Mark-Paul Gosselaar paid a little visit to the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon show last night in his Saved By The Bell character Zack Morris. Gosselaar was really on the show to promote the new season of his TNT drama Raising the Bar but spent most of his appearance playing up the notion of a Saved By The Bell reunion. It’s pretty funny to see MPG in character as Zack Morris again … he doesn’t really look like he’s aged much at all:
As he’s established himself as a grown-up actor with roles on “NYPD Blue,” “Commander in Chief” and now “Raising the Bar,” Mark-Paul Gosselaar has (understandably) distanced himself from his first big role on “Saved by the Bell.” Consider the distance achieved. Gosselaar was a guest on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” Monday — and did the whole appearance in character as Zack Morris, his “Saved by the Bell” alter ego. Or is it that he’s been “Zack Morris” all along, and just had to change his name to “Mark-Paul Gosselaar” when he got his SAG card because there was already someone with his name in the union? Fallon has made it his mission to host a “Saved by the Bell” reunion on “Late Night,” and it looks like things are lining up. I only hope that Zack and Kelly can put aside any lingering hard feelings over their breakup.
Hahahahaha … so awesome! I’m pretty sure it won’t be too difficult to get the other Saved By The Bellers on board for a proper reunion … if anything, Mark-Paul er, I mean Zack Morris‘s appearance shows that there is still a huge amount of love for Saved By The Bell. After the jump, check out Zack Morris‘s full appearance on Late Night last night …
All I have to say is that if they don’t bring back Miss Bliss … it ain’t a real Saved By The Bell reunion. What did y’all think … funny, yes?
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YAY!!!!!!!! I love ZACK!
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It seemed like no one caught the “Kelly moved to a new zip code” crack.
He looks sooooo cute with blonde hair! I am so glad he doesn’t have it long like he did on his new show for a while. Long and scraggily was not working for him. Short is great, short and blonde is hot!
that was AWESOME and hilarious!!! MPG looks exactly the same!
Omg Im so down with this. That was so great. Weird but great. Im so excited, and I just cant hide it! Im so excited! lol PS: Dont mess up the reunion by bringing back that jerkoff Dustin Diamond.
Yum! He looks great!
wow they caked on the makeup haha…is it me or didn’t he seem to pull off the talking to the camera thing better when he was 15? lol…still awesome though. I loved when Jimmy called him preppy.
Does anyone know if this clip can be seen somewhere else? ie. where it’s available to people outside of the US :(
OMG! He looks like he hasn’t aged a day! Crazy! I’m feeling so old right now! :)
Ok Trent, you just made my LIFE! :) That was awesome!
OMG!!!!! That was sooo great!!! I can’t wait!!!
Trent, THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!
That was freaking AWESOME!! Mark-Paul has not aged at all!! Seriously, he was still so completely Zack Morris it was amazing! Only Jimmy Fallon would set out to have a Saved By The Bell Reunion!!
When I saw the main pic, I thought it was Fallon Zack Morris superimposed with him! He looks exactly the same!!!
omg! my husband and i were just saying the other night how much we would love a saved by the bell reunion. i hope jimmy can set it up!
KK, the writer knew what they were doing. The “Zack & Kelly getting along after their break-up” was what he meant. In the clip Zack states that he and Kelly divorced over Jeff, and now he is always hanging out with Johnny Dakota. He even called her his “ex-wife”.
So according to the write here, Zack & Kelly are no longer married.
Awesome! I loved it!
I’m so with you on the Miss Bliss thing. Her just showing up randomly would be great.
Honestly that was the best thing I’ve seen all day. Definitely loved every second of it.
Zack Morris FTW.
He looks exactly the same! So adorable! He is such a great sport. I love the fact that he still appreciates where he came from :-)
LOVE IT !!! I am watching Saved by the bell right now as it is on the Super Station WTBS every morning from 7 to 9 am EST M-F. I also have watched Raised by the bar from it’s start last year & is now my favorite drama. Jane K. is also great, used to be the mom in Malcom in the middle. I would love a “SBTB” reunion, and yes Ms. Bliss must be there as that was going to be the shows name until a last minute change. I also hope that his two best friends from year one, “Mikey” & the girl, (sorry can’t think of her name) need to be there, and no matter what has happened…Dustin Diamond HAS TO BE THERE !!! Forget everything & just remember him as Screech, Zack’s best bud !!! Saved by the bell !!!!!! FOREVER !!!