Zack Morris: RIP
Ronnie J. Dean
I was shocked a short while back when I heard an UL that the brilliant
actor who played Zack Morris in "Saved by the Bell" was killed in a
motorcycle accident. My shock turned to sorrow when I realized Zack,
Slater, Screech and the gang would never make another Saved by the Bell
series. Please post if you know anything about this tragedy.
Emily Kelly
In article <337BD6CC.7FC0@me>, Ronnie J. Dean <ronj...@cris.com> wrote:
>I was shocked a short while back when I heard an UL that the brilliant
>actor who played Zack Morris in "Saved by the Bell" was killed in a
>motorcycle accident.
That rumor's been going around almost since the beginning of the show.
As far as I know, Mark-Paul Gosselaar is still hale and hearty and
appearing in really bad television shows. The Internet Movie Database
(http://www.imdb.com/) says he's made two made-for-tv movies in 1997.
My own experience with this rumor is in two parts.
Scene One: sitting in my parents' den around 1991 watching television
with my little sister, who's of an age to appreciate "Saved by the Bell".
She flips to it, and says, "Did you hear? Zach was in a car accident
and died--they'renot going to make any more shows after this season
because they don't want to replace him." I say, "Oh, that's awful", and
wonder to myself at the cosmic balance of Great Good coming out of
Terrible Tragedy.
Scene Two: a couple years later, again sitting in my parents' den
watching tv with my little sister. Again we light upon "Saved by the
Bell". I say, "Wait, I thought that guy died." Polly responds
witheringly, "That was just a *rumor*. Everyone knows it didn't really
happen. Duh."
Emily "but then, she has a very low opinion of my television skills" Kelly
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James Tattersdale
This on es made it over the pond - we were discussing crap TV when one of my
students told the group that "Zack's dead - he was drunk at the wheel of a
car when he went off the road and crashed" - small mercys are only ever
fleeting !
Chris Olsen
ek> In article <337BD6CC.7FC0@me>, Ronnie J. Dean <ronj...@cris.com>
ek> wrote: >I was shocked a short while back when I heard an UL that the
brilliant
>actor who played Zack Morris in "Saved by the Bell" was killed in a
>motorcycle accident.
ek> That rumor's been going around almost since the beginning of the show.
ek> As far as I know, Mark-Paul Gosselaar is still hale and hearty and
ek> appearing in really bad television shows. The Internet Movie Database
ek> (http://www.imdb.com/) says he's made two made-for-tv movies in 1997.
ek> My own experience with this rumor is in two parts.
ek> Scene One: sitting in my parents' den around 1991 watching television
ek> with my little sister, who's of an age to appreciate "Saved by the
ek> Bell". She flips to it, and says, "Did you hear? Zach was in a car
ek> accident and died--they'renot going to make any more shows after this
ek> season because they don't want to replace him." I say, "Oh, that's
ek> awful", and wonder to myself at the cosmic balance of Great Good
ek> coming out of Terrible Tragedy.
When I was a teenager (a long time ago) the big rumor was that Bob Denver,
(Best known for playing Gilligan on Gilligans Island, and Maynard J. Krebs
in Dobie Gillis, had been killed when a radio had accidently fallen into
the bathtub he was in at the time. This was supposed to be "absolutley
true", even though I pointed out that there was nothing in the news about
it. "They want to keep it a secret so people won't stop watching the
reruns." was the reply.
When he appeared in several game and talk shows later on, it was
supposed to be a "double", found in a "look a like contest".
(shades of Paul McCartney!)
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Brett Buck
In article <337BD6CC.7FC0@me>, Ronnie J. Dean wrote:
>I was shocked a short while back when I heard an UL that the
>brilliant actor who played Zack Morris in "Saved by the Bell"
>was killed in a motorcycle accident.
Another variation on "the Beaver was killed in 'Nam" legend. This one
isn't true either.
Brett
Scott A. Oakman
In article <d00_970...@hubert.rain.com>, Chris...@hubert.rain.com
(Chris Olsen) wrote:
[...]
