The Feeny Awards Part 2

Summary

Pod Meets World — The Feeny Awards Part 2 (July 20, 2026)

Podcast: Pod Meets World (iHeartPodcasts)
Hosts: Danielle Fishel, Will Friedle, Rider Strong
Special Guests/Regular Contributors: Ben Savage, Jason Marsden

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Episode Overview

In this entertaining follow-up to the "Feeny Awards" episode, Danielle, Will, and Rider continue their journey through "Boy Meets World," honoring the highs, lows, and quirkiest elements of the show's seven seasons. The panel doles out tongue-in-cheek awards (“Feenys”) for categories ranging from "Best Use of a Song" to "Worst Plot Hole," offering both deep fan trivia and behind-the-scenes reflections. The conversation is lively, nostalgic, and full of genuine affection, peppered with playful debates and hilarious memories from filming.
(Timestamps reflect content start after ads: [02:22] onward)

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Major Discussion Points & Awards

Best Drive-By Male Guest Star ([02:22]–[06:37])

• Context: Following last week’s Best Drive-By (female), the hosts debate which male actor made the most of a one-episode role.
• Nominees: Dom Herrera (Bosco Cellini), John Ballma (hotel clerk), Oscar Mechoza (Dr. Sanchez), Jerry Levine (Philip Mack), Jonathan Del Arco (Nunzio), Soupy Sales & Buddy Hackett (Mr. Martini/Mr. Font), Jim Abbott as himself.
• Discussion Highlights:
  • Danielle: "Nice guy, but yeah. No." (On Jim Abbott) ([04:23])
  • Will: "Jerry Levine as Philip Mack is so impactful… anybody who’s ever seen that episode remembers him and the somewhat creepy vibe he gave off." ([04:54])
• Winner: Jerry Levine as Philip Mack
  • Danielle: "If the equivalent is Corinna who came in and was the entire episode, then yes, Jerry. Changed the whole tone of the show." ([05:55])
  • Will: "Congratulations, Jerry Levine. You've just won a Feeny." ([06:37])

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Best Use of a Song ([09:27]–[14:18])

• Nominees: "Hot Stuff," "War," "Shallow Boy," Allen’s jam session, Jojo Man and Brother B, "Loser Freak," "Nobody’s Angel," "Good Looking Guy," "Wind Beneath My Wings," Eric singing "To Sir With Love".
• Memorable Debate:
  • Danielle: “Either ‘War’ or ‘To Sir With Love,’ both are hysterical… taking a song, changing the context, and making it hysterical in both cases.” ([13:19])
  • Rider: “I think you’re gonna be hard pressed to beat Hot Stuff…when you got Feeny doing the dance, I mean…” ([12:50])
  • Will: “To Sir With Love in the graduation episode.” ([12:01])
• Winner: Eric singing "To Sir With Love"
  • Danielle: "It's brilliant, man, such a good performance." ([14:08])

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Worst Episode ([17:08]–[36:35])

• Nominees discussed at length: "Road Trip," "Starry Night," "For Love and Apartments," "Brothers," "It’s Not You, It’s Me," "Fraternity Row," "First Girlfriends Club," "What a Drag," "You're Married, You're Dead (Club Cleavage)".
• Quotes & Insights:
  • Danielle: “It’s basically a gay panic episode…the whole episode…one of the worst episodes.” ([20:37])
  • Rider: “What a Drag is just like a romp that completely fails in both the A and B story.” ([35:06])
  • Will: “What would you be more upset for them to see? For me, it’s What a Drag.” ([35:04])
• Runner-up:
  • "You're Married, You're Dead (Club Cleavage)": “[When] we googled this, it says behind the scenes and cast backlash…calling it arguably the worst episode of the series.” ([32:53])
• Winner: "What a Drag"
  • Danielle: “If somebody said…I can only watch one episode…for me it’s What a Drag...” ([35:35])
  • Will: "What a Drag, you have won." ([36:38])

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Best Wardrobe or Outfit ([36:50]–[43:49])

