Oh my God, Kathleen! I wish they would do a Junior High/High reunion miniseries, with Steph, Arthur, Kathleen, Melanie, the twins, The Zits, and Lucy and L.D. and everyone. I mean EVERYONE.
@@lindacundiff4613 they could just say wheels is still tryin to hang out with his biological dad in port hope and his ol bat gramma is still pestering him
I'm 20 years into finding this became a fan of the next generation, but seen a bunch of the OGs episodes. Now, I feel complete seeing them all grown up!
Yikes, this was filmed much longer ago from today (17 years) than the passage of time from Schools Out to when it was shot (10 years). Damn time goes by fast.
This Ricky (Dan Ciraco) was in 2 episodes of Degrassi High (Showtime Part 1 and Part 2), the more popular Rick (Craig Driscoll) was in 10 episodes, and he also has a TH-cam channel.
Yes, Joey was held back and graduated in 1993. Most of his peers graduated in 1992 such as Lucy and Snake. Caitlin took some extra courses and graduated a year earlier than the rest of her class in 1992. I guess to get some additional characters, this is a mixed reunion with 1992 and 1993 graduates.
They are really mixed up in the years. States that this is a 90 and 91 reunion and that Liz is a 91 graduate but has characters that graduated the year after her.
Love the slow pan up to whoever the hell "Ricky" is 😂. And no, that's not Rick from the first couple seasons of Junior High. And I remember Trish having a WILD mohawk in Degrassi High lol
Her dad was a pretty big a-hole but honestly Michelle seemed like a spoiled brat. And she WAS clingy. Although BLT was a total douchebag. She basically gave up her life for him! She moved out on her own and had to work morning and night to afford her apartment and also totally cut her dad out of her life (BIG changes for a teenager) and he not only cheats on her he keeps doing it brazenly! Everyone knows but her! So he's not only cheating on her he's making her look like a fool as well! And after all these years I STILL remember the smirk on the girls face he cheated with and her whispering and laughing with her friends when they saw Michelle. She's a better person than me cause I would've smacked that smirk off her face not just cried about it!!😈😠🌋
I'm not surprised that Arthur and Yick became "Partners" with Web Design. Remember they were in The Science Fair together. Wouldn't it be something if Toby worked there one Summer as an Intern. I would have loved for Voula to have come back looking stunning. She got her Master's in Business and is in Banking helping folks secure loans for up and coming Businesses. Luke Brower probably manages a Warehouse somewhere, he seemed to have no ambition.
Haha this is pretty funny! Most of them are terrible actors as adults, they were a lot better as kids! Cool update though, nice to stumble across it after so many years.
Why did a random guy who didn’t go to degrassi get an interview but characters like Maya and the twins didn’t? They were there in the episode so it wasn’t an availability thing
The actress is now a public health sociologist and professor who focuses on youth drug use. She has a really progressive philosophy on educating teenagers about drugs and has been a long-time advocate for cannabis legalization. She seems pretty much like the opposite of Kathleen-- chill and (from videos I've watched) very likeable!
I would have loved to have seen that BLT be a Sports Agent who helps US Football Players who come to Canada to play in the CFL. He and Cindy broke up but he's kind of like a Spin Doctor like Olivia Pope (Scandal).
Would you be able to upload the rest of season 1 deleted scenes.... im trying to find them everywhere but i cant find them anywhere.... Please!! Ur the best for posting the suditions by the way.. thats awesome
Hold up.. isn't Kathleen and Yick a year younger? I know Caitlin moved up a grade and graduated with Lucy, Snake and the twins etc... And this wouldn't have been Joeys reunion as he was held back a year....... But I LOVED THIS none the less. Wheels actually showed up to the reunion as well and apologized to Lucy for what he did. He didn't actually go inside the school for the reunion though. The clip was cut from most airings but the scene is on youtube!
Lucy, Melanie, Tessa, the twins, maya, tabi, blt, Michelle, and a few others aren’t there. Not completely complete. What do you think they turned out to be?
I just watched the finale of degrassi high and im sobbing watching this. Dwayne's story being told is super important and im sobbing about the finale and i cried that he was the only good actor in this
He also said that he attended the reunion with a very special alumnus and he wishes he went to Degrassi. I totally agree with the whole thing about randoms being in the video lol
Julia Mercer The twins weren't in this episode but it would make more sense to have one of the actual characters than some random individual that no one knows.
