134 Fun Facts About Saved by the Bell

What was the original title of the show that eventually became 'Saved by the Bell'?

'Saved by the Bell' originated as a Disney Channel series titled 'Good Morning, Miss Bliss,' which focused on a teacher and some of the characters who later transitioned to Bayside High.

Saved by the Bell's theme song went against producer Peter Engel's wishes by doing what?

Composer Scott Gayle used the show's title in the lyrics; Engel had failed to stop the show being named Saved by the Bell and wanted the phrase kept out, but admitted the song was the best.

In Saved by the Bell, what was the first name of Mr. Belding, the long-suffering principal of Bayside High?

Richard Belding, played by Dennis Haskins, was rewritten as younger and funnier than the older, humorless principal of the 1987 Good Morning, Miss Bliss pilot.

In Saved by the Bell, which transfer student made an enemy of Zack Morris by making a move on Kelly Kapowski?

A.C. Slater, an Army brat who transferred to Bayside, went after Kelly Kapowski from his first day in 'King of the Hill', the first episode produced, starting his rivalry with Zack Morris.

Good Morning, Miss Bliss, the show retooled into Saved by the Bell, was set in which Midwestern state's capital?

Producer Peter Engel felt Indianapolis, Indiana, was not an exciting location and moved the show to a fictionalized 'Palisades' neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Which original 'Saved by the Bell' actor was a regular in the spin-off 'The New Class'?

Dennis Haskins played Mr. Belding throughout The New Class (1993–2000); Dustin Diamond's Screech joined only from season 2 as the principal's assistant.

In Saved by the Bell, which character breaks down in front of Zack after getting hooked on caffeine pills?

Jessie Spano's tearful 'I'm so excited... I'm so scared' scene, driven by pressure to get into Stanford, became one of the show's most parodied moments.

In Saved by the Bell: The College Years, Zack, Slater and Screech share a dorm suite at which fictional school?

California University, or Cal U, is where six suitemates live under the eye of resident adviser Mike Rogers; Kelly joined on a scholarship after the pilot.

In 'The College Years', which suitemate did Zack pursue first, before turning his attention to Kelly?

Leslie was played by Anne Tremko, one of three newcomers alongside Alex Tabor and Danielle Marks.

Saved by the Bell aired on Saturday mornings from August 1989 to May 1993 on which US broadcast network?

NBC ran it on Saturday mornings from August 1989 to May 1993, after the premiere aired in Sunday prime time on August 20, 1989.

Which actor was cast at fourteen as the scheming central character the producer said the show needed?

The casting director was struck by his charisma and charm; the role had proved one of the hardest of all to fill.

What is the cafe where the Saved by the Bell gang hangs out, run by a magician, called?

The Max's owner was played by the real-life magician Ed Alonzo, who performed tricks on the show; along with Bayside High, it is one of the show's two principal settings.

Which Saved by the Bell cast member came to the show from Kids Incorporated?

Mario Lopez, a drummer and dancer on Kids Incorporated, was cast as jock A.C. Slater when Saved by the Bell launched on NBC in 1989.

Which of the three finalists for Kelly Kapowski won the part?

Tiffani-Amber Thiessen won Kelly Kapowski; fellow finalist Elizabeth Berkley got the newly created Jessie Spano, and Thiessen later joined the third finalist, Jennie Garth, on Beverly Hills, 90210 in 1994.

What do A.C. Slater's initials stand for, as revealed in the episode 'Love Machine'?

A.C. stood for Albert Clifford, revealed in the 1992 season-four episode 'Love Machine' when an ex-girlfriend from Slater's Army-brat years in Germany calls him by his full name.

In The College Years' 'Slater's War', what was Slater's family surname before his father changed it?

The change was made so he could get into the military academy. The storyline finally addressed the fact that a role written as Italian-American was played by a Mexican-American actor.

What was the name of the AI robot Screech built that lived in his bedroom on Saved by the Bell?

Kevin, the talking robot Screech built and kept in his bedroom, appeared in several episodes across the show's first two seasons (1989–1990).

Screech's mother Roberta, played by Ruth Buzzi in "House Party", is a devoted fan of which singer?

Roberta Powers worships Elvis Presley; in 'House Party' the gang breaks her prized Elvis statue and scrambles to replace it before she returns, with Laugh-In's Ruth Buzzi playing her.

