Ricky recently asked me: "What Saved by the Bell episode would you most want to be in?" What a qreat question!

Here's my answer... ten times over.

10. "Save That Tiger" (original airdate: 12/16/89)
It's the annual Bayside vs Valley prank war. Meanwhile the girls try to come up with a new cheer in the annual cheerleader competition.
WHY I'D WANT TO BE IN IT:
All my life, I've wanted to participate in a Prank War. Why doesn't anybody do these? Seriously. This spring, I'm gonna' get get my shit together and do one. With a group or by myself. Doesn't matter.

9. "The Will" (original airdate: 10/24/92)
A favorite graduate dies and leaves $10,000 in his will. This creates a battle of the sexes to see who gets the money.
WHY I'D WANT TO BE IN IT:
The team cheers are really funny in this one. And I'd like to be able to say them with everybody.

8. "The Fabulous Belding Boys" (orginal airdate: 12/9/90)
The gang is in trouble. If they fail a test by an obnoxious teacher, they won't be able to go on a class fieled trip. On the day of the test. the teacher doesn't show, so Belding's brother Rod takes over.
WHY I'D WANT TO BE IN IT:
In the final act, everyone meets up at Bayside High before dawn. Basically, I just want to hang out in a school before it gets bright outside.

7. "All in the Mall" (original airdate: 11/9/91)
Zach finds $5000 in the mall, and plans to use the money to buy and then scalp tickets for a U2 concert.
WHY I'D WANT TO BE IN IT:
As much as I wouldn't want to be pursued by bad guys, it'd be really cool to sleep in a mall overnight.

6. "Rockumentary" (original airdate: 11/30/91)
Casey Kasem as himself hosts a biography of Zack's rock group called The Zack Attack.
WHY I'D WANT TO BE IN IT:
Sure, part of it is getting to be a rockstar, but it's mostly to hear this dialogue live in person:
ZACK: You really think we could be famous?
ROCK MANAGER: Does Bart Simpson have animated zits?
ME: Yay!!!!

5. "Cut Day" (original airdate: 12/7/91)
It's senior cut day. Zack tries his best to go through the day without being caught by Belding. Jessie and a boy protest the use of plastic cups.
WHY I'D WANT TO BE IN IT:
I wish my high school had a "cut day."

4. "Day of Detention" (original airdate: 10/3/92)
If Zack can just get out of detention with Mr. Belding, he can win a trip to Hawaii. Instead the whole gang ends up in detention with him, trying to get him out.
WHY I'D WANT TO BE IN IT:
This episode is full of escape plans, which I love because I can't ever think of them myself in real life. So it'd be great - to sit back and watch somebody come up with these amazing ideas. Like, I want to come up with a fake/joke escape plan right now and I still can't do it.

3. "Myster Weekend" (original airdate: 12/21/91)
The gang wins a mystery weekend at a mansion where they are all part of a murder mystery. The trouble begins when the game goes awry and Zack is left as the prime suspect.
WHY I'D WANT TO BE IN IT:
There's secret passages in the mansion. Hey - have you guys noticed that most of my reasons have nothing to do with "Saved by the Bell?"

2. "Save the Max" (original airdate: 9/22/90)
Zack and Screech discover that Bayside once had a radio station called KTTY. They convince Belding to put it back on the air. Meanwhile, Max is in trouble of losing his business.
WHY I'D WANT TO BE IN IT:
It'd give me a serious sense of pride to save a friend's business.

1. "The Wicked Stepbrother" (original airdate: 11/2/91)
Jessie meets her new stepbrother Eric but soon discovers that he also has a darkside in him when he uses blackmail to get his way.
WHY I'D WANT TO BE IN IT:
I want to be in my favorite episode! All the components of a great "Saved" episode: schemes, backstabbing, schemes, romance, and more schemes.


Bye, dudes!

So Amanda and I have been watching "Roseanne" on Nick at Nite. A lot. Like, every night. 2 - maybe 3 - episodes per night. It's great.

Recently, we entered the "New Becky" years - y'know, that period when Lecy Goranson (Becky #1) left the show and was replaced by Sarah Chalke (Becky #2).

Anyway, in this run, during the famed opening title sequence (where the camera rotates around the kitchen table as the family eats dinner, plays cards, etc.)... Becky #2 enters the kitchen, then John Goodman looks at her and - I swear - mouths the words:

"It's the New Becky! Becky is a new person!"

Seriously.

The theme music plays, so you can't HEAR him say it. But I KNOW he does.

Anyone else watch "Roseanne?" Care to confirm what I already know is true?