They're from the shows "Kids of Degrassi Street", "Degrassi Junior High" and "Degrassi High". All 3 shows are from the late 70s-early 90s. Since Spike had Emma when she was at Degrassi Junior High, Emma now goes to Degrassi, therefore the show continues as "Degrassi: The Next Generation".
I know this is an OLD post, but since no one answered I looked it up. Ricky was one of their many characters who was basically an extra but would phase in and out from time to time and get some lines before dissapearing in the background again. Several of the ones in this video were that. Hell that Rainbow one I just looked up, no wonder I had no idea who she was despite seeing the show multiple times, she never had any lines. Cool they invited them to come back and hang with everyone.
My problem is that the the two main classes should have been the Class of 92 and 93, with Dwayne being in the Class of 91. Also, I thought Degrassi shut its doors for the 1991-92 school year based on the series final of Degrassi High.
Ricky is known as a "Street Lawyer" kind of like the ones in The John Grisham Books ie The Rainmaker, and A Time To Kill. If he were an American he could be a Lawyer who helps Recording Artists who didn't get their proper Royalties. There were so many of them especially with Boy Bands/Girl Groups.
Don't remember Johnny Rick or Rainbow. How about Author Patrick (the Irish kid) & Dwayne's two "friends". Who I believe kicked him to the curb once they found out he was hiv positive.
+Tim O'Brien Rainbow has been seen in the background during the old "Degrassi." In fact, there was a scene where Mr. Raditch calls out her name and she comes up to him to get her graded paper.
Yes, Rainbow only ever got credited in ONE episode! She was little more than an Extra. Nobody knew what the hell happened to Patrick after he and Spike mashed up and I'm guessing Dwayne told Nick (lanky POS) and Tabi (that Bitch that hung out with them) to get fucked after how they treated him. Ricky was one of those bit-part players who were in the two eps where Claude killed himself.
Liesl Weasel yeah he had Joey over when he wasn't supposed to have friends over. Because of Joey Rick got help and his dad wasn't beating home anymore.
School's out was a horrible send off (if that was it's intention, a send off) We all adore these characters and the Shows, having them Hurt and in trouble was not how I wanted to remember them!
It just goes to show, not everything has a happy ending and life doesn’t turn out the way you planned. Most of the cast of this show was living fast anyway,. They had to crash and burn one day. What made degrassi great was they kept it real!
@@starfox1 Might be part of why he wasn't there. I don't know how Canadian actors guilds work. But SAG based on what I know of them basically if you start getting speaking roles you risk being fined if you go back to being an extra (again, what I understand may be wrong), and I can only assume these people minus the ones like Joey, Snake, Spike, etc. were brought in and paid as extras not guest stars. So if the Canadian union is anything like the one here it is possible some who's actors went on to work like Stephanie and Shane's actors they would have risked getting in trouble filming the episode. Hence part of the reason it was mostly second tier and glorified extras in the episode as background characters.
@@dantheman8103Degrassi the Next Generation was a union tv show (unlike the original series). The actors were union members. There’s international reciprocity with the screen actor unions, so if you’re a member of a union in one country, you can work a union project in another country. I can’t speak for all the screen actor unions, but with SAG, you don’t have to join the union until your second job. In other words, you can work on one union project without being forced to join. If the rules are the same in the Canadian union, it would allow someone who’s a member of SAG to appear on the Next Generation. It would also allow actors from the original series to have speaking roles for one contracted appearance if they weren’t union members. Of course, a handful of them had joined the union and continued to perform professionally. Others joined the union in order to continue to appear on the Next Generation. Some just made their reunion appearance without joining the union.
@@xUnderdog21 Rainbow was basically an extra although they did have Raddich mention her by name once. Degrassi was filmed differently then most shows in terms of the cast. They basically had a group of 35 kids and used whoever the story called for and didn't have true "Regulars" like most shows. Yeah characters like Joey, Snake, Caitlin, Lucy, Spike, etc. got more prominence but even they would in some episodes only ever be seen as backgrounds basically being used like extras. Others would be extras sometimes for years, then would randomly pop up when a story called for it and get a line or 2 or even a sub plot, then fade back into the background. Characters in this video like Trish and Ricky were basically used like that. Had a couple lines in an episode or 2 but otherwise were only ever seen in the background as extras. Rainbow was used as an extra for the entire series, look hard enough in the background she is there. But I think had like 1 line in the entire show, most who were around that long got at least a scene or two but she never did. There were a few others like that but since Rainbow got mentioned by name once and her actor is Liz's sister she seems to be the poster child for the members of the cast who were never anything but extras through their run.
