The Day Has Finally Come!

I’m sure no one is quite as excited about this as I am, except Kelly (my freshman roommate), but the day is almost here. November 7, 2006 is the day I’ve been waiting for for 6 years! 90210 and Melrose Place are FINALLY coming out on DVD!!!

Now, to give you a little background on my love for these shows, I’m sure you’ll think I’m a little insane. But as I said, Kelly will understand. 90210 is the originally TV teen angst drama that started the entire phenomenon that we see on TV today. The WB, now The CW, has based their entire network on this type of show. It was the first show of it’s time to bring up “real” teen issues while including a good dose of soap opera drama on a nighttime TV program. I started watching this show in middle school. The 90210 gang was one year older than me. And then I continued watching all through college. I never missed a single episode in all 10 years of the show and some of the best times I had were when Kelly and I would close our dorm room door, turn off the lights, turn off the ringer on the phone and totally geek out to 90210 while discussing every character and situation. We were both madly in love with Dylan and it broke our hearts when he left, and when he came back, a couple years later (when Kelly and I were no longer roommates), you better believe we were the first ones on the phone with each other to rejoice and scream about Dylan’s return. So yes, this does sound a bit insane, but Kelly and I know that if there was ever a 90210 Jeopardy show, we would totally win and it would be a tie between both of us!

And then, there was Melrose Place. Ah, the joy it gave me to watch sisters throwing each other in pools, betrayal, manipulation, knavery, adultery, backstabbing and I could go on and on. Not that I like those characteristics, but there is always something about watching all of that going on and seeing just how great my life is compared to that! It was definitely weird to see Dr. Kimberly Shaw all cleaned up and sweet as Bree Van De Camp in Desperate Housewives. What a switch! And what about Kristen Davis mixing it up from Brooke Armstrong to Charlotte York on Sex and The City?! Melrose Place had a great cast with the best story lines and I loved the fact I could have a crush on Billy Campbell and aim to be a sassy business woman like Amanda Woodward every week!

These two shows are what started my true love with TV. So thank you Aaron Spelling and Darren Star! You have a place in my heart as two of my favorite TV heroes. I just hope you release all the season of each show in a timely manner! I’m starting from the beginning on November 7^th. I’m looking forward to re-living my teen years!