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The Degrassi Digest # 38 August 30th,1998
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For School's Out requests, please send packages to my address
with apropriate postage, or else I cannot tape it for you. $2.00-
$4.00 CAN/US
address:
5842 Smart Avenue
Cote Saint Luc, Quebec
H4W 2M9
Canada
--Please do not send anymore order requests via e-mail. Just send
me a blank videotape. I am taping all of them on a first come
first serve basis.
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My Interview with Kit Hood, director of the Degrassi series is
finally done.
http://www.degrassi.org/Interviews/index.html
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The Degrassi Digest is archived at
http://www.degrassi.org/Features/Degrassi-Digest/archive.htm AND http://www.escribe.com/tv/degrassi/
This "E-SCRIBE" service will archive future Digests,
and if anyone wants to search for anything on it, there is a
search tool for searching past issues on that URL.
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Degrassi World Fan Fiction Episode #19 can be found after this
weeks posts, written by Natalie Earl.
Submit Fan Fiction to Degrassi-World@degrassi.org
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INSIDE:
Pat Mastroianni
How Snake Got His Nickname
Re: Nancy... Ugh.
Re: School's Out Taping
Disapointed about Schools Out.
School's out
School's Out movie
Degrassi High Theme Song
degrassi update
Christian Campbell on School's Out
Thank you!
Good News!
sightings and stuff...
Quotes
school's out
Characters
Wheels.
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From: "Xben trickX"
To: post@degrassi.org
Subject: Pat Mastroianni
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1998 20:01:33 PDT
Hey mark,
I was watching the Lifetime channel today and the show "Unsolved Mysteries" was on the were showing a dramanization of a group of men killing someone...One of those killers was Pat Mastroianni...he acted pretty well too.
later,
Ben
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From: klhogan
To: "'post@degrassi.org'" <post@degrassi.org>
Subject: How Snake Got His Nickname
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1998 23:10:52 -0400
Hello Mark and Degrassi Fans! In the last digest someone asked
how Snake got his nickname. We believe that the answer to this
question can be found in the Degrassi book " Snake". We
may be wrong about this, as it has been a few years since we have
read the book, but we recall that the novel stated that his last
name was something like Snakowski or Snakolski. We are not
exactly sure why the book would state this, as in Degrassi High
Snake's last name is Simpson. Well, we thought we would share
this idea with you anyway!:):)
-Kristina and Larissa
*Mark* The Degrassi books do deviate from the show. His real
name was Archie Simpson, and we d onot know why he was called
Snake, but I do remember that there was that explanation in the
book. Not all Degrassi writers wrote the Degrassi books, though,
so they often deviated from the show.
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Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 17:15:40 -0400 (EDT)
From: Joel Martin
To: Mark Aaron Polger <post@degrassi.org>
Subject: Re: Nancy... Ugh.
She was one of the only characters on the show that I did not like. I don't know why. Maybe because she was such a goof. I have so much contempt for her. If I saw her in a person, I'd probably be a jerk and not separate reality from television, that is how much I detested her character. Who did everyone else hate on the show?
Joel
*Mark* I could not find anything wrong with her, but I did not
like how she showed off about the new car she got, she was a bit
uptight, but her character was not developped very much in
DJH/DH, she was a hall-walker, (as AJ puts it), so I remember her
more from Kids of Degrassi Street more.
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To: webmaster@degrassi.org
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 11:18:17 -0700
Subject: Re: School's Out Taping
From: jay cheung
Hi Mark
Do you have the audition tapes for the kids of degrassi (I
think this is the very first of all the degrassi series), the
first episode of the kids of degrassi, The first episode of
degrassi junior high?
Thanks
Jay
*Mark* Sorry Jay, I have no audition tapes, order Degrassi videos
at http://www.degrassi.org/pertinentaddresses.htm
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Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 21:07:06 +0000
From: Luke Irwin
To: mark@degrassi-junior-high.org
Subject: Disapointed about Schools Out.
Hi there. My name is Luke Irwin.
First of all I'm a very big fan of Degrassi High. And I hardly
missed any shows.
But last nite (Aug 23,1998) I saw School's Out for the first time
on Showcase TV.
I really enjoyed it up until the end. I think Caitlin should of
taken Joey back at the wedding. I know it was wrong what Joey did
but people do make mistakes. Maybe not get married right away but
they could take things one step at a time. That would probably be
an other episode.
The biggest reson why I feel this way is that they were always my
two favorite characters in the show and I always thought they
were good together. They may have had there ups and downs, but
every body has those. And I can also relate to there problems.
