@sorryibroughtitup: On August 20, 1989, two VERY different pieces of 90s history were unfolding just a few miles apart. Saved by the Bell was airing its first ever episode while, that same evening, Lyle and Erik Menendez killed their parents in Beverly Hills. One would become one of the fluffiest pieces of 90s pop culture. The other, one of the decade’s most infamous murder cases. The fact that these two worlds existed basically next door to each other at the exact same moment feels very bizarre. Do you remember either of these? I definitely do! #SavedByTheBell #MenendezBrothers #90sNostalgia #TrueCrime #DarkHistory

&Leah :

Wasn’t there a middle school version of saved by the bell before this? With miss bliss?

Maria Borg :

I want the Menendez to be released

Kylieyal :

Those two things are so unrelated

Chuck426 :

Another LA coincidence, but not in the 90’s. The opening of The Haunted Mansion and the Mason Family Murders were the same night. One was death and the afterlife with a bit of humour, the other was a very dark and sinister crime.

LittleYareta :

I remember this so well. And I wish those boys got justice , their father also abused the menudo members . I wasn’t a saved by the bell fan but def love the pop culture of it!

retro_ez :

It wasn’t all right because they were not in fact saved by the bell

Kaatskillserenade🧿 :

Perfect illustration of the duality of L.A

apo'🪲 :

lets not forget the mom also s€xualise abused Lyle

joycetaylor6840 :

Wow August 20th is my birthday !

yvette :

another one is the oj Simpson trial essentially cancelling the gargoyles

PaulPop2026 :

I want that red scooter!

Mauro Alberto Zazueta Dukes :

Love

✨Julie✨ :

Hona Ray :

I remember that episode so well!!

annak :

I remember both...

bren_aida :

I never really saw it, I was more a 90210 girt

Kristen :

The sprain was the first episode?!

bizzyis_ant_tony83 :

melly 👋 save by the bell came on sat morning in nyc channel 4

Leith Mum :

love finding you pop up with something nobody else is doing and I didn't know I was interested in 👌 l🥰

catethegreat393 :

Wow never heard that story. Overlapping events like that fascinate me, you get a really good sense of the time.

🌶️ay :

i’m first !

Dan Derson :

My 12th birthday!

Sam Milky :

Hmmm...this could have been stitched better if you found a common thread...literally from the fashions, like whatever the Menendez bros were wearing or style choice that mirrored something a character on Saved by the bell wore.

HeathenWenders :

Free Eric and Lyle

Hani . k🗿 :

1000 likes I quit smoking