Speaker 1: Okay, So we were supposed to do another recap show,
Speaker 1: but some very sad news came over the weekend. We
Speaker 1: lost one of our our own, and this is never
Speaker 1: easy to talk about. Mrs Teasley, the one and only
Speaker 1: Denise Dause passed away this Saturday. Yeah, and we were shocked.
Speaker 1: I mean it so shocked. She was only sixty four
Speaker 1: years old. Yeah, this came out of nowhere. I came.
Speaker 1: I read that she was suffering battling meningitis right. It
Speaker 1: caused her body to shut down and go into a
Speaker 1: coma and she never woke up from the coma. It's
Speaker 1: unbelievable to me, and I can't imagine how devastated her
Speaker 1: family is, her sister, everyone that knew her. I mean,
Speaker 1: it was just shocking, shocking, it was. These kind of
Speaker 1: deaths are the hardest. I think it was so hard
Speaker 1: to put up a post the other day and I
Speaker 1: saw that from her account on Instagram she had posted
Speaker 1: someone had posted back. And you have that moment where
Speaker 1: you're like, I know it's they're gone, and I know
Speaker 1: it's true, but I had that one moment where I
Speaker 1: was like I almost felt like maybe she's still there,
Speaker 1: and it was her sister Tracy taking over her account
Speaker 1: to stay to all of her friends and fans um
Speaker 1: what had happened, and to kind of fill everyone in.
Speaker 1: And it was just like you felt like that lost,
Speaker 1: Like everybody. She was so loved, I mean everyone, yeah, everywhere.
Speaker 1: She had so many fans, so many fans from so
Speaker 1: many different shows. I mean, yes, Denise was best known,
Speaker 1: probably by a lot of people, for her role as
Speaker 1: Mrs Teasley, uh Mrs t as we called her on
Speaker 1: our show, but she was on so many other shows.
Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, she'said like a hundred and twenty two
Speaker 1: acting credits alone on her d m IMDb page, and
Speaker 1: and she just finished her first full length directorial gig.
Speaker 1: She was in her prime. Yeah, and it's so hard
Speaker 1: Like at the time, we were in high school and
Speaker 1: she was the vice principal, So you think if someone
Speaker 1: is so much older, I didn't realize she's just sixty four.
Speaker 1: She's basically fifteen years old. Hello, that's great. God. I
Speaker 1: didn't realize she was our vice principal. I thought she
Speaker 1: was always just the principle. Was there someone else that
Speaker 1: was the principal? No, it seems like she was just
Speaker 1: that was it? That was. It was Mrs T that
Speaker 1: was in. How many episodes was she in? Because she
Speaker 1: was episodes over all ten. Yeah, she was in the
Speaker 1: finale at the Web, at our wedding, at Donna and
Speaker 1: David's wedding. It's teasily there. It's so interesting because when
Speaker 1: I thought back, I'd forgotten she was in the wedding episode.
Speaker 1: And in my mind, I was like, gosh, we were
Speaker 1: so close with her, and she loved so much and
Speaker 1: we loved her so much that she just kept back
Speaker 1: pean back to visit set. That's what my memory was,
Speaker 1: and I was like, no, she kept being in episodes
Speaker 1: along the ten seasons, even after we were in high
Speaker 1: school anymore. Because there was just something about Denise that
Speaker 1: was so like easy and like like she was like
Speaker 1: your oldest friend, and she just would show up on
Speaker 1: set and then she'd be in a scene and then
Speaker 1: it would be like it was just so natural being
Speaker 1: around her and and working with her like so easy.
Speaker 1: I could still remember her smile. She always me I
Speaker 1: mean I remember, I mean, I think my first big
Speaker 1: scheme with her was when Donna had a learning stability
Speaker 1: and I was so nervous. I was like, oh, my gosh,
Speaker 1: I have to do drama. I hadn't done much aside
Speaker 1: from being like the sidekick on the show. And she
Speaker 1: was so easy to work with, it so encouraging, and
Speaker 1: she knew I was super nervous, and that was the
Speaker 1: day that was just like, oh my gosh, thank goodness,
Speaker 1: that big scene was with her. Um. Yeah, she always
Speaker 1: gave the best hugs set. Yeah, such a warm, kind woman.
