Shocking Boy Meets World Secrets Revealed! #Documentary #90sNostalgia

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Dive into the ultimate Boy Meets World documentary, uncovering behind-the-scenes secrets, cast interviews, and untold stories from the iconic 90s sitcom! From Cory and Topanga’s love story to the show’s cultural impact, this film explores why Boy Meets World remains a fan favorite. Don’t miss exclusive insights into the making of this beloved series! Like, share, and comment to join the nostalgia. Watch now and relive the 90s!  #BoyMeetsWorld #90sSitcom #TVDocumentary #Nostalgia #90sTV #BehindTheScenes #SitcomHistory #CoryAndTopanga

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00:00:00When Boy Meets World ended, the internet didn't exist the way it does now.

00:00:04We never knew what the show meant to people.

00:00:07For seven years, audiences were tuned in to the antics of Corey Cornelius Matthews.

00:00:13That's Matthews spelled with two T's.

00:00:16Two T's in Matthews, stupid, stupid.

00:00:20Boy Meets World was to air on the famous ABC-TGIF block on September of 1993.

00:00:26Corey would grow up in the same time zone that had featured Full House, Mr. Belvedere,

00:00:31Family Matters, Perfect Strangers, and Dinosaurs, the latter show being created by Michael Jacobs.

00:00:56Michael was born June 28, 1955, in Highland Park, New Jersey.

00:01:00By 1997, a young Michael was already premiering his own plays.

00:01:04In 1982, Jacobs had his first show on ABC, No Soap Radio, a sketch comedy starring Steve

00:01:13Guttenberg.

00:01:18Jacobs' follow-up attempt, Charles in Charge, proved to be much more successful.

00:01:23Scott Baio starred as Charles, a college student who becomes a nanny to young children

00:01:27in exchange for having a place to live.

00:01:29Scott Baio was writing off his previous successful role of Chachi on Happy Days.

00:01:34The show was a hit in syndication, lasting five seasons and 126 episodes.

00:01:38In 1986, Together We Stand became his next show to hit the air.

00:01:42The show was about a married couple, David and Lori Randall, and their adopted children.

00:01:47According to producer Sherwood Schwartz, the plot for the show was originally written as

00:01:51a spin-off from the Brady Bunch called Kelly's Kids.

00:01:54It only lasted 19 episodes.

00:01:56In 1987, My Two Dads premiered on NBC.

00:01:59The show would win the most promising new fall television series Young Artist Award

00:02:03of 1987 and a 1988 People's Choice Award for Favorite New TV Comedy.

00:02:09Michael Taylor was a successful financial advisor, and Greg Evigan played Joey Harris,

00:02:13a struggling artist.

00:02:14The two were awarded joint custody of 12-year-old Nicole.

00:02:17Nicole's mother, Marcy Bradford, died, and the two men who were once friends, and had

00:02:22both dated Nicole's mother, were left to raise her.

00:02:25In 1990, Singer and Sons, a comedy series about a Jewish widower who hires his housekeeper's

00:02:31sons to manage the family-owned deli, debuted.

00:02:34The way the feuding black brothers come to be fixtures in helping run a Jewish deli is

00:02:38pretty predictable.

00:02:391991 would debut The Torkelsons, a show created by Lynn Montgomery but was developed by Michael

00:02:45Jacobs.

00:02:46After her husband, Randy, leaves the family, Melissa Torkelson is left to support the family.

00:02:51After ending its first season on June 16, 1992, the series was retooled and renamed

00:02:56Almost Home.

00:02:57When her home is foreclosed on, Melissa becomes a nanny, and the family is moved to Seattle.

00:03:02Early Boy Meets World traces can be seen with Lee Norris playing 8-year-old bug collector

00:03:07Chucky Lee.

00:03:08Future Boy Meets World semi-regulars Brittany Murphy and Jason Marsden would play Molly

00:03:12and Gregory Morgan in the second season of the show.

00:03:15The show's run was over on June 6, 1993.

00:03:181991 would also debut The Dinosaurs, the first show of Michael's to be part of the TGIF lineup.

00:03:24The show centered on the Sinclair family, Earl Sinclair, Fran Sinclair, and their three

00:03:29children Robbie, Charlene, and breakout star Baby Sinclair.

00:03:34The show utilized voice actors for the characters, which were performed by different actors and

00:03:39puppeteers.

00:03:40The show spawned merchandise and its own rap video featuring Baby Sinclair.

00:03:45Where I Live was the second attempt of a show for TGIF.

00:03:48This mid-season replacement show starred Dougie Doug as Douglas St. Martin, a Trinidadian

00:03:54American teenager living in the Harlem section of New York City.

00:03:57The show, featuring Douglas, Reggie, and Malcolm, was based on Dougie Doug's own childhood.

00:04:03The series drew critical acclaim, but the ratings were very low, putting it on the brink

00:04:07of cancellation.

00:04:081993 would not be a failure.

00:04:11They had another show set to air that fall.

00:04:13That show was named The Untitled Ben Savage Project, later to be renamed Boy Meets World.

00:04:23I was just wrapping up Dinosaurs.

00:04:25I went to the president of Disney Television and said, in all these shows that are being

00:04:28done, Family Ties, Growing Pains, you have your Michael J. Fox, your Kirk Cameron, Big

00:04:33Brothers, but what about the kids in the middle?

00:04:35The younger kids?

00:04:37They have lives.

00:04:38All I wanted to do was write a show that never spoke down to kids, because I thought that

00:04:42was primarily what was happening in the world of teenage television.

00:04:45Let's speak up to them.

00:04:46They understand far more.

00:04:48ABC needed another family-oriented hit, and what better heir to Fred than his kid brother

00:04:53Ben?

00:04:54Well, I kind of play like a Cupid role, like I'm always around.

00:04:58It's like this is a Valentine's Day show, isn't it?

00:05:02Yeah, yeah.

00:05:03Kevin tells me to put a Valentine card in Winnie's locker, but I put it in the wrong

00:05:10one.

00:05:11I put it in Nancy Slater's locker, and she thinks Kevin likes him again, so everything

00:05:15turns out to be a mess.

00:05:16So you have made a triangle out of these three people, huh?

00:05:18Yeah.

00:05:19You ought to be ashamed.

00:05:20I know.

00:05:21I make everything a mess.

00:05:22There was something about the Savages.

00:05:24They were both just ridiculously cute, belonged on every diaper commercial.

00:05:28How old are you?

00:05:29I'm nine.

00:05:30You're nine years old.

00:05:31Yeah.

00:05:32You like acting too, huh?

00:05:33I love it.

00:05:34Both had the perfect combination of intelligence and humor.

00:05:37Both were willing to be vulnerable in a way that child actors weren't.

00:05:40You feel the world pouring into them, and they're reacting to it very honestly.

00:05:45Boy Meets World was a sitcom that was formed in 93, and it was a coming-of-age story about

00:05:51a young character, Cory Matthews.

00:05:53You.

00:05:54That was me.

00:05:55And it was him exploring the world, and it was basically him taking on the world, and

00:06:00we were seeing it from the eyes of a young 13-year-old boy.

00:06:03Then, the wildest things happen when the kids are left home alone.

00:06:07Just one 680 bucks.

00:06:09Lady Brown!

00:06:10All-new Boy Meets World on TGIF Friday.

00:06:13This show still needed someone for Cory to oppose.

00:06:17What if there is a figure who is absolutely unable to be moved?

00:06:22If it's a workplace comedy, workplace is school, the boss is the teacher.

00:06:27And what if the teacher lived next door?

00:06:30From 1988 to 1993, Ben watched his brother, Fred, star on The Wonder Years.

00:06:36My brother got The Wonder Years, so my family moved from Chicago to Los Angeles.

00:06:40Ben even played the role of Cupid in the 1990 episode, The St. Valentine's Day Massacre.

00:06:45I remember being a kid, and every day after school, I would get dropped off and hang out

00:06:50on The Wonder Years set.

00:06:51If they were ever filming late, I would go sleep in his trailer, because Mom didn't

00:06:55want me to be alone.

00:06:56A 12-year-old Ben went into the show, setting his sights low.

00:06:59I prepared myself.

00:07:01Oh, you're not going to do this show for the next seven years.

00:07:04Will Fridell had been living in Connecticut when he got his call to audition.

00:07:08Will's family allowed him to audition only once a week, as not to interrupt his normal

00:07:12life.

00:07:13On the day of original casting, Will got sick and wasn't able to come in.

00:07:17Harry Barandes was cast, but later dropped for being the same height as Ben Savage.

00:07:22Will was able to re-audition at the Shubert Theater with the role of Eric Matthews coming

00:07:27down between himself, Jason Marsden, and Shiloh Hunter.

00:07:31But they eventually cast a part to Will Fridell, a relative unknown but most famous for hosting

00:07:36Don't Just Sit There on Nickelodeon in the late 80s.

00:07:39That's interesting.

00:07:40This was my dream from the time I was a little kid.

00:07:45Everyone always asked me, what do you want to be?

00:07:46Never wanted to be a movie star.

00:07:48No desire whatsoever.

00:07:49I wanted to be Michael J. Fox, and not in Back to the Future, but Michael J. Fox on

00:07:54Family Ties.

00:07:55That's all I wanted to be.

00:07:56Morgan Matthews was to be played by Lily Nixay.

00:07:59The character was originally a generic cute little sister.

00:08:02She was often used as a means for Eric to attract girls.

00:08:05I'm Morgan, and this is my brother Eric.

00:08:08He's very shy.

00:08:10She would later develop a more sarcastic personality.

00:08:12Hi, I'm Cory, and for the next three years, I'm going to look like a potato.

00:08:18Ryder Strong would be cast as Sean Patrick Hunter.

00:08:21Ryder was the first actor to show up in casting.

00:08:26The original idea of the show was that Cory would have many friends.

00:08:29I had actually only gotten the part on Boy Meets World because Shiloh had worked with

00:08:33Michael Jacobs before.

