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July 27, 2007 12:37 AM

From Team Tiger Mountain comes 28 Day Slater, a series where every Febuary Mario Lopez of Saved By The Bell fame turns into his character from the show, A.C. Slater.
posted by The Esteemed Doctor Bunsen Honeydew (16 comments total)

Also, that last link (A.C. Slater) is not an official bio, but a fansite that probably deserves its own FPP in all its weirdness.
posted by The Esteemed Doctor Bunsen Honeydew at 12:40 AM on July 27, 2007

And I've been listening to too much Brian Eno recently. The creators are Team Tiger Awesome, not Team Tiger Mountain.
posted by The Esteemed Doctor Bunsen Honeydew at 12:55 AM on July 27, 2007

So, um, Mario Lopez stars in a short video, where he's Mario Lopez who can't let go of a character he played a decade ago. But, in real life, he's doing exactly that.

This makes my head hurt.
posted by spiderskull at 12:57 AM on July 27, 2007

can't let go of a character he played a decade ago. But, in real life, he's doing exactly that.

see "Dustin "Screech" Diamond" or not. Probably best you don't really do that actually.
posted by longbaugh at 1:34 AM on July 27, 2007

I've always wondered what exactly the bell saved them from.
posted by srboisvert at 2:06 AM on July 27, 2007

can't let go of a character he played a decade ago. But, in real life, he's doing exactly that.

I know a lot of people like this. Most of them actually.
posted by three blind mice at 3:24 AM on July 27, 2007 [1 favorite]

this is poetry - Pure and simple
posted by jannw at 4:43 AM on July 27, 2007

You guys, uh, you do know that the actor portraying Mario Lopez isn't actually Mario Lopez, right?
posted by beaucoupkevin at 5:50 AM on July 27, 2007

Yeah, I only realized that after the end credits of the final episode. Not as funny after that.
posted by prodigalsun at 6:22 AM on July 27, 2007

Mario Lopez's spookiest real life performance has to be as the Pablo, the latino romance interest to a high schooler in "Popular" a few years ago. This would have been when he was almost 30 years old.

No, I'm not a fan of Mario Lopez or of Popular. It's just that a few days ago I saw the trail end of a rerun (American shows from a few years ago are huge in Egypt) of Popular, and saw some guy approaching this high school chick and speaking broken English, and I thought, "Woah. Isn't that Mario Lopez? Isn't he, like, 30?" Sure enough, it was. IMDb confirms it.
posted by Deathalicious at 8:02 AM on July 27, 2007

This show first seen a few years ago on channel102. [previously]
posted by Deathalicious at 8:05 AM on July 27, 2007

Any Mario Lopez discussion must include a reference to this (NSFW)
posted by desjardins at 10:30 AM on July 27, 2007

I've always wondered what exactly the bell saved them from.

Quality.
posted by Afroblanco at 10:36 AM on July 27, 2007

Any Mario Lopez discussion must include a reference to this (NSFW)

Maybe, but any "Saved By the Bell" discussion definitely must include a reference to this.
posted by dersins at 10:42 AM on July 27, 2007

Is it my imagination or was the receptionist in episode one a little hostile.

Swearing NOT EQUAL Funny.
posted by tkchrist at 11:05 AM on July 27, 2007

I thought any mention of saved by the bell had to include a reference to this
posted by kookywon at 11:13 AM on July 27, 2007