That's wild

1:31:20 jesus christ you didn't have to personally attack me like that man lol. Good content.

Wow that’s so crazy! I’m kinda afraid to look or listen to the podcast. Shawn and Angela meant a lot to me growing up and I wanted to believe a love like theirs could be real and exist.

@@lexa_power They haven't gotten to the season where Angela is introduced yet but Trina's interview is one of the best episodes imo. It cleared up alot of rumors and stories circulating about things that happened on and off set. Shes spoke highly on Shawn and Anglela's relationship as well as her and Rider Strong's friendship. As someone also who loved Shawn and Angela but was bitter about the way it conculded, the podcast was a great listen.

One correction. Many people had debated on what TGIF actually stood for. It could have meant Thank goodness its Friday, or Thank God its Friday. But since this is the 90's we're talking about, it's more likely that it was the second one, more then the first.

Paris? No, that's the first place she'd look!

Yes! Obviously! The horror episode isn't even a top 5 for me. I couldn't believe how much this video glossed over Shawn & Corey's relationship and how rare it still is to see boys being so openly emotionally vulnerable with each other. Especially in the 90s. That's the most important thing in the world! 😂

Yeeeees! I laughed during the whole episodes without a break.

She found his stash of empty Cinnabon boxes lol

I like the one where Topanga thinks she’s fat and Eric roasts her the whole time haha

lmaooooo one of the funniest Shawn lines ever!! I've literally described this scene too lol

Which is funny because it makes no sense. They're talking about getting killed by the killer in the story. He should have said "I'll get as maimed as you can get without actually dying"

@@2thRiteFREESPEEisAVirtueSignal except that doesn't roll off the tongue well...so if it helps u, the killer could give him chicken salad that sat out waaaaaaay too long, thus making him sick 🤢

@@heydeanie lol but they were thinking the killer's the janitor. Not the lunchroom lady🤣

I just came down to comment that that line was fantastic 🤣 glad you saved me the effort

Mr Matthews? Mr. Squirrels. Eric? Plays With.

that was the beauty of BMW

I grew up loving this show. I'm now a single father with full custody of my 16 year old son. Since he was maybe 9-10 years old I occasionally sat him down to watch episodes of BMW with me. The sex episode and the episode when Corey realized how much his dad does for them and said "Superman is my dad!" I've used those episodes several times over the years to drive home certain teachable moments for him. I feel incredibly lucky to have been a 90s kid and grew up with shows like this to help mold my thinking.

The beauty of boy meets world is that it started out as a kids show, but turned into more of a coming of age show that handled real life teen/adult issues, unlike a lot of kids shows

lots of shows in the 90's did it pretty well, sadly we live in world know where "kids" show are just stupid comedys with no real substance anymore.

yeah.

I'm just imagining that T1J and I were just crying over Cory and Topanga at the same time just at different coordinates on the planet, and really that's true leftist unity.

African American!!

@T1J I see a comment by you & confidently "like" it prior to reading it ‐ This instinct has never steered me wrong mate ‐ you rock!!

In retrospective, yes. But we also need to keep in mind, that we've been watching reruns over and over again before that happened. The investment was bigger back then than now when we watch them in succession.

People are just too obsessed with relationships lol

A friend used to (crassly, obviously) call her "To-Banga" . . . How many adolescent boys had her as their first crush?

@@billepperson2662 Mine was Melissa Joan Hart followed by Topanga in the later years (early season her not so much)

@@billepperson2662Mine was Lucy Lawless from Xena, but Topanga was also there so it's hard to remember.

Having Shawn as a representative of genuinely impoverished kids was hugely important to me when I was growing up. Very few other examples from that era.

I’m really sorry to hear that you had such a difficult upbringing, I hope you’re doing better for yourself now

EVERY. TIME.