00:08:34Ryder auditioned, and I turned to the casting director and said, okay, that's fine.

00:08:35And she said, what do you mean?

00:08:36I have 40 people out here.

00:08:37We've got a hundred.

00:08:38I said, no, that's fine.

00:08:39That's my guy.

00:08:47The mother, Amy Matthews, was to be played by Betsy Randall.

00:08:50Betsy at the time was playing the role of Jill's best friend Karen Kelly on the mega

00:08:54hit Home Improvement.

00:08:55The role of the mother was actually much more her than I thought at the time.

00:08:59I realize that now, as people stop and thank me for being this good mom.

00:09:03Betsy Randall and William Russ approached their roles as if they were parenting their

00:09:07own kids.

00:09:08For the role of Alan Matthews, Jacobs originally approached longtime actor William Russ about

00:09:13the role.

00:09:19This opening would allow Matt McCoy to get casted.

00:09:26He was replaced by original choice William Russ.

00:09:32One actor to audition for the role was future cast member Anthony Tyler Quinn, who was thought

00:09:38to be too young for the role.

00:09:39Alan's character was written to have a Navy background.

00:09:50For the role of Topanga Lawrence, the choice was between Danielle Fischel and Marla Sokoloff.

00:09:56Marla would later play Stephanie's friend Gia on Full House.

00:10:04Despite her being incredibly sweet, Marla was unable to improvise her performance when

00:10:08changes were made to the script.

00:10:10This led to Marla being replaced.

00:10:12With Marla still on set, a nervous Fischel had her first table read go poorly, and was

00:10:16given extensive notes on what was to change if she was to keep the role of Topanga.

00:10:20Topanga was written as a flower child, and Danielle was peppy and preppy.

00:10:35She went back the next day.

00:10:37When the run-through ended, Michael started the notes session off with me again.

00:10:40My heart stopped beating regularly, and my palms got sweaty.

00:10:44Danielle, yesterday I gave you an enormous amount of notes, and I did that because I

00:10:48believed that you were capable of handling them.

00:10:51However, with your performance today, you exceeded my expectations.

00:10:55Lee Norris was cast as Stuart Lemke.

00:10:57The brainiac Stuart was the rival of Corrie and Sean, and desired the affection of Mr.

00:11:02Topanga.

00:11:03Stuart Minkus would only be featured in season one.

00:11:05Long-time actor William Daniels, perhaps most famous for playing President John Adams

00:11:10in 1776, rounded out the cast as George Hamilton Feeney, or as more often said, Mr. Feeney.

00:11:16His other famous role of Kip was more recognizable to the young cast.

00:11:39Feeney first appears on the show as their 6th grade school teacher, and next door neighbor

00:11:44to the Matthews family.

00:11:46He'd later become their principal, and to comedic effect, followed them from grade to

00:11:50grade.

00:11:54The kids on the set thought William Daniels was British, because he came across as very

00:11:58proper.

00:12:08There wasn't a whole lot of socializing on set, but we revered the character and the

00:12:12man.

00:12:13When we came on set, we'd talk, we'd listen, and we'd absorb.

00:12:17And then he would vanish, like some sort of magical person that just pops into your life.

00:12:22They came looking for me.

00:12:23I read the first script.

00:12:25I don't want to do this.

00:12:26I don't want to play Mr. Belvedere or make fun of teachers, because I think they're underpaid

00:12:30and need more respect.

00:12:32Luckily for Jacobs, he was able to convince Daniels of the importance of the character,

00:12:36who was based on his own mentor or high school teacher.

00:12:38In a 24-hour turnaround, the script was rewritten and sent back to Daniels.

00:12:43And overnight, he sent another script.

00:12:44And it's totally different.

00:12:46Totally believable.

00:12:47And totally doable.

00:12:48And so I said, okay.

00:13:05Season 1 debuted to 16.5 million people on September 24, 1993.

00:13:11The show would have storylines like Corey wanting to become a baseball player, and dealing

00:13:15with things like school, family, and puberty.

00:13:18While you got me, I'm an idiot.

00:13:21Some of my greatest memories are from the first year, when the kids were little, and

00:13:24it was all new and fresh.

00:13:25Maybe it was even the episode where we chased each other with water guns.

00:13:29Jason Marsden finally made his way on the show as Eric's best friend, Jason.

00:13:33One of my favorite moments was obviously the first moment I had during the show, when I

00:13:38slammed Ben up against the lockers and gave him his first kiss.

00:13:43That was exciting.

00:13:44I was 12, and Ben was 13 at the time.

00:13:46There was never any question that there would be a love story in the show.

00:13:50But we thought that the most interesting thing to do would be to start out understanding

00:13:58the boy.

00:13:59Topanga's character originally had a sister, Nebula, Stop the War, Lawrence.

00:14:04Hi, I'm Topanga's sister.

00:14:06I hear you thought Sean Hunter was the only one with mysteries in their family tree.

00:14:10I'll ask my sister what she uses to straighten her hair.

00:14:13One of those mysterious relatives for Sean Hunter was a sister named Stacy.

00:14:17What had actually happened was one of the other kids who was to sit with Cory and Sean

00:14:23was fired during the episode, so all his dialogue was given to Rider Strong.

00:14:29From that point forward, the crew felt the chemistry of Cory and Sean was making the

00:14:33show click and stopped bothering finding other friends.

00:14:36Am I not your best friend?

00:14:38I think the original concept was that there was always going to be two best friends, two

00:14:42guy best friends for Cory.

00:14:43I'll hook up with Mr. Sullivan.

00:14:45No, no, that's worse.

00:14:46We used to have a chair that we called the death chair in the cafeteria because whoever

00:14:51sat in it wouldn't be back the next week.

00:14:53The fifth episode, which was the first episode that they introduced Topanga, was probably

00:14:57the best episode because that was when everything clicked, where I actually had a real role.

00:15:02Entertainment Weekly gave the show a C-, stating the dialogue as trite

00:15:07Hey, I'm average.

00:15:09and having issues with Ben Savage's delivery.

00:15:12Are you aware that I'm only 11 years old?

00:15:14They also believed William Daniels and William Russ were being wasted in the pilot.

00:15:18People Magazine gave it a C+, stating Cory Matthews had overwritten dialogue.

00:15:22You know, you're not doing your body any favors loading up on junk like that.

00:15:26Oh, thanks, Mr. Feeney, and please enjoy that high vitamin astronaut drink you're sucking down.

00:15:31People Magazine noted Mr. Feeney as a show highlight.

00:15:34You shrewd little observer of the human condition.

00:15:37I remember the first review I ever got.

00:15:39I was 16, and it was the first review I ever got on anything because, you know, Nickelodeon,

00:15:42they don't review you and stuff like that.

00:15:44And the first one I got was the older brother, Will Friedle, misspelled, is at best a cardboard

00:15:50cutout prop.

00:15:51Bye, sorry everybody hates you.

00:15:54During season two, we were introduced to Chet Hunter, an on-again, off-again father figure.

00:15:59I'm late.

00:16:00Well, actually, I was out in the hall having a smoke.

00:16:03Don't endorse it.

00:16:04Don't deny it.

00:16:07Damn it.

00:16:08Chet was played by Blake Clark.

00:16:10We were also treated to the start of the running gag of the Hunter family trade.

00:16:14Let's call my Uncle Frank.

00:16:15He knows horses.

00:16:16Uncle Mike's motorcycle repair shop.

00:16:19You're Uncle Mike.

00:16:20Well, except for Grandpa Lewis.

00:16:24Last week, he got picked up.

00:16:26I've had three mothers.

00:16:28Yes, Verna, Ming Hua, and Elaine.

00:16:31I think we can rule Ming Hua out.

00:16:33My Uncle Ralph, he does not care, because twice a month, he gets welfare.

00:16:38My Uncle Chuck has nylon hair.

00:16:40He bought the rug with his welfare.

00:16:42On one blind date, I got fixed up with my Uncle Mary.

00:16:44Well, I went down to my Uncle Lewis' butcher shop.

00:16:47What happens when he's 500 pounds sitting on a couch, not moving?

00:16:50Hey, I never stopped loving Aunt Gloria.

00:16:53To my alleged son, Chet, happy birthday.

00:16:57These loving words are in no way an admission of guilt in The Childhood People vs. Gertie Hunter.

00:17:00Interesting family on Dad's side.

00:17:02His great-grandfather and great-uncle were born in Scotland.

00:17:05And what they were known for was, well, one day they slaughtered their entire village.

00:17:10Hey, you know, my Uncle Ralph was in a documentary.

00:17:13They put a big blue dot over his face and changed his voice.

00:17:16Happy birthday, Chet.

00:17:18To all the hunters here at this undisclosed location.

00:17:24When they first met, actors Ben Savage and Ryder Strong didn't like each other that well.

00:17:28Ryder says over the years, Ben just kind of grew on to him.

00:17:32Ben Savage and Ryder Strong reached the point when they learned their lines so quickly

00:17:37and were able to lead each other so well, they felt like they could not make a mistake.

00:17:41Season 2 has the kids starting high school.

00:17:44Mr. Feeney was now the principal, in charge of new teachers, like the cool, Harley-riding Jonathan Turner.

00:17:49They give all the teachers students.

00:17:51I'm Jonathan Turner. You can call me Mr.

00:17:54Mr. Turner had an alternate way of teaching that clashed with Mr. Feeney's more traditional methods.

00:17:59Sean would end up living with Mr. Turner when Sean's dad takes off for his mother, Verna.

00:18:04Howdy, big guy.

00:18:06None of you want me? Well, that's fine.

00:18:08I don't need any of you. I never needed anybody.

00:18:11Mr. Turner was introduced to the show, as far as I understand it, because friends had taken off

00:18:15and ABC was like, you need 20-somethings on the show.

00:18:19Luckily, I think what Michael ended up doing was recognizing that Mr. Turner and Sean

00:18:24had a similar rebelliousness going on there.

00:18:27So suddenly, Sean's living with him, which is kind of ridiculousness when you think about it.