• Nominees: Veronica Was Boisky, Eric’s lobster costume, TK’s skirt, Shawn’s Atlas T-shirt, bad guy leather jackets, Topanga’s “Donut in the Sky” white dress, Plays With Squirrels, the “couch” costume.
• Discussion Highlights:
  • Danielle: "I love [the Atlas T-shirt]. I wear this in my life now…" ([37:23])
  • Will: ‘‘One could argue Topanga’s dress is the umbrella for all of season one Topanga wardrobe…vintage and thrifted, looked exactly like what that character was.” ([42:29])
  • Rider: "Watching Danielle trying to put that choker on in the dark while changing clothes…I'll never forget." ([43:22])
• Winner: Topanga’s “Donut in the Sky” Dress
  • Danielle: “It's the most iconic clothing.” ([43:46])

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Best Quote ([43:51]–[45:47])

• Finalists: "They want you to take the rolls," "Believe in yourselves. Dream. Try. Do good.", "You do your thing, and I do my thing", "I am Danger Boy", "I see underpants", "Life's tough, get a helmet."
• Key Exchange:
  • Danielle: “What could be people actually get tattooed on them...” ([44:46])
  • Will: “Once we came up with ‘Believe in yourselves, Dream, Try, Do Good,’ it was like, what are we doing here?” ([45:47])
• Winner: "Believe in yourselves. Dream. Try. Do good." — Mr. Feeny ([45:47])

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Best Central Location ([46:00]–[51:38])

• Contenders: Matthews House, John Adams hallway/classroom, Penbrooke, Chubby’s, Student Union, Matthews backyard/Feeny’s yard, The apartment(s).
• Highlight Quotes:
  • Danielle: “Chubby’s—some of the best scenes in Boy Meets World history happened here…the pool table…” ([47:57])
  • Will: “The thing I love about Chubby’s is that it was a place where you could have multiple things going on, and it all makes sense…” ([50:06])
• Winner: Chubby’s

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Best Romantic Relationship ([51:38]–[54:41])

• Nominees: Amy & Alan, Cory & Topanga, Angela & Shawn, Rachel & Jack, Feeny & Dean Bolender, Lauren & Cory, Cory & Shawn (platonic).
• Insightful Moments:
  • Will: “For me, then it’s clear…it’s Amy and Alan.” ([52:29])
  • Danielle: “If we had just watched it up to season three or four, I would be like, Amy and Alan are amazing…by the end of the show…Amy just got diminished as a character.” ([53:16])
• Winner: Amy & Alan

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Best Background Actor ([54:45]–[55:42])

• Nominees: Dusty (Vegas showgirl), Jackie Fell (waitress), Justin Armeo (pizza guy), Ludwig (German radio), Cal Penn (various).
• Winner: Jackie Fell as Waitress
  • Danielle: “She actually performs an amazing scene…she gets a laugh.” ([55:16])

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Best Animal ([58:33]–[60:07])

• Nominees: The bear(s), the bee, Little Cory (the pig), the monkey (Marcel), Salem the (puppet) cat.
• Debate Highlights:
  • Danielle: “If you’re talking about Boy Meets World and you want to celebrate the use of animals…the Little Corey episode is so funny.” ([59:44])
  • Will: "Little Corey, you've just won best animal." ([60:07])

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Worst Season ([60:11]–[60:45])

• Unanimous pick: "Seven."
• Summary: All hosts immediately declare season seven the worst in both writing and consistency. ([60:19])

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Best Overall Character Arc ([60:46]–[63:17])

• Nominees: Corey, Shawn, Eric, Topanga, Feeny, Alan, Amy, Angela.
• Panel Consensus:
  • Danielle: “I think it’s Shawn...he goes from poor dumb kid to artsy, poetic…from ‘I’m gonna be a screw up’…to ‘I’m gonna dream and try.’” ([61:43], [62:50])
  • Rider: "He certainly had the most growth of anybody else on the show." ([63:11])
• Winner: Shawn Hunter

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Worst Plot Hole ([63:17]–[66:32])