I cried so hard as a kid watching this episode.

honestly i think it might have had more of an impact if i felt like mr feeny was one of the best teachers out there its just i felt like well to be honest he was kind of too much of a stanard teacher(who had some moments but honestly he seemed grumpy most of the time even though he was capable of quite frankly being a really wise man who could reach kids i feel like he chose not to be that way or did not want to be that way or could not be that way)

I’ll never forget that line. It has stayed with me for years.

That line gets me every time I've heard it when I watch that scene. Such a perfect ending to the series.

“I could never really be mad at you”

It works so well because, to me anyway, it makes it seem like the best thing about the person you’re saying it to is that they AREN’T perfect.

@@averyeml exactly!!

Ngl. That was one hell of a smooth line lol

@@averyeml isn’t it insinuating they are more than perfect?

I remember that episode as a kid and being shocked learning later on that people irl at the time were critiquing her actress' "weight gain". Like to think people were actually making fat jokes about someone who was half my size and positively gorgeous (everyone I knew had a crush on Topanga lol) just goes to show insane beauty standards are. I'm glad the show addressed issues like this, particularly during a time where crash diets and scammy weight loss products were booming.

@@pusheenqueen519 I love topangas body and beautiful straight hair 😭😭 As a curly haired girl, I would literally cut off her hair and glue it to mine

completely agree! the show’s take on this was incredibly nuanced as well, because they didn’t just stop at the issue of being “overweight”. Angela and Rachel respond to Topanga’s insecurities with shock, as they themselves struggle with their body image and often wish to have Topanga’s curves. it shows that everyone feels an immense pressure to look a certain way. we often forget that even people who fit the so-called “beauty standard” are subject to insecurities. i’m honestly shocked that a show made in the heroin chic era was able to handle such a sensitive topic with nuance and understanding.

It wasn’t a 90’s show, SUPERNATURAL grew with the fandom. 😊

Degrassi grew with its audience first. Starting in the 80’s and all the way to the present

and in retrospect, this this time of age, i'm sure ppl would be quick to point the fingers and his Parents, for Corey taking the moment to drink a beer. since, kids "dont have minds of their own" or.. something stupid

I absolutely loved that scene of Alan initially blaming Shawn and then realizing he was in the wrong when Cory steps in to defend Shawn. You really feel how disappointed he was in himself for treating Shawn that way.

I love that scene because Shawn is the best friend you could ever have, and he took the tongue lashing to protect Cory.

Very well said.

@@Nutbag517 Especially how Shawn blows it off as not being a big deal but Alan emphasizing that it is and he really fucked up judging him like that

Haha, I remember, and you're very welcome. I like to give people what they want, and I had quite a few requests for Boy Meets World, so I'm happy to deliver.

@@JoseBird It was fantastic. You nailed it. I love this show.. I still remember watching when Topanga proposed, and I was 12..lol.. Nostalga is a powerful thing. Now the next mission is The OC. 😅😅

@@thisguy8106 nope, these retrospectives are for us olds, gotta be an 80’s 90’s show! 😜

@@sinnsage lol!! Gotta branch out eventually 😆 I was a 90s kid, but more importantly, I was an early 2000s teenager. Lol it's sad that era gets overlooked..

@@thisguy8106 we used to be a micro generation: genY (aka xillenial), 1978-1985 I believe. I don't understand why this was dropped; we are very different from the people that scarcely, if at all, do not remember a time from before internet /social media.

@kelseyrobinson1917 while certainly being able to relate to some of that struggle to find other black young people to hang out with, ideally we're never finding contentment in the absence of prominent relationships with others among our own milieu or comfort in such a state. It becomes especially important particularly times such as these.

That's amazing. I assume this was at least a few decades ago? I feel like the Shawn/Turner situation is one that simply wouldn't work out these days. Too many teacher/student boundaries and laws preventing good people from trying to help kids in need. Of course these laws are made for good reason but it takes kids at risk even further away from those who may be willing to help them.

@@fangirl7914 It was 20 years ago.

What an awesome teacher! I am glad she was there fro you.

