Episode 4: Fatal Distraction
Zack to the Future
Dashiell Driscoll
4.4 • 4K Ratings
🗓️ 26 August 2020
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
On today's show, Mark-Paul and Dashiell are joined by Breckin Meyer to discuss the episode where the gang teams up to teach Zack a lesson. Plus, Mark-Paul catches up with Kirsten Kemp - who played Rhonda Robistelli - and the two relive their dance scene at The Max.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Zach to the Future. I'm your co-host, Dachal Driscoll, joined today by Mark Paul Gossler. |
| 0:08.2 | Hello, Mark Paul. Hi, Dachal. And we have a very special in-studio guest, Breckenmeyer. |
| 0:13.2 | Hi. Thank you for joining us. Thanks for having me, kids. Hi, Brecken. Hi, Mark Paul. |
| 0:17.6 | People have asked for Mark Paul's co-stars to join us on the podcast, but they were not specific. So we have Mark Paul's co-star from another TV show today. That's pretty exciting. It should be, but I'm not sure. I was on Saved by the Bell for 16 episodes. I don't know if you remember Luke the janitor's son who would come by and just pick up after Zach? |
| 0:37.9 | I do, yeah, he was a fan favorite. I do remember Luke the janitor. And then it was really, they weren't very creative with it. They gave him leukemia, which I thought was really stupid, but then he passed away in episode 17. You guys don't remember that one? No, yeah, I mean, everyone remembers the leukemia arc. It's one of the more clever tragedies in a clearly titled tragedies in sitcom history. |
| 0:55.4 | Screech fell down at the funeral and fell into the hole. where's the leukemia arc. It's one of the more clever tragedies in a clearly titled tragedies |
| 0:54.7 | in sitcom history. Screech fell down at the funeral and fell into the hole. It was a big, it was a pretty funny thing. They only showed it once, I think. Right. Yeah, it was one of the people roll letters. People are scrambling right now, by the way. Where is this episode? How did they get me? So before we get started, I think we already got started. |
| 1:10.8 | Mark Paul, did you do your homework for this week? |
| 1:13.4 | Yes, Dashel. I did my homework. So before we get started, I think we already got started, Mark Paul, did you do your homework for this week? |
| 1:12.6 | Yes, Dashel. I did my homework. |
| 1:16.0 | Great. And Brecken, who's taking this class, I guess what is it? Like, you're auditing the class? |
| 1:20.1 | Yeah, I was cramming this morning. I did my homework. |
| 1:22.9 | You did your homework on the way to school, that kind of thing. |
| 1:24.3 | I mean, I watched an episode of Saved by the Bell. It's just a coincidence that you guys needed me to. |
| 1:29.1 | Yeah, I regularly used to watch Saved by the Bell. It's just a coincidence that you guys needed me to. Yeah, I regularly used to watch Save by the Bell before school. It is odd now that that is considered homework and I'm kind of considered teaching it. So before we go through the episode, scene by scene, Mark Paul, I have to ask, did this, do you remember anything from making this? |
| 1:44.9 | Anything at all? Did anything get shaken loose watching? |
| 1:47.0 | Nothing from this, but I did enjoy this episode. I think this falls in line with one of the more |
| 1:52.2 | fun, light-hearted episodes of Save by the Bell. So without further ado, tell us what this one |
| 2:00.2 | was about. Sure. I've prepared a brief summary of what happened in case you didn't do your homework. It's the girls ask the guys dance. Zach is hoping Kelly will ask him instead of Slater. Meanwhile, a tomboy named Rhonda Robustelli is relentlessly hounding Zach about being her date. To find out who Kelly's going to ask, Zach and Screech plant a bug in Jesse's room to spy on the girl's slumber party. The girls find the bug, and with the help of Slater, tricks Zach into thinking Kelly is a murderous psychotic who attacks those she loves. Zach gets scared off and goes to the dance with Rhonda, where he's flung around like a rag doll and learns Kelly's not crazy after all. Okay, that's the episode. And later, we'll be talking to Kirsten Kemp Becker, who played Ronda Robustelli in this episode. And since you both did your homework, we're going to try something new and watch the episode while we record to see if we pick up on anything we didn't notice the first time. So we open up, Act 1, inside the hallways of Bayside. Immediately we see the twins. We have a twin |
| 2:53.4 | sighting. And there's a banner that says, Girls' Choice, Ask Your Guy Today, Dance this Friday |
| 3:00.3 | night. Yeah, the banner is a regular device of Bayside High to show you what to expect this week. And this week, we have that dance. |
| 3:09.7 | Written by Mark Fink, directed by Gary Shimokawa. I remember Gary. Gary was one of our directors |
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