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Guest Stars:
Coach Rizzo: Frank Como
Synopsis: Slater leaves his best friend, a chameleon named Artie, with Screech when he goes to San Diego for the weekend. Screech runs into a problem and gives the chameleon to Zack, where it meets its untimely death. Too bad the gang doesn't have the heart to tell Slater the truth when he gets back.
Critique: Saved by the Bell sort of took a turn with this episode and did something a little different and out of the ordinary. They pulled off somewhat of a dramatic episode. If you think about it, the message the creators of the show were trying to pass off on us is probably much deeper than what the synopsis suggests. The real message was that it's hard to lose a close friend, and in my opinion they did a good job conveying that to the audience.
Grade: B-
Quote of the Episode:
Coach Rizzo: "Hey, Slater, since when did you become a comedian?"
Slater: "Since around Tuesday at two o'clock."
Interesting Information:
Coach Rizzo is filling in for the speech teacher
Artie's been with Slater for the last 14 schools
Jessie's parents picket an oil company
Zack still has his Kelly standup from 9.1
Mr. Belding had two parakeets named Sonny and Cher
Song: "Oh, Artie Boy. The bugs, the bugs are buzzing. There's gnats and ants, mosquitos on the fly. And there'll be time for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, in that big chameleon's banquet in the sky.
