rmontro March 14, 2019 Share March 14, 2019 Yikes, now they're doing plots from the movies on Schooled ("Romy and Michele"). I hope this doesn't become a habit. The Goldbergs disease has infected the spinoff. Kind of a weak episode, I thought. Didn't have an episode idea so they just did the movie thing. Nothing really stood out, although we did learn that Erica is still with Geoff, and apparently they're doing pretty well. 4 Link to comment
alexa March 14, 2019 Share March 14, 2019 I watch this off and on. I just think it could be better without the sappy message about teachers and students at the end every time. I think they can do the school theme but branch out in some other ways. 5 Link to comment
biakbiak March 14, 2019 Share March 14, 2019 I am glad they had a “spoiler” about Jeff and Erica because her initial brush off of Lainey would have been annoying of that was all that was given. 5 Link to comment
alexa March 14, 2019 Share March 14, 2019 3 hours ago, biakbiak said: I am glad they had a “spoiler” about Jeff and Erica because her initial brush off of Lainey would have been annoying of that was all that was given. Agreed. I kept wondering why they had Erica's hair so awful when everyone else's was normal. Erica's hair in Goldberg's is pretty much fine for any decade, so I am not sure if they were trying to make a joke of her being a suburban wife or something? Lainey's hair hasn't changed much, not so sure why Erica's was so odd. 4 Link to comment
bybrandy March 14, 2019 Share March 14, 2019 18 minutes ago, alexa said: Agreed. I kept wondering why they had Erica's hair so awful when everyone else's was normal. Erica's hair in Goldberg's is pretty much fine for any decade, so I am not sure if they were trying to make a joke of her being a suburban wife or something? Lainey's hair hasn't changed much, not so sure why Erica's was so odd. Erica was totally rocking the Rachel (it looked terrible but really it did for most people who tried to rock the Rachel. Even Jennifer Aniston hated the Rachel. 9 Link to comment
alexa March 14, 2019 Share March 14, 2019 16 minutes ago, bybrandy said: Erica was totally rocking the Rachel (it looked terrible but really it did for most people who tried to rock the Rachel. Even Jennifer Aniston hated the Rachel. I guess it was so bad on Erica, I didn't realize that was what she was copying. I get it now, lol! Rachel's looked much better than that 🙂 4 Link to comment
justjen March 14, 2019 Share March 14, 2019 On 3/1/2019 at 7:19 PM, tennisgurl said: The running joke with the picture that everyone can see except for Tim Reid was funny. As someone who has never ever been able to see those pictures no matter what I do, I appreciated when he showed it to the teachers at the end because I'm not sure if it was camera work or somehow a slightly more defined picture, but I could totally see it! I finally felt like a champion! *Tim Meadows... 4 Link to comment
joanne3482 March 14, 2019 Share March 14, 2019 On 3/9/2019 at 6:20 PM, mamadrama said: Maybe things were different in private schools, Things were different in private schools. I was interviewed in the 90s at a private school to teach French/Spanish with a bachelor's in elementary education and 1 year Spanish course work and 4 years high school French. (I didn't get the job but the fact that they even interviewed me says a lot of not good things in retrospect). A friend of mine was just hired as a public school elementary school teacher with a law degree and NO teaching experience or education. 6 Link to comment
tennisgurl March 14, 2019 Share March 14, 2019 Oh God, of course 90s Erica would get an awful Rachel haircut in the 90s! Honestly I never got why that haircut was so big, even Jennifer Aniston didnt like it. So it sounds like Jeff and Erica are going strong in off-screen land, glad that we know! I was super annoyed when they seemed to be blowing off a possible break up, so glad we got a tiny update. Its hard to do a sequel series when the original show hasn't ended yet sometimes! I just listened to a podcast about Romy and Michelle, so them doing a Romy and Michelle episode cracked me up. 4 Link to comment
bybrandy March 14, 2019 Share March 14, 2019 5 hours ago, alexa said: I guess it was so bad on Erica, I didn't realize that was what she was copying. I get it now, lol! Rachel's looked much better than that 🙂 At the time so, so, so, so, so many people got that cut. But they'd just go to the hairdressers and say "I want the rachel" but of course not all hair works with that cut. Not all hairdressers knew how to do that cut when it became a sensation pretty much literally overnight so for a year or two there were so, so, so, so, so, so many bad Rachel haircuts. I think at the time one girl in my class managed to get a Rachel cut that both looked correct and looked flattering on her and she was able to do the styling on it that made it work for longer than the time between their hair appointment and when they next went to bed. It was instantly recognizable to me but only because I have seen so, so, so, so, so many bad Rachels. 5 Link to comment
TheInstigation March 15, 2019 Share March 15, 2019 The episode about the high school reunion is kind of offensive, thinking it’s an embarrassment and a failure being a teacher, especially to somebody who is going to be a teacher… haha 😂 4 Link to comment
Aryanna March 15, 2019 Share March 15, 2019 On 3/14/2019 at 9:41 AM, justjen said: As someone who has never ever been able to see those pictures no matter what I do, I appreciated when he showed it to the teachers at the end because I'm not sure if it was camera work or somehow a slightly more defined picture, but I could totally see it! I finally felt like a champion! *Tim Meadows... I never did see it and I even paused it and tried. 1 Link to comment
mamadrama March 16, 2019 Share March 16, 2019 On 3/14/2019 at 8:46 AM, alexa said: I guess it was so bad on Erica, I didn't realize that was what she was copying. I get it now, lol! Rachel's looked much better than that 🙂 Ha ha, I didn't get either but now I can see it. I thought it almost looked 1960's. 2 Link to comment