• Main contenders:
  1. What year are the characters in?
  2. Joshua Matthews’ age/time travel
  3. Topanga’s ever-rotating parents and missing sister
  4. When and how Corey & Topanga met
  5. The second Harley
  6. Character aspirations that are never followed up
  7. John Adams school’s interdimensional floor plan
  8. Did Mr. Turner die?
  9. Sean’s ever-changing family
• Consensus:
  • Danielle: "If you're gonna make this the central, like, sort of biblical point of the show, be consistent." ([65:21])
  • Rider: "Yeah, that's gotta be it [when Corey & Topanga met]. That did the most damage...the most glaring of all." ([65:51])
• Winner: The retconned Corey & Topanga love story (“When and how Corey and Topanga met”)

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• “They want you to take the rolls. Believe in yourselves. Dream. Try. Do good.” – (Best Quote, [43:51]–[45:47])
• “What would you be more upset for them to see? For me, it’s What a Drag.” – Will Friedle ([35:04])
• “If you’re talking about Boy Meets World and you want to celebrate the use of animals…the Little Corey episode is so funny.” – Danielle Fishel ([59:44])
• “Chubby’s. You could have the entire cast in there and have different storylines going on and not be like, how is this not all connected?” – Will Friedle ([50:22])
• “I think with what it did for the show…Topanga’s dress…it’s iconic.” – Rider Strong ([39:01])

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Episode Structure & Tone

• Structured as a playful, nostalgic awards show for Boy Meets World
• Each category invites healthy debate, personal anecdotes, and laughs
• The hosts blend deep fan awareness with critical behind-the-scenes insights
• Occasional detours into the realities of network sitcom production and personal growth
• Frequent light-hearted ribbing about the show’s inconsistencies and ‘90s culture

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For Longtime Fans & Newcomers

This episode is a must-listen for all levels of Boy Meets World fans, blending detailed series knowledge, cast memories, and humor. If you’ve ever wanted a definitive (and at times, brutally honest) breakdown of the show’s most memorable and infamous moments, this is your comprehensive “Feeny Awards” tour.

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Timestamps of Key Segments:

• [02:22] – Start of Feeny Awards, Best Drive-By Male Guest Star
• [09:27] – Best Use of a Song
• [17:08] – Worst Episode Deliberation Begins
• [36:50] – Best Wardrobe/Outfit
• [43:51] – Best Quote
• [46:00] – Best Central Location
• [51:38] – Best Romantic Relationship
• [54:45] – Best Background Actor
• [58:33] – Best Animal
• [60:11] – Worst Season
• [60:46] – Best Character Arc
• [63:17] – Worst Plot Hole

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For listener feedback and suggestions, the hosts encourage reaching out on Instagram @podmeetsworldshow and via email at podmeetsworldshowmail.com.

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Pod Dismissed!

Transcript

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We had so much fun last week with the Feeny Awards and we realized how many more accolades we could give out that we decided to run it back for a part two. Because over.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Actually now we should just do like the Christopher Nolan trailer. Yeah, like really dramatic bad things are happening.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Episode's also going to be three and a half hours long.

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[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

No it's not. No it's not. Christopher Nolan be damned. Because over the past seven seasons we've seen some major highs and some major lows that we might mention this time and now is the perfect time to point it all out. So as a reminder, we will get categories and nominees, but we are allowed to write someone or an episode in. So feel free to throw out some unmentioned suggestions, guys, if you would like. Last week we did best Drive by, and this was for an actor who appeared in just one episode and did the absolute most with what they had. Leisha Haley as Corinna Collins took home the Feeny. But there were so many good options, we decided to split them up into male and female. So we have Corinna for best female. And now here are the nominees for best Drive by Mail. Dom Herrera as Bosco Cellini. John Ballma as the hotel clerk. Although he was in two episodes, it still felt like a Drive by Julio. Oscar Mechoza as Dr. Sanchez. This is the physician who tells Sean that his father died. Then Jerry Levine as Philip Mack. Jonathan Del Arco as Nunzio Soupy Sales and Buddy Hackett as Mr. Martini and Mr. Font.

[Host 4 (likely Ben Savage)]

Huh?

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Yeah, yeah. Together. They have to be together.

