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Screech is really starting to tick me off
Dustin Diamond is really starting to get on my nerves. First, in order to change his image from the screechy-voiced character he played on the NBC Saturday-morning sitcom Saved by the Bell he became a foul-mouthed comedian (like we don't have those already). Recently, much to the anger of his fans, he decided to sell $20 t-shirts to save his Wisconsin home from being foreclosed upon.. And now, he's giving out sex advice saying, among many things, that he could write a book on the sexual moves that he has tried and tested and that you need to tap your partner so hard they fall asleep.
I don't know if this is some sort of long-term plan of Dustin's to have us forget that he played the role of Screech for nearly a decade. Or, maybe it's just him trying to drum up some new publicity for himself. I can't read his mind, so I don't know the definitive answer. However, I do know one thing . . .
No matter what he does, he'll still be Screech.
He's Screech now, he'll be Screech in the future. When he passes away the press will say 'he played Screech on Saved by the Bell'. Most likely, his tombstone will read 'Here lies Dustin Diamond, otherwise known as Screech'. And why, do you ask, will he always be remembered this way? Because he is trying so damn hard to make us forget that he was Screech.
He's going about it the wrong way. By doing all of this stuff that's supposed to shock us, it is making us say 'Gosh, we miss Screech.' Granted, he's not the only former child actor that has done this. There are plenty of other stars of television shows we used to watch that decided to shock and awe their fans and pretend that their stint as the cute star on the cover of Seventeen magazine didn't exist.
Elizabeth Berkley, Dustin's former co-star on Saved by the Bell, is an example of this. Shortly after the show ended in 1993 Berkley decided to shed her teeny-bopper image and appear in her birthday suit (several times) for the cult classic film Showgirls. Sure, it got her the attention she wanted, but it was the wrong type. There was a chance that her post-Bell career would have ended at that point. Luckily, she grew up a bit after that performance and went on to do quite well for herself.
That just doesn't seem to be the case with Dustin. He just seems to think that his bad-boy image will bring him additional success. But, as I said previously, it will only make us want Screech more. So, in the end, he will end up in obscurity, just like many other child actors whose names we've forgotten.
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