Honestly ppl, I loved DJH and DH however the point of TNG was it to show the NEXT GENERATION of characters. This reunion was part of episode 1 and 2 of THE series premiere of next generation . They used old characters as a staple to signify degrassi has always been around, but they weren’t the stars, . Emma, Sean, jt , manny, spinner , jimmy etc we’re. Only Simpson, Joey and spike were recurring characters
ya she went from a dumbass in jr high to some poser punk in degrassi high. she probably listened to mainstream punk like sex pistols. nothing really hardcore
She was a background character, don't think she ever had a line. Degrassi cast had some kind of acting workshop and most of the extras were from it if I remember how they did it right (they were not a union show so they had an unorthodox way of doing things compared to how they did it come TNG). The extras apparently had names and characters and were ready to be written in if a story needed them, hence so many being in the background for years, getting a few lines in an episode, then fading back in the background. Although apparently she never even got to the get a few lines stage. lol. From what I gather this bit was the most she ever said on the show.
Does anyone know what Neil Hope (Wheels) was doing in real life around the time they began filming The Next Generation? I know he died, but was wondering why they never tried to get him more involved like Joey and Snake were in TNG.
Belinda Davey By the time TNG started, his character was released. He made a guest appearance in one of the early seasons when Snake had cancer. So they definitely could have continued to use him if they wanted to. I was more or less asking why they didn't want to use his character. They were using Snake and Joey. It would have been nice to see the Zit Remedy having a happy ending. I wish they had showed us how he turned his life around.
Fidel, you never answered my question... they began filming long before 2007, and I think if they had found a role for him, his life may not have ended so tragically. I wish they had showed how Wheels life was turned around for the better after being released from prison. A lot of kids have parents in prison, and it would have helped give kids hope for their own parent in jail.
Who are these random people? And what the hell, how did Kathleen graduate in 1991 AND Caitlyn graduate in 1991 when Caitlyn was a year ahead of Kathleen (she wasn’t, but she graduated a year early) and “School’s Out” was in 1992?
The best explanation is that the last episode of Degrassi High was in 1991 with the school being closed down. The lower grades were then forced to graduate from different schools the next 2 years. So in a way, they all did "graduate" from Degrassi in 1991. Otherwise, they did retcon the years in TNG. Spike says she was 16 having Emma when she originally was only 14 in Degrassi Jr High. So they likely made the 2 year difference with the class year as well.
I am sure the real reason is she was not at the episode filming. BUT wasn't she supposed to be a grade below Kaitlyn and the others in that class. So stroyline wise she wouldn't have been at that reunion. Although they apprently invited everyone so had her actress come down she probably would have done this and just said she was there as someones date or something.
LadyL31786 I am from England, never really watched the next generation too be honest but kids of degrassi street and degrassi junior high were a great influence on my life
The original only lasted 5 years + the movie but Degrassi Next Generation ran an amazing 18 years showing 4 different graduating Classes. Emma, Clare and Mya were all the main characters and the mean girls Paige, Holly and Zoe not to mention the outcast Craig, Eli and Zig. Also the Bullies from Spinner, Jay, Alex and Jimmy to The Lakehurst Boys to The Hockey Team but tragic events saw them finding redemption and becoming better people. Ricks Shooting, The Death Of JT and The Suicide Of Can & Rape and Assault of Zoe.
Trish was on Degrassi since Season One (started off as a thin, mousy red haired girl, who later turned into a punkish girl with large red spiked hair). Rick was the guy who was beaten by his father. Not sure who Johnny and Rainbow are, though.
@@jonathanmartin1654 What is funny is from what I heard they had the actors ad lib this and just make up what they thought their characters would be doing now. (Although assume Joey, Spike, Snake, etc. had to stick within what the script for the episode said but apparently everyone else who didn't have any lines in the show otherwise, just made up where their characters were in the present). So given she had so little she ever did on the show and thus could have realistically made up ANYTHING... she chose drug addict. I don't know why I just always found that funny.
