Richard Belding

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Mr. Belding.

Uh-

Yeah

What did you guys' thoughts on Mr. Belding? I really should say his name.

Big wrestling fan.

He was a huge, he was like a kid they say, you know, in terms of, uh, his, his childlike, he was starstruck when he was, you know, when he would come around, uh, all the guys and girls.

I hate to sound ridiculous.

I think she's 52 now or something like that, right? Isn't she-

And, and did you see this week that Mr. Belding passed away?

Yeah, I did.

Yeah.

We'll go back to school in Week 5 and try to eke ourself out a win with a revised roster.

Speaking of back to school, kind of an odd segue, but it did remind me that this past week we said farewell to Dennis Haskins, who many of the Squirrelers know as Principal Belding, Mr. Belding on Saved by the Bell.

It is not an understatement to say that Saved by the Bell loomed large in my developmental years.

I remember watching the show religiously after school and then the new episodes on Saturday mornings and believing probably more than I should have that this is what high school was actually going to be like.

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.

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.

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.

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.

What character did he famously portray from 1987 to 2000? Mr.

Belding.

Question six.

The song There She Goes by The Laws is associated with what San Francisco-based 1993 film that starred Mike Myers? So I Married an Axe Murderer.

The seventy-five-year-old died on September twenty-seventh at a hospital in Burbank.

Haskins was best known for playing Principal Richard Belding on Saved by the Bell and its spinoffs, along with roles in The Dukes of Hazzard, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and New Girl.

Step off the streets of Manhattan and into Hawkins, Indiana.

A pop-up event offers a taste of a popular TV show.

I'm Monica Nelson.

A cause of death for Saved by the Bell actor Dennis Haskins, who played Principal Richard Belding, has been revealed.

A death certificate obtained by TMZ lists Parkinson's disease as the immediate cause of death.

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For anyone who spent Saturday mornings glued to the television in the late 80s and early 90s, Dennis Haskins was an iconic presence.

As Principal Richard Belding on Saved by the Bell, his signature entrance line, "Hey, hey, hey, what is going on here?" became part of TV history.

Playing the well-meaning, earnest principal to the relentless scheme artist tactics of Mark-Paul Gosselaar's Zack Morris, Haskins anchored Bayside High with warmth, humor, and an unshakable fondness for his students.

Following his death last week at the age of 75, tributes poured in from co-stars, friends, and generations of fans who remembered him not just as a sitcom icon, but as one of the most generous and approachable personalities in show business.