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GirlinContempt

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Mon Jun-12-06 01:23 PM
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Degrassi

Who here was a Degrassi kid?

Who even knows what I'm talking abou?

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originalpckelly

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Mon Jun-12-06 01:32 PM
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1. I was into degrassi...

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originalpckelly

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Mon Jun-12-06 01:38 PM
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2. Not really...

I'm a square:

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Maestro

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Mon Jun-12-06 01:44 PM
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3. I know what it is because of my kids

but they're not into it.

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GirlinContempt

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Mon Jun-12-06 01:48 PM
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6. How old are your kids?

Edited on Mon Jun-12-06 01:48 PM by GirlinContempt

I'm talkin' the old degrassi.

Kids of Degrassi St, Degrassi Jr High, and Degrassi High.

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MadAsHellNewYorker

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Mon Jun-12-06 01:46 PM
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4. Im still a Degrassi kid

who doesn't love the next genereation?

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GirlinContempt

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Mon Jun-12-06 01:47 PM
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5. I hate TNG

It's awful :P

:hi:

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MadAsHellNewYorker

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Mon Jun-12-06 01:50 PM
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7. I guess if I was Canadian I'd hate those brats too

Edited on Mon Jun-12-06 01:50 PM by MadAsHellNewYorker

but you ain't seeing any american teenager show that hits the issues like TNG :hi:

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GirlinContempt

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Mon Jun-12-06 01:57 PM
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8. That's crazy

The original degrassi did:
drunk driving (wheels parents died)
adoption (another wheels storyline)
rape
sexual abuse
teen pregnancy
pollution, animal testing, and other social responsibility
racism
sexism
homophobia (snakes brother is gay)
abusive parents
drinking
drugs
shoplifting

Just to name a few. In the 80s. Man it was good.

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MadAsHellNewYorker

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Mon Jun-12-06 01:59 PM
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10. I didn't say that the origial wasn't cutting edge either...

Edited on Mon Jun-12-06 02:00 PM by MadAsHellNewYorker

but in todays america, TNG goes there as well. Most other tv shows are about rich stupid annoying asshats

and yes, they were good

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GirlinContempt

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Mon Jun-12-06 02:03 PM
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11. Oh, and

epilepsy, bullying, alcoholism, divorce, depression, teen suicide, censorship, eating disorders, interracial dating.....

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MadAsHellNewYorker

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Mon Jun-12-06 02:03 PM
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13. I did watch the original too

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GirlinContempt

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Mon Jun-12-06 02:19 PM
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24. It was sooooo much better

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ScreamingMeemie

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Mon Jun-12-06 02:23 PM
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30. It makes me mad that they won't show "Manny has an Abortion" in

the U.S. That's totally ridiculous. :hi: :hug:

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MadAsHellNewYorker

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Mon Jun-12-06 02:25 PM
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33. I KNOW!

Edited on Mon Jun-12-06 02:26 PM by MadAsHellNewYorker

argh! I thpught the N was supposd to be with us :shrug: I thought it goes there

:hi::hug: what a pleasure to see you MrsG! I feel like i havent seen you in years :bounce:

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ScreamingMeemie

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Mon Jun-12-06 02:28 PM
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35. I was thinking the same thing about missing you, when I clicked on

your post. :loveya: :hug:

I mean, the season ender has Spinner texting "Paige and I went ALL the way"... and they can't deal with a 16 year old having an abortion? No sense there. :hi:

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MadAsHellNewYorker

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Mon Jun-12-06 02:31 PM
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38. They can show with school shootings

Edited on Mon Jun-12-06 02:31 PM by MadAsHellNewYorker

"girls gone wild" type stuff, eating disorders, rape, drug addicts...but heavens forbid an abortion!!!! And of course they allowed the entire storyline of Liberty and JT having their baby :eyes:

how you doing?:hug::loveya:

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ScreamingMeemie

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Mon Jun-12-06 02:33 PM
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40. I am good, thanks! I let myself get wound up over something today, but

I'm over it. :hug:

I was a bit irritated with how they dealt with Emma's eating disorder. One show later and, BOOM! back at school...cured!

How have you been?

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MadAsHellNewYorker

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Mon Jun-12-06 02:37 PM
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43. Thats how they deal with everything though! by the next episode,

everything is pretty much back to normal, lol!

im pretty stressed at work. I really shouldn't be playing on this thing, but too many fun people to chat with (present company definitly included) makes for good distraction. Im gearing up to return to school in August and I finally get to register on 6/15. I hope my the classes im going to take will still be open :scared:

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ScreamingMeemie

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Mon Jun-12-06 03:17 PM
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44. I am guilty of that myself...the goofing around part.

