Kathy Ireland Almost Played Nurse Jennifer, Not Nancy Valen - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 02-15-2011, 06:02 AM

Does anybody know why Kathy Ireland backed out:

Quote:

http://www.thewavemag.com/pagegen.ph...gename=article

As Kathy Ireland said, “True self esteem comes from understanding our value ... the sexy school nurse on Saved By The Bell because she “didn't feel like she ...

The link up above expired so I can't get the entire article/interview.

Quote:

http://forums.televisionwithoutpity....4202 -300.html

ChinkyGirl
May 2, 2004 @ 12:02 am
roosterboy - You might want to know that the commentaries are only in the S3/S4 set, which is pretty odd.

I like how in the commentary for "No Hope With Dope," they keep saying "Aw yeah, Den (Mr. Belding, Dennis Haskins)...you're looking hot there!" lol...and I loved how he made fun of Screech's horrible outfits, one of which was described as a kimono with suspenders, lol. And Lark is just adorable in the commentaries too!

I've only listened to this commentary so far, but here are some interesting things from it:
- Johnny Dakota was actually Tiffani's real-life boyfriend at the time
- Kathy Ireland was supposed to be Nurse Jennifer in the ep. that brought us, "Do you want a girl...or a wuh-man?"
- Lisa was originally supposed to be a Jewish girl from Long Island

And I really cannot understand why the graduation was not included in this set. God, these little things just piss me off...

SBTB Geek · 03-27-2011, 01:04 AM

Interesting. T4P.
She has always bugged me though.

TMC · 11-15-2012, 01:43 AM

I recently came across a photo on Dennis Haskins' Twitter page of himself reunited w/ Nancy Valen, who played Nurse Jennifer in Season 2 of SBTB. Jennifer was the brand new school nurse that Zack developed a crush on despite having previously asked Kelly to go steady w/ him.

Well any, Kathy Ireland was originally up for the part (this was first revealed in one of the DVD commentaries). Now, "From Nurse to Worst" is admittedly, how favorite SBTB just for how insanely hot Nancy Valen was (especially at the end when she "teaches Zack a lesson"). When I brought up that Kathy Ireland was first considered for the role, she got wind of it and replied to me on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/kathyireland/sta...49908239437824

Basically, she was "fired" (I first assumed that she dropped out at the last minute for whatever the reasons) because the producers fault that her acting wasn't up to par (which is kind of ironic for something like SBTB):
https://twitter.com/kathyireland/sta...84704936226816

11-15-2012, 01:43 AM	#3
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 126,709	I recently came across a photo on Dennis Haskins' Twitter page of himself reunited w/ Nancy Valen, who played Nurse Jennifer in Season 2 of SBTB. Jennifer was the brand new school nurse that Zack developed a crush on despite having previously asked Kelly to go steady w/ him. Well any, Kathy Ireland was originally up for the part (this was first revealed in one of the DVD commentaries). Now, "From Nurse to Worst" is admittedly, how favorite SBTB just for how insanely hot Nancy Valen was (especially at the end when she "teaches Zack a lesson"). When I brought up that Kathy Ireland was first considered for the role, she got wind of it and replied to me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kathyireland/sta...49908239437824 Basically, she was "fired" (I first assumed that she dropped out at the last minute for whatever the reasons) because the producers fault that her acting wasn't up to par (which is kind of ironic for something like SBTB): https://twitter.com/kathyireland/sta...84704936226816
	Last edited by TMC; 11-15-2012 at 04:17 AM.

03-27-2011, 01:04 AM	#2
SBTB Geek Smooth Moderator Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 21, 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,004	Interesting. T4P. She has always bugged me though.