Zach Morris VS BP Oil Spill

          The way we watch TV will never be the same. Streaming movies online, buying TV shows by the season, and downloading mp4 torrents for our IPhones, we are slowly but surely moving away from commercials. There are many companies out there looking to make our lives easier when we missed the latest episode of Jersey Shore TVshack, Sidereel, MTV just to name a few.

          The last DVD purchase I made was “Saved by the Bell” seasons 1-4. And let me tell you this has been one of my finest investments. I ended up watching all four seasons in a matter of days (commercial free 20minute episodes!). I stumbled upon an episode that directly related to the BP oil spill disaster. The episode was called “Pipe Dreams." It starts off with the high school, Bayside High, sitting on some very large oil reserves. An oil company comes in to do some drilling (which will make the school rich) and then an accident happens. The Oil ends up spraying all over the school pond and wildlife. Zack Morris’ pet duck ends up dying because of it. From there a large protest arises and the oil company packs up and leaves Bayside.

           The episode ends with all of the Bayside gang (Zack, Slater, Screech, Kelly, Lisa, Jesse) doing an epic 6 person high-five. Then the 1990s guitar solo kicked in and the credits role, another masterpiece for Zack and the gang.

           “Saved by the Bell” was definitely a great show of the late 80s/early 90s. I’m glad that I had the opportunity to grow up watching TV shows that would provide me with lifelong lessons and morals. Zach Morris and the gang were friends of mine growing up, and it’s always bittersweet watching these episodes (considering the original version of the show ended roughly 20 years ago).

 *Fun fact: BP actually purchased the search words “Oil” and “Spill” so it shows up first in the Google search!

Epic High-Five