How did it go living with her?

at what age and what happened to the parent

My stupid self said “What’s a BMW vehicle have to do with this,” until I remembered “Oh! Boy Meets World!” 😂

I've never seen BMW used for Boy Meets World

Me too excatly

Born in the early 90s as well, but I actually first watched it during its original TGIF run when the characters were still in high school and going to college. I was obsessed with this show as a kid. When BMW reran on Disney Channel in the early 2000s (and at some point on FreeForm when the channel was called ABCFamily), that's how I watched the rest of this series in its entirety! I still get a little nostalgic for this show.

Im 41 now, A few years ago I was doing something very wrong. I was drunk and ended up at a very seedy house putting my body at great risk. Drugs/sex. The tv was on but muted. When I noticed home improvement was on it made me snap out of it and I thought, wtf am I doing? Wilson was giving Tim advice over the fence. I was hit with memories of a younger, innocent and happier me watching this show. I thought to myself, how far have I fallen morally. I left soon after that and never went back.

Same..this show just clicked with me and I will watch it most nights when I'm going to sleep

@@herps4life33 it was probably the hardest thing for my wife to understand about me lol

@@itcamefromabox I'm the same way with Boy Meets World, Full House, King of Queens, and Family Matters, :)

Awesome that you added king of queens ... I love those shows

Same here 🙂

My siblings and I used to always quote that to each other and smack their heads

yeah that was a fun show.

Mistah Shefiieeeeeld!!! 😂

Another 90s favorite of mine. Fran is iconic!

Matt Baum and Mina Le both did pretty great video essays on The Nanny!

Yes please! Family matters and full house too.

He could have also been like a kid of someone the dad was shacking up with for a year while the mom was away at a younger age, Shawn mentions she would leave all the time.

It could've been the mom's kid that she didn't want. The series displayed how she had no problem abandoning her family. The only difference between Shawn and his "brother" were their biological father, where one was willing to chase her when she would runaway, the other one actually saw her for who she really was. . . A deadbeat.

Then, it was a momentary setback assuming you had access to proper ways of moving up. Now, it matters less if you have access to resources, there's little guarantee you'll make it out. Sadly, my second sentence has always been true for too many people. Also, Cory's parents were a'holes for not telling them upfront--realistically, it was possible that Topenga and Corey would break up because they were wildly unprepared for maintaining a household, going to school, and having jobs. That might have driven a wedge between them and split them up--it happens all the time in newlywed young couples.

No, poverty was bad even back in the old days. It was not having a toilet, hand cleaning and drying clothes, no insulation when it was bone cold, or even enough food among several kids. My Mom lived like that.

@@richardarriaga6271 amen when it comes to poverty these youtube Millennials are so funny like poverty didn't exist 50 years ago. Corey's parents lesson still holds true just because they are middle class now didn't mean they came from wealth. the show implies they stuck together to build that wealth. That doesn't mean they should automatically pass it to their kids. their kids have to become responsible adults on their own and then maybe the parents will help. The real lesson was honestly not portrayed very well. they were not ready for marriage at 19, most kids aren't and yet like most kids, they ignored the advice fom people older than them, that have already lived through it, and got married anyways. So now it's up to them to figure it out, parents are there to guide their children, hopefully in the right direction, it doesn't mean they clean up every single Bone headed mistake they make, because then a lesson is never learned. For an example my daughter had to have a car right away and so she spent her money on one that was not a good investment and now it needs lots of work, 2 months later. She came to her mom and I to help give her money to fix it and we said no because we told her not to buy that car, but she had to have it. For the record we were Loaning her a car to use so she was in no rush other than the fact that she wanted to feel grown and have one of her own. Well now she does and it's her job to maintain and fix it

Hearing that you were not a huge fan at the end threw me for a loop lol. Work like this usually comes from someone who is a megafan, but you did very well. I am impressed

Tell me you weren't alive in the 90s without telling me you weren't alive in the 90s.

I hope my video does it justice!

