… and other things I learned from an episode of Saved by the Bell

• Ed Alonzo wasn’t just the annoying guy that worked at their school’s cafe. He’s an actual magician. You can book him for parties. He’s also not the least memorable recurring character on the show (that would be Stacey Carosi). I hope he’s available for my 30th!
• I’m okay with a teacher asking Slater to the Sadie Hawkin’s dance. Especially after that incident at the ‘88 Olympics. And all those beauty pageants.
• Mr Balding on girls: “They all get headaches Mr Morris.”
• It’s okay to reference Fatal Attraction in day to day conversation. And River Phoenix.
• The Bon Jovi thing kind of blows my mind… but explains her tasseled jacket.
• I can cosign this brand of dramatic irony. Silly Zach.
• Slater “won” this round, even though he ultimately loses Kelly to Zach. If Yahoo groups are any measure of success — and they are — Slater is currently kicking Gosselaar’s ass.

We may know Diane Neal as tough gal ADA Casey Novak on Law & Order: SVU, but there are plenty of things we don’t know about her real life. What are her hobbies? What kind of ice cream does she like? Does she like her margaritas with or without salt? Does she even like margaritas? We can’t trust imdb for answers to questions like these so we have to resort to other sources. According to wikipedia, http://dianeneal.hostbus.com/ is “the biggest and BEST Diane Neal website on the ‘net!” I bet they can provide us with the vital information we seek - the site is both “Diane Neal Tested” and “Mother (Colleen) Approved! (Hi Diane’s Mom!)”

I just learned that Diane believes Dick Cheney is dead. Did you know that? Neither did I! But here it is on the site, actual emails from Diane herself!

PS Dick Cheney is actually dead. Marcus and I think they’ve been “weekend at Bernieing” him for years. Whenever he’s shown he usually never speaks and is wearing a giant baseball hat and sunglasses. Coincidence? I think not.

First of all, I’m glad most of you agree about Cheney. And yes, I’m suggesting that’s he’s been dead for quite a while now. I think 4 years, Marcus thinks 2. Roughly. The only problem with our theory is the “shooting his friend in the face” episode. Perhaps it was a ruse by the Bush administration to throw off the public from his obvious corpsishness? We can only speculate. But I wouldn’t put it past them.

It all makes so much sense!

The Q&A section is my favorite though, especially this question from Katie. She passionately asks the question that we’ve all been wondering.

I read once that you liked the dog whisperer. That was quite possibly the oddest thing
I’d heard that day, and it stuck in my mind. Whenever do you have time to sit and watch the dog whisperer?! Who HAS TIME to watch the dog whisperer?! Do you MAKE time for the dog whisperer?

I TiVo the dog whisperer. Marcus and I love him AND we just got his book. As I’m typing this RIGHT NOW my dog, Ted, is sitting on my lap and consistently nudging the keyboard for attention. This is one of the many reasons that I NEED Caesar Milan. Also, Annie Potts who was on our show a few time (she’s kick ass, by the way) is good buddies with Caesar and would humor me with crazy stories about him. It makes me feel slightly connected to him. Weird, I know.

Yes, who has the time?! Katie doesn’t! I know I don’t! How can Diane Neal of all people?! Thank goodness for TiVo. And thank you Diane for properly capitalizing TiVo.

Yes, I’ve been watching Law & Order. Writer’s strike be damned, they have “a stockpile of scripts” saved up and ready to go. I hope you’re ready too because it’s either L&O or the new American Gladiators.