Johnny and Rainbow were background characters, basically glorified extras. Although the one in this is Ricky, who was a bit character in some episodes not the Rick who Kaitlyn crushed on.
This was also supposed to be the Jr. high school not the high school I assume. He should have come on and been in this as Claude's ghost. Just for the luls.
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I didn't know this existed and this honestly makes me so happy
i teared up lol
@@ketboard012 awe same!
Was I wish I could jump through the Computer and comfort you.
Same
Kathleen moved to Scranton and became Angela in "The Office"
Hahaha!! That’s great!
Oh my God, Kathleen! I wish they would do a Junior High/High reunion miniseries, with Steph, Arthur, Kathleen, Melanie, the twins, The Zits, and Lucy and L.D. and everyone. I mean EVERYONE.
@@lindacundiff4613 they could just say wheels is still tryin to hang out with his biological dad in port hope and his ol bat gramma is still pestering him
@@lindacundiff4613 Wheels' actor was still alive in 2001. He died in 2007.
The actress that played Kathleen is a professor at the University of Calgary.
@@sdot5389Well get her! That's great. The Actors who played Alexa and Tessa apparently became Teachers as well.
I'm 20 years into finding this became a fan of the next generation, but seen a bunch of the OGs episodes. Now, I feel complete seeing them all grown up!
" wheres simon" LOL what a catch phrase
What is weird is Simon was in the crowd in the reunion episode/ TNG Pilot. I wonder why he wasn't in this.
This is my first time seeing this scene , my life is now complete . I can die happy now
Seriously....Caitlin is stunning!
That's right Dwayne!!!🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 another 10 years maybe even 20!!!
yes, Dwayne! I was hoping he'd be back! Keep up on the HIV awareness
U do realize he doesnt really have it
@@samanthasims7123 yes ,I know that 😐thanks though
Yikes, this was filmed much longer ago from today (17 years) than the passage of time from Schools Out to when it was shot (10 years). Damn time goes by fast.
What?
Let me guess... no Claude?
@Michael Weiskopf I think he was joking lol
RandomGuy157 You’re the only smart guy who replied. Congratulations.
This Ricky (Dan Ciraco) was in 2 episodes of Degrassi High (Showtime Part 1 and Part 2), the more popular Rick (Craig Driscoll) was in 10 episodes, and he also has a TH-cam channel.
Caitlin class of 91 because she graduated a year early Kathleen did not she should of graduated class of 92
I wish the voices were more clear to hear 😭 DJH for lifeeee
didn't Joey graduate in 92 because he was held back in grade 8?
Yes, Joey was held back and graduated in 1993. Most of his peers graduated in 1992 such as Lucy and Snake. Caitlin took some extra courses and graduated a year earlier than the rest of her class in 1992. I guess to get some additional characters, this is a mixed reunion with 1992 and 1993 graduates.
They are really mixed up in the years. States that this is a 90 and 91 reunion and that Liz is a 91 graduate but has characters that graduated the year after her.
Retcon.
jfryza Caitlyn in real life was old enough to have been in that class. Spike in real life was a year older.
@@jfryza I think this was supposed to be when they graduated Jr. High
kathleen's was the best - so in character!
Love the slow pan up to whoever the hell "Ricky" is 😂. And no, that's not Rick from the first couple seasons of Junior High.
And I remember Trish having a WILD mohawk in Degrassi High lol
Who is this guy name Ricky along with the other guy in the beginning where the audio in background drowned out what he was saying.
No Michelle?! She was pretty foxy. Actually, most of them were.
Maureen mckay aka michelle i spoke to her!! She owns a law firm
Her dad was a pretty big a-hole but honestly Michelle seemed like a spoiled brat. And she WAS clingy. Although BLT was a total douchebag. She basically gave up her life for him! She moved out on her own and had to work morning and night to afford her apartment and also totally cut her dad out of her life (BIG changes for a teenager) and he not only cheats on her he keeps doing it brazenly! Everyone knows but her! So he's not only cheating on her he's making her look like a fool as well! And after all these years I STILL remember the smirk on the girls face he cheated with and her whispering and laughing with her friends when they saw Michelle. She's a better person than me cause I would've smacked that smirk off her face not just cried about it!!😈😠🌋
Out of all the chicks there I always thought that she was the most attractive
I'm not surprised that Arthur and Yick became "Partners" with Web Design. Remember they were in The Science Fair together. Wouldn't it be something if Toby worked there one Summer as an Intern. I would have loved for Voula to have come back looking stunning. She got her Master's in Business and is in Banking helping folks secure loans for up and coming Businesses. Luke Brower probably manages a Warehouse somewhere, he seemed to have no ambition.
