Trivia: During a panel at the 2021 FanX event in Salt Lake City, Will Friedle revealed that due to his unusual accent, several cast members mistakenly believed that William Daniels was English for the first few years they knew him. At the same panel, Daniels said he developed the accent from being around other stage performers when he was around 15 years old.
Trivia: The actor who plays the judge in Cory's hearing is Dan Lauria, who played the father to Ben Savage's brother Fred on The Wonder Years.
The Happiest Show On Earth - S3-E21
Trivia: The place where Topanga and the other guy eat is the exact same place that Danny and Vicky (from Full House) ate at when they went to Disneyland in the episode "The house meets the mouse".
Sixteen Candles and Four-Hundred-Pound Men - S4-E9
Trivia: One of the plot points of this episode sees Vader challenging Jake "The Snake" Roberts for the WWF Championship. Interestingly, in real life, neither Vader nor Roberts ever won any kind of championship during their respective WWF tenures.
Trivia: The first time the "Feeny call" was directed at William Daniels in public, which he says was by some students getting off a bus on 8th Avenue in New York City, he got spooked by it and ran away.
Trivia: Rachael Leigh Cook, Rider Strong's girlfriend at the time, was approached to appear in this episode as the girl that introduces Shawn to the cult. She declined, as she wanted to focus solely on appearing in movies.
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.
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.
Trivia: Eric Matthews is often viewed as an example of Flanderization, when a character's becomes dominated by a single personality trait over time. As the series progresses, Eric becomes more and more "wacky" and does stupider things.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter - S3-E15
Trivia: Will Friedle and Anthony Tyler Quinn were overjoyed that Kimberly Scott was guest starring in this episode, as they are big fans of The Abyss, which she was in. They even brought in their LaserDisc copies of the film for her to sign.
Answer: I learned the answer to this one today. It is "Tree of Life" by Garé Barks.
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