My favorite TV show of all time is Beverly Hills, 90210. Like, for serious.

And somehow, I’ve not met one person from the show!

I have, however, met the chick who hosted the lie detector show with Tori Spelling. Did you see that crap? I couldn’t handle it but did see the highlights on The Talk. 

Anyway, back to the subject at hand. I didn’t expect to learn anything new from this unauthorized movie. So, you can imagine my shock when I actually did learn a few things from Lifetime. I mean, these factoids aren’t blowing my mind or anything, however, I was slightly entertained.

Here are the top 10 things you may or may not be surprised to know from the 90210 movie.

#10 – Aaron Spelling refused to do a Charlie’s Angels reboot without Tea Leoni

What’s this all about? Was Leoni a big time star in 1990? Pretty sure she didn’t hit the scene until about 10 years later. And, if he believed in her so much, why wasn’t she on Melrose Place? I’m already confused.

Sidenote: Aaron Spelling’s office phone is a Charlie like talking box. I didn’t realize this was an actual thing. Thanks for the life lesson, Lifetime.

#9 – Some of this cast is SPOT ON while other cast choices royally suck

The chick playing Jennie Garth is the spitting image. In fact, I recall saying that when this actress appeared on the new 90210.

Meanwhile, the young lass playing Shannen Doherty doesn’t resemble her exactly but she does mimic her acting style quite well. So, there’s that.

At first blush, I thought, “Brian Austin Green was way nerdier than how he’s being portrayed.” Then, he started dancing. According to this movie, that’s all he did. On and off the screen. Green has to be devastated. Whether it’s because of his dancing/ rapping skills or the reveal that he slept with Tori Spelling is yet to be seen.

Meanwhile, the dude playing Ian Ziering looks nothing like him. Though he does seem just as slimey as Steve Sanders.

And, finally, the actress who played Kelly Kapowski on the Saved by the Bell movie shows up at then end as Tiffini Amber Thiessen once again. It’s sad that I noticed that, isn’t it?

Here’s someone who probably didn’t notice. In response to the special, Doherty tweeted:

#8 – Jason Priestly lived with Brad Pitt

Yep. And apparently, Brad was never home. Too busy being the El Pollo Loco chicken, I guess.

Later in the movie we get a peek at the other Pit, as in the Peach Pit. And, FYI, this Pit looks like shit. I don’t understand why they don’t recreate the sets exactly (we experienced the same issue in the Unauthorized Full House Movie).

#7 – Desert Storm saved 90210

Yep, it was Desert Storm that kept the show on the air. After the network made plans to cancel, the country went to war. And, since FOX didn’t have a news division at the time, they needed alternative programming. No FOX News Channel? Ahhhh, the glory days.

#6 – 90210 and Jason Priestly both got Golden Globe nods

Wow. TV was really bad back then.

#5 – President Reagan was a fan

In one unnecessary scene, Priestly and Perry are noshing on burgers at some LA hot spot when the ex-president stops by their table to tell them that he and Nancy are big fans.

I’ve never been so disappointed in the Gipper.

#4 – EVERYONE hated Brenda

Dougherty blamed the “I Hate Brenda” movement in part for her poor behavior. Geez, can you imagine if they had social media back then?

But, then again, who needs social media when even the cops are saying, “You are a big pain in the ass. Everybody thinks that.”

#3 – You can write a movie about a phenomenon with everything about said phenomenon on the internet and still make mistakes

First, they showed Ian driving his Corvette from the show without the classic I8A 4RE tag.

Then, they said Brenda lost her virginity at the winter dance. Everybody knows it was the spring dance!

I know these Lifetime movies are made on the cheap, but it’s only $7 a month to subscribe to Netflix where you can have an unpaid intern review the episodes. Get it together, people!

#2 – Ian Zeiring came up with the idea for Sharknado in season three of 90210

Ummmmmm, OK. While attempting an attitude intervention on a joy ride with Doherty, Ziering says, “You’re acting crazy. You’re out of control. You’re like a shark. You’re like a tornado. You’re like a mixture between and shark and a tornado.”

GTFO!

Even Ziering had to weigh in on this one, tweeting:

#1 – Your mom loves Luke Perry

In the end, there’s on screen text to fill you in on what happened to each actor.

No one can touch the bit about Perry.

“In 2001 (Luke Perry) appeared full-frontal naked on the prison drama OZ, and your mom immediately renewed her HBO subscription.”

I thought that was pretty funny, until l realized, while I may not play that exact role, I am in that mom demo.

Shit.

And with that, we’ll see you next weekend for the Unauthorized Melrose Place Movie.

Until then…