Trivia: Will Friedle would sing the birthday song he made up for Cory to fans on their birthdays when he would do Cameo appearances.
Phaneron
6th Apr 2024
Boy Meets World (1993)
3rd Apr 2024
Boy Meets World (1993)
Easy Street - S4-E12
Trivia: Some scenes from this episode couldn't be filmed in front of a live audience because guest stars Soupy Sales and Buddy Hackett would frequently tell dirty jokes.
3rd Apr 2024
Boy Meets World (1993)
Easy Street - S4-E12
Trivia: Buddy Hackett was reportedly upset with producer Michael Jacobs over fellow episode guest star Soupy Sales having more lines than him.
12th Feb 2024
Boy Meets World (1993)
Janitor Dad - S4-E6
Trivia: Will Friedle's brother, Gary, attended the taping of this episode. Will looked over at his brother during the run-through of the scene, where Alan mentioned having a dream of a customer falling off a cliff to his death. He described his brother's face as "ashen." This was because one of Gary's best friends died in a climbing accident only weeks before.
12th Feb 2024
Boy Meets World (1993)
Trivia: Larisa Oleynik, who had three guest appearances on this show, originally auditioned for the role of Topanga. When she didn't receive it, she said she sat in her mom's car, shoveling ice cream into her mouth and exclaiming that her career was over.
11th Feb 2024
Boy Meets World (1993)
Janitor Dad - S4-E6
Trivia: At the end of the episode, when Lonnie is punching Eric, Will Friedle had to ask Jennifer Campbell to pull her punches because he wasn't wearing any padding and ended up being covered in bruises by the third day of filming.
7th Feb 2024
Boy Meets World (1993)
Shallow Boy - S4-E5
Trivia: TV producer Phil Rosenthal offered Will Friedle his own show after Boy Meets World ended. He admitted he had never seen this show, save for the scene in this episode where Eric dumps Corina at Chubby's.
13th Jan 2024
Boy Meets World (1993)
Hair Today, Goon Tomorrow - S4-E2
Trivia: Will Friedle says he gets asked by fans to sing the "Good Looking Detective" theme song every time he is at a convention.
10th Jan 2024
Boy Meets World (1993)
Trivia: Five of the nine kids from The Sandlot ended up having guest roles in this show: Chauncey Leopardi, Marty York, Grant Gelt, Brandon Adams, and Patrick Renna.
5th Jan 2024
Boy Meets World (1993)
5th Jan 2024
Boy Meets World (1993)
7th Dec 2023
Boy Meets World (1993)
The Happiest Show On Earth - S3-E21
Trivia: Danielle Fishel and guest star Andrew Keegan were best friends at the time of filming this episode.
7th Dec 2023
Boy Meets World (1993)
The Happiest Show On Earth - S3-E21
Trivia: This episode sees Eric advising Cory to follow Topanga to Disney World in order to win her back. Will Friedle gave similar advice to Rider Strong in real life, advising him to follow his ex-girlfriend to Amsterdam to try and win her back. Unfortunately for Strong, the advice did not work.
2nd Dec 2023
Boy Meets World (1993)
Trivia: Rider Strong would frequently get recognized in public because of his trademark hairstyle. To help remedy this during summer breaks from filming, he would put his hair in braids, similar to Chris Kirkpatrick from NSYNC.
2nd Dec 2023
Boy Meets World (1993)
I Never Sang For My Legal Guardian - S3-E20
Trivia: Mr. Feeny makes a reference to Eric going for a ride inside a clothes dryer when he was in 5th grade. Will Friedle said this actually happened to him when he was 4 or 5 years old. He was playing hide-and-seek with his brother and hid in a dryer that he said automatically turned on when the door was fully closed.
29th Nov 2023
Boy Meets World (1993)
Trivia: The shoes Danielle Fishel wore in this episode used to belong to Lucille Ball. She said they were a half-size too small for her.
18th Nov 2023
Boy Meets World (1993)
Trivia: Aaron Metchik, who plays one of the bullies in this episode, was previously a pen pal to Rider Strong when both actors played the role of Gavroche in stage productions of Les Miserables on opposite ends of the country (Strong in San Francisco and Metchik in Washington DC).
18th Nov 2023
Boy Meets World (1993)
Trivia: This episode's B-plot sees Eric dating an older woman. Will Friedle believes this was the writers deliberately writing for his life, as he similarly dated older women.
15th Nov 2023
Boy Meets World (1993)
The Pink Flamingo Kid - S3-E17
Trivia: When Alan asks Eric why he has a box full of junk, Eric responds with an over-the-top cackle. This cackle was originally meant to be a recurring thing for Eric, but Will Friedle and Michael Jacobs agreed it shouldn't be a thing.
4th Nov 2023
Boy Meets World (1993)
Trivia: Will Friedle was forced by the network to cut his hair ahead of filming this episode, as they felt it was getting too long. Director Jeff McCracken knew how upset Friedle was about this, so he went home and cut his own hair to make him feel better.
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