00:18:32Greaser Harvey Harley-Kiner was the school bully introduced as an antagonist to Corey and Sean

00:18:38and even occasionally Eric.

00:18:40Harley believed himself the eyes and ears of the school.

00:18:43Ethan Sapley would play school bully-turned-nice-guy Frankie Stakina.

00:18:47Joey the Rat Epstein was played by Blake Soper slash Sennett,

00:18:52coming off his role of Ronnie Pinsky on Salute Your Shorts.

00:18:55Blake would later leave the show to focus on his band, Rilo Kylie.

00:18:59Joey's role in the gang was never specified, obviously not the muscle.

00:19:03When McNulty left the cast towards the end of the season,

00:19:06Harley made one appearance as a different actor, Kenny Johnston.

00:19:10How's Harley doing in his new reform school?

00:19:12It's called Juvenile Boot Camp.

00:19:14The original actor made one last cameo in the third season

00:19:17where he confronts new bully Griff Hawkins.

00:19:20Adam Scott played replacement school bully Griff Hawkins.

00:19:23It's weird, Boy Meets World has kind of turned into a thing now.

00:19:27At the time it was on Friday nights at 8pm, so no one I knew even knew what it was.

00:19:32It was for kids.

00:19:34So it was a thrill to be on a TV show briefly, but it was not like I ever got recognized for it.

00:19:39If I had known then that in 20 years the show would be beloved,

00:19:42I probably would have been more psyched about it.

00:19:45Season 2 took a heavy focus on different aspects of teen dating.

00:19:53Real life started mirroring the show.

00:20:10Betsy Randall joked that Will Friedle took advantage of the situations

00:20:14that required him to kiss on camera.

00:20:16I was 13 when Boy Meets World started, so when people start interviewing you,

00:20:20it is exciting.

00:20:21Like Tiger Beat or Bob, they start coming to you.

00:20:23They take it very seriously.

00:20:25And they ask, OK, what do you look for in a girl?

00:20:28I thought these were just normal questions everyone asks.

00:20:31A sense of alienation that comes with fame in general,

00:20:33and certainly the type of fame that I had,

00:20:35this particular teen idol thing that I still don't understand.

00:20:38When you're 13 and someone wants to interview you,

00:20:59Ryder also had trouble dealing with the attention that his hair brought him.

00:21:02I hated my hair.

00:21:04I came to the auditions with that hairstyle, got the part,

00:21:06and the director Michael Jacobs never let me cut it from there on out.

00:21:10A bunch of girls at a sleepover told me to wear my hair like that,

00:21:13parted down the center, and I was 12, so I listened.

00:21:16It was my version of Christian Slater.

00:21:18I wanted to cut my hair so bad,

00:21:20but the only time I got to was when we found out the show was going to be canceled.

00:21:23Ryder's big thing was he didn't like his hair falling in his eyes,

00:21:26so, you know, I mean, you see it all the time.

00:21:28He's like running his fingers through his hair,

00:21:30and I don't think he knew he was driving every girl in America wild.

00:21:33It became a part of your character.

00:21:34I know, unfortunately.

00:21:35The hair-flipping thing.

00:21:36Yeah, I know.

00:21:37I still, to this day, if I catch myself doing this, I stop.

00:21:41Ryder admits to not watching many repeats of Boy Meets World,

00:21:44finding it hard to watch his maturation on film.

00:21:47And all the stars of 90s teen media showed up.

00:21:50Candice Cameron, Melissa Joan Hart, Linda Cardinelli,

00:21:53Mina Savare, Keri Russell, Stacey Keenan,

00:21:57Andrew Keegan, Larissa Olnick, Jennifer Love Hewitt.

00:22:00I always had fun working with Love.

00:22:02Not only was she my girlfriend, but also a close friend.

00:22:05I remember how excited we both were when Michael mentioned that he wanted to put her on the show.

00:22:09The show wasn't just about casting the teen idols.

00:22:11We would have interesting old-timer guest stars.

00:22:14Rue McClanahan, Phyllis Diller, Buddy Hackett, Bernie Coppell.

00:22:18We had an episode in the early years where Jim Abbott was on.

00:22:21The show even had a fascination with pro wrestling,

00:22:23including having pro wrestler Vader in the role of father of school bully Frankie Stacchino.

00:22:28I'm the face of death!

00:22:31It was scarier when you had acne.

00:22:33What we didn't realize is that Vader was a villain in the world of wrestling.

00:22:38There's villains and heroes, and he was a villain.

00:22:41So when we ran out to do our scene and character in front of people,

00:22:44they were booing us.

00:22:47They were like, we're just trying to make a TV show.

00:22:50Season 7 saw the girls challenging Eric and Jack to a wrestling match for the apartment

00:22:54with the WWF's Mankind as a referee.

00:22:57I think the coolest story stemming from my appearance on Blemish World

00:23:00is that I'm still in touch with Danielle.

00:23:02A few years ago, somebody sent me a tweet where she mentioned

00:23:04that I was one of the most enjoyable guest stars to work with.

00:23:07Their left-of-center approach led to things like a three-force monkey reunion.

00:23:11ABC was using each TJF show as a platform to promote the newest Beatles anthology.

00:23:16The music in the intro of each of that night's shows would be a Beatles song.

00:23:20In their own quirky, rebellious way, Blemish World decided

00:23:23that'd be the perfect time for an episode with the monkeys.

00:23:26Well, the magical world of Disney is really magical.

00:23:29Why do you think they call it the magical world of Disney?

00:23:32Well, they call it the magical world of Disney because it only shows

00:23:35the greatest Disney films for the entire family.

00:23:38You know, like The Rescuers Down Under, The Lion King, Pollyanna.

00:23:42What would you do if I told you that this family is going to subscribe

00:23:45to the Disney Channel so every Sunday evening we can watch the magical world of Disney?

00:23:49Well, I'd do all my homework, I'd make my bed every day,

00:23:53and I'd let you guys live with me when you're older.

00:23:57Season 3 of Blemish World aired between September 22, 1995 and May 17, 1996.

00:24:05The first change would come by adding a friend for Jonathan Turner.

00:24:08Eli Williams was his former college roommate.

00:24:11Turner would get him a job teaching media arts.

00:24:14They had the character Eli, who was the black young teacher,

00:24:17and they were going to have this whole 20-something storyline.

00:24:20I don't know what they were thinking, but it was a complete disaster.

00:24:23It didn't work at all.

00:24:24You have to please the studio, you have to please the network,

00:24:27you have your corporate masters.

00:24:30When they realize, oh, we have the hit in our hands,

00:24:34they start trusting the people who gave them the hit.

00:24:38Eric would struggle through the season to get his grades up so that he could get into college.

00:24:42Corey and Topanga start the season by finally becoming a couple and say their first,

00:24:46I love you.

00:24:47If I had to dream of a perfect woman,

00:24:51she wouldn't even come close to you.

00:24:57Would you be my girlfriend?

00:25:00I love you.

00:25:03I love you too.

00:25:04But break up in episode 312, but grass is always greener.

00:25:08Lindsay Ridgway would take over the role of Morgan.

00:25:11The show made this switch with an on-camera wink to its fans.

00:25:14I mean, she stays in her room, you don't hear from her, you don't see her,

00:25:17and best of all, she stays out of my personal life.

00:25:20So, rumor upstairs is you got a date.

00:25:23Morgan, long time no see.

00:25:27Yeah, that was the longest time out I've ever had.

00:25:31Things really get hot when Corey accidentally sets fire to the biology lab.

00:25:35Come on, quick, rub off your DNA.

00:25:37Boy meets world.

00:25:38As the season progressed, Chet stays in contact less and less with his son.

00:25:42Mr. Turner gets to the point where he's ready to become Sean's legal guardian.

00:25:46Well, I spoke to an attorney today.

00:25:48Guess what?

00:25:4948 hours, I'm Sean's legal guardian.

00:25:52Whoa, been on the fence about that one for a while.

00:25:55You know, it's what he needs, man.

00:25:56Besides, I've come this far, I might as well go the distance.

00:25:58The season ends with Sean going back to live with his dad, Chet.

00:26:02Eric Matthews graduates, but does not get into college.

00:26:05I didn't get in.

00:26:08What?

00:26:11They rejected me.

00:26:13People keep on saying that the show is going to end, but I honestly have no idea.

00:26:17I thought the show was going to be over after our third season.

00:26:20It just goes to show that you can never tell.

00:26:22With that trust, we were able to be who we really were.

00:26:28And what we did was hit the accelerator.

00:26:31The promise of it was at the beginning.

00:26:35The fulfillment of it hit, as you say, at the middle and went on through the end.

00:26:39TGIF, Backstreet's on TGIF.

00:26:42You know that's where it's at.

00:26:44Backstreet's on TGIF.

00:26:47The guys would lip sync to the Backstreet Boys in front of the audience between takes.

00:26:51Check out Boy Meets World.

00:26:53That is one big freaking picture of the Backstreet Boys.

00:26:56The BSB rocks.

00:26:58I actually still have it on a VHS tape somewhere in my mom's den.

00:27:02It did well.

00:27:03If either of them were in the room, it was on.

00:27:06Sometimes it got so crazy, we couldn't even get through a taping because they'd just be cracking so many jokes.

00:27:11They never let Ryder and I do scenes together because we would look at each other and start laughing.

00:27:16Stick it from that line.

00:27:18Which line? What, we can do it line by line?

00:27:21The fourth season of Boy Meets World aired between September 20, 1996 and May 9, 1997,

00:27:27airing between Clueless and 2020.

00:27:30Hey, I wonder what happened to that chain minder Serena put the spell on.

00:27:32Well, let's see if Cher can explain it to us.

00:27:34Clueless is coming up next.

00:27:36It used to be on at 8.30, but this year they moved to 9.30, those idiots.

00:27:41They moved that show to 9.30, why?

00:27:44No one knows.

00:27:45Well, was it doing badly at 8.30?

00:27:46No.

