"Saved by the Bell" Book Left Dustin Diamond with Major Regrets
12/5/13


It's been a while since Dustin "Screech" Diamond has been in the spotlight.

The former "Saved by the Bell" star hopped on the phone with HuffPostLive to talk about his latest film, All Wifed Out, but the conversation quickly took a turn for the "Bell".



Diamond revealed that most of his controversial memoir, Behind The Bell, was fabricated by a ghost writer. He also took a deeper look at how his post-"Bell" roles helped and hurt his acting career, claiming that his appearance on "Celebrity Fit Club" was entirely scripted.

"I was playing the bad guy on that show," he said. "That's not at all how I am."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/05/saved-by-the-bell-book-dustin-diamond_n_4390715.html?

Dustin diamond was not a pervert before landing in a role of Screech. It was badly included in the difficult-made original class and it is too dangerous for Dustin to play in.

He gained better relief and respect, plus complete teen popularity, with the new class students. But the ending of the new class was no good because they did not mention his future at all and made him a new principal of Bayside High. They should have added an eighth season so he will depart from Bayside High properly and Richard Belding will return to Bayside as a principal once again.

You may think he portrayed well in the Screech role of the Original class, but unfortunately, I just read back then in a teen magazine that, after the original class ended, Dustin wanted to quit playing the nerd role because of two reasons: 1) it made him unpopular and 2) it made him too mentally ill.

The original class is no longer airing in public anymore due to continued never-ending brawl fights between normal fans and mental disabled fans, especially after the 20th Anniversary Reunion incident.

so is this an excuse to write a new tell-all behind-the-scenes book about what REALLY happened when the memoir was being written?

so is this an excuse to write a new tell-all behind-the-scenes book about what REALLY happened when the memoir was being written?
Shhh!!! Don't give him any ideas!!! :eek:

so is this an excuse to write a new tell-all behind-the-scenes book about what REALLY happened when the memoir was being written?

Don't get me wrong, this is more as a reason, so don't argue with me at all.

so is this an excuse to write a new tell-all behind-the-scenes book about what REALLY happened when the memoir was being written?


For real. Another book to explain the logistics of the first one? LOL. I hear where you are coming from.

Pardon me?!

I think Dustin Diamond owes his castmates a HUGE apology. The things he wrote (or allowed someone to write) offended them greatly, and he states in the video that he hasn't apologized to them.

Dustin's name was on the book. Therefore, since the book was fabricated, he needs to eat some crow.

I agree. If he fabricated that mess, then he needs to apologize even if it is via camera.

The apology has to be balanced. The original class writers and producers included him and his nerd role in it, but the original class grew too difficultly-made and it made his nerd role imbalanced, no matter how Dustin did or well or not. The "Screech" role need better respect to feel more relieved. Whoever the bad publicity, pretended to be good and trying to order Dustin go against the original class members (cast, writers and producers), might have tricked Dustin Diamond. We don't have the identities of the bad publicity, but we are going to support Dustin, and give him private help to be sent to a cognitive therapist.

This reason is true, do not ignore it, please.

Ire, it does not matter. He committed libel. They didn't. Epic fail.

His apology should be mild, but I have a feeling that someone bad may have tricked him mentally to offend the original class. Dustin still needs private help, especially seeing a cognitive therapist.

Ultimately, it was his decision. I am glad that he is starting to take ownership for his actions.

Alright, let's put it this way. Dustin will apologize, but he still needs to seek private help meeting a mental therapist immediately.

Even if Dustin portrayed Screech well, the "Screech" role did no good on him, unfortunately.

Even if Dustin portrayed Screech well, the "Screech" role did no good on him, unfortunately.

I agree with that, but that's not the fault of the rest of the cast.

Dustin Diamond made the decision to portray Screech for something like 13 seasons. He was paid and paid fairly well to do so. He stayed in the role far too long, and went from portraying a mildly nerdy character to portraying an idiotic freak. No one could avoid being typecast after that type of a role, and he had to have known that when he signed up season after season to continue playing Screech.

None of this is the fault of his original SBTB castmates, nor did they deserve to have lies told about them by someone who worked alongside them for (up to) seven years.

I agree with that, but that's not the fault of the rest of the cast.

Dustin Diamond made the decision to portray Screech for something like 13 seasons. He was paid and paid fairly well to do so. He stayed in the role far too long, and went from portraying a mildly nerdy character to portraying an idiotic freak. No one could avoid being typecast after that type of a role, and he had to have known that when he signed up season after season to continue playing Screech.

None of this is the fault of his original SBTB castmates, nor did they deserve to have lies told about them by someone who worked alongside them for (up to) seven years.


Agreed. He played the role from 1988-1999. If I were one of the castmates, I would not be too amused either.

I don't know about this, I disagree with all of you.

You might think Dustin portrayed Screech well in all classes and the original class performed well, but, at the same time, I'm afraid that it was the fault of both original class writers and producers of making the original class too strong and too difficult for Dustin and his Screech character and the worst thing is that they included him at the same time, and the writers made the other original class characters acting too strong and too difficult on Screech, which is too extremely overwhelming for him.

I read in the 1993 Teen Bop Magazine saying that Dustin Diamond insisted to quit playing the nerd because, even if he portrayed well, it made him uncomfortable for two reasons at the same time: 1) unpopular and 2) mentally ill. He insisted to play something normal than that nerd role instead. This part is not gossip, please don't get me wrong about this.