Which future Beverly Hills, 90210 star played Violet Bickerstaff, Screech's nerdy girlfriend?

Tori Spelling, soon to be 90210's Donna Martin, played Violet Bickerstaff in three episodes; Violet always called Screech by his real name, Samuel.

Kelly came from a large working-class family. Counting Kelly, how many Kapowski children were there?

Kelly was the middle child, with three older brothers among her six siblings. Her father Frank worked at a defense plant and was laid off in the season two premiere.

Which pop star was head cheerleader Kelly Kapowski a big fan of?

Kelly's George Michael fandom was a running detail of the early seasons. She was also the only member of the gang from a modest, working-class household.

What was the name of Kelly's diner boss, played by Patrick Muldoon, for whom she left Zack?

The relationship lasted three episodes of season three, ending when Kelly caught him kissing another girl at an over-18 club called The Attic.

What was the first name of Mr. Belding's laid-back brother, the substitute who took the class rafting?

Rod, played by Ed Blatchford, ruined his brother's plans for a Yosemite class trip and was eventually exposed as unreliable when he ditched the students for a flight attendant.

What trapped Zack and Tori in an elevator with Mr. Belding's pregnant wife Becky?

A minor earthquake stalled the elevator in the season-four episode 'Earthquake!'; Zack helped deliver the baby, and the Beldings named their son Zack in his honor.

How did biker girl Tori Scott make an instant enemy of Zack on her first day?

Tori, played by Leanna Creel, was created after Thiessen and Berkley left, and dated Zack until "The Will". Later episodes simply never mention her again.

At which beach resort did the gang work in season three's summer arc, where Zack fell for Stacey Carosi (Leah Remini)?

The Malibu Sands Beach Club summer arc ran six episodes of season three; Stacey Carosi ran the staff for her father Leon (Ernie Sabella), making Zack technically her employee.

When the gang formed a band with Zack singing and playing guitar, which member played bass guitar?

Lisa Turtle played bass in Zack Attack, with Slater on drums, Screech on keyboards and Kelly on vocals, in the 1991 'Rockumentary' episode narrated by Casey Kasem.

What did Screech secretly do with the class valedictorian honor he had earned?

Jessie had a slightly lower GPA and desperately wanted the honor. When she found out what he had done, she gave the title back to him.

In the 1992 TV movie Hawaiian Style, which veteran Disney star played Kelly's grandfather?

Variety's review quipped that older viewers 'may choke on the realization that Dean Jones is old enough to be a grandfather.' The gang had to save his resort from a developer.

The College Years lost its prime-time ratings battle against which two established shows?

NBC ran The College Years in prime time in 1993–94 against ABC's Full House and CBS's Rescue 911; it was cancelled after a single season.

Who suggested the name "Saved by the Bell", a title Peter Engel hated but NBC's Brandon Tartikoff loved?

Engel was so set against the name that he ordered his composers to keep the phrase out of the theme song, an order Scott Gayle ignored.

What was the title of the first Saved by the Bell episode, aired August 20, 1989?

'Dancing to the Max' aired in prime time on August 20, 1989; 'King of the Hill', the episode introducing Slater's transfer, was produced first but held until later in the season.

How many episodes of the original series were made?

The original run totaled 86 episodes over four NBC seasons (1989–1993); DVD releases split them into five seasons because season four was cut in two.

The 22 tie-in novels about the gang were all credited to which pseudonymous author?

Beth Cruise was a pen name for American author Beth Henderson. Sixteen came out through Collier Books and the last six through Aladdin Paperbacks.

Which animated show made a Saw parody titled "Sawed by the Bell"?

Robot Chicken's season-three episode 'Boo Cocky' (2008) featured 'Sawed by the Bell', with original cast members including Gosselaar, Diamond and Haskins voicing their characters.

In the 2020 Peacock revival, why did Governor Zack Morris admit he ran for office?

Zack confessed he ran for governor only to get out of a parking ticket; in office he cut $10 billion from education, closing schools like Douglas High and sending their students to Bayside.

What is the surname of Bayside's principal, played by John Michael Higgins, in the 2020 revival?

Principal Ronald Toddman, played by John Michael Higgins, claims to have attended Bayside alongside the original gang, who barely remember him; Josie Totah plays Lexi, the school's queen-bee cheerleader.

Why did Elizabeth Berkley lose the part of Karen, a Good Morning, Miss Bliss love interest?

