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mr.feeney was one of the most important tv characters ever. he wasnt the bubbling, idiot teacher. nor was he the party pooper adult. he was the voice of reason.

This is why I say Shawn had one of greatest written character arcs in tv history. He was the poor friend, the kid from a broken home, the rebellious kid, the kid almost adopted. From playboy, to Hopeless romantic to lost soul. He was written as the dumb comic relief then became very complicated and intelligent as he got older. His mother ran off, father died, and had a long lost brother. And I also believe he was written a beautiful interracial romance that totally was not focused on race. It really was my favorite show, I couldn’t wait for Fridays

I actually really liked Jack and his relationships with both Shawn and Eric, the friendship between Eric and Jack is amazing and I love the fact that Jack is the only Hunter family member that didn’t abandon Shawn and who wouldn’t put up with his crap.

I think making Shawn and Angela’s relationship not about race is actually a good move. It may have turned the relationship into something of a caricature.

I'm upset that they got rid of Minkus so early, but I always appreciate how real that kind of is. Sometimes you have someone in one class and then not see them much in the next few years. This show loves to give us new characters and dynamics and then change it by the next season. People drop out, move, get a new job, go to different schools, or just stop talking. I cant imagine people like Minkus, Harley, Rachel, or Eli meeting.

I actually loved the college years. Different yes, but that was Eric at his best and was just hilarious. Will did a great job. Overall, probably my all time favorite show and will continue watching it.

I can't believe that I never questioned why Feeny would inexplicably follow a fraction of his middle school students from high school, to college and beyond.

This is one common misconception: Trina McGee (Angela) was not "mysteriously" left out of the series finale. The previous episode was all about Angela moving to Paris with her father, which she ultimately decided to do at the end. Why her character was written out like that, I don't know, but she wasn't left out of the final episode the same way Robert Reed was written out of the last episode of "The Brady Bunch".

Say what you will about Eric in the later seasons, but the later seasons Eric gave us “plays with squirrels” 😂

Damn, that line about how we use all of our modern technology in such a spoiled way hit pretty hard.

Boy Meets World worked by having relevant issues incorporated into a sitcom, and still be an enduring show

I adored this show growing up, and still do so today. For me, the heart of the show was Cory and Shawn's bromance. While they couldn't be more different, they were close as can be, and it's nice to see a wholesome friendship depicted between two young boys.

I absolutely loved Boy Meets World growing up, and still do - I still watch it. The thing that Boy Meets World did I was impressed by was it grew up with it's audience. It didn't try to still be in the 8th grade and have 8th grade problems after 5 seasons. They expressed issues, in realistic ways, for a 13 year old. And then the same for a 16 year old, and so on. The show and characters grew up along side the audience.

My biggest complaint with girl Meets World is it was entirely too focused on Riley. Boy Meets World while Ben Savage AKA Corey was the main focus of the show and the show was named after this Focus there were other story arcs that didn't have anything to do with Corey Matthews. And Girl Meets World it is so focused on Riley that Corey will stop teaching class just so Riley can have a conversation with Maya

One of my favorite TV shows ever

Alan Matthews is my favorite TV dad. And a refreshing change from so many TV shows that treat the dad as a bafoon.

Eric was literally the best part of the entire series. He kept getting better every season as he got stupider. The greatest comedic character in all sitcoms ever.

Eric's growing wackiness, paired with his growing wisdom, was my favorite thing about the show. I guess I shouldn't be surprised that someone would be offput by it, but his antics were fuckin hilarious and Will is charasmatic as hell. He was a definite driving force for the show to me, especially in the later seasons. I think we just got different taste.

one of the funniest calls backs on Girl meets world, they had both actresses who played morgan return. they were both on screen playing one person.

I dropped Girl Meets World after the first episode, but maybe I need to go back and give it more time. Mr. Feeney was iconic in my childhood. I am a teacher now, and I always hope that my students can look up to me and learn from me in the same way. I teach English, but in my classes, I also try to teach about life.

Shawn had the most depth of any character. I’ll never forget that poem about Angela (which was mind-blowing that Rider Strong wrote it) ❤️

Boy meets world, as a show, meant so much to me actually showing the hardships of poverty, if even for a glimpse. Before this, whenever I saw “poor” families on tv the still had nice huge houses and always managed to come out of it ok. Shawn living in a trailer with an absentee father, and showing how ugly and difficult that all was meant a lot to me as a kid. I mean, he still went to college and turned out ok… there were people who cared for him no matter how bad he fucked up. And that was nice.

