Saved by the Bell (1989) |
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Saved by the Bell Cast |
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On-Screen Couples |
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Leah Remini
(as Stacey Carosi)
with Mark-Paul Gosselaar
(as Zachary 'Zack' Morris)
Mario Lopez
(as Albert Clifford 'A.C.' Slater)
with Elizabeth Berkley
(as Jessica 'Jessie' Myrtle Spano)
Tori Spelling
(as Violet Anne Bickerstaff)
with Dustin Diamond
(as Samuel 'Screech' Powers)
Patrick Muldoon
(as Jeffrey Hunter)
with Tiffani Thiessen
(as Kelly Kapowski)
Jennifer Blanc
(as Melissa)
with Mark-Paul Gosselaar
(as Zachary 'Zack' Morris)
Mark-Paul Gosselaar
(as Zachary 'Zack' Morris)
with Bridgette Wilson
(as Ginger)
Mark-Paul Gosselaar
(as Zachary 'Zack' Morris)
with Christine Taylor
(as Heather Brooks)
Mark-Paul Gosselaar
(as Zachary 'Zack' Morris)
with Tiffani Thiessen
(as Kelly Kapowski)
Mark-Paul Gosselaar
(as Zachary 'Zack' Morris)
with Leanna Creel
(as Tori Scott)
Soleil Frye
(as Robin)
with Dustin Diamond
(as Samuel 'Screech' Powers)
Mark-Paul Gosselaar
(as Zachary 'Zack' Morris)
with Rana Haugen
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Awards |
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Saved by the Bell (1989) was nominated for the following awards:
Young Artist Awards
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Young Artist Award
1996
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Young Artist Award
1993
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Young Artist Award
1992
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Young Artist Award
1992
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Young Artist Award
1992
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Young Artist Award
1992
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Young Artist Award
1992
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Young Artist Award
1992
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Young Artist Award
1991
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Young Artist Award
1991
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Young Artist Award
1991
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Young Artist Award
1991
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Young Artist Award
1991
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Young Artist Award
1990 YoungStar Awards
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YoungStar Award
1997
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YoungStar Award
1997 |
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Quotes Zack: I like school. It`s just too bad classes get in the way. Mr. Belding: Hey, hey, hey. *What* is going *on* here? Zack: I like school... it`s a good way to kill time between weekends. Zack: You know, I`ve finally found out the best thing about high school, once you graduate you don`t have to come back. Lisa: I have a map of every mall from here to Tijuana. Slater: What, no rose for me, preppie? And I thought we were real close.
Zack: Slater, face it. It`s over. Lisa: If you don`t get rid of Linda, I`m gonna throw her out the winda. Jessie: I have had it with Eric. He took my TV, my hairdryer and my room. I am in crisis. Kelly: You sound like you`re on `Thirtysomething.` Lisa: Yeah, `I have all these problems and there`s no-one ever there for me. I talk and talk and talk but no-one ever listens.` Slater: Wow, Lisa, I just saw you on US Gladiators. Wow, you beat up everybody, including the audience.
Lisa: Nobody messes with Lethal Lisa. Jessie: If any of you sweeties dares bid on my Slater I`ll hunt you down in the street like a rabid dog. Jessie: Your understanding of politics is limited to who won the election on `Sesame Street`. Lisa: Girl, if I were Leslie I woulda slapped you until my hand hurt, and then I woulda slapped you for making it hurt. Kelly: Who are you?
Screech: Oh, I`m, uh, I`m- Sinead O`Connor.
Kelly: That`s a very famous name. You have a hit song in the charts, you know...?
Screech: Oh, uh, that`s the other O`Connor. She`s my niece. She learned from me.
Lisa: You taught her everything she knows?
Screech: Oh, that I did. Now she can clean toilets with the best of `em. Screech: Once, my dad let me back his car out of the garage. Then he got mad at me.
Mr. Tuttle: Well Screech, your father was probably just nervous.
Screech: Well, he had a right to be - I forgot to open the garage door.
Lisa: I hope your dad had "dork" insurance. Mr. Belding: Screech, you can`t elope.
Screech: Who`re you calling a cantaloupe, you melon head? Screech: Wow, my first Hollywood party. I wonder if the Simpsons are gonna be there? Jessie: Slater, haven`t you heard of the Women`s Movement?