By the time Saved by the Bell was cast her height matched the rest of the cast, and producers created a place for the strongest actress they had seen.

How many times did the actor who played Mr. Belding audition for the role?

Before acting he had been a contestant on Press Your Luck and Scrabble, and appeared in several Dukes of Hazzard episodes in different roles.

Which character did Tiffani Thiessen play on Beverly Hills, 90210 after Shannen Doherty left?

Tiffani Thiessen joined 90210 as Valerie Malone in 1994, moving into the Walsh house after Brenda (Shannen Doherty) left, and stayed until early in season nine.

Elizabeth Berkley's first big post-Bayside role was Nomi Malone in which notorious 1995 film?

Showgirls (1995), Paul Verhoeven's NC-17 Las Vegas flop, starred Berkley as Nomi Malone; she spoofed it in the 2015 Tonight Show cast reunion with Jimmy Fallon.

From 2001 to 2005 Mark-Paul Gosselaar played Detective John Clark Jr. on which police drama?

Gosselaar joined NYPD Blue in 2001 as Detective John Clark Jr., partnered with Dennis Franz's Andy Sipowicz, and stayed through the 2005 finale.

Who created Saved by the Bell?

Sam Bobrick is credited as creator, having devised Good Morning, Miss Bliss, the 1987–89 series Peter Engel retooled into Saved by the Bell.

On what date did the original series air its final episode?

'Graduation' closed the original run on May 22, 1993, the same night NBC premiered The College Years pilot in prime time.

Saved by the Bell became the flagship of which Saturday-morning teen block, built to keep 10-to-12-year-olds tuning in?

TNBC was NBC's live-action Saturday comedy lineup, created to keep 10-to-12-year-olds tuning in, with Saved by the Bell as its flagship.

Which casting director found the 14-year-old who would play Zack Morris?

Gosselaar was cast immediately after a quick read-through.

Who insisted Dustin Diamond was right for Screech, believing he was Screech in real life?

Gosselaar read with a number of kids before finalists were called back.

How was Lisa Turtle originally conceived before Lark Voorhies was cast?

Lisa was written as a rich Jewish princess from Long Island; Peter Engel cast Lark Voorhies for Good Morning, Miss Bliss and said he kept the spoiled character essentially as written.

A.C. Slater was originally conceived as a young version of which actor?

He was to be an Army brat in a leather jacket.

What are Bayside High's sports teams called?

Bayside's teams are the Tigers; the cheerleading squad led by Kelly Kapowski chanted for them throughout the show's 1989–93 run.

How many extra episodes did NBC unexpectedly order in 1992 after the graduation episode?

Thiessen and Berkley had already decided to leave.

Rather than create another new girl, producers leaned on which minor recurring characters in the final episodes?

Tori Scott was the only new addition.

Who was NBC's president when he asked Peter Engel to develop Good Morning, Miss Bliss in 1986?

Brandon Tartikoff, then president of NBC Entertainment, pitched Engel a show inspired by his own sixth-grade teacher, Miss Bliss, in 1986.

Which actress was originally considered for Miss Bliss before Hayley Mills got the role?

Mills was a former British child star.

Which of these future stars was NOT in the Good Morning, Miss Bliss pilot cast?

Will Smith never appeared; the 1987 NBC pilot's student cast included Jonathan Brandis, Brian Austin Green and Jaleel White alongside Hayley Mills as Miss Bliss.

How many episodes did Disney Channel agree to air of Good Morning, Miss Bliss?

Disney Channel ordered 13 episodes of Good Morning, Miss Bliss, which ran from November 1988 to March 1989 with the class moved up from sixth to eighth grade.

How many episodes did Tartikoff initially commit to for Saved by the Bell?

The show ended up running 86 episodes.

Which NBC president commissioned Wedding in Las Vegas as a series finale?

Warren Littlefield, NBC Entertainment president from 1990 to 1998, ordered the 1994 TV movie Wedding in Las Vegas to resolve The College Years' cliffhanger with Zack and Kelly's wedding.

How many episodes of The College Years were made?

The College Years ran 19 episodes — the May 1993 prime-time pilot plus 18 regular episodes — before NBC cancelled it in February 1994.

How many episodes did The New Class produce over its seven seasons?

Dennis Haskins was the only constant across all seven seasons.

