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The episode with the oil discovered on school grounds

posted 9 months ago by millsey72 (10283)
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Its very troubling that a school district in California was even willing to drill for more oil when we must get ourselves off of fossil fuels. This entire episode was not realistic at all. The oil company wouldn't directly deal with the kids the way this episode portrays it. Plus it would have taken years to redesign the entire school the way they claimed and they acted like it would take a week.

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[–] samoanjoes (56724) 9 months ago

It's Saved by the Bell. Nothing about this show makes sense. Screech is valedictorian but he thought America's forefathers were actual four fathers. They used the same classroom for every subject being taught. Zack has a higher SAT score than both Screech and Jessie. Zack loves Kelly so much but pimps out Kelly to Johnny Dakota. When they watch a movie in the theatre, the film is done within minutes. In that episode you are talking about, they show an exterior model of Bayside. But in one episode they mention that the school has a greenhouse but it's not seen in the model.

[–] millsey72 (10283) 9 months ago

Also didn't the school have just 1 grade level? Other than the episode where Kellys sister fell for Zack in the teen line plot, I don't recall ever being any other grade level in the school

[–] samoanjoes (56724) 9 months ago

Other than the pilot when Slater arrives, I don't think they ever mentioned a grade level. I always assumed each season was a new grade level.

[–] millsey72 (10283) 9 months ago

So all the kids at Bayside were basically the same age. Rather odd that is

[–] PaladinNJ (21510) 5 months ago

There were several references to different grade levels. Therre was an episode where Zach was a freshman or soph and he pursued an upper classman. Also an episode where Lisa as a senior starts dating a freshman. I think there was also a minor subplot when Belding chewed out Zach for using the freshman as his servants.

[–] GreenGoblinsOck8 (7699) 5 months ago

This seems stupid considering that episode came out over 30 years ago. Nobody in America drove anything but gas vehicles back then. You might as well complain that the kids were studying a Shakspear novel in an episode rather than historical novels about African Americans like they are made to today.

[–] millsey72 (10283) 5 months ago

You're right

[–] KingBob (2125) 4 months ago

I have worked in a school and I’ve worked for an oil company and I promise you that is exactly how it works.

[–] millsey72 (10283) 4 months ago

I have a friend who also worked at a school and at an oil company and he told me that it doesn't work this way. So you're wrong. Trust me

[–] KingBob (2125) 4 months ago

I promise that I've been doing this a lot longer than you and your friend. I am correct, you and your friend are the ones who are wrong.

[–] [deleted] 4 months ago

it was a 90s comedy for teens?! of course it wouldn't make sense, the oil company obviously wouldn't deal with the kids! they wouldn't even deal with the school. the headteacher wouldn't have any authority over these things.

it would be the local government who owned the land the school was on. they'd deal directly with them.

but it was feel good 90s, we had to see the kids fight and save their school, while later high fiving..

i think every 90s school comedy had an episode where they saved the school. like every 2000s show had some character leaving to study/live in paris.

[–] millsey72 (10283) 4 months ago

Yea this is why I like reality shows opposed to these kinds of comedies. I like realism

[–] [deleted] 4 months ago

reality shows are more fictional than comedies!

i saw paris hilton talking on the news a few days ago with a completely different voice and personality, she was essentially playing a role in that show they did.

some of those from "jersey shore" have said it's highly scripted.

and the show "catfish" is about as real as star wars .

[–] millsey72 (10283) 4 months ago

Keeping up with the Kardashians was the best TV show ever and was unscripted

[–] RoboReCop (3302) 4 months ago

'The Joe Schmo Show' (2003) is the best unscripted reality TV show ever, imo.

[–] KingBob (2125) 3 months ago

Saved By The Bell is very realistic but Full House and Family Matters are more realistic.