Peter Engel

The Watercooler

Watercooler Podcast

Comedy

4.3 • 857 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2017

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Legendary TV producer Peter Engel (Saved by the Bell, Last Comic Standing) talks about how he wanted to work in television from the very moment he saw a TV. We discuss his journey from an starting as an NBC page to creating some of television's most beloved shows. He also shares insight into the magic of Saved by The Bell.

For more of Peter's stories, check out his new book "I Was Saved by The Bell: Stories of Live, Love, and Dreams that Do Come True"

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0:00.0	This week on Kevin's Cripetids, episode six, Guy's Code, guest starring Sandy Danto.
0:05.3	Wait, Guy Fierry is here.
0:08.3	Some of my inside sources told me that the Godfather of Gluttony himself is filming an episode of
0:13.8	a triple D right in the outskirts of Philly.
0:16.7	Whoa I thought we backtrack the Philadelphia to throw discovery off our
0:20.5	scent. All truth and no play makes heaven a dull boy. It's him, it's him! Oh my God, I'm so nervous. My heart is pounding.
0:28.6	Welcome to flavor down boys! Who wants some big balls?
0:35.0	Oh, Mr. Perry, me, me please.
0:39.0	Awesome, buckling.
0:42.0	New episodes every Monday, wherever podcasts are found.
0:46.0	This is Corolla Digital. All right and it's resume. Thank you so much for tuning in. My name's Chris
1:19.6	Lachaman and this is the show where we dissect the careers of just the most interesting people in the world.
1:26.0	And today is no different. I am so excited.
1:31.0	We have Peter Engel on the show. Welcome Mr. Engel.
1:35.0	Hi, how are you? I'm doing well. Thank you so much for coming in.
1:38.0	My pleasure. Now, that name, Peter Engel, I hate that name.
1:45.0	And I mean this in the best possible way because all it meant when I saw it was that
1:49.8	an episode of Saved by the Bell was over.
1:52.3	You know, like you'd see it at the end of the show and it's like oh come on
1:55.2	Let me tell you that is I've been told that before I'm sure I was in you know of course I was under contract NBC and we did not only Bell but you know 11 other
2:06.4	shows seven of which went five years or more but I'm in New York at NBC where I started as a page. I was at
2:16.2	NYU and I went to some store to pick up a present for someone and there was
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