Speaker 1: And I can imagine, you know, she just directed the
Speaker 1: this movie um with a friend of mine, actually remember me,
Speaker 1: the Mahalia Jackson Story, which looks like it's a really
Speaker 1: good movie, and she I can imagine what it was
Speaker 1: like to be directed by her and to be on
Speaker 1: her set, because she just had that like warm and
Speaker 1: you know, engaging, inviting, inclusive energy about her. So it's
Speaker 1: just a terrible loss for for a lot a lot
Speaker 1: of people that worked with her knew her, loved her
Speaker 1: and her family. And also just seeing the outpour of
Speaker 1: actors who she had worked with coached at just over
Speaker 1: the years that just loved her so much, loved working
Speaker 1: with her. Was really nice to see. I mean, because
Speaker 1: she was really respected and prolific actress. You know. Part
Speaker 1: of this industry. She for so many years was doing
Speaker 1: her thing and and she never in the game. She
Speaker 1: loved it. I thought what Iron wrote was really beautiful
Speaker 1: if you want me to read it, because he had
Speaker 1: so many m Steve and Mrs Teasley had scenes with
Speaker 1: her because she really you know, had to hand it
Speaker 1: to him a lot, a lot. So he wrote, um,
Speaker 1: so heartbroke, so heartbreaking to say Denise Dalles has passed away.
Speaker 1: Throughout all my years working on Beverly Hills nine O
Speaker 1: two and O, my scenes with Denise will always be
Speaker 1: remembered with the utmost in respect for her talent and
Speaker 1: fondness for the loving soul she was. Some of my
Speaker 1: heartiest off camera laughs were between she and I hammering
Speaker 1: out the discipline her Mrs Teasley would dish out to
Speaker 1: my Steve Sanders, my sincere condolences to her family and
Speaker 1: all others who she was dear too. God bless you Denise.
Speaker 1: Pay forward that legacy, key A. I mean, he's such
Speaker 1: a beautiful writer, but that really brings tears to my eyes.
Speaker 1: It just sounds like she had such a presence on
Speaker 1: your set. Yeah, and it would it would be accurate
Speaker 1: to think that he to say that he worked with
Speaker 1: her probably the most, because Steve was always getting into
Speaker 1: trouble at school. Yeah. It makes me laugh because I
Speaker 1: can think about her scenes where she is just like
Speaker 1: given him the what for? Yeah, and I just it
Speaker 1: just seems like these kinds of losses are so like unbelievable,
Speaker 1: unimaginable and unacceptable in my brain, you know, like it's yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: because you are frozen in time with her from thirty
Speaker 1: years ago. I would love to go back and look
Speaker 1: at some of the first script she was in and
Speaker 1: see like she was it written in there or did
Speaker 1: she bring that humor to it. We have a few
Speaker 1: sort of iconic Mrs Teasley scenes that will play throughout
Speaker 1: this episode today. So if you want to listen to
Speaker 1: a couple right now, Yes, let's listen to What's our first?
Speaker 1: Is the first one from the first season. Yes, let's
Speaker 1: listen to something from the first season right now. This
Speaker 1: study is getting on my nerves. That fits in with
Speaker 1: your personality profile. You avoid probing beneath the surface and
Speaker 1: have a tendency to gloss things over with words thank you,
Speaker 1: and you're more intuitive, open but impressionable. Two peas in
Speaker 1: a pod right Okay, wow, so that was your first
Speaker 1: appearance and I know you went out. Yeah, so what
Speaker 1: if we take a quick break and we're gonna come
Speaker 1: back with um some fans like, we really just wanted
Speaker 1: to make this a special, special moment to honor Denise
Speaker 1: A k A. Mrs t m H. Hi Jessica, Hey,
Speaker 1: how are you guys? Hi? It's so nice of you
Speaker 1: to join us, Thank you, thank you for asking. So
Speaker 1: we we know that you have heard the news about
Speaker 1: Denise and just kind of wanted to give us a
Speaker 1: little insight. You are a big fan of hers, I
Speaker 1: am of the show, of all of it. Um uh
Speaker 1: you know. I was googling, like youtubeing some different videos
Speaker 1: of her last night and there was one um she
Speaker 1: was flying to Hawaii to celebrate a birthday and was
Speaker 1: just like telling her fans thank you for the birthday.
Speaker 1: She just seemed like the kindest, sweetest person. And then
Speaker 1: I realized she she had made guest appearances on several
Speaker 1: shows that I had liked, um Seinfeld Gilmore Girls, but
Speaker 1: one of the favorites was obviously not I know two
Speaker 1: I know, and one of my best memories of her
Speaker 1: I think was of course the Donna Martin graduates, and
Speaker 1: I remember when she came to tell Brandon or somebody,
Speaker 1: I think that the school board was you know, gonna,
Speaker 1: i don't know, expel them or not let them graduate,
Speaker 1: and she was like, protect your education, don't throw it away.
