Go Bayside!

Gareth Reynolds (@reynoldsgareth, The Dollop, Arrested Development) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where the gang reminisce about the summer that just ended a few days prior. (This was originally done by April solo on episode 082.)

Transcribed - Published: 4 July 2023

Tim Chipping (@timchipping, Orlando, Shelley, River Lea Records, Shaun of the Dead) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where the gang reminisce about Valentine's Days past. (This was originally done by April solo on episode 082.)

Transcribed - Published: 27 June 2023

Paul F. Tompkins (@PFTompkins, BoJack Horseman, SPONTANEANATION, #1 podcast MVP) and April Richardson watch the feature-length film, Saved by the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas.

Transcribed - Published: 27 March 2017

Millie De Chirico (@milliedechirico, TCM Underground, Sordid Details, my best friend for 20+ years) and April Richardson watch the feature-length film, Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style.

Transcribed - Published: 15 September 2015

Tommie Roache (the guy who dumped me for high-fiving too much!) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where a new Bayside crew finds the time capsule the O.G. crew buried on the school grounds 10 years ago.

Transcribed - Published: 2 December 2014

Jimmy Pardo (@jimmypardo, Never Not Funny, Conan) and April Richardson, in front of a live audience at the 2014 Los Angeles Podcast Festival, watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where everyone graduates (although for Zack, it's just barely) and the show ends!

Transcribed - Published: 1 October 2014

April Richardson (@Apey, host of this very podcast) watches the two clip show episodes of Saved by the Bell all by herself.

Transcribed - Published: 2 September 2014

Kurt Braunohler (@kurtbraunohler, Chelsea Lately, Hot Tub, Bob's Burgers) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where everyone in the posse tries to write a new school song, and Zack cheats in order to win the contest held to determine which school jam is best.

Transcribed - Published: 19 August 2014

Chris Hardwick (@ID10T, @midnight, The Talking Dead) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where Tori is terrified of earthquakes, only to have to help Zack deliver Mrs. Belding's baby in an elevator after the longest earthquake in recorded human history.

Transcribed - Published: 12 August 2014

Scott Aukerman (@scottaukerman, Comedy Bang Bang, Between Two Ferns, Mr. Show) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where the drama club put on a production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, but — plot twist! — it's a rap version.

Transcribed - Published: 5 August 2014

Jerry Ferrara (@jerrycferrara, Entourage, Think Like a Man Too) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where Bayside has a square dance for the senior prom, Zack tricks Kelly into being his date, and Jessie and Slater get trapped in the school's boiler room.

Transcribed - Published: 29 July 2014

Kevin Christy (@kevingchristy, Masters of Sex, Maron, the art world) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where Zack wants to date Slater's little sister but Slater isn't having it. Also, the posse form a doo-wop group called the Five Aces.

Transcribed - Published: 22 July 2014

Aaron Blitzstein (@BlitznBeans, Letterman, Family Guy) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where Zack and Slater want to go skiing, so they instigate a full on teachers' strike that also threatens to end the Academic Bowl.

Transcribed - Published: 15 July 2014

Tony Visconti (@tonuspomus, producer/collaborator T.Rex, David Bowie, and EVERY COOL RECORD EVER) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where Bayside is left $10k by an alumnus and there's a Battle of the Sexes to determine who gets the money.

Transcribed - Published: 8 July 2014

Paul F. Tompkins (@PFTompkins, Comedy Bang Bang, Varietopia, Speakeasy) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where Zack alone is put in charge of buying class rings for all the seniors, and is promptly scammed by a man named Gem Diamond.

Transcribed - Published: 1 July 2014

Max Silvestri (@maxsilvestri, The Feed, King Piglet) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where the gang throw a toga party and get blind drunk after splitting a six-pack, then Zack wrecks while driving everyone home, and everyone becomes tangled in a web of terrible lies.

Transcribed - Published: 24 June 2014

Dave Shumka (@daveshumka, Stop Podcasting Yourself, CBC Radio) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where Slater gets an immediate wrestling scholarship to the University of Iowa, but he enlists (zing!) Zack to get him out of the military school interview his dad has set up for him.

Transcribed - Published: 17 June 2014

Fortune Feimster (@fortunefunny, Chelsea Lately, Conan) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where Zack wins a radio station contest, but has to scheme his way out of detention in order to collect the prize — a trip for two to Hawaii.

Transcribed - Published: 10 June 2014

Gabe Delahaye (@gabedelahaye, Videogum, Huffington Post) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where Zack and Slater bet each other they can kiss Tori, but when Tori finds out, she tricks everyone with a masquerade ball costume-switcheroo scheme, Lisa and Screech included.

