People Magazine Saved By The Bell Reunion: Is It Weird That Mario Lopez Is The Most Successful One?
30 July 2009, 4:59 PM. By Alex Alvarez
Who would have guessed that, 21 years after Saved By The Bell made its debut, the corny-ass, dancing dude wearing hammer pants and a Jheri curl would go on to become the cast’s most successful member? And we do mean member.
The show’s cast got together for the most recent cover of People magazine and shared some simply scintillating tidbits from the series that taught us that taking caffeine pills makes your friends scared and hilarious.
We learned, for example, that Mario Lopez totally considered himself above all this heartwarming teen dramedy bullshit:
It was a show for little kids. I didn’t know it would develop a cult following. It still makes me laugh.
As opposed to his upcoming role as Zeus in The Dog Who Saved Christmas, of course. Which is for grown-ups. Slater Lopez also said that he did not realize, at the time, that his hairstyle qualified as a mullet, the concept of “party in the back” not being especially limited to his choice in hairstyle, we suppose.
What’s most notable from the cast’s magazine spread, however, is what wasn’t included - namely, Elizabeth Berkley’s shining role as the incomparable Nomi Malone in Showgirls, and Dustin Diamond, who played reptilian, annoying sidekick “Screech.” A small sidebar informs us, however, that Diamond is currently a fat asshole who doesn’t get along with the other cast members.
We did get a warm fuzzy feeling learning that the cast really is as wholesome and well-behaved as they seemed at the time . We really can’t imagine a similar franchise starring teenagers (ahem, Vanessa Hudson) saying the same today.
Jesus Christ. We’re old.
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Nope, he was the most attractive and still is. Zack Morris was cute too, but not anymore–well he’s not as cute as he used to be.
Oh Mario Mario Mario…how I STILL love thee. *in love face*
Where the heck did Lisa do all these years?! I think she’s the only one who wasn’t really doing anything ‘big’.
And ‘big’ being a loose word for embarrassing or career-breaking… seeing as ‘Showgirls’ was Lisa’s big thing post Saved by the Bell
*What the heck
oops, my bad
Ahh yes. Many a Saturday morning wasted watching this terrible show so I could stare at Showgirls future star , which was on last night. That had to be the worst acting ever on film, Besides J to the Lo in any movie
showgirls is the best badbadbad movie that has ever existed. i know certain scenes by heart cause that’s how awesome it is. i think showgirls is the best thing to come from saved by the bell. (well, except the last 30 minutes of it, cause that shit is so not rad.)
Showgirls truly is a masterpiece in the annals of cinema. The rape scene ain’t so hot but the rest of it is A+++
That movie is the crown jewel in Berkleys “career.”
and the hottie mchotterson gena gershon…amongst other things…adm, this movie is so the best thing to come out of saved by the bell.
showgirls is one of the best bad movie that i have ever seen. i know a few scenes that can visualize even with closed eyes today itself
My god I can’t believe it’s been 20 years? Really?? That makes me feel so old.
And I’m oddly saddened that Screech turned out to be such a fuckup. While none of them went on to have booming careers, at least they didn’t go the traditional child-star, ruin-your-life-in-every-possible-way-and-throw-your-former-friends-under-the-bus-for-a-quick-buck route, save Screech.
Happy Anniversary Saved by the Bell…..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bflYjF90t7c
At least Slater upgraded. His current fag hag is way cuter. And mexican!
With this group, it’s not hard to be the most successful. Hosting Extra and being photographed eating dinner with Eva Longoria three nights a week will pretty much do it.
I had such a crush on Lisa Turtle. I always thought she was cuter than Kelly, but then she hooked up with Screech, who now forever in my mind will be associated with a “dirty Sanchez”.
OMG, what kind of shallow world are you living in? Mario Lopez is not the most successful one, maybe you’re just biased because he’s Latino, but I don’t want to live in a world where a tabloid talk show host (he’s the host of Extra) is more successful than an actor who’s worked in NYPD Blue and in a weekly serial drama series (Mark Paul Gosselaar). The more successful one is Mark paul Goselaar, if you don’t live in “Shallow Hollywood Tabloid World”.