Speaker 1: But I felt like, deep inside she was like stick
Speaker 1: to your guns. You know. She always had a professional
Speaker 1: attitude and did what was right. But I don't know,
Speaker 1: I just always got the vibe as a teenager that like,
Speaker 1: deep down she was in support of the kids, or
Speaker 1: she wanted to see him, you know, take a stand
Speaker 1: for what was right. At least that was the that
Speaker 1: was the feeling I got. Yeah. Yeah, I think that's
Speaker 1: why we all felt so close to her too, because
Speaker 1: she felt like one of us. Like she didn't feel
Speaker 1: like an authoritarian figure. You know, she was more fun
Speaker 1: and supportive. Like you said, yeah, she seemed like that
Speaker 1: kind of person that you could, you know, go and
Speaker 1: sit down in the office and just tell your troubles too,
Speaker 1: or your boy problems or you know whatever it was.
Speaker 1: At least as a teenager watching the show, that's what
Speaker 1: I felt like. It was like everybody wanted a vice
Speaker 1: principal like her, and she was like that in real life. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's awesome. It's so sad. It's she just seemed like
Speaker 1: a very kind, genuine person. It was sad to hear
Speaker 1: the news. Yeah, well, our hearts go out to her.
Speaker 1: Thank you Jessica for your insight, and thank you guys
Speaker 1: remembering her. Let me do this of course, talk to you.
Speaker 1: I think one of my um favorite like the ones
Speaker 1: that comes to my mind right away is that is
Speaker 1: the episode that was like around Christmas where we all
Speaker 1: went on the school bus and um, Steve was like,
Speaker 1: wasn't he suspended or he was in detention or something.
Speaker 1: He wasn't supposed to show up, but then he did
Speaker 1: and he dressed like Santa. If we just watched this
Speaker 1: on the on the pod, we went to Alvarado Street, yep,
Speaker 1: and we were all chewing gum on the bus. Totaly
Speaker 1: misses you too. Oh that was season three, episode sixteen.
Speaker 1: It's a totally happening life. Perhaps your spaces on the
Speaker 1: bus could have been filled from the long waiting list
Speaker 1: of students who would have been happy to join us
Speaker 1: at the Alvarado Street School today. But at this point,
Speaker 1: unless you have a note from your doctor saying that
Speaker 1: you have pneumonia and I want to see that chest
Speaker 1: x ray. I expect to see each and every one
Speaker 1: of your smiling faces on that bus, and I mean immediately,
Speaker 1: if not sooner. That was a good one. Oh my gosh.
Speaker 1: Now I just want to jump to like season ten,
Speaker 1: the season finale, and see her again at the wedding. No,
Speaker 1: don't do that yet. I want to see her at
Speaker 1: the grat. I watched it on YouTube last night. I
Speaker 1: couldn't help myself. It's so it's so cool, and I
Speaker 1: just remember thinking like, oh my gosh, I wonder when
Speaker 1: that episode comes on and it's happening this season, like
Speaker 1: are we gonna have Denissan? And then yeah, it's so crazy.
Speaker 1: Why don't we uh go to another caller? I think
Speaker 1: we have another caller UM that will share their memories
Speaker 1: with us too. Hi, Tracy, how are you great? How
Speaker 1: are you ok? He was We're all meaning under better circumstances,
Speaker 1: But thank you for doing listening remembering Denise and his tea.
Speaker 1: So UM, we just wanted to ask you, UM, what
Speaker 1: your favorite memories of her? UM? You know, I loved
Speaker 1: when she I loved her and Steve together, Iron's character
Speaker 1: and her UM and how she would always call him Stephen. Um,
Speaker 1: she'd always like Stephen. I forgot about that. I just
Speaker 1: loved um. You know. I was thinking about this last night,
Speaker 1: and I was thinking how Nanotune always always so progressive,
Speaker 1: and they had a female principle, like a woman of
Speaker 1: color as a principle, and I just don't think that
Speaker 1: that was common when you looked back at like Growing
Speaker 1: Pains and some of those other shows that were on.
Speaker 1: And so I loved how her and Stephen Steve had
Speaker 1: the dynamics between them of like this rich, privileged kid
Speaker 1: and she could always just put him right, you know,
Speaker 1: right in his corner. I always call her the vice principle.
Speaker 1: Was she not? Was she the principal? I think she
Speaker 1: was the principal. I always thought she was the principal too.
