The _Beverly Hills 90210_ thread

Brandon got a journalist job in NYC after much Kelly angst.

... to some guy hasseling Scott (cowboy-hat-suicide-guy), probably was BH90210's finest moment. This sentence at least flames on, not only in my world.
And Super Cub OTM. You *knew* this show was wrong, but *knew* it was grebt at the same time.

It scares me that I could literally go on about this show all day

I mean, FFS, I was well old enough to know better but still remember getting into fake spats about whether Dylan or Brandon was hotter.

My former housemate in NYC was also hooked - but, as she pointed out "It's only really good when someone has a really awful addiction" which was, like, every other week.

What happenned with Kelly's mum and David's dad? And whose mum was having the affair, was that Donna?

I was pissed off when Dyl first started up with Kel but then I came to have a sick enjoyment of her worrying little rodenty fussing.

The Walshes agree to let their maid's extremely intelligent "niece," Carla, use their address to enroll at West Beverly. Brandon falls hard for her, but doesn't understand why everyone seems opposed to their relationship. Carla reveals that she witnessed a drive-by shooting that claimed the life of a four-year-old; she had moved in with Anna while waiting to testify, with protection from the D.A. Carla returns to her family after one of the killers confesses. Jim and Cindy organize a soiree for his new client, a sportswear designer. Dylan, Steve and the girls receive free clothing. David wants MC Hammer to perform at the school dance.
Music: "Let's Go Deeper" by MC Hammer; "Finger Poppin' Time" by Hank Ballard and the Midnighters (#7, 1960); "Deep Down" by Debbie Gibson

wish I saw or remember this one:

. Stand (Up) and Deliver (edit)
Community Score
7.5 Good
First aired: 3/7/1991 Production Code: 2190016

Andrea persuades Brandon to run for class president. Kelly seizes control of the campaign and encourages Brandon to capitalize on his looks and image. She even agrees to a date with David in exchange for his help producing a campaign video. Brandon decides that he isn't the best man for the job after talking with his bright and dedicated opponent. Brenda, feeling neglected by family and friends, begins hanging out at a coffeehouse. Sky, a performance artist, convinces Brenda to drop out of high school and get her GED so that she can "experience life." Brenda moves out of the Walsh house to apartment-sit for Sky. She learns that life as an artist is not as romantic as it seems, as Sky's utilities are turned off and her furniture is repossessed. Music: "Hippychick" by Soho

man they actually played heaps of good music on this series at first!
(episode guide)

I think you just did. If memory serves, the professor's wife was played by Dina Meyer.

What other strange bands played at the Peach Pit? I can only remember the Flaming Lips, The Corrs, and Color Me Badd.

37. U4EA (edit)
Community Score
8.2 Great
First aired: 11/14/1991 Production Code: 2191036

Emily invites everyone to join her at an underground club. The location is a secret; the gang must exchange an egg at a convenience store for this information. The others leave without Steve and Andrea, who end up going to the wrong store and embarrassing themselves. Kelly is mortified when David drinks an entire bottle of whiskey, but Donna dances with him and has a good time. Emily slips a drug called U4EA into Brandon's drink to get him to loosen up. He is too wasted to drive, and vandals trash his car when he leaves it at the club overnight. Brandon does not expose Emily's deed to his parents, but breaks up with her because he no longer trusts her. Music: "Hold on to Love" by T'Pau

remember the debut of Powerman 5000 when David was a video direction and Donna was a dancer in the sexxxy video...david got all jealous....

Yeah, it was Donna's mom. David's dad couldn't keep his pants zipped up (choice line, "I have trouble/problems with monogamy") which led to their breakup a couple of years after baby Erin was born.

things i remember:

wondering why these rich kids all had such boring middle class suburban surnames

wondering how they could do a whole episode based around brenda smoking but dylan was high on smack and driving off cliffs in a vintage porsche every other minute.

the college years episode where donna finds out andrea is pregnant and andrea says 'look donna, it was fun being virgins together but im not like that anymore'. so much fun!

hating that stupid hand-fist smacky smack thing the guys did when they greeted each other because i just knew they were doing that off camera too.

davids hammer pants

We're thinking about covering the theme tune, now, hah.

god, Mel was so gross. I remember thinking his fidelity problems stretched credibility--who were all these women willing to sleep with him?

Am I going out on a limb to say I think JP is a good actor?

The best part of the “Donna Martin Graduates” story line actually took place the next year when Brandon was sought out and recruited by the California University Progressive Party to run for the Student Senate because they were so impressed that he organized the “Donna Martin Graduates” protest.

Second, good ol' X-Entertainment with The Wacky Dads of 90210.

Then there's the actual Donna Martin Graduates blog, with "Stories from the front lines of inner-city elementary school education, as told by a bad teacher at a good school in an above-average district." It has not been updated for a year and a half.

“I AM NOT A ROBOT!”

Also, 90210 full of gratuitous references to Minneapolis, like shopping at Dayton's.

Doctor Barry, i forgot to tell you last night that i now curse your name for ever reminding me of Joe E. Tata. i finally had peace, now that the show has been off the air so long, because (i have NO idea why but) his name and his oddly limited acting career sticks in my mind even more than Ornaldo Bloomps.

Dick as "Lou"

http://www.amazing-journey.com/htm/judg34.jpg

Joe as "Nat"

http://www.helicon7.com/90210/cast/nat.gif

woo!

A GIS for Joe E. Tata turns up extremely limited results! Come on Kim, you should be thanking me here. Can you name another character on a long-running hit TV show that was as lovingly useless as Nat? We should be celebrating his name.

it's my own fault though. i should have known better than to click on this thread - but i had truly forgotten.

-- Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (soto.alfre...) (webmail), Today 8:26 AM. (Alfred Soto) (later)

but steve didnt need to read anything. he was filthy rich and thrilled to be filthy rich. the rest spent their time trying to slum it, making them not only lame and boring, but also perfect victims for brandons self-righteous tirades.

What was it called "The Evolution" or something?

I actually watched some clips of some cast reunion show and Priestly said a cogent thing, when they were talking about THE HAIR, he was like "well it was the '80s!" and the others said "it was the '90s!" and he said "okay..it was the early '90s... but it was the '80s!" ... BH90210 really melded that '80s stuff with the '90s in such a weird way.

Kelly was a one-woman Lifetime Network. She joined a cult, had a coke addiction, an eating disorder, was stalked, raped, etc....

I was too young to watch this at the time, but have been dipping in when I feel like some '90s cheese--so I tend to go straight to the "very special" episodes such as "Ashes to Ashes", where a Black family moves in next door and face hassles with the neighborhood private security. ("A scheduled April repeat of this episode was pulled from the air without notice following the Los Angeles riots because it was supposedly too controversial" sez Wikipedia.)

Having served their afterschool special role, this family is never seen again on the show.

A kind soul on the internet has done editing work to restore the original music back into the episodes and uploaded them onto Google Drive. If the email linked to my ILX account still existed I'd be happy to share the link, but alas.

^^^ Ah, yes! The “squash it” episode