Transcribed - Published: 3 June 2014

Damien Fahey (@damienfahey, Family Guy, Funny or Die) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where the gang set up a teen help line, and Zack dates a girl in a wheelchair and becomes condescendingly obsessed with her well-being, while some dude leaves Screech fully in charge of his little brother.

Transcribed - Published: 27 May 2014

Danielle Radford (@danielleradford, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, Bumbershoot) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where Lisa has to put on a fashion show for a rep from the Fashion Institute of Technology, and makes out with Zack in the process; they date for about two days, and it's never mentioned again.

Transcribed - Published: 20 May 2014

Julieanne Smolinski (@BoobsRadley, Grace and Frankie) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where Tori comes to town (after Kelly and Jessie inexplicably disappear) in her leather jacket and shows Zack there's a new sheriff in town... before falling in love with him in about two days.

Transcribed - Published: 13 May 2014

Millie De Chirico (@milliedechirico, TCM Underground, Sordid Details, my best friend for 20+ years) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where the gang help Screech start a spaghetti sauce business and use their class project time to create a commercial for him, while he starts dating a teenage gold-digger.

Transcribed - Published: 6 May 2014

Harris Wittels (@twittels, Parks and Recreation, Comedy Bang Bang) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where some students become teachers for a week, and Zack becomes the principal, and Slater can't play football in the championship game until he passes Miss Kapowski's test.

Transcribed - Published: 29 April 2014

Diablo Cody (@diablocody, Juno, Young Adult, Paradise) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where Zack and Slater hit on a girl at the same time and then physically fight over her, while Lisa puts her social standing in jeopardy by deigning to ask out a freshman.

Transcribed - Published: 22 April 2014

Jon Daly (@jondaly, Kroll Show, Comedy Bang Bang) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where Lisa wins a radio station contest and takes the posse to a murder mystery house for the weekend, just real standard teenager-y stuff.

Transcribed - Published: 15 April 2014

Alison Rosen (@alisonrosen, Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where Zack awkwardly deals with Laura's (and her father's) homelessness, while the gang put on a production of A Christmas Carol in the middle of the food court.

Transcribed - Published: 8 April 2014

Dave Holmes (@DaveHolmes, Vulture, International Waters) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where Zack physically bumps into Laura at the mall during Christmas Break and eagerly pursues her, while the gang work their holiday jobs and a homeless man faints in the food court.

Transcribed - Published: 1 April 2014

Howard Kremer (@howardkremer, Dragon Boy Suede, Who Charted?) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell that documents the (fake, even within this show) rise and fall and rise again of the incomparable Zack Attack.

Transcribed - Published: 25 March 2014

Alie Ward and Georgia Hardstark (@alieandgeorgia, Tripping Out with Alie & Georgia, Unique Sweets) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where Zack turns the task of creating Bayside's video yearbook into a scheme to make money to buy a car -- a scheme that involves actually basically pimping out all of the female students of his high school.

Transcribed - Published: 18 March 2014

Will Weldon (@oldmanweldon, Just for Laughs, Bridgetown Festival) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where Jennifer, Slater's girlfriend from Germany, shows up at Bayside, so apparently he has been cheating on Jessie with her the whole time? Bat Zack comes up with a plan so he can fix this and date his best friend's ex.

Transcribed - Published: 11 March 2014

Paul Danke (@pauldanke, The Comedy Garage) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where everyone is psyched for cut day, but Zack has to sneak around due to too many absences; also, Slater and Kelly get closer while Jessie and Graham make protesting a romantic activity.

Transcribed - Published: 4 March 2014

Moshe Kasher (@moshekasher, Chelsea Lately, Another Period) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where famous Hollywood actor Johnny Dakota comes to Bayside to shoot an anti-drug PSA with the gang, but it turns out he's a poser who totally gets high on the pot like a degenerate!

Transcribed - Published: 25 February 2014

Ben Gleib (@bengleib, Chelsea Lately, Last Comic Standing) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where Kristy Barnes shows up at Bayside and inspires everyone to protest on her behalf so she can be the first female member of the school's wrestling team, and Jessie thinks she is cheating with Slater even though she is dating Zack.

Transcribed - Published: 18 February 2014

Erin Gibson (@gibblertron, Throwing Shade) and April Richardson watch the episodes of Saved by the Bell where the posse go to Palm Springs for Jessie's father's wedding (argh), the very wedding Jessie tries to wreck after she meets her father's much younger fiancé, whom Zack tries to bang. Also, Slater goes on some dates with a princess from Europeland.

