I. The SAVED BY THE BELL FAQ

by Ian J. Ball
This version:  2.33
Last updated:  November 26, 1998



THE SAVED BY THE BELL FAQ:

      I.   THE SAVED BY THE BELL FAQ  (**this document**)
              Frequently Asked Questions for Saved by the Bell's 
              predecessor on the Disney Channel, "Good Morning, Miss 
              Bliss" (i.e. SbtB in Grade 8), and the original NBC TV 
              Show, "Saved by the Bell" (i.e. SbtB: Grades 9-12).

      II.  THE SAVED BY THE BELL EPISODE GUIDE
              The complete Episode Guide for "Good Morning, Miss Bliss", 
              "Saved by the Bell" the original series, and the TV movie 
              "Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style".

      III. SAVED BY THE BELL: THE COLLEGE YEARS FAQ & EPISODE GUIDE
              The FAQ & complete Episode Guide for the primetime TV 
              sequel to SbtB, "Saved by the Bell: the College Years", and 
              the TV movie "Saved by the Bell: Wedding In Las Vegas".

      IV.  SAVED BY THE BELL: THE NEW CLASS FAQ & EPISODE GUIDE
              The partial FAQ & Episode Guide for the Sat. morning TV 
              spin-off to SbtB, "Saved by the Bell: the New Class". 
              NOTE: The episode guide does not go beyond season #2 of 
                     "The New Class".



TABLE OF CONTENTS for Part I:

0.0)  Introduction
      0.1)  What is a FAQ? What is an Episode Guide?
      0.2)  Acknowledgments
      0.3)  Where the Author Can Be Reached
      0.4)  The Saved by the Bell Group: alt.tv.saved-bell
      0.5)  Where Can I Find Saved by the Bell Discussions on the 
               On-line Services?
      0.6)  Where Can Saved by the Bell Be Seen Internationally?
      0.7)  Where Can I Find Copies of this FAQ, or Daniel Andersson's
               Short Guides, Through the Web (WWW) or by FTP?

1.0)  Saved by the Bell
      1.1)  What is Saved by the Bell?
      1.2)  The Three and a Half Incarnations of Saved by the Bell
      1.3)  Part 1:  Good Morning, Miss Bliss (Grade 8)
      1.4)  Part 2a: Saved by the Bell, w/ Kelly & Jessie (Grade 9-12)
      1.5)  Part 2b: Saved by the Bell, w/ Tori (Grade 12 only)
      1.6)  Part 3:  Short Intro to Saved by the Bell-the College Years 
               (and the SbtB FAQ, pt.3-the College Years)
      1.7)  How Many Episodes Are There?
      1.8)  In What Order Were They Filmed and When Were They 
               First Shown?
      1.9)  A Note on the Episode Guide (the SbtB FAQ, pt.2-the SbtB 
               Episode Guide)
      1.10)  A Note on the Saved by the Bell Knock-Offs: the Spin-Off: 
               Saved by the Bell-The New Class (the SbtB FAQ, pt.4-
               The New Class), and the Knock-Offs: California Dreams, 
               Running the Halls an Hang Time (separate FAQ's)

2.0)  The Actors
      2.1)  How Old Are the Actors? and Personal Info
      2.2)  What Else Have They Been In?
             2.2.1)  Mark-Paul Gosselaar (Zack Morris)
             2.2.2)  Dustin Diamond (Screech Powers)
             2.2.3)  Lark Voorhies (Lisa Turtle)
             2.2.4)  Tiffani-Amber Thiessen (Kelly Kapowski)
             2.2.5)  Mario Lopez (A.C. Slater)
             2.2.6)  Elizabeth Berkley (Jessie Spano)
             2.2.7)  Dennis Haskins (Mr. Richard Belding)
             2.2.8)  Hayley Mills (Miss Bliss)
             2.2.9)  Leanna Creel (Tori)
             2.2.10) Leah Remini (Stacy Carosi)
             2.2.11) Miscellaneous Cast (Carosi, Milo, Max)
      2.3)  Fan Clubs, etc.


3.0)  Answers, Miscellanea and Trivia
      3.1)  Is Zack (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) Dead?
      3.2)  What Are the Words to the Theme Song of Saved by the Bell?
      3.3)  What are the Songs on the Saved by the Bell CD?
      3.4)  Who Are Some of the Other Main and Recurring Characters?
             3.4.1)  Who Are the Teachers?
             3.4.2)  Whose Parents and Family Do We See?
      3.5)  How Many Girlfriends Has Zack Had?
             3.5.1)  Did Screech Have Any Girlfriends?
      3.6)  In What Episodes Did the Characters Have Fantasies?
             3.6.1)  In What Episodes Did Zack Use a "Time Out"?
      3.7)  The SbtB Poll: So Who's Better? Zack v. Slater v. Screech, 
               Jessie v. Kelly v. Lisa



0.0)  INTRODUCTION

This is the second edition of a file that will be occasionally posted 
to answer Frequently Asked Questions about the children's/teenager's 
TV series, Saved by the Bell.  Permission is granted by the author to 
distribute this file in an UNMODIFIED form to other networks and BB's,
etc. Rights to modifications to this file are reserved by the author.

  Note: This document may freely copied and distributed for personal 
  use or for the sake of information purposes only.  It may be 
  distributed in its entirety, with all original author and copyright 
  information intact. Any sales of this document or use of it in a for-
  profit project, or use in any other capacity save those already 
  mentioned, is expressly forbidden without the specific consent of 
  the author. Copyright, Ian J. Ball, 1994.


0.1) What is a FAQ? What is an Episode Guide?

A FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) or a FAQL (Frequently Asked Questions 
List) is a document that serves to answer commonly (or perhaps not so 
commonly) asked questions about a particular subject. Such a document is 
usually posted to the internet (or to an online service) to the various 
groups or BB's (bulletin boards) to which it is relevant, in the hopes of 
answering these often asked questions. For instance, this FAQ serves to 
answer questions about the TV show Saved by the Bell, and so will be 
posted to some relevant usenet groups (and BB's in America OnLine) in 
hopes of answering the common questions asked about Saved by the Bell. 
Hopefully, this FAQ will mean that people will not have to post a message 
to get the answer to their question.

An episode guide is a document that serves to provide information about 
each episode of a particular TV show. Some episode guides list only the 
number of episodes aired and the episode titles for a show. Others go 
further and will list original first-run airdates and/or production codes 
(an example of this is Daniel Andersson's (daniel@algonet.se) "Short 
Guides" for Saved by the Bell, California Dreams and Running the Halls 
which are complete episode lists). Many episode guides actually provide a 
short synopsis of the plot of each episode, and even the credits for that 
episode. The episode guide for this FAQ (which is Part II of this FAQ) is 
an example of the latter.


0.2)  Acknowledgments

Special thanks to my co-authors, Christy Ballard, Daniel Andersson (whose 
Short Guides provided information used in this and other FAQ's), Ivo 
Kroone and Peter B. Murray, without whom proper episode guides for Saved 
by the Bell would not have been possible. Thanks also to (in no 
particular order) David Tamkin, Aaron Portraz (AP78@aol.com), Don Bagert, 
Ken Higginson, Scott and Dawn Kilbourn, Rick Kitchen, Niels 
(niranr@inet.uni-c.dk), Joseph Ross, Mark Conkle, Aaron Binns, Chris Sidi 
(& friend), Deron Brosh, Mike Ogburn, Vincent A. Sacca and all the others 
who helped me compile this FAQ.


0.3)  Where the Author Can Be Reached

This is the third edition of this FAQ, and may be either incorrect in 
parts or missing useful information. If any person has any questions, 
comments or suggestions about this FAQ, please contact the author, Ian 
J. Ball at:

   IJBall@aol.com              (primary E-mail address)
   ijb@ucla.edu                (for emergencies *only*)

Any help on this project will be appreciated.


0.4)  The Saved by the Bell Group: alt.tv.saved-bell

*alt.tv.saved-bell* is the primary usenet newsgroup for discussion of 
the TV series "Saved by the Bell" (and related topics, such as other 
T-NBC/Peter Engel shows like "California Dreams", etc.). 

If your location does not presently subscribe to this group, and you 
wish to get it at your location, ask your news/system administrator to 
subscribe to this group. 

Another group by the name of *alt.tv.saved-by-the-bell* also exists, but 
it is a very low-traffic, limitedly distributed group. If your location 
only gets the group *alt.tv.saved-by-the-bell*, and does not get 
*alt.tv.saved-bell*, you should ask your system administrator to get 
*alt.tv.saved-bell*. Do NOT use *alt.tv.saved-by-the-bell*.

Sometimes, people post questions about or information on "Saved by the 
Bell" to the usenet group *rec.arts.tv*, or even to other groups. If you 
see such a post, please direct them to *alt.tv.saved-bell* whenever 
possible (this group could use more posters!).


0.5)  Where Can I Find Saved by the Bell Discussions on the 
               On-line Services?

America On-Line (AOL):
   Directions: Use "keyword" and enter "tv"
               Select folder "Daytime & Late Night TV Folder"
               Select folder "Saved by the Bell"
           or, Use "keyowrd" and enter "nbc"
               Hit button "Message Board"
               Select "List Topics"
               Select "Saved b/the Bell:the New Class" 
                  [or select "California Dreams"]

CompuServe (from Chirsty Ballard):
   Directions: Select the "Edit" menu and choose "Go"
               Type in "SHOWBIZ"
               Select "Browse" and go to "TELEVISION"

Prodigy (from Mike Ogburn):
   Directions: On Prodigy, open "Arts Club" or "Kids' Club".
               On "Arts Club," open "Television (L-Z)"
               On "Kids' Club," open "Television"
               Type "SBTB" in the open window on top and click it.
               Choose from any of the sub-categories provided.
           or:  (from Vincent Sacca)
               "JUMP: TV BB"
               Select the topic "Saved by the Bell"


0.6)  Where Can Saved by the Bell Be Seen Internationally?

Other locations where Saved by the Bell can be seen or has been shown. 
The names used in the foreign country is listed in brackets like so 
"[..]":

   COUNTRY              NETWORK          TIMES (and Other Info)
   -------              -------          ----------------------
   Belgium              BRT              Mondays, 19:00
   Canada               Global           weekdays, 4:00 pm
                                          (Golbal is Ont. only)
   Denmark              TV 3             weekdays at 17:25
                                         [Fede Frimiter; also "Fede 
                                            Fritimer - Paa College" 
                                            (College Years) & "Fede 
                                            Fritimer - Den Nye Aargang" 
                                            (New Class)]
   France               FR 2
   Germany              RTL 2            [California Highschool], 
                                         Sunday afternoons
   Great Britain 
     & Western Europe   Trouble          weekdays, 2:30 & 4:30 pm
                                         Saturdays, 1:00 & 2:00 pm
                                         Sundays, 3:00-4:00 pm
   Great Britain        Channel 5        SbtB-tNC: Sundays, 9:20 am
   Italy                Rete 4           [as "Bayside School", in 
                                            english]
   Netherlands          RTL4             Sundays, 13:00  (as part of 
                                            Telekids)
   New Zealand          TV4              SbtB, tOS: weekdays 5 pm
                                         SbtB-tNC: weekdays 5.30 pm
                        Sky (pay TV)     SbtB, tOS: weekdays 4 pm
   Norway               TV 3             [Skulk]
   Sweden               TV 3             [Pang i Plugget]


0.7)  Where Can I Find Copies of this FAQ, or Daniel Andersson's
         Short Guides, Through the Web (WWW) or by FTP?

