u/Frequent_Rhubarb_36

They were only in a single episode but we saw a ton of them in video games.

By itself the time capsule premise itself is a nice way to do a clip show for a high school sitcom. However, as soon as the VHS with the gang starts playing with the class (or at least 5 people from the class) of 2003 starts playing it gets weird.

As it uses clips from the show itself and it plays on the TV in Belding's office, it would mean that the gang knows or figured out that all of their high school antics were recorded on video. Not to mention the stuff that happened at home. Heck, they somehow even recorded Lisa's dream.

The gang also talks about the other characters, like somehow names like Lisa and Jesse would ring a bell with the 2003 students like Duddy.

I guess Belding hasn't opened the 3rd drawer of his time capsule for 10 years either.

Finally it's interesting to watch it in the context of the New Class. At the end of TNC Belding left Bayside, with Screech's fate undecided. I guess Belding got fired as Dean of Students at the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga, had to move back to Bayside, where he couldn't even get his new modern TNC office back and had to move into his older office and resorting to reminiscence about that magic class of 1993.

Lisa, is everything OK? Screech told me about the accident.

-He did?

Yeah. It's not every day a truckload of bananas spills on the freeway. I'm just glad your mother is all right. Terrible thing about those monkeys, though.

One of my favorite bits Belding did. He really sells it. 🍌🐒

Seems kinda expensive to me.

I always laugh at the moment Belding thinks he may have killed Zack.

Solid episode overall, with a wacky plot, fun guest star and some great jokes.

I mostly dismissed it as a cheap official rom hack version of TiT. And I do still think it was made under a very tight budget and it shows. 90% of the assets come from TiT and the first arcade game and the number of bosses is laughable. Not to mention we already get a boss rush after the third boss. Crazy.

That being said, I do like the gameplay a lot and if you can adjust from it not playing like TiT it's a pretty fun game. The use of a specific run button changes the game for me. You can be tactical in the way you get through waves of enemies and speed from one corner of the screen to another. I like that gameplay loop a lot.

It also has that awesome unique Shredder Hideout stage with great music and we even got Tatsu as a boss. It also has some weird dialogue with Leatherhead assuming the Turtles visited him to hang with him and Rocksteady wanting to eat the Turtles (?).

That being said, I am glad we got it in the Cowabunga collection and if you played TiT back in the day I don't think this game is worth full price.

I'd love to hear your thoughts on this one.

So they weren't gonna get Tiffani and Elizabeth back.

Instead of hiring two Kelly/Jesse clones they introduced a single completely new character, which for better or worse, added something new and fresh to the series. I like Tori as a character. She's different, doesn't take Zack's crap and gives a bit of an outsider perspective to the show, while being in the gang. Her wondering why they treat Screech as crap was a great example of that.

Not only that, I Lisa got a bit more time to shine in these as well, getting a slightly larger role. I also like how they elevated some of the minor characters like Ox, Big Pete and Ginger. Having these characters do more makes the school feel more organic and alive.

I don't think the scripts of these are necessarily worse than the other ones. Even though it's a small amount of episodes it has some really fun ones like The Will and Class Rings.

I can see why people dislike them and they do feel different, but quality wise, they're still pretty fun and interesting to me.

What could go wrong?

Love this scene. The unseen image of Belding looking for her at the mall plays rent free on my head. That being said, he wasn't looking for long as he got back pretty quickly.

Hey dan a tight ship, obviously proud of his job as Hall monitor in the one episode where the school needed one. That being said his Brown jacket with red Hall Monitor band does create some unfortunate associations.

Still, shouldn't have been fired. Dewey is apparently not capable of hearing the direction where sounds comes from.

We see Lisa strumming an acoustic guitar earlier (to a pretty nice song), but we never saw her during the contest. Also, that guitar is different from the one Zack uses, which is black. Guess this was a deleted scene then?

Also, the scene where Zack is late for the meeting in Belding's office is awesome. Everyone, including the nerds, Ox and Belding crapping on him with everyone laughing. Cracks me up every time.

What a fun episode and does Gary Beach knock it out of the park as Gem Diamond or what? With apparel straight out of the 70's and a delivery that kills, he sure makes an impression. Watching this episode you see Mark-Paul constantly trying to break as Gem struts his stuff. (Especially when Gem checks the pay phone for loose change)

Interestingly enough, Gem Diamond also appeared in an episode of California Dreams, where he played a used car salesman, teaching Sly how to sell really bad cars to his friends.

The actor playing Gem was actually a fairly big name for the show. He originated the part of Lumiere for the Broadway version of Beauty and the Beast and also starred in both the Broadway and movie versions of The Producers. (Springtime for Hitler!)

Just about every line he delivers is quotable.

As FLUDD is scanning Mario, you can see footage of SMB1, SMW and SM64 in the bottom left corner as part of the scan, which apparently also scans Mario's entire history.

Zack, Slater and Tori did really well.

Also...

"Honor thy principal". Is that the 11th commandment?

The Annual Passholder-exclusive PhotoPass Magic Shots are near the end of Hollywood Boulevard, close to Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway. Offered every day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., guests get to hold a banjo prop and Kermit will then be added to the image afterwards. Another Magic Shot adds Animal to the top of your image.

Passholders must present their Annual Pass ID in the “Tickets and Passes” section of their My Disney Experience app and a valid government-issued photo ID to access the Magic Shot.

So it's like taking a photo with nothing and then Kermit getting digitally inserted afterwards. I can see Disney not wanting to invest in meetable Muppet characters, but this is just sad.

Heck if you have a Kermit picture with a transparent background you can do this to all the photos you make and have.

It ran for 3 seasons, which is approximately 3 times the length of most live-action Muppet productions. I've seen clips of it and the animation is fair, with some great fur textures. Voice acting is also great.

I haven't seen many episodes so I'm really curious to learn what made it so great.

Tori being anxious over earthquakes is believable if you haven't experienced one and Leanna does a great job with it. Mrs Belding being pregnant and delivering a baby does seem a bit farfetched but it did give us some fun Belding moments and seeing him become a father is touching. I feel the earthquake scene itself is played well, showing some danger and playing it straight.

Speaking of Belding, he gets a lot of flack for his scenes with Screech in The New Class but their chemistry was amazing in the scene where they're locked in his office.

Also, we get a one-off weird Bayside teacher in the form of Mr. Heimlich.