Speaker 1: I don't know why. It's always stuck with me that
Speaker 1: she was vice principal. Mrs Teasley, Yeah, she was principal.
Speaker 1: I think she was for sure. I do, yes. So
Speaker 1: I'm so sorry. I I my deepest condolences for you guys,
Speaker 1: And I mean, um, it's just it's sad when you
Speaker 1: know she was such an icon on that show, especially
Speaker 1: at the beginning of um, the show, and I was
Speaker 1: just I kind of in my head, I finally have
Speaker 1: been catching up on the podcast and so I'm finally
Speaker 1: ahead of like you guys a little bit. And so
Speaker 1: I just watched the graduation and she was on there
Speaker 1: and the prom and all that stuff. So what a
Speaker 1: fantastic lady though, Yeah, so she actually was the vice principal.
Speaker 1: She was. Yes, that's just weird, but she was so
Speaker 1: good that we just never showed the prince. Yeah, we
Speaker 1: didn't need to, Like you're kidding, I don't ever remember
Speaker 1: the principal. You don't exactly. I mean, such a good point,
Speaker 1: we didn't need one. I mean we have Mrs T.
Speaker 1: And such a good point you made about her being,
Speaker 1: you know, in that position on the show and being
Speaker 1: a person of color and just like having that representation
Speaker 1: at that time, and she was so such a strong, confident,
Speaker 1: like capable lady that it just didn't it didn't even
Speaker 1: ever enter into anyone's mind that she would this woman
Speaker 1: wouldn't be the principle of the vice principle. So because
Speaker 1: she was always the one calling the shots, it seemed
Speaker 1: like I wish he couldn't have the chance to ask her,
Speaker 1: like I can't remember how she came into the show
Speaker 1: or if it was like, hey, it's gonna be one
Speaker 1: episode or like once in a while, and then just
Speaker 1: became such a force to be reckoned with such a
Speaker 1: major character that she was so iconic that they just
Speaker 1: I mean, she was an all ten seasons. I know,
Speaker 1: we we graduated from high school and she wasn't still
Speaker 1: in the show. Well, and you know what she remember
Speaker 1: she was a different character with Brenda and Brandon with
Speaker 1: the Twins study. Wait, see that's what Tor was just
Speaker 1: saying before we connected with you. She was like, wasn't
Speaker 1: she on the show as somebody else? And we're like, no,
Speaker 1: I don't think so, but you're right, he was during
Speaker 1: the Twins study. And then she came back and suddenly
Speaker 1: was vice principal. I will never doubt your memory again.
Speaker 1: I'm sorry. I don't think you should ever doubt that reason.
Speaker 1: But I don't think I should ever doubt anyone's memory,
Speaker 1: but especially hers. She has like an elephant's memory. Whatever
Speaker 1: that is. That is so funny. Well, and then she
Speaker 1: was on later episodes too. I think David gets in
Speaker 1: a little trouble with like a high school girl something happens.
Speaker 1: I don't remember, but she's on some of those episodes later. Yeah,
Speaker 1: well that's good we get to see her more. Yes,
Speaker 1: I know. I mean technically they should have just switched
Speaker 1: her over to California University and she should have just
Speaker 1: come with us. Yea, why not. We could have been
Speaker 1: the principle on that show whatever they call it. Yeah,
Speaker 1: oh my gosh, Jracy, thank you so much for your
Speaker 1: help with us and talking about this awful subject but
Speaker 1: having such a great memory and a and a love
Speaker 1: for her. Yes, I really appreciate what you guys are
Speaker 1: doing on the podcast. I um, I know, I grew
Speaker 1: up with you guys and um, you know, listening to
Speaker 1: you on the shows and watching you guys transform. I
Speaker 1: just really appreciate like everything that you're doing bringing it back.
Speaker 1: I mean, it just really warms my heart to be
Speaker 1: able to kind of have a little piece of thirty
Speaker 1: years again. That's awesome. We do a really hard show
Speaker 1: for us to do today, so thank you for bring
Speaker 1: some smiles and laughs into it as well. Get that.
Speaker 1: I appreciate it. Thank you so much for inviting me.
Speaker 1: Thank you. Hi, Hi, Hi Allison, Hi Sori, how are
Speaker 1: you Hi? Jenny, Hi, Hi, thank you for joining us.
