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David is an occasional blogger, software engineer, Nintendo fanboy, liberal, news magazine addict, voracious TiVo user, and bibliophile. He was born in St. Louis, grew up in southern Indiana, and returned to St. Louis to attend Washington University. He hasn't managed to escape yet. He's a fan of free wine tastings, too many tv shows to name, and eating out. David makes his living developing web applications used internally by his employer. He doesn't blog about work because he's heard too many stories about that causing workplace troubles. There's more on the about page. |
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10 August 2004 - 11:01 pm
As the show progressed things clearly diverged, but was "The OC" originally designed as the new "Saved by the Bell?" We have the blond lead and his nerdy, social-outcast friend. The athletic arch-villain. The main crush; the flightly, rich girl; and the smart, style-all-her-own girl. And we top things off with the older father figure.
Want more proof? See below.
The OC |
Saved by the Bell |
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| Ryan is the new Zack. | |
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| Seth (at least as origianlly conceived) is the new Screech. | |
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| Luke is the new A.C. Slater. | |
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| Marissa is the new Kelly. | |
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| Summer is the new Lisa. | |
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| Anna is the new Jessie. | |
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| And Sandy is the new Mr. Belding. | |
Posted by on 10 August 2004 at 11:02 PM
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Dave,
I've never seen OC, but you've defintitely got me sold. I'm sold more than the Season 1 Saved by the Bell DVD...haha!!
Jon
Posted by Polk on 11 August 2004 - 9:16 PM
The biggest difference between the OC and Saved by the Bell, though, is that on the OC the characters drastically change from week-to-week to satisfy the whims of the show's fans. One week Luke is the arch-villain, the next he is AC Slater, the next he is gone from the show entirely. Plus, in Saved by the Bell none of the female teachers ever slept with Slater.
Posted by Chris Hill Festival on 14 August 2004 - 4:44 PM
Dude, that hearing-impaired teacher totally did it with Slater. And you know Miss Bliss was after Zach.
Posted by Rachel on 16 August 2004 - 9:29 PM