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Kurt_Stein — 10 years ago(August 18, 2015 02:22 AM)

Why did Mr. Belding work at a country club during the summer? As a high school principal, he had to have been making close to $200k back in the mid-90s, yet he was working with high school kids at a summer job at a country club? He must have had serious money issues!

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I think it was just lazy writing. It made no sense for a high school principal to work for minimum wage with high school kids at a country club during the summer!
It was a strange country club because Mr. Belding was allowed to hang out at the pool topless for some unexplained reason. In one episode, Screech was actually rubbing lotion all over Mr. Belding’s back and chest. I remember laughing about how gay that scene was - it really seemed as though they dropped gay innuendos that Screech and Mr. Belding were secretly dating from time to time, which was kind of weird. Screech supposedly complained in his tell-all book about how they made him stare lovingly into Mr. Belding’s eyes during scenes!

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Were they trying to recreate the Malibu Sands episodes?

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Country clubs and resorts are a recurring in Saved by the bell.

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A high school principal at a large public high school in Los Angeles probably makes at least $200k today. Maybe $125k back in the mid-90s.

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Where do you live because here a principal's salary is nowhere near 200k. The average here is 98k.
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Maybe it was in the actors contract to be in those episodes and the writers couldn't think of a believable reason to have Belding at the summer club or something? Him being a member of the country club would have made a lot more sense

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The country club episodes are mentioned plenty of times again. Brian and Rachel started dating in the country club episodes and they're featured in at least one clip episode. Also, Screech and Alison started dating. Alison was occasionally mentioned throughout season two and broke up with Screech via Dear John letter in the semester at sea episodes in season three.

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There's never a reason given. Also those country club episodes aren't ever mentioned again. The only reason is that the writers/producers wanted Mr. Belding in those episodes probably to get people who were fans of the original show to watch it. I still can't believe this show lasted 7 seasons!
Green Goblin is great!

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