People who go off the deep end

[Overrated]

So, everytime I turn on the TV and see Screech, the ****ing guy is threatening somebody or arguing about something. Recently, I was flipping through the channels and he's on VH-1's Celebrity Boot Camp.

Screech then proceeded to drink some wine before he threatened to "gut" Brian Dunkelman of American Idol non-fame. It was honestly one of the most uncomfortable moments I've ever witnessed while sitting in my living room, yet it was awesome.

What the **** happened to that guy...I mean, other than being Screech? Who else has just absolutely lost their mind?

In other Brian Dunkelman news, he just said he quit American Idol because of the way the kids on the show were treated. He then admitted it was a huge mistake to leave.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Everybody assumes Dunkleman was fired... He wasn't...

Now Seacrest is on his way to being the next **** Clark...

 

[Flying Headbutt]

I heard Screech has been smoking dope with college-age girls around Milwaukee.

 

[Overrated]

I heard Screech has been smoking dope with college-age girls around Milwaukee.

I think his exact quote to Dunkelman was, "I'll ****ing gut you."

The poor guy quits a gold mine and now Screech is threatening to "gut" him. Can you fall any farther? In fairness, Dunkelman seems like he's taking it all in stride.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Back in the 1990s, I was at a festival concert where Dustin Diamond was the bassist for some **** band...

Throughout the entire set, everybody was just screaming "Screech, Screech, Screech, Screech!!!!"

About 15 minutes into the set, Diamond grabs the mic and said, "My name is Dustin Diamond. My name is not Screech. Thank you."

(Three seconds of uncomfortable silence...)

SCREECH!!!!

He threw down his bass guitar and walked off the stage... ****ing hilarious...

 

[Overrated]

Back in the 1990s, I was at a festival concert where Dustin Diamond was the bassist for some **** band...

Throughout the entire set, everybody was just screaming "Screech, Screech, Screech, Screech!!!!"

About 15 minutes into the set, Diamond grabs the mic and said, "My name is Dustin Diamond. My name is not Screech. Thank you."

(Three seconds of uncomfortable silence...)

SCREECH!!!!

He threw down his bass guitar and walked off the stage... ****ing hilarious...

That's a tremendous story. Screech has evolved into one of my least liked people on the planet. I'd love to just beat the **** outta that guy, but I'm sure I'd feel terrible afterward.

 

[Beaker]

Paging mikey...

 

[spup1122]

We got some stuff from his agent about him coming to town soon and being on our morning show. We declined. It's a family based show. We know that most of our viewers would watch, but we've (the producers) have also seen his comedy and know they'd all be offended by his comedy. I just don't think it would be the best option for us to have someone who just said they'd gut someone to be on a family show.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

The easy explanation...

75 percent: The guy is a douche.
25 percent: It's an act to ensure that people will watch them on TV.

 

[Samson]

Paging mikey...

Time for Mikey to pick up the white courtesy phone.

 

[forever_town]

Perhaps one day, Dustin Diamond will come to embrace his Screech past the way Leonard Nimoy embraced his role as Spock, along with the bling bling that comes with it.

 

[Lester Bangs]

Back in the 1990s, I was at a festival concert where Dustin Diamond was the bassist for some **** band...

Throughout the entire set, everybody was just screaming "Screech, Screech, Screech, Screech!!!!"

About 15 minutes into the set, Diamond grabs the mic and said, "My name is Dustin Diamond. My name is not Screech. Thank you."

(Three seconds of uncomfortable silence...)

SCREECH!!!!

He threw down his bass guitar and walked off the stage... ****ing hilarious...

That's a tremendous story. Screech has evolved into one of my least liked people on the planet. I'd love to just beat the **** outta that guy, but I'm sure I'd feel terrible afterward.

Then there's the fact that he is big, could very well kick your ass, and then you'd have to live with having had your ass kicked by Screech.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

He doesn't look like the wuss that you expect him to, but he's not that big...

 

[Overrated]

Back in the 1990s, I was at a festival concert where Dustin Diamond was the bassist for some **** band...

