Good Morning, Miss Bliss
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Oct 8, 2026
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In any event, it's a fun place to revisit Bayside High and their ridiculous plots and Zach's supernatural ability to bend space-time and call time out.
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Some may remember the original first season of the show actually existed on Disney Channel as a vehicle for Hayley Mills called Good Morning Miss Bliss.
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After the series was retooled and moved to a California setting, the Miss Bliss season, which included Mr. Belding as well as Zach and Lisa and Screech, was awkwardly tacked on to the beginning of the syndication package as their middle school years.
speaker_0HOST
After the original cast moved on to the college years, which I think only lasted a single season, Dennis Haskins stuck around for the new class, which was not a show that I watched.
Pryce RobertsonHOST
Through the late 70s and 80s, he logged appearances on popular network hits, including The Dukes of Hazzard, Magnum, P.I., The A-Team, and Knight Rider.
Pryce RobertsonHOST
In 1988, Haskins was cast as Principal Belding in the Disney Channel series Good Morning, Miss Bliss, starring Hayley Mills.
Pryce RobertsonHOST
When NBC reworked the concept into Saved by the Bell in, in 1989, Haskins was brought along, a move that would define his career.
Pryce RobertsonHOST
Alongside young stars Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Mario Lopez, Dustin Diamond, Tiffani Amber Thiessen, Lark Voorhies, and Elizabeth Berkley, Haskins became a central pillar of the show.
Cory GeeHOST
So he started as Belding on the Disney Channel's-
Brian BeaudoinHOST
Wake Up, Miss, Good Morning, Miss Bliss.
Cory GeeHOST
Good Morning, Miss Bliss in 19...
Brian BeaudoinHOST
Uh, I...
Brian BeaudoinHOST
This is a tricky one.
Brian BeaudoinHOST
Of the total thing?
Cory GeeHOST
Yes.
Brian BeaudoinHOST
So you had Good Morning, Miss Bliss, that was eighth grade, then there was five seasons, so six seasons? No, no, no, but then we had The New Class.
Zach MinersHOST
Saved by the Bell started out as a different show, you know that? Like, the, like, the early Saved by the Bell.
Alan MeadGUEST
Yes, Good Morning, Miss Bliss.
Zach MinersHOST
Yeah.
Alan MeadGUEST
Mm-hmm.
Joe GibbsNARRATOR
Dustin Diamond, who played Screech, died in 2021.
Joe GibbsNARRATOR
Mr. Haskins first played the character in Good Morning, Miss Bliss, which aired for one season on the Disney Channel in 88-89 before it was canceled and retooled by NBC as Saved by the Bell.
Joe GibbsNARRATOR
Mr. Belding, he often announced his entrance into a scene with the catchphrase, Hey, hey, hey, what is going on here? He played Mr.
Joe GibbsNARRATOR
Belding in two television movies, Saved by the Bell Hawaiian Style in 92 and Saved by the Bell Wedding in Vegas in 94. and appeared in Saved by the Bell the College Years which ran for one season from 93 to 94.
Joe GibbsNARRATOR
Dustin Diamond, who played Screech, died in 2021.
Joe GibbsNARRATOR
Mr. Haskins first played the character in Good Morning, Miss Bliss, which aired for one season on the Disney Channel in 88-89 before it was canceled and retooled by NBC as Saved by the Bell.
Joe GibbsNARRATOR
Mr. Belding, he often announced his entrance into a scene with the catchphrase, Hey, hey, hey, what is going on here? He played Mr.
Joe GibbsNARRATOR
Belding in two television movies, Saved by the Bell Hawaiian Style in 92 and Saved by the Bell Wedding in Vegas in 94, and appeared in Saved by the Bell The College Years, which ran for one season from 93 to 94.
Jake AnthonyHOST
I think that was the name of the show.
Matt MarrHOST
It was called Good Morning, Miss Bliss.
Jake AnthonyHOST
Good Morning, Miss Bliss.
Jake AnthonyHOST
Yes.
Matt MarrHOST
Is, yeah, what it was pitched at.
speaker_0HOST
And it says here that Dennis auditioned seven times for the role of Mr. Belding.
speaker_0HOST
He first appeared again, as I said, in Good Morning, Miss Bliss in 1988.
speaker_0HOST
And of course, the show was retooled, became Saved by the Bell, moved over to NBC from Disney.
speaker_0HOST
And it says that he was the only adult member of the regular cast.
speaker_0HOST
I mean, my sister's the one who told me about his passing.
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I did not watch Saved by the Bell, as I said, during its original run.
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We did not see Good Morning, Miss Bliss because we didn't have cable in 1988.
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So we did not see that.
Movie GuruHOST
He always had time for them no matter what.
Movie GuruHOST
He was my client and dear friend for over 20 mi- years, and I will miss him terribly." Haskins played Principal Belding first on the Disney Channel show Good Morning Miss Bliss, which was retooled after one season and became Saved by the Bell on NBC, running from 1989 to '93.
Movie GuruHOST
He then reprised the character on Saved by the Bell: The New Class, which aired from 1993 to 2000.
Movie GuruHOST
Haskins would go on to play Belding one final time in February 2015, when he reunited with Bell stars Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Elizabeth Berkley, Mario Lopez, and Tiffani Thiessen for a sketch on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon.
Mario LopezHOST
Although a lot of reports are saying he quietly battled Parkinson's.
Mario LopezHOST
He played Belding across the whole franchise, starting with Good Morning Miss Bliss, then Saved by the Bell, The New Class.
Mario LopezHOST
His last appearance as the character was a 2015 Tonight Show sketch with the original cast.
Mario LopezHOST
And even though he was the principal, he was the biggest kid on set.
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