What is it? Saved by the Bell, Complete Series, 86 episodes on 13 discs from Lionsgate

When? Now

How much? $49.98

“I’m so excited! I’m so scared!” Oh good, you remember. Anyone who was young and watching TV on Saturday mornings in the late 1980s and early ’90s should remember that immortal line, delivered frenetically by Jessie Spano (Elizabeth Berkley) on a caffeine high. Saved by the Bell was a phenomenon that helped change Saturday mornings from a cartoon-only domain to more of a teen-centric playground.

It’s a live-action series about the antics of a group of kids at fictional Bayside High School in California. They’re the cool kids. Well, the cool kids and one dork.

Their ringleader is Zack Morris (Mark-Paul Gosselaar), the scheming big man on campus who’s always looking for an angle. His plots and plans usually fall through, teaching Zack a valuable lesson. His constant sidekick is Samuel “Screech” Powers (Dustin Diamond), an oddball nerd prone to mishaps. Screech is hopelessly devoted to fashion-obsessed rich girl Lisa Turtle (Lark Voorhies), who barely tolerates his existence.

Zack’s attention is focused on whatever pretty girl happens to come his way, but he keeps going back to Kelly Kapowski (Tiffani-Amber Thiessen), the sweet-natured, girl-next-door cheerleader. For a while, he has to compete with A.C. Slater (Mario Lopez), the athletic new kid at school who also takes a liking to Kelly, but pretty soon, he settles into a relationship with Jessie, the brainy feminist of the group.

There is a brief period toward the end in which Jessie and Kelly disappear, to be replaced by tomboy Tori Scott (Leanna Creel), but those episodes don’t last long.

The school’s principal, Mr. Belding ( Dennis Haskins), is usually the only visible adult figure around as the kids sort out their romantic troubles and pull pranks on their rivals at Valley High. Everything except study. They don’t do much of that.

How is it? Same as it always was. It can be a bit After School Special-like and simplistic when it decides to teach a message.

It’s pretty tame and safe. These are good kids. They may dabble in cheating or lying or drinking or get hooked on caffeine pills (I’m looking at you, Jessie), but they learn their lessons quickly. And there’s none of the sarcastic, smart aleck, disrespectful attitude you’ll find in many ’tween and teen shows these days. Mr. Belding could be a bit of a doofus, but the kids did respect him.

It’s a bonus that the kids are played by actual teens.

No, it’s not brilliant TV, but for those who came of age in the 1990s, it’s a cultural touchstone that has gone on to spawn spinoffs and even a stage musical.

Fans should note that this set does not include the Good Morning, Miss Bliss episodes (the precursor to Bell), Saved by the Bell: The New Class, Saved by the Bell: The College Years or the TV movies.

Are there bonus features? There are three featurettes. One of them,“The First of Its Class: From Sit-com to Icon” is 15 minutes and tells the history of the show and its impact. That same ground is covered in a bit more detail in “Saturday Morning: From ’Toons to Teens” and “It’s Alright: Back to the Bell,” each about 15 minutes long and including interviews with producers, actors and network executives.

A few episodes have commentary tracks, but those aren’t marked anywhere on the packaging so you don’t know which episodes have commentaries until you click on them.

New this week: Burn Notice, Complete Series and Season 7; Family Guy, Volume 12; Justified, Season 4; Shameless, Season 3.

Next week: None.

Style, Pages 48 on 12/15/2013