Yick is still Zaddy 😍
Love u all deeply.u all changed my life. I watched every episode and still watch 2019
Watch out, Wheels is going to steal your change again 😂😂😂😂
Alexa, oh my God.
Haha this is pretty funny! Most of them are terrible actors as adults, they were a lot better as kids! Cool update though, nice to stumble across it after so many years.
Why did a random guy who didn’t go to degrassi get an interview but characters like Maya and the twins didn’t? They were there in the episode so it wasn’t an availability thing
I just watched it and I saw Maya but I didnt see Erica or Heather............
Same with Wheels & Lucy who were also there but never got to be interviewed
Yeah it weird, at least for Wheels you can say it because he never went to the reunion, but just stayed outside to apologize to Kucy
@@xmichaelwoodWhats funny is erica and heather actually do make a cameo @ Spike's baby shower
Simon also wasn't in this but was in the episode. Guessing they filmed it before or after they left shooting. Although it was weird.
Kathleen’s character is so convincing I’m thinking she’s really like that
The actress is now a public health sociologist and professor who focuses on youth drug use. She has a really progressive philosophy on educating teenagers about drugs and has been a long-time advocate for cannabis legalization. She seems pretty much like the opposite of Kathleen-- chill and (from videos I've watched) very likeable!
I would have loved to have seen that BLT be a Sports Agent who helps US Football Players who come to Canada to play in the CFL. He and Cindy broke up but he's kind of like a Spin Doctor like Olivia Pope (Scandal).
Principal Simpson needs to get working on that 35th year reunion 😂
I wish they would have done another reunion episode with the OG cast during later years in TNG!
I recognized Kathleene from the back ahahah! Yik did grow up to be cute!!! It's amazing how boys just keep growing & growing!!!
I'm happy to see Liz she's a cutiepie
Would you be able to upload the rest of season 1 deleted scenes.... im trying to find them everywhere but i cant find them anywhere.... Please!! Ur the best for posting the suditions by the way.. thats awesome
Hold up.. isn't Kathleen and Yick a year younger? I know Caitlin moved up a grade and graduated with Lucy, Snake and the twins etc... And this wouldn't have been Joeys reunion as he was held back a year....... But I LOVED THIS none the less. Wheels actually showed up to the reunion as well and apologized to Lucy for what he did. He didn't actually go inside the school for the reunion though. The clip was cut from most airings but the scene is on youtube!
Lucy, Melanie, Tessa, the twins, maya, tabi, blt, Michelle, and a few others aren’t there. Not completely complete. What do you think they turned out to be?
Lucy and the twins were there but weren’t filmed much. Lucy was in episode one of the next generation and she was in a deleted scene with wheels
I had to buy the whole series on dvd 📀😭♥️. My favorite show growing up 💕
I just watched the finale of degrassi high and im sobbing watching this. Dwayne's story being told is super important and im sobbing about the finale and i cried that he was the only good actor in this
And who's the dude after Dwayne, don't recognize him or the name, he speaks so soft, I could barely understand a word he said
He says his name is Johnny
I heard that part, there was no Johnny (or Ricky - other than Rick Munro) on DJH/DH, why not have had the twins or something instead of total randoms?
He also said that he attended the reunion with a very special alumnus and he wishes he went to Degrassi.
I totally agree with the whole thing about randoms being in the video lol
Julia Mercer The twins weren't in this episode but it would make more sense to have one of the actual characters than some random individual that no one knows.
I think his character was Clutch
In the words of Patrick Star "Who are you people!"
They're from the shows "Kids of Degrassi Street", "Degrassi Junior High" and "Degrassi High". All 3 shows are from the late 70s-early 90s. Since Spike had Emma when she was at Degrassi Junior High, Emma now goes to Degrassi, therefore the show continues as "Degrassi: The Next Generation".
The reason this show exists.
You normies don't know. 😂
I feel like this should be mandatory to watch before TNG
Who is Ricky supposed to be? Surely not the kid whose dad beat him, right?