Slater: Sure...”Put on something cute and MOVE it into the kitchen." Mr. Belding: Class, this is my brother... Rod Belding.
Screech: Wow. A building with two Beldings, one of whom is balding. Screech: [to Zack`s pet duck] So long, Becky. And remember...
[makes quack sounds]
Screech: .
[to Zack]
Screech: I heard Donald say that to Huey, Dewey, and Louie.
Zack: And you`re screwy. Screech: Zack, something terrible has just happened.
Zack: You found out "Alf" was a puppet?
Screech: He is? Jessie: Slater, since we`re together, I think we should share the household chores.
Slater: Sure, you cook & I`ll eat. [Zack meets a college girl and lies about his age]
Slater: [smiling] So what happened, Preppie? Did she turn you down?
Zack: Guess again, my high school friend. She and I just agreed to get together and meet at "The Attic".
Screech: Wow, the attic. That is cool. There could be bats up there.
Slater: YOU`RE bats, screech. "The Attic" is an `over 18` club, and Zack`s only 16.
Zack: That may be true, Slater. But by tomorrow morning, we`ll all be 18.
Screech: Oh no. Mom said I have to move out at 18. I gotta look for a place. Mr. Belding: Zack, just because you always park your car in that same spot, does not mean it`s official.
Zack: Then make it official, just like my seat in detention. Jessie: You macho pig.
Slater: Oink oink, baby. Mr. Belding: Zack, calm down. Just tell me who`s threatening you.
Zack: Kelly "The Killer" Kapowski.
Mr. Belding: Kelly Kapowski?
Zack: Yes.
Mr. Belding: Excuse me for a minute.
[turns head to laugh]
Mr. Belding: [still snickering] What`s she gonna do? Spike you to death with a volleyball? Mr. Belding: [while putting on buttoned sweater] I`m taking a different approach with you, Zack.
Zack: [Observes Belding`s sweater] So you`re gonna be "Mr. Rogers"?
Mr. Belding: You`re in the neighborhood. Slater: You are a very strange person.
Screech: [flattered] Well, thanks for noticing. [Zack admits to have gone into the ladies locker room]
Jessie: You violated our privacy? That is wrong, isn`t it, Slater?
Slater: Uhhh... yeah, Preppie, you out to be ashamed of yourself. I`m disgusted.
[whispers in Zack`s ear, disappointed]
Slater: Next time, bring ME. Zack: Mr. Belding... quick, you gotta help me. My life is being threatened by one of your students.
Mr. Belding: Just one? You`re losing your touch. [Jessie & Slater are at war with each other]
Mr. Belding: I wanna know what`s going on right now.
Jessie: [pointing to Slater] Ask brillo-head, he started it.
Mr. Belding: Well, Brillo-He - -I mean, Slater... Screech: Forget going to the prom. We`re through.
Lisa: Wait a minute. You`re not supposed to dump me. I`M supposed to dump YOU. Slater: Hey, mama, wanna have a burger with a real man?
Jessie: Sure, I`ll go find one. Slater: What`s the matter, Dad?
Slater: My C.O. went A.W.O.L. with a G.L. from the P.X. I gotta go A.S.A.P. See ya, A.C.
Zack: You guys sound like an eye chart. Becky Belding: Why don`t you get me ginger ale, with a big scoop of peanut butter?
Screech: Ah, that`s my favorite combination too.
Lisa: Well, Screech, maybe you`re pregnant.
Screech: Oh, don`t be ridiculous, Lisa. I`m not even married. Mr. Belding: Go to class, learn something. Screech: Hey, ya know what, Slater? With this microscope, your nose hairs look like the Amazon Rain Forest.
Slater: If you don`t get that thing out of my face, I`m gonna have the Natives come out and eat you. [the gang rewrites the words to Screech`s corny school song before they decide to sing]
Screech: You hooligans. You demolished my song.
Lisa: No we didn`t, Screech. It still says "Bayside".
Slater: Yeah, and we even left the words you put in: "it", "and", "the", "Bayside".
Screech: Oh... well in that case, it`s ok then. Zack: Lisa, you are looking lovelier than ever today.
