Jun 9 2009Zack Morris Returns to Television
Last night on The Late in the Night Jimmy Fallon Hour, Fallon and his staff somehow convinced Mark-Paul Gosselaar that a good way to promote his show, Raising the Bar, would be to do the entire interview in-character as Zack Morris. I worry by the 8-minute mark of scripted banter, when "Zack" is picking up the guitar to perform Zack Attack's hit single, the sketch might cross the line from fun and nostalgic to uncomfortable and dehumanizing :
(from the Late Night blog)
Now when will we get a reprisal of Deputy Jack Hannah from the Sci-Fi original movie Atomic Twister?
Reader Comments
1. Peter Potamus - June 9, 2009 5:31 PM
Ya get that thing I sentcha?
2. edgebilliards - June 9, 2009 6:02 PM
a reunion would be dehumanizing. that was just plain entertaining.
3. Felipe Edoardo - June 9, 2009 6:45 PM
he's so hot it hurts
4. yeah, but still - June 9, 2009 6:46 PM
That could have been funny, but it wasn't. That's just it; It wasn't funny. Just awkward. Don't let nostalgia trick you into thinking this is entertaining.
5. Fuzzy Tingle Times - June 9, 2009 7:14 PM
Watching this last night confused the hell out of me. Made me feel kind of bad for him. That... he really wont ever live that character down. No matter how many crappy court shows he does on TNT. Well... none of them will live it down. But at least Tiffany Thiessen has atleast more than one character she cant live down. Both hot.
6. SeanieMic - June 9, 2009 9:56 PM
That was awesome! Loved the brick phone…lol. Check out my SBTB Tribute Rap Video “I Love Bayside” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8mvxPIV6U4
7. jeff - June 9, 2009 11:03 PM
WHatever you guys say.
My nostalgia got the better of me and this put him
back on the map. Im sure im not the only one.
8. Wha?! - June 9, 2009 11:31 PM
I just want to punch jimmy fallon in the face soooooooooooo bad. Do you know how this douche got his own show? Devil + Douche Soul = comedy disaster.
9. che-che - June 10, 2009 12:43 AM
zack morris is a thousand times more talented at playing that guitar than fallon is to comedy.
10. Violet - June 10, 2009 2:56 AM
That was HI-larious! Zach was so hot in "Dead Man On Campus" ... mmm.
Fallon, though, he's either got the coke shakes or he's the most nervous man alive.
11. Pat - June 10, 2009 8:58 AM
Mark-Paul finally realized his post-"SBTB" career was over. Good for him! Glad to see he's moving on!
12. Momboelitist - June 10, 2009 10:25 AM
"I worry by the 8-minute mark of scripted banter, when "Zack" is picking up the guitar to perform Zack Attack's hit single, the sketch might cross the line from fun and nostalgic to uncomfortable and dehumanizing :"
Not to worry, I thought it became uncomfortable and dehumanizing immediately. What kills me is I saw some other blog interview where MPG claims Zak is such a complex character and how much he has to remember to bring him to life. LOL!!!!!
13. Darth - June 11, 2009 10:45 AM
He hasn't much changed yet!? Good luck to him!
14. bribios - June 11, 2009 5:50 PM
That made me smile and even laugh softly a couple times. Which I'm pretty sure is the closest I'll ever get to laughing out loud watching Late Night these days.
15. drbendy - June 11, 2009 8:22 PM
Watching someone spew on their own soul to the rhythm of their own script is quite disconcerting,
Milton we have discovered a new ring, it's here.
16. A Gay - June 12, 2009 4:00 PM
Poor guy. I mean, I loved Saved By The Bell, it's my favorite show ever, but he can't keep being dragged back to that. He's more than Zack Morris.
17. mihir - June 13, 2009 4:05 AM
i enjoyed the first few minutes of this, and then thought that they would at least cut to commercial and bring him back as mark, but man, they really stretched that entire segment out
18. hun - June 17, 2009 3:46 AM
..."the sketch might cross the line from fun and nostalgic to uncomfortable and dehumanizing"
I think uncomfortable + dehumanizing = funny. Or am I the only one??