21. Jessie’s notorious caffeine pill addiction Yes, it was a little excessive. She was supposed to have an addiction to speed.
“What fans don’t know is that, when I originally wrote the episode with Tom Tenowich, Jessie was hooked on speed, not caffeine pills,”Engel wrote his memoir. “But Standards and Practices, the censorial department of NBC, vetoed it, saying speed was too serious for Saturday mornings.”
Engel and Standards and Practices ultimately opted for caffeine pills, despite their desire to examine the serious issue that is addiction.
22. Diamond was the talk of the town in 2009 when he published a book detailing his show and former co-stars. Behind the Bell(which would then become the source material of Lifetime’s). The Bell Story: Unauthorized Savings2014 The memoir contained allegations about steroid use, hookups, and other off-camera antics. Most of these were refuted by the cast. “Everything that I’ve heard about his book is negative and I don’t remember those things,” Gosselaar told E! News at that time.
Diamond, despite being close to the cast over the years, lost touch. His tell-all was the last straw. The actor was unable to attend the reunion set up for their 20th anniversary. People magazine in 2009.