Speaker 1: We are so excited that you're here with us. But
Speaker 1: it's unfortunately we're talking about such a awful subject. But
Speaker 1: what are your some of some of your fondest Mrs
Speaker 1: T moments or memories. Yeah, well, I was just watching
Speaker 1: the one UM the other day, so I'm just now
Speaker 1: on a binge wash. So I'm on season three and
Speaker 1: in the opening, UM, there's Yeah, it's perfect. I know
Speaker 1: it correlates with the podcast perfectly that I just discovered.
Speaker 1: So now I'm obviously obsessed. UM, so I have lots
Speaker 1: of episodes to catch up on. But yeah, there was
Speaker 1: the episode with um, We're in the inning, Steve is
Speaker 1: having a recurring nightmare that he is Mrs Teasley is
Speaker 1: saying you failed, you failed school, Steve, like you're gonna
Speaker 1: be You're gonna have to repeat senior year and he
Speaker 1: wakes up in a panic, and it's just so relatable.
Speaker 1: So I was wondering if you guys had any stories
Speaker 1: like that, if you ever had nine O two and
Speaker 1: no induced anxiety dreams where you woke up in the panic,
Speaker 1: like showed up to set naked or something like that.
Speaker 1: But I just remember that was a really good, um,
Speaker 1: Mrs Teasley moment because we can all relate to that, right. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I don't know if I ever had any Mrs t
Speaker 1: uh premonitions or nightmares or whatever dreams, whatever you want
Speaker 1: to call them. I've certainly lived my life full of
Speaker 1: two and related dreams in nightmares, those are deverely but
Speaker 1: that's a good thing. Yeah, I definitely. I think I
Speaker 1: would have like that when you would show up to
Speaker 1: school and like you hadn't studied, but I would show
Speaker 1: up to school but I didn't know my lines, but
Speaker 1: I was in the hallway, so it was at the
Speaker 1: blend of school and real life acting. Yeah, totally, that
Speaker 1: makes sense. Yeah, I think we've all had those dreams
Speaker 1: where you show up and there's also a scene with
Speaker 1: Gabrielle and she shows up and she has no clothes
Speaker 1: remember me, and um, and I think just all of
Speaker 1: that is so relatable. And then her just as a principal,
Speaker 1: as a teacher, I think one of my other questions
Speaker 1: would be I was wondering who would be more most
Speaker 1: like their character, because I feel like that character she
Speaker 1: plays so well. I bet she's probably a lot like
Speaker 1: that in real life, just like wants the best for
Speaker 1: everyone in her life, do you know what I mean?
Speaker 1: That was definitely one of her characteristics for sure. But
Speaker 1: she was also a lot more spicy and fun and
Speaker 1: sassy than she could be as Mrs Teasley. She brought
Speaker 1: a lot of Yeah like Mrs t remember she would
Speaker 1: always dress really cool wid yeah yeah, like yeah, wait.
Speaker 1: I would have a question about your set up there
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Speaker 1: This is where I record all my episodes as well,
Speaker 1: so podcast hosts and major podcast listener. That's why I
Speaker 1: was just so excited to discover your show. Awesome, I
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Speaker 1: I want her food is amazing, it's the best. You
Speaker 1: would love her well, Alison, thank you for joining us
Speaker 1: for our Mrs t Tribute episode. Absolutely thanks for having
Speaker 1: Hopefully we'll chat again. Sure, good ladies, good luck my girls.
Speaker 1: M H. Talk to me, Steve. You're in very serious
Speaker 1: trouble now. Either you tell me the name of your
Speaker 1: accomplice or I'm going to be forced to recommend expulsion
Speaker 1: rather than suspension. It could be the difference between graduating
Speaker 1: on time. We're not graduating at all. It was it
Speaker 1: was a solo operation. I did it all by myself.
Speaker 1: Then I'm sorry to say that as of today, you're
Speaker 1: no longer a student. It was Beverly High. Did you, guys,
Speaker 1: have a teacher in your own lives or a principle
Speaker 1: just in honor of Mrs Teasley that stood out to
Speaker 1: you that made like a real impact on on your lives?
Speaker 1: Did you? I feel like it was more like my
Speaker 1: drama school teacher in high school, Like she was really awesome.
Speaker 1: I believed in me. Other than that, I never had
Speaker 1: a Mrs T. Like, there was never someone that was
Speaker 1: like you got this side for you. No, the only
Speaker 1: one I can't remember, which is weird that I can
Speaker 1: even remember this because you're like kindergarten, But it was
Speaker 1: Mrs Bailey in Arcola, Illinois. She was my kindergarten teacher.