So cool when you learn your favorite KZfaqrs follow each other. You're both great creators :)

If you're anything like me, Jessie. Growing up with this show, you wanted to be with Topanga but also *be* Topanga

same.

Is it bad that my brain sprinted through every BMW acronym I knew (all wrong), and then had to look for a second to figure out the extremely obvious answer... Lmao long work days tho

Princess Weekes!! ♥️ All the smartest KZfaqrs are here!!

@@VCV95 yeah my brain immediately thought of Bayeriche Motoren Werken before boy meets world when I saw that acronym

I just finished watching it for the first time with my fiance. It was one of his favorite shows growing up. I teared up multiple times. I was born in 99 so I never got to experience growing up with wholesome content like this the way my fiance did being born in 85. I can't even think of a show I ever saw where the mother and father are together happily married raising a family. That was so refreshing if that makes any sense.

and when they did, they did it terribly tbh

Boy meets world felt tween focused to me as a kid, but now Disney channel (and kids TV channels in general) just opt to dumb everything down and focus on slapstick comedy instead of anything of substance. I really feel bad kids don't have stuff like this to guide them. I know they have the internet to guide them but often the internet is a lot worse lol.

It's a team-up that will shatter the heavens.

Honestly, having Jose and T1J upload videos about the same show at the same time, then have Jose pop up at the end of T1J's video to advertise this video is genius marketing.

Especially Shawn's.

Yes! The whole "cory and shawn being in love" story line was great

@@amandahector9074 One of the best lines to describe their friendship is when Alan is talking to Amy and goes, "When he(Corey) kisses Topanga...he likes it right?".

Dork.

Not today I wish

@J HoopThat literally makes no sense. If you were going to pay for your kid to go to school while single but you're now refusing because they are married....how does that make sense? How does contributing to your kid's education have that particular string attached--stay single or else? There is no logic in that at all. Plenty of people get married without being financially stable. One has nothing to do with the other. A young couple needing a little bit of help isn't unusual, and it shouldn't be penalized like that.

@J Hoop Why is it ridiculous to expect your parents to help pay for your education, especially if they were going to do it if you were unmarried? To be clear, my parents paid nothing for my education. I paid for all 12 years that I spent in undergrad and grad school with scholarships, my own money, and loans taken out in my own name. So no, my parents' opinion didn't suck *for me.* I didn't need their money. Their opinion still sucks. I don't see anything remotely ridiculous about parents contributing to their child's educational costs, and I think it's absolutely wild and illogical for a parent to be perfectly happy and willing to pay for their kid's college tuition but only if that kid stays single. That makes zero sense. "Marriage is a life long contract and shouldn't be eneterd into until you know you are secure enough to be independent." That is your opinion. It's not everybody's opinion. It's not even the norm in some cultures. I'm married. My husband and I were both financially independent when we got married. I don't think that makes us better than people who need a little assistance early in their marriage (or at any time in their marriage). And if we were facing poverty and homelessness, I know our parents would offer to let us stay with them while we saved some money. They wouldn't say, "Well you're married, so that means you don't get any of my help anymore." And if I had a kid and they needed somewhere to live, I wouldn't turn them away based solely on the fact that they were married. That's absurd, especially when you consider that multigenerational households are completely normal in many places. The idea that being married means you are now undeserving of any familial assistance is mind-boggling and frankly pretty cruel.

@J Hoop Also, the parents in BMW DID stop paying for their housing. Cory had to get a terrible telemarketing job at one point, because they needed income to pay the rent on that terrible college housing.

Not sure whats so hard to understand. Getting married comes with life prerequisites beyond just loving someone else. Marriage is making a statment that you are ready to build a life with another person. A 2 person team. Thay you're self sufficient and secure enough to handle the challenges of that life brings. Having your parents subsidize your responsibilities is not an indicator you're prepared for everything that comes with sharing a life with someone. Marriage is the milestone of an independent adult. Not a child who is still dependent on their parents. You need to experience difficulties and see how you respond to those situations and rise to the occasion. Marriage is going to bring its own unique set of difficulties that will require that life experience to overcome.