Throughout the entire set, everybody was just screaming "Screech, Screech, Screech, Screech!!!!"

About 15 minutes into the set, Diamond grabs the mic and said, "My name is Dustin Diamond. My name is not Screech. Thank you."

(Three seconds of uncomfortable silence...)

SCREECH!!!!

He threw down his bass guitar and walked off the stage... ****ing hilarious...

That's a tremendous story. Screech has evolved into one of my least liked people on the planet. I'd love to just beat the **** outta that guy, but I'm sure I'd feel terrible afterward.

Then there's the fact that he is big, could very well kick your ass, and then you'd have to live with having had your ass kicked by Screech.

Sorry, but if I had any inkling Screech could kick my ass, I wouldn't pummel him. He was the weakest link on a boot camp team that featured a 50-some year old lady from Happy Days. I know he has some kind of fight training and beat up some guy from Welcome Back Kotter or some ****, but I would ****ing destroy Screech.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Having seen him in person, he's a lot bigger than you would think. I was about 10 feet away from him when they ushered him from the show... I'm almost 6-3, so he was probably 6-foot or so...

 

[Lester Bangs]

Not saying he'd clean you up, just saying he's no Mike Lupica.

 

[BYH]

In other Brian Dunkelman news, he just said he quit American Idol because of the way the kids on the show were treated. He then admitted it was a huge mistake to leave.

That is the biggest ****up ever.

I'd have some respect for the guy if he fell off the face of the Earth, instead of trying to salvage whatever is left of his 15 minutes by hosting American Idol Rewind ("I'm Brian Dinkleman, you may remember me from such shows as American Idol, season one") and appearing on reality shows starring F-list celebrities.

 

[SportsDude]

Maybe we could get lucky and Jonny Fairplay and Screech would just gut each other.

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

He doesn't look like the wuss that you expect him to, but he's not that big...

He's no Carrottop!

 

[mike311gd]

Back in the 1990s, I was at a festival concert where Dustin Diamond was the bassist for some **** band...

Throughout the entire set, everybody was just screaming "Screech, Screech, Screech, Screech!!!!"

About 15 minutes into the set, Diamond grabs the mic and said, "My name is Dustin Diamond. My name is not Screech. Thank you."

(Three seconds of uncomfortable silence...)

SCREECH!!!!

He threw down his bass guitar and walked off the stage... ****ing hilarious...

Oh, my. Where have I been?

And, sadly, without even looking this up, the band's name was "Salty The Pocketknife." I never did hear the music, though I had a good feeling what it'd sound like: Trash.

A lot of things happened to Dustin "Don't call me Screech" Diamond. He became a mediocre comedian; I once asked Mario Lopez -- really, I sat down and spoke with him -- what he thought of Diamond's stand-up act, and he showed his teeth with an Al Borland-like "I don't think so, Tim" grin and said, "Ouch."

He also didn't pay his mortgage payments and resorted to selling T-shirts and complaining whenever he had the chance. The funny part about that, at least to me, is he's spent the last few years figuratively running away from the Screech brand, and once he needed some dough, he embraced it to exploit it. He sold shirts that said, "I gave $15 to help Screech." He's a real piece of work.

Diamond, along with Dennis Haskins (Mr. Richard Belding, AKA, The Big Bopper), were the only two actors to make it through the entire series; Belding made an appearance in The College Years (during the Thanksgiving episode; so that counts for that series). What made that so impressive for Diamond, was he was about three years younger than everyone else in Good Morning, Miss Bliss. He was 10 years old in the pilot, while Zack, Nikki, Lisa and Mikey were all around 13. He felt like an outsider then, and I'm betting he's always felt that way.

That's why he hit rock bottom a few years ago, and I'm going to go out on a limb and say it's why he pushes everyone away in his life. Diamond reminds me a little bit of Elizabeth Berkley and Tiffany Amber-Thiessen: He wanted to leave his shell and will do anything in order to do it. Only he's still the dorky kid with curly hair and a squeaky voice, and he'll always be like that.

I'm a fan. But he's my least favorite of the gang. Well, except for Tori. Nobody likes Tori.