00:27:47Well, why didn't they leave it alone?

00:27:48They're trying to kill it. They're trying to kill it.

00:27:51On the show, with Eric not getting into college, he returns home with no direction.

00:27:56Alan Matthews has a midlife crisis and the family buys Kimbles, an outdoor adventure store.

00:28:01Eric and Alan begin working together.

00:28:03On the Hunter side, Verna returns to complete the Hunter family.

00:28:07Didn't Verna have a son, Eddie?

00:28:09How come he's never seen when she moves back in with them?

00:28:12Eddie, I'm serious. I'll turn you in.

00:28:15Come on, man, I'm your brother.

00:28:18Kristana Loken debuts as one of Sean's more memorable girlfriends, Jennifer.

00:28:26As my favorite teacher always says, do yourself a favor, eat breakfast.

00:28:35You know, he's right.

00:28:36The energy from breakfast, what you grab from home or school, fuels your brain.

00:28:40So you do better in class, have a better attitude, and do better physically.

00:28:44So do yourself and everybody else a favor, eat right, eat breakfast.

00:28:49Along Walk to Pittsburgh has Topanga dealing with having to leave Philly and move to Pittsburgh with her family.

00:28:55My family and I are moving.

00:29:00The story is resolved when Topanga is allowed to live with her aunt after running away from her new home.

00:29:05Well, maybe she'll realize that we're Romeo and Juliet, we belong together.

00:29:09Look, my aunt has never been in love, never been married, and wouldn't even know who Romeo and Juliet were.

00:29:14We sort of fashioned Corrie and Topanga as Romeo and Juliet.

00:29:18And I thought, wouldn't it be amazing to actually get Juliet to be the conflict?

00:29:23Because Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet, of course, started with Olivia Hussey.

00:29:27And so Olivia Hussey played Topanga's aunt.

00:29:29Well, Ryder and I had to dress up like women.

00:29:31That was quite exciting because it was very new and different.

00:29:35They didn't even ask that I wear undergarments.

00:29:37But the day we were filming, I showed up with some on.

00:29:40My hosiery is bunching.

00:29:42I enjoyed it a lot.

00:29:44Mr. Feeney encouraged Eric to continue his pursuit of college.

00:29:47Alan fires Eric from the store to motivate him.

00:29:50The season also featured the last episode of Mr. Turner on Boy Meets World.

00:29:54When Sean starts hanging around with...

00:29:56Not a cult.

00:29:57Jonathan Turner tries to stop him.

00:29:59Sean does not want his help because he does not believe Mr. Turner really cares about him.

00:30:03A judgment I made a long time ago is that Sean Hunter is the best friend that my kid ever had.

00:30:11And I will kill to protect Sean Hunter from people like you.

00:30:15George, what is it?

00:30:17Jonathan Turner.

00:30:19He's been in a motorcycle accident.

00:30:21Oh, no.

00:30:23Is he okay?

00:30:25No, he isn't.

00:30:27Now, you cannot leave here. Do you hear me?

00:30:29Turner took care of you. He loves you.

00:30:31And you love him.

00:30:33Cut.

00:30:37I don't want to be empty inside anymore.

00:30:40When Mr. Turner gets into a motorcycle accident, it forces Sean to reevaluate his choices.

00:30:44Quinn had a reduced role through most of season four.

00:30:47And going forward, the writers didn't believe his character to have much use in future storylines.

00:30:52Before the days of Netflix and streaming, follow-through on storylines was a lot more or less.

00:30:58This included having the characters jump up in age, jump ahead in grades, and have characters disappear in and out of the storylines.

00:31:06We also meet Dean Bolander in her first appearance in the episode, Learning to Fly.

00:31:11Eric Matthews has to convince her that he is ready to take college seriously after years of slacking off in high school.

00:31:17TGIF is Where It's At with Sabrina, an all-new episode of You Wish, Boy Meets World, and to top it all off, Teen Angel.

00:31:25It's a feisty one.

00:31:26Coming Fridays on ABC.

00:31:28Look, puppy dog eyes. Cool, huh?

00:31:31Hey, Dad! Mom! Come here! Quick! Hurry up!

00:31:34What?

00:31:35What's wrong?

00:31:36Oh, nothing. I just didn't want you to miss The Magical World at Disney, which is next on the Disney Channel Spring Preview.

00:31:40It's the Disney animated classic, The Rescuers.

00:31:42Eric, you scared us to sound as though you needed help.

00:31:45You think?

00:31:46It's funny.

00:31:47Did you say The Magical World at Disney?

00:31:49Yep.

00:31:50Oh, I love watching that.

00:31:51Oh, I remember watching this together as a family and seeing so many wonderful programs.

00:31:55Well, tonight, it's The Rescuers who never fail to answer the call for help.

00:31:59Well, then maybe there's hope for you yet.

00:32:01I sure hope so, because I haven't seen Amy in a while.

00:32:04The fifth season aired from October 3, 1997 and May 15, 1998,

00:32:09returning back to the 830 timeslot between Sabrina the Teenage Witch and You Wish.

00:32:14TGIF is taking you behind the scenes.

00:32:16That's right, Ben. But right now, there's a genie in your future.

00:32:19The magic continues on You Wish.

00:32:21The gang has entered their senior year of high school.

00:32:24With Eric not getting housing, he comes back home,

00:32:27only for Cory to search for an apartment and roommate for his brother.

00:32:30That roommate was Jack Hunter.

00:32:32He's revealed as Sean's paternal half-brother.

00:32:35He's my brother.

00:32:36Of course he is. He is not your brother.

00:32:40Same dad, different moms.

00:32:42Jack and his maternal sister grew up in a wealthy step-family in New York City.

00:32:46Jack's mother left Chet Hunter with her son

00:32:49due to not being able to cope with her former husband's alcoholism.

00:32:53You know why my mom left him?

00:32:54Because she went for a guy with more money?

00:32:57She left him because he was an abusive, ugly drunk.

00:33:00Don't you ever talk about my dad like that!

00:33:02Sean! Stop!

00:33:05He's my father too, man.

00:33:07Alcoholism is in our family, and you shouldn't drink!

00:33:10Sean would later deal with his own alcohol issues in season 5.

00:33:13Sean reveals he always knew about Jack and even wrote to him.

00:33:16Jack says he never got the letters.

00:33:18Although the character of Jack Hunter was Sean's older brother,

00:33:21in real life, Matthew Lawrence was two months younger than Ryder Strong.

00:33:25I was also kind of a really introvert type of a person.

00:33:29I've never actually really asked you guys this, but do you guys think I was just really quiet or...

00:33:33You were shy.

00:33:34Chet decides that the two estranged brothers should live together, along with Eric,

00:33:38and get to know each other.

00:33:39They wanted to add more to the show.

00:33:41They wanted another guy to bounce off Will,

00:33:43a little fresh blood into a situation that was already really good.

00:33:46We also meet Angela Moore.

00:33:48I auditioned five times before they finally said yes.

00:33:52The interracial teen couple of Angela and Sean

00:33:54were considered groundbreaking for a primetime television show.

00:33:57We really didn't mention the fact that I was black and he was white.

00:34:02Funny enough, I grew up in a poor neighborhood,

00:34:04but I was shipped to white schools to go to school all my life.

00:34:08I always had a crush on somebody of the other races.

00:34:12I didn't have a lot of black people at the school, but I'd grown up and everything.

00:34:15So I really related to the character and everything, and I'm proud of it.

00:34:20Originally breaking up because of Sean's two-week rule,

00:34:23the two were reunited when Sean finds a purse

00:34:26and finds the items in it to match his ideal girl.

00:34:29I thought I was just coming on for a guest spot, okay?

00:34:32And then I got called back for two more episodes.

00:34:35And now it's time for Let's Learn Something.

00:34:38This season also featured Amy Randall's favorite moment of filming the show

00:34:42in an episode set in the 40s

00:34:44where she got to dress up like Rosie the Riveter.

00:34:47That's right, Ben.

00:34:48But right now it's time to see what you do in front of the camera.

00:34:5140s world, next on TGIF.

00:34:54The biggest shock of the season came from Cory kissing Lauren.

00:34:57It all begins when Cory sprains his ankle falling off the bus

00:35:00during the senior class ski trip.

00:35:02Cory doesn't tell Topanga when he spends the night with Lauren.

00:35:05Cory milks his injury to stay another day in the lodge.

00:35:08That lie bothers Sean.

00:35:10That night, Cory and Lauren kiss.

00:35:12Before leaving the lodge, Lauren slips a letter in Cory's bag,

00:35:15which Topanga finds.

00:35:17When were you planning on telling me about Lauren's letter?

00:35:20Cory is torn between making up with Topanga

00:35:23or allowing himself to see how it would be to go out with Lauren.

00:35:27After he goes out on a date with Lauren,

00:35:29he decides he can't live without Topanga.

00:35:31But she decides she can't see him anymore.

00:35:34The events of the letter would even come up in Girl Meets World.

00:35:37Before we got married, your father met a girl at a ski lodge

00:35:40and she really liked him.

00:35:42Matthews, you dog.

00:35:45Is this why we never go skiing?

00:35:48Sean Hunter is kidnapped by his jilted exes

00:35:50because they believe that he'll ruin his date with Angela

00:35:53and that they are doing Angela a favor

00:35:55by not allowing her to get hurt on Valentine's Day.

00:35:58Kristen Loken returns as Jennifer.

00:36:00How did I get myself into this?

00:36:03Ready? One, two, three.

00:36:08Can I have her hair?

00:36:10TGIF will be right back and so will I.

00:36:13Don't go anywhere.

00:36:15And then there was Sean,

00:36:16was a season 5 episode written by Jeff Minnell,

00:36:19a freelance writer.

00:36:20Having been heavily influenced by the movie Scream,

00:36:22the script was a favorite of the writers room.

00:36:24The episode was designed to strike a balance

00:36:26between scares and fun.