The Web (WWW):

Presently there are several (known) Web pages for Saved by the Bell. 
There are also a couple of fan sites devoted to the stars of the show 
(see below).

Here are the main SbtB web sites, first:

  The first one is my own personal site available from AOL; the most 
  up-to-date version of this FAQ can be found there. 

  Personally, I advise checking out my SbtB Web site first, as it is the 
  most complete of any SbtB WWW site.

     (ALSO NOTE: My FAQs/episode guides for shows such as "California 
  Dreams", "USA High", "Running the Halls", my (partial) guide for "Hang 
  Time", and some other shows can be reached through this Web page.):

     http://MEMBERS.AOL.COM/IJBall/WWW/SbtB/Home.html


  The second one is the official site for SbtB from NBC. Go here for info 
  on The New Class:

     http://www.nbc.com/atthemax/promo/saved/

  Here is the list of the other SbtB sites (that I know about):

     Daniel Andersson: http://www.fortunecity.com/lavendar/pulpfiction/515/
     Andrew & Aaron 
        Portratz:      http://members.aol.com/potratz5/sbtb.html
     Anthony DeLeon:   http://members.aol.com/ADeleon593/sbtb/sbtb.htm
     Jon Kallis:       http://www.itech.cup.edu/~jakallis/sbtb/
     Jon Griffin:      http://members.aol.com/redslug/home.htm
     Michael Bryant:   http://members.aol.com/MDBryant27/sbtb.html
     Peter Battistel:  http://members.aol.com/canuck321/sbtb/sbtb.htm
     Daniel Laruso:    http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/2488/
     Shai Unger:       http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/2520/
     Dennis "Spano" 
       Svedberg:       http://www.angelfire.com/de/dennis3/dennis3.html
     Michael Wagner:   http://thunder.prohosting.com/~sbtbfan/
     Nolan:            http://members.aol.com/RANGER2124/index.html
     Anson (for fan 
       fiction):       http://members.tripod.com/~BaysideHighFanfic/html

  And here are a couple of fan sites devoted to the actors:

     Mark-Paul 
        Gosselaar:     http://mpg.home.ml.org/
     Tiffani-Amber
        Thiessen:      http://grove.ufl.edu/~cwarner/people/TAThiessen.html


FTP:

As of now, this FAQ is available from two FTP sites:

  The first one is my own personal folder available in one of AOL's own 
  FTP sites; the most up-to-date version of this FAQ can be found there. 
     (NOTE: Enter the menus as shown when trying to reach this site, as 
  AOL does not allow a "dir" listing of the root directory of that site, 
  as it would contain up to 2.5 million different folders!)
     (ALSO NOTE: My FAQs/episode guides for shows such as "California 
  Dreams", "USA High", "Running the Halls", my (partial) guide for "Hang 
  Time", and some other shows are available from this same FTP site.):

     ftp://MEMBERS.AOL.COM/IJBall3/FTP/SbtB/


  The second FTP site is the Tardis FTP site; all manner of TV FAQ's and 
  episode guides are available from here. *NOTE*: The version of the 
  SbtB FAQ at the Tardis FTP site is *YEARS* out-of-date! The address is:

     ftp://SRC.DOC.IC.AC.UK/public/media/tv/collections/tardis/us
                           /comedy/SavedByTheBell


  Daniel Andersson's "Short Guides" (the episode lists) for SbtB are also 
  available from Tardis. Daniel Andersson can be contacted at his E-mail 
  address (dpa@canit.se).
     (NOTE: D. Andersson's episode list for Running the Halls is also 
  available from Tardis in the "../us/comedy/RunningTheHalls/" menu):

     ftp://SRC.DOC.IC.AC.UK/public/media/tv/collections/tardis/us
                           /comedy/SavedByTheBell



1.0)  SAVED BY THE BELL

1.1)  What is Saved by the Bell?

Saved by the Bell is a show about a group of 5-7 adolescents, and their 
adventures through school. The main characters throughout all versions of 
Saved by the Bell (mostly excepting the New Class) are the scheming Zack 
Morris, and his delightfully clueless friend Screech Powers. The show 
follows their various travails through junior high school, high school 
and, finally, college.

Saved by the Bell can be seen in all its forms in various locations on 
your TV dial. The spin-off from Saved by the Bell, Saved by the Bell-the 
New Class (see the SbtB FAQ, pt. 4) can be seen on NBC, in the T-NBC line 
up, on Saturday mornings. The original "Saved by the Bell" (including 
"Good Morning, Miss Bliss," and "Saved by the Bell-the College Years") 
can be seen on cable TV on channels WGN and TBS weekday afternoons and on 
Saturdays on WGN. It can also be seen on various local stations around 
the country mostly in the afternoon and/or on weekends.


1.2) The Three and a Half Incarnations of Saved by the Bell

Many new viewers of Saved by the Bell are confused by the changing 
characters and various settings for Saved by the Bell. The astute soon 
figure out that there are some rather major continuity lapses between 
various parts of Saved by the Bell. The first major continuity lapse is 
easily understandable once one knows the history of the show itself.

Basically, Saved by the Bell did not begin its run as "Saved by the Bell", nor did (most of) its first season air on NBC. 

The "Good Morning, Miss Bliss" Paradox:
---------------------------------------
Saved by the Bell first began as a pilot for NBC, and the name of the 
show was "Good Morning, Miss Bliss." The GMMB pilot did air on NBC back 
in 1987 (it aired in "The Facts of Life's" timeslot). The pilot for GMMB 
did not have any of the cast of Saved by the Bell (or even any of the 
later cast of "Good Morning, Miss Bliss"!). Instead, the pilot starred 
Hayley Mills, Brian Austin Green (of Beverly Hills, 90210 fame), and 
Jaleel White (of Family Matters fame)! In the pilot, "Miss" Bliss was 
actually a newlywed! And Green did not play Zack Morris, or a "Zack 
Morris-like" character; instead he played a character who who super 
serious, and who always wore business suits to school. 

Still, NBC passed on the project (at this time), and The Disney Channel 
picked it up and filmed 13 episodes in 1988 for a winter 1988-spring 1989 
run on The Disney Channel.

Indeed, Good Morning, Miss Bliss (GMMB for short) was originally 
conceived as a vehicle for Hayley Mills, a popular actress who had done 
many previous movies for Disney. Mills played the character of a widowed 
junior high school teacher, Miss Carrie Bliss, and the show was mostly 
about her experiences as a teacher (as well as her hapless love life!). 
(Some people (e.g. Don Bagert) think that the "Miss Bliss as a widow" storyline of later GMMB episodes is still consistent with the 'newlywed' 
storyline from the pilot, and they believe that the GMMB episodes with 
Zack, et al. took place a year after the pilot episode.) This was the 
first incarnation of "Saved by the Bell".

The setting for the show was John F. Kennedy Junior High School in 
Indianapolis, Indiana. For the remainder of GMMB's run, Zack (Mark-Paul 
Gosselaar), Screech (Dustin Diamond), Lisa (Lark Voorhies) and Principal 
Richard Belding (Dennis Haskins) were the other main characters in the 
show. However, there were still other characters (e.g. Nikki, Mikey, Tina 
and Milo) in the show who were never in later seasons of the Saved by the 
Bell show. Also, the focus of GMMB was Miss Bliss first, and basically 
Zack Morris second. The show was produced by Peter Engel, and William F. 
Phillips was the Executive in Charge of Production. After the move to 
NBC, some of the GMMB episodes were rerun on NBC in the summer after the 
Grade 9 season along with an introduction by Zack explaining that this 
was what happened to him "in junior high". In any case, it is the absence 
of Kelly and Jessie and Slater, and the setting of the school in 
Indianapolis that account for the most glaring continuity lapse of the 
Saved by the Bell series.

There were 13 episodes made of Good Morning, Miss Bliss, but Disney 
decided not to continue with the project. So it appears Producer Peter 
Engel, William F. Phillips, et al. took the show back to NBC which then 
decided to pick up the project again, as its first live action show for 
NBC's Saturday morning line up. Major changes were made for the show's 
second incarnation. First the name of the show was changed to "Saved by 
the Bell" (in this FAQ, SbtB, or SbtB, tOS for short). The setting was 
changed from JFK, Junior High School in Indianapolis, IN to Bayside High 
School in Pacific Palisades, CA, which is southwest of Los Angeles and 
Santa Monica. The characters of Zack Morris, Screech Powers, Lisa Turtle 
and Principal Richard Belding were kept for the show, and three new main 
characters were added: Kelly Kapowski (Tiffani-Amber Thiessen), Jessie 
Spano (Elizabeth Berkley) and new transfer student, A.C. Slater (Mario 
Lopez). The other characters, including Miss Bliss, were dropped. And, of 
course, the focus of the show changed to Zack Morris, and to a lesser 
extent his friend Screech. Some of the original production crew of GMMB 
did not stay on for SbtB, though some other members of the crew continued 
on with the show as SbtB.

But this introduces the first continuity questions. How is it that three 
students and a principal can move 2000 miles between junior high and high 
school and still stay together in the same school? Why does Zack tell 
Slater in the first episode of Grade 9 that he's been after Kelly for the 
previous "2 years (and 6 boyfriends)" when no mention is made of her in 
GMMB? Why is no mention made of Zack's "good friends" from GMMB, Nikki 
and Mikey in SbtB; and why is no mention made of Zack's "friend since the 
first grade" Jessie in GMMB? Why is Zack's father's named *Peter* Morris 
in GMMB, and why is his father's name *Dereck* Morris in SbtB (and why do 
different actors play Peter and Dereck)? Why is it said in GMMB that Zack's 
father and mother are divorced when they clearly are not divorced in SbtB? 
Why is mention made of Screech having a brother in GMMB, when it is clearly 
stated that he is an only child in SbtB? What is the explanation?! The 
only explanation for this is that there is no good explanation (unless 
you want to count alternate realities). Saved by the Bell was a farce by 
nature, and its characters and gags were the main focus of the show. 
Unfortunately that meant that the plot and the show's continuity must 
(and did) take a back seat to character development and to the comedy in 
the series, especially in its change from "Good Morning, Miss Bliss" on 
Disney, to "Saved by the Bell" on NBC.