I know this is an OLD post, but since no one answered I looked it up. Ricky was one of their many characters who was basically an extra but would phase in and out from time to time and get some lines before dissapearing in the background again. Several of the ones in this video were that. Hell that Rainbow one I just looked up, no wonder I had no idea who she was despite seeing the show multiple times, she never had any lines. Cool they invited them to come back and hang with everyone.
Ricky and Rainbow had me for a lost as well.
My problem is that the the two main classes should have been the Class of 92 and 93, with Dwayne being in the Class of 91. Also, I thought Degrassi shut its doors for the 1991-92 school year based on the series final of Degrassi High.
I grew up watching this and class of 91 as well😁
Ricky is known as a "Street Lawyer" kind of like the ones in The John Grisham Books ie The Rainmaker, and A Time To Kill. If he were an American he could be a Lawyer who helps Recording Artists who didn't get their proper Royalties. There were so many of them especially with Boy Bands/Girl Groups.
OMG KATHLEEN
Don't remember Johnny Rick or Rainbow. How about Author Patrick (the Irish kid) & Dwayne's two "friends". Who I believe kicked him to the curb once they found out he was hiv positive.
+Tim O'Brien Rainbow has been seen in the background during the old "Degrassi." In fact, there was a scene where Mr. Raditch calls out her name and she comes up to him to get her graded paper.
Yes, Rainbow only ever got credited in ONE episode! She was little more than an Extra. Nobody knew what the hell happened to Patrick after he and Spike mashed up and I'm guessing Dwayne told Nick (lanky POS) and Tabi (that Bitch that hung out with them) to get fucked after how they treated him. Ricky was one of those bit-part players who were in the two eps where Claude killed himself.
Rick was the little punk kid who got beat up by his dad, went out with Caitlin for a few episodes. His story was so sad. It's amazing to see him now.
Liesl Weasel yeah he had Joey over when he wasn't supposed to have friends over. Because of Joey Rick got help and his dad wasn't beating home anymore.
Uh, that's not the same Rick. The original Rick in DJH left the show and was never brought back or explained. May have left the show on bad terms.
So no one's gonna talk about how DWAYNE said "Hey, it's Dwight..."???
He said Dwayne but it does sound like Dwight lol
he didn't
These people were supposed to be like ~27 at this point right? They all look so much older 😭
Thats true they all do , Spike was the oldest about 31 there and still thought she looked older.
School's out was a horrible send off (if that was it's intention, a send off) We all adore these characters and the Shows, having them Hurt and in trouble was not how I wanted to remember them!
wouldn't it be great if no one had issues in life?
I agree. I mean I’m glad that most of the characters ended up happier in TNG, but I really hate how they ended Wheels arc 😩
It just goes to show, not everything has a happy ending and life doesn’t turn out the way you planned. Most of the cast of this show was living fast anyway,. They had to crash and burn one day. What made degrassi great was they kept it real!
I wonder if Diana Married The Black Guy she went to the Prom With.
laminage 😂😂😂
do you mean BLT. did he not have some success in Hollywood? I remember he was on a episode of Enterprise. He had a main role in the one episode.
@@cameranmanner4701 he did some bit part many many yrs ago on pam andersons show called vip
@@starfox1 Might be part of why he wasn't there. I don't know how Canadian actors guilds work. But SAG based on what I know of them basically if you start getting speaking roles you risk being fined if you go back to being an extra (again, what I understand may be wrong), and I can only assume these people minus the ones like Joey, Snake, Spike, etc. were brought in and paid as extras not guest stars. So if the Canadian union is anything like the one here it is possible some who's actors went on to work like Stephanie and Shane's actors they would have risked getting in trouble filming the episode. Hence part of the reason it was mostly second tier and glorified extras in the episode as background characters.
@@dantheman8103Degrassi the Next Generation was a union tv show (unlike the original series). The actors were union members. There’s international reciprocity with the screen actor unions, so if you’re a member of a union in one country, you can work a union project in another country. I can’t speak for all the screen actor unions, but with SAG, you don’t have to join the union until your second job. In other words, you can work on one union project without being forced to join. If the rules are the same in the Canadian union, it would allow someone who’s a member of SAG to appear on the Next Generation. It would also allow actors from the original series to have speaking roles for one contracted appearance if they weren’t union members. Of course, a handful of them had joined the union and continued to perform professionally. Others joined the union in order to continue to appear on the Next Generation. Some just made their reunion appearance without joining the union.