00:36:28One of my favorite lines in the episode

00:36:30is when Will and Matt Lawrence were told by Ryder that

00:36:33Virgins never die.

00:36:35Alright, thanks for saving me.

00:36:38I'm dead. I'm dead.

00:36:40I'll get as sick as you can get without actually dying.

00:36:43South Park raged through Hollywood that summer like napalm.

00:36:48Howdy ho.

00:36:50Oh my gosh.

00:36:51Think you're kidding.

00:36:53I remember Will got a hold of one of the original tapes

00:36:56of their short film The Spirit of Christmas.

00:36:58I can do Cartman.

00:36:59I'm not fat. I'm festively plump.

00:37:02And we organized screenings for all the writers and the crew.

00:37:05So by the time the show was on Comedy Central,

00:37:07the whole Boy Meets World cast and crew

00:37:09were already complete fanatics.

00:37:11Promises Promises featured the discussion

00:37:13of the gang losing their virginity

00:37:16and Amy becoming pregnant with the fourth Matthew's child.

00:37:19I'm pregnant.

00:37:24I'm not kidding.

00:37:25I'm not kidding.

00:37:27What's that?

00:37:33Cory and Topanga's breakup hit Sean especially hard.

00:37:36Sean had spent most of the season depressed

00:37:38over the fact a relationship like his friend's

00:37:41could just die

00:37:42and made it his mission to get his friends back together.

00:37:45When Topanga realizes a kiss could mean nothing,

00:37:48That's all it took.

00:37:49Do you know what I felt when he kissed me?

00:37:51Yeah, I probably do.

00:37:53Nothing.

00:37:55What?

00:37:56her and Cory make up.

00:37:57Well, tonight TGIF has your backstage pass

00:38:00to Boy Meets World behind the scenes

00:38:02where the real action is.

00:38:06Psych!

00:38:07You'll learn things you never knew about the TGIF stars.

00:38:10Five times a day I put on makeup.

00:38:12Just for fun.

00:38:13Then things really get out of hand

00:38:15when Will Friedle takes you on a TGIF tour of the set.

00:38:18Now, I know you guys can't smell this,

00:38:20but it's absolutely disgusting.

00:38:21The gang gets prepared to graduate,

00:38:23Feeney decides to retire,

00:38:24and Topanga contemplates about going to Yale

00:38:26or staying with Cory.

00:38:28Cory tries to convince Topanga

00:38:30that he wants her to go away to Yale,

00:38:32despite that not actually being what he wants.

00:38:35Sean contemplates not going to college at all.

00:38:38This upsets Cory,

00:38:39who expected everyone to go to the same school together.

00:38:42First, Topanga is accepted to Yale.

00:38:44The Ivy League is pleased to announce

00:38:47the further disintegration of your world.

00:38:49A new Boy Meets World.

00:38:50In an interview, Danielle Fischel said

00:38:52that given the same choices Topanga,

00:38:54she would not have been able to give up Yale.

00:38:57Old faces like Joey, Frankie, and Stuart Minkis

00:39:00return for graduation.

00:39:02Hi, B-Cordy.

00:39:03That makes me Sean.

00:39:04Come on, Joey.

00:39:05It was.

00:39:06I was just in the other part of the school.

00:39:08What other part of the school?

00:39:10You know, over there.

00:39:12Well, we don't go there.

00:39:13Yeah, yeah, you go over there,

00:39:14you may never come back.

00:39:16Ah, that's crazy.

00:39:18Hey, Mr. Turner, wait up.

00:39:20Meanwhile, Eric tries to keep Mr. Feeney from retiring,

00:39:23and Topanga slyly steals

00:39:25the valedictorian position from Minkis

00:39:28and shocks Cory by proposing to him at graduation.

00:39:31Ryan came to me one day on the set

00:39:34and said, I have to quit.

00:39:36I'm really sorry, I really loved it.

00:39:38This was like year five,

00:39:40and I have to go now, so long, bye-bye.

00:39:43And, you know, he turned and went to the door,

00:39:46and it was like Columbo,

00:39:47and just as he reached the door, he said,

00:39:49uh, why do you have to quit?

00:39:52You're watching TGIF.

00:39:54The sixth season aired between September 25, 1998

00:39:57and May 14, 1999,

00:39:59airing at 8.30 between Two of a Kind

00:40:02and Sabrina the Teenage Witch.

00:40:03Folks, for the last six years,

00:40:05our next guest has starred on the show

00:40:06Boy Meets World on ABC.

00:40:08Please welcome Mr. Ben Savage.

00:40:17TGIF has your backstage pass to Boy Meets World.

00:40:20Stick around for more TGIF backstage,

00:40:22but first, Boy Meets World next.

00:40:24Joining the cast this season was Maitland Ward as Rachel.

00:40:27And I just think that Rachel was a really smart,

00:40:29smart, strong woman.

00:40:31Ward had actually auditioned for another

00:40:33of Michael Jacobs' shows,

00:40:35Zoe, Duncan, Jack, and Jane.

00:40:37But, um, I didn't get the part for Zoe, obviously.

00:40:40But Michael was so sweet,

00:40:42and they said,

00:40:43we're going to add you to Boy Meets World,

00:40:45and I was like, oh my God,

00:40:46I want to be on Boy Meets World.

00:40:47That was like the best day of my life.

00:40:49Rachel moves in with the boys as Sean moves out.

00:40:52Corey and Topanga leave in the middle

00:40:54of a family argument to elope.

00:40:56But Topanga gets cold feet at the ceremony.

00:40:58The family has set up an impromptu newlywed party.

00:41:01Amy lectures the couple that getting married

00:41:03is a bad idea at their age.

00:41:05Coming out of retirement,

00:41:06Mr. Feeney takes a job at the college.

00:41:08I intended to come here strictly as a student.

00:41:11I thought I had retired from teaching.

00:41:13Yes, well, when I stopped teaching to become dean,

00:41:15I thought the same thing.

00:41:17Lila Bolander is the dean at Penbrook,

00:41:20a strict, disciplinarian college administrator

00:41:23who's romantically attracted to George Feeney.

00:41:26Around this time,

00:41:27the character of Eric started to change.

00:41:29Will was not like Eric in the beginning

00:41:33because he had a fine mind

00:41:38and he spoke in complete senses.

00:41:41For Eric Matthews,

00:41:42we started out with a dependable brother and said,

00:41:44what kind of incredible moron

00:41:46could we turn this character into?

00:41:48No matter how much moron we gave you,

00:41:50you always wanted more.

00:41:51We were happy to supply it.

00:41:53I mean, Will became a genius comedic actor before our eyes.

00:41:56Like, in the original couple,

00:41:58the first season, really,

00:41:59I mean, Will will say this, too.

00:42:00He's like, I learned how to act

00:42:01because he's like, I didn't know how to act

00:42:02that whole first year.

00:42:03But I also think it was because

00:42:04he didn't really have much of a character.

00:42:06Sort of like he was the older brother

00:42:08and, you know, he was like,

00:42:09at first he was kind of a good-looking guy

00:42:10who could always get dates

00:42:11and then, like, that didn't really work

00:42:13and he was kind of too funny.

00:42:15And anyway, by the time, you know,

00:42:17he was doing plays with squirrels,

00:42:18it was like, this is Will's wheelhouse.

00:42:22He was Forrest Gump before Forrest Gump.

00:42:24That's how we, that's how we always described Eric.

00:42:27Stuart, played by Ben Savage's

00:42:29real-life brother Fred Savage,

00:42:31was a teacher the group related to

00:42:33because he treats them as equals.

00:42:35Stuart used the kids' trust

00:42:36to hit on Topanga in her dorm room.

00:42:38This causes Corey to strike Stuart.

00:42:40Stuart tries to have him expelled from the school

00:42:42but is ultimately unsuccessful.

00:42:44Dean Bolander sentences Corey

00:42:46to a probationary period

00:42:48and Stuart would be faced with

00:42:49an investigation for his misconduct.

00:42:51Sean has broken up with Angela

00:42:53so they could both meet new people in college.

00:42:55Chet reappears on campus,

00:42:57promising that he's come to stay

00:42:58and spend time with his sons.

00:43:00Sean, knowing his father,

00:43:02warns Jack that this won't last for long.

00:43:04I guess I just can't believe

00:43:05I'm gonna actually get to spend time with my father.

00:43:08You're not.

00:43:10He said he's staying.

00:43:11Yeah, but the man doesn't know how to stay.

00:43:13Chet suffers a heart attack.

00:43:15Chet and Sean realize how much they need each other

00:43:17and how alike they are.

00:43:19Chet has a second heart attack and dies.

00:43:21We lost him.

00:43:25His heart wasn't strong enough.

00:43:28Sean and Jack clear out Chet's trailer

00:43:30where they discover evidence that Chet

00:43:32went to Jack's stepfather for help

00:43:34in financing Sean's college education.

00:43:37Sean has an issue being Jack's family's charity case.

00:43:40Sean takes the trailer out on the open road.

00:43:42This would mirror the same reaction

00:43:44Sean was said to have

00:43:45when Riley was born on Girl Meets World.

00:43:48Then a distraught Jack cries in Rachel's arms

00:43:51and Eric walks in to find them kissing passionately

00:43:54While in the hospital waiting for Joshua Gabriel Matthews to be born

00:43:58Corey tries to reconnect with the old weird Topanga.

00:44:01There is panic as Joshua is having trouble breathing on his own.

00:44:05Sean returns and is accepted by the elder Matthews as family.

00:44:09Oh, I'm sorry. Family only.

00:44:11Uh, he is family.

00:44:17Goodnight, Sean.

00:44:18Night, Dad.

00:44:19I'm in your memories.

00:44:22And you will always be here

00:44:24to remind me.

00:44:26Use a mirror, babe.

00:44:27Use a mirror, babe.

00:44:29Joshua is able to pull through.

00:44:31Dean Bolander's ex-husband arrives back in town.

00:44:34So that she won't go back with him

00:44:36Corey, Eric and Sean

00:44:38force Mr. Feeny to declare his feelings.

