Primetimer September 21, 2015 Share September 21, 2015 A trip to a national park takes several disastrous turns, not least for the newlyweds unlucky enough to have rented a cabin next to the kids from West Beverly High. Read the story Link to comment
Primetimer September 21, 2015 Author Share September 21, 2015 If you start a fire to toast marshmallows for 'Camping Trip,' you might end up wishing you could throw some of these looks on it, too. Read the story Link to comment
TorrinPaige September 21, 2015 Share September 21, 2015 Sometimes I feel bad that you have to sit through the less than stellar episodes to bring me so much joy (I seriously LOVE this podcast)and feel like I should send you all some tiny bottles of liquor or something to make up for it. 2 Link to comment
Hollysdower September 21, 2015 Share September 21, 2015 I watched this last night in preparation for this podcast. This episode felt like it was 5 hours long. Serious contender for Worst! Episode! Ever! 2 Link to comment
vendredi3 September 21, 2015 Share September 21, 2015 I watched this last night in preparation for this podcast. This episode felt like it was 5 hours long. Serious contender for Worst! Episode! Ever! Exactly! After the scene where Brandon talks with hung-over Dylan, I thought for sure the episode was over. But wait, now they're hiking, wait there's another twelve minutes left?? Ridiculous. Also, I really expected a scene where Brenda finds the empty airplane liquor bottles in Brandon's coat pockets, and confronts Brandon because she assumes he's drinking again, and he doesn't deny it because he doesn't want to call out Dylan. I don't know, maybe that's some other episode, or some other show or something. Link to comment
Hollysdower September 21, 2015 Share September 21, 2015 Right?! Why else would Brandon have put the bottles in his pocket? But then there's no payoff. Link to comment
WhosThatGirl September 21, 2015 Share September 21, 2015 Oh I totally agree that this show probably wanted have two age group things going on when they started this show but then realized they couldn't connect the two age groups very well and so it was just easier to focus on one set and pick one of the two younger ones and I guess BAG fit more with the cast. Or something. Dylan answering and talking so damn slow. And also leave some random strangers you just met alone with their parenting struggles. Also I have never felt a kinship with Steve more than when he decided that beer would make the trip better. It would. What the hell is up with Donna this season? Were the writers just testing out random partners for her? Um, no. MVP was liquor. And possibly Steve Sanders. Link to comment
kfree9 September 21, 2015 Share September 21, 2015 I remember watching this episode back in the day and noticing how when they shot Brandon "hanging off the cliff," from above that it was SO obvious Jason Priestly was standing on something. He obviously needed to work on his "leg acting." Link to comment
itainttippithebird September 21, 2015 Share September 21, 2015 WHAT IF those aren't shoulder pads, but (well before their fashionable time) re-usable "feminine hygiene product" pads, and THAT's why Donna had to go to the store?! That GIF of Dylan mocking a Brandon Bray made my morning. 1 Link to comment
sinkwriter September 21, 2015 Share September 21, 2015 I have been WAITING for you to get to this episode. LOL. Bring on the episode mockery - I can't wait! 1 Link to comment
Picture It. Sicily September 21, 2015 Share September 21, 2015 I remember watching this episode back in the day and noticing how when they shot Brandon "hanging off the cliff," from above that it was SO obvious Jason Priestly was standing on something. He obviously needed to work on his "leg acting." I know right?! Especially since the stunt double was flailing so much. But I guess you can't expect too much attention to detail from a show that breaks the Guinness Record for boom mics slipping into frame. I forgot to add, Steve's reaction to Donna's shoulders pads might be my favorite Steve moment ever. Link to comment
sinkwriter September 21, 2015 Share September 21, 2015 Trying to describe Brandon's lucky hat was particularly inspired. The Ed "Honeymooners" Norton reference was good, but Sarah saying "Blossom?" is what really cracked me up. 1 Link to comment
sinkwriter September 21, 2015 Share September 21, 2015 It's been years since I've seen this episode, but I don't think I will EVER forget how lame that cliff "danger" scene was. It goes on FOREVER, the cuts back and forth between Brandon dangling and straining for a hand and Dylan trying to reach him, and the super obvious options available to Brandon to simply settle onto the ledge below him (LOL). I never loathed Brandon back then, but even I remember rolling my eyes at that scene. It's just so ridiculous and staged to be DRAMATIC but it's just not. And that "stretch, dammit!" still cracks me up. 2 Link to comment
marceline September 21, 2015 Share September 21, 2015 I love Dylan holding up those two little bottles like a smoking gun. Two mini bottles of booze? Amateur. You know what I call that, McKay? Breakfast. (J/K) That final scene where the couple thanks Dylan for giving them something to think about would've been perfect had they said, "Yeah, after meeting all of you. We decided to get an abortion." 1 4 Link to comment
Doublejeans September 21, 2015 Share September 21, 2015 Acting ! ! ! Luke Perry showing all of us what addiction looks like. Link to comment
Qoass September 21, 2015 Share September 21, 2015 this show probably wanted have two age group things going on I also found it strange that except for the wonder twins every single kid on this show is an only child. They spent the rest of the series adding step-siblings and half-siblings to fix that. Link to comment
Qoass September 21, 2015 Share September 21, 2015 (edited) (Moved to Again with this thread) Edited September 21, 2015 by Qoass Link to comment