Speaker 1: I think it was kindergarten. Like, I remember nothing, but
Speaker 1: I can remember Mrs Bailey and I used to call
Speaker 1: her Mrs Bailey Button. Oh my god. That significant then,
Speaker 1: but just like that loving, nurturing kind and then my
Speaker 1: daughter's had, you know what, it reminds me of my
Speaker 1: daughter's growing up. They went to a school which was
Speaker 1: a really small school here in l A and they
Speaker 1: had the most incredible principle, Margot. They called her by
Speaker 1: her first name, and her name was Marco, and she
Speaker 1: was Mrs T through and through, just completely different um
Speaker 1: and you always felt like she was you were under
Speaker 1: her wing, you know somehow, Like I always just wanted
Speaker 1: to be held like a baby by Margo. And it's
Speaker 1: kind of that safe, secure feeling that you're talking about
Speaker 1: with Mrs T. Yeah, you would have to assume that
Speaker 1: the writers whoever created her in the beginning had a
Speaker 1: teacher or a principal like that, did hey or was
Speaker 1: she just so great and brought that uniqueness to it
Speaker 1: that they're like, oh wait, we gotta keep using her.
Speaker 1: Look at the chemistry she asked with the kids look
Speaker 1: at yeah, like I just That's why I was saying,
Speaker 1: I wish we could go back and look at a
Speaker 1: script and see if she created that character or if
Speaker 1: they did. She's so important to the overall like um
Speaker 1: high school experience and had to have grown as they
Speaker 1: saw her work. And I love that when people who
Speaker 1: you ask that question, when people do have that experience
Speaker 1: of a specific teacher or administrator from their their school
Speaker 1: life that deeply, profoundly affects their life forever like that,
Speaker 1: You know. I love that they did bring that element
Speaker 1: into the show because so many people can relate to that.
Speaker 1: I personally can't. I can for my kids, but I
Speaker 1: can't my own self. Amy, did you have somebody in
Speaker 1: your life that was like that? Of course I had
Speaker 1: three teachers for sure, and the principle in my elementary school,
Speaker 1: but really to this day stand out like I think
Speaker 1: most people I know your experiences were different because Jenny
Speaker 1: didn't really have a regular school experience, Tori, you did more.
Speaker 1: But yeah, I think most people have a teacher that
Speaker 1: stands out to them, and I think the teachers that
Speaker 1: really encourage you to be you, almost in the way
Speaker 1: Mrs Teasley sort of did with Steve in a sense,
Speaker 1: like she even though she had to like bust him
Speaker 1: a lot, she really let him be him, which is
Speaker 1: I think why that relationship is the most significant. That's
Speaker 1: so that's kind of where I think on teachers, Like
Speaker 1: the teacher that sort of embraces who you are and
Speaker 1: lets you know, like, no, you're you're good enough be you.
Speaker 1: So that's sort of where I am with Mrs Teasley
Speaker 1: that like she really loves Steve even for all his
Speaker 1: ridiculous shenanigans. Yeah, that's a good point because I mean,
Speaker 1: when you think about it, those are the people that
Speaker 1: really do impact your life the most. The people that
Speaker 1: accept you for just the way you are and love
Speaker 1: you anyway. I love you because of exactly who you are.
Speaker 1: Those are the people that have such a profound effect. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I don't always think the teacher's favorite is necessarily the
Speaker 1: best student, right, You know, like the teacher embraces the
Speaker 1: kid that's doing their thing, or maybe the kid needs
Speaker 1: to hear how great they are or needs that, and
Speaker 1: maybe they they see that, you know, sort of insecurity
Speaker 1: and their kid and a certain kid, and they work
Speaker 1: harder to support them. That's so awesome. I feel like
Speaker 1: Steve and since he went on to be friends throughout
Speaker 1: their lives, Oh for sure, right yeah, yeah, like she's
Speaker 1: like the grandma to his kids. Like the mm hmmm,
Speaker 1: I would think so, I think my question about it
Speaker 1: all it's like horribly sad, of course, but it's also
Speaker 1: how significant the roles on this show are, Like the
Speaker 1: thirty years later in every headline, it's nine O two
Speaker 1: one oh, and almost anyone passed a teenager age immediately knows, oh,
Speaker 1: that's Mrs Teasley, Oh my goodness, and and to and
Speaker 1: and especially to remember how much other work she had
Speaker 1: done over the course of her career and too, and
Speaker 1: and the coolest part about it get little goose bumps
Speaker 1: is because we both know that it didn't matter to
Speaker 1: her that she was proud and she loved being recognized
