Smurph, Finster and everybody...let's all buy a D-shirt and save screech's house

[kosar]

http://www.getdshirts.com/the_story.php

Hello there and welcome to getDshirts.com.

I'm Dustin Diamond and you probably remember me from the hit TV show Saved By The Bell. After the show ended I decided to leave Sunny Cailfornia for the midwest. My shitty credit meant that getting a loan for a house would be tough. I began looking and finally purchsed one on a land contract. I was thrilled! Now I call Wisconsin my home.

During the past years the land around me has developed for the better and my property value went way up. Now that the house is worth a lot more they want it back. Knowing my credit is bad, getting a straight mortgage would take some time. I received a letter stating that I had 30 days to pay $250,000.00 or get out. I was not thrilled.

Calling an old friend with lots of connections, I was finally referred to a man named Arthur Giraldo who works for New York Capital Exchange. "If he can't do it, it can't be done." Arthur was said to be an expert in land contracts and a guru when it came to getting difficult loans done. Indeed Arthur sold himself highly and away we went to save my house. I was told not to worry, that it wouldn't be a problem and that everything would be done quickly, as was needed.

I sent everything he asked for and signed all the papers that were sent to me. The closing date was to be set and he would have a lawyer who was in Wisconsin come to the closing with me. Arthur even said he was going to fly out himself and be there for the closing. The days went by and I never heard from him. I called and left message after message but never got a call back. I finally called from another number from the road (I travel the U.S. doing stand up comedy) and he picked up. As if we had all the time in the world, he brushed it off and said again not to worry. Everything was moving ahead and all is well. He set yet another closing date, but that came and went.

Meanwhile, all was not well and they still want the house. As days crept by and still no calls from Arthur, I was forced to threaten calling every day, all day long, every hour on the hour til I got a call back. Alas, I get a call back. "Don't worry. Everything's moving ahead and all is well." Less than thrilled.

This avoidance goes on and on for some time until...

"You got Served"

That's right, yours truly gets served with a notice to foreclose. They're gonna take my house! I'm gonna be homeless! Dustin Diamond homeless in Wisconsin. BULLSHIT! Time to call up New York Capital Exchange and set them straight! My message went something like this...

"Tell Arthur Giraldo that I just got served and was told that he hadn't contacted the holder of the land contract for over a month, never sent any papers over and as such, I am losing my house. If he doesn't call me back I'll go to Howard Stern and tell the world (New York especially) how he does business. Let's face it, if he can't find the time to work on a mortgage for a famous celebrity, how will he handle the average person?"

In more words than one I was told basically... "Go f... yourself!"

One phone call later I was telling the Stern show what had happened.
Time to pay the piper Arthur. You shouldn't have f...ed with the Dman.

At this point I have less than 40 days to save my house and I'm calling out to anyone who will listen.

1. I want Arthur to lose his cushy job at NYCE where he screws over the working man then laughs at their expense.

2. I ask you to join my fight against injustice by helping to save my house.

I've designed a T-shirt for all of you to wear to show your support. All monies go towards Saving My House!

1. A $15.00 donation will get you a comfortable and stylish cotton T-Shirt telling the world you helped save my house.

2. A $20.00 donation will get you that same T-Shirt signed by me with my special message "**** Giraldo".

First we rallied to Free Wynona. The next time we Voted For Pedro. This time we'll Save Screeech's House!

Please rally behind me and together we can end the feeble handling of peoples futures by Arthur Giraldo and at the same time SAVE MY HOUSE!

~ Dustin Diamond

 

[kosar]

There are A-list celebrities and Z-list celebrities -- but the alphabet would have to be expanded to properly categorize Dustin Diamond, who made his name in the late '80s and early '90s playing Samuel "Screech" Powers on the time-capsule-ready teen series Saved by the Bell, then pretty much disappeared. But Diamond won't be saved by ManiaTV!

