Mr Belding from Saved by the Bell Surprised Me with Energy
We all know the show Saved by the Bell : Zach Morris AC Slater, Kelly… oh Kelly. I had the opportunity to go to a private event at Stockton College where Dennis Hasking (Mr Belding) was giving a 2 hour intimate open talk forum. Now, since the days of Saved by the Bell, you really haven’t heard much surrounding Haskins. The portrayal of him post Saved by the Bell years can be summed up like this:
“Old overweight man trying to re-live the good old days by partying with college kids”. So yes, the media has portrayed Belding in this fashion. To be honest, I kinda fell for it to. If you do a google search of Belding, you’ll find the obvious saved by the bell pictures, but also him partying with girls half his age. So here I am going to this event with a semi slanted opinion of the guy. Well, don’t believe everything your read .
This event was a very intimate open forum, pretty much all questions were asked. What surprised me the most about Dennis is how well rounded he is. Of course, he got his major break with Saved by the Bell, but the story behind him was quite amazing. Very close to his father, who suffered a stroke 3 years ago. For anyone that has a close family member with a stroke, you know the devastation is causes (my father had a stroke 5 years ago). He also discussed some very funny and some sad aspects of Saved by the Bell. The Jimmy Fallon show tried to get a Saved by the Bell Reunion, but Tiffany and Screech passed. Screech as going the angle of “being a jerk to get ahead”, and its unfortunately working. Tiffany is something I wasn’t expecting, maybe something to dig deeper. What I didnt know is that Jennie Garth (ex 90210) read for the role of Kelly, in which Tiffany gets. Then you fast forward a couple years, and they are all on the same show, 90210.
The overall theme to Haskins event is how the “dots in your life” all somehow connect. The funny part is you never see the connection until you look back. His energy that he provided to this event, his ability to relate to all different age levels showed me a side to Haskins that is unfortunately no covered by the media. In short, before you judge, cut through the cutter and dont be easily swayed by what’s out there.
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