no Cindy, Jim, or Nat
odd not seeing them because they figured into so many plots
shareRight they left out so much.
shareThis made for TV movie is about the young actors, not about the parental figures of the show.
shareMaybe it's because I didn't like the parents but I didn't even notice their absence. I did miss Nat though when they were at the Pit.
sharethe lack of nat wasn't good.
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ever notice that Cindy had two major recurring lines:
"Brren-da!"
and
"There's a lasagna in the freezer if you want it"
it was so obvious the whole idea was to make the main stars (the twins) the middle-class kids viewers could relate to living in a fantasy world full of indulgent excess - all their friends were rich spoiled teens looking for problems to call their own, allegedly with a real heart buried somewhere. Jim and Cindy just kind of hovered in the background for effect, making their house the one that was a real "home" anytime the others wanted. the other parents didn't seem to relate to their kids all that well, but the Walsh parents were a safe haven to solve any troubles that arose among the gang. there were a few shows where the plot centered around them, but Jim and Cindy had very bland personalities and were always reacting to their kids issues with predictable dependability in supportive resolution.
Cindy most commonly appeared in her beautiful kitchen preparing home-cooked meals from a massive food spread with Brandon breezing through declining because he'd "grab something at the Pit" while Brenda's appetite was lost to brooding over some drama with Kelly or Dylan. and Jim often working late. So who ate all that food she was always preparing? no wonder there was always a "lasagna in the freezer"
and she was a big fan of fruit cups!
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and she was a big fan of fruit cups!
i wonder what cindo's recipe was...
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i wonder what cindo's recipe was...
yep. and why she liked to put the snack down with some ice cream at night.
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a true behind-the-scenes would include how all the major cast interacted. if it was truly only about the "young" it wouldn't have included the adult tv production staff. and as was noted, half the cast weren't teens but young adults
shareThere was no Scott Scanlon (Doug Emerson) either. I found that really odd. He was billed as a regular cast member from the pilot to the end of Season 1. Then, he was re-occurring in part of Season 2. It didn't make sense to exclude him.
shareyes but the whole "personality" of the series shifted a different way after Season 1. In retrospect, it really did start out not so cutesy or touchy-feely but a little more gritty. I think once it got going and the producers figured out what was appealing to its following, they shaped it to capitalize on that appeal. and of course that's how they keep the ratings up, but contrasting the first few shows (even after the pilot) to what it eventually became in later seasons shows distinctive differences in style - even the way the rest of the high-school was depicted wasn't quite the same
shareWith the time constraints I understand why they were left out. If you think about it, in order to show everything from the show they would've needed to do a multi-episode mini series...and I would've been OK with that.
sharethats odd considering in the saved by the bell TV movie, they had the actors playing Dennis Haskins and Haley Mills (Mr. Bleeding and Miss Bliss) in small roles... they could have done the same with Carol, James, and Joe
plus luke was supposed to have flirted with Carol!! Surprised Lifetime did not at least get into that
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