00:44:41If you stick around

00:44:42we promise to show you the rest of the show

00:44:44On ABC?

00:44:45Maybe.

00:44:46Corey Matthews, suffering from Paranoia Jealousosa Syndrome

00:44:49uses his shirt every time anyone even glances at his girlfriend

00:44:52and transforms into the Incredible Hulk.

00:44:55Boy Meets World, Thursdays at 6.30.

00:44:57Topanga's parents come back to town

00:44:59to announce they are in the process of separating

00:45:01which devastates Topanga.

00:45:03Feeny and Dean Bolander get married in the Matthews' living room.

00:45:06During the 6th and 7th season

00:45:08some of the cast began to struggle with their weight.

00:45:15Eric, do you think I'm fat?

00:45:17Yeah.

00:45:18You know, people change over the summer.

00:45:21They both put on 10 pounds.

00:45:23I said, I'm right in it.

00:45:26And Will took an entire slice of pizza

00:45:31and ate the whole thing.

00:45:33And those are the things you don't expect.

00:45:36Though for Will Friedle

00:45:38it was something much more troubling.

00:45:40Anxiety is something that I've dealt with ever since

00:45:42and at one point it was so bad

00:45:44that I couldn't do the on-camera anymore.

00:45:46But when you go back and you watch Boy Meets World

00:45:48you notice the difference between

00:45:50you know, I gained something like 30 or 40 pounds

00:45:52between it was either season 5 and season 6

00:45:55or season 6 and season 7.

00:45:57And it wasn't because, hey, I got lazy and I was eating.

00:45:59It was because I was medicated.

00:46:00It was the only way I could get on camera.

00:46:02Looks like Will Friedle's grabbed one of our TGIF cameras.

00:46:05Let's see what he's up to.

00:46:06Who's paging you with hi, babe?

00:46:08It's the Avengers.

00:46:09Oh, really?

00:46:10Yeah.

00:46:11Uh-huh.

00:46:12So what do you do on the...

00:46:13I'm a boom pusher.

00:46:14No, well, what is a boom pusher?

00:46:15A boom pusher pushes the boom.

00:46:16This is my favorite part right here.

00:46:18The fake fish.

00:46:20There's Rider Strong.

00:46:23Let's go, let's go.

00:46:24The seventh and final season aired between

00:46:26September 24th, 1999 and May 5th, 2000

00:46:30airing at 8.30 between the Hughleys

00:46:32and Sabrina the Teenage Witch.

00:46:34Topanga breaks up with Corey

00:46:36fearing they'd end up the same as her parents.

00:46:38Angela then breaks up with Sean.

00:46:40Corey and Sean travel to Pittsburgh

00:46:42attempting to get Topanga's parents back together.

00:46:45Sometimes...

00:46:47love just...

00:46:49dies.

00:46:51Angela is visited by her military father

00:46:54who Sean goes out of his way to impress.

00:46:56Angela admits her love for Sean

00:46:58and the two get back together.

00:47:00Honey, whatever happens between your father and me

00:47:02shouldn't affect what happens between you and Corey.

00:47:05You're unbelievable.

00:47:07Topanga and Corey get back together

00:47:09and continue their engagement.

00:47:11ABC ran an internet poll asking

00:47:13whether Corey and Topanga should get married.

00:47:16Jacobs wanted the iconic couple to marry

00:47:18before the show ended.

00:47:19ABC disagreed with the decision.

00:47:21The network executives thought that the characters

00:47:23which were 20 years old

00:47:25were far too young to get married.

00:47:27You have a brand new thing you aren't using.

00:47:29ABC.com.

00:47:30Where the cast of Boy Meets World

00:47:32is answering your juicy online questions.

00:47:34Like why is Rider so cute?

00:47:37Oh, wow.

00:47:39Cute is a subjective term, Ellison.

00:47:42Nick.

00:47:43I love kissing Danielle. Very nice.

00:47:45That's not all passionate like you think it was.

00:47:47We've got cameras right in our face.

00:47:48Is Rider going with anyone?

00:47:50Well, honey, no.

00:47:52I'm single at the moment.

00:47:53Can I marry Corey?

00:47:54Allie, I'd love to marry you.

00:47:56But don't make any plans, Allie.

00:47:58I'll make you a deal.

00:47:59Run a graphic on Sabrina on the bottom

00:48:01should Corey and Topanga get married or not

00:48:03and he said, we'll get 10,000 hits.

00:48:05And I said, let's see what the 10,000 say.

00:48:08In 15 minutes, we got 220,000 hits.

00:48:1198% of which said, what do you think we're waiting for?

00:48:14Ted called me the next day.

00:48:16Can you please marry them in November or February?

00:48:19So that's what they did.

00:48:22We want to get married next week.

00:48:24No wedding hall, no fancy planner.

00:48:26Just our friends and family.

00:48:28All the people who care about us,

00:48:30right here next Friday night, 8 o'clock.

00:48:327 central.

00:48:35One question.

00:48:38Mr. Feeney?

00:48:40You're going to go through with it this time, aren't you?

00:48:47Okay, we're finally doing it.

00:48:49We're getting married.

00:48:50And we want you to be there, this time next Friday night.

00:48:53You're going to look so cute in a tuxedo.

00:48:55Yeah, it's powder blue.

00:48:56No, it's not.

00:48:57Well, all our friends are going to be there too, including you.

00:48:59It wouldn't be the same without you.

00:49:00So please RSVP to our website.

00:49:02CoreyandTopanga.com

00:49:04See, the Corey and Topanga one word is sort of like a symbol of our unity.

00:49:08No, it's a computer thing.

00:49:10Unity.

00:49:11CoreyandTopanga.com

00:49:12See you at our wedding.

00:49:13I think a lot of people agree that was the jump the shark moment

00:49:16because they got married in the middle of our last season

00:49:18as opposed to ending the show with their marriage.

00:49:20But yes, he got married too young.

00:49:22Definitely.

00:49:23That's my answer.

00:49:24Yes.

00:49:25It's ridiculous.

00:49:26On Corey and Topanga's wedding day,

00:49:28Sean and Corey are in a fight.

00:49:30Corey refuses to talk about the fact that he and Sean

00:49:32will never be best friends again.

00:49:34So Sean refuses to be Corey's best man.

00:49:36When Eric takes over,

00:49:37he moves the wedding to the most expensive place in town.

00:49:40Illegally.

00:49:41The wedding goes on as planned

00:49:42until Sean comes with the ring that Eric forgot.

00:49:45And Corey and Sean have it out once and for all.

00:49:47Do you really like her?

00:49:52Yeah, I really do.

00:49:56You sure?

00:49:57They're divorced, right?

00:49:58Probably.

00:49:59No, no.

00:50:00Because the whole conceit of the show

00:50:02was that they were meant for each other.

00:50:04So I can't say that.

00:50:05Of course they're still together in magical happy land.

00:50:08Yes, I think that had to happen.

00:50:10It was just the right thing.

00:50:12We had watched these two characters

00:50:14and their relationship blossom over the course of seven years.

00:50:17And it was just the right thing.

00:50:19Topanga and Corey then must adjust to married life

00:50:21and find a place to live.

00:50:23Verna writes Sean a letter revealing to him

00:50:25that he is not her son,

00:50:27but the son of a stripper.

00:50:29Hey, but don't blame her, son.

00:50:31She wasn't really the mother type.

00:50:33She was more...

00:50:35How can I put this delicately?

00:50:37A stripper.

00:50:39This is a question that may not have an answer.

00:50:43At least not for now.

00:50:46Sean struggles to accept the fact

00:50:48that he has no idea who his parents are.

00:50:50Feeling depressed, Sean shows up drunk

00:50:52to Alan's 46th birthday party.

00:50:56I'll be your father.

00:51:00You'll be what?

00:51:02I want you to be a member of this family.

00:51:04Sean, you have always been a part of our family.

00:51:06How about we make it official?

00:51:08Sean has always reminded your dad

00:51:10of someone he knew when he was a kid.

00:51:13You had a best friend like Sean?

00:51:15I was like Sean.

00:51:17Chet shows back up as Sean's spiritual guardian

00:51:20and Sean comes to grips with his past.

00:51:22Sean returns to the party,

00:51:24turns down the offer of adoption,

00:51:26but still knows he's always part of the family.

00:51:28This season also featured the fan favorite episode

00:51:31about a prank war that breaks out

00:51:33between Rachel, Jack, and Angela

00:51:35versus Sean, Corey, and Topanga

00:51:38with Eric acting as a neutral spy.

00:51:40And they handed out flyers saying

00:51:42okay, nobody have food anywhere near the bear

00:51:45and don't move fast.

00:51:46Well in the scene we're covered in honey

00:51:48and we run away from the bear.

00:51:50The character was so crazy

00:51:52that I walked onto the set dressed in this long beard

00:51:55with matted stuff and I'm holding a staff

00:51:57and the audience was like, yep, that makes sense.

00:51:59Like you got us, where are we going now?

00:52:01In the second to last episode,

00:52:03Angela's father returns to take her to Europe for a year

00:52:06and Topanga gets an internship

00:52:09at the law firm Brown Elliott in New York.

00:52:12Rachel, Jack, and Eric graduate from college.

00:52:15Boy Meets World at the end of its seventh year

00:52:19could have gone to an eighth year, a ninth year, a tenth year.

00:52:22Watching them grow was your fascination

00:52:25and my fascination.

00:52:27By the time we hit the seventh season,

00:52:29we had kind of really, all of our characters had found,

00:52:32you know, they had grown up.

00:52:34My parents and I love it.

00:52:35What are the odds of that happening?

00:52:37Wow, Danielle, you really love Kooshlings.

00:52:40Yeah, Jodi, they're cool.

00:52:43Guess what?

00:52:44Now there's Wild Times Kooshlings.

00:52:46Way cool.

00:52:47Yes!

00:52:48Ah!

00:52:50Ka-ching!

00:52:51Hee-hee-hee-hee-hee-hee-hee!