Lisa: Can the sweet talk. You`re giving me a zit. Kelly: Jessie let`s go to the lost and found.
Jessie: Why?
Kelly: Because you`ve lost it. Zack: Maybe we could sell Screech to Exxon.
Slater: Nah, they`d never buy a geek that doesn`t squeak. Jessie: Do you realize we haven`t argued for 15 seconds?
Slater: It was 20, shut up. Mr. Belding: Zack, I am not a matador so take the bull outside [Screech is walking scrunched down near the floor]
Zack: I`m sorry you were stuck in the file cabinet for so long.
Screech: That`s okay, just paint me blue and call me a Smurf. Mr. Dewey: I don`t believe it and I don`t care. I`m tired, I have a toothache, and I have to go home and pump iron. Jessie: I`m so excited, I`m so excited, I`m so, I`m so... scared! Kelly: [talking about Slater`s dancing] Wow Slater that was hot!
Zack: Ha ha. Are you kidding? I moved better last summer when a bee flew in my shorts. Kelly: What happened to you?
Lisa: I kicked the TV and sprained my ankle.
Jessie: Why?
Lisa: I was watching the new Revlon commercial and they discontinued my nail polish. Louise: Would you ever go steady with a guy named Moose?
Lisa: Why not, you could always hang your coat on his antlers. Lisa: Some people get a little strange when it`s time to see Nurse Butcher.
Jessie: Not me, I`m in perfect health. I eat properly, exercise daily, get the right amount of rest.
Slater: You sound like a commercial for oat bran. Lisa: What`s wrong Kelly?
Kelly: Men, especially Zack Morris.
Slater: Hey, don`t judge us by our worst specimen. Zack: This week is our Geometry midterm. Hey, I`m not worried, I always sit next to smart nerds.
Jessie: Eh, I hate coffee. Suzy, can I have another cup please?
Zack: So why are you drinking it?
Screech: What else is she gonna do with the coffee Zack?
Zack: Use your head as a donut and dunk you in it.
Screech: No way, my head would never fit in the cup. Slater: [talking to Jessie] Guys are great at math. It`s just a shame you weren`t born a man.
Jessie: Yeah, it`s a shame you weren`t born one either. Mr. Dewey: [telling grades for a quiz] Kelly B+, Lisa B+, Jessie C.
Jessie: C, C?
Mr Dewey: Si, senorita, but this is geometry, not Spanish. Kelly: [after Jessie storms off in a fit, a group of students are looking at her] She`s my friend... but not my best friend. Actually, I hardly even know her. [repeated line]
Screech: [to Zack ] Hello, buuuuuuuddy! [taping of "Don`t Do Drugs" commercial]
Kelly: Dumb.
Slater: Stupid.
Lisa: Crazy.
Jessie: Dangerous
Screech: Stinks. Slater: [Jessie is taking caffeine pills] Those pills are dangerous.
Jessie: Yeah, well, so`s geometry! Screech: [Kelly has just stormed away from Zack] I`m leaving, too! I`ll send for my ant farm. Lisa: Screech, would you like to rejoin the human race?
Screech: You always said I wasn`t a member.
Lisa: I`ll sneak you in. Kelly: I had a wonderful time, Zack. That movie really got to me.
Zack: You`re the only one who cried when Ernest went to jail. Screech: Kelly! I know he asked you to go with him. Is the answer yes?
Kelly: Well, you can`t tell Zack, but
[shakes head yes]
Screech: Oh, my! What a moment! What a thrill! First the Berlin Wall comes down, then the Brady Bunch comes back, and now Zack and Kelly are going steady! Kelly: [Kelly is talking about choosing between Zack and Slater] Guys, this is hard. It`s like choosing between two great pieces of chocolate.
Zack: Sorry Kelly, from now on, you can only get zits from one of us. Mr. Belding: [Mr. Belding just signed a detention slip for Zack] So, this makes nine, and 10 is...
Zack: Don`t say it, sir.
Mr. Belding: That`s right, suspension! It`s gonna happen, Morris.
Zack: Not until cows give Pepsi, sir. Kelly: Why aren`t you at the prom?
Zack: Oh, is that tonight? Gosh, I must have forgotten?
