Boy Meets World (1993)

Trivia: The other side of the staircase in the Matthews' kitchen set became a place for cast and crew to discard their chewing gum.

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Trivia: Rider Strong met and dated Rachael Leigh Cook after she attended a taping of the show.

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Cory's Alternative Friends - S1-E4

Trivia: After kissing Cory, Topanga reveals it's her first kiss. This was also true for Danielle Fishel. They did not rehearse the kiss, and she admits to having been extremely nervous to film it. She also revealed Ben Savage was extremely nervous about filming the kiss to the point that he didn't want their lips to touch, which is why his lips are tucked in afterwards.

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Cory's Alternative Friends - S1-E4

Trivia: According to director David Trainer, the reason why Shawn doesn't appear in the hallway scene near the end of the episode is because, as Cory's friend, he would have stuck around after the rest of the group of students went to the library to sign the petition, and for the kiss between Cory and Topanga to work better, they needed to be alone.

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Season 1 generally

Trivia: When Betsy Randle is identified in the opening credits of season 1, she sees Cory off while smiling for the camera. She refers to this as being her "Please watch our show" look.

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Trivia: In June 2022, Rider Strong, Danielle Fishel and Will Friedle launched a podcast titled Pod Meets World, in which they discuss every episode of this show. In the first episode, they revealed that they asked Ben Savage to participate, but he wasn't interested.

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Trivia: The role of Alan Matthews was originally played by Matt McCoy when the pilot was first shot. He was replaced by William Russ in the reshoot.

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Trivia: Will Friedle originally lost the role of Eric to another actor. The actor - whom Friedle has identified as being named either Harry Branichee or Harry Branshee - was similar in height to Ben Savage at the time. The creators of the show realised this would be problematic when Ben Savage started to grow taller, eventually being taller than his onscreen older brother, so they went with Friedle.

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Trivia: Other actors considered for the role of Eric were Rider Strong's brother Shiloh, and Jason Marsden. Marsden would later appear in the series as Eric's high school friend, also named Jason Marsden.

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Trivia: Ben Savage and Rider Strong are the only actors to appear in all 158 episodes of the show.

Trivia: Trina McGee (then known as Trina McGee-Davis) played Angela, Shawn's teenaged girlfriend. In real life, Trina was then in her 30s, married, and had three children.

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Quiz Show - S4-E19

Trivia: Guest star Phil Leeds said to Ben Savage about Danielle Fishel, with her standing right there, "Look at her. I'd like to nosh on her broccoli." Fishel was only 16 or 17 years old at the time of the incident.

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