mamadrama March 16, 2019 Share March 16, 2019 On 3/14/2019 at 11:57 AM, joanne3482 said: Things were different in private schools. I was interviewed in the 90s at a private school to teach French/Spanish with a bachelor's in elementary education and 1 year Spanish course work and 4 years high school French. (I didn't get the job but the fact that they even interviewed me says a lot of not good things in retrospect). A friend of mine was just hired as a public school elementary school teacher with a law degree and NO teaching experience or education. My county won't even hire you as a sub unless you have X many hours in education. You don't have to have an education degree, but you have to have a certain number of hours in the program. Source: I sub for my county but my PhD-holding husband cannot. 2 Link to comment
JAYJAY1979 March 16, 2019 Share March 16, 2019 On 3/14/2019 at 1:06 PM, bybrandy said: At the time so, so, so, so, so many people got that cut. But they'd just go to the hairdressers and say "I want the rachel" but of course not all hair works with that cut. Not all hairdressers knew how to do that cut when it became a sensation pretty much literally overnight so for a year or two there were so, so, so, so, so, so many bad Rachel haircuts. I think at the time one girl in my class managed to get a Rachel cut that both looked correct and looked flattering on her and she was able to do the styling on it that made it work for longer than the time between their hair appointment and when they next went to bed. It was instantly recognizable to me but only because I have seen so, so, so, so, so many bad Rachels. I recall the Clooney hair style for guys...that was hit or miss for guys. 90s...fun hairstyles 🙂 1 Link to comment
mojoween March 16, 2019 Share March 16, 2019 I think this was my fave ep so far. It brought back so many 90’s memories for me. Johnny Atkins works for the school? Did we always know that? 1 Link to comment
shoregirl March 16, 2019 Share March 16, 2019 10 minutes ago, mojoween said: Johnny Atkins works for the school? Did we always know that? I believe he was in one of the first episodes. 1 Link to comment
xander874 March 18, 2019 Share March 18, 2019 On 3/13/2019 at 9:54 PM, rmontro said: Yikes, now they're doing plots from the movies on Schooled ("Romy and Michele"). I hope this doesn't become a habit. Agreed, especially since they did the "She's All That" episode and also used that as a verb like in this episode. I don't mind homages or mentions, but using movies as a plot driver is not a well to go to often. I did like Lainey and Erica in the Romy and Michele dresses at the end. Speaking of repeat plots, I feel like the Coach Mellor feeling inadequate story has been done as well. How much validation does this man need? (sorta kidding). I did like them bringing in Ruben Amaro Jr. and talking with the real one at the end. I guess Geoff and Erica aren't married but are still together. I wanted more information, but I understand why they kept it vague. 3 Link to comment
rmontro March 18, 2019 Author Share March 18, 2019 6 hours ago, xander874 said: Agreed, especially since they did the "She's All That" episode and also used that as a verb like in this episode. I don't mind homages or mentions, but using movies as a plot driver is not a well to go to often. I forgot about that one. Practically every episode of the Goldbergs is based on some sort of movie or TV show, so I really do NOT want to see this on Schooled. Borrowing movie plots strikes me as being very unimaginative. Seriously, if they're going to overload my senses with this sort of thing, I might end up dropping both shows altogether. 1 Link to comment
Lili March 19, 2019 Share March 19, 2019 I've still been tuning in. While it's not the only reason, AJ Michalka herself is a big part of it. Who else here finds her and her sister Aly hot? 1 Link to comment
flyingdi March 19, 2019 Share March 19, 2019 On 3/14/2019 at 1:19 PM, tennisgurl said: Oh God, of course 90s Erica would get an awful Rachel haircut in the 90s! Honestly I never got why that haircut was so big, even Jennifer Aniston didnt like it. Really, was it the Rachel. I think maybe Erica's stylist didn't like her anymore than anyone else does and gave her The Monica Lewinsky. 9 Link to comment
justjen March 20, 2019 Share March 20, 2019 On 3/15/2019 at 11:13 AM, Aryanna said: I never did see it and I even paused it and tried. I think it also helped that I wasn't wearing my glasses, so my eyes were already unfocused enough? I just remember standing bored at the mall while all my friends stood at the kiosk that sold those pictures and I was just so sure they were making stuff up! Link to comment
rmontro March 21, 2019 Author Share March 21, 2019 (edited) On 3/15/2019 at 11:13 AM, Aryanna said: I never did see it and I even paused it and tried. I used to stand at the mall for long periods of time and couldn't see it. Used to drive me crazy. Everyone kept telling me to "relax my eyes" and "look through it", which wasn't helping at all. When someone finally told me to cross my eyes and unfocus them, that did the trick. Edited March 21, 2019 by rmontro 1 Link to comment
rmontro May 8, 2020 Author Share May 8, 2020 I have a question, prompted by a comment in the Goldbergs forum, but it relates to this episode: What sort of occupation does Erica have at this point? I remember she is still with Jeff, but that's about it. Link to comment
readster May 9, 2020 Share May 9, 2020 12 hours ago, rmontro said: I have a question, prompted by a comment in the Goldbergs forum, but it relates to this episode: What sort of occupation does Erica have at this point? I remember she is still with Jeff, but that's about it. I know, be interesting since the real "Eric" Goldberg became a doctor too. Link to comment
rmontro May 9, 2020 Author Share May 9, 2020 9 hours ago, readster said: I know, be interesting since the real "Eric" Goldberg became a doctor too. I was trying to remember, did she not make any mention of what she was doing now then? I thought she had said what she was doing, but I'm not sure. Link to comment
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