A Short History of SbtB, the original series:
---------------------------------------------
Saved by the Bell, the original series (SbtB, tOS for short), debuted on 
NBC on August 20, 1989 in primetime. Saved by the Bell aired twice in 
primetime (once on August 20, and once later) before settling into its 
Saturday morning timeslot starting on September 9, 1989. SbtB, tOS played 
out most of its existence, within the reworked plot definitions mentioned 
above, in NBC's Saturday morning line-up. For Grades 9 through 12, the 
show followed the adventures of Zack, Screech, Kelly, Slater, Jessie and 
Lisa in Bayside High, and in some other settings such as at the Mailbu 
Sands Beach Club, in Palm Springs and in Hawaii. For specifics on the 
episodes of GMMB or SbtB, see the Saved by the Bell FAQ, pt. 2-the 
Episode Guide. 

Also during the Grade 12 season of SbtB, tOS, the Saved by the Bell-
Hawaiian Style TV movie was aired on November 27, 1992 in primetime on 
NBC. It was rerun again in primetime on August 31, 1993 on NBC in the run 
up to the primetime premiere of Saved by the Bell-The College Years (see 
below). Again, see the Saved by the Bell FAQ, pt. 2-the Episode Guide for 
more on the SbtB Hawaii TV movie.

But something happened when Grade 12 rolled around. By this time, the 
show was very popular. But something needed to be done now that the show 
had reached the end of high school. The graduation episode had been 
filmed, and even a SbtB TV movie set in Hawaii had been filmed after that 
(though chronologically, it actually appears to be set in time after the 
Grade 11 season and *before* the Grade 12 season, and obviously it aired 
during the regular Grade 12 season). But the question was, what to do 
with the show now? 

Another problem came when Tiffani-Amber Thiessen (Kelly) and Elizabeth 
Berkley (Jessie) decided that they wanted to move on and leave the show 
half-way through the Grade 12 season.

The "Tori/Kelly-Jessie" Paradox:
--------------------------------
SbtB producer Peter Engel seems to have come up with several solutions. 
He appears to have decided to produce another partial season of SbtB 
proper in Grade 12 at Bayside, using a new female character in the place 
of Kelly and Jessie. This would allow them to finish the Grade 12 season 
of SbtB, tOS. This, in turn, would give the producers time to develop two 
new series for production: "Saved by the Bell: The College Years", the 
continuation of the adventures of Zack and Screech (and Slater), and 
"Saved by the Bell: The New Class", the continuation of the adventures of 
Mr. Belding and the students of Bayside High.

So, a new character was created for this "half" incarnation of "Saved by 
the Bell". The character's name was Tori (Leanna Creel). This introduces 
another continuity question: it is still Grade 12 at Bayside, so where 
are Kelly and Jessie? It is obvious that the "Tori" Grade 12 episodes are 
supposed to take place in the same time-frame as the "Kelly and Jessie" 
Grade 12 episodes; we know this beacuse the "Tori" Grade 12 episodes were 
aired *concurrently* (i.e. on the very same days) that "Kelly & Jessie" 
Grade 12 episodes were in the '92-'93 Grade 12 season on NBC. So what's 
going on? The way to explain away this apparent discontinuity is to say 
that the "Tori" episodes are taking place at the same time as the "Kelly 
and Jessie" episodes, but that Kelly and Jessie are "off screen". Thus, 
Kelly and Jessie, and Tori, must be "in different classes", and we, the 
viewer, are seeing Tori on different days and different nights or in 
different locations than when or where we saw Kelly and Jessie in their 
Grade 12 episodes. So why are Kelly and Jessie almost never mentioned in 
Tori episodes, and vice versa? And why is Lisa's hair style different in 
some of the "Tori" episodes from the hair style she had through the 
entire "Kelly & Jessie" Grade 12 year? Well, you got me! and this 
explanation only goes so far.

Though filmed before the "Tori" episodes, the Grade 12 Graduation episode 
was shown after the Tori episodes (as apparently was the Hawaii TV 
movie), in primetime on NBC on May 22, 1993, along with the pilot to 
"Saved by the Bell: The College Years" (see below). It was rerun, again 
with The College Years pilot, in the regular timeslot for the premiering 
Saved by the Bell-The College Years on Tuesday, September 7, 1993 at 8:00 
pm EST.

The Resolution of SbtB, the original series:
--------------------------------------------
At the end of SbtB, tOS, it looked like the gang would all end up at 
different colleges. But in the pilot of Saved by the Bell-the College 
Years (SbtB-tCY for short), we saw that Zack, Screech and Slater ended up 
going to "California University" in the San Francisco Bay Area 
(presumably in Berkeley). This was the third (and last) incarnation of 
Saved by the Bell proper. After the filming of the pilot, Tiffani-Amber 
Thiessen (Kelly) decided to rejoin the cast of SbtB-tCY, and was seen in 
The College Years for the rest of its run. For more information, see the 
Saved by the Bell-The College Years FAQ, which is the SbtB FAQ, pt. 3. 

SbtB-tCY ran 18 episodes (and a pilot), but after this 19 episode run, 
NBC canceled the show due to low ratings, and it showed its last episodes 
as a 1-hour finale, on February 8, 1994. In the finale, Zack and Kelly 
were preparing to get married. SbtB-tCY was ended abruptly, before Zack 
and Kelly's marriage could be filmed. So Peter Engel seems to have 
convinced NBC to let him film a 2 hour TV movie to tie up the loose ends. 
In the 1994 TV movie, "Saved by the Bell: The Wedding", which aired in 
primetime on Friday, October 7, 1994 at 8:00 pm EST on NBC, the gang 
heads off to Las Vegas to witness the marriage of Zack and Kelly. See the 
Saved by the Bell FAQ, pt.3-the College Years FAQ for details on this TV 
movie.  So ended the run of the original Zack Morris based "Saved by the 
Bell" after 5 years on the air, and more than 100 episodes.

Of course, there was a fourth incarnation of Saved by the Bell: Saved by 
the Bell-the New Class. But, this was more of a spin-off than a sequel of 
the original Saved by the Bell, and thus is really the subject of a 
separate FAQ (see the SbtB FAQ, pt. 4).


1.3) Part 1:  Good Morning, Miss Bliss (Grade 8; '87-88 season)

As stated above, Good Morning, Miss Bliss (GMMB) was only a partial 
prequel to Saved by the Bell. It ran on the Disney channel in the spring 
of 1989, and 13 episodes were broadcast (not inculding the pilot). The 
main character was junior high teacher Miss Carrie Bliss. Her best friend 
was fellow (art) teacher Tina, her boss was Principal Richard Belding 
(whose character was much more formal and much less humorous and likable 
in this incarnation of SbtB), and the school handyman was a silly fellow 
named Milo. Miss Bliss' class (except in the pilot) was made up of smart 
aleck Zack Morris, odd but lovable genius Screech Powers, mall princess 
Lisa Turtle, all-around normal kid Mikey, and young feminist and idealist 
Nikki. A listing of the cast of the show follows, and a description of 
each episode of GMMB can be found in SbtB FAQ, pt.2-the Episode Guide. 
All GMMB episodes were copyrighted 1988.

SbtB: "Good Morning, Miss Bliss" cast:
   Miss Carrie Bliss      -Hayley Mills
   Zack Morris            -Mark-Paul Gosselaar
   Screech Powers         -Dustin Diamond 
   Lisa Turtle            -Lark Voorhies
   Nicole "Nikki" Coleman -Heather Hopper
   Mikey Gonzalez         -Max Battimo
   Mr. Richard Belding    -Dennis Haskins
   Tina Palidrino         -Joan Ryan
   Milo Williams          -T.K. Carter


1.4)  Part 2a: Saved by the Bell, w/ Kelly & Jessie (Grade 9-12; '89-93)

This period was really the heart of the Saved by the Bell series. It was 
here that most people's favorite characters, like Kelly, Jessie, Lisa and 
Slater were seen. It was also in this period that most of the best 
episodes of Saved by the Bell can be found.

The (main) Saved by the Bell cast list follows.

 Saved by the Bell cast:
   Zachary "Zack" Morris  -Mark-Paul Gosselaar
   Samuel "Screech" Powers-Dustin Diamond
   Lisa Marie Turtle      -Lark Voorhies
   "A.C." Albert Clifford 
        Slater            -Mario Lopez
   Kelly Kapowski         -Tiffani-Amber Thiessen
   Jessica "Jessie"
        Myrtle Spano      -Elizabeth Berkley
   Prin. Richard Belding  -Dennis Haskins

Grade 9 focused mostly on the battle between Zack and Slater for the 
heart of Kelly Kapowski. A subplot through this season was the wacky 
owner of the school hangout/diner, the Max, owned by magician Max (Ed 
Alonzo). Semi-regulars in the Grade 9 season were the monotonic and 
rather staid math teacher Mr. Dewey (Patrick T. O'Brien; he is seen in an 
episode of the Grade 10 season too), the history teacher Miss Wentworth 
(Carol Lawrence; she was also in a Grade 10 episode) and the very deaf 
and confused english teacher Miss Simpson (Pamela Kosh; she was also seen 
in episodes in Grade 10, Grade 11 and in the New Class). In this season 
we met A.C.'s army father Major Slater (Gerald Castillo) and Lisa's 
father Dr. Turtle (Henry Brown). There are two distinctive features that 
can be used to recognize that a SbtB episode is a Grade 9 episode. The 
first thing to notice about the Grade 9 episodes was that Zack and 
Screech were both shorter than Jessie and Slater at this time. Also, 
Zack's voice had not changed until the very end of the Grade 9 season, 
and Screech looked very young and his voice was pre-pubescent all through 
this season. Slater, Lisa and Kelly also appeared to be rather young here 
(at least early on in the Grade 9 season). The second distinctive feature 
is the listing of Ed Alonzo in the opening credits. The Grade 9 episodes 
were copyrighted 1989, and there were 20 Grade 9 episodes.

 Saved by the Bell (extra) cast (Grade 9 only):
   Max                    -Ed Alonzo

Grade 10 was marked by two significant storylines: Zack's eventual 
winning of Kelly and his victory over Slater in the battle for Kelly, and 
Slater's later dating of Jessie. In Grade 10, several recurring 
characters were introduced: Mr. Tuttle (Jack Angeles; who was seen in 
episodes through the "Kelly and Jessie" Grade 12 season), James, the 
actor (Mark Blankenfield; also seen in Grade 11, and on into SbtB-the New 
Class), Zack's father Dereck Morris (James Sanderford; also seen in the 
"Tori" Grade 12 season), and Violet Bickerstaff (played by Tori Spelling 
of BH, 90210; she was also seen in one Grade 11 episodes). In one 
episode, we also saw Screech's mother (played by Ruth Buzzi of "Laugh In" 
fame). Grade 10 saw the start of the explosion in the number of bit 
players (including the oft seen but unbilled Ollie, and the nerd 
Herbert), and Grade 10 saw the start of the (somewhat annoying) habit of 
the use of the "Nerds" and the "Jocks" as supporting characters in SbtB. 
One can identify Grade 10 episodes several ways. By Grade 10, Mark-Paul 
Gosselaar (Zack) was through puberty and his voice had changed. By this 
time, he also became taller than Mario Lopez (Slater). Dustin Diamond's 
(Screech) voice had changed early in the Grade 10 season, and by the end 
of the Grade 10, Diamond too was about as tall or taller than Lopez and 
Elizabeth Berkley (Jessie). Also, at the end of the closing credits the 
location of the studio where SbtB was filmed for the Grade 10 season was 
listed for some episodes. The Grade 10 episodes were all copyrighted 
1990, and there were 18 Grade 10 episodes.

