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Mark Paul-Gosselar Is Finally Watching ‘Saved By The Bell’ for Podcast

By Mark Chalifoux
Zack To The Future
(Cadence13)

“Saved By The Bell” was an iconic 90s show, as nothing epitomized cool like Zack Morris. Mark Paul-Gosselaar, famous for his portrayal of everyone’s favorite high schooler, has never seen a single episode of the show. They did almost 90 episodes, but Mark Paul-Gosselaar never got around to watching the show he starred in. But that changes now.

MPG (just go with it) is going to watch the show for the first time as part of a new podcast, Zack to the Future. Paul-Gosselaar is teaming up with Dashiell Driscoll (a superfan and writer for the upcoming reboot), of “Zack Morris is Trash” notoriety, to revisit the first season of the show that made him famous.

“For years I have been asked by the dedicated fans of Saved by the Bell to revisit the show,” Gosselaar said in a statement. “I couldn’t wrap my head around an idea that would keep the audience entertained and celebrate the beloved series we created over 30 years ago, mostly because I can’t remember a thing about making it, and I am thrilled to say I have found the answer.

“As my co-host, Dashiell Driscoll will be my key to unlocking every door at Bayside, a key he assures me Zack Morris would’ve had. I haven’t watched a single episode in its entirety since I walked off the sets in 1993. It’s time to wheel that big television into class. Go Bayside!”

Driscoll said in a statement that he was so excited to introduce Paul-Gosselaar to Zack Morris and head back to Bayside. He told Entertainment Weekly he can’t believe watching so many re-runs after school has paid off later in life.

The first episode of the podcast dropped on July 20th and examined the first episode of the first season – the plan is to watch the entire first season. Since then they’ve dropped three other episodes.

Kevin Launches ‘An Oral History of The Office’ Podcast

By Mike Julianelle
An Oral History of The Office
(NBC Universal)

People can not get enough of The Office. The show gained a whole new generation of fans on Netflix. A superfan made a LEGO replica and The Office memes are almost as plentiful as angry political tweets.

John Krasinski interviewed Steve Carell and reunited his castmates on his Some Good News YouTube show, and we recently shared the news of a potential Stanley spin-off. Eventually, someone will probably start calling for a movie!

Until then, The Office is branching out into podcasts. Pam and Angela (Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey) created a podcast where they discuss the show, and now Brian Baumgartner, who played the hapless chili-cook and wedding band drummer Kevin on the show, has launched his own podcast on which he’ll be sharing an oral history of the show.

“An Oral History of The Office” is a 12-episode series on Spotify, and it sounds like it will be pretty comprehensive. The podcasts guests will include Steve Carell (Michael Scott), John Krasinski (Jim Halpert), Rainn Wilson (Dwight Schrute), Jenna Fischer (Pam Beesly), and Angela Kinsey (Angela Martin)

Hosted by Baumgartner, the first three episodes are available now, and future episodes will drop every Tuesday.

The descriptions of the first three:

Episode One: Ok, Here’s the Pitch” – “A chance discovery on a trip to London sends a producer on the hunt to secure the rights — and a TV network — to produce a series with the potential to redefine comedy in the US.”

Episode Two: Ordinary Looking Losers – “A deep dive into how The Office was cast. It was far from the way that things are typically done in Hollywood…” which is why it uncovered a roster of talent that nobody else was looking for.”

Episode Three: Everything That Makes It Harder Makes It Better – “How the WORLD of The Office was created… both at the fictional Dunder Mifflin and at the very real — very small — actual office where the pilot was shot.”

Check it out on Spotify!