Rainbow(Anna) is actually Cathy Kennan's sister in real life..
I just finished a binge of jr high & the high school years... still have no idea who Rainbow is.
@xUnderdog21 same I honestly thought I was tripping
@@xUnderdog21 Rainbow was basically an extra although they did have Raddich mention her by name once. Degrassi was filmed differently then most shows in terms of the cast. They basically had a group of 35 kids and used whoever the story called for and didn't have true "Regulars" like most shows. Yeah characters like Joey, Snake, Caitlin, Lucy, Spike, etc. got more prominence but even they would in some episodes only ever be seen as backgrounds basically being used like extras. Others would be extras sometimes for years, then would randomly pop up when a story called for it and get a line or 2 or even a sub plot, then fade back into the background. Characters in this video like Trish and Ricky were basically used like that. Had a couple lines in an episode or 2 but otherwise were only ever seen in the background as extras. Rainbow was used as an extra for the entire series, look hard enough in the background she is there. But I think had like 1 line in the entire show, most who were around that long got at least a scene or two but she never did. There were a few others like that but since Rainbow got mentioned by name once and her actor is Liz's sister she seems to be the poster child for the members of the cast who were never anything but extras through their run.
A few of them I don't remember or recognize from Degrassi Junior High or High. Did Duane the bully flunk?
Honestly ppl, I loved DJH and DH however the point of TNG was it to show the NEXT GENERATION of characters. This reunion was part of episode 1 and 2 of THE series premiere of next generation . They used old characters as a staple to signify degrassi has always been around, but they weren’t the stars, . Emma, Sean, jt , manny, spinner , jimmy etc we’re. Only Simpson, Joey and spike were recurring characters
Simon and Alexa 🥺🥺🥺
yes, they could be grandparents by now
@@quinoasongs2507 oh dang you're right. They've been married 30 years now
1:30 yick!!!
trish had the mohawk in degrassi high, right?
ya she went from a dumbass in jr high to some poser punk in degrassi high. she probably listened to mainstream punk like sex pistols. nothing really hardcore
Who in the heck is rainbow?
I don’t know that’s my same reaction also
Lawd...Caitlin was a hottie in high school and got even BADDER!!!
Where's melanieeee?
It's just a shame the sound isn't that great
Don't remember Rainbow was she just a made up character or something.
She was a background character, don't think she ever had a line. Degrassi cast had some kind of acting workshop and most of the extras were from it if I remember how they did it right (they were not a union show so they had an unorthodox way of doing things compared to how they did it come TNG). The extras apparently had names and characters and were ready to be written in if a story needed them, hence so many being in the background for years, getting a few lines in an episode, then fading back in the background. Although apparently she never even got to the get a few lines stage. lol. From what I gather this bit was the most she ever said on the show.
I can't hear what Yick is saying... Does anyone know what he says in his scene?
Yick said that Arthur went to get a drink and that both he and Arthur are business partners. They run a web design company together.
@@LadyL31786 Arthur and Simon were both held up getting punch... what the hell was going on in the punch bowl line?
Who the eff is Ricky ? Lol
SNAKE *woop woop woop!!*
Shame Melanie didn't come :(
The actress was stalked in 1999. Unfortunately, we'll never see Melanie again without it being a different actress.
I met the Guy who played Dwayne
Is nobody gonna mention that Arther and Yick are partners???????
i think they mean business partners
Spike changed the most.😳
What happened to Spike's hair?!?!?!?!?
Does anyone know what Neil Hope (Wheels) was doing in real life around the time they began filming The Next Generation? I know he died, but was wondering why they never tried to get him more involved like Joey and Snake were in TNG.
folger1 He went to jail for drink driving and killing a child.
Belinda Davey By the time TNG started, his character was released. He made a guest appearance in one of the early seasons when Snake had cancer. So they definitely could have continued to use him if they wanted to.
I was more or less asking why they didn't want to use his character. They were using Snake and Joey. It would have been nice to see the Zit Remedy having a happy ending. I wish they had showed us how he turned his life around.
folger1 You are right, actually after I replied I found a deleted scene with Wheels so he was in next generation.
Neil Hope passed away 2007. Alcohol, diabetic related illness.
Fidel, you never answered my question... they began filming long before 2007, and I think if they had found a role for him, his life may not have ended so tragically. I wish they had showed how Wheels life was turned around for the better after being released from prison. A lot of kids have parents in prison, and it would have helped give kids hope for their own parent in jail.