> When I was a teenager (a long time ago) the big rumor was that Bob Denver,
> (Best known for playing Gilligan on Gilligans Island, and Maynard J. Krebs
> in Dobie Gillis, had been killed when a radio had accidently fallen into
> the bathtub he was in at the time. This was supposed to be "absolutley
> true", even though I pointed out that there was nothing in the news about
> it. "They want to keep it a secret so people won't stop watching the
> reruns." was the reply.
> When he appeared in several game and talk shows later on, it was
> supposed to be a "double", found in a "look a like contest".
> (shades of Paul McCartney!)
This is probably based on the..ummm...actual(?) event of Gilligan becoming
invisible when being struck by lightning while bowling on the island.
Oh *lordy* am I scared that that factoid was able to arise to the
conscious layers of my brain...
Scott "what else is lurking down there?" Oakman
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MD/PhD Program
University of Minnesota
Christine Malcom
Chris Olsen <Chris...@hubert.rain.com> wrote:
>When I was a teenager (a long time ago) the big rumor was that Bob Denver,
>(Best known for playing Gilligan on Gilligans Island, and Maynard J. Krebs
>in Dobie Gillis, had been killed when a radio had accidently fallen into
>the bathtub he was in at the time. This was supposed to be "absolutley
>true", even though I pointed out that there was nothing in the news about
>it. "They want to keep it a secret so people won't stop watching the
>reruns." was the reply.
> When he appeared in several game and talk shows later on, it was
> supposed to be a "double", found in a "look a like contest".
> (shades of Paul McCartney!)
About a year ago, a person on another newsgroup (no, not THAT newsgroup so
all of you who know Maggie's dirty secret can stop snickering to
yourselves) emailed me to request my anthropological expertise (such as it
is). Apparently s/he is a regular on a Stevie Nicks/Fleetwood Mac
newsgroup being plagued by a rumor-mongerer who cried faux Stevie (I
don't know whether she was presumed dead or simply afflicted by bad sitcom
plot disorder) and further claimed that by freeze-framing video tapes from
a performance starring the real Stevie and a faux Stevie, one could take
two measurements and compare the ratios of them to prove that these were
not the same person.
Christine "A vector with a badge is nothing to a vector with calipers"
Malcom-Dept.
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Chris Malme
Christine Malcom <cm...@midway.uchicago.edu> wrote in article
<EB66o...@midway.uchicago.edu>...
> Apparently s/he is a regular on a Stevie Nicks/Fleetwood Mac
> newsgroup being plagued by a rumor-mongerer who cried faux Stevie (I
> don't know whether she was presumed dead or simply afflicted by bad
sitcom
> plot disorder) and further claimed that by freeze-framing video tapes
from
> a performance starring the real Stevie and a faux Stevie, one could take
> two measurements and compare the ratios of them to prove that these were
> not the same person.
Related to this was the common rumour that in later Fleetwood Mac videos
(Tango in the Night, in particular), any close-up of Stevie Nicks was taken
from videos shot some years earlier. The reason given was her vanity.
It must be said that the close ups in TitN were of her face alone, and so
didn't show up any discrepancy in her clothing. Also the close up shots
seemed to coincide with when she was not actually singing, so they did not
even need to worry about lip-synching (it occurs to me that this might be a
good thing anyway for even 'honest' video editing)
I never heard the theory proved or disproved, but thought it was a lot of
hard work to go through, when a soft focus shot would achieve much the
same.
Chris "Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies..." Malme
Edward Rice
In article <d00_970...@hubert.rain.com>,
Chris...@hubert.rain.com (Chris Olsen) wrote:
>When I was a teenager (a long time ago) the big rumor was that Bob Denver,
>(Best known for playing Gilligan on Gilligans Island, and Maynard J. Krebs
>in Dobie Gillis, had been killed ... =
Maynard *G.* Krebs. Maybe you're too young to have ever seen it...