00:52:53Ah!

00:52:54Dude!

00:52:55Dude, come here!

00:52:56I'm gonna miss you.

00:52:57I'm gonna miss you so much.

00:52:58Let's not say goodbye.

00:52:59If I had to dream of the perfect woman,

00:53:01she wouldn't even come close to you.

00:53:03The only thing that ever made sense to me was you.

00:53:08I love you all.

00:53:10Class dismissed.

00:53:12Say farewell to Boy Meets World in one week on ABC.

00:53:17In the two-part finale,

00:53:18Jack and Rachel join the Peace Corp.

00:53:20Sean and Eric join Corey and Topanga in going to New York.

00:53:23Corey talks to his little brother Joshua,

00:53:25played by Daniel Jacobs.

00:53:27You know, it's the same world that's given you

00:53:29your family and your friends, you know?

00:53:34And you're gonna come to believe

00:53:35that the world's gonna protect you, too.

00:53:41Boy Meets World.

00:53:44Now I get it.

00:53:45Mr. Feeny returns back to the high school

00:53:47and says farewell to the kids with some final advice.

00:53:51Dream.

00:53:54Try.

00:53:59Do good.

00:54:00Dream.

00:54:01Try.

00:54:02Do good.

00:54:03Always stuck with me as a mantra.

00:54:05We're all adults now,

00:54:06and we're trying to do the best with what we can.

00:54:08The four main cast members,

00:54:10Danielle and myself and two others,

00:54:12were in the classroom with William Daniels,

00:54:14and he looked at us,

00:54:15and his final line was,

00:54:17I love you all, class dismissed.

00:54:19And Dream, try do good.

00:54:21But he said, I love you all, class dismissed.

00:54:23And I remember when they said cut,

00:54:25it was almost like someone was saying,

00:54:26you're no longer a kid anymore.

00:54:28You know, it was like moving on to the next stage of your life.

00:54:30And I'll always remember that.

00:54:31You'll remember that, too.

00:54:32Absolutely.

00:54:33This is my childhood that isn't my childhood.

00:54:35It's a big part of my childhood,

00:54:37but it's just acting.

00:54:38A lot of the time,

00:54:39I was really experiencing some of those things on camera.

00:54:42And Michael is over my shoulder

00:54:44going, be a professional, don't grab your nose.

00:54:46Sure enough, on camera, I grabbed my nose

00:54:48because I was like snotting all over the place.

00:54:51We only did that last scene in one take

00:54:53because we were all too just wrecked.

00:54:55A lot of those emotions, like that finale,

00:54:57those are real tears.

00:54:59How can I learn so much every week

00:55:01and still be so stupid?

00:55:03Since entering syndication,

00:55:04Boy Meets World has aired on ABC Family,

00:55:07MTV2, and the Disney Channel.

00:55:10It's the only TGIF show that has never left syndication.

00:55:13I think this show has mass appeal,

00:55:16or we're hoping it does.

00:55:17Because it was very popular, right?

00:55:19It was.

00:55:20And interesting about the show

00:55:21is that it got more popular once we went off the air.

00:55:23It found a great life in cable and reruns.

00:55:26So the kids have seen it.

00:55:27It's never been off the air in 21 years.

00:55:29On Disney?

00:55:30Not just on Disney.

00:55:31ABC Family, MTV2.

00:55:34After Boy Meets World,

00:55:36after TGIF came off the air,

00:55:39children were persona non grata

00:55:41on primetime network television.

00:55:45So all of a sudden,

00:55:46there were boutique cable channels

00:55:49which catered to this particular audience.

00:55:52Oh, thank you so much.

00:55:55This is the coolest thing in the world.

00:55:59You know what?

00:56:00We want to thank everyone out there.

00:56:02Thank you guys for supporting our show.

00:56:04And we love everyone out there.

00:56:06We hope you're having fun because we love you.

00:56:08Love you guys.

00:56:11But it's hard to escape Boy Meets World

00:56:13when kids get out at 3 o'clock of schools in New York

00:56:16and then they're on the subway

00:56:18asking for my autograph constantly.

00:56:20William Daniels tells of a time

00:56:22that he was spotted by school kids

00:56:23coming home on the bus.

00:56:25They spotted me and they started yelling,

00:56:27Mr. Feeney, Mr. Feeney, I'm a coward.

00:56:29I ran all the way around the block just to escape them.

00:56:32I had no idea the show was that popular

00:56:36and it wasn't until it just started showing on TV.

00:56:38And now it shows on TV sometimes six hours a day.

00:56:41People don't give me crap in bars.

00:56:43It's a pretty sentimental show.

00:56:45But when you're a young person,

00:56:47sentimentality doesn't bother you so much.

00:56:49The fans that we grew up with,

00:56:51you know, we started this show when I was about 12.

00:56:53So I was like this young little kid

00:56:55and our fans were basically like younger people.

00:56:57But as I've grown up, like our audience has grown up.

00:56:59So most of our fans now are like in college.

00:57:02So I get guys coming up to me all the time

00:57:04just like fraternity guys.

00:57:05Like, yeah, we love your show.

00:57:07Like I grew up with it.

00:57:08And like they play drinking games to our show.

00:57:10They do everything to our show.

00:57:11You know, and it's amazing

00:57:13how many wonderful lessons are in the show

00:57:17and it's sort of disguised with comedy.

00:57:19So you don't really notice it when you're a kid.

00:57:21But then you're like, wait a second,

00:57:22that was like a big topic.

00:57:24People who are now parents write saying,

00:57:26you helped me grow up.

00:57:28You helped me raise my family.

00:57:30That has been really gratifying.

00:57:32People say, you know,

00:57:34that they needed a dad at a certain time in their life.

00:57:38And I happened to be that dad for them.

00:57:41And that's really quite touching to me.

00:57:44Boy Meets World's legacy seems to have only gotten bigger

00:57:47since leaving the air.

00:57:48Yeah, yeah, you still get letters.

00:57:50Yeah, for sure.

00:57:51Yeah, absolutely.

00:57:52Yeah, Boy Meets World is just,

00:57:55for television, that's one of those experiences

00:57:57that, you know, it's kind of like a phenomenon.

00:58:00It just sort of happens

00:58:01and you're kind of along for the ride.

00:58:03From loving tributes on late night.

00:58:07Boy Meets World.

00:58:10Boy Greets World.

00:58:12Hello, world!

00:58:13I'm Cory Matthews,

00:58:15short and average, head full of curls.

00:58:18To the internet.

00:58:19You know that friends will always stand by me

00:58:24when there's Boy Meets World.

00:58:28To the general zeitgeist.

00:58:30You like Boy Meets World?

00:58:31Love it.

00:58:32What song is running through my head right now?

00:58:34Theme song from Saved by the Bell.

00:58:36Oh, my God, it was the theme song to Boy Meets World.

00:58:38Nothing past season five.

00:58:39Boy Meets World?

00:58:40Nothing past season eight.

00:58:41Was that before or after Cory marries Topanga?

00:58:43My favorite was when it was Family Matters,

00:58:44Boy Meets World, Sabrina the Teenage Witch,

00:58:46and Step by Step.

00:58:47My father's joined the cast of Boy Meets World.

00:58:49Just when you're saying your prayers tonight,

00:58:51in addition to the one about meeting Topanga

00:58:53from Boy Meets World.

00:58:54Topanga!

00:58:56I'm guessing this is how Cory and Topanga

00:58:59will react at Mr. Feeney's funeral.

00:59:01Before Aaron, his biggest client

00:59:03was a day player on Boy Meets World.

00:59:05I'm just excited because they're showing

00:59:07an episode of Boy Meets World.

00:59:09I did that at the movie White Chicks,

00:59:11and when...

00:59:14It's funny, when I went on the set,

00:59:15Dwayne's brothers and other cast members were like,

00:59:17wait, we gotta ask,

00:59:18are you on Boy Meets World?

00:59:20You can now buy shirts with Mr. Feeney on them,

00:59:23confess your feelings about show plots,

00:59:25see a history of shoes worn on the show,

00:59:27or even interact with the stars themselves.

00:59:29A 2013 article in People Magazine

00:59:32said that Cory and Shawn had the best friendship

00:59:35in television history.

00:59:36A 2011 article in the New York Times

00:59:39said Boy Meets World is one of the iconic shows

00:59:41of the 90s.

00:59:42Boy Meets World even led way to a sequel series,

00:59:45Girl Meets World.

00:59:46That's different from Boy Meets World.

00:59:48Yeah, it's their kids.

00:59:49So Cory and Topanga have a daughter.

00:59:51They also have a son named Augie,

00:59:52but anyway, it's that show,

00:59:54so we watch that show a lot.

00:59:55Everyone had kind of moved on after Boy Meets World

00:59:57and was doing their own stuff

00:59:59and engaged in their own projects.

01:00:01Everyone was busy,

01:00:02and then there had been talk of maybe a reunion

01:00:05or sequel over the years,

01:00:06but nothing really came of it.

01:00:08Things started to happen,

01:00:09and all of a sudden, it became a real thing.

01:00:12Ben Savage and Daniel Fischel

01:00:14reprised their roles in Girl Meets World,

01:00:16which centers on the life of the couple's daughter,

01:00:19Riley Matthews.

01:00:20So he was Boy Meets World.

01:00:22I was.

01:00:23Now you are the Girl Meets World,

01:00:24so you're the Cory now.

01:00:25I am the Cory.

01:00:27Cory has become a middle school teacher

01:00:29while Topanga is a lawyer,

01:00:30both retaining their original character traits.

01:00:33William Daniels was kind of the epitome

01:00:35of what a teacher should be on Boy Meets World.

01:00:37That character was just wonderful, wise,

01:00:40and just, he knew everything.

01:00:42He had all the answers.

01:00:43Cory, as a teacher, doesn't have the answers,

01:00:46but he's figuring it out,

01:00:48and I think he's doing the best that he can,

01:00:50and I think that that's something that people our age,

01:00:52myself and Danielle's age,

01:00:54you know, young 30s, 30-ish,

01:00:57they're slowly figuring it out.

