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I always thought that this, "Good Morning, Miss Bliss" was just the original "Saved by the Bell" because everything was the same, high school layout, writing, classrooms, etc. etc. etc...I could go on. You had your first AC Slater; that forgien kid with the jerry curl hair. The yuppie, friend of Zacks with the same big hair as Jessie. The only thing missing was the hot chick; Kelly. But take Hayley Mills thirty years before and she could be a Kelly. (Damn, Hayley Mills was cute back in the day.) Anyways, to me this will always be the original Saved By the Bell. Either way, they are both good shows to fall asleep to take you back to your high school days.

I recently watched some of this series again for nostalgia. The show centers around legendary actress Halley Mills who plays a school teacher in a small town in Indiana and her interactions with her students. Of course we all are introduced to the main antagonist Zach Morris, played by Mark Paul Gossler. We also have a supporting cast including Dustin Diamond, Lark Voorhies, and Denis Haskins. There are other trivial characters as well. This show would set up the foundation for the reboot which became the beloved classic we all fell in love with in the early 90's. The show I thought was not bad, it had its good points. I do believe they focused too much on the Miss Bliss character which led to lower ratings initially. When the show was reformatted and focused on Zach with a better supporting cast that included Mario Lopez, Tiffany Amber Theissen, and Elisebeth Burkley, and of course bringing Lark, Dustin, and Dennis from the original show, their chemistry clicked and the show became a hit. Good morning Miss Bliss was not entirely bad it was just not engaging enough with some bad casting choices. Thankfully that was corrected and the show was successful with better writing which became Saved by the Bell. Love it or hate this first incarnation of the show started it all, so if anything we owe this little show a nod from all of us SBTB fans.

Okay, so this show wasn't that great, but I hope everyone realizes that this was the show responsible for the launch of Saved By The Bell, one of the most awesome Saturday morning shows that I must say I and everyone I know watched religiously as we were growing up. :D

I just wish I could see more episodes of it. I only get to see it occasionaly when they venture into the earliest episodes of the show which older Zach usually narrates the beginning of (renamed Saved By the Bell and played now in syndication as if they had been normal episodes of the SbtB series).

Oh, and Saved by the Bell: The New Class was terrible!!!

Long live Zach, Kelly, Lisa, Screech, AC, Jessie, and Mr. Belding! hehe

I love Good Morning, Miss Bliss! I don't understand why some people don't like it... it's got a great plot and amazing characters! Miss Bliss is such an inspiring teacher, with great personality. Zack, Lisa, Mikey, Nikki, Screech, etc all represented the diversity of junior high. The show is really funny and you will love each character! GMMB represented my childhood... each episode was unique and interesting. I watch it now regularly because it's truly a great show. The themes in each episode are relevant and are greatly enhanced by Miss Bliss, Miss Paladrino, Mylo and Mr. Belding as well as all of the students mentioned above. I highly recommend watching this show... it is AMAZING!! It may be old and it may be 80's, but the plot and characters are things that will always stay with you and the laughs you get will be irreplaceable. This is a great pre-show to Saved by the Bell.

Oh my God! Zack Morris had to be the cutest guy to hit the saga of the 80s teen idols. And the fact that Mark-Paul Gosselaar was so young was unbelievable! I've seen almost every episode of Good Morning, Miss Bliss and I have to say, Hayley Mills is terrific in this show. I've seen her as a young a young starlet appearing in movies such as the original Parent Trap (which is just as good as the Lindsay Lohan version). I was a big fan of 60s movies, FYI. And whatever happened to Mikey and Nikki? They were great characters, and they coped well with Zack's antics! An besides, I used to have a crush on Mikey(between you and me, Mikey was way cuter than Zack). At least they didn't get rid of Lisa Turtle (Lark Voorhies), Saved by the Bell would have never been right without her. Oh, and Mr. Belding too! He pretty much a better father figure on the show for Zack than his own father was in both Good Morning, Miss Bliss and Saved By The Bell. And I'm so mad that they got rid of Milo. He was the coolest. Well, all I have to say is whatever you do, never take Good Morning, Miss Bliss or Saved By The Bell of television, even if you keep showing reruns. Without these shows, you would never know what you can expect in junior high?