On August 14, the has-been star was scheduled to personally helm a five-hour telethon from the two-year-old online network's Denver headquarters, with proceeds earmarked for his "Save My House" campaign; on his website, www.getdshirts.com, Diamond (who couldn't be reached for comment) says that his home in Wisconsin is facing foreclosure. Then, just ninety minutes before the telethon was scheduled to begin, Richard Ayoub, ManiaTV!'s vice president of programming, pulled the plug.

"We didn't want to take the risk," explains ManiaTV! spokesman Jason Damata. "We couldn't verify that his house is in foreclosure, and even if there are facts to substantiate that it is and he's really, honestly trying to save his house, he exhibited some really strange and obnoxious behavior."

As Damata tells it, in the week or two before the big day, Diamond seemed legitimately excited about the telethon, and eagerly accepted ManiaTV!'s offer to fly him to Denver along with a companion, Jennifer, whom he introduced as his manager and fianc?e (in at least one article, she's referred to as his wife). But Diamond's tone was much more negative after he arrived in town, even though he was generating headlines for the first time in recent memory. (On August 10, USA Today and other newspapers reported that Diamond had gotten into a mini-brawl with a woman who he claimed had broken into his hotel room in Omaha and tried to swipe some of his video games.) Things deteriorated further on Monday, the morning of the telethon, when Diamond was slated to conduct more than a dozen interviews that ManiaTV! had arranged with radio stations around the country. While Diamond participated in the chats, the ManiaTV! rep who moderated the conversations told Damata that the Screecher didn't seem comfortable talking about the fundraiser or even the "Save My House" crusade, which he'd previously pimped on Howard Stern's show and elsewhere.

And afterward, Damata says, Diamond "acted like a complete jerk," which prompted Ayoub to pull Jennifer aside for a conversation -- and her comments made him wonder if the main thing in danger of foreclosure was ManiaTV!'s reputation. "We're really trying to develop trust," Damata notes, "and if we're perceived by our audience as being involved in something that was just a publicity stunt, it might be more hurtful than helpful."

Diamond and Jennifer were very upset when they learned that the telethon had been yanked, Damata continues, and they proceeded to run up a $700 bill at the Adam's Mark hotel on ManiaTV!'s tab. Meanwhile, ManiaTV! announced the programming change by placing a "CANCELLED" banner across Diamond's photo on its website, www.maniatv.com, and adding the phrase "Screech Sucks."

As if that were new information.

 

[Happy Hippo]

:mj07: :mj07:

All these SBTB posts are really funny... Thanks for lightening up the forum!

 

[kosar]

HH,

I agree that the current dealings of SBTB actors can be amusing, but we have a very serious situation on our hands here. Please buy d-shirts for you and all of your friends and help support the cause!

 

[smurphy]

Kosar, I cannot support you on this cause. There's something very fishy aboutr Screech's recent activities. There's no way he should be on the verge of losing his house.

The dude has/had plenty of money. He's obviously gambling it away, snorting it up his nose, or blowin it on hoes. ....Not to say any of those are bad things, but they void a person's just cause for charity.

There are plenty of good causes in the world, this is not one of them. Best of luck to Screech, but at the risk of losing the 'socialist' label I worked so hard to acheive around here - he's on his own as far as I'm concerned.

.....Didn't Horshack try this very same scam 20 years ago?

 

[kosar]

Kosar, I cannot support you on this cause. There's something very fishy aboutr Screech's recent activities. There's no way he should be on the verge of losing his house.

The dude has/had plenty of money. He's obviously gambling it away, snorting it up his nose, or blowin it on hoes. ....Not to say any of those are bad things, but they void a person's just cause for charity.

There are plenty of good causes in the world, this is not one of them. Best of luck to Screech, but at the risk of losing the 'socialist' label I worked so hard to acheive around here - he's on his own as far as I'm concerned.

.....Didn't Horshack try this very same scam 20 years ago?

That's a bunch of bullshit. My thinking is that he had a crooked agent who stole from him all of his career and left him high and dry.

For christs sake, he's like 35 and people still scream 'screech' at him when they see him on the street. YOU THINK HE HAS AN EASY LIFE?!

And on top of all that, he just got beat up by a broad who stole his playstation games.

No, my friend, you better pick up a few d-shirts.

