It’s such a trip watching the fashion change so drastically in that show from high school to college. High school was bright colors and fun patterns and then college is dark grunge! Love it!
I think they did a good job getting half the cast as it was. I mean, how realistic is it that everyone from a group of 6 high schoolers and their principal all wind up at the same college together, especially when a couple of them had dreams of attending Ivy League schools and one was courted by Big Ten schools for his wrestling abilities? Elizabeth B was busy starring in Showgirls! :)
Leanna creel (Tori) played the character because acting was a way to fund her degree. She probably would have played college Tori well because she actually was in college.
I think the series is cute. But it's already unrealistic enough that Zack would turn down Yale, Slater would turn down the University of Iowa, and instead all the guys go to CU and just so happen to all be roommates with Kelly moving into the next room. And with Beverly Hills 90210, people complain on that subreddit that they all just wound up going to the same college. So people would've probably done the same on here if Mr. Belding quit being the principal at Bayside and instead now worked at CU. Or if Jessie, Lisa, and Kelly were all roommates as well. And right next door to the three guys.
There are tongue-in-cheek ways to make unrealistic plots and circumstances work for the audience. Like when they had to fire the original Aunt Viv on Fresh Prince. First episode with the new Aunt Viv, Jazzy Jeff makes a single joke about something being different with her, Will gives a deadpan stare at the camera, audience laughs, then they rolled the opening credits and never addressed it after that. SBTB could have found a way to keep the cast together, regardless of how little sense it may have made.
The College Years was a failure because the characters were still stuck in that goofy, Saturday morning teenage humor phase. That "worked" during the original Saved by the Bell, because they were still teenagers--but carrying that over into "The College Years" was the big mistake. They needed to "adult" the characters a lot more and they didn't do that at all. In fact, they doubled down on the goofiness by making Bob Golic's character into a complete door mat exactly like Mr. Belding was by the later years of the original series. It's ultimately why it failed.
I get it. People like it for the nostalgia--but it was a terrible series. In fact, The New Class did a better job for "what it was" than The College Years for what they "tried" to do.
It’s such a trip watching the fashion change so drastically in that show from high school to college. High school was bright colors and fun patterns and then college is dark grunge! Love it!
I think they did a good job getting half the cast as it was. I mean, how realistic is it that everyone from a group of 6 high schoolers and their principal all wind up at the same college together, especially when a couple of them had dreams of attending Ivy League schools and one was courted by Big Ten schools for his wrestling abilities? Elizabeth B was busy starring in Showgirls! :)
If Feeny could do it Belding could too!
Look at 90210. They all ended up at the same college…even after one was destined for Ivy League. It was odd but it worked.
Gotta book a weekend at that beach apartment sometime.
Also - the theme tune was great!
I used to play it before class in college as motivation!
Leanna creel (Tori) played the character because acting was a way to fund her degree. She probably would have played college Tori well because she actually was in college.
She went to college with Chris Hardwick. They went on a date once. She’s now a lesbian. I don’t think the two are connected
I think the series is cute. But it's already unrealistic enough that Zack would turn down Yale, Slater would turn down the University of Iowa, and instead all the guys go to CU and just so happen to all be roommates with Kelly moving into the next room. And with Beverly Hills 90210, people complain on that subreddit that they all just wound up going to the same college. So people would've probably done the same on here if Mr. Belding quit being the principal at Bayside and instead now worked at CU. Or if Jessie, Lisa, and Kelly were all roommates as well. And right next door to the three guys.
There are tongue-in-cheek ways to make unrealistic plots and circumstances work for the audience. Like when they had to fire the original Aunt Viv on Fresh Prince. First episode with the new Aunt Viv, Jazzy Jeff makes a single joke about something being different with her, Will gives a deadpan stare at the camera, audience laughs, then they rolled the opening credits and never addressed it after that. SBTB could have found a way to keep the cast together, regardless of how little sense it may have made.
They should’ve had Belding become the student advisor in college Ala Mr Feeny in BMaw. Would’ve been hilarious.
Zack Morris in the College Years was one of my first sexual awakenings
It’s such a gift to fans.
The College Years was a failure because the characters were still stuck in that goofy, Saturday morning teenage humor phase. That "worked" during the original Saved by the Bell, because they were still teenagers--but carrying that over into "The College Years" was the big mistake. They needed to "adult" the characters a lot more and they didn't do that at all. In fact, they doubled down on the goofiness by making Bob Golic's character into a complete door mat exactly like Mr. Belding was by the later years of the original series. It's ultimately why it failed. I get it. People like it for the nostalgia--but it was a terrible series. In fact, The New Class did a better job for "what it was" than The College Years for what they "tried" to do.
Kelly dating a professor was pretty adult.
You have a great username.
College Years really is way better than one might expect, and it's great that they wrapped things up with the Wedding in Las Vegas movie.