On Our Way To Crazy

I mentioned a while back that I’ve taken on a side job doing data entry for a tax guy. Because I now spend a lot more time mindlessly sitting in front of my computer, I decided to start recording a new show to watch while I do the work.

I wanted something I didn’t have to focus to closely on, that was in syndication so I could watch several at a time, and that would be fun to watch. And what did I find that fits that criteria?

BEVERLY HILLS 90210.

Oh yes, people. I never followed it when it was on originally, and it is bringing me so much joy. It is perfect. It comes on twice a day, it’s easy to follow, and it is a BLAST. I think it’s my favorite show.

How did I miss this show the first time? Was I too young? There is so much awesome in this show that it’s kind of overwhelming. The only bummer is that I got started somewhere in the middle of season two, so I missed some of the beginning drama.

And oh! The drama! So much drama. Something insane happens in EVERY. SINGLE. EPISODE. So far, here’s what has happened:

-Brenda is robbed at gunpoint and has flashback nightmares.
-Donna, David and Kelly stalk Color Me Badd in a hotel. Color Me Badd! Then they sing to Donna at the Peach Pit!
-Brenda takes a secret trip to Mexico with Dylan and then runs away from home.
-The gang throws a dance for West Beverly and an inner-city LA school. Yay diversity.
-Color Me Badd!
-Andrea saves a troubled girl from an abusive family situation.
-Steve is given a ‘legacy key’ that unlocks all the doors and computers in the school.
-Dylan goes for a drive and breaks down next to a farm and then lives there for a week playing ‘stable boy’ for the cougar owner.
-Steve gets involved in an underground car racing ring.
-Brandon has a gambling problem and gets beat up in the alley.
-Dylan’s dad is killed when someone puts a bomb under his car.
-Kelly develops an eating disorder, winds up in the hospital, then is totally healed the next day.
-Steve and Brandon appear on a dating show and fight over the same girl.
-Steve wins $10,000 making a half-court shot at a Lakers game.
-Brandon’s car gets stolen by a scamming Burt Reynolds tour guide.
-They change the HOLLYWOOD sign so that it says W BEV HI 93.
-Dylan gets carjacked in his brand new Porche and the carjacker said, “Get outta the cah, suckaaaaahh.”

And my favorite…

-Donna gets drunk at the prom and is therefore suspended from graduation. The students of West Beverly find this unfair. Brandon organizes a protest and all the students walk out of finals, down to the school board office, chanting “Donna Martin graduates!” Students win, Donna graduates, Brandi buys this t-shirt.

I’m in the college years right now, and things are going pretty well. Andrea is sleeping with her RA, Dylan is becoming a gun nut, Brandon is tutoring the star of the basketball team, Kelly is hooking up with a frat guy and David and Donna have a radio show.

This show? Is awesome.