One of Martinenza's Special Talents

As long as we're reminiscing....


Here’s a little diddy
About Zack and Diane
Two ‘Merican Kids
Oh, how this show began…


PBS and green screens
A body bag or two
A room full of planners
And Don Just’s debut


Sure, Episode One
Was not without trial
But to stay close to schedule
Was to cramp temple’s style


So into the wee
morning hours we’d shoot
Then it was off to the chapel
For a confederate salute


Which brings me quite nicely
To Lesson: The First
The War of Northern Aggression
Would leave all Yankees Cursed.


So thank you Meranne
For making that a reality
Just don’t wonder why Shannon
Had such loose morality


Onto Episode Two
Cancelled Orders - it’s name
The Episode that would bring
Tai Jung Lee instant fame


So, a Kung Fu death soldier
And Johnnie Liew dressed in drag
Everyone thought from the start
We’ve got this in the bag


But then shooting began
With Dave Kuch calling cuts
Which inevitably led to
Bad things for Cliff’s nuts


Which brings me quite nicely
To Hope lesson two:
A kuch kick to the nuts
Has been long overdue


And it was off to the beach
Our most ambitious endeavor
Which turned out to be
The most senseless trip ever


We road tripped to Cliff’s House
Overlooking the Sound
For what turned out to be
An exciting third round


Matt Mullen spooned Aaron
But that didn’t last
He jumped out of bed
And called Tarra real fast.


Then Olga showed up
Having just seen a site
Her bottlenosed friend
Had just lost the good fight


What a poor little dolphin
She said as she sat
We’re just glad that it wasn’t
A poor sweet kitty cat


And who could forget
Kat’s famous white Russians
Well it seems that I did
Along with that nights’ discussions


It was real late to bed
And real early to rise
Which didn’t suit Alice
Wiping tears from her eyes


She just wanted to sleep
with Meranne for a bit
Who said “On the floor!”
and was NOT having it


The best part was when
Tim said “Hey, no drinking.”
Which left some to ponder
What the hell were you thinking?


Dalynn and Elizabeth
Headed back to school Friday
Perhaps those two found
Our close quarters untidy


Which brings me quite nicely
To Hope Lesson Three
A small house stinks up fast
You have My guarantee


But before we rolled out
We shot episode 4
A concept the writers
Had failed to explore


We caught Manoj’s true feelings
About his distaste for Oli
While Cliff ranted and raved
About Dave’s stupid dolly


Mansi - through tears - cried
I can’t take anymore
She wanted her India
Where she’d lived once before


But when shooting was through
Ayasha and Kristen were thrilled
Their wish for a one-cut
episode was fulfilled


Classmates trickled out
Once the job had been done
But that’s when we started
to have all the fun


George made the mistake of
Leaving his treasure
A priceless mistake
That gave all of us pleasure


Oh George, why’d you leave me
The sad French press sighed
And before long it sought you
On websites worldwide


Though we wouldn’t dare keep you
From your pretentious press
It wouldn’t come easily
Nor without some distress


As I reach the dear end
of this light hearted story
I hope that you realize
we’ve written a story


A tale that goes down
in school history
The greatest project
that this ad school may see


But how could I end
Without Hope Lesson Four
My most profound conclusion
I can’t hide anymore


It’s probably something
I don’t need to say
But we all saw that kiss
And yeah, Aaron? He’s gay.