I know he became more annoying in the new class, especially to Belding. But, in my opinion, he did well gaining complete teen popularity containing better respect from the new class students, so he can feel more relieved along the way. Those are the reasons why they chose him to appear in the new class.

He still needs to continue seeking for private help of a mental therapist immediately before it gets too late!

Iretheman, I gotta ask, how did he get ill? Where is the article or proof to back that up? And where is the article that says that he was unpopular? Opinions are welcome but we need fact if you are going to state that strong comment. I doubt that Teen Bop Magazine will say something to the effect that he'd be mentally ill.

If I can see proof whether you provide it or if I find it and if it says that your corrrect, then I'd fall back in a heart beat and apologize.

It was on the Tiger Beat 1993 magazine and other 1993 teen magazines back then, when they each original cast member talking about their final results. But I will continue looking for the information.

According to what Dustin said that the nerd role made him ill because, 1.) it was included in the original class to be well-performed and at the same time the original class was made too difficult for him and 2.) During the original class, the nerd role attracted too much bad publicity in one blow.

But then, when they included him in the New class to create a bridge between original and new, everyone was saying that he was the wrong choice. They did not have choice but to choose him because of another reason: Gain complete teen popularity containing better respect from the new class students in order for Dustin to feel more relieved. He might annoy Belding, but the new class students respected him more along the way.

Example from starpulse:

http://www.starpulse.com/Actors/Diamond,_Dustin/Biography/

Example paragraph:

"On a show where so much attention derived from the attractiveness and glamour of its young cast of pin-ups, Diamond found himself in a difficult position as the show's cartoonish comic relief. Several years younger than his castmates, not as physically attractive, and with more childlike interests such as magic and mischief than in raging hormones, Diamond struggled to be accepted as an equal and not as an annoying little brother. This tension and schism only increased over time, as the cast grew up into gorgeous young adults and Diamond was forced to try harder and harder to sell the goofy, unflattering mannerisms of Screech that, as a child had seemed charming, but increasingly began to grate."

There will be more along the way, but if you are not sure about this, then I'll explain.

That doesn't say anything about him being ill. It says he struggled. They've all struggled; that's part of being in Hollywood and having to get gigs in order to stay in Hollywood.

No, "Screech" sold out his castmates with a tell-all biography that he admits isn't true. I'm glad he has come clean, but why did it take him five years to tell the truth? Behind the Bell was published in 2009.

I also have some doubts there was any "ghostwriter". Amazon.com reviews indicate this was the work of someone who couldn't write, not a professional writer. From one review: "Despite the book itself being horrible, there clearly was no editor. The grammar was appallingly bad. The former copy editor in me wanted to take a red pen to it even though it was a library book. Words were misspelled."

Retroguy: Seriously? Was it that bad? I can't believe it!!! If there was a ghostwriter, then his or her butt should have been fired. Bad Grammar? That's terrible!

BTW, I am loving your FOL vids.

Retroguy: Seriously? Was it that bad? I can't believe it!!! If there was a ghostwriter, then his or her butt should have been fired. Bad Grammar? That's terrible!

It's so bad that nearly every review mentions the bad spelling, grammar, punctuation, repeated lines, and repeated paragraphs. Check it out. (http://www.amazon.com/Behind-Bell-Dustin-Diamond/product-reviews/0981239692/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1)


BTW, I am loving your FOL vids.

Thank you, Tom! I hope to have a few more soon!

If its that way, then I take it that Dustin could be the ghostwriter after all. that's crazy!!!

That doesn't say anything about him being ill. It says he struggled. They've all struggled; that's part of being in Hollywood and having to get gigs in order to stay in Hollywood.

No, "Screech" sold out his castmates with a tell-all biography that he admits isn't true. I'm glad he has come clean, but why did it take him five years to tell the truth? Behind the Bell was published in 2009.

I also have some doubts there was any "ghostwriter". Amazon.com reviews indicate this was the work of someone who couldn't write, not a professional writer. From one review: "Despite the book itself being horrible, there clearly was no editor. The grammar was appallingly bad. The former copy editor in me wanted to take a red pen to it even though it was a library book. Words were misspelled."

Dustin and his Screech role <u>struggled</u> to become equal with the other original class cast members and their roles, because the original class was made too difficult on him and the other original class cast members' roles act too difficult on him. Anything <u>too difficult</u> can make a nerd, like Dustin and his Screech role for example, really very <u>overwhelming</u>,<u>mentally ill</u>, <u>unpopular</u> and <u>uncomfortable</u>, IMO.

Let's put it this way, the original class is supposed to be well-entertaining, including Screech in it. But the original class should never be made nor act too difficult to Screech included in it. The conditions:

1.) If the original class is supposed to be well-entertaining and too difficult, then the Screech character should never be included in it in the first place.

2.) If the original class included Screech in it, then the original class should be well-entertaining and at the same time, never be too difficult in the first place.

It was right for Screech to be included in both in the original and new classes because, in the new class, the new class students showed better respect to Screech by helping him feel more relieved and complete his teen popularity in Bayside High at the same time. I don't care if he annoys Belding at the same time or not.

It's so bad that nearly every review mentions the bad spelling, grammar, punctuation, repeated lines, and repeated paragraphs. Check it out. (http://www.amazon.com/Behind-Bell-Dustin-Diamond/product-reviews/0981239692/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1)

Thank you, Tom! I hope to have a few more soon!

That could be the bad sign that he was continuously mistreated really very badly.