We knew Raising the Bar's Mark-Paul Gosselaar was a good sport when he came into EW for a meet-and-greet last year, faced a room full of entertainment junkies reenacting scenes from Saved by the Bell (okay, that was just Tim Stack), and fed Annie Barrett cupcakes. But doing an entire interview on last night's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon as a grown-up Zack Morris gives new meaning to the term. (Maybe he was game because he got to perform Zack Attack's "Friends Forever" with the Roots? UPDATE: That was one of Gosselaar's conditions. He talks all about the appearance here.) The big news — other than that Zack never upgraded his cell phone and Fallon does an excellent "time out" — is that Gosselaar committed to Fallon's Saved by the Bell reunion and announced that Elizabeth Berkley is also in. That just leaves Tiffani Thiessen and Dustin Diamond, who's supposed to be penning a tell-all about the show. (Mario Lopez, Lark Voorhies, and Dennis Haskins had already RSVP'd yes.) Are we excited about this idea now?
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Good God, that was amazing. A lot of actors could have (and have been) complete dicks about the show that made them famous. Glad to see he embraces it.
The hair, the phone, the life-size Kelly Kapowski!
My week has been made.
“I got to judge the Miss Liberty Pageant!”
I don’t think I’ve ever been more excited in my adult life. Even if Dustin Diamond won’t commit (you won’t be missed, crazypants), I’ll still be giddy.
I’ve never been so happy in my life. The 90’s are back baby!!! Where the hell is my scrunchie???
He is still soooooooo cute! I think he’s awesome for doing this.
Dustin Diamond needs money badly, he’ll be in if they ask him. He lives in my area (Wisconsin) and there are random stories about him here and there about his money troubles and his house in foreclosure and whatnot. He’ll be there.
Its so eeeeeasssssyyyyy
That made me feel 12 years old again. Funny and trippy at the same time…
That was really funny last night. It was the random night that I stayed up to watch Jimmy Fallon and Zach Morris was on. YAY!!! And he sang Friends Forever!!! It was worth staying up till past 2 in the morning
YES WE ARE…. nome get Screech and Kely in there… or I could do with out Kelly to be true…
AMAZING!!! This made my week!!!
AMAZING!! This made my week!!
What about Tori??
HEY, WHAT ABOUT LISA TURTLE. BLACK POWER!!
Loved the “moved from Indiana with my two friends and the principal”
That was great its nice to see an actor not shy away from the character that made him famous now if only more actors could take the stick out of their a$$es and just have fun with it.
A Saved By The Bell reunion would be awesome!! Only if all of them come back. That means you also need Mario Lopez and Lark Voorhies (Lisa).
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This was amazing! I have a new found love of Mark-Paul Gosselaar! I loved him when I was little, but he lost my attention. This was enough for me to check out his new show on TNT. Can’t wait for the reunion!
Wow, that was awesome. And I never even watched Saved by the Bell!
Omg what about Lisa Turtle? Lark Vorhees? How can you leave her out? She was just as important as the others. AND omg Mario Lopez. Nice how you left the minorities out. Very convienent.
Only Tiffani and Dustin have yet to sign on. (Mario, Lark, and Dennis Haskins had already said they’re game.)
That is so great. It made me want to go home and get out the old Zack Morris doll. It also made me want to watch ‘Raising the Bar’, so I guess he did his job.
That made my day. SOOOOO FUNNY! He seriously looked like he walked out of a time machine. The rolled jeans are killing me.
OMG – This made me so damn happy, I cannot even tell you! “I moved from Indiana with my 2 friends and principal” – LOL – seriously, I’ve always loved him, but from now on I will now support and/or watch ANY movie/tv show with MP Gosselaar. FRIENDS FOREVER! ALWAYS WILL BE THERE!
They didn’t leave out Lark and Mario…they have already committed to doing the reunion show. So annoying when people don’t pay attention!!
Childhood flashback! That was very cool of him. He’s a good sport, and I’m glad his career is doing well.
I really hope the reunion becomes a reality.
This is amazing, thanks EW! Sorry I missed it. Really shows how good an actor Mark is!
THAT JUST LEAVES DUSTIN DIAMOND AND TIFFANI THIESSEN? WHAT ABOUT MARIO LOPEZ????????
That just leaves Dustin Diamond and Tiffani Theissen? What about my boy Mario Lopez?????
I watched Fallon last night when I saw he was going to be on, I happened to be watching when Mario Lopez was on and commited. When he came out as Zach Morrison, I just had to sit back and saw that is awesome. Yes I watched Saved By The Bell and would like to see this happen. But to come out and do that, just really cool. Raising the Bar has been pretty good, I watched all of last season and later today I’ll watch the new one on the DVR, Nice job “Zach” and the cell phone and time-out bit were great. They’ll probaly have to pay Dustin since hes down and out.