Enslaved By The Bell

Screech gets in over his head when some shady students want to pierce the veil of untold narcotic pleasure. Rob and Conall continue to drift into a lockdown-induced insanity.  NOTE: This was recorded earlier in the Summer! Stay tuned for more SBTB Reboot discussion! EPISODE: The College Years - S01E15 Buy us a coffee and contribute to server costs: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/EnslavedBTB

The dead speak! Somehow Peter Engel's most wicked creation has returned to haunt the modern world. Rob and Conall discuss the upcoming 'Saved by the Bell' reboot series that will be airing on NBC's new 'Peacock' service in the near post-apocalyptic future. Do we NEED a continuation of 'Saved by the Bell'? How would Rob and Conall approach this ungodly task? All these questions and more explored. 

For the first time in recorded history, Zack Morris is forced to consider the abstract concept of ethics. Screech gets a part in the latest Vin Diesel reboot. Conall and Rob continue to deal with the lockdown in an increasingly unethical world.    EPISODE: TCY - S01E13 - "A question of ethics"

The call has gone out for artistic expression during this unparalleled time of planetary chaos - who better to rise to the occasion than two idiots talking Saved by the Bell? Rob and Conall join forces remotely to ponder the actions of our Bayside heroes - how would they react, survive and thrive during the COVID 19 crisis? Would Zack profit on other peoples' misery? Would Slater be able to keep wrestling? Would NBC Executive Brandon Tartikoff SURVIVE? All these questions and more asked in this special standalone quarantine episode. 

Professor Jeremiah 'Jerry' Lasky battles with his guilty conscience as his questionable relationship with Kelly continues to cause problems for his professional integrity. Zack schemes to win her heart using een more costumes, racial appropriation and accents you wouldn't get away with nowadays. Rob and Conall reflect on their own advancing ages and come to a surprising conclusion.  EPISODE: College Years S01E12 "Kelly and the Professor"

Professor Lasky is on the hunt - for the ultimate game. Conall has a problem with it. Rob doesn't really.    EPISODE - SBTB The College Years S01E11 "Teacher's Pet"

Rob and Conall prevail once again, negotiating their way through the hellish landscape of the future to once again deliver to the world tale of a Christmas Classic (or at least, a spinoff of a Christmas Classic). Where once 'Home Alone' was ripped off with a dog, this time it's "The Karate Kid". Once again there is a tenuous Saved by the Bell connection. Once again, Dean Cain is of course present.   NON-SBTB CHRISTMAS (well not really) MOVIE: 'The Dog Who Saved Summer' (starring Mario Lopez as Zeus the Dog!)

Conall and Rob return just in the nick of time - the world has plunged into darkness and they have managed to scrape a podcast together from the doldrums of their subterranean bunker where they await the day where they will certainly be found by Emperor Trump's Decepticon drones. Meanwhile the gang are celebrating Thanksgiving because there isn't a Christmas episode of College Years. Enjoy! Discussing: College Years S01E10: A Thanksgiving Story

In our one hundredth episode we are rejoined by Paddie Thompson of Eighth Dimension Podcast as we delve in to the horrors of Dustin Diamond's controversial autobiography.

The Calamitous Duo return for their long-awaited (very rushed) 99th episode, wherein they discuss the trials and tribulations of ill-fated job, exploitative chicken wing establishments and Rob makes a characteristically recalls a demeaning job of his own.    EPISODE: College Years S01E09 "Dr Kelly"

The tables are turned as a beautiful tennis champion chooses Screech over Zack. Dustin Diamond gets his moment in the sun, but forgets about it in his autobiography many years later. Rob is stunned as Conall points out that the plot of this episode is completely recycled from season one of the original show. 

Zack adds identity theft to the ever-growing list of his most heinous crimes. Alex and Kelly learn to objectify men just as they too have been objectified. Screech's feelings get hurt for the 87,000th time.    EPISODE: College Years S01E07 'Professor Zack'

The game is poker. The stakes? High. The players? Skilled (and Screech). The risk? Everything. The reward? All the riches of California University. The only question remains...will Zack yield in time? Episode: S01E06 "The Poker Game"

After a lengthy sojourn, Rob and Conall return to shine a light on the increasingly forgettable adventures of California University's bland student body. Zack learns the importance of networking as well as the value of true friendship. Slater studies method acting as he helps Alex find her inner falcon. Screech objectifies himself to please Leslie, who in turn is trying to please her snob parents. Somewhere, somehow, Mister Belding is doing something more interesting. 

The lads return after yet another sojourn to cover the modern Dean Cain classic 'Broadcasting Christmas' in their quest to watch and review one Dean Cain Christmas movie every year for the rest of their lives. Conall preferred the Dog, Rob actually thinks it's kind of good for weird reasons. The two debate the true meaning of what it means to be a Christmas movie and merriment ensues. Merry Happy everybody!

Slater joins the revolution, Zack wants to go skiiing and the campus is ruled by a grizzled one eyed Klingon. Episode: "Slater's War" 

Sororities and fraternities harvest a fresh crop of innocent youths. A certain time travelling super-villain is at the centre of it all! Episode: "Rush Week"

Rob and Conall continue to be stunned by the alarming regularity of discussions of a sexual nature. The girls fall in love with a dreamy new professor. Zack uses an assignment as a way of hitting on girls and ends up having an existential crisis. 

Rob and Conall record 60 minutes of silence and hastily try and retrace their steps in this callously thrown-together episode. Kelly returns and is an actual character now, Zack makes pop tarts while trying to have sex with people (because we live in a world where characters have sex now). Conall struggles with the basic lyrics of the theme tune, much to Rob's irritation. 

The Slavers have landed in the world of tomorrow where the rules of the past no longer apply. Is this the same timeline? Have Zack's God powers been sapped by the harshness of campus life? Will Peter Engel ever find the missing tapes that explain what happened to Zack's scholarship to Yale? Some of these questions and many more answered!