In the television world, career longevity is a rarity. Typically, if you’re lucky enough to land one successful television show, your odds of landing another aren’t good. Ask Jason Alexander. Ask Roseanne. Or Jenna Elfman. Or Paul Reiser. Or Bronson Pinchot. What’s even more rare is not only landing two successful shows, but landing them a decade apart. Rarer still is being as crush-worthy an actor in his or her 30s and 40s as he or she was in their teens and 20s.

But it happens. Not terribly often, but it does. Here are 10 instances representing the spectrum of TV crushes that you might have had in the 90s and that, thanks to an ability to maintain a high profile — and good looks — over a decade or more, you may still nurse today.

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How many times have you gone to Wikipedia today, only to get their “Imagine a World without Free Knowledge” message? It’s happened to me four times already (I STILL don’t know the complete biographical background on the dad from “Webster”), and I’m pretty sure it’ll occur nine more times before the day’s out. But I’m not mad; I can wait to know what movies were shot in South Dakota. It’s for a good cause.

Today is SOPA Day on the Internet. Hundreds of websites, including Wikipedia and Reddit, are protesting the very bad Stop Online Piracy and Protect IP acts because, well, they’re very bad. Matt wrote about it back in November, and Señor Fancy Lawyer Man Danger Guerrero would like to add:

I can’t stress strongly enough to all of you how terrible the whole SOPA/PIPA thing is…Not only will this bill throw a giant wrench into the Internet, it also has SERIOUS Constitutional ramifications. It gives mass copyright holders (Disney, record companies, Viacom, etc.) the ability to restrict people’s speech and take away their property (websites) without due process.

That’s my favorite kind of process! So, contact your local representative and tell them, SOPA STINKS. After you’ve done that – ONLY after you’ve done that – check back here to see how the Internet has been reacting to the threat of censorship, through the use of TV shows and characters. I’ve added a few of my own, as should you. Find an image, add text here, and copy the link in the comments. We’ll include the best in the slideshow.

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One of my favorite parts about the tiny slice of the Internet I occupy is that whenever something “Saved by the Bell”-related happens, people rush to inform me. So when this video popped up yesterday, I got absolutely bombarded. A dozen emails, a ton of tweets and DMs, messages on my Tumblr, all of it. I wouldn’t have it any other way. You can’t imagine how happy it makes me that y’all see a “Saved by the Bell” clip on the Internet and immediately think of me. If nothing else, it validates the hours I spent watching that nonsensefest growing up, and the thousands and thousands of words I’ve devoted to the show on the Internet over the past few years. (NOTE: It most certainly does not.)

The video itself is pretty straightforward. It takes dramatic or awkward moments from the show, and lays the “WOO!” audience sound effect that played when characters would kiss over top of them. The result is hilariously inappropriate. It’s a simple premise executed well, and I really enjHOLY CRAP WHY DIDN’T I THINK OF THIS VIDEO FIRST. IT WAS RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY FACE THE WHOLE TIME. I blame all of you. Sure, you can tell me when the clip’s already been made, but you can’t email me the idea beforehand so I can scoop up all the traffic? I’m a busy guy! I’ve got, uh, GIFs to look at. Lots of them! I can’t do this by myself, people. I expect more out of you. You can do better.

I’m glad we had this talk.

Haskins and former With Leather editor Josh Zerkle

Dennis Haskins, the actor who played Mr. Belding on “Saved by the Bell,” now earns a comfortable living making appearances at bars around the country, where the kids who watched the ’90s TV staple are now disillusioned adults who crave whatever slice of pop culture nostalgia the world can offer them. From Fox 411:

Today, Haskins has managed to parlay his Mr. Belding brand into a lucrative business making appearances at bars around the country.

“The markets I play the best in are the ones with people 20-35. Mr. Belding is universal,” Haskins told Fox411 in an interview about his bar and club business. “Personal appearances are a way many actors from older shows supplement their income, and it is a blessing.”

Some people may think it’s sad that a 60-year-old man has to live in a role he last played 11 years ago in order to make a living, but I think it’s cool that he’s having fun with it. I mean, it’s a little sad, but not as sad as Jaleel White trying to break into other roles and asking people not  to call him Urkel.

And there’s more:

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Oh, this is a real treat. Pleated Jeans has put together a supercut of Very Special Episodes from the ’80s and ’90s. I have no idea why Very Special Episodes ever came to prominence, but they’re certainly hilarious in retrospect. Obviously, the most famous scene is Jessie’s meltdown after she gets hooked on caffeine pills in “Saved by the Bell,” but there are some other gems here, including:

• Future two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks as the drunk uncle on “Family Ties.”
• Donna getting thrown down the stairs by her abusive boyfriend on “90210″ (2:30 mark, FYI).
• The episode of “Punky Brewster” where Cherie hides in the refrigerator and almost dies from asphyxiation. Man, I’d forgotten all about that episode! I definitely made sure to never hide in refrigerators after that episode.

Anyway, be sure to watch the whole thing, and be sad all over again when Steve Urkel doesn’t fall to his death.