For the first-time, Diamond presents the inside story of the young cast from Saved by the Bell that the viewing public thought were so lucky . . .Learn the dark, behind-the-scenes story of the cast and crew's extreme lifestyle: sex, drugs, and wild partiesPost-Bell, discover how Diamond used his natural comedic talents to overcome being typecast as a child actor and how he reinvented himself through stand-up comedy and reality TVWorking in Hollywood might represent an American Dream, but for many youngsters it is a true nightmare. Dustin Diamond is best known for his character Samuel "Screech" Powers in the late '80s and '90s on the long-running American TV teen sitcom Saved by the Bell (SBTB). Diamond's new book gives readers the disheartening story of an ex-child star. Dustin faced serious challenges moving his career beyond his comic role as the smart, funny, and endearing nerd of Bayside High School on the show that made him an audience favorite. Through his eyes, we uncover Hollywood's myths.
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A tell-all account of Dustin Diamond's life as Samuel "Screech" Powers on the TV show Saved by the Bell, including sexual escapades among cast+crew
2011 marks the 22nd anniversary of the Saved By the Bell TV show, which even today is broadcast 4 times daily throughout the U.S.
- Includes sexual escapades among cast+crew, drug use, and hardcore partying- 'Saved by the Bell Reunion' People magazine cover story - August 10, 2009
Audience:- The general public interested in the often stark truths about being a celebrity through an extended peek at Dustin Diamond's raucous and randy life
Fans now in their 20s and 30s wanting the inside story behind the squeaky-clean image of the popular late '80s and '90s American TV series
2011 marks the 22nd anniversary of the Saved By the Bell TV show, which even today is broadcast 4 times daily throughout the U.S.
- Includes sexual escapades among cast+crew, drug use, and hardcore partying- 'Saved by the Bell Reunion' People magazine cover story - August 10, 2009
Audience:- The general public interested in the often stark truths about being a celebrity through an extended peek at Dustin Diamond's raucous and randy life
Fans now in their 20s and 30s wanting the inside story behind the squeaky-clean image of the popular late '80s and '90s American TV series
About the Author
Dustin Diamond is an American actor, reality TV star, musician and stand-up comedian. He originally won fame for his comedic role as Samuel "Screech" Powers on the television show Saved by the Bell. He recently appeared on VH1's Celebrity Fit Club.
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It's the worst book I've ever read,
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It's the worst book I've ever read. Ever.
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. He used idiotic words such as douchenozzle to make a point. He also writes moronic, vague sentences, then follows them with the sentence "What I mean to say is this." (Say what you mean! Use your words!) The literary violations extend beyond letting the author have artistic control. The most egregious error: when the word horses**t needed a hypen to split it onto two lines, the hyphen appeared between the s and the h. Yes, horses-hit. How does that even happen in the post-typewriter world? When I could get past the cringing from his complete misuse of me, myself and I, as well as that, which who and whom, the memoir was unnecessarily mean and condescending to every other human being in the world, past, present and future. Diamond showed no perspective, decency or rationality. He writes off people he met as a child. Yes, I understand you thought Fred Savage was spoiled when he was eight. Does it mean he still is? Perhaps, but none of us can stand the scrutiny of the actions of our eight-year-old selves. He boasted about his own sexual exploits while deriding others for it. Although he is ridiculously misogynistic, he seems to hold sexual adventure against everyone but himself. Yes, this derision includes the women he slept with; he's incredibly hateful to them. I finished the book, but it was uncomfortable to read. I'm not a prudish person, but it was hard to read the words of someone so clearly unable to let go of his hatred for so many people, places, situations and things. Diamond needs therapy. He needs an editor. He needs a fact checker. Mostly, he needs to find something to enjoy. He needs to find some sense of meaning in his life. It was uncomfortable to read because he's a human being.
47 of 52 people found the following review helpful:
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Awful,
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This is basically a few hundred pages of Screech trying to convince the reader that he is cool.
55 of 64 people found the following review helpful:
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HORRIBLE,
This review is from: Behind the Bell (Hardcover)
this book was absolute garbage! the writing was god awful...not to mention there were multiple typos and even an entire paragraph printed twice in a row! grammatical errors...odd spacing...and just all together awful writing...name dropping...total redundancy....i cannot stress enough it is one of the worst reads ive ever attempted ...i actual started to just skim til i saw mark paul or tiffani's names to possibly get some juicy gossip....however i believe he used to premise of telling lots of behind the scenes stories to sell books when the rest of the cast is not mentioned as often as u would think....lots of time spent on his boring childhood friends and verbal pissing contest with his cast mates that im not sure they are aware they are a part of!! ok we get it screech...you got laid too! grow up
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