Joey felt lonely and needed a friend because Caitlin was working
so much and he figured he was leaving anyways. And I don't think
he really meant it to go so far. Those things do happen in real
life. And I'm not saying what he did was right but he is only
human. I didn't agree with Catlin just dropping university for
Joey but they could have had a long distance relationship and she
could have still gotten engaged. They sometimes work.(Speaking
from experience.) And I think Caitlin could have forgiven him for
what he did. Love conquers all. And I don't think Joey would of
cheated again. I think he learned his lesson. But this is only my
opinion. That is the only thing that has been on my mind since i
say School's Out last nite. Thanxs for reading.
Luke Irwin
*Mark* I disliked School's Out. It was a sad ending, Joey,
Wheels, and Snake brrak up, Caitlin and Joey breaks up, I think
she should have forgave him, and gave him one more chance.
Anyone who wants to give a new ending to School's out, can send
it to webmaster@degrassi.org and I will print it for the next
Degrassi World Fan Fiction Issue.
I also thought that it was too bad about Lucy's temporary
blindness, and that Wheels killed the 2 year old baby. It was a
very sad, bleek ending to the series.
Also the film only concentrated on Joey, Caitlin, Wheels, Snake,
Lucy, not the other cast members..
I also found it weird how Caitlin and Lucy became such good
friends, when they were not friends in DJH/DH
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Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 21:44:54 -0500
From: Rachel Cherwinski
To: post@degrassi.org
Subject: School's out
Hi!
Just a comment..I'm 27 so ya there are older Degrassi fans out
there. Anyway, I was kind of upset with School's Out. I had to
work the night School's out was on, set the vcr to tape it..but
its not on my tape! I wanted to watch it tonight, and it's not on
my tape!! The commercial said it was on 6pm where I live and in
my tv guide, and yet when I taped it at 6pm some other stupid
shows were on instead. Did this happen to anyone else?? I hope
School's out is repeated again because I haven't seen it in so
long I forget most of it. I might still have a copy of it
somewhere from when it was on originally. I'll have to look. Well
anyway...I do remember being disapointed in the movie. I didn't
like how they started a year after the last episode of Degrassi
and how it wasn't explained how Caitlin and Lucy became such good
friends. I also didn't like how Wheel's was turned into a loser
drunk. His parents were killed by a drunk driver you'd think the
last thing he'd want to do is drink and drive. WEll anyway these
arejust a few of my comments on the movie.
Rachel
*Mark* I was quite disappointed with the film again. I will be
listing the soundtrack for School's out very soon, due to many
requests.
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Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 21:21:09 -0700 (PDT)
From: Darlene Dazzle
Subject: School's Out movie
To: post@degrassi.org
I don't have Showcase so I missed the School's Out movie. Can you give me the tastiest highlights?
*Mark* This weeks Digest is mostly about School's out, so here
are some subscribers thoughts on the film.
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From: "SwatchDog"
To: <post@degrassi.org>
Subject: Degrassi High Theme Song
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 18:36:42 +1000
Hey everyone,
I finally found the theme song for "Degrassi High" in WAV format. I'm still searching for the Degrassi Junior high song though. Can anyone help me??
*Mark* Anyone have the song in WAV format, please post where
you got it from....I only have the AVI from DJH introduction...on
http://www.degrassi.org/lyrics.htm
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Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 12:07:49 -0400 (EDT)
From: Sharon Mulholland
To: post@degrassi.org
Subject: degrassi update
hello everyone,
i want to let everyone what's going on with the "degrassi update" site, in case you try to access it in the next two weeks. it is unavailable at the moment, but it should be available again on sept. 9 when i return to school. the university server where the site is hosted is out of service until sept. 8. all accounts have been disabled and can only be re-enabled after sept. 8. sorry for the inconvenience, if i had been given advance notice i may have been able to make alternate arrangements, but i was not given any advance notice and thus have no access to any of my files.
sharon
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sharon@degrassi.org
http://www.ariel.cs.yorku.ca/~cs952192/short.html
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Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 11:12:05 -0500
From: Rachel Cherwinski
To: post@degrassi.org
Subject: Christian Campbell on School's Out
I missed School's out on Sunday due to taping probs, I
couldn't be home the night it was on because I had to work. I set
the VCR to tape it at the time the commercial said it was on and
when my tv guide said it was on. For some odd reason it wasn't on
when it was supposed to be so I don't have it on tape. I did
however find my old copy of it from when I taped it when it was
on originally. Those of you that actually watched it, did you
notice Neve Campbell's brother Christian was in the movie?? He
was Tessa's date, the guy sitting by the pool smoking pot with
Yick, at Lucy's grad party. Cool huh..I just started watching
it..so I wonder who else I'll spot in the movie??
