It was the moment that "Saved by the Bell" fans were waiting for, and it
satisfied to The Max! On Monday's "Dancing With the Stars," Elizabeth
Berkley dusted off her legwarmers and took viewers back to the '90s to
recreate an iconic TV moment as she paid tribute to her most memorable
year.Berkley's throwback moment was taken from the 1990 "Saved by the Bell"
episode "Jessie's Song," which featured her character, Jessie Spano,
freaking out after taking too many caffeine pills. Who can forget when
Zack Morris (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) saved the day as Jessie broke down
while singing the classic Pointer Sisters song, "I'm So Excited"? The
scene has been named one of the most memorable moments from the show and
has gone viral on YouTube, so it's no wonder the actress tied it in to her Most Memorable Year dance on "Dancing With the Stars."
Berkley explained that while her
most memorable year was actually 2012 (the year her son, Sky, was born),
everything before that — most notably, her life changing role on the
'90s sitcom — led up to that moment.
"One of my wishes for Sky is that
he knows he's allowed to dream big," she said. She described her
breakthrough role on the teen comedy as "the beginning of the steps that
changed the course of my life." But with so many "Saved by the Bell"
episodes to choose from, why did she pick a scene from "Jessie's Song?"
"It is one of my favorite
episodes," Berkley told Yahoo TV. "And because it's a fan favorite, it
has a special place in my heart. It connects us all to our childhood."
She added, "Most episodes dealt a
bit more with 'who asked who to the dance,' where as this one dealt with
a heavier subject matter. Of all the moments from the show, that felt
like the right one to do."
The actress also revealed that
fans have been asking for a tribute to the buzzy episode. "I loved
knowing how happy it was going to make the fans since they've been
asking us to do this," she said. "I know this scene holds a lot of
childhood memories for people, so we wanted to make sure we nailed it.
It was pretty surreal sitting there with a bow on my head in a
letterman's jacket on a bed that was almost identical to the one on set.
When Val popped through the window it was almost like I was transported
in a time machine!"
Berkley's pro partner, Val Chmerkovskiy, didn't need a refresher course on the show because the Ukrainian-born dancer learned English from watching "Saved by the Bell." The actress said, "[Val] was already familiar [with the episode], but we watched it again together!"
A few tweeks to the dialogue (yes,
the duo actually recreated the scene before their dance!), and one
bottle of "jive" pills later and we were back to 1990, complete with big
hair and bangle bracelets.
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