Like the original tv show 🙂
Ohmygosh
3:46 I wonder if she works with Shane lol
What did Yick say? Couldn’t hear over the background noise.
Him & Arthur are still business partners
I’m actually watching Degrassi high right now
I love the Office!!1!!
Who is the 3rd one
Im a trish fan ❤
Who’s the guy before Kathleen
SPIKE MY BABY 😭
Trish was about that life
Who was the guy at 0:35?
Was the character Clutch the guy at 0:32 ?
Yes!! Looks like Clutch to me 0:32
yaaaaaaaaaas
Trish turned into Dana Plato?
Who are these random people? And what the hell, how did Kathleen graduate in 1991 AND Caitlyn graduate in 1991 when Caitlyn was a year ahead of Kathleen (she wasn’t, but she graduated a year early) and “School’s Out” was in 1992?
The best explanation is that the last episode of Degrassi High was in 1991 with the school being closed down. The lower grades were then forced to graduate from different schools the next 2 years. So in a way, they all did "graduate" from Degrassi in 1991.
Otherwise, they did retcon the years in TNG. Spike says she was 16 having Emma when she originally was only 14 in Degrassi Jr High. So they likely made the 2 year difference with the class year as well.
Where is Tessa??
She was not part of that clique.
she lived in Australia.
she prob still in the bedroom waitin for joey
starfox 😂😂
I am sure the real reason is she was not at the episode filming. BUT wasn't she supposed to be a grade below Kaitlyn and the others in that class. So stroyline wise she wouldn't have been at that reunion. Although they apprently invited everyone so had her actress come down she probably would have done this and just said she was there as someones date or something.
Who the hell are some of these people
TabbyAngel2 ikr
Go watch Junior High.
They are all in Degrassi jr. High but some were very minor roles
Joey needs to marry me
This would have been quite cool... at least some scenes would have been great...
how olds this film?
About 15...this was a deleted scene from the first episode "Mother and Child Reunion" which is from season 1 of "Degrassi: The Next Generation"
LadyL31786 I am from England, never really watched the next generation too be honest but kids of degrassi street and degrassi junior high were a great influence on my life
:)
Really trish
I thought that Rainbow was Liz
They’re sister in real life
It's inaudible
The original only lasted 5 years + the movie but Degrassi Next Generation ran an amazing 18 years showing 4 different graduating Classes. Emma, Clare and Mya were all the main characters and the mean girls Paige, Holly and Zoe not to mention the outcast Craig, Eli and Zig.
Also the Bullies from Spinner, Jay, Alex and Jimmy to The Lakehurst Boys to The Hockey Team but tragic events saw them finding redemption and becoming better people. Ricks Shooting, The Death Of JT and The Suicide Of Can & Rape and Assault of Zoe.
When was this aired?
It’s a deleted scene
Trish was on Degrassi since Season One (started off as a thin, mousy red haired girl, who later turned into a punkish girl with large red spiked hair). Rick was the guy who was beaten by his father.
Not sure who Johnny and Rainbow are, though.
+stillivefallen No they were not the same Rick the DJH/DH is Rick Munro and the Rick we know is DTNG is Rick Murray
Yooooo finally someone notice how long trish been on degrassi and can’t believe she turns out to grow up a addict dang
@@jonathanmartin1654 What is funny is from what I heard they had the actors ad lib this and just make up what they thought their characters would be doing now. (Although assume Joey, Spike, Snake, etc. had to stick within what the script for the episode said but apparently everyone else who didn't have any lines in the show otherwise, just made up where their characters were in the present). So given she had so little she ever did on the show and thus could have realistically made up ANYTHING... she chose drug addict. I don't know why I just always found that funny.
Johnny and Rainbow were background characters, basically glorified extras. Although the one in this is Ricky, who was a bit character in some episodes not the Rick who Kaitlyn crushed on.
don't make such silly comments, it's not rick.
What year is this? 2000?
2001
Wow check out Spike she look amazing her hair isnt spikey no more
Still hate Liz tho😅
so that's the last time we saw kathleen?
where the hells claude :D
starfox Remember he killed himself. Snake found him in the Bathroom.
This was also supposed to be the Jr. high school not the high school I assume. He should have come on and been in this as Claude's ghost. Just for the luls.
He dead