Rachel
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From: DCardKJHS
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1998 23:56:31 EDT
To: webmaster@degrassi.org
Subject: Thank you!
I've been subscribed since #20 and I've grown attached to this Digest. I guess I'm the only "old fart" subscriber. I'm 51 and I've seen every Jr High and every DJH episode numerous times. I've been using them in my work since 1989. I teach 7th grade English and I show episodes to my classes to provoke discussion and provide topics for their writing. It has been an incredibly valuable asset to my teaching and to student learning, as well.
I fell in love with the characters and the format of the show from the first episode I saw on American PBS. With so many viewings of the series, I feel as if I know the characters intimately...and I like them all so much. The warmth and humanity that suffuses the characters has been indelibly tatooed on my teaching style. The DJH kids are as real to me as are my own students. And it has helped me to understand that my students have lives: problems, families, situations that may color their behavior and performance at school.
My students watch these episodes and we talk about them. We talk about events, but more importantly, we discuss "character" and characters. They recognize Joey's often thoughtless irresponsibility, but they also come to know that he is so full of good. Who could possibly be a better friend to Wheels immediately following the death of his adopted parents?
There are many other examples, of course. Spike, Shane, Caitlin, Arthur, and the others are speaking to kids in a way that those actors may only now be beginning to understand. I hope that as adults today they realize the value of the work they did on the series. It changed my life as a teacher, and I am absolutely certain that it has affected many of my students in a wholly positive manner. Students who come back always mention the Degrassi episodes as one of their best memories of my class.
Keep up the good work!
Dennis
*Mark* Thanks for your comments....I am sure it makes the cast
and crew happy that they still touch so many people.
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Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 16:36:14 -0700
To: post@degrassi.org
From: Cara
Subject: Good News!
The other day I heard a rumour that Showcase would not
continue to air Degrassi in the fall. Curious, I e-mailed
Showcase to ask if it was true. I just received a reply that said
Degrassi would continue to be aired in the fall, however
effective Monday, August 24th these programs began to air at
12:00 pm and 12:30 pm (Eastern / Pacific) Monday to Friday.
*Mark* Thanks for the news! Someone posted a couple of issues ago
that Degrassi was to end for Showcase, but thanks for letting us
know that it will still be on during mid-day.
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From: Annie
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 21:39:16 EDT
To: post@degrassi.org
Subject: sightings and stuff...
i love the site.
i have been watching degrassi and loving it for years. was
degrassi high filmed at the centennial college building on
mortimer and logan?? it kind of looks similar, but it could just
be the architecture of the time.
i have seen alex (from all three shows) on the subway in toronto,
i was surprised not to see him in his trademark beige corderoy
sportscoat!! (the show was sooo real!!) :)
and i saw alexa shopping at the bay with her mom or someone. she
was talking greek. the ethnicity of the show was just so great
huh???
schools out was so great. and interesting because it reminded me of kids of degrassi street because of the outside of school setting and stuff like that.
anyway keep it up
annie from toronto
*Mark* Centennial College, which housed the filming for
Degrassi High for 2 years was on Carlaw and Mortimer...You can
see the back of the building on Pape.
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From: "Joe Freeman"
To: webmaster@degrassi.org
Subject: Quotes
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 14:54:44 PDT
First I'd like to say that your site is amazing! It is amongst one of the sites that has the most Degrassi info that I have been to.
The quote I'd like to suggest, is one from Showtime. I believe
it's in both episodes. It is said by Claude, and here it is
"Soothing, black and warm."
*Mark* Thanks for the quote, I will add your name to the quotes
apge to the episode "Showtime Part 1"
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Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 15:13:53 -0600
From: MACARENA MARTFELD
To: post@degrassi.org
Subject: school's out
Well, well, well. It seems our good old gang isn't as pure as
we thought. I had never seen the movie before and it was quite
educational-to say the least. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it.
I'm especially happy that Caitlin finally gave Joey the boot. I'm
sorry but any guy who refers to women as "chicks" and
uses them like dishrags doesn't deserve my sympathy. And what's
with this "getting in her pants" business? Nice talk. I
was hoping that by this time Joey would have more respect for
women. Caitlin is way too intelligent and worldly for Joey. I
guess Joey can't take all the blame though with Tessa coming on
to him the way she did. I wish she'd told Joey about the
pregnancy and the abortion. I wondered about people like Arthur,
Liz, Kathleen, and Melanie. Where were they when all hell broke
loose? Drinking smoking pot, swearing and nudity too? tsk tsk.
