Saved by the Bell's Zack Morris meets Jimmy Fallon

Former Saved by the Bell star Mark-Paul Gosselaar had the audience in tears last night when he showed up on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon dressed in character as teen idol Zack Morris -- retro blond haircut, stone-washed jeans and all. 

(Saved by the Bell might be a '90s guilty pleasure, but never forget that our buddies from Bayside High officially got started in 1989.)

I don't know if Jimmy Fallon's show is gonna survive or not, but watching the entire cast freeze perfectly every time Zack called time-out is reason enough to give them the benefit of the doubt.

Gosselaar even played the song Friends Forever with Fallon's house band and confirmed that a Saved by the Bell reunion project is working toward reality.

Comments

[Blaine]

Ugh. One of my worst nightmares: some non-'80s show combined with Jimmy Fallon.

[Kevy Metal]

Also don't forget Nintendo's NES and Super NES exploded during this time inspiring competitors like Sega Genesis.

[Kevy Metal]

Here's just some of the crap produced between 1987 and 1992:

music:
Violator - Depeche Mode
Girlfriend - Matthew Sweet
Bleach - Nirvana
Nevermind - Nirvana
Technique - New Order
Green - REM
Out of Time - REM
Automatic for the People - REM
Viva Hate - Morrissey
Bona Drag - Morrissey
Kill Uncle - Morrissey
Your Arsenal - Morrissey
Traveling Wilburys Vol.1 - Traveling Wilburys
Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth
Surfer Rosa - The Pixies
Doolittle - The Pixies
Bossanova - The Pixies
Trompe le Monde - The Pixies
...And Justice for All - Metallica
Metallica - Metallica
The Joshua Tree - U2
Achtung Baby - U2
Hysteria - Def Leppard
Kerplunk - Green Day
Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys
Mother's Milk - Red Hot Chili Peppers

television:
Seinfeld
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Matlock
Law & Order
Northern Exposure
Newhart
Cheers
Rosanne
The Wonder Years
The Golden Girls
Twin Peaks
Beverly Hills 90210
Tales from the Crypt
Late Night with David Letterman
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Red Dwarf
The Simpsons
Saturday Night Live (Dana Carvey, Phil Hartman,
Dennis Miller, Nora Dunn, Jan Hooks, Kevin Nealon,
Jon Lovitz, Mike Meyers, Julia Sweeney,
Chris Farley, Tim Meadows, Chris Rock, Adam Sandler,
David Spade, Al Franken, Robert Smigel, Conan O'Brien)

film:
Reservoir Dogs
Goodfellas
Pump Up the Volume
Die Hard
Unforgiven
Raising Arizona
Miller's Crossing
Barton Fink
Wall Street
Bull Durham
Field of Dreams
Rain Man
The Princess Bride
When Harry Met Sally
Misery
A Few Good Men
Evil Dead 2
Meet the Feebles
Edward Scissorhands
Batman
Beetlejuice
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
She's Having A Baby
Uncle Buck
Home Alone
Terminator 2
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Big
Full Metal Jacket

This list rambles on, and could ramble on much further. But it gets to the point that you guys write off this period of time in popular culture to easily.

[Spears]

The only thing I liked about the late 80s and early 90s were the movies and stone-washed/acid washed jeans.

[SeanieMic]

That was awesome! Loved the brick phone...lol. Check out my SBTB Tribute Rap Video "I Love Bayside" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8mvxPIV6U4

[Dr. Incognito]

God, I loathed "Saved By The Bell". I knew I was all growed up when that and New Kids On The Block became huge. Ew. Just...ew. The late 80's and early 90's were a complete pop-culture cesspool.

[Bassnote]

Fallon is a waste of air.

[Miguel]

Saved By The Bell one of my absolute guilty pleasures on my teen years.They didn`t get Dustin Diamond yet.He`s probably very difficult to get considering his very successful and busy career.

That`s actually an inspired idea from Jimmy Fallon that reunion.One of the few.It hasn`t been great that show,has it? I`ve been watching it on a regular basis,and it`s been an effort.