01:00:59They obviously don't have all the answers,

01:01:01but they're doing the best they can.

01:01:02I believe that a large part of the reason

01:01:03I am as independent and self-confident as I am

01:01:06is because I grew up portraying Topanga,

01:01:09who is the epitome of a do-it-all kind of girl.

01:01:12It's been a lot of fun revisiting Cory again.

01:01:14Most of the writers and many of the crew members

01:01:16worked on the original series,

01:01:17and it's incredible to go to work every day

01:01:19and see so many familiar faces on set.

01:01:21Working on Girl is this journey into the past.

01:01:24I have a lot of deja vu moments.

01:01:26And then we can name our children Chewbacca and Plankton.

01:01:29Cory and Topanga's kids did not end up being called

01:01:31Chewbacca and Plankton.

01:01:33I guess they eventually settled with

01:01:35Riley and Augie Matthews.

01:01:37Rowan Blanchard plays Riley,

01:01:39despite originally coming in to audition

01:01:41for the role of Maya Hart.

01:01:43It's important for people to understand

01:01:44that it's not going to be picking up

01:01:46where Boy Meets World left off.

01:01:48We're trying to create a show

01:01:49for a brand new generation of kids to grow up with.

01:01:52How do I get up in the morning and think to myself

01:01:54that I'm not doing a unique show of this day?

01:01:57Girl Meets World has got to be

01:02:00about the friendship of these two children

01:02:05as couched by somebody who has been through it

01:02:10and is still confused.

01:02:12Disney called Michael Jacobs

01:02:14asking for a new Boy Meets World.

01:02:17Michael Jacobs was intrigued by the idea

01:02:19of bringing back the same type of storytelling

01:02:21that Boy Meets World was famous for

01:02:23back to television.

01:02:25A lot of the motivation for making the show

01:02:27was to address the issues and concerns

01:02:30that kids nowadays are going through.

01:02:32So we were lucky enough to have Ryder Strong come back

01:02:35who played Sean on the original show.

01:02:37He plays Sean in this show as well.

01:02:38People are going to be very excited to see him.

01:02:40Bill Daniels makes an appearance again as Mr. Feeney

01:02:43who is just an iconic teacher.

01:02:46We also got to see Rusty who played Alan Matthews.

01:02:51Betsy Randall who played Amy Matthews.

01:02:54Lee Norris comes back as playing Minkus.

01:02:58We get a lot of really great people to come back

01:03:00and if we get to continue on

01:03:02we hope that more will return.

01:03:04We're going to figure out a way to see

01:03:05absolutely everybody in this room

01:03:08and Mr. Feeney.

01:03:09Yes, and the cardboard cutout.

01:03:11The cardboard cutout is going to make a great appearance.

01:03:13She's a done deal.

01:03:14Ryder didn't want to revisit Sean Hunter.

01:03:16He told me he keeps him locked in the cellar.

01:03:19I'll be honest and say it has not been fun

01:03:21playing Sean again.

01:03:22Going back to the show as a director

01:03:24is incredibly satisfying and fulfilling.

01:03:26She's the one who left.

01:03:28I got left.

01:03:29Yeah, I get a lot of that too.

01:03:32Who's on your list?

01:03:33Mother, father, girlfriend.

01:03:36Wow.

01:03:38What is it with us?

01:03:39Nothing good happens to Sean.

01:03:41Sean returned on Girl Meets World

01:03:43in the episode, Home for the Holidays,

01:03:45the 16th episode of season one.

01:03:48Sean, Amy and Alan and Uncle Joshua

01:03:51played by Uriah Shelton

01:03:53are coming over for a holiday dinner.

01:03:55Girl Meets World has kept true to its word

01:03:57of getting every Boy Meets World character involved.

01:04:00So we're still friends?

01:04:02Because I haven't seen you in a really long time.

01:04:04Not a day goes by that your voice

01:04:06still isn't inside my head.

01:04:08No matter what I do.

01:04:09Sean has now developed a relationship with Riley

01:04:12and especially with Riley's best friend,

01:04:14Maya Hart.

01:04:15I like her very much.

01:04:17Doesn't she remind you of someone?

01:04:21What can I say?

01:04:22I like people that remind me of me.

01:04:24Maya and Riley's friendship

01:04:26is written to parallel the same type of relationship

01:04:29that Corey and Sean had.

01:04:31Riley and I are the best friends on this planet.

01:04:33Well, that's cute.

01:04:34Because Corey and I are the best friends

01:04:36in all of existence,

01:04:37which includes your little crummy planet.

01:04:39Sean has become a mentor slash father figure to Maya

01:04:42and has a budding complicated relationship

01:04:44with Maya's mother, Katie.

01:04:46The writers have continued Sean's journey

01:04:48by giving him closure with Angela.

01:04:51What's going on?

01:04:53I'm married now.

01:04:55Let what we had make you ready for something.

01:05:00I have kids, Angela.

01:05:04But more of you in the world.

01:05:06And having his dad Chet Spirit guide him

01:05:08on major life decisions.

01:05:10Take a look at the expression on them two faces.

01:05:13You know what that is?

01:05:15Hope.

01:05:16We saw Harley Kiner return as a janitor

01:05:19whose life was changed by Corey.

01:05:21You look a lot like Harley Kiner.

01:05:23And now looks out for the school kids.

01:05:25I appreciate you, baboon.

01:05:27Now get out of here so I can go home.

01:05:29Stuart Minkus returned as the father

01:05:31of the main character, Farkle Minkus.

01:05:33Minkus.

01:05:35Topanga.

01:05:37I'm Stuart Minkus' son.

01:05:39Minkus reproduced?

01:05:41Farkle Minkus shares many of his dad's attributes,

01:05:43eager to learn and a know-it-all wannabe ladies' man.

01:05:46Stuart even married Sean's old girlfriend, Jennifer.

01:05:50The girls are also joined by Lucas Fryer,

01:05:52a native of Austin, Texas,

01:05:54trying to make a new life and reputation

01:05:56for himself in New York.

01:05:58Sean often displays common sense and good manners,

01:06:01going out of his way to bond with people

01:06:03who are his opposites.

01:06:05This makes him good friends with the nerdy Farkle

01:06:07and the target of mockery by Maya.

01:06:09The girls even got to meet Mr. Feeny

01:06:11at his Philadelphia home

01:06:13and do the famous Feeny call.

01:06:15Nobody was more elated to be back than Will Friedle.

01:06:17Since season six, Will Friedle had been suffering

01:06:20from an anxiety attack.

01:06:22This cost him a huge ABC acting contract

01:06:24because he no longer could act on camera,

01:06:27forcing him to focus on voice acting.

01:06:57Eric Matthews once knew me as Tommy.

01:07:01Hi, Eric.

01:07:03The show would be a reunion with the same boy, Tommy,

01:07:06that Eric big-brothered and almost adopted.

01:07:09Being forced into voice acting,

01:07:11Will considers the best thing that could have happened.

01:07:14The biggest promise the writers fulfilled

01:07:16was the nagging question of what happened to Jonathan Turner.

01:07:19Cory, you were listening.

01:07:21How could I not?

01:07:22I mean, you wore a leather jacket to work every day.

01:07:25You taught comic books.

01:07:26So, word has it you took care of Sean Hunter?

01:07:29Yeah, I did.

01:07:31His dad was a little off and on.

01:07:33No kid should have that.

01:07:34Yeah?

01:07:36Did you care about him, though?

01:07:38You weren't his real father.

01:07:39No, I wasn't.

01:07:41But was it possible for you to?

01:07:43Yes, Maya.

01:07:44I loved him like a son.

01:07:48I still do.

01:07:50Mr. Turner was now a superintendent.

01:07:53Jonathan reveals that he married his nurse

01:07:55who cared for him after his motorcycle accident

01:07:57in Boy Meets World.

01:07:59You rode to work on a motorcycle?

01:08:01Right up until the day the bike and I both got totaled.

01:08:04But things happened for a reason.

01:08:06I married my nurse.

01:08:08You fell in love with her?

01:08:10Yeah, in case it ever happens again.

01:08:12Though if you'd like to know where Nebula Lawrence

01:08:14and Stacey Hunter went, well...

01:08:19I don't know where I'm going but I know where I've been

01:08:24I don't know who I'm gonna see but I know who I've seen

01:08:29I don't know where I was last night but I sure had a ball

01:08:33I think I had too much and I don't remember at all

01:08:38Well, I don't know what to do

01:08:41I'll believe in you

01:08:43I'm going all around the world

01:08:48I'm going all around the world

01:08:53I'm going all around the world

01:08:58I'm going all around the world

01:09:02All around the world

01:09:14Hey! A Goofini! A Goofini!

01:09:18Go, go, go, Goofini!

01:09:27Boy Meets World! Boy Meets World!

01:09:36Attention!

01:09:37Attention! Boy Meets World, now five times a week.

01:09:44Boy Meets World

01:09:51So, happy ending, right?

01:09:53Yep, and I think we had a hand in it.

01:09:55Mr. Matthews, Mr. Hunter.

01:09:57How does he always find us?

01:10:00Gentlemen, you're on the wrong show.

01:10:02Busted.

01:10:14I wonder how they make a spectacular animated movie come to life.

01:10:19Well, the Disney Channel must be reading your mind.

01:10:22Hey, can they legally do that?

01:10:24No, because next up, the Disney Channel is taking us behind the scenes to see how they do it.

01:10:28From the stories, to the artists, to the animators, to the actors.

01:10:31Wait a minute, wait a minute.

01:10:32You're saying that they're going to show us all the special secrets in making an animated movie?

01:10:37Yeah, that's right. We're going to see an American legend come to life.

01:10:39We're going to see the making of Pocahontas.

01:10:42Wow.

01:10:43Now, who could ask for more?

01:10:44Well, I could ask that the Disney Channel not read my mother's mind.

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