The Grade 11 season began with the break-up of Zack and Kelly, 
precipitated by Kelly's interest in her boss at the Max, Jeff (played by 
Patrick Muldoon of "Days of Our Lives"). In the Grade 11 season, we met 
Zack's mother (Melody Rogers), Lisa's Mother (Susan Beaubian), and 
Jessie's (maternal) step-brother Eric (Josh Hoffman, in another two-
parter) and father (George McDaniel; in the Palm Springs two-parter). In 
Grade 11, we saw the gang (especially Jessie) begin to worry about 
college. Grade 11 also saw the first attempts at moving the setting of 
Saved by the Bell outside Bayside High: there was the Palm Springs two-
parter, the Malibu Sands run, the Christmas two-parter (based primarily 
in a mall), another episode set in a mall (as the gang tried to get U2 
tickets) and the rather strange "Murder Mystery Weekend" episode which 
was also set outside Bayside. It should be noted that Tiffani-Amber 
Thiessen and Lark Voohies were each absent from an episode in the Grade 
11 season, and Elizabeth Berkley was absent from two entire episodes. The 
Grade 11 episodes are all copyrighted 1991, except for the Zack-Kelly 
break-up two parter, which is copyrighted for 1990. Because of this it 
can be hard to identify 1991 Grade 11 episodes from the Grade 12 episodes 
(which are also copyright 1991). See the episode guide of SbtB (Part II 
of this FAQ), especially the production code list, for more help on 
figuring this out. NBC aired 26 episodes in the Grade 11 season (20 
Bayside episodes, and 6 Malibu Sands summer episodes), though there 
should actually be a 21st Bayside episode (which was aired in the Grade 
12 season) in this season for a total of 27 episodes.

Following on what was said above, two sets were used when the filming was 
done for the Grade 11 season of SbtB: one set for the 20 (actually 21) 
episodes of the "Bayside" Grade 11 season, and another set to be used for 
a six episode summer run of SbtB (a la Beverly Hills, 90210 in the summer 
of 1991). This summer run of 6 extra episodes was set at Malibu Sands 
Beach Club; it was actually aired *concurrently* with the regular Bayside 
Grade 11 episodes (from the Grade 11 season on, SbtB was aired twice on 
Saturdays on NBC, usually one episode right after the other). In these 
episodes, the gang had all gotten a job at Malibu Sands and they were 
working for the owner, a man named Mr. Carosi. Carosi's daughter, Stacey 
(Leah Remini), soon showed up, and Zack developed an interest in her 
(remember, this is after the break-up of Zack and Kelly from the "Jeff 
incident" in the middle of Grade 11). This is pretty much the synopsis 
for the plot of the Malibu Sand episodes. See the episode guide (SbtB 
FAQ, pt. 2) for more details. The actors who played the Carosi family 
follow.

 Malibu Sands Episodes-The Summer Series:
   Stacey Carosi          -Leah Remini
   Mr. Carosi             -Ernie Sabella

By Grade 12, the show seemed to have run out of steam and to be going 
through the motions (though others dispute this). Thiessen was absent 
from another episode, and by the end of the season, we had not one, but 
two episodes made up primarily of flashbacks and retrospectives (perhaps 
necessitated by the increasing absences of Tiffani-Amber Thiessen and 
Elizabeth Berkley). However, the show did end with a very good Graduation 
episode. It should be noted that the way to identify Grade 12 episodes is 
to notice that the Executive in Charge of Production was listed as *Gary 
Considine*, and not William F. Phillips who was the Executive in Charge 
of Production for GMMB/SbtB for the Grade 8 through the first part of the 
Grade 11 season. These Grade 12 episodes were all copyrighted 1991; there 
are only *10* "Kelly & Jessie" Grade 12 episodes (though 11 were aired, 
as one Grade 11 episode was first aired in the Grade 12 season). 

Finally, after the Gradualtion Special was filmed, the producers wanted 
to continue the run. So a two hour SbtB TV movie was filmed, and it was 
called "Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style". It aried on November, 1992, 
during the regular Grade 12 season. It included Mr. Belding, and it 
followed the gang (including Kelly and Jessie) through their adventures 
on a two week vacation to Hawaii. This movie seemed kind of forced 
storywise, and it is not the best example of Saved by the Bell. For more 
inforamtion on the plot of the Saved by the Bell TV movie, please see the 
SbtB FAQ, pt.2-the Episode Guide.


1.5)  Part 2b: Saved by the Bell, w/ Tori (Grade 12 only; '92-93 season)

As stated above, after Thiessen and Berkley left the show, the second 
half of the Grade 12 season was filmed using Leanna Creel (of the Creel 
triplets) as transfer-student Tori Scott; this was doen presumably to 
complete the Grade 12 season. These episodes were aired concurrently 
(i.e. on the same days) with the "Kelly & Jessie" Grade 12 episode; a 
"Tori" episode usually followed an episode from the "Kelly & Jessie" 
Grade 12 season. Tori was a rival to Zack in her first episode, but she 
soon became a brief love interest for Zack. Many fans feel that the 
character of Tori never really became a force on her own. Some of the 
Tori episodes were interesting, but overall they suffer in comparison to 
the Kelly & Jessie episodes (in plot quality for one, and especially in 
comedy quality: they forshadow the low comedic content of "the New 
Class"). And again, the viewer was left to assume that Tori, and Kelly 
and Jessie, must have been in "different" classes, which might explain 
why we almost never saw (or heard) about Kelly and Jessie in these 
episodes (and vica versa). We continued to see the characters' families 
in this "Tori" half-season however. In one episode, we finally met the 
oft mentioned Mrs. Belding, when Zack helped her give birth (we discover 
in SbtB-the New Class that the Beldings named their baby after Zack); we 
also meet Slater's little sister, J.B. And we see Mrs. Turtle and Mr. 
Morris again. The use of "Geek" and "Jock" extras was very heavily 
utilized in the "Tori" season. The Grade 12 "Tori" episodes were all 
copyrighted 1992. The "Tori" cast is below.

 Saved by the Bell (the "Tori" Timeline) cast:
   Zack Morris            -Mark-Paul Gosselaar
   A.C. Slater            -Mario Lopez
   Screech Powers         -Dustin Diamond
   Lisa Turtle            -Lark Voorhies
   Tori Scott             -Leanna Creel
   Prin. Richard Belding  -Dennis Haskins


1.6)  Part 3:  Short Intro to Saved by the Bell-the College Years
               (and the SbtB FAQ, pt.3-the College Years)

In Saved by the Bell-the College Years (for reasons that aren't clear to 
me), Zack, Slater, Screech and Kelly ended up going to "California 
University" in the San Francisco Bay Area (presumably Berkeley). The 
first three ended up as roommates, and Kelly later got into C.U. after 
being accepted off the waiting list. In the pilot, there were three 
female suitemates sharing the place with Zack, Screech and Slater: 
Leslie, Alex, and a third roommate named Danielle Marks (played by 
Essence Atkins). When Tiffani-Amber Thiessen rejoined the show, Atkins' 
character was dropped in favor of Kelly who became the third female 
suitemate. Their Floor Master was Mike Rogers (played by ex-NFL football 
player Bob Golic). The gang's professor in an anthropology class was 
Jeremiah Laskey (introduced in the show's second episode after the 
pilot), who later became a love interest for Kelly. Also later in the 
season, a nemesis for Zack was introduced in the form of the very strict 
Dean McMann (first seen in the thirteenth episode). For more information 
on SbtB-the College Years, see the SbtB FAQ, pt. 3. The College Years was 
copyrighted 1993.

 SbtB-the College Years cast:
   Zack Morris            -Mark-Paul Gosselaar
   A.C. Slater            -Mario Lopez
   Screech Powers         -Dustin Diamond
   Kelly Kapowski         -Tiffani-Amber Thiessen
   Leslie Burke           -Anne Tremko
   Alex Taber             -Kiersten Warren
   Michael Rogers         -Bob Golic
   Prof. Jeremiah Lasky   -Patrick Fabian
   Dean Susan McMann      -Holland Taylor
   Danielle Marks         -Essence Atkins            [Pilot only]

Because SbtB-tCY was canceled before Zack and Kelly actually got married, 
a 1994 2-hour TV was made, called "Saved by the Bell: the Wedding", in 
which Zack and Kelly, Slater, Screech and Lisa head off to Las Vegas to 
finally witness the marriage of Zack and Kelly. The movie aired on NBC on 
Friday, October 7, 1994. Again, for more information on SbtB-tCY, see the 
SbtB FAQ, pt. 3.


1.7)  How Many Episodes Are There?

What follows is the number of episodes, by season, of the entire Saved by 
the Bell series to the best of my knowledge.

  Season:                                  Number of Episodes:
   Good Morning, Miss Bliss-grade eight     13
   SbtB, grade nine                         20
   SbtB, grade ten                          18
   SbtB, grade eleven*                      21* (20 aired; incl. Palm 
                                                 Springs & X-Mas 
                                                 two-parters)
   SbtB, Malibu Sands*                       6*
   SbtB, Hawaiian Style                      1  TV movie (two hours)
   SbtB, grade twelve (w/ Kelly & Jessie)   10* (11 aired; incl. two-
                                                 retrospective episodes 
                                                 and Grad. special)
   SbtB, grade twelve (w/ Tori)             11*
   SbtB-the College Years                   19  (including the pilot and
                                                 two-part finale)
   SbtB, the Wedding                         1  TV movie (two hours)
   -------------------------------------   ---
   Total:                                  118  (+ 2 TV movies)

* Together, the Grade 11 episodes and the Malibu Sands run, and the 
  "Kelly & Jessie" and "Tori" Grade 12 episodes, can be considered to 
  be two complete seasons of 27 and 21 episodes respectively.


1.8)  In What Order Were They Filmed and When Were They First Shown?

I have obtained the original air dates for most episodes of Saved by the 
Bell, and what follows is a list of the airing seasons. I am guessing the 
filming order based on what I know from the production codes, the episode 
copyright dates, and what I've heard about the development of Saved by 
the Bell.

