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Behind the Scenes at Bayside: What Mr. Belding Didn’t Want You to Know About ‘Saved By the Bell’

12. There’s A Real Life Mr. Belding

Peter Engel drew on a lot of real life inspiration to name the characters of the show. “I knew a guy named Screech Washington. He was a producer. I said I’m not going to hire him, but I’m going to steal your name. Slater was a kid who was in my son’s kindergarten class, Zack was named after my dear, dear friend, John DeLorean … His son’s name was Zack. Lisa Turtle was a girl I knew and Mr. Belding, Richard Belding had been my cranky editor when I worked at Universal.”

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