Which network aired the show at midnight as a two-week special in April 2006?

Adult Swim, Cartoon Network's late-night block, ran Saved by the Bell at midnight for two weeks in April 2006 as a tongue-in-cheek stunt.

Which late-night host launched a 2009 campaign to reunite the cast?

Jimmy Fallon campaigned on Late Night in 2009 for a reunion; Gosselaar appeared in character as Zack Morris on June 8, 2009, and a reunion skit finally happened on The Tonight Show in 2015.

Which house band backed Zack's performance of 'Friends Forever' on Late Night in 2009?

The Roots, Fallon's house band, backed Gosselaar's in-character 'Friends Forever' on Late Night in June 2009 while he was promoting TNT's Raising the Bar.

Which two cast members skipped the 2015 Tonight Show reunion skit?

Thiessen's pregnancy and Berkley's Showgirls were among the jokes.

Which two original stars were first announced for the 2020 Peacock revival?

Elizabeth Berkley and Mario Lopez were attached when Peacock announced the revival in September 2019; Gosselaar and Thiessen joined later, and Lark Voorhies said she felt snubbed.

Which publisher issued the short-lived 1992 Saved by the Bell comic book?

Harvey Comics, best known for Casper and Richie Rich, published a short-lived Saved by the Bell comic book in 1992.

In which year was the show's soundtrack released on CD and cassette?

Tracks included 'Go for It!' and 'Friends Forever'.

Whom did Dustin Diamond blame for the salacious content of his 2009 memoir Behind the Bell?

He later disclaimed responsibility for much of the book.

Zack was accepted to which Ivy League university at the end of the original series?

He nevertheless turned up at Cal U in The College Years.

What was the first name of Zack Morris's workaholic father?

Zack's father Derek Morris was so busy that in the season-two episode 'Rent-a-Pop' Zack hired an actor to pose as his dad for a parent-teacher meeting.

Which sports was Kelly captain of, besides being head cheerleader?

Kelly Kapowski captained Bayside's volleyball, swim and softball teams as well as the cheerleaders, making her the school's star athlete.

What is the name of Kelly's younger sister?

Nicki Kapowski, Kelly's kid sister, appeared in several early episodes; her baby brother Billy was the infant the gang minded in 'The Babysitters'.

Kelly had an affair at Cal U with a professor of which subject?

Kelly fell for her anthropology professor, Jeremiah Lasky (Patrick Fabian), in The College Years; the romance ended and she reunited with Zack.

Where did Kelly plan to spend three months when Zack finally proposed?

She accepted the proposal.

Who stopped the Las Vegas chapel wedding, then offered the couple a dream ceremony?

Lisa and Jessie stood as bridesmaids at the outdoor wedding.

In the 2020 Saved by the Bell revival, Governor Zack Morris and first lady Kelly have a teenage son named what?

Mac, played by Mitchell Hoog, is the son of Governor Zack Morris and first lady Kelly.

What was the name of Slater's younger sister, whom Zack briefly dated?

Slater's father Martin was an Army major.

What was Slater's pet name for Jessie?

Slater called Jessie 'Mama' and she fired back with 'Pig' whenever his chauvinism showed, a running gag of their on-off romance.

What is Jessie Spano's middle name?

Jessie's full name is Jessica Myrtle Spano; her parents were divorced, and her father David remarried in 'Palm Springs Weekend'.

Jessie's stepbrother Eric, seen in two episodes, came from where?

Eric, Jessie's streetwise stepbrother from New York City, arrived after her mother remarried in season three and appeared in two episodes.

Why did Zack step down after beating Jessie in the class president election?

He had wanted a free trip to Washington, D.C.

Which one-time character did Jessie spend cut day with, leading to her breakup with Slater?

Jessie spent 'Cut Day' with Graham, an activist played by David Kriegel, and the jealousy ended her romance with Slater.

What is Lisa Turtle's middle name?

Lisa's full name is Lisa Marie Turtle; both of her parents were physicians, which explains the money behind her shopping sprees.

Which New York school accepted Lisa after graduation?

Lisa was accepted to the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, setting up her design career; she visited Cal U once, in The College Years' 'Wedding Plans'.

In which episode did Lisa and Zack have a brief romance?

Screech was not pleased.

Screech and Mr. Belding share what distinction in the franchise?

Both appeared from Good Morning, Miss Bliss through The New Class.