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Yeah.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

And then Jim Abbott as Jim Abbott.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

No, no.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Okay, you say no to that one.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

He throws that no right there.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Nice guy. Nice guy. But yeah. No, that was.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

No, you could argue that because he wasn't an actor. His performance is pretty spectacular coming in because he had, like a monologue at one point and.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Oh, he was a baseball player. He was very good. For a baseball player who had a monologue and was there for 20 minutes.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Exactly.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

But with all those caveats.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

I don't know that baseball player 20 minute monologue award.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Because he wins that one.

[Commercial Voice]

He'd win.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Yeah, he wins that one.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

He'd win the Jim Abbott award.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

For me, I think Jerry Levine as Philip Mack is so impactful. You have. Anybody who's ever seen that episode remembers him and the somewhat creepy vibe he gave off.

[Host 5 (likely Jason Marsden)]

Right.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

I'm gonna throw out a random one, though.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Great.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

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[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

I know. I feel like that's background actor, though.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Do we have a background again?

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

I mean, Dusty would win best background.

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[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

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[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Okay, we do?

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Yeah.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Ryder just gave away the award already.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Well, no. What if. Now when you add in. If he's not there. Let's see if he was there.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

No, he's not.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

He's not. So we can add him in. He can be a write in.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Yeah.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

All right, so when we get there, who knows what'll happen? I'm going to. I'm going with Jerry Levine. Although my. My backup would be Dom Herrera, but that's who I'm feeling. But I could be persuaded to feel differently if you guys have a strong opinion.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

I think if the. If the equivalent is Corinna who came in and like was the entire episode, then yes, Jerry. Yeah, right. Like if that's somebody who came in and in one episode took over the entire show, change the whole tone of the show. We're still funny and entertaining, but just fantastic. Yeah, I mean, but that's more like just.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Yeah, I would agree. But I would also add to the list somebody who wouldn't win but should be on the list maybe is Reg. Reginald Fairfield.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Oh, that's a good point.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Just because it was fun. He was so fun. And it's Davey Jones and that was a pretty, pretty neat one. But no, I agree with the both of you. I think to for impact on the show to be Jerry Levine. Philip Mack.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Congratulations, Jerry Levine. You've just won a Feeny.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Yes. There it is. Get out of me.

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Scared the be out of me. And Will Ryder knew immediately what it was.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Wow.

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[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

All right, so we get to move into our next category of Feeney, which is the best use of a song. Oh man. Number one on this list, Hot stuff. When the guys all do the hot stuff dance, it's pretty great. Number two, War Cory and Topanga in the tag of an episode singing war. Number three, Shallow Boy, the one we talked about, sung by Leisha Haley. Incredible song. How about Allen's jam session with the Tongues is all guitars.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Four guitar bands, four guitars all the time.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

We have Jojo man and Brother B. I don't know what that is.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

I have no idea. What's that? Oh wait.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Oh, oh, oh, wait. I do remember this.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

It was that they were like on stage.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

We're Jojo man and Brother B.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Don't you remember?

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

They like came on and did some random.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Wait, is that when Feeny played tapes at the. At the dance? Yes, yes, that's what it was.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

That's what it was.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

You think that episode where he.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

That was Jojo.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Yes, the exits.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Okay, yeah, I don't really remember. So that's what Jojo, Amanda, Brother B are on a tape that are played.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

So. Yes, I think.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

I think so.

[Host 5 (likely Jason Marsden)]

I think.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Yeah, it is. I think. Well, that's a no. We barely even remember.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Yeah.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

No, not the best use of a song. Loser Freak sung by Lindsay.

[Guest or Promo Voice (possibly Troy Millings)]

Yeah.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Nobody's Angel. Yeah, it is.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Well, it's Alicia Haley's song.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

But sung song by Lindsay. Yeah, Loser Freak.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

She's supposed to be on the Shallow Boy.