  Filming Order:                           When Filmed:
   Good Morning, Miss Bliss: Pilot          1987     (for Disney)
   Good Morning, Miss Bliss-Grade Eight     1988     (for Disney)
   SbtB, Grade Nine                         1989     (for NBC)
   SbtB, Grade Ten                          1990
   SbtB, Grade Eleven                       1990-91
   SbtB, Malibu Sands                       1991
   SbtB, Grade Twelve (w/ Kelly & Jessie)   1991
   SbtB, Graduation episode                 1991
   SbtB, Hawaiian Style                     1992
   SbtB, Grade Twelve (w/ Tori)             1992
   SbtB-the College Years (pilot)           1993, Spring
   SbtB-the College Years                   1993-94
   SbtB, Wedding in Las Vegas               1994, Summer


  Airing Order:                           When First Shown:
   Good Morning, Miss Bliss: Pilot          1987? (ever?; on Disney?)
   Good Morning, Miss Bliss-Grade Eight     1989, Spring (on Disney)
   SbtB, Grade Nine                         1989, Fall   (on NBC)
   SbtB, Grade Ten                          1990, Fall
   SbtB, Grade Eleven                       1991, Fall
   SbtB, Malibu Sands                       1991, Fall  (aired together 
                                                         w/Grade 11 ep's)
   SbtB, Hawaiian Style                     1992, Nov. 27; 1993, Aug. 31
   SbtB, Grade Twelve (w/ Kelly & Jessie)   1992, Fall
   SbtB, Grade Twelve (w/ Tori)             1992, Fall  (aired together 
                                                         w/Grade 12 ep's)
   SbtB, Graduation episode                 1993, May 22; September 7
   SbtB-the College Years (pilot)           1993, May 22; September 7
   SbtB-the College Years                   1993, Fall
   SbtB, Wedding in Las Vegas               1994, Oct. 7


1.9) A Note on the Episode Guide (the SbtB FAQ, pt.2-the SbtB 
               Episode Guide)

I have constructed the episode guide (Part II of the SbtB FAQ), by 
viewing every episode of Saved by the Bell, and by consulting with my 
co-authors and collegues who have most of the episodes on tape or have 
production information about the show. I have obtained the original 
airing order of many of the episodes, mostly from Daniel Andersson's 
"Short Guides". This new information clarifies the proper airing order, 
but it still may not perfect.

As far as the guest credits go, I have done my best to obtain as many of 
them as I can. I have seen every episode, but I have missed taping a 
couple, so the guest credit lists may not be totally complete. I have 
attempted to list the names of all the characters who had speaking roles, 
although I have not always listed speaking parts, and in several other 
cases I have listed important, non-speaking characters.

If someone discovers that I have placed episodes with the wrong airdate 
or in the wrong order, or that I have omitted someone important from the 
guest cast lists, etc., please notify me at my E-mail address above.

The SbtB-the College Years episode guide can be found in Part III of this FAQ, and the SbtB-the New Class Episode Guide can be found in Part IV.


1.10)  A Note on the Saved by the Bell Knock-Offs: the Spin-Off: 
               Saved by the Bell-The New Class (the SbtB FAQ, 
               pt.4-The New Class), and the Knock-Offs: California 
               Dreams, Running the Halls and Hang Time (separate FAQ's)

The success of the Saved by the Bell series inspired its producer Peter 
Engel and NBC to produce several series that are very similar to Saved by 
the Bell. Among these are the Saved by the Bell sequel, Saved by the 
Bell-The College Years (which is dealt with in Part III of the SbtB FAQ); 
the SbtB spin-off, Saved by the Bell-The New Class (which is dealt with 
in Part IV of the SbtB FAQ); California Dreams (1992-97); the cancelled 
Running the Halls (1993) and most recently Hang Time (started in 1995). 
These last two shows were mostly or completely separate from the 
original Saved by the Bell, so they are dealt with in their own separate 
FAQ's: the California Dreams FAQ, the Running the Halls FAQ an the Hang 
Time Episode Guide. Please see the SbtB FAQ pt.3 or 4, or the California 
Dreams or Running the Halls FAQ's, or the Hang Time Episode Guide, for 
more information on these shows.



2.0)  The Actors

2.1)  How Old Are the Actors? and Personal Info

The following are the birthdays, potential real high school graduation 
class years, and other information on the actors (from Aaron Binns):

  Mark-Paul Gosselaar:
   Birthdate: March 1, 1974
   Birthplace: Panorama City, CA
   Current Residence: Valencia, CA
   Hgt & Whgt: 6' - 185 lbs. (when was this measured?)
   Class of '91 or '92
   Gosselaar's parents emigrated from the Netherlands to the U.S. in 
      1966, and Gosselaar visits family there often.

  Dustin Diamond:
   Birthdate: January 7, 1977 (young!)
   Class of '94 or '95

  Lark Voorhies:
   Birthdate: March 25, 1975
   Class of '92 or '93

  Tiffani-Amber Thiessen:
   Birthdate: January 23, 1974
   Class of '91 or '92
   It has been reported to me that Thiessen was the winner of a beauty 
      pageant, perhaps Miss Teen USA, and she did win "TEEN" magazine's 
      "the Great Model Search".

  Mario Lopez:
   Birthdate : October 10, 1973
   Current Residence: Chula Vista, CA
   Class of '91
   Lopez owns a nightclub in Tijuana.

  Elizabeth Berkley:
   Birthdate: July 28, 1972
   Raised in MI
   Class of '90

  Dennis Haskins:
   Birthdate: November 30, 1950
   Home town: Chattanooga, TN

And some of the others:

  Hayley Mills:
   Birthdate: April 18, 1946. 
   Birthplace: London, ENGLAND

  T.K. Carter:
   Birthdate: December 18, 19??
   Birthplace: New York NY.


2.2)  What Else Have They Been In?

Here is a quick rundown of the other shows (i.e. not including Saved by 
the Bell) and roles the main actors of Saved by the Bell has been in:

 2.2.1)  Mark-Paul Gosselaar (Zack Morris)

   TV show regular:
     Brains and Brawn  (1992-93, NBC; host, several times)
     Hyperion Bay  (1998- , WBN; as Dennis Sweeny)

   TV appearances (1 or several episodes):
     Punky Brewster (1984; as Nathan)
     Stingray (1986; as Eric Murray (in ep.: "Below the Line"))
     The Twilight Zone (1986; as Tim (in ep.: "What Are Friends For?"))
     Charles in Charge (1987?; as 'annoying kid in Sara's class')
     The Wonder Years (1988; as Brad (in ep.: "Dance With Me"))
     Highway to Heaven
     Murphy Brown
     Blossom (1992; as Kevin (in ep.: "Losing Your... Religion")
     Robin's Hoods (1994)

   Ads: 
     "Oreo"
     "Donkey Kong"
     "The More You Know"

   Movies: 
     Necessary Parties (1988 from Wonder Works; as Chris Mills)
     White Wolves: A Cry in the Wild II (1993 Disney channel Movie; 
        as Scott)
     The Saint Tammany Miracle (1994 straight-to-video movie?; as Carl)
     For the Love of Nancy (1994 TV movie, as Tommy Walsh)
     Twisted Love (1995 straight-to-video movie; as D.J.)
     Brothers of the Frontier (1996 cable TV movie)
     Kounterfeit (1996; as Paco/Danny)
     She Cried No (1996 NBC TV movie; as Scott Baker)
     Specimen (1996; as Mike Hillary)
     Sticks and Stones (1996; as Dale)
     Dying to Belong (1997 NBC TV movie; as Steve Tyler)
     Born Into Exile (1997 NBC TV Movie; as Chris)
     Dead Man on Campus (1998; as Scott Cooper)


 2.2.2)  Dustin Diamond (Screech Powers)

   TV show regular:
     Saved by the Bell: The New Class  (1994-  , NBC; as Samuel "Screech" 
        Powers)

   TV appearances (1 or several episodes):
     Flip
     Motzart ITV
     Hollywood Close-Ups
     It's a Living
     The Munsters Today
     The Wonder Years (2 or more(?) episodes)
     Getting By
     Hang Time (1997, NBC; as Screech Powers)

   Movies: 
     The Monster Squad (1987)
     Purple People Eater (1988; as Big Z)
     Big Top Pee-Wee (1988; as Deke (child))
     She's Out of Control (1989; as "kid on the beach")
     The Price of Life (19??)


 2.2.3)  Lark Voorhies (Lisa Turtle)

   Last I heard, Voorhies left CBS's "The Bold & The Beautiful" to pursue a 
   singing career.  Indeed, this would explain why Voorhies turned up on 
   MTV as sort of a V.J. in the summer of 1997.

   TV show regular:
     Days of Our Lives  (1993-94, NBC; as Wendy Reardon)
     The Bold and the Beautiful  (1995-96, CBS; as Jasmine Malone)
     Motel California (1997 (summer), MTV; as a V.J.!)
     In the House (1998; multiple episodes; as Mercedes)

   TV appearances (1 or several episodes):
     Small Wonder
     Wild and Crazy Kids
     The Robert Guillaume Show
     The Fresh Prince of Bel Air 
     [& something on Nick.]
     Getting By (199?, FOX; 2 episodes)
     Martin (199?, FOX; 2 episodes)
     Family Matters (199?, ABC)
     Me and the Boys (1995, ABC)
     CBS Schoolbreak Special (1995, CBS)
     Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1995, syndicated; as Leanna)
     Love Boat: The Next Wave (1998, UPN; as Johari Mayfield)

   Ads: 
     "Oxy-10" (199?)
     "Head and Shoulders Shampoo" (1998)

   Videos:
     Boyz II Men: "On Bended Knee" (1995)
     Montell Jordan: "Somethin' for 4 Da Honeyz" (1995)

   Movies: 
     The Last Don (1997 CBS TV Miniseries; as Tiffany)
     How to Be a Player (1997; as Lisa)


 2.2.4)  Tiffani-Amber Thiessen (Kelly Kapowski)

   TV show regular:
     Live In (1988, failed CBS pilot)
     Beverly Hills, 90210  (1994-97, FOX; as Valerie Malone)

   TV appearances (1 or several episodes):
     Charles in Charge (198?; as Jennifer (Charles' girlfriend))
     The Hogan Family (1990; as ???? (w/ Berkley) in ep.: "California 
        Dreamin'"))
     Married With Children (1990, FOX; as Heather McCoy)
     Blossom (1992, NBC; as Ricki (in ep.: "Driver's Education"))
     Step by Step (1992?, ABC; (in ep.: "Daddy's Girl"))
     The Powers That Be (199?, NBC)
     Burke's Law (1994, CBS; as Andrea Pierce (in ep.: "Who 
        Killed Romeo?"))
     Murder, She Wrote (?)

   Ads: 
     "Peaches and Cream Barbie Doll" (1985)
     "Milk"

   Movies: 
     A Killer Among Friends (1992 TV movie, as Jenny Monroe)
     Son In Law (1993; as Tracey)
     The Stranger Beside Me (1995 TV movie; as Jennifer Gallager)
     She Fought Alone (1995 TV movie (with Brian Austin Green); 
        as Caitlin)
     Buried Secrets (1996 NBC TV Movie; as Annalisse)
     Sweet Dreams (1996 NBC TV movie; as Alison Sullivan)
     Speedway Junkie (1998; as Wilma Price)
     From Dusk Till Dawn: Texas Blood Money (1999) 


 2.2.5)  Mario Lopez (A.C. Slater)

   TV show regular:
     Kids Incorporated  (1984-86, NBC?; as a dancer/drummer)
     A.K.A Pablo  (1984, NBC?; as Tomas Del Gato)
     Name Your Adventure  (1993-95, NBC; host)
     Masters of the Maze  (1995-96, DISN)
     Pacific Blue  (1998- , USA; as Officer Bobby Cruz)

   TV appearances (1 or several episodes):
     Simon and Simon
     The Arena
     Golden Girls (as Mario)
     Brains and Brawn
     Circus of the Stars (1989; for the trapez act)
     Union Square (1997, NBC; as Guillermo)
     USA High (1998, USA; as Raphael (in eps.: "Everybody Loves Raphael" 
        and "Raphael's Proposal"))

   Movies: 
     Deacon Street Deer (19?? TV Movie)
     Chartbusters (1986 straight-to-video Movie)
     The Last Fling (1987 TV Movie)
     Colors (1988; as "Felipe's friend")
     Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story (1996 USA cable TV 
        movie; as Greg Louganis)
     Deprived (1996 straight-to-video Movie; as Jessie Mata)
     Fever Lake (1996)
     The Journey: Absolution (1997)
     Killing Mr. Griffin (1997 NBC TV Movie; as Dave Ruggles)


 2.2.6)  Elizabeth Berkley (Jessie Spano)

   TV show regular:
     Day by Day  (1988-89, ABC?)

