Boy Meets World

Wrong Side of the Tracks - S2-E19

Trivia: Will Friedle has said that for the dream sequence with Nancy Kerrigan, they dyed his hair to match the ice-skating double's hair, instead of the other way around, likely because it is easier to darken someone's hair than it is to lighten it. Friedle wondered why they didn't just have him and the double wear beanies to cover their hair instead of sending him to a salon in Lake Placid to get his hair dyed.

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Trivia: After landing the role of Eric, Will Friedle and his dad walked around Universal CityWalk Hollywood, where they ran into Jason Marsden, who was also up for the role of Eric. Marsden turned to his two friends and said "This is the prick who stole my job," which Friedle's dad finds to be hilarious.

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The Happiest Show On Earth - S3-E21

Trivia: Will Friedle had a huge crush on Staci Keanan from Step By Step and begged the producers to get her on the show. They ended up putting her in this episode, but much to Will's chagrin, he didn't get to be part of the episode's Disney World plot, and thus didn't work with her.

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Trivia: Connecticut native Will Friedle once wore a jersey for the Hartford Whalers - a defunct NHL team - with his name on it at a Disney event. The next day, he found an Anaheim Mighty Ducks jersey in his dressing room, who were owned by Disney at the time, implying that the studio wanted him to start wearing that to events instead.

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Trivia: The first fan mail that Danielle Fishel received for this show ended up being from a stalker pretending to be a younger girl.

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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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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: 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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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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Cory's Alternative Friends - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: Shawn claims his "sister, Stacey" uses the straightening stuff all the time. This is the only mention of her ever during the entire run of the show; and when Jack joins the show he is established as Shawn's only sibling.

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Me and Mr. Joad - S2-E4

Mr. Feeny: You know, you seem amused by this display of defiance, Mr. Turner.
Mr. Turner: Oh, I am, I gotta say. 'Cause if I had done to me what I did to them, then I'd have done the same thing to me that they did.
Mr. Feeny: Go to the board and diagram that sentence.

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Question: Topanga said in one episode that she has a weird middle name, did she ever say what it is?

Answer: Topanga's middle name is never specified. Considering her sister's name is Nebula Stop-the-war Lawrence, Topanga's is probably something equally unusual.

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