What ancestry is Screech revealed to have in 'Running Zack'?

Slater's role, by contrast, was written for an Italian before Mario Lopez won it.

What was Mr. Belding's job as a rebellious student in the 1960s, per 'Save the Max'?

In 'Save the Max', it emerges Belding was a rebellious disc jockey on Bayside's school radio station in the 1960s, and he returned to the mic for the fundraising radiothon.

What is Mr. Belding's signature catchphrase?

Belding's 'Hey, hey, hey, hey! What is going on here?' greeted nearly every scheme he walked in on; 'Time out' belonged to Zack Morris.

Which fellow teacher was Belding's rival for the principal's job?

Belding also had a friendly rivalry with Brandon Tartikoff over his wife.

Where does Mr. Belding go to become a dean at the end of The New Class?

Chattanooga is Dennis Haskins's real hometown.

Dennis Haskins reprised Mr. Belding in 2012 on which Nickelodeon show?

Victorious's 2012 episode 'April Fools' Blank' had Haskins cameo as Mr. Belding, one of several TV-parody gags in the episode.

What was discovered under Bayside's grounds in the episode 'Pipe Dreams'?

Oil was struck on the Bayside grounds in 'Pipe Dreams'; the excitement soured when a spill killed the pond's animals, including Becky the duck, and the students opposed drilling.

In how many episodes did magician Max appear during the first two seasons?

He reinforced his advice with magic tricks.

On what date did the Peacock revival premiere?

The revival premiered on Peacock on November 25, 2020; a second season followed in November 2021, and Peacock cancelled it in May 2022.

The 2020 revival is set how many years after Zack and Kelly's wedding?

The original gang are in their 40s.

Who plays Daisy Jiménez, the ambitious sophomore transferred to Bayside in the revival?

Haskiri Velazquez plays Daisy Jiménez, a driven sophomore sent to Bayside when Governor Morris's budget cuts close her Douglas High.

Josie Totah's revival character Lexi has what side gig?

Lexi stars in her own reality show, 'Becoming Lexi', a running joke of the revival; Josie Totah plays the sharp-tongued cheerleader.

Who is Jamie Spano in the 2020 revival?

Jamie Spano, Jessie's son and Bayside's football captain, is played by Belmont Cameli as a 'sensitive man-child' who dates Lexi.

What does Jessie Spano do at Bayside in the revival?

Jessie returns to Bayside as the school counselor, a parenting-book author with a doctorate in educational psychology.

Who plays Jessie's estranged writer husband René in the revival?

René is a struggling writer.

Which Funny or Die web series' producer joined the revival's writing staff?

'Zack Morris Is Trash', the Funny or Die series cataloguing Zack's misdeeds, was created by Dashiell Driscoll, who joined the revival's writers' room.

How did showrunner Tracey Wigfield describe the 2020 series?

She called it 'a single-camera, kind of edgier comedy'.

Mario Lopez's real-life wife played whom in the revival?

Courtney Lopez appeared as a guest.

On what date did The New Class premiere?

The New Class premiered on NBC on September 11, 1993, and ran until January 8, 2000.

Which New Class character was the schemer in the mould of Zack Morris?

Scott Erickson, played by Robert Sutherland Telfer in season one, transferred from rival Valley High and schemed and broke the fourth wall just like Zack.

Which future Pretty Little Liars actress played brainy Megan Jones in The New Class?

Bianca Lawson, later Maya on Pretty Little Liars, played Megan Jones in The New Class's first season, a character blending Lisa Turtle's style with Jessie Spano's brains.

What was the College Years' most common airing night?

The College Years aired at 8 p.m. on Tuesdays on NBC for most of its 1993–94 run.

Which suitemate, played by Essence Atkins, was written out after The College Years pilot?

Danielle Marks, played by Essence Atkins, appeared only in the May 1993 pilot; Kelly Kapowski took her place in the suite when the series proper began that fall.

Who played Dean Susan McMann in The College Years?

Holland Taylor, later of Two and a Half Men, played Dean Susan McMann, the Cal U administrator forever trying to rein in Zack's antics.

How many episodes was Wedding in Las Vegas split into for syndication?

The 90-minute movie wrapped up The College Years.

Good Morning, Miss Bliss was retroactively branded as what?

In syndication the Disney Channel episodes were rebranded 'Saved by the Bell: The Junior High Years', with Zack introducing each as a flashback.

