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Dustin Diamond needs money to stop his bank from foreclosing on his house. Who is Dustin Diamond? Well, in his own words:
I’m Dustin Diamond and you probably remember me from the hit TV show Saved By The Bell.
That’s right, the guy most famous for playing Screech is about to lose his house. Screech, people, Screech. Let us contemplate.
I used to love Screech. I mean, Slater had muscles, Jessie had brains, Kelly had beauty, and Zack had the power to warp the time-space continuum with his mind before committing misdemeanors, but Screech had the ultimate dork triumph story. He represented the hero fantasies of countless teenage brainiacs. Here was a boy genius who could barely dress himself, yet somehow got to hang out with the school’s Alpha Humans. This was a dork who could be himself and still retain some measure of self respect, occasionally wooing a girl way out of his league or accidentally inventing a bittersweet acne cream that clears your blemishes but later turns your whole face maroon. People, these things happen. Such is life. Such is Screech.
Now we come to find that Dustin Diamond, like many a child actor, never managed to move past the role that made him famous and amassed really, really bad credit in the process. It is a shame that he’s about to lose his home to a financial juggernaut, but an even bigger shame that he’s still introducing himself as the guy who played Screech.
It’s terrible to be a struggling entertainer. I know a few. I sigh a sigh of sadness for Dustin Diamond, not just for the financial woes, but for the fact that he’s still actively milking a role he last played twelve years ago. From the writing on his site, the process of grinding desperation has clearly made him into a very bitter man.
Oh, what the heck. SAVE SCREECH. BUY A T-SHIRT!
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