Steve (@steveagee, The Sarah Silverman Show) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where Zack breaks the school’s camcorder, so in order to get the money to buy a new one, the kids decide to trick a government official into thinking Screech is an alien for a $10k payday. (Also, I realize now – after comparing the DVD track list and several other documents found on the Internet – that all episode listings I’ve consulted are WACK. I will now go by Netflix, and will go back an...
Aug 13, 2013•17 min•Ep. 28
Ron Babcock (@heyron) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where Zack starts yet another business, installing a 1-900 number in his bedroom and recruiting Lisa to give advice to their fellow teens. Also Kelly’s little sister falls in love with Zack in two seconds.
Aug 06, 2013•17 min•Ep. 4
Eliza Skinner (@elizaskinner, Regarding My Lovers, Earth to Ned) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where Zack secretly takes pictures of the girls on the swim team, and some adult photographer finds out about it and just walks into Bayside to also take their pictures, no questions asked.
Jul 30, 2013•17 min•Ep. 26
Jimmy Pardo (@jimmypardo, Never Not Funny) and April Richardson watch what is basically the Super Bowl of Saved by the Bell, the episode that even people unfamiliar with the show sort of know: That’s right, it’s the “I’m so excited, I’m so scared” ep, where Jessie gets addicted to pills in about five seconds.
Jul 23, 2013•17 min•Ep. 25
Baron Vaughn (@baronvaughn, Grace and Frankie, MST3K) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where Slater bets Zack he can’t make Screech the winner of the Miss Bayside pageant, and Jessie thinks a man becoming a beauty queen will solve sexism all over the world.
Jul 16, 2013•17 min•Ep. 24
Aimee Mann (@aimeemann, songwriting genius) and April Richardson watch the episode ofo Saved by the Bell where Zack hires James the Actor to play both his father and the principal so that he can go on the ski trip, despite his failing grades; however, Derek Morris is too busy “selling computers” to listen to his son’s problems.
Jul 09, 2013•17 min•Ep. 23
Darren Hanlon (@darrenhanlon) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where Mr. Belding straight-up blackmails Zack into taking his niece on a date, and Jessie discriminates against a potential suitor based on his height alone.
Jul 02, 2013•17 min•Ep. 22
Karen Kilgariff (@karenkilgariff, Mr. Show, My Favorite Murder) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where Screech’s parents go to Graceland and after Violet breaks Screech’s mom’s beloved Elvis statue, the crew have to scheme their way to raising $250 to buy a new one.
Jun 25, 2013•17 min•Ep. 21
Andre Hyland (@andrehyland, The Jesse Miller Talk Show) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where everyone takes a drivers’ ed class, and after Slater almost immediately buys an impossibly cool car, Zack comes up with a plan to make A.C. fail the class so he can’t take Kelly to the drive-in.
Jun 18, 2013•17 min•Ep. 20
Jeff Wild (@jiffywild, Chelsea Lately) and I watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where the gang discover the old radio station gear and use it for a telethon to save the Max (and I rudely talk over Jeff a lot because I’m so obsessed with figuring out the Max’s business setup).
Jun 11, 2013•17 min•Ep. 19
Matt Oswalt (@mattoswaltva) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where Belding basically blackmails Zack into joining Bayside’s Cadet Corps, and Lisa constantly tries to seduce the much older sergeant.
Jun 04, 2013•17 min•Ep. 18
Dax Jordan (@daxjordan, Bridgetown Comedy Festival) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where Zack and Slater fight over who gets to take Kelly to prom, but ultimately it kind of doesn’t matter, because her dad loses his bomb-making job and she can’t go anyway.
May 28, 2013•17 min•Ep. 17
Dan Levy (@danlevy, Lion) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where it’s the first day of school and Slater arrives at Bayside for the first time, aka THE PILOT EPISODE that they decided to air this late in the game as a flashback. Go figure.
May 21, 2013•17 min•Ep. 16
Dave Holmes (@daveholmes, Esquire, Homophilia, Party of One, Troubled Waters) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where Zack puts subliminal messages on the cassette tapes of both Mr. Belding and Kelly, so that they both think he’s a flawless gem of a person.
May 14, 2013•17 min•Ep. 15
Millie De Chirico (@milliedechirico, I Saw What You Did, TCM Underground) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where Zack runs for school president (thus screwing over his friend Jessie) just so he can “party” in Washington D.C.
May 06, 2013•17 min•Ep. 14
Julia Prescott (@juliaprescott, Everything's Coming Up Simpsons) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where the Bayside vs. Valley prank war escalates into full-blown kidnapping.
Apr 30, 2013•30 min•Ep. 13
Janet Varney (@janetvarney, The Legend of Korra, The JV Club, SF Sketchfest) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where the gang is paired up and then fake married for a week for a (really weird and highly ethically questionable) school project.
Apr 23, 2013•17 min•Ep. 12
Jordan Morris (@jordan_morris, Jordan Jesse Go!, Youth Group) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where the crew have to come up with a business for economics (we guess?) class, and the project quickly turns into a Friendship Forever vs. Buddy Bands turf war.
Apr 16, 2013•17 min•Ep. 11
Brandon Vaughn and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where Kelly is failing science, so Screech offers to tutor her, and within two days the whole school thinks they’re a couple; Zack & Slater team up to separate them, of course.
Apr 11, 2013•17 min•Ep. 10
Cornell Reid (@corneezy, Strip Tease podcast) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where Slater thinks wanting to be a professional wrestler makes him dumb, so he tries out another career path as a cook until Zack schemes to convince him to keep rasslin’.
Apr 01, 2013•17 min•Ep. 9
Chip Pope (@chippope, Austin Stories, Beavis and Butt-head) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where Screech accidentally invents a zit cream that turns everyone’s faces maroon, including Kelly’s, while she’s trying to be homecoming queen.
Mar 26, 2013•17 min•Ep. 8
Matt Braunger (@Braunger, Up All Night, MADtv) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where the girls all believe they will marry their much-older substitute teacher, so the guys team up to get that dude outta there.
Mar 19, 2013•17 min•Ep. 7
Chris Hardwick (@hardwick, ID10T, @midnight, Talking Dead) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where Zack is jealous of Slater’s wrestling trophy, so he convinces everyone Slater is dying and needs to move to Hawaii.
Mar 11, 2013•17 min•Ep. 6
Paul Danke (@pauldanke, Dank, Compatish) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where Zack dresses up like a woman in order to be Screech’s fake girlfriend so Screech will stop being depressed and start working on their science project.
Mar 05, 2013•17 min•Ep. 5
Jensen Karp (@jensenkarp, Gallery 1988, Kanye West Owes Me $300) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where Kelly gets Zack back for eavesdropping on the girls’ slumber party by pretending she’s a homicidal maniac.
Feb 26, 2013•17 min•Ep. 4
Paul Jay (@pauljaycomic) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where Screech can see the future for a couple of days and Zack attempts to use this to his advantage, natch.
Feb 22, 2013•17 min•Ep. 3
Andy Wood (@andytwood, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, Probably Science) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where Lisa spends too much money on her dad’s credit card and everyone tries to help her pay back the money via various schemes.
Feb 20, 2013•17 min•Ep. 2
Howard Kremer (@howardkremer, Who Charted?, Austin Stories) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where Zack can’t dance and needs to learn how in order to be Kelly’s partner for the big Casey Kasem-hosted competition at the Max.
Feb 15, 2013•17 min•Ep. 1