Who played Mikey Gonzalez, Zack's best friend on Good Morning, Miss Bliss?

Max Battimo played Mikey Gonzalez, Zack's bookish best friend at JFK Junior High in Good Morning, Miss Bliss, good at math and history but shy with girls.

Which actress played Miss Bliss's quirky teacher friend Tina Paladrino?

Joan Ryan played Tina Paladrino, Miss Bliss's flaky fellow teacher, while T. K. Carter played maintenance man Mylo Williams.

Zack Morris actor Gosselaar's mother is Dutch-Indonesian and was born where?

Gosselaar's mother, Paula, is of Dutch-Indonesian descent and was born on Bali; he grew up speaking Dutch at home and was the only one of her four children born outside the Netherlands.

What is the natural hair colour of the actor who played Zack Morris?

Gosselaar's hair is naturally brown; it was bleached blond throughout the show, and he dropped the dye once the series ended.

Gosselaar starred as a lawyer in which TNT legal comedy from 2011 to 2014?

Franklin & Bash ran on TNT from 2011 to 2014 with Gosselaar as Peter Bash, a freewheeling lawyer opposite Breckin Meyer's Jared Franklin.

Tiffani Thiessen was crowned what in 1987?

Thiessen won the Miss Junior America pageant in 1987 at age 13, two years before she was cast as Kelly Kapowski; she was born in Long Beach, California.

Tiffani Thiessen played Peter Burke's wife on which USA Network series?

Thiessen played Elizabeth Burke, wife of FBI agent Peter Burke, on USA's White Collar from 2009 to 2014; she later hosted Dinner at Tiffani's on Cooking Channel.

Mario Lopez wrestled at which weight class for Chula Vista High?

He placed 7th in California his senior year.

Mario Lopez co-hosted the second season of which US singing contest with Khloé Kardashian?

Lopez and Khloé Kardashian co-hosted season two of The X Factor US in 2012; he hosted the third and final season alone in 2013.

Berkley's 2011 New York Times bestseller for adolescent girls was titled what?

It drew on workshops from her Ask-Elizabeth programme.

Jessie Spano actress Berkley was born with which eye condition?

Berkley has heterochromia iridis: her right eye is half green and half brown, a trait visible in close-ups throughout the show.

What was Lark Voorhies's birth surname?

She was born in Nashville, Tennessee.

Why did Lark Voorhies leave The Bold and the Beautiful in 1996?

She is a Jehovah's Witness.

Which weight-loss series did Dustin Diamond join in 2007?

Diamond joined VH1's Celebrity Fit Club in 2007, clashing with the trainers; he later entered the UK's Celebrity Big Brother in 2013.

Dustin Diamond died in 2021 one month after being diagnosed with what?

Diamond died on February 1, 2021, aged 44, weeks after a diagnosis of stage-four small-cell carcinoma.

Which reality series did Peter Engel later executive produce?

He died in Santa Monica in March 2025 aged 88.

What was the title of Peter Engel's 2016 memoir?

Engel's memoir I Was Saved by the Bell (2016) carried the subtitle 'Stories of Life, Love, and Dreams That Do Come True' and told the casting stories behind the show.

Which network aired The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story in September 2014?

Lifetime premiered The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story on September 1, 2014, drawing on Diamond's Behind the Bell, and followed with Unauthorized movies about Full House, 90210 and Melrose Place in 2015.

Mark-Paul Gosselaar played star catcher Mike Lawson on which single-season 2016 Fox baseball drama?

Pitch ran for one season on Fox in 2016, with Gosselaar as veteran catcher Mike Lawson opposite Kylie Bunbury's rookie pitcher Ginny Baker.

Mario Lopez played which Olympic diver in the 1997 TV film Breaking the Surface?

Lopez played Olympic diving champion Greg Louganis in the 1997 TV movie Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story, based on Louganis's memoir.

Who beat Mario Lopez and Karina Smirnoff to win season three of Dancing with the Stars?

Smirnoff was Lopez's girlfriend at the time and making her series debut; the couple finished second to the NFL legend and Cheryl Burke.

In 'Screech's Woman', what name did Zack use when he posed as Screech's girlfriend?

Zack donned a wig and dress to pose as 'Bambi', a girl who admired Screech, in the 1989 season-one episode 'Screech's Woman'.