Speaker 1: as Mrs Teasley like she loved our fans as much
Speaker 1: as we do. And I remember doing some sort of
Speaker 1: an appearance or something with her where we were signing
Speaker 1: autographs or something, and she was just so into it
Speaker 1: and so, you know, just aware of how important our
Speaker 1: fans are to us and to the show, and she
Speaker 1: just loved it. It's just me. Yeah, can sucks you guys,
Speaker 1: losing people right like, especially so young like, and it
Speaker 1: seems like we've lost a lot of people from from
Speaker 1: our show. I mean that happens especially as you start
Speaker 1: to get older. But for a long time, I mean
Speaker 1: we lost so many meet starting with your dad and
Speaker 1: Paul Wagner, then Steve Wasserman and Jessica. I mean there
Speaker 1: have been others, h but these ones that they're coming
Speaker 1: to my mind right now, Jessica Klein, now Denise and
Speaker 1: of course obviously Luke. It just doesn't mm hmmm, it
Speaker 1: doesn't makes sense in my brain. Yeah, but it's just
Speaker 1: so it's it makes watching it so interesting because they're preserved,
Speaker 1: you know, like even although Luke went on to do
Speaker 1: so many things, he will always be Dylan and he
Speaker 1: will always be that age. Mm hmm. Yeah. It's nice
Speaker 1: to have those shows to watch though. Are you guys
Speaker 1: able to watch Luke, especially now fondly or is it
Speaker 1: still painful like every episode you rewatch For me, it's
Speaker 1: very painful, but full of fundness too, like full of love,
Speaker 1: And yeah, be happy seeing that episodes again for that reason.
Speaker 1: I mean, obviously we love rewatching the episodes with the fans,
Speaker 1: but being able to see him weekly now again, it's
Speaker 1: really special. Glad we have that. M Yeah, so glad
Speaker 1: we have it. But also it's like it just makes
Speaker 1: it further seems like it's not real, like he's still there,
Speaker 1: like he's Denise is still right where, right there and
Speaker 1: doing our thing like it just doesn't because it's so
Speaker 1: cemented in our minds and so such a and it
Speaker 1: had such an impact on us and on the fans
Speaker 1: of the show, like it does. I hear all over
Speaker 1: the place it doesn't feel real. I can't, I don't.
Speaker 1: I don't believe it. It doesn't feel real. And that's
Speaker 1: sort of the same with Denise. Yeah, it felt like
Speaker 1: you were about to say, Jenny, right where you left them,
Speaker 1: And that makes me cry. It's like, yeah, they're right
Speaker 1: where you left, right where you love them. Yeah, but
Speaker 1: I'm so sorry for your loss, you guys, I'm so sorry,
Speaker 1: family and friends. It's just I mean, loss is really hard,
Speaker 1: grief is hard. Like this is not a feel good episode,
Speaker 1: you guys that were putting together here, I'm sweating, like
Speaker 1: it's not a not a good Monday more. I mean
Speaker 1: it is. It's like you can't help but watch it differently,
Speaker 1: like you will watch now, Mrs Teasley, because we have
Speaker 1: so many iconic episodes coming up. I mean we're about
Speaker 1: to hit going to Magic Mountain, the Prom, Donna Martin graduates,
Speaker 1: and graduation, so it will be something that you guys,
Speaker 1: I'm sure think about and talk about as we go
Speaker 1: into the next few weeks. Oh my god, I'm growing
Speaker 1: over a person I don't know, and to think like someday, oh,
Speaker 1: this is so hard. Someday none of us are going
Speaker 1: to be here, you know, Oh my god. Stop. But
Speaker 1: like to really appreciate, like what we all have in
Speaker 1: each other and like these relationships, because that's what life
Speaker 1: is all about, is the people in your life and
Speaker 1: and the effect that we have on one another. And
Speaker 1: to to be able to sit and talk about someone
Speaker 1: who had, you know, these people that had such an
Speaker 1: impact on our lives and that that they have forever
Speaker 1: in our memories just as they were. It's a it's
Speaker 1: just crazy like life. Yeah, yeah, I think it's so
Speaker 1: important to remember to like how a little thing can
Speaker 1: impact someone's life, and also that just having this show,
Speaker 1: the work you did, impacts people thirty years later. And
Speaker 1: I think, like, look, I don't mean to be so
Speaker 1: like preachy or blame. It's like, WHOA, you have to
Speaker 1: remember that it's such an honor to have that position
Speaker 1: in people's lives. And I like that it seems like
Speaker 1: everyone from the cast embraces it. No one is like,
Speaker 1: I'm not nine o two one oh anymore. It's like
Speaker 1: they embraced the fact that they changed my life other
Speaker 1: people's lives with this show, and even if it was
Speaker 1: just to escape for an hour from whatever you were doing.
