Jimmy Fallon has yet to pull off his full reunion of the Saved By the Bell cast, but on Monday night's show he offered a treat to the show's fans.
That is, Zack Morris offered the treat, dropping by the late-night talker to claim that he is in fact a real dude, and that "Mark-Paul Gosselaar" is simply the stage name he adopted upon graduating from Bayside High and eventually becoming an actor.
Gosselaar shares with TVGuide.com the full story on how the spoof came to be, after the jump.
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Consider him saved by the barber.
When TNT premieres the second season of its legal drama Raising the Bar in June, Mark-Paul Gosselaar's Jerry will make an appointment to get his unwieldy mane (revisit it here, if you must) managed.
Jerry's decision to brave the buzzer comes as he reaches another birthday, and is part of a bid to present a more professional appearance to his clients.
As would be the case in real life, the public defender's makeover does not go without mention. For example ...
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Can Steven Bochco deliver a new spin on the legal drama? In this video Q&A, Mark-Paul Gosselaar previews his role in Raising the Bar, premiering tonight at 10 pm/ET, on TNT, and reveals what it's like to butt heads with Malcolm in the Middle's Jane Kaczmarek.Speaking of butts... Mark-Paul also shares his take on the "ridiculous" uproar caused by a nude scene from his NYPD Blue days (at the 2:00 mark). The talk then turns to Saved By the Bell, and how that cast of child stars (for the most part) turned out OK. "We didn't have the pressure [that young stars today face]," he notes. "We were allowed to be kids." That said, there may be some "wild" tales to tell. Or at least Dustin Diamond thinks so. Gosselaar, being facetious about Screech's plan for a "tell-all," says, "I'm happy to have someone finally write a book to piece together those years I've been [blanking out on]." Listen to a lot more on that at the 3:50 mark. The chat wraps with Gosselaar copping to dating several Bell ...
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The man who gave TV such memorable dramas as Hill Street Blues and LA Law has a new story to tell It involves a group of stalwart public defenders led by Mark-Paul Gosselaar Saved By the Bell and Gloria Rueben ER and the other legal types including Malcolm mom Jane Kaczmarek as a judge to be reckoned with who inhabit their world Does TNTs Raising the Bar premiering tonight at 10 pmET fill a need that TV viewers may not realize they have TVGuidecom invited Steven Bochco to preview his new drama Matt MitovichTVGuidecom Whenever the idea for a new legal drama pops into your head and I have to imagine that happens every now and again do you ever think Does TV really need another one Is there anything new we can do here stillSteven Bochco Absolutely First of all I dont think that there are a lot of legal dramas on television A lot of what passes these days for legal drama and historically what has passed for le
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TNT on Wednesday held its upfronts presentation, unveiling a slate loaded with drama... and including the occasional Elvis impersonator.Having previously greenlit the series Raising the Bar (from Steven Bochco and starring Mark-Paul Gosselaar), Leverage (fronted by Timothy Hutton) and Truth in Advertising (Eric McCormack and Tom Cavanagh), and the pilot Men of a Certain Age (returning Ray Romano to TV), the cabler has a development slate that includes:• Delta Blues, exec-produced by George Clooney and revolving around a Memphis cop/Elvis impersonator who lives with his momma. (What is Kurt Russell up to...?)• Morse Code, tentatively starring Donnie Wahlberg as a war hero/DEA agent working his hometown of Bah-ston. I will go out on a limb and predict his last name is... Code.• Angel City, a "six cops/three cars" drama in the vein of Adam 12 and Hill Street Blues.• A fast-paced and gritty drama from 24's Joel Surnow and centered on a BATF agent.• A quirky, Lit...
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