I pretty much agree with you on the seasons, the last two I was like “can we just get a couple episodes where Shawn and Corey get along for more than a few days”? It’s like you couldn’t come up for air the last couple seasons because there was so much drama, although I didn’t notice that at the time…… it’s not an easy rewatch in the later seasons…..Nevertheless it’s still by far my most nostalgic sitcom probably because I was the same age and literally grew up with the actors along with the show….. I was in middle school when it came out and I was graduated when it wrapped up…the finale made me cry and that is not an easy feat

Honestly, this is one of the most important shows aimed at teens of all time. It tackles so many hard issues and big subjects in a great way. I think they used the right level of campiness with certain subjects (prom night) and they let others really resonate with a distinct lack of comedy (drinking episode and death of the lunch lady). I even think you can learn a lot from the college years seasons as well and while Eric becomes more and more of a cartoon, I think he's a prime example of how quickly someone can fall off the rails when they struggle to find their purpose. I thought he was great with his dad as a store owner and needed to follow that path. Or he needed to go back into TV seeing how well he did on the news job. If anything, the show didn't do enough to resolve why he became a cartoon character. They tried to rectify that in Girl Meets World, but it needed to happen before the finale of Boy Meets World. PS. Not fixating on the interracial aspect of Shawn and Angela was brilliant. It's not something that needs to be tackled of overcome on this show. The biggest lesson to be learned at that time was that it can be viewed as normal without making a fuss. The absence of commentary speaks louder than any commentary ever could have.

Another very well-written episode, David. Great job.

So glad you did this. Such a beautiful memory ignited and you do a great job representing it 😊

All the seasons of Boy Meets World are awesome, college years are personally my favorites as I'm older now and can relate more to it

One of my favourites Sitcoms!!!! Thanks for the Video Jo Blo originals!!!!

I feel its important to mention that the Mathew’s parents are amazing. Theyre not bumbling oblivious idiots and have appropriate reactions. Plus - their lives arent all encompassed by their kids. They have their own relationship outside of the kids and foster it. Plus their professional goals. Left a huge impact on me as a kid on what a healthy marriage actually looks like.

i remember the 4th wall breaking joke about Minkis that he was always in the show, but he was sitting in the classroom where the camera doesn't show, same for the cool teacher who went missing for no reason.

Thanks for posting this! One of the writers on the show was my speech professor in college. Had a direct impact on my life and many of my classmates, too.

I am 50 and watched every episode again I loved the show. Mr. feeny kicked ASS

You're so right about Linda Cardellini. Like Topanga and her were two of my biggest crushes from the 90s and holy shit what a tough choice.

I related to this show so much growing up. I still have my marathons every now and then. I love it very much 🥰.

Anyone remember when Minkas showed up again in I think the final season? They asked him where he's been all this time and he says "Over there" and they point or nod or something to off the set/behind the camera and wonder why they never go over there. Hahaha!

As a kid in the 90s, we truly had it made: Topanga and Myra on Friday nights, and the Pink Ranger. That's a top 3 that no other decade can really top

Great video thank you - a show from my youth, rewatched them a few years ago and still loved it

Great episode! Loved Boy Meets World and had an obvious crush on Danielle Fishel! Was always so jealous of Rider Strong because all the girls in my class were so into him….but got mad respect for him when he starred in Cabin Fever! 😂

This show always had a different vibe from other sitcoms. To me it felt like a mix of after school special and silly 90s comedy. I enjoyed the touches of drama and sentimentality, especially in the high school seasons

I love this show . When Disney+ came out I binged this for days

For Trina to be 28 and a mother of 5, she looked fantastic on the show. She still looks good too.

“I don’t wanna spoil it” the show came out in the 90s. I think it’s cool to go into detail 😂

Born in 1991 & grew up watching Boy Meets World, I had ALWAYS LOVED everything about this show!!! Between the various student relationships with each other as WELL as the relationship which Mr. Feeney had with each of his students. It made me WANT to have a teacher like him!!!😊

Everything I know about love and life came from the show …..love this show forever

I didn't watch a lot of TV growing up. But this was one of the few shows I was allowed to pick to watch each week. Then it was rerun so much later I was able to catch up. My son was about the same age as Riley when GMW came out. So it was a real wammy of flashbacks. So we ended up liking it. For a long time fan it felt like a final send off for the OG characters and wrapped their stories up nicely.

I love this , thank you so much for this deep dive . Now can we get a DEEPER dive lol

I watched Boy Meets World with my mom every week when I was a kid. Good times.

Bravo I feel like a kid all over again this really made my night

Cory Matthews and Shawn Hunter are my favorite pair of best friends in any television show. You really believed that they were friends. There's even one episode where Cory says to Shawn "You're like my brother.", and Shawn says "What are you talking about? You are my brother." And William McDaniels as George Feeney is one of the all-time greats.