Speaker 1: I hope everyone feels that way. I know, Jen, and
Speaker 1: I definitely too. Yeah, grateful for it, be grateful to
Speaker 1: made so many people happy through it and continue to.
Speaker 1: But it's not like it's not like I walk around thinking, oh,
Speaker 1: I've had such an impact on people, like I of
Speaker 1: the time forget that I was on the show and
Speaker 1: that it had an impact on anyone. But and when
Speaker 1: people do stop and and you know, say something or
Speaker 1: put themselves out there and be you know and say,
Speaker 1: oh my gosh, your show did this or whatever for me,
Speaker 1: and I loved it, and I'm you just fan, Like
Speaker 1: I'm so grateful for those people now because it reminds
Speaker 1: me of like what I was a part of and
Speaker 1: what we were all a part of. And I think
Speaker 1: we just learned to appreciate it more and more as
Speaker 1: we get older, because i mean, like we talked about
Speaker 1: all the time when we were in it, we didn't
Speaker 1: understand the effect it was having the people at the
Speaker 1: time because we were just doing it. Now, especially having
Speaker 1: families of our own and seeing the shows that are
Speaker 1: meeting something to them there, you know, getting older, it's like, wow,
Speaker 1: that's what people had with us, that they continue to
Speaker 1: have that, And that's when it really is like it
Speaker 1: is an honor, not orm as an honor to be
Speaker 1: able to do this episode today for everyone to UM,
Speaker 1: so thank you for going on this little tribute journey
Speaker 1: with us. UM. We love to hear your memories and
Speaker 1: your favorite moments from the show with Mrs Teasley, so
Speaker 1: let us know. Yeah, and UM, just love the people
Speaker 1: around you and keep keep doing what you're doing everybody
Speaker 1: out there? Yeah, you know what makes me? It just
Speaker 1: makes me think also like enjoy um all, it's gonna
Speaker 1: make me cry. Enjoy that hour you spend. Don't feel
Speaker 1: guilty in your life taking an hour to watch something
Speaker 1: that you love on TV? Do you know what I mean?
Speaker 1: Like and like embracing it or escaping from reality, Like
Speaker 1: that's what really makes me realize. It's like we should
Speaker 1: not feel guilty about like just having that our two
Speaker 1: or ten for some of us, where you just h
Speaker 1: get completely immersed in a show that you just love
Speaker 1: for whatever reason you love it. Yeah, And and then
Speaker 1: for people in the industry to really remember like the
Speaker 1: impact that you have on people and like the importance
Speaker 1: of what it what it is that we do. I'm
Speaker 1: so often I'm like, who cares, I'm just an actress,
Speaker 1: Like I'm just a pawn and somebody else's story that
Speaker 1: they're telling. And but when you when when all of
Speaker 1: the collaborators come together and make something that has an
Speaker 1: impact on somebody out there, it's incredibly important. Who was
Speaker 1: it that's I I'm assuming it's Henry Winkler because he's
Speaker 1: so freaking awesome that it seems like he would have
Speaker 1: said this, but it might have been somebody else who said,
Speaker 1: I stop every time to take the picture. Because what
Speaker 1: if it's the first person they ever asked? What if
Speaker 1: that's their first experience and it's like, oh my god,
Speaker 1: it's so so true. Yeah, that it's like that's their
Speaker 1: like moment where they're like, oh my god, meeting somebody
Speaker 1: or seeing somebody that they It's like when they say
Speaker 1: never meet heroes, but not that we're anyone's heroes, but
Speaker 1: it's true. What if that is that experience and we
Speaker 1: all have lives and stress and since you're having a
Speaker 1: bad day, but yeah, just being able to take that
Speaker 1: moment and remember what they've given to us for thirty
Speaker 1: years and give them that two minutes so important. Well,
Speaker 1: we're going to Magic Mountain next week, so that will
Speaker 1: be fun. Parts um, I've seen to remember you being
Speaker 1: very excited to be at Magic Mountain. Well, at least Donna. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's one of them. That is one of the best
Speaker 1: scenes time in the episode next week that I cannot wait.
Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, we will get into all things. She
Speaker 1: came in through the bathroom window next week. Everybody, thank
Speaker 1: you for joining us, for this episode, honoring Denise Douse
Speaker 1: and forever in our hearts. Mrs T. Thank you guys,
Speaker 1: we love you and we're so sorry for your loss.