:hug: I guess we're too fun a group.

What classes are you taking? Beg, borrow and steal to get into them! :loveya:

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MadAsHellNewYorker

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Mon Jun-12-06 03:33 PM
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45. all the fun sciences and maths

Edited on Mon Jun-12-06 03:33 PM by MadAsHellNewYorker

Bio, Chem and Pre-Calc for the fall...:crazy:

:hug:

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ScreamingMeemie

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Mon Jun-12-06 03:33 PM
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46. I am soooooo glad I'm not you!

But you'll fly through. I just know it!!! :hug:

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MadAsHellNewYorker

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Mon Jun-12-06 03:34 PM
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47. lol

thanks for the vote of confidence MrsG:party:

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swag

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Mon Jun-12-06 01:59 PM
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9. That Joey Jeremiah really burned me up.

Caitlin deserved a much better boyfriend, and Wheels and Snake certainly deserved a better friend.

I still hum the Zit Remedy's greatest hit, I will admit ("Everybody wants somethin', so never give up . . .). Later they changed their name to the Zits and got crappier.

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GirlinContempt

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Mon Jun-12-06 02:18 PM
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21. I love that you know this stuff

Joey was totally shitty to caitlin, she was so smart and cute, and he was such a douche.

Do you know who the sex talk lady is that Joey tries to get to play the song at the beginning of her show?! I do.

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swag

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Mon Jun-12-06 02:20 PM
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26. No, I'm afraid I don't know who she is.

I am ashamed of myself.

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GirlinContempt

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Mon Jun-12-06 02:25 PM
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31. She is

Sue Johanson. I worked with her on sex ed workshops and in different programs. She's a freaking legend. She's been doing different talk shows and working with people about sex for, well, it seems like forever.
Smart, sassy, straight forward, no beating around the bush. I think she probably saved 2 or 3 generations of Canadian teens and young adults from STIs, pregnancy, and emotional issues single handedly.

She is a woman to be revered. I absofuckinglutly LOVE her. She deserves a friggin nobel prize.

http://www.talksexwithsue.com/index2.html

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ScreamingMeemie

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Mon Jun-12-06 02:31 PM
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39. She has a show on either We or the Oxygen channel now...and we

are agreed. She is a wonderful person and a great educator

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ScreamingMeemie

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Mon Jun-12-06 02:22 PM
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29. Wheels became a jerk though, in later shows. Joey took him in

and he steals from his mom? And then the whole blaming the world thing. Irksome, very irksome, because I really liked him.

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GirlinContempt

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Mon Jun-12-06 03:46 PM
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48. JUST for you

http://members.shaw.ca/alytron/swag

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swag

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Mon Jun-12-06 04:52 PM
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53. Sweet Baby Jesus.

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GirlinContempt

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Mon Jun-12-06 04:58 PM
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54. I do hope you approve

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swag

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Mon Jun-12-06 05:04 PM
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55. It's an excellent version. I approve enthusiastically.

And I praise you to the skies.

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GirlinContempt

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Mon Jun-12-06 05:05 PM
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56. Well well now

Edited on Mon Jun-12-06 05:06 PM by GirlinContempt

No need to go THAT far.

It's from the episode where Stephanie gets drunk and can't give her speech as School President at the big homecoming dance, and she pukes in the bathroom.

Oh, I also think Spike goes into labour in that episode.

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flamingyouth

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Wed Jun-14-06 10:53 AM
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58. I loved their video

Lucy was a master (mistress?) with that camera.

I can play their hit song on the harmonium.

Wait... I need to go post this in the "useless talent" thread.

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Lydia Leftcoast

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Mon Jun-12-06 02:03 PM
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12. Degrassi Junior High was one of my guilty pleasures in the 1980s

I was already an adult, but the show was easy to get hooked on in the way that a well-written soap opera is.

I don't like The Next Generation at all. The cast is smaller, and the plots are less interesting. After I saw what Spike, Snake, and Joey looked like grown-up, I lost interest.

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GirlinContempt

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Mon Jun-12-06 02:18 PM
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22. Why guilty?

It was AWESOME

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Lydia Leftcoast

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Mon Jun-12-06 04:18 PM
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50. Yes, but I was about 35 years old

:-)

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WCGreen

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Mon Jun-12-06 02:05 PM
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14. Well I watched just to see what all the fuss was about....

And I felt odd watching it so I stopped....

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GirlinContempt

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Mon Jun-12-06 02:19 PM
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23. Ok

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WannaBePassingFair

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Mon Jun-12-06 02:07 PM
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15. I'm one of the next generation...

ha! I love Degrassi! I've never seen any of the old episodes though.