   TV appearances (1 or several episodes):
     Gimme a Break
     Married People (1990; as Isabel (in ep.: "Once More, With Passion"))
     Life Goes On (1990, ABC; as Selena (in ep.: "La Dolce Becca"))
     The Hogan Family (1990; as Ashley (w/ Thiessen) in ep.: "California 
        Dreamin'"))
     Baywatch (1992, syndicated; as Courtney Bremmer (in ep. "Showdown 
        at Malibu Beach High")))
     Raven (1992, CBS; as Deborah (in ep.: "The Death of Shelia"))
     Diagnosis: Murder
     Burke's Law (1994, CBS; as Heather Charles)
     Bandit: Bandit Goes Country (1994, syndicated (from the Action Pack); 
        as Beth)
     Perversions of Science (1997, SHOW; as Ruth (in ep.: 
       "Planely Possible"))

   Ads: 
     "Crystal Clear Pepsi"

   Movies: 
     Frog (1987)
     Molly & Gina (1993; as Kimberly Sweeney)
     Armitage III (1994 straight-to-video Movie; as Armitage (voice))
     Showgirls (1995; as Nomi Malone)
     White Wolves II: Legend of the Wild (1995 Disney channel Movie; 
        as Crystal)
     The First Wives Club (1996; as Phoebe LaVelle)
     The Real Blonde (1997; as Tina)
     Cross Country (1998; as Suzette)
     The Last Call (1998)
     Random Encounter (1998; as Alicia Brayman)
     The Taxman (1998; as Nadia Rubakoff)
     The League (1999; as Mandy)
     Taillights Fade (1999)


 2.2.7)  Dennis Haskins (Mr. Richard Belding)

   TV appearances (1 or several episodes):
     The Dukes of Hazzard (1979; as Moss (in ep.: "One Armed Bandits"))
     The Dukes of Hazzard (1984; as Elmo (in ep.: "Cale Yarborough Comes 
        to Hazzard"))
     The Dukes of Hazzard (198?; as ? (in eps.: "The Late J.D. Hogg", and 
        "Undercover Dukes" (Part 1)))
     CHiPs
     The Twilight Zone
     The Greatest American Hero
     Magnum, P.I.
     Simon and Simon
     Scrabble (198?; as a contestant!)
     Wonder Works (1988 (in ep.: "Hiroshima Maiden"))
     The Fall Guy (198?; as deputy (in ep.: "Guss Who's Coming to Town"))
     Frank's Place
     Amazing Stories
     Doctor, Doctor (1990; as Dr. Stan (in ep.: "No Free Lunch"))
     Hangin With Mr. Cooper

   Movies: 
     The Image (1990 TV movie; as Steven Fish)
     Eywitness to Murder (1991; as Dr. Baldwin)
     Wonder Works (year?)

Note: Haskins was a concert promoter, in the 1970s, with such performers 
      as Blood, Sweat and Tears, Greg Allman and Tom Jones.  He is also 
      the author of "Rating the Agents" (Volumes I & II), a guide for the 
      working actor in Los Angeles. [This according to the NBC fact sheet
      on AOL.]


and:

 2.2.8) Hayley Mills (Miss Carrie Bliss)

   Mills is the daughter of playwright Mary Hayley Bell and actor John 
   Mills; her sister of Juliet Mills. Her son is Crispian Mills, lead 
   singer of the rock band, Kula Shaker. Recently, Mills has been doing 
   stage work (e.g. "The King & I").

   TV appearances (1 or several episodes):
     Amazing Stories (in ep.: "The Greibble")

   Movies: 
     Tiger Bay (1959; as Gillie)
     Pollyanna (1960; as Pollyanna)
     Parent Trap (1961; as Susan Evers/Sharon McKendrick)
     Whistle Down the Wind (1961; as Kathy Bostock)
     In Search of the Castaways (1962; as Mary Grant)
     Summer Magic (1963; as Nancy)
     The Chalk Garden (1964; as Laurel)
     The Moon-Spinners (1964; as Nikki Ferris)
     The Truth About Spring (1964; as Spring Tyler)
     That Darn Cat (1965; as Patti Randall)
     The Daydreamer (1966; as "The Little Mermaid" (voice))
     The Family Way (1966; as Jenny Fitton)
     Gypsy Girl (1966; as Brydie White)
     The Trouble with Angels (1966)
     Africa - Texas Style! (1967; as "girl at airport")
     A Matter of Innocence (1967; as Polly)
     Twisted Nerve (1968; as Susan Harper)
     Take a Girl Like You (1970; as Jenny Bunn)
     Cry of the Penguins (1971; as Tara St. John Luke)
     Endless Night (1971; as Ellie)
     The Bananas Boat (1974; as Jenny)
     Deadly Strangers (1974; as Belle Adams)
     The Kingfisher Caper (1975)
     The Flame Trees of Thika (1980; TV miniseries)
     Parent Trap II (1986; as Susan Corey/Sharon Ferris)
     Appointment with Death (1988)
     Parent Trap III (1989; as Susan Wyatt/Sharon Evers)
     Parent Trap III - Hawaiian Honeymoon (1989; 
        as Susan Wyatt/Sharon Evers)
     Back Home (1990; as Peggy)
     A Troll in Central Park (1993; as Hillary (voice))


 2.2.9)  Leanna Creel (Tori Scott):

   Leanna is one of the three "Creel triplets". Leanna has appeared with 
   her sisters Monica and Joy in several projects, though Leanna and 
   Monica seem to be the career actors in the family.

   Recently, Leanna Creel seems to moved on to the production side of 
   entertainment, and is credited as a producer of several indepented 
   pictures including "Six-String Samuri" (1998) and "Dancer Texas Pop. 81" 
   (1998).

   TV appearances (1 or several episodes):
     Anything But Love (1991; 2 episodes (in eps.: "Stop Me Before I... 
        Again", Parts 1 & 2))
     Beverly Hills, 90210 (1992; as Rory/Claire (in ep.: The Twins, the 
        Trustee and the Very Big Trip"))
     My Two Dads
     Parker Lewis Can't Lose
     One West Waikiki (1996 (in ep. "Rest in Peace"))

   Ads: 
     "Doublemint Gum" (1997; with sister Monica)

   Movies: 
     Big Business (1988; (uncredited))
     Parent Trap III (1989; as Lisa Wyatt)
     Parent Trap III - Hawaiian Honeymoon (1989; as Lisa Wyatt)
     Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Fashion (1991; as Shannon Wilson)
     Freeway (1996; as "twin #2")


 2.2.10)  Leah Remini (Stacy Carosi):

   NBC continues to do well by Remini, as she now co-stars in her own 
   series, and has guested in several other NBC shows. She has also 
   grabbed lead roles in several TV sitcoms, post-SbtB.

   TV show regular:
     Living Dolls  (1989, ABC; star: as Charlie Brisco)
     The Man in the Family  (1991; as Tina Bavasso)
     Biker Mice From Mars (1993 animated TV series, syndicated; 
        as Carbine (voice))
     Phantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks (1994 animated TV series; (voice))
     First Time Out  (1995, WBN; as Dominique)
     Fired Up (1997-98, NBC; as Terri Reynolds)
     The King of Queens (1998- , CBS; as Carrie Heffernan)

   TV appearances (1 or several episodes):
     Who's the Boss? (1989; 2 episodes; as Charlie Brisco (to set up 
        Living Dolls spin-off; in eps.: "Life's a Ditch" and 
        "Living Dolls"))
     Cheers (1991 & 1993, NBC; 2 episodes; as Serefina Tortelli 
        (in eps.: "Unplanned Parenthood" and "Loathe and Marriage"))
     Evening Shade (1992?, CBS; as "Tony's partner")
     Harlan and Merleen (pilot)
     Blossom (1992; as Ellen (in ep.: "You Must Remember This"))
     Renegade (1994 (in ep.: "The King and I"))
     Diagnosis: Murder (1995; as Agnes Benedetto (in ep.: "How to Murder 
        Your Lawyer"))
     Friends (1995; as Lydia (in ep.: "The One With the Birth"))
     NYPD Blue (1996; as Angela Bohi (in ep.: "Closing Time"))

   Movies: 
     Getting Up and Going Home (1992 TV Movie)
     Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers (1994 straight-to-video movie; 
        as Grace Nakimura (voice))
     Glory Daze (1996; as Theresa)
     Follow Your Heart (1998)


 2.2.11)  Miscellaneous Cast (Mr. Carosi, Milo, Max, Ginger)

 Ernie Sabella (Mr. Leon Carosi): 

   Among other things, Sabella is also an accomplished Broadway 
   actor. He is also a popular commerical actor.