 

[smurphy]

And on top of all that, he just got beat up by a broad who stole his playstation games.
.

I already told you my theory on that one. His hotel room was a drug den. He was on a bender with some junkie ho - they got in a fight. He broke those Playstation games on his own while peaking on some bad shlt.

Your probably right that he's been taken advantage of as a kid by Hollywood execs. But he's still famous and has monetary value. There's no excuse for not being very comfortable at this point.

.....No excuse except drugs and hookers. He doesn't have 'Charlie Sheen' money, so he can't afford to be THAT wasteful and still pay quartermillion dollar mortgages.

I'm sorry, my friend. I didn't buy pizza for the Hebrew Hammers and I'm not gonna buy a T-shirt for Screech.:sadwave:

 

[kosar]

But he's still famous and has monetary value. There's no excuse for not being very comfortable at this point.

Famous?? This poor guy has no marketable value. He was screech, for christs sake! What have you seen him in since SBTB?

All the rest have at least done SOMETHING after SBTB, whether it be a TV movie of the week, 'Showgirls' or 90210 and NYPD Blue, but they've done SOMETHING.

This sap has had no revenue since SBTB:The next class when he was Mr. Beldings assistant. That show sucked and that next class sucked.

That's it! And that ended like 10 years ago.

His accounts are bone dry and he needs our help.

For the love of God, it's only $15 to help save a screech! Buy a d-shirt!

 

[smurphy]

I saw him on that gangsta wanna be movie with Vince Vaughn and John Favreau. He was on the VIP list at P-Diddy's club. It pissed of Vaughn's character cuz he walked right in ahead of him with some hot chick on his arm.

He was also in the commercial for Trivial Pursuit - 90's Edition.

I'm getting the feeling that Screech isn't much of a go-getter. To quote another Vaughn-Favreau film, he's so money and doesn't realize it. If he was out there taking advantage of the icon he is (EVERYONE has heard of Screech) then he'd be set for life.

Instead he's pimping some lame as t-shirts? For 20 bucks you get to tell some mortgage banker to fvck himself?? I'm sorry, but that's really really ghetto.

He's either doped up or just simply a dope. I don't think selling a few t-shirts is going to help what really ails him. He needs to get his ass kicked .....by someone bigger than a crack ho this time.

Sorry Screech, but this is tough love. I don't give to panhandlers and I aint givin to you my brutha.

 

[bjfinste]

I saw him on that gangsta wanna be movie with Vince Vaughn and John Favreau. He was on the VIP list at P-Diddy's club. It pissed of Vaughn's character cuz he walked right in ahead of him with some hot chick on his arm.

Vaughn" "Did you see that shit? Did you just let Screech in the f*ckin' club? I'm waiting in line, and you just let Screech in the f*cking club!!"

Doorman: "He's on the list, man."

Vaughn: "Show me the list! I wanna see on your f*cking list where it says that Screech is on the f*cking list. Show me f*cking Screech on your f*cking list!!" (reaches for the list)

Doorman: "Get your hands off. Shut the f*ck up. We'll f*ckin' throw your ass out of town!"

Vaughn: "Who, you and Screech?!?!"

Doorman: "Yeah. Me and f*ckin' Screech."

Great scene (from the so-so movie Made). Kosar, I'm gonna have to take some time to think this one out. He's certainly doing a good job of keeping his name in the news.

 

[smurphy]

Screech has had his chance. If he can't manage his funds well enough on his own to avoid being homeless at age 35, then I'm afraid we just have to let Darwinism take it's course on the fella.

If you want a good cause - NOW - then send our young starving student friend Finster some t-shirt money. That's an investment that could pay off down the road.

Think about it as if you were an owner of a sports franchise - would you rather invest in a 35 year old has-been or an younger guy with some upside?

For $15 you could get a shirt that tells the world you helped create another liberal lawyer. For $25, bjfinste will sign it personally and add a special FU message to Dr. Freeze. .....How's that sound?

.....thanks for that cinema re-cap finster. i don't think screech himself would have been able to replay that scene nearly as well.