scrubs14 September 21, 2015 Share September 21, 2015 This episode is terrible but it holds a place in my heart because I'm pretty sure that it was the first one I saw when it originally aired. I was too young then to notice how awful it was because I remember thinking it was the coolest thing and I wanted to go on a camping trip with my friends when I got older. I'm so ashamed of 11 year old me. 1 Link to comment
Qoass September 21, 2015 Share September 21, 2015 I'll give you a dollar if you change the thread title to Donna Martin Menstruates. 1 6 Link to comment
gesundheit September 21, 2015 Share September 21, 2015 I also found it strange that except for the wonder twins every single kid on this show is an only child. They spent the rest of the series adding step-siblings and half-siblings to fix that. Plus they retroactively gave Steve two full little brothers in the back half of the series, which makes zero sense when you contextualize it with his whole adoption storyline. And oh yeah! Gina is really Donna's half-sister! Ugh. Other siblings got erased -- Val had a few and they got written out of history. Link to comment
WhosThatGirl September 21, 2015 Share September 21, 2015 (edited) Yeah I know Boy Spelling- I don't know his name- plays Steves brother. But, they did make it confusing when they started adding siblings as the show went on. And they only did this for dramatic effect. Val had siblings? I stand by what I said. I think the show wanted to be about a bunch of high-schoolers but my guess is that viewers probably more or less didn't take to David and DeadScott as much as they did Brenda, Brandon, Kelly, Dylan, etc. I don't know how or why David was picked to be the one integrated into said gang because both David and Scott wanted to be in their group, it had to have been either chemistry wise or something with the actors. I know TS and BAG had a thing at one point during the show but I'm not sure on the timeline so maybe that was a factor as well. I think Degrassi and in a sense Friday Night Lights have been the only shows I have watched that had multiple teenaged aged groups and was able to tell stories that at times could be connected and woven together and then at times separate. Edited September 21, 2015 by WhosThatGirl Link to comment
Stephsco September 21, 2015 Share September 21, 2015 With Donna, I think the writers realized that cardboard blond Brenda and Kelly's friend had potential to be, wha? a fully fleshed-out character! And yet, they still have no idea what to do with her. I actually feel for Tori Spelling here. I know she was a spoiled celebrity child, but her role in the show is so unfortunate for two solid years. 1 Link to comment
MissEwa September 21, 2015 Share September 21, 2015 And with that the summer episodes are over - thank god! I remember loving the summer episodes as a tween but they've been surprisingly tedious. Too much braying, not enough anything else. Now how long until they're exchanging eggs and having U4EA slipped into their drinks? Link to comment
sinnerforhire September 21, 2015 Share September 21, 2015 Now how long until they're exchanging eggs and having U4EA slipped into their drinks? About six more episodes, so about 3 weeks of podcasts. 1 Link to comment
Racj82 September 22, 2015 Share September 22, 2015 The actor who played Scott asked to be taken off the show between seasons one and two. The creators asked him to stay on to do the storyline they wanted to do (about friends growing apart and the death of course). The guy playing Scott never really liked acting and never went back to it. I learned this on another podcast. So, they wrote Scott off on his behalf. I'm sure he would have been phased out anyway but that's the story. Link to comment
Maria September 22, 2015 Share September 22, 2015 The abundance of "faded" denim and slouchy white socks in that nighttime group shot by the firewood is making me feel REALLY old. But also possibly Kelly's blanket coat has come back around to being a little bit awesome? 1 Link to comment
Qoass September 22, 2015 Share September 22, 2015 Here you go, Dave: http://www.celebrity-cash.com/shop/image/cache/data/product/main/tori_spelling-600x300.jpg 1 Link to comment
gesundheit September 22, 2015 Share September 22, 2015 The actor who played Scott asked to be taken off the show between seasons one and two. The creators asked him to stay on to do the storyline they wanted to do (about friends growing apart and the death of course). The guy playing Scott never really liked acting and never went back to it. Thank the lord for small favors. 2 Link to comment
LucyHoneychrrch September 22, 2015 Share September 22, 2015 I mean, addiction is not funny and it's terrible and nobody should make fun of it, but I literally CANNOT STOP LAUGHING at Dylan melodramatically throwing himself off the wagon with approximately two ounces of alcohol. 4 Link to comment
gesundheit September 22, 2015 Share September 22, 2015 I mean, addiction is not funny and it's terrible and nobody should make fun of it, but I literally CANNOT STOP LAUGHING at Dylan melodramatically throwing himself off the wagon with approximately two ounces of alcohol. Correction: addiction is not funny in real life. Addiction is always, ALWAYS funny on Beverly Hill 90210! Kelly: diet pills, cocaine. Funny. Brandon: gambling. Funny. David: pills, crystal meth. HILARIOUS. That friend of Steve's with apparently a marijuana addiction: Funny. Noah: booze. Oh wait, that disproves my thesis. That wasn't funny, it was intolerably tedious. Oops. Link to comment
lottiedottie September 23, 2015 Share September 23, 2015 (edited) I mean, addiction is not funny and it's terrible and nobody should make fun of it, but I literally CANNOT STOP LAUGHING at Dylan melodramatically throwing himself off the wagon with approximately two ounces of alcohol. That gif is award-worthy. I can't stop laughing. Him slugging those two ounces is just hilarious. Edited September 23, 2015 by lottiedottie 1 Link to comment
David T. Cole September 23, 2015 Share September 23, 2015 I'll take it. Here you go, Dave: http://www.celebrity-cash.com/shop/image/cache/data/product/main/tori_spelling-600x300.jpg Link to comment
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