@@jess_n_atx There is no universal law that "marriage is the milestone of an independent adult" and cannot be undertaken if your parents are still assisting you in any way. That's one opinion, and perhaps a cultural norm, but it isn't the only way things can or should be. And that still doesn't explain the double standard. Why, if a parent is perfectly willing to lend assistance to their adult *single* child should they refuse to do so for their adult *married* child? That makes no sense. What does someone's marital status have to do with whether or not you are willing to aid them in a given way. If you don't want to assist your adult children because you think they need to learn to be independent, that's all well and good, but then that rule should be applied universally, regardless of whether or not they're married. Rewarding single adults with assistance is just incentivizing people to stay single forever.

Also adding Jack was a great choice and whole new characters can just derail things a lot the chemistry between the actors and the storylines they gave them made him such an asset to the later seasons. The idea of Cory and Shawn’s brothers being besties too sounds too easy and absurd but they all fit together so well and Jack and Eric very much have their own thing going on and it’s better than the other boys in a lot of ways because they didn’t have to be codependent their whole lives to achieve their bond. I live for it. They way Eric will always have some sort of power over Eric is just top of the line bro shit.

I really don't think we needed more Eric here than we got and his importance was expressed well. But, I'm glad you got all that out. It seems to be important to you.

Eric was the best part of the show and it’s not even close you are right. I like how he goes from ladies man to finding himself to blithering idiot.

@@popculturewatch8689 the creator of the video didn’t talk about Erica journey in season 4

@@pleaseshutup7053 that's great. And he did talk about it. You can move on now.

Poverty to conservatives is a learning lesson or a sign of someone being lazy.

​@@CascadianRanger For upper-class conservatives? True. But what do conservatives in poverty think about their own poverty? Do they see themselves as in the middle of learning a lesson, as being lazy, or something else?

my ex's family has this attitude, while i came from a very low income household and could definitely see the difference. and they were more liberal than conservative.

@@arturoaguilar6002 how do people who see poverty as a sign of weakness react when they're pushed into poverty? Not well? Shame, hopeless, anger and addiction. Some people spend their lives imagining that they're just rich people who happen to be down now, and that it's just the fault of bad luck and minorities.

@@KatieBadenhorst If you ask some of my folks, they're most likely to blame "Pinko-Commie Millennials" (Their words, not mine), or blaming Jewish people (which is really awkward since I'm Jewish).

Literally spent my entire life trying to find a green velvet dress like the one he wore, and I finally managed it at a goodwill last year.

That was a good one.

No shit I went to high school with a girl who favored "Veronica" needless to say though Shawn made a pretty passable chick lol

Yes

That's probably why the school was named that.

Ground breaking in many ways.. but most of all the fan service. Quite a few of the older fans of BMW came to it from Wonder Years, and quite a few of us who were the same age as Cory were just old enough to watch the last few seasons of Wonder Years. Fans had been dying to see Fred and Ben together. I've never looked into it, but I feel like they HAD to write Fred as someone so nasty that he could never come back, otherwise the fans would've demanded he stay on as a recurring character... add to that the final product of the writers and you had one hell of an episode. As someone that loved both shows, I will never forget my jaw dropping as I watched Cory Matthews shove Kevin Arnold through a door.

It's awful, and portrayed very realistically -- the way that Fred Savage is so condescending and puts her into ambiguous situations he can gaslight her about. And Cory is immediately ready to throw hands. The support they show Topanga receiving from Cory, Feeny, and their family/friends was really important.

THis aged like curdled milk.

@@DrMurdercock oh thank god he's just a piece of shit... i thought he had sexually assaulted someone. maybe ben will beat some sense into him.

