Help Screech keep his house

Ryanwb · June 18th, 2006, 02:54 PM

He's facing a $250,000 foreclosure.... what a jackass

'Screech' hopes to be saved by the T-shirt

Associated Press
Jun. 17, 2006 11:10 AM

MILWAUKEE - More than a bell is needed to save Dustin Diamond this time around. Diamond, best known as geeky Screech Powers on the 1989-1993 teen comedy series "Saved by the Bell," is selling T-shirts with his photo on them to try to raise $250,000 so he doesn't lose his gray two-story house under a foreclosure order.

"If the public didn't care, I as an entertainer wouldn't have been a success," he said.

Diamond, 29, is trying to sell nearly 30,000 shirts - at $15 or $20 (autographed) each - to supplement the income he makes as a standup comic so he doesn't have to move from his Port Washington home, about 25 miles north of Milwaukee.

The T-shirt has a photo of Diamond holding a sign that says, "Save My House." The back of the shirt reads, "I paid $15.00 to save Screeech's house." The third "e" was added to get around copyright laws, he said.

He's selling the shirts on his Web site: http://www.getdshirts.com.

The foreclosure order was filed last month in Ozaukee County Circuit Court.

Diamond appeared on Howard Stern's satellite radio show Tuesday to plead his case. "I'm doing great with my comedy, but this is definitely a low point," he said. "Real life comes in and affects you."

Diamond doesn't have a listed phone number, and e-mails to the address on his Web site and at an alternative address were not immediately returned Thursday.

Jersey Girl · June 18th, 2006, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Ryanwb

Diamond appeared on Howard Stern's satellite radio show Tuesday to plead his case. "I'm doing great with my comedy, but this is definitely a low point," he said. "Real life comes in and affects you."

Um, duh!

nothin' but net · June 18th, 2006, 03:04 PM

coyoteshockeyfan · June 18th, 2006, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Ryanwb

The back of the shirt reads, "I paid $15.00 to save Screeech's house." The third "e" was added to get around copyright laws, he said.

NEZCardsfan · June 18th, 2006, 03:45 PM

What kind of America do we live in where a Screech Powers is not successful??

I'm buying 50 shirts.

Ryanwb · June 18th, 2006, 04:04 PM

Screeched is the longest 1 syllable word in the English language

Assface · June 18th, 2006, 04:06 PM

Screech rules. Let the man keep his house, he provided us with many years of quality television.

Ryanwb · June 18th, 2006, 04:09 PM

If we combined Charlie Sheen, the midget from Webster, the remains from the dead guy who played Mr. Belvedear and all the talent that Screech has left, we could raise this money in one night in Vegas. I should be a talent manager..... sheesh

devilalum · June 18th, 2006, 04:35 PM

Why doesn't he just get a job?

Dback Jon · June 18th, 2006, 04:40 PM

Wow - had I known, I would have dropped him a couple of bucks - I was in Port Washington last week....

bratwurst · June 18th, 2006, 07:41 PM

Saved by the Bell was over back in 93. Hasn't he found a job yet?

Ryanwb · June 18th, 2006, 08:54 PM

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Saved by the Bell was over back in 93. Hasn't he found a job yet?

Only my Uncle Rick has a lamer excuse

drkknght · June 18th, 2006, 10:26 PM

i heard this on stern the other day. i thought it made for funny radio, but that aside... i just don't feel that bad for him. his kinda down-luck happens to a ton of people across the country, none of which have the access to help that he has (for starters, the ability to get air time)

Ryanwb · June 19th, 2006, 12:02 AM

I don't know how Mr. Belding can sleep at night knowing a Bayside High student is down on his luck like this. Way to go Mr. B, way to go

nathan · June 19th, 2006, 01:09 AM

I don't think I'd pay $20 for an autographed DD shirt, but I think I would pay $20 for him to leave a message on my voice mail (in character).