Ball (TE):

This is another "Tory Episode" and is not a favorite. Zack and Slater bet on who can kiss Tory first. It ends up with Slater kissing Screech and Zack apologizing.

Episode 8: Day of Detention (TE):

Again, this is a "Tory Episode" and not one I like. Zack tries to win a trip to Hawaii while trying to get out of Detention and gets his friends involved and in Detention, too. Thanks, Zack

Well that ends part one of Season 5. Next time is Part 2 where I will be reviewing 6 favorite episodes including 1 of 3 clip shows. Talk to you then.

Uncle Ed's Holiday Reports Part 4: Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone who reads my blog posts.. Now for those who are not in the know Valentine's Day started when a priest, St. Valentine, married couples on the 14th day of February during the days of the Roman Empire. The emperor wanted men not to get married so they will be more willing to join the army so he outlawed marriages. Well St. Valentine married couples in secret and this is how the day got started. Or at least that is what i heard or read somewhere. I don't remember where it was but I heard or read this once and it just stuck to my mind and I decided to share it with my readers. Well that is all for this installment of my Holiday Reports. The last part of the series will come in April when I talk about Easter. Until then.

Saved by the Bell Season 4 Review

Saved by the Bell Season 4 Review

Note: I am changing the order I am viewing and reviewing these episodes in. There are 10 episodes this season. And two of those are a split two-parter. I am reviewing all the single episodes without commentary included first followed by another two-parter that is not split then I will watched the two-parter that is split back to back followed after that by the three episodes with commentary. To be more clear as to what I mean the episode order according to how I will watch and review them will be listed below in that order. However their episode number will be according to how they are listed in my box set.

Episode 1: SAT’s (F):

            In this episode the gang takes their SATs and start looking at colleges. Jessie is upset that a college wouldn’t look at her because her score was lower than Zack’s but learns a lesson that she doesn’t necessary need that school to get a good grade. Oh and Zack’s score was 1502.

Episode 3: Hold Me Tight (F):

            In this episode the gang helps a girl get on the wrestling team. She even wins her match at the end of the episode against Valley.

Episode 7: Cut Day (F):

            The gang gets an official day to cut school but it means an unexcused absence and if you have 10 you are suspended and that is what Mr. Belding is hoping for if Zack isn’t in every one of his classes, which he is but only after actually sneaking out each period. This is the episode where Slater and Jessie break up even though they are together in future episodes.

Episodes 8 & 9: A Home for Christmas (F) Pts. 1 & 2:

            In this episode, we get to see another side of Zack. We get to see him actually only trying to help someone with a problem they are having. It may have been the Christmas Spirit but it is not the only time he tries to help someone. It shows he is a good person underneath that trouble-making schemer. Also, when these episodes would be shown on TBS they would edit out a scene of Zack and Slater actually performing CPR on someone. They would go to commercial before this scene. My question is Why?! This is a scene kids today need to see because it shows young people like themselves not hesitating to help someone and shows that they know what they are doing, too.

 Episodes 2 & 4: Palm Springs Weekend (F) Pts. 1 & 2:

            In this two-parter, Jessie’s father is getting married and she is not happy when she learns that it is to a younger woman but due to Zack’s help she realizes she just needs to give her new step mom a chance and they could be friends.

Episode 5: No Hope with Dope (F):

            In this episode, a movie star comes to Bayside High to shoot an anti-drug commercial and the kids are all excited until they find out he smokes pot and they stood up to him and refuse to do the commercial with a liar. But thanks to Mr. Belding they were able to do the commercial anyway because of his friendship with the actual president of NBC Entertainment Brandon Tartikoff who passed away between 10 to 20 years ago. He was the sole person responsible for Saved by the Bell being on TV in the first placed when the shows predecessor was not working on another channel. I watched this episode with the commentary turned on.

Episode 6: Rockumentary (F):

            This is another episode I watched with the commentary turned on. It has Zack dreaming that their band made it big and then breaking up and then getting back together. It doesn’t have Jessie because the actress injured herself before the filming of this episode. It’s a fun episode that shows probably what happens a lot of times between members of a band when someone new comes in and splits them up.

           

Episode 10: Mystery Weekend (F):

            In this episode the gang goes to a mansion for a murder mystery weekend where Zack solves the mystery. There are some things they claim in this episode that are just not true. 1. Zack did not sell fake IDs in school. Only five fake IDs were made and they were for him, Screech, Slater, Jessie and Lisa, no more or no less. 2. Zack did not steal Mr. Belding’s Car. It was lent to both him and Slater to install a CD player. 3. Zack was not alone in kidnapping Valley’s mascot. Screech and Slater were very much involved. Other than that, this was a great episode and the last of Season 4. I will be doing Season 5 in three parts and Part 1 will be up as soon as I watch all of the episodes on the first disk.

Good-bye for now.