   TV show regular:
     It's Your Move (1984)
     Perfect Strangers (for about a season, 1986-87, ABC; as 
        Donald "Twinkie" Twinkacetti)
     Roxie (1987)
     A Fine Romance (1989)
     Timon & Pumbaa (1995, ABC; as Pumbaa)
     Encore! Encore! (1998- , NBC; as Leo)

   TV appearances (1 or several episodes):
     Alice (1976)
     Knots Landing (1979)
     Cagney & Lacey (1982)
     Newhart (1983; 2 episodes (in eps.: "View From the Beach" and 
        "The Stratford Wives"))
     Domestic Life (1984)
     Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1984)
     Punky Brewster (1984)
     Cheers (1985; as Santo Carbone (in ep.: "Love Thy Neighbor"))
     Hill Street Blues (1985) 
     It's a Living (1985)
     Benson (1986 (in ep.: "Parade Rest"))
     Sledge Hammer! (1986)
     Hunter (1987 (in ep.: "Turning Point"))
     Married With Children (1987; as Mr. Pond (in ep.: "Peggy Sue 
        Got Work"))
     She's the Sheriff (1988 (in ep.:"Dinsmore's Wedding"))
     Seinfeld (1992, as "Naked Man" (in ep.: "The Subway"))
     Mad About You (1994; as Maurice) 

   Ads: 
     "NyQill" (1995?)
     "Nissan Infinity" (1997)
     "Dr. Pepper" (1997)

   Movies: 
     City Heat (1984; as "the ballistics expert")
     Copacabana (1985 TV movie)
     Tough Guys (1986; as "the hotel clerk")
     Fright Night Part II (1989; as Dr. Harrison)
     Faith (1990)
     Going Under (1990; as "the mole")
     Just My Imagination (1992 TV movie; as Arnold Meyer)
     The Lion King (1994; as the voice of Pumbaa)
     Quiz Show (1994; as "the car salesman")
     Roommates (1995; as Stash)
     In & Out (1997; as Aldo Hopper)
     Mouse Hunt (1997; as Maury)
     The Out-of-Towners (1999)


 T.K. Carter (Milo):

   Carter has a long resume:

   TV show regular:
     Just Our Luck (1983; as Shabu)
     Punky Brewster (1985-86, ABC?; as Mike Fulton)
     Jem (1986; as Anthony Julian (voice))
     The Sinbad Show (1993, FOX; as Clarence Hall)

   TV appearances (1 or several episodes):
     [I'm sure there are many, but I don't know them.]
     The Nanny (1998; as Ty (in ep.: "Hommie-Work"))

   Movies: 
     Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid (1977; TV movie; as Justin)
     The Hollywood Knights (1980; as Do Wopper)
     Seed of Innocence (1980)
     Seems Like Old Times (1980; as Chester)
     Underground Aces (1980)
     Southern Comfort (1981; as Cribbs)
     The Thing (1982; as Nauls)
     Carpool (1983 TV movie; as Otis Vaughan)
     Doctor Detroit (1983; as Diavolo)
     Runaway Train (1985; as Dave Prince)
     Amazon Women on the Moon (1987; as "host" Silly Pate)
     He's My Girl (1987; as Reggie/Regina)
     Polly (1989 TV movie)
     Ski Patrol (1990; as "iceman")
     A Rage in Harlem (1991; as Smitty)
     Yesterday's Target (1996)
     Space Jam (1996; as Monstar Nawt (voice))


 Ed Alonzo (Max) 

   Alonzo is, among other things, a stand-up comic and magician. 
   He has appeared on various TV magic shows over the years, including 
   the following:

   TV appearances (1 or several episodes):
    The Arsenio Hall Show (FOX)
    The New Candid Camera
    Carolyne's Comedy Hour
    Comic Strip Live
    Comedy on the Road (A&E)
    Evening at the Improv
    Hearts Are Wild
    Kidpower
    Live from Planet Earth (HBO)
    The New Mickey Mouse Club
    Murphy Brown
    Totally Hidden Video
    Xuxa

   Movies: 
     Men in Black (1997; as "alien puppeteer")


 Bridget Wilson (Ginger):

   Though a newcomer to TV acting when on SbtB, Wilson has been building 
   an impressive, fairly high-profile resume since:

   TV show regular:
     Santa Barbara (1992-93; as Lisa Fenimore Castillo)

   Movies: 
     Last Action Hero (1993; as Whitney/Meredith)
     Nixon (1995; as Sandy)
     Mortal Kombat (1995; as Sonya Blade)
     Higher Learning (1995; as Nicole)
     Billy Madison (1995); as Veronica Vaughn)
     Final Vendetta (1996; as Jennifer Clark)
     Unhook the Stars (1996; as Jeannie) 
     I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997; as Elsa Shivers)
     Nevada (1997; as June)
     The Real Blonde (1997; as Sahara)
     The Stepsister (1997 USA cable TV Movie; as Melinda)
     Starfucker (1998; as Sandra)
     Virtual Obsession (1998 TV Movie; as Juliet)
     The Suburbans (1999)


2.3)  Fan Clubs, etc.

There is an official Saved By The Bell Fan Club run by Matthew Morgan and 
Todd Greenwald in Los Angeles.  You can reach them at (213) 461-9163.

The only other fan club addresses I have is the one for Mark-Paul Gosselaar (Zack). His is:

      Mark-Paul Gosselaar's Fan Club
      3500 W. Olive Ave, Suite 920
      Burbank, CA 91505

And, for general information, NBC Productions (which produce(s)(d) SbtB, 
Cal. Dreams and Running the Halls) is probably a good place to start:

      NBC Productions, Inc.
      330 Bob Hope Drive
      Burbank, CA 91523



3.0)  Miscellanea and Trivia

3.1)  Is Zack (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) Dead?

Somehow a rumor was started in the spring of 1994 that Mark-Paul 
Gosselaar (Zack) was dead, and that is why SbtB-the College Years was 
cancelled. One version has it that Gosselaar got chicken pox, or some 
other disease, and died. Another has it that Gosselaar was killed in a 
car or motorcycle accident. THESE RUMORS ARE ABSOLUTELY *UNTRUE*. 

For one thing, Gosselaar began the filming of the second SbtB TV Movie, 
"Saved by the Bell: the Wedding" in the summer of 1994, several months 
*after* he supposedly died. He also guest-starred in several TV shows and 
TV movies, *after* that. For another, it was Mario Lopez (Slater), not 
Gosselaar that was in the car accident (it was a minor accident and Lopez 
was unhurt).

Since then, Gosselaar has been in several projects in *every* year since 
1994, including up to the present day.

So once again, Mark-Paul Gosselaar is *alive* and well.


3.2)  What Are the Words to the Theme Song of Saved by the Bell?

Several people have asked what the words were to the opening music of 
Saved by the Bell. Here are the words to the theme song:

   Well, I wake up in the morning,
   And the 'larm gives out a warning,
   And I don't think I'll ever make it on time.

   By the time I grab my books,
   And I give myself a look,
   I'm at the corner, just in time to see the bus fly by.

   It's all right, 'cos I'm Saved by the Bell

   If the teacher pops a test,
   I know I'm in a mess,
   And my dog ate all my homework last night.

   Riding low in my chair,
   She won't know that I'm there,
   If I can hand it in tomorrow it'll be all right.

   It's all right, 'cos I'm Saved by the Bell.


3.3)  What are the Songs on the Saved by the Bell CD?

Here is a list of the songs from the Saved by the Bell CD recently 
released by Kid Rhino Records, and the episodes in which they appeared 
(from the SbtB Newsletter, edited by Jennifer Walsh:

Track   Song                   Episode(s)
-----   ----                   ----------
  1      The Saved by the       all SbtB, tOS episodes
            Bell Theme Song
  2      Don't Leave With 
            Your Love           from early episodes (the song is 
                                   by "Bo Revere")
  3      Go For It              10.9
  4      Love Me Now            11.16
  5      Make My Day            10.1
  6      Friends Forever        11.16
  7      Did We Ever Have 
            a Chance?           11.16
  8      Deep Within My Heart   12.9
  9      Surfer Dude            Hawaiian Style TV movie
 10      Gone Hawaiian          Hawaiian Style TV movie
 11      School Song            12t.11
 12      Saved by the Bell      none; this is a special version, 
            Theme Song              featuring Michael Damian


3.4)  Who Are Some of the Other Main and Recurring Characters?

There are several recurring characters on Saved by the Bell. A large 
number of them are either teachers or parents. But several are not. Here 
is a list of the most common and/or important recurring characters (*not* 
counting two parters). Important recurring characters are starred (i.e. 
"*"):

     Character               Actor                   Episode(s)
     ---------               -----                   ----------
      Max                     Ed Alonzo               all Grade 9, 10.3
      Casey Kasem             as himself              9.2, 12.7
      Rhonda Robestelli       Kirsten Holmquist       9.5, 9.11, others
      Kevin, 
         Screech's robot      Michael LaVelle         9.11, 9.19, 10.9
      Louise                  Lara Lyon               10.2, 10.11, 12t.11
      Moose                   Mark Clayman            10.6, 10.17
     *James, the actor        Mark Blankfield         10.7, 11.11,
                                                       [SbtB-tNC 1.2]
      Herbert Otis            unbilled                10.10, 10.13, 1
                                                        10.15-10.18, 
                                                        11.1-11.2, 
                                                        11.4-11.9
      Ronald Geekman          Richard Isreal          10.10, 10.18
      Maxwell Nerdstrom       Jeffrey Asch            10.5, 12t.9
     *Violet Bickerstaff      Tori Spelling           10.5, 10.15, 11.7
     *Ollie Creekley          [unknown]               10.15-10.18, 
                                                        11.1-11.2, 11.4-
                                                        11.9, 12.11
     *Jeffrey Hunter          Patrick Muldoon         11.1-11.2, 11.5
     *Ox                      Troy Fromin             12.2, 12t.1, 
                                                        12t.4-12t.8
      Pete Stonebreaker       unbilled                12.11, 12t.1, 
                                                        12t.7-12t.8
      Sylvester Solomon       Ryan Holihan            12.11, 12t.5, 12t.8
      Ginger                  Bridgette Wilson        12t.1, 12t.6-12t.8
      Stingray, the surfer    Jake Beecham            C.14, C.17


 3.4.1)  Who Are the Teachers?

 Numerous different teachers have appeared on Saved by the Bell. Many of 
 them are recurring characters. Here is a list of all the teachers (and 
 staff), important recurring characters are starred:

     Teacher                 Actor                   Episode(s)
     -------                 -----                   ----------
     *Prin. Richard Belding   Dennis Haskins          all GMMB & SbtB
     *Miss Carrie Bliss       Hayley Mills            all GMMB
     *Miss Tina Palidrino     Joan Ryan               all GMMB
     *Mr. Milo Williams       T.K. Carter             all GMMB
      Mr. Jerry Vic           Randy Hamilton          8.2
      Mr. Morton              Deryl Carroll           8.4
      Mr. James Lyman         Robert Downey           8.13
     *Mr. Dewey               Patrick O'Brien         9.1, 9.14, 9.19,
                                                        10.5
     *Miss Simpson            Pamela Kosh             9.1, 9.8, 10.3a, 
                                                        11.2, 
                                                       [SbtB-tNC 1.1]
      Mr. Margolies           Hamilton Camp           9.2
     *Miss Wentworth          Carol Lawrence          9.3, 9.15, 10.12
      Mr. George Testaverdi   John Moschitta          9.4
      Mr. Tony Crane          Hank Stratton           9.8
      Mr. Bennett             unbilled                9.9
      Mrs. Cummings           Bunny Summers           9.10
      Dr. Mertz               Avery Schreiber         9.11
     *Mr. Tuttle              Jack Angeles            9.12, 10.4, 10.15,
                                                         12.6, 12.8
      Valley Principal
          Eliot Stingwell     Ronnie Schell           9.16
      Madame Oeuf             Mary Pat Gleason        9.18
      Mrs. Hatcher            Patrika Darbo           9.18
      Coach Rizzo             Frank Como              9.20
      Lt. Chet Adams          Cylk Cozart             10.2
      Nurse Jennifer          Nancy Valen             10.3a
      Mr. Hudson              I.M. Hobson             10.6
      Mr. Manfredi            Michael McManus         10.11
      Mr. Dickerson           Raf Mauro               10.13
      Rod(ney) Belding        Edward Blatchford       10.13
      Mr. Bainbridge          Henry Polic, II         10.18
      Coach (basketball)      unbilled                11.3
      Dr. Phelps              Hiram Kasten            11.6
      Mrs. Kerns              unbilled                11.6
      Mr. Sachs               Bernard Hiller          11.7-8
      Coach/Mr. Sonski        Monty Hoffman           11.8, 11.14
      Mrs. Helen Billingham, 
          of Stansbury U.     Susan Osborne           11.11
      Mrs. Carpenter          unbilled                11.17
      Mr. Maloney             unbilled  [Don Perry]   11.17
     *Mrs. Culpepper          Maris Clement           11.17, 12t.3
      Mr. Breskin             Vaughn Armstrong        12.1, 12t.1
      Miss Parks, 
         FIT interviewer      unbilled                12.4
      Mr. Lazaar              Loren Freeman           12.11,
                                                       [SbtB-tNC 1.11]
      Mr. Tewksbery           unbilled                12t.7
      Mr. Heimlich            unbilled                12t.9
     *Prof. Jeremiah Laskey   Patrick Fabian          C.2-C.17
      Professor Hopkins       Olivia Virgil White     C.4
      Professor Judith 
          Trudell             Nancy Stafford          C.6
      Chancellor Williams     John Funk               C.7
      Prof. Arthur Hemmings   Robert Guillaume        C.13
     *Dean Susan McMann       Holland Taylor          C.14-C.17
      Professor Rich          Victor Raider-Wexler    C.16


 3.4.2)  Whose Parents and Family Do We See?