Kelly: There must have been 100 girls who would love to go with you.
Zack: Actually 106. Zack: Kelly dumped me.
Slater: Is that what you think?
Zack: Yeah, I mean every time I call, her mother says she`s washing her hair. I mean who washes their hair six times a day?
Slater: You do. Jessie: [Jessie and Slater are looking for music for the prom] I can`t believe you like these tapes.
Slater: Hey, what`s wrong with Paula Abdul and Janet Jackson?
Jessie: Their music doesn`t say anything.
Slater: Did you ever see them move? They`re saying plenty, baby. Mr. Belding: Now Zack, I know that you and Lisa are in charge of decorations, but this year`s theme is not going to be
[holds up a banner]
Mr. Belding: "Zack and Kelly`s Prom". Kelly: Is something wrong?
Mr. Frank Kapowski: Afraid so. World peace broke out.
Kelly: That`s good isn`t it?
Mr. Frank Kapowski: For the world, yes, but not if you work at a defense plant. Screech: Will you go to the prom with me?
Lisa: Yeah, I`ll go.
Screech: You will!
Lisa: I`ll go with you when worms have ears. Kelly: [Kelly is talking about choosing between Zack and Slater] Kelly: Guys, this is hard. It`s like choosing between two great pieces of chocolate.
Zack: Sorry Kelly, from now on, you can only get zits from one of us.
Kelly: [Lisa hands Kelly and Jessie bracelets] Here guys, these are for you.
Kelly: Gee Thanks.
Jessie: These are nice.
Lisa: I made these friendship bracelets in Fashion Club.
Screech: Did you make one for me?
Lisa: For you, I`m making a friendship muzzle.
Screech: I`m speechless.
Lisa: That`s the idea.
Mr. Belding: I am fed up with your wisecracks. I`m giving you a month`s worth of Saturday detention.
Zack: Four Saturdays?
Mr. Belding: Uh-uh, 30 Saturdays.
Zack: 30 Saturdays? Sir, can we negotiate? Hey I`ll wash your car.
Mr. Belding: The last time you washed my car, you flooded the inside.
Zack: Car pool, sir. Alan Fairbanks: Why should I join the cadet corp?
Zack: Because the new Army serves cake at every meal.
Alan Fairbanks: Slice me in! Zack: [Talking about bringing back the school`s old radio station with Mr. Belding] Sir, we`d like to put KKTY back on the air.
Mr. Belding: What?
Screech: [slowly] We... would... like... to
Mr. Belding: I heard you!
Lisa: [Talking about Slater`s sport`s broadcast on the radio] Do you think we should be honest and tell him he stinks?
Jessie: How can we without hurting his feelings?
Screech: Why don`t we just wave a skunk in front of him? Zack: [Screech brings Zack to the school old radio station in the basement of the school] Hey, Screech, I thought I knew every hiding place in this school. How did you find it?
Screech: Oh, a bully dumped me down the garbage chute. Someday I`m gonna get even with that girl.
Screech: You girls are lucky; wait `til you see me in a wet t-shirt.
Lisa: Only if it involves you drowning.Trivia Elizabeth Berkley originally auditioned for the role of Kelly Kapowski and was turned down in favor of Tiffani Thiessen, but the producers liked Elizabeth so much that they created the Jessie Spano character especially for her to play. Jennie Garth auditioned for the role of Kelly Kapowski This show follows "Good Morning, Miss Bliss" (1987) which takes place at John F. Kennedy Junior High School, in Indianapolis, Indiana. When several of the students and Mr. Belding move up to Bayside High School in this series, it was suddenly set in Pacific Palisades, California. The segments where Zach remembers his junior high school years were added to the beginning of "Good Morning, Miss Bliss" (1987) episodes that were re-edited from the Disney Channel as "Saved by the Bell" episodes for syndication.
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# The show originally was going to have three guys and two girls, but the character of Jesse was created when Elizabeth Berkley had a successful audition. #
# Dustin Diamond was three years younger than the rest of the cast. Other actors considered for roles of main characters include Jaleel White, Jonathan Brandis, Brian Austin Green and Jennie Garth. One of the degrees in Mr. Belding`s office is for Kung Fu. It is above the filing cabinet next to his desk. Lisa Turtle was originally written as a white Jewish princess from Long Island who moves to California, but the producers liked Lark Voorhies, and gave her the part.
