# Saved by the Bell reunion on the Tonight Show **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 5, 2015, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saved-by-the-bell-reunion-on-the-tonight-show/711891 "2015-02-05T14:50:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saved-by-the-bell-reunion-on-the-tonight-show/711891/1 "2015-02-05T14:50:28Z")
Jimmy Fallon continues to impress me. I didn’t like that he was taking over for Conan, and I liked it even less that he was taking over Tonight. But dammit, the kid’s got game. I seem to love him a little more every week. Latest example of Jimmy’s awesomeness: [Saved by the Bell reunion](http://youtu.be/MftOONlDQac). ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saved-by-the-bell-reunion-on-the-tonight-show/711891/2 "2015-02-05T14:59:34Z")
And it looks like Belding ate Screech and Lisa. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saved-by-the-bell-reunion-on-the-tonight-show/711891/3 "2015-02-05T15:30:09Z")
Granted hair and make up helps, but it was kind of crazy how much the actors for slater, jessie and kelly look like their mid-90s selves ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saved-by-the-bell-reunion-on-the-tonight-show/711891/4 "2015-02-05T16:47:07Z")
Say what you want about Fallon’s interview style and laughing at himself, but he has a huge amount of energy and enthusiasm. And he and/or his staff must work very hard to do all they do. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saved-by-the-bell-reunion-on-the-tonight-show/711891/5 "2015-02-05T17:05:42Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Granted hair and make up helps, but it was kind of crazy how much the actors for slater, jessie and kelly look like their mid-90s selves Srsly. After watching that video, I began to wonder if all four of them had paintings moldering away in their attics somewhere… ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saved-by-the-bell-reunion-on-the-tonight-show/711891/6 "2015-02-05T17:10:08Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Granted hair and make up helps, but it was kind of crazy how much the actors for slater, jessie and kelly look like their mid-90s selves Amen…IMO, especially Slater (Mario Lopez)! I’ve been watching Zack (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) on _Franklin & Bash_ and Kelly (Tiffany Thiessen) on _White Collar_, but I hadn’t seen either Jessie (Elizabeth Berkley) or Slater in a while. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saved-by-the-bell-reunion-on-the-tonight-show/711891/7 "2015-02-05T18:33:18Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > Srsly. After watching that video, I began to wonder if all four of them had paintings moldering away in their attics somewhere… Surely you’re not suggesting Zack can freeze time. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saved-by-the-bell-reunion-on-the-tonight-show/711891/8 "2015-02-05T18:41:36Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Surely you’re not suggesting Zack can freeze time. Zack can do whatever he wants. It’s Zack’s world; we’re all just living in it. ETA: It was eerie seeing how MPG could get back into character so well after seeing him play thoroughly creepy psychopathic twins recently on _CSI_. ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saved-by-the-bell-reunion-on-the-tonight-show/711891/9 "2015-02-05T18:50:57Z")
Where was Screech and Lisa, I asked as I was watching. A quick look at Google answered that all too well. Screech has had quite the post-Saved By the Bell career. I could see why they balked at including him. And doing a Google Images search on Lark Voorhies (SFW, but disturbing) shows that it would’ve taxed Fallon’s makeup staff to make her look like the show. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saved-by-the-bell-reunion-on-the-tonight-show/711891/10 "2015-02-05T19:42:30Z")
> [@HubZilla](#): > > And doing a Google Images search on Lark Voorhies (SFW, but disturbing) shows that it would’ve taxed Fallon’s makeup staff to make her look like the show. If you’d asked me to pick which one would’ve had the best post-Saved-By-The-Bell career, I would’ve been _way_ off. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saved-by-the-bell-reunion-on-the-tonight-show/711891/11 "2015-02-05T19:57:30Z")
That was really cool. > [@HubZilla](#): > > A quick look at Google answered that all too well. Screech has had quite the post-Saved By the Bell career. I could see why they balked at including him. I bought Screechs’ book about his Saved by the Bell days. I didn’t get very far in because it was mostly him talking about boring behind the scenes stuff and trashing everyone else and how cool he was and everyone else was an idiot. It just got annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saved-by-the-bell-reunion-on-the-tonight-show/711891/12 "2015-02-05T20:02:13Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Surely you’re not suggesting Zack can freeze time. Time out! ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saved-by-the-bell-reunion-on-the-tonight-show/711891/13 "2015-02-05T20:03:14Z")
Jimmy Fallon strikes me as a guy who is having a hell of a lot of fun doing what he’s doing. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saved-by-the-bell-reunion-on-the-tonight-show/711891/14 "2015-02-05T20:08:54Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > Srsly. After watching that video, I began to wonder if all four of them had paintings moldering away in their attics somewhere… I was scrubbing through the video, just wanting to get to the part where you saw what they look like today, and thinking, “Man, this clip from the old show just goes on and on and… oh!” ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saved-by-the-bell-reunion-on-the-tonight-show/711891/15 "2015-02-05T20:12:10Z")
Was it the big Belding that finally clued you in? ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saved-by-the-bell-reunion-on-the-tonight-show/711891/16 "2015-02-05T21:01:44Z")
Screech (Dustin Diamond) now lives north of the Milwaukee area. A few years back I heard him and his girlfriend(wife?) had some kind of on-line halloween mask business. And then this past year he was arrested in some kind of bar fight. I’m guessing Fallon didn’t even bother calling him. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saved-by-the-bell-reunion-on-the-tonight-show/711891/17 "2015-02-05T21:18:32Z")
Screech is awaiting trial for stabbing a guy in Wisconsin. Unfortunately he wasn’t Saved by the Bail. Thanks, I’ll be here all night. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saved-by-the-bell-reunion-on-the-tonight-show/711891/18 "2015-02-05T21:22:45Z")
[Rimshot](http://instantrimshot.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saved-by-the-bell-reunion-on-the-tonight-show/711891/19 "2015-02-05T21:24:06Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > Screech (Dustin Diamond) now lives north of the Milwaukee area. A few years back I heard him and his girlfriend(wife?) had some kind of on-line halloween mask business. And then this past year he was arrested in some kind of bar fight. > > I’m guessing Fallon didn’t even bother calling him. He also wrote a book trashing the rest of the cast and made a porn movie where he does a Dirty Sanchez move. He’s quite the character. I loved the line about Jessie becoming a stripper. Hilarious. And yeah, Belding gained a huge amount of weight. Still, he seems like a fun guy. ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saved-by-the-bell-reunion-on-the-tonight-show/711891/20 "2015-02-05T21:28:14Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > Amen…IMO, especially Slater (Mario Lopez)! I’ve been watching Zack (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) on _Franklin & Bash_ and Kelly (Tiffany Thiessen) on _White Collar_, but I hadn’t seen either Jessie (Elizabeth Berkley) or Slater in a while. I’m pretty sure that Elizabeth Berkley’s been in hiding for quite some time now. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saved-by-the-bell-reunion-on-the-tonight-show/711891.md?page=2)