 Most of the parents of the main characters have appeared on Saved by the 
 Bell. Many of them are also recurring characters. Here is a list of all 
 the parents seen in SbtB, important recurring characters are starred:


     Parent                  Actor                   Episode(s)
     ------                  -----                   ----------
      Mr. Peter Morris        Robert Pine             8.6 [*Peter* 
                                                        Morris? Oops!]
      Dr. Turtle              Henry Brown             9.3
     *Mjr. Martin Slater      Gerald Castillo         9.7, 12.5
      Billy Kapowski (baby)   unbilled (voice of 
                                 Tom Williams)        9.18
      Mr. Frank Kapowski      John Mansfield          10.1
      Mrs. Roberta Powers     Ruth Buzzi              10.5
      Penny Belding           Jodi Peterson           10.6
     *Mr. Dereck Morris       John Sanderford         10.7, 12t.5
      Nicki Kapowski          Laura Mooney            10.11
      Rod(ney) Belding        Edward Blatchford       10.13
     *Dr. Judy Turtle         Susan Beaubian          11.3, 12t.4
     *Mrs. Melanie Morris     Melody Rogers           11.5, 11.18-11.19
      Eric [Spano] Tramer     Josh Hoffman            11.7-11.8
      Mr. David Spano         George McDaniel         11.12-11.13
      Leslie [Spano]          Barbara Brighton        11.12-11.13
      Mrs. Becky Belding      Louan Gideon            12t.5
      J.B. Slater             Rana Haugen             12t.8
      Mr. Burke               Ed Winter               C.5
      Mrs. Burke              Gloria Loring           C.5


3.5)  How Many Girlfriends Has Zack Had?

As every watcher of Saved by the Bell knows, Zack is a prolific guy when 
it comes to women. Only when he was going steady with Kelly through the 
Grade 10 season did Zack not have about a bazillion girlfriends. So who 
were they all? Here's a look, and the important one's are starred:

     Girlfriend of Zack      Actor                   Episode(s)
     ------------------      -----                   ----------
      Karen                   Carla Gugino            8.1
      Shana                   Alexonia Lee            8.7
      Rhonda Robestelli [under 
        Zack's protest]       Kirsten Holmquist       9.5
     *Kelly (1st time)        Tiffani-Amber Thiessen  9.9-11.1 [approx]
     *Jessie                  Elizabeth Berkley       10.18  [< 1 ep.]
      Danielle                Julie St. Claire        11.5
      Lydia                   unbilled                11.9  [sort of]
      Heather Brooks          Christine Joan Taylor   11.11
      Kristy Barnes           Krystee Clark           11.14
     *Kelly (2nd time)        Tiffani-Amber Thiessen  11.12-11.13
      Mindy Wallace           Stacie Foster           11.16  [in dream]
      Laura Benton            Jennifer McComb         11.18-11.19
     *Stacey Carosi           Leah Remini             M.2-M.6  [roughly]
      Andrea Larson           Rena Sofer              HtvM
      Joanna Peterson         Shana Furlo             12.1  [sort of]
     *Lisa                    Lark Voorhies           12.4  [1 epsiode
                                                        only, strangely]
      Jennifer Wade           Stephanie Furst         12.6
      Ginger                  Bridgette Wilson        12t.1 [was Zack's 
                                                        girlfriend for 
                                                        this ep. only]
      Melissa Donahue         Jennifer Blanc          12t.2
     *Tori                    Leanna Creel            12t.3-12t.11
      J.B. Slater             Rana Haugen             12t.8
     *Kelly (briefly)         Tiffani-Amber Thiessen  12.9, C.1
      Leslie                  Anne Tremko             C.1  [< 1 episode]
      Jennifer Williams       Brittany Powell         C.7
      Linda Addington         Hillary Danner          C.8  [ends up with
                                                        Screech]
     *Kelly (last time)       Tiffani-Amber Thiessen  C.16-C.18 
            (marriage!)                               SbtB: Wedding in 
                                                         Las Vegas

 3.5.1)  Did Screech Have Any Girlfriends?

 And we must not forget that Screech had a number of girlfriends. Here 
 they are:

      Girlfriend of Screech   Actor                   Episode(s)
      ----------------------  -----                   ----------
      Violet Bickerstaff       Tori Spelling           10.5, 10.15, 
                                                         11.4
      Penny Belding            Jodi Peterson           10.6
      Robin                    Soliel Moon Frye        12.3
      Linda Addington          Hillary Danner          C.8  [starts with
                                                         Zack]
      Nurse Penny Brady        Emma Caulfield         [SbtB-tNC: 2.2]
      Alison Harrington        Clare Salstrom         [SbtB-tNC: PH.1-7]


3.6)  In What Episodes Did the Characters Have Fantasies?

Fantasy or "flashback" sequences were a common plot device used in SbtB, 
tOS, particularly in the first two seasons. Usually they were fantasies 
of Zack's, but occationally they were Screech's fantasies or fantasies of 
one of the other characters. Here is a list of the episodes that 
contained fantasies, and a description of the fantasy:

     Episodes          Description of Fantasy
     --------          ----------------------
       9.1              Zack imagines a goddess-like Kelly sharing 
                          detention with him.
       9.3              Lisa imagines her father's reaction to the credit 
                          card bill; Screech is the devil.
       9.5              Screech imagines all the girls want to marry him.
       9.8              The girls fantasize that they are all going to 
                           marry the hunky substitute, Mr. Tony Crane.
       9.9              Kelly imagines running for Homecoming Queen with
                          a large red pimple for a nose.
       9.10             Zack imagines the prizes he wins from the bet he 
                          has on Slater, a la a game show;
                        and,
                        Slater imagines that the gang comes back for a 
                          reunion, and they're all successful, but he's 
                          a washed-up professional wrestler.
       9.12             Zack imagines being rich; Screech is "Robin 
                          Screech", host of the "Lifestyles of the 
                          Incredibly Rich and Famous".
       9.13             Lisa dreams that she's seeing Screech everywhere!
       9.16             Zack imagines losing to the Clegg brothers in the 
                          prank war, and Valley Principal Stingwell hands 
                          the awards out, including Zack's.
       9.18             Zack imagines having a son and watching him 
                          grow up.
       9.19             Screech imagings he's "Robo Screech, hall monitor
                          of the future", saving Lisa and taking on Neil.
       9.20             The gang imagine that they're in a police line-up 
                          where Belding is the cop, and Slater is the 
                          chameleon, Artie, doling out their sentences.
      10.1              Kelly dreams that she being interviewed by 
                           Screech as "Geraldo Screech" for being a 
                           "woman who loves two men".
      10.2              Screech imagines he's "General Screech", the
                           girls are his aides, and he dispatches Butch
                           and wins Molly.
      10.3              Belding remembers his days as the "Big Bopper"
      10.4              Zack imagines that Kelly and Slater are close at 
                           the drive-in in Slater's car, while he and 
                           Screech are ignored nearby on Zack's bicycle.
      10.5              Screech imagines that his mother comes back to the 
                           house as an angel along with Elvis (who looks 
                           like Mr. Belding).
      10.6              Jessie imagines she's on "the Blind Date Game" 
                           with host Zack, and scarry contestants.
      10.11             Kelly's sister Nicki Kapowski fantasizes that 
                           Zack is the rapping Prince, and Kelly the evil 
                           step-sister, in her own version of Cinderella.
      10.12             Zack dreams Chief Henry visits him as an angel.
      10.14             Zack imagines that he's seeing Kelly everywhere!
      11.3              Zack dreams that he's dead, and Screech is the
                           angel who shows him his memorial service.
      11.16             The entire episode is Zack's fantasy about the 
                           rise and fall of the gang's band "Zack Attack".

 3.6.1)  In What Episodes Did Zack Use a "Time Out"?

 Also in early episodes, Zack would use a "time out", which would have 
 the effect of freezing or "time stopping" everyone, except Zack, so that 
 Zack could offer some witty commentary. SbtB stopped having Zack use 
 "time outs" after Grade 11. Here is the list of episodes where Zack used 
 "time outs":

     Episodes          Description of "Time Out"
     --------          -------------------------
       9.7              Zack uses a "time out" after Slater asks him to 
                           talk Mjr. Slater into letting Slater stay at 
                           Bayside, and Zack jumps at the chance to 
                           prevent Kelly from going off to Hawaii; little 
                           does Zack know it's a trick by Slater!
       9.10             Zack uses *two* "time outs", one after the other, 
                           when Zack describes the bet he's made with 
                           Nedick on Slater in the wrestling match.
      10.4              Zack uses a "time out" when he figures out how
                           to prevent Slater from getting his license.
      10.14             Zack uses a "time out" to "get out of bowling, 
                           get rid of Belding, and get our babes back", 
                           and to call the florist to ensure that he does.
      10.15             Zack uses a "time out" while Mr. Tuttle delays 
                           the concert so he can give a tape to Screech 
                           to buy the Glee Club some time.
      10.17             Zack uses a *big league* "time out" to escape 
                           from Belding's office and Kelly and Vince, and 
                           from the blow Slater is about about to score 
                           on Zack's jaw!
      11.7              Zack uses a "time out" after Belding hires Slater
                           to install a CD player in Mrs. B's new car, 
                           and Zack figures out how to get back at Eric.


3.7)  The SbtB Poll: So Who's Better? Zack v. Slater v. Screech, 
               Jessie v. Kelly v. Lisa

The Guys:

  Character:                    Number of Votes:
   Zack                          6
   Slater                        1
   Screech                       4

The Girls:

  Character:                    Number of Votes:
   Jessie                        2
   Kelly                        13
   Lisa                          4
   Tori                          2
   All of the above/no pref.     1