Retro Junk Vlog 3: John Stamos, General Hospital and Mac and Cheese

Whatever Happend to: Lisa Turtle from Saved By The Bell

Lisa Turtle was played sassy by Lark Voorhies. It seems the other cast members have at least done something, but what has Lisa Turtle been up to? After graduating from Bayside High, Lark had roles on the soap operas Days of Our Lives and The Bold and the Beautiful. She was released from her contract in November 1996 when her role required her to act in sex scenes, which the actress refused to do citing her religious beliefs as being raised as a Jehovah's Witness. Jessie would never do that! Later she guest started on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Family Matters, and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. She owns Lark Voorhies Productions and Voorhies Management, Inc, which she co-founded with her brother. Her latest projects have been the direct to videos of Measure of Faith and Little Creeps.

Commercial Break: Werther's Original Candy

NewsRadio

NewsRadio was an NBC sitcom that aired from 1995 to 1999. The show followed the crew in the WNYX news room. The show had fast moving scripts and sn ensemble cast that combined physical humor and sight gags with smart dialogue and absurd storylines. I think NewsRadio was one of the funniest shows in the 90's. The show didnt fair well in the ratings and was moved many times in the line up. Phil Hartman's death caused a change in the cast and the show never maintained the magic that is had in the early seasons.  Check this new Classic out.

Are You Afraid of the Dark?

Are You Afraid of the Dark? was a children's program that aired on the Nickelodeon Channel. Are You Afraid of the Dark? revolves around a group of teenagers who referred to themselves as "The Midnight Society" Every week one of the members would tell a scary story to the group. Each storyteller would begin their story by saying "Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society, I call this story..."  Each week would follow a story about a supernatural or scary story. Most of the stories had happy endings. This is a children's show after all. The show was mostly shown on Saturday nights as part of the SNICK block of shows.  At the end of most episodes, one character (usually the nerdy kid with glasses) would throw a red bucket of water onto the fire, stating "I declare this meeting of the Midnight Society closed."

3 Retro Obsessions for the Week June 17- 23

1) Talking to my niece about He-Man and She-Ra. She has never seen those cartoons. She watches the HUB network all the time and enjoys the old GI Joe and Transformers. Time to get her the He-Man/She-Ra DVD box sets.




















2) Making fun of either Tony Danza, Scott Baio, or John Stamos. Why? Because I can! Mostly Making fun of Tony Danza's Failed Talk Show.

3)These Books

Hamilton Burger, worst TV Lawyer EVER!

Is Hamilton Burger the worst TV lawyer ever? One can argue in favor for this statement. Hamilton Burger is the fictional Los Angeles district attorney who is the nemesis of Perry Mason. On T.V. he was played by William Talman, who was replaced briefly after he was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana and indecent exposure. Talman returned to the show after all charges against him were dropped. In the History of the show, Burger only won two cases out of 200 plus. That is not a good track number. How did this guy keep a job? I mean he always had the wrong person. After a while, you would think the hire ups would of questioned if he even passed his bar exam. Poor Hamilton Burger, you will go down in T.V. History as one of the Best Loser Ever.