Last night I got roped into going to the Plumm for an open bar pre-release screening of the pilot for the new, high-courtroom-drama TV show, “Raising the Bar“, being produced by Steven Bochco for TNT (“open bar” being the operative words here). As some of you may know, I watch hardly any television, but, given that I watched “Saved By The Bell” as a kid like everyone else in the universe (everyone!), I was mildly amused to find that said new courtroom drama stars Zack Morris, apparently better known to some as Mark-Paul Gosselaar.
All jokes aside, SBTB alumni haven’t done all that badly for themselves, I suppose. No, really. Mario Lopez, I hear, has enjoyed renewed TV celebrity after his “Dancing With The Stars” stint, in addition to looking not bad for 34 and recently getting picked up to work on “A Chorus Line”. Dustin Diamond, in addition to getting to remain Mike D’s brother, inexplicably got to make some porn. Lark Voorhies even got a shout out from Ludacris. (Ludacris is so badassed.)
Anyway, the show itself is, well, only about as good as you’d expect. But what really struck me was Mark-Paul Gosselaar’s hair. It is truly awesome. When I first saw him on screen I asked my friend whether he was John Corbett. She thought he was.