As a kid born in 1985, I became of a learning age around 1990. At that time, SAVED BY THE BELL was just starting off. Zack, Slater, Kelly, Screech, Lisa, Jessie, Mr. Belding... they were all there. Reruns started about two years after that.

And the reruns messed with my head.

You see, I had no prior knowledge that this Bayside-based high school sitcom actually had roots in a former show entitled GOOD MORNING, MISS BLISS. But apparently everyone else had, so there were no explanations when these episodes were aired under the SAVED BY THE BELL moniker and threw my entire viewing experience off its axis.

It was ve-e-e-ery '80s. Zack was pretty young (around 14 or 15?) and he was aside a prepubescent Screech and two new kids that seemed to be 1989 in the raw. Miss Bliss was weird; and the episode where they invest in potatoes is just damn bizarre.

Like the entire show.

My opinion of this original version of "Saved By The Bell" has remained virtually unchanged since it premiered over a decade ago. Basically, it's rarely funny, sometimes quite slow-moving, and yet, I still occasionally watch the reruns because it is a pain-free way to kill some time. That's hardly an endorsement, but it is quite the compliment considering how weak this show really is. I can't explain why I watched it when it first aired, and I can't explain why I sometimes watch it now...perhaps these days it's a nostalgic thing, but I don't really know. One thing's for sure: unless you grew up watching this and "Saved By The Bell", you shouldn't bother giving this show a chance.

Good Morning, Miss Bliss is not as bad as people make it seem. It has plots similar to that of Saved by the Bell, with the exception of the romance but the major flaw that the show faces is humor. This is not a funny show! However, like SBTB the show does raise some questions like why does the Janitor hang out with the principal and teachers? Whatever the reasons I always like to ignore this show and just think of it as a rejected first draft.

I loved Hayley Mills in the original series as Miss Bliss. But the rest of the series just displayed many stereotypes that we would be better off without. A brainless jock, a Barbie doll ditz, a spoiled rich kid, a young womanizer and a geek just for starters. Selfish, self indulgent teens with no real substance. With the exception of perhaps one or two characters, their first instinct was always to dupe someone or get something they were told they couldn't have. It was always at the expense of someone else. The only time they showed any morals or regret was when they were caught and told how they should act. And while they made fun of geeks at every opportunity, how is it that Scheech (a self admitted geek) was one of their circle of friends? Of course he was the fall guy for many a prank. Pityful. I would not let my children watch this show....ever.

I watch Saved by the Bell every morning, and for a while, I noticed that there was no Slater, Kelly, or Jessie. And that's just weird. Because Saved by the Bell always had those people, and this show, called "Saved by the Bell" did not.

I really didn't enjoy this version. There were two students who didn't even make it to the actual show, and that's lame.

Anyway, it's 7AM, and I'm missing Saved by the Bell, the one where Kelly has to pick between Zack and Slater to take to the dance (It's a pretty old one, Slater just showed up at Bayside yesterday), so I have to go.

What do you all think of this show as it related to the actual show Saved by the Bell, you know, the one that got super popular in the early 90s and that we all grew up on?

I never liked this show and there was also no point to it. The show was just about a junior high teacher named Miss Bliss who would just teach her students a different life lesson in each episode. They were great lessons but to preachy. What also bothered me is that this show was for kids and the majority of the time you could relate more to the teacher than to the students. Which leads to my next point, Lisa was pointless, Zack and Screech were okay, and everyone else sucked!

Hayley Mills as a junior high teacher in Indiana with a wide range of would-be interesting students (Mark Paul Gosselaar, Dustin Diamond and Lark Voorhies most notably). Precursor to "Saved by the Bell" just never did get it right. Mills seems totally tired and out of place with the likable youngsters and principal Dennis Haskins was not a large enough focus here. Constant attempts by NBC to get the show going on the network failed and The Disney Channel (never a very good cable show producer) picked up the rights. Only 13 episodes were ever completed over a three-year period and none are really worth mentioning. As ho-hum as "Saved by the Bell" is, it looks like American television magic compared to "Good Morning, Miss Bliss". Turkey (0 stars out of 5).