Yes that episode and sadly Fred Savage was actually Involved in sexual harassment issues - that’s had come out as of late

I was a big fan but they used this Shawn came from the wrong side of the tracks trope a bit too often for my taste. Even when everything was going smooth with him at college and in a relationship with Angela

same along with family matters it's one of those old sitcoms that still holds up, and i can always go back to.

32:08

Yeah... kinda

@@PapaSmurf11182nd outstanding commentary

@@threatassessment606 I’m not really sure if you’re being facetious, mean-spirited, direct, or a combination of those

🤣🤣🤣

He just like me frfr

The first episode of Columbo, which was not originally part of a series, is a so thoroughly different to what followed that a retrospective on the series would have to include several comparisons to it. On the whole, the first episode is my favorite.

Yeah, I've started a rewatch and forgot all the annoying screaming during the kisses. Like even if it's a peck, they go nuts.

@@jayjaybee but isn’t that normal?

the way they scream during kissing scenes is funny to me

Gotta remember the show did use audio tracks. Whenever there were scenes that needed retry or rewrites, they'd use the audio tracks. Only certain moments of the episode(s) were filmed in front of an audience. Danielle, Rider, and Will talk about this often on Pod Meets world.

" I love you all, class dismissed" ...

Morgan was hilarious after she was replaced. My favorite bits are when she's driving the car and mocks Corey as he just got his license to drive, "I'm Corey Matthews and I'm going to Atlantic City to watch an R-rated movie, heah-ha-ha." And the one where she mocks Topenga for "looking beautiful" in an oudated wedding outfit and Topenga snaps back at her, "Bite me!"

I hate that whole mess of a plot. It's so poorly handled I scream.

Totally agree. As a kid growing up in the lower class, I skipped out on watching Boy Meets World because I felt it was a "rich people" show that I just couldn't relate to, and it was my first taste of learning what it really meant that we were lower class. I'm glad I watched this video. It helped me to both feel vindicated for my feelings as a kid, and to better appreciate the series for what it was. I don't think anything like Boy Meets World could come around these days. It would just feel too fake.

Your dad us grrrrrr. Thats so messed up, he didnt even help a bit, what a wanker.No not a wanker, a monster.

Right, talk about serious red flags about the father. He basically just told his kid, to hia face, he doesn't love him, doesn't REALLY care if he's struggling or needs help, and that he sees his son more as a toy to fuck with and manipulate into always feeling they are beholden to their parents. They won't help you if you actually need it. Only after you've suffered and the parents can feel superior over them. Like, goddammit that sorta stuff is normally the red flags for a genuinely abusive parents. That's how bad the writers did with that episode. They made the parents come across as abusers

I totally agree. Different circumstances but I hated that plot watching it in real time. My family was/is working class and if we could help we would. My dad grew up with lots of family constantly living together so of course newlyweds would stay with family. It’s just absurd to us to think otherwise. When I realized my former in laws had these “play at poverty” ideas it was very disturbing. And having actual financial limitations I got to bare the brunt of that fantasy for them and I’m still dealing with the debt. I’m sorry you went through abuse and have your own visceral reaction to this plot.

HankHardcore You should definitely watch it. BMW became one of my favorite shows but I was 17 when I start watching it when I got Disney+ on October 2nd last year!!!

Dude. Do the 90s nostalgia of the 60s in the frame of "the wonder Years".

Oh my gosh, I was so excited to see T1J in this video!

There are alot of shows I'd love for you to review. Living Single, Night Court, Newsradio, Family Matters, Moesha, Martin, Reba, Girlfriends

Very awesome video! I'd love for you to do one of these on "Small Wonder" lol And what happened to Lindsay Ridgeway?

If you ever want to cover sabrina the teenage witch, despite the actress getting into flicks like god is dead too and believes that stuff there. Hardcore. Like dean cain my favourite superman who, ... and now caviezen my favourite live action batman(kind its the nolan post batman movies batman influenced series person of interest. Anyways sabrina the teenage witch, lois and clark, (neds ultimate school survival guide?!)