Transcribed - Published: 11 February 2014

Melissa Stetten (@melissastetten, xoJane, Vice) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where the gang take their SATs and then eagerly compare scores, finding out that Zack got a 1502 while Jessie scored significantly lower; they then devise a plan to try to help her get into the prestigious Stansbury University.

Transcribed - Published: 4 February 2014

Jimmy Pardo (@jimmypardo, Never Not Funny, Conan) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where Screech sleeps at the mall to secure the gang U2 tickets, but after he inevitably screws that up, they find $5,000 in a bag in the food court belonging to a couple of mobsters. And we also find out the president of the U2 Fan Club is an elderly black lady.

Transcribed - Published: 28 January 2014

James Urbaniak (@jamesurbaniak, The Venture Bros., American Splendor) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where the gang decide to hold a date auction to raise money for new cheerleading uniforms; Lisa changes up her whole steez to win over a snobby intellectual and Zack deigns to go out with a fat girl.

Transcribed - Published: 21 January 2014

Dana Gould (@danagould, The Simpsons, The Dana Gould Hour) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell that ties up all the loose ends of the Jessie’s stepbrother saga, including a part where a group of teenagers reassemble an entire automobile. And Jessie gives Eric a black eye with her “mean right cross.”

Transcribed - Published: 14 January 2014

Chris Fairbanks (@chrisfairbanks, Do You Need a Ride, The Rescue Cactus, Almost Genius) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where Jessie’s new stepbrother moves to town from New York and pretty much blackmails everyone at Bayside within five minutes of meeting them, and his schemes put Lisa in the doomed driver’s seat of Mr. Belding’s new car.

Transcribed - Published: 7 January 2014

Justin Warfield (@justinwarfield, She Wants Revenge) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where oil is discovered at Bayside and Zack has to bury Becky the duck OH YEAH AND ALSO JUSTIN WAS ACTUALLY IN THIS EPISODE!

Transcribed - Published: 31 December 2013

Sean O'Connor (@seanoconnz, Solar Opposites, Close Enough, Norm McDonald Live) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where Zack meets a college babe and the guys make fake I.D.s so they can party with her at the Attic, where they inadvertently catch Jeff cheating on Kelly; because of this, the girls also get in on the fake I.D. action.

Transcribed - Published: 24 December 2013

Neal Brennan (@nealbrennan, Blocks, 3 Mics) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where the entire school is hyped up on an upcoming chess match between Screech and Valley’s Russian exchange student, whom Zack and Slater straight-up kidnap and assault in order to win a bet.

Transcribed - Published: 17 December 2013

Matt Kirshen (@mattkirshen, Last Comic Standing, Probably Science) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where Zack injures his knee horrifically (after mildly bumping into Mr. Belding in a doorway), and must undergo the most serious, life-threatening surgery in the history of Western medicine, at the hands of Lisa’s mother, Dr. Turtle.

Transcribed - Published: 10 December 2013

Jon Weiner and Eric Gosselin and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where the Malibu Sands Beach Club closes up shop for the summer, and on the last day, the kids build a physics-defying sand castle and Slater’s secret admirer waits until the very last minute to reveal her feelings, just in time for the final luau.

Transcribed - Published: 3 December 2013

Andre Hyland (@theandrehyland, The Jesse Miller Talk Show, The 4th) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where Mr. Carosi goes out of town and leaves Stacey in charge, forgetting that he booked a 50th-anniversary party and a sweet-16 party in the same room on the same night. He also leaves the kids to handle a labor dispute in his absence.

Transcribed - Published: 26 November 2013

Jake Fogelnest (@jakefogelnest, Squirt TV, The Fogelnest Files) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where Stacey Carosi’s Ivy League frat guy boyfriend Craig shows up unannounced at Malibu Sands, much to the surprise of everyone, especially Stacey’s other boyfriend, Zack.

Transcribed - Published: 19 November 2013

Emily Heller (@mremilyheller, Ice Thickeners, Barry) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where the Malibu Sands Beach Club employees must compete against customers in the Fourth of July festivites, including a Miss Liberty beauty pageant, during which Zack must face the task of judging both his ex-girlfriend and current crush.

Transcribed - Published: 12 November 2013

Jake Weisman (Corporate, This Fool) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where Zack wants to buy Mr. Carosi’s car for super cheap, so he spits some lies about the gang being superior volleyball players who can win the match against North Beach for him.

Transcribed - Published: 5 November 2013

Erin Mallory Long (@erinmallorylong, Best of Friends podcast) and April Richardson watch the episode of Saved by the Bell where everybody gets a summer job at Malibu Sands Beach Club, and they all try to plan Zack’s surprise birthday party while he’s busy hating on Stacey Carosi.

Transcribed - Published: 29 October 2013