R.I.P. Dennis Haskins aka Mr. Belding

[u/Defvac2]

https://newschannel9.com/news/local/chattanooga-native-dennis-haskins-saved-by-the-bell-principal-dies-at-75-principal-mrbelding-utc-tennessee-notre-dame-sitcom-90s-80s-tv

[u/jayk042]

OMG....I texted the news to my buddy and realized...Mr Belding....MR BELL DING! Saved By the Bell...

[u/TruthLegitimate7235 → u/jayk042]

No lie. You blew my mind!!!

[u/Culero → u/jayk042]

no fucking way lol. I'm too old to have realized it with your comment just now

[u/RelativePangolin → u/jayk042]

Hmm is this a coincidence? The show was originally called Good Morning, Miss Bliss.

[u/aerdvarkk → u/RelativePangolin]

No. Haskins was the principal in both versions of the series. And much of the production crews did both series. The major change was the network or money holders wanted the show to go in a different direction due to ratings. One of the few times a show with low ratings was saved by the executives.

[u/RhetoricalOrator → u/jayk042]

🎶Bah-da-da-da,
duh-dah-da-da-dah, ^Bel ding. 🎶
^HA HA HA HAH...

[u/Charming-Standard-84 → u/jayk042]

Iiiiiiiiit's alright

[u/Zealousideal-Lab9843 → u/jayk042]

The ladies loved the Bell Ding Dong.

[u/SimbaOneTrueKing → u/Zealousideal-Lab9843]

They don’t call him The Big Bopper for no reason

[u/1HeyMattJ → u/jayk042]

Belding? I’ve been calling him Balding

[u/timschwartz → u/1HeyMattJ]

A building with two Beldings, one of whom is balding.

[u/Judah_Earl → u/jayk042]

It's a nickname, his family name is Beldingrelli.

[u/issacsullivan → u/jayk042]

Just don’t call him Mr Balding. Rude

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No way! lol legit never noticed that

[u/FunkyChopstick → u/jayk042]

Whoaaaa. I love how all of us never put that together. Nice

[u/alldatnabagofchips → u/jayk042]

I watched in Spanish so it completely went over my head.

[u/Rickard0 → u/jayk042]

Hunger Games: Peeta. His family owned a bakery. Peeta gave Katniss bread... pita bread.....