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Quite a polar opposite death from Kobe Bryant's
Quite a polar opposite death from Kobe Bryant's
Kobe guest-starred on the Saturday morning sitcom "Hang Time" (basically a basketball version of "Saved by the Bell").
The theme song's "clap clap clap clap clap," or the "Beverly Hills 90210" theme song's guitar riff synched to Jason Priestley air punching Luke Perry?
The theme song's guitar riff synched with Jason Priestley air punching Luke Perry, or the "clap clap clap clap clap" sound in "Friends" theme song?
Why was Luke Perry's signature hairstyle on "Beverly Hills 90210" gone by midway through the third season?
Did anyone notice that the top-billed cast member alternated between Queen Latifah and Kim Coles in every other episode?
Was Brian Austin Green genuinely crying in the series finale during his and Donna's wedding vows?
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I didn’t mind them in college, because in essence they were still babies, aside from the ages of the cast playing them. Therefore, they were still dealing with the same kinds of issues. The series should’ve pulled the plug after the 7th season when they entered the real world. What really irked me was the epidemic of cast members leaving midway through production. It made the series seem so sloppy, which is why Luke Perry’s departure (ten episodes into the 6th season) and return (six episodes into the 9th season) didn’t seem so monumental, but instead random. This can also be said for Jason Priestly who left just five episodes into the 9th season. It’s like the producers didn’t give their fan base a chance to let it marinate, which is why new, departing, and returning cast members are better executed during hiatus when the fans had three months of anticipating who’s going to be added or removed from the opening credits. While I don’t know exactly when Luke Perry decided to call it quits, his riding out into the sunset on his motorcycle would’ve panned out for a more exciting upcoming season if the writers inserted that plot line at the end of the 5th or 6th season instead of during the 6th season.
That doesn't surprise me in the least, because I read an interview [that took place when the series was nearing completion of the fourth season] which was conducted with Luke Perry at a diner. According to the atmosphere of that location, no one was mobbing him, and keep in mind he didn't have a bodyguard with him. Basically, his teen heartthrob status had faded away at that point. It was also mentioned that 90210 might fold when the actors’ five-year contracts run out in 1995. IMO, it was still watchable until during the sixth season when Luke Perry left. However, I can't say I was ecstatic when he returned during the ninth season. By that time, it was like "Why bother?" Sadly, I think the series was bleeding money in the last seasons and that the producers would have done anything to shore up the ratings, thus Luke's return.
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