Finally, they seemed to be acting like regular teenagers! I wish
my grad had been that exciting. (pout, pout) I really hoped that
we would see Spike finally getting together with someone. Oh
well. Kudos to Snake for finally standing up to Joey and Wheels!
Mark, I hope you don't consider my comments as
"bashing", mostly I'm just being facetious (did I spell
that right?) By the way, has anyone seen Bronco in that Levi's
hip hop commercial? That's it for now, see you
Macarena
*Mark* I agree with everything you posted. Joey treated Tessa
like garbage, she was an idiot for coming on to him, while he was
dating Caitlin. I felt bad for Caitlin, working hard, while Joey
was working not as hard at Shoppers DrugMart (The pharmacy in
Toronto, Queen and Carlaw street, across from Playing With Time)
In Quebec, we call it Pharmaprix. Anyway, he was sleeping with
Tessa, disrespecting Caitlin, while she was giving up sooooo much
for him. He called her a chick, getting into her pants...The
Degrassi kids were not that innocent and pure afterall, from a
quote from a colmnist, "They had beer bottles permanently
attached to their hands"....I think School's Out" was
extreme opposite to DJH/DH...It did not seem like the same kids,
although it was one year later, they seemed more corrupted....It
was also out of character for Joey/ Wheels, and Snake to break
up, but it is normal for best friends to lose touch...Spike, Liz,
the twins, LD, Melanie, Arthur, Kathleen, where were they?
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Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 15:54:24 -0700
From: Anastasia Volovets
To: post@degrassi.org
Subject: Characters
I watched Degrassi, a couple of years ago, but I still
remember all the episodes. But I do get confused about
characters. please send me a full list of characters. And another
thing, I always thought Wheels was actually named Derek. Am I
confusing him with someone else?
Sincerely Sam.
*Mark* I have sent you the URL's of the complete character
listings. Wheels' real name was Derek Wheeler.
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Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 18:39:42 -0700
From: Anastasia Volovets
To: Mark Aaron Polger <post@degrassi.org>
Subject: Wheels.
Hi Mark.
My question is this: what happened in the movie "School's
out?" I know that Joey sleeps with Caitlin ans someone gets
married? But what happens to Derek? (He's my fave) And also could
you tell me some info on the actor who played Derek Wheeler, I
think his name is Neil Hope. Like how old he is and what's he
involved in now? I haven't seen him in ages.
Thanks a lot.
Anastasia
*Mark* When my web partner for Degrassi Legacy,
http://www.degrassi-junior-high.org Natalie Earl, interviewed
Darrin Brown who played Dwayne, he told Natalie Earl, that Neil
Hope has "disappeared off the face of this planet"...so
I guess many of the cast have lost touch, and many of them do not
know what is new with Neil Hope.
You can check out some information about him at
http://www.degrassi.org/Degrassi-Talks/index.html
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Degrassi World #19 Bethany makes a decision
With school starting next week, clothing shopping is the paramount concern for the new grade 7 class at Degrassi Junior High.
Sabrina conned $300 from her parents Caitlin and Joey. This is
the first year she gets to pick her clothes by herself. Hooray!
No more sweater vests and chino pants. This year she'll be
sporting Sketchers and super baggy Levis. She is trying to change
her image from preppy to skater babe.
Emma has never worn a "new" outfit in her life. She gets all the vintage clothing she needs from Recycled Rubbish, her mother Christine's funky, vintage consignment shop. She and Christine have similar taste in clothing. Once an elderly lady asked Emma if her mother knew she was wearing a red leather miniskirt and 1970's platform heels. Emma answered "Yeah, I borrowed this outfit from her."
Once again Justin and Jacob drive their parents, Heather and Derek, crazy by choosing identical outfits. The twins have worn matching outfits since the day they were born. It enables them to pull pranks on unsuspecting teacher and girlfriends.
Chloe mooched a whooping $500 from her folks Archie and Melanie. She wants to be a model so she tries to dress like one, emulating styles from Vogue and Cosmopolitan. This is the first year she is allowed to wear makeup, so she goes full glam: acrylic fingernails, false eyelashes, and body glitter.
Bethany's parents Michelle and Bryant can't afford to give her
a clothing allowance this year. Bryant was laid off from his job,
so they could no longer afford to pay for both ballet academy and
new clothes. Bethany decided that dance lessons were more
important. She only had 5 more years to study before she would be
auditioning for the Royale Ballet of Canada.
The end.
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End of the School's Out Discussion Panel #38
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