Even though I was born 13 years after the start of this show it still impacted me on a personal level. I've finished this show as of 2023 and even though this show is over 20 years old it helped me understand a lot about growing up and dealing with teen issues and early adulthood. I think a lot of what it is, is that it made me think about the future in a lot of ways and personally I put those thoughts off due to my own fear of the future. I also enjoyed the goofiness of the show and its character development and even though it wasn't perfect in my heart I will always cherish it forever.

@26:00.....no way in the wide world of hell is she forcing those doors open!! As a New Yorker, i love that this made you so mad, cause every other person that lives here who is watching this is screaming the same exact thing!!! THANK YOU!!!!

It’s hilarious that throughout the series Corey went from a fun loving teenager to seemingly acting like an old Jewish man.

First time watcher. My world got smaller when I heard that Nulberry cover over the credits. Take me road, country home.

"You deserve what you get" Damn....really called that😢

BOY MEETS WORLD was never intended to be or possibly be a Wonder Years type show it was originally just about what life is like with a boy living next door to his teacher However as time went on and the series kept coming back year after year it was becoming The Wonders Years reboot no one ever saw coming. After that the show began dealing with a boy named Cory Mathew’s as he journeys from Elementary School to Junior High to High School then too College and then eventually the real world. Along the way his teacher and mentor MR Feeny teaches him lessons not only about school but life as well also the incredible love story between Cory and Topanga the girl next door the girl he thought was weird but sort of always liked her but then eventually got with her and they faced many challenges over the years but in the end they lived happily ever after. Cory’s best friend Shawn Hunter became a ever bigger character than Cory at times because the show focused on his struggles growing up in a trailer park and his mom running out on him and his dad neglecting him he soon goes to live with a teacher named MR Turner who is sort of like his teacher and mentor. Shawn is a ladies and dates lots of girl but eventually settles down but he faces many challenges and obstacles but overcomes anything and everything that is thrown at him and succeeds to everyone’s highest expectations. Eric Mathew’s evolves a lot too and becomes MR Feenys shadow and philosopher of life well so he thinks. The Parents there friends to bullies to every situation and moment this show became something very different and very special Wonder Years of the 90s

I've started rewatching this with my kids, who are 9 and 8 and I'm so happy they've fallen in love with this show's humor and its heart.

A true fan has all the seasons on DVD and has watched the series at _least_ 5x. I was in my teens during the show's TGIF heyday. I was actually the same age as the main characters and could relate to most of the stories.

Boy meets world was my favorite show growing up

I think when people do retrospects now of BMW William Russ is overlooked. I loved this show growing up, and still do. So much to the point that over the years my friends and family have bought me random seasons over the years until I had the full set. It’s a great show for a lot of reasons, but I think Russ kind of sums it up. He’s grounded, then funny, then serious in such a real way, then grounded, then funny. The “average Cory” episode really is the epitome of that. It has the best bit in the entire show (the celery poster) and (imo) the best dramatic moment when Alan takes Cory to the store he worked at as a teenager. “I strived for mediocre” his character is so fucking good. Betsy is fantastic too. A real power couple. The rest of the cast is also fantastic. Honestly, the best family friendly sitcom of all time, and I don’t think it’s close.

BMW was my childhood jam. I loved it. It dipped for me after they went to college though, but it was too popular to end at high school graduation which may have been a great way to end.

I'm currently finishing up Girl Meets World and I'm glad to see that you liked it. I'm loving it and it follows BMW's footsteps in having episodes that dealt with complicated topics but simplified it enough for young 'uns. Plus both leads were awesome. Riley stayed positive in all 3 seasons but never got annoying, unlike Corey in BMW. I just wish Eric appeared more. I agree as well that while BMW got worst and Eric's character became more caricaturish, Will's acting just made the show so entertaining that I still got sucked in to finishing the show. Him being Batman and Ron Stoppable just made everything so much sweeter.

Boy meets world is all time classic sitcom! My fav by far

I still remember the time Feeny held up some material and was like,this shits strong and durable but the tiniest rip,and it all comes apart. I don’t know if I’ll ever forget some the stuff Feeny said

One of the craziest things that happened to one of the actors in this show: Maitland Ward became a full-fledged adult film actress. Look it up.

One of my favorite sitcoms

The episode at 17:15, that one was such a hard episode to not relate to because we've all known that one kid we did wrong and never apologized to.

This show was one of my favorites growing up. The casting was magnificent and the chemistry between them was mostly wonderful. It could make you laugh and sucker punch your feels. I still have warm, fuzzy feelings when I just hear the name (let alone think about the show). One thing I wanted to express: The Geek Party episode. It was one of my favorite episodes. So when they made the sequel series AND they had a Geek Party episode, I was ecstatic. And then the episode happened. Corey didn't even seem to remember his own Geek Party experience. All I would have wanted was a nod of recognition and a "Ah, Geek Party". It didn't have to be much, but a simple nod to the original fans. Instead, Corey the dad had to be informed by his daughter's best friend what was happening, because apparently he is a clueless adult. It killed my enthusiasm. I know it was a small thing, but that is how it made me feel.

