Dancing to the Max

Season 1, Episode 1, Aired

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A dance contest is hosted by famed Casey Kasem and held at the Max. Zack and Slater both try to obtain Kelly as a dance partner but Slater wins the honor. Zack goes with Jessie. Lisa has someone all lined up for the dance as well, but when she sprains her ankle he backs out. Screech agrees to dance with her in the contest even still.moreless
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  • Guys, this is not the Pilot episode.

    7.5
    "Good"
    By Canogaparkcindy, Sep 02, 2010
    Just because this episode is the first episode to be aired, does not make this the Pilot episode, I hate how Saved By The Bell episodes are out of order, why would they put them out of order, this was a very silly episode, mostly a dance episode, personally I think Jessie & Zack should of won the dance contest. The sprain is not a very cool dance, you look like a doof dancing like that, I wanted Jessie & Zack to hook up in this episode, there so perfect for each other. Anyways a good not pilot episode with great dance moves.moreless

  • Good first episode.

    7.5
    "Good"
    By mrgibenz, Aug 14, 2008
    This was a pretty good first episode. The acting didn't seem to be as good as it is later in the series to me. Very predictable. Zack did no fourth wall moments that I noticed...nothing ever froze in time to let Zack stop and talk about what was going on. Kelly seemed very shallow to me. Didn't have a lot of lines, though either. She just didn't seem to have any depth in this episode, she was just the pretty girl that they wanted to go to the dance off with. I really liked Jessie's character in this one. Her being worried about her being to tall was relatable and realistic.
    All in all. Good episode but not great.moreless

  • Wow. I never had realized this was the first episode, but in a way, that just makes it much more special for me...

    10
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    By rini124, Jul 20, 2008
    While I'll admit this episode is a bit off for a "first episode", it's definitely not underrated at all. It's quite an awesome episode, it gives you a good feel of the characters, and the actual episode is fairly interesting and fun to watch, but one thing in this episode is that it has some of my favorite songs from the series. I love the song that plays when they're dancing and their version of Bach's piece which happens to be a favorite of his.

    Lots of excellent music choices are picked throughout the series and having such good ones in the first episode proves that.

    The only thing I really have to say negatively though is if this was ever the actual first episode I saw, I probably wouldn't have liked Kelly as much as I do. She doesn't have as much personality in this, but it really is quite good either way.moreless

  • First episode, with guest star Casey Kasem to brighten up the audience. Will contain spoilers! I'm warning you!

    9.2
    "Superb"
    By joeyissoweird, Mar 17, 2008
    After the unsuccessful Good Morning, Miss Bliss, the characters are back with a Bang. The episode starts off with not-so-good humor that I actually found funny, but the audience didn't seem to enjoy that. In the end, I can tell that the audience had a good time, especially since Casey Kasem, an American radio personality and voice actor is there.

    The plot is not so well as later episodes, but here it is. Zack and A.C. challenge each other for a dance-off at a dance competition that Max announced hosted by Casey Kasem. But, Kelly has to choose between Zack and A.C. who to dance with. Zack actually doesn't know how to dance, so he asks for the help of Jessie, who he then chooses to go to the dance with. In the end, guess who won? Screech and Lisa?! If you know the show, you will find out that Screech and Lisa have been wanting to go out since the beginning, which was this episode.

    Well, I don't know Good Morning, Miss Bliss, but I do know this episode and I say that this is a hit. This hit started for the show that we all know as Saved By The Bell. The humor was excellent, the guest star Casey Kasem didn't seem to be very well since I really don't know who he is, but the character development is amazing. Since I chose the score before typing the review, I still won't change it. This episode deserves the 9.2/10 rating.

    I recommend this episode. You don't have to watch this episode to watch the series, which is currently on TBS in the morning before Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as far as I know, but it is recommended if you have seen the other episodes. This episode is not a good first impression for the series, since it wasn't the best and it doesn't show much about one of my favorite characters, Zack. But, if you know that this episode is not the best of the series without watching the other episodes, than this episode is okay to watch.moreless

  • Oh the days of casiey casem!

    7.5
    "Good"
    By jasonvoorhees50, Apr 27, 2007
    Ok so this was i guess the first official episode of Saved by the bell with the cast that all would come to remember. WE meet kelly and Jessie as well as slater. Schreech, zack and lisa we already know. SO the whole point of this episode is that there is a dance show coming to there favorite hang out, the MAX and they all have chance to be on the show. So Zack and slater fight for Kelly's affection to be there team mate. Zack can't dance so jessie teaches him and he decides to team up with jessie meanwhile lisa hurts her ankle and teams up with schreech after that. They end up winning and everyone is happy. I like how they all pretty much end up happymoreless
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    • When casting the role of Kelly, it came down to three finalists: Jennie Garth, Elizabeth Berkley, and Tiffani-Amber Thiessen.

    • Saved by the Bell originally started out as Good Morning, Miss Bliss, when that show tanked, it was re-vamped, kept students Zack, Screech, Lisa, and Principal Belding, getting rid of the other characters, added new character (Kelly, Slater, and Jesse) and changed the location from Indianapolis to California for high school.

    • Camp's song with Bob Gibson, "You Can Tell the World", was covered by Simon and Garfunkel on their first album, "Wednesday Morning, 3 a.m.".

    • Funny music and actor connection in this episode. The Bach piece being played during music class is the (Anna) Minuet In G Minor from the Anna Magdalena Notenbuch (Notebook). In 1965, the music was set to words for a charting song called A Lover's Concerto by The Toys. The previous year, Hamilton Camp released a solo album, Paths Of Victory, which has been re-released in the recent past on CD.

    • Interestingly enough, both guest stars in this episode, Casey Kasem and Hamilton Camp, are well known for their voices, if not necessarily their faces. Both are voice actors with many roles in the business. Kasem probably is best known for Shaggy from Scooby Doo and Camp as Gizmo Duck from Duck Tales.

    • Funny that Hamilton Camp should play a music teacher. Under the name of Bob Camp, he played in a folk duo with Bob Gibson. Gibson And Camp even recorded an album.

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