The original role of Miss Bliss of the pre-Saved by the Bell "Good Morning, Miss Bliss" (1987) (called Saved by the Bell in the reruns) was written for Sandy Duncan. Duncan was busy with "Valerie" (1986), so Hayley Mills was cast instead. When the original series "Good Morning, Miss Bliss" (1987) was being developed, producers were considering casting Brian Austin Green, Jaleel White, and Jonathan Brandis.
Dustin Diamond is the only actor to appear in all "Saved by the Bell" episodes, spin-offs and movies. #
# The final "Graduation" episode had already been shot when the network ordered additional episodes. Tiffani Thiessen and Elizabeth Berkley were attached to other projects by that time, necessitating the creation of a replacement character Tori, played by Leanna Creel. The Tori episodes aired in the middle of the other final season episodes to sidestep continuity problems (though the disappearance and later reappearance of Kelly and Jessie, as well as for Tori, went unexplained). - and vise versa for Tori- went unexplained). Casper Van Dien made several uncredited appearances throughout the show`s final year. He had one line in one show, and was often seen just as a simple background extra, mostly in the hallway scenes by the lockers. Mark-Paul Gosselaar had to dye his hair blonde every two weeks while shooting the show. #
# Scott Wolf and Denise Richards made cameo appearances before making it to stardom. Tori Spelling ("Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990)) also made an appearance as a recurring character named Violet Bickerstaff - who was Screech`s love interest. Ed Alonzo`s last episode was "Save the Max". #
# According to producer Peter Engel, at a meeting before the show had been created, NBC President Brandon Tartikoff suggested the show be given a name that used the word bell (such as "When the Bell Rings"). One of Engel`s colleagues then suggested the name "Saved by the Bell", which Tartikoff liked. Engel disliked the name but, believing that someone else probably owned the rights to the phrase "saved by the bell", went along with it. As luck would have it, NBC`s legal department discovered that in fact nobody owned the rights to the phrase, and by the next day Engel`s office was covered in large banners that said "Saved by the Bell". In the episode "Home for the Holidays," the Santa Claus in the show was credited as Himself. Lisa`s last name is Turtle, Jessie`s middle name is Myrtle, and Zack`s pet turtle`s name is Myrtle. Throughout the show, Screech had different lockers. In the first two seasons, his locker was near Belding`s office; in the later seasons his locker was near the stairs. The nerd characters usually had a last name that contained the word "nerd" or some synonym of it, such as Nerdstrom, Poindexter, Geekman, etc. In every show the same classroom was used just rearranged for the subject being taught Originally, Zack and Slater were written as bitter rivals for Kelly`s romantic affections. Off screen however, Mario López and Mark-Paul Gosselaar were (and continue to be) very close friends. The writers, sensing the obvious chemistry between the two actors, had the characters re-written as best friends, and they remained that way for the rest of the show. The character Tori was named after producer Aaron Spelling`s daughter, Tori Spelling. The "A.C." in A.C. Slater’s name stands for Albert Clifford. There are many incongruities between "Good Morning, Miss Bliss" (1987) and "Saved by the Bell." For one Zack`s father is divorced in GMMB but happily married to Zack`s mother in SBTB. Zack also had a sister in GMMB but in SBTB he was an only child. #
# Though Kelly was scripted as Zack`s girlfriend for the show, the actress who played the role of Lisa, Lark Voorhies, was Mark-Paul Gosselaar`s real-life girlfriend up to and during the Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style (1992) (TV) movie for three years, according to several interviews given by Gosselaar. The set of the school was never struck down completely after the show stopped production. It has been used and redressed on many shows that air on the Disney Channel and Nickelodeon since then, such as "That`s So Raven" (2003) and "iCarly" (2007). Mr. Tuttle taught four subjects: business economics, drivers` education, music appreciation, and physics. He was also the coach of the school decathlon. Mr. Dewey taught mathematics (Geometry and Algebra). Ms. Simpson taught English Literature. Singer Michael Damian performed an alternate rendition of the show`s theme song, which was used during the first season. Zack, Slater and Screech are the only characters to appear in all the segments.
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