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Sitcoms and suds don't mix
By Steve Schmadeke, Tribune reporter 7:18 p.m. CST, January 12, 2011
What would Mr. Belding say?
Police were called last week to Mullets Sports Bar & Restaurant in Homer Glen to deal with an angry customer who allegedly shattered a framed photo of A.C. Slater, a fictional, mullet-wearing jock played by Mario Lopez in the 1990s television series "Saved by the Bell."
(Wait, we do know what Mr. Belding would be saying: "Hey, hey, hey, what is going on here?")
"I just don't like Slater," the man reportedly told the owner after allegedly yanking the photo from its place of pride above a urinal and smashing it on the floor. The owner told police the bathroom door also was damaged.
The man left after another person gave the bar owner $11 for the broken frame, according to a Will County sheriff's police account. A message left Wednesday for the bar owner wasn't returned.
Left unclear in the police description was what sparked such anti-Slater rage.
Was it the pleated Z. Cavariccis? The way Slater treated Jessie during senior year? Or something darker — was Slater somehow involved in the disappearance of sister J.B. Slater, who according to IMDb.com appears in a single episode before vanishing forever like Richie Cunningham's older brother in "Happy Days"?
Or maybe he should've just passed on that drink, unlike Slater at that infamous senior-year toga party (you know, the one at Ox's house, which led to the drunken driving crash in which Slater hurt his shoulder and learned that, even if Lisa was elected homecoming queen, you can't just toss your morals out the window).
sschmadeke@tribune.com
What would Mr. Belding say?
Police were called last week to Mullets Sports Bar & Restaurant in Homer Glen to deal with an angry customer who allegedly shattered a framed photo of A.C. Slater, a fictional, mullet-wearing jock played by Mario Lopez in the 1990s television series "Saved by the Bell."
(Wait, we do know what Mr. Belding would be saying: "Hey, hey, hey, what is going on here?")
"I just don't like Slater," the man reportedly told the owner after allegedly yanking the photo from its place of pride above a urinal and smashing it on the floor. The owner told police the bathroom door also was damaged.
The man left after another person gave the bar owner $11 for the broken frame, according to a Will County sheriff's police account. A message left Wednesday for the bar owner wasn't returned.
Left unclear in the police description was what sparked such anti-Slater rage.
Was it the pleated Z. Cavariccis? The way Slater treated Jessie during senior year? Or something darker — was Slater somehow involved in the disappearance of sister J.B. Slater, who according to IMDb.com appears in a single episode before vanishing forever like Richie Cunningham's older brother in "Happy Days"?
Or maybe he should've just passed on that drink, unlike Slater at that infamous senior-year toga party (you know, the one at Ox's house, which led to the drunken driving crash in which Slater hurt his shoulder and learned that, even if Lisa was elected homecoming queen, you can't just toss your morals out the window).
sschmadeke@tribune.com