One of the funniest lines that makes me laugh every time that I hear it is. "What's a Topanga"?

This was my favorite tgi Friday show. You just made me want to binge watch this. Challenge Accepted! Great video!

I didn’t want this video to end! Awesome Job Guys!!

🤣😂🤣 That little girl opening up those subway car doors was hysterical!

one of my favorite shows growing up in the 00's. caught wind of it on ABC family back in like 09' or something like that. Shit was just extremely relatable and I never seen show that real up until that point. im 22 now I still watch it from time to time.

From both the shows (bmw and gmw) I love rider and sabrina the most. Their storyline how it started and how it end up together was amazing .

This + The wonder years were phenomenal shows that captured what it was like to be kids in their set time periods. I wish they had made one similarly for the kids growing up from 1998-2005 as the internet became a booming technology.

A classic will never die ✨️ 👌

The college years I thought were the best. I don't know what you were talking about. All the new characters and everything that came with it was golden perfection.

god..... watching that Mr. feeny clip.... really took me back and reminded me of how good that show was in those moments....

I never realized how perfectly they did Danielles eye makeup even when she was little.

7:39 that speech is STILL relevant to this day!! Only now this generation’s technology has become more advanced, yet it is used to as a platform to complain just for the sake of attention.

I'm a recent Boy Meets World fan, I seen every season this year.

Feeling old now. Love the show

7:45 Dude I never forgot these lines and this moment either.

loved this show as a kid

3 minutes into the video, multiple mentions of William Daniels...., and not one clip of a single "Feeeeney!!!" from Friedle?!!! You are dropping the ball...

I find it interesting that you’re doing a video on boy meets world and I am currently re-watching it all over again excellent show I thoroughly enjoyed it as a child in a third of a enjoyed as a 40 year old man

loved this show and Tapanga growing up

For me my childhood staple show was The Wonder Years. I did like Boy Meets World too, but I identified more with the characters and time period of The Wonder Years. Plus the ending felt more realistic cuz how many people really end up with their childhood sweethearts forever? 🤷🏼‍♀️

A lot of things to cover but I think this will cover a lot of it. They needed to make Shawn The deep sensitive and tortured poet. Considering he couldn’t even spell in the prior season I believe this is why they amped up Eric’s stupidity It made Shawn’s sudden intelligence not seen as ridiculous. If you notice around the same time is when Cory became a self observed child. gone was the loving sensitive guy because that needed to be Shawn. They also admittedly don’t care about plot holes A lot of the disagreements and character development did not make too much sense(Eric being the biggest example of a victim)but I think overall it was still one of the best sitcoms. More importantly you were the first person to keep it real about Trina. She was almost twice their age and tried to Joey Fatone her way into a tightknit group Outside of Wills comment from what I can tell at least her costars were not treating her inferior because she was black. South Park did a joke about this but around up being more dramatic. They went into how displaying a noose wasn’t racist everybody thought they were really racist Until it was revealed they didn’t even associate the noose with a black person. that’s what happened here. If he did not mean intentionally it’s not his job to research a bunch of African historiography to not offend somebody’s feelings Also his analogy sounds pretty darn accurate

I love this video!!!!!!

Earlier this year, I bought a DVD boxset of the entire series off Amazon, and spent a God several weeks marathoning through the whole thing. Such a criminally underrated show, and it would often tackle subjects other family-targeted sitcoms in the 90s wouldn't go anywhere near. So good.

To each their own but Shawn and Corey had the best chemistry out of the whole cast, maybe challenged by Eric and Feeney.

Loved this show

I loved this show growing up. Great video! Also Minkus returned for a cameo in the later season. The cast did a funny bit in the scene where they broke the fourth wall addressing it.

I agree about TK. She was one character who could've continued on and not just as Harley Keiner's sister, but also as a bully for Topanga, and maybe a potential love interest for Shawn, since they were both rebels who were fast moving about relationships, and they had parental issues and troublemakers for brothers(Eddie Hunter was introduced just once later on). If Minkus stayed on the show then he would've been an even easier target for Harley Keiner than Cory was, though he had the smarts to defend himself better. I also preferred Topanga how she was in the first season of the show. She might not have appealed to viewers in the way her co-stars did but she stood out for her uniqueness.

you expected topanga to remain like that through adulthood? People mature and change. I think they showed that quite well with many characters.

This shoe is epic still watch to this day literally one of the greats

Great show

This was my favorite show when I was thirteen when the show first aired.

Lmfao what’s crazy to me is that I decided to rewatch/binge on all the seasons of Boy Meets World yesterday on the day this was uploaded 😂 I’m actually watching it right now…haven’t seen the show in years since I was a kid