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"Jimmy Fallon is seriously the best &amp;#x2014; and persistent! Mario Lopez revealed during The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Friday, Feb. 13, that the Tonight Show host set plans in motion for a Saved by the Bell reunion years before finally getting his wish earlier this month.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Jimmy Fallon first approached me about six years ago to try to get it together because he shoots in New York and we&amp;apos;re here [in L.A. so] getting it together was difficult,&amp;quot; Lopez, 41, explained.\r\n\r\nBut after six long years, the actors had no excuse! Fallon took his talk show to sunny California for a few weeks, making it the perfect opportunity to capture a reunion on film. Not to mention, to get the Extra host back into his AC Slater unitard.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;They took all kinds of moments from the show and he decided he liked the one where I was in tights doing ballet. And then I had to stay in that for the rest of the scene!&amp;quot; Lopez said, laughing. &amp;quot;But look at my mullet &amp;#x2014; it&amp;apos;s way too aggressive. It&amp;apos;s a little more Rick James as opposed to kind of like what I used to rock.&amp;quot;&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\nLopez joined his former costars Mark-Paul Gosselaar (Zack Morris), Tiffani Thiessen (Kelly Kapowski), and Elizabeth Berkley (Jessie Spano) for the insanely clever throwback &amp;#x2014; and had a blast!\r\n\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I loved our reunion! We&amp;apos;ve wanted to do one for years and this was the perfect way to do it,&amp;quot; he exclusively told Us Weekly after the show aired. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;ll always commit 100 percent to AC Slater &amp;#x2014; unitard and all!&amp;quot;\r\nIt&amp;apos;s been 26 years since Saved by the Bell ended. The beloved &amp;apos;80s and &amp;apos;90s series aired from 1989 to 1993. It was followed by the spin-off, Saved by the Bell: The College Years, which ended after one season.\r\nWatch the video above!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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