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ScreamingMeemie

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Mon Jun-12-06 02:11 PM
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16. Was I??? Was I EVER!!!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=4151166#4151272

I think you had to be Canadian or get the CBC to get it. I loved it muchly!!!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=4717709

what cracks me up is that, on the new one, they won't show (in the U.S.) the "Manny Has an Abortion" episode and yet they show all of the original shows...which were far more advanced.

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WannaBePassingFair

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Mon Jun-12-06 02:13 PM
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17. Hey Mrs. G!

How are you and is WBG home?

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ScreamingMeemie

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Mon Jun-12-06 02:14 PM
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18. She is...What? Did you, like, just come home and pop on the computer??

Don't tell me you are getting addicted to DU. ;) :hug:

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WannaBePassingFair

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Mon Jun-12-06 02:18 PM
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20. Getting????

Gotten. But.. no I had a half day and I got bored with studying for my geometry final and decided to go on the computer. But what about YOU??? Did you just get home from getting the smallest grumpy and pop on the computer too??:hug:

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ScreamingMeemie

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Mon Jun-12-06 02:19 PM
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25. No...It was "Awards Day". BabyG got the "Quality Work" award.

:woohoo: I am only slightly addicted. :P

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WannaBePassingFair

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Mon Jun-12-06 02:21 PM
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27. Hooray!!!

for "Quality Work"!!!!!!!!!!!! When I had my "Awards Day" I got the "Best Reader" award.

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GirlinContempt

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Mon Jun-12-06 02:22 PM
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28. What?!

Thats messed up! (glad you loved it too, by the way).

I just think it's screwy that they won't show the new ones. There was even an abortion debate over spike when she got pregnant on DJH.

I'm glad I'm finding so many fellow Degrassi fans, you're right, the old was was more advanced. I even listed a few of the issues it dealt with upthread. Groundbreaking :)

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ScreamingMeemie

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Mon Jun-12-06 02:25 PM
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32. My daughter and I watch it in reruns, and I can't believe it has been

that long ago... sniffle.

I remember Aaron Spelling tried to buy the rights and got a no dice, so he started that "other" teenaged drama. Degrassi was real. The kids looked, acted and were real.

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GirlinContempt

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Mon Jun-12-06 02:27 PM
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34. Did you know that

most of the kids (back to Kids Of Degrassi St) were not actors, and most of them had never acted before. Also, when they got older, they hired in some cases their family members. It felt so real because it WAS, they just used real kids and had them act like... themselves.

You can download the episodes if you're missing some. Communist Broadcasting Corporation wont sue you ;)

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ScreamingMeemie

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Mon Jun-12-06 02:30 PM
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37. Confession time...I have been backlisted on Amazon for 6 months, trying

to get a copy of "School's Out". It explains a lot for my NG watching daughter. Especially when Wheels, who is just as bald as Snake and Joey, comes back to town. :)

Thanks for the tip on CBC. :hi:

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GirlinContempt

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Mon Jun-12-06 02:35 PM
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42. oooooo I want schools out

*hunts*

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Lydia Leftcoast

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Mon Jun-12-06 04:22 PM
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52. In the original series, one of the twins had an abortion

and they showed that episode on U.S. TV. :shrug:

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u4ic

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Mon Jun-12-06 02:16 PM
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19. I was already in my 20's

when it started...but I did watch a few episodes.

Damn good show, that was. I would have loved to have grown up with it. "The Facts of Life" just didn't cut it. :P

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GirlinContempt

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Mon Jun-12-06 02:28 PM
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36. Glad you agree

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Aristus

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Mon Jun-12-06 02:34 PM
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41. I was a huge Degrassi fan, even though I was 19 when I first saw it.

I was impressed with how well they addressed such controversial issues. I'm such a dumbhead, that it took me several episodes to figure out it was set in Canada. Then it became clear why the show was so good; it never would have made it past American network standards and practices. I had a bit of a crush on Caitlin, and was pissed that Joey was such a jerk to her.

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LaraMN

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Mon Jun-12-06 04:15 PM
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49. I thought Spike was cool.

She was a teen mom, but she was STILL punk. She was so hard core.:P

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khashka

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Mon Jun-12-06 04:20 PM
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51. Used to watch it

They covered some tough topics......

Khash.

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GirlinContempt

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Wed Jun-14-06 10:15 AM
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57. So, Joey, Snake & Wheels just went to the Beer Store with a fake ID

and it's the beer store we used to go to when I lived in Toronto. It still looks pretty much exactly the same. So weird.

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