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Sex, drugs, stealing, partying, and eating disorders. What's not to love about teen sitcoms?! In celebration of Saved By The Bell's 20th anniversary, check out this round up of some of the most memorable (and controversial) moments in teenage discovery. If you've never seen the Punky Brewster clip, you will die.
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With exception of DeGrassi and Hanna Montana I think I saw all of those when they aired. There was a contravercial comic book in the early 70's (amazing spiderman one-hundred something) where his friend harry got hooked on pills. The comics code authority denied the code & Stan Lee said he thought it was too important. He ran the issue sans code. It won a bunch awards.
Thank God for Punky Brewster telling it like it is. If this 30 minutes of quality television had never been aired, millions of seven-to-ten-year-old girls would have descended into a life of weed, pills, crack, and probably stealing and prostitution to support their habits. But instead, they stayed clean—because young girls who were likely to become regular drug users were Punky Brewster's primary audience, and the moral of the story was presented so realistically that it really hit home.This message brought to you by the Ronald & Nancy Reagan Foundation for Delusional Denial and Detachment from Reality.
Legalnonresident
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OMG & LOLabout 8 months ago×
waiting for the inevetible punk brewster/fear and loathing round up: We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a saltshaker half-full of cocaine, a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers all in an altoid tin.
The stranger-danger episode of Different Strokes (where Kimberly and Arnold get kidnapped and the dirty old man has definite plans for her). Also the episode of that CBS police show that got banned where there was a teenage sex party and they actually showed a girl who was supposed to be 16 performing for the group with two guys. That thing disappeared immediately after it aired (and I think they got a big fine for showing it).
Jessica Frank
17 Controversial Teenage TV Situations and
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OMGabout 8 months ago×
Sammy K
17 Controversial Teenage TV Situations and
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LOLabout 8 months ago×
What? No Wesley Crusher scenes? His whole life was an after school special, except it took place in space.Also, this round up is objectively awesome, Matt.
Elizabeth Gopaul
17 Controversial Teenage TV Situations
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Jack Shepherd
17 Controversial Teenage TV Situations
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How can you not list Family Ties??? “Speed Trap” — Alex is addicted to speed, plus when Tom Hanks is the drunk uncle AND the one where Alex goes to therapy? COME ON! GENIUS!
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