[Host 4 (likely Ben Savage)]

Do you think.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

But do you think Alicia Haley actually wrote that song or do you think.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

No, probably not. I think. I think. No, I think they wrote it for Lindsay because I think they wrote Shallow Boy too.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Maladjusted gender lizard free.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

I don't think Lindsay at that first season at her age would have written I think he likes boys, if you know what I'm saying.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Right.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

She wrote. Oh, she probably came up with the melody.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

She probably did the melody. I bet she did. Yeah. I'll bet you she did.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Yeah. How about nobody's angel?

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Oh, best use.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Best use.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Took Ryder's soul and sucked it out through his eyeballs.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

It's still my favorite visual. We have good looking guy theme.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

I mean, that's pretty great.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Pretty good.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

That's going to be a tough one to beat. And then Morgan's Wind beneath my Wings,

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

which, let's be fair, becomes Corey's Wind beneath my Wings.

[Commercial Narrator]

Yeah, it does.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

But also, what about. I'm going to write one in. What about Eric singing To sir with Love?

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

I was going to write.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Oh my God.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Yeah, yeah. To sir with Love in the graduation episode.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Yeah.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

We have a lot of good uses of song.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

We also have my character category.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Yeah.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

And we also have Trina's.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Yeah.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

I mean there's like some good needle drops. Best use of a song. Also, if we're talking about just use of a song, are we doing like a musical number? Because if we're just talking about use of a song, I would put up the Garfunkel song. When we get the flashback montage according to Fanga, rip my heart out. So whatever. That Garfunkel song totally worked for me. Which is actually one of the few needle drops in boy meets world history. Like where we actually just drop. But I guess we're gonna stick with musical numbers.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Yeah.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Actually performed on the show.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

I think it's performed on the show.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

I'm sorry, I have to say, for things people would remember.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Yeah.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

I think you're gonna be hard pressed to beat Hot Stuff and all of us, the whole cast of guys dancing that hot stuff. And when you got Feeny doing the. Doing the dance, I mean it was.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

We're not all. The dance song.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

I know you're not. You're just dancing to it.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

No, it's best use of a song, not performance of a song. It's best use use of a song. And Hot Stuff, where all the guys are dancing is pretty good use of that song. Although it's a direct ripoff obviously of yeah, Full Monty.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

But I think it's either war or two sir with Love. Cuz those both are hysterical. They're taking a song, changing the context of that song and making it hysterical in both cases. Like war. Like the fact that Cory and Topanga get up to do karaoke and they sing is just ridiculous. And then you guys kill it. It's so funny. And then it's to sir with Love is again like it's a graduation. Oh, God. What song is he going to sing?

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

And you, I mean, and he lays across their laps.

[Host 5 (likely Jason Marsden)]

So funny.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

You're probably right. I think Jojo, man and brother be no.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

2 sir with love.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

I think either you're going to go with two sir with love.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Yep.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Man, it is a tough one.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

It's tough, though.

[Host 5 (likely Jason Marsden)]

War.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

The two of you singing war. So funny.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

It's so funny.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

But yeah, maybe it is. To serve with love draped across the teachers. Yeah, everybody's there.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

The fact that you spent all week rehearsing it kind of straight too, and then made it funny when we were actually there. It's just. It's brilliant, man. It's such a good performance.

[Host 4 (likely Ben Savage)]

Yeah.

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[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

All right. To sir with Love. Congratulations on a feeny.

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[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

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[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Okay, this. This one is done with peace and love. Peace and love. Everyone had terrible episodes, your hosts included. But this award is for overall worst episode.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

This is a tough one, man.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

There's a lot of bad. There's a lot of. There's more. Thankfully, there's way more good episodes than there are bad episodes.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

I mean, in multitudes. So many more amazing episodes. But here are nine that we talked about as potentially being the worst.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

There are nine.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Okay, number one, Road trip.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

That's Sean going on a road trip with Corey.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Yeah. Is this the Nobody's Angels? Nobody's Angels episode?

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Pretty bad.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Number two, Starry Night.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

I love that episode.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

This one's hard because it's actually like canon. It's like such an important canon story thing. But we hated it so much. But I don't. Because of its value in the canon and the storytelling. I feel like we can't call it the worst episode.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

I don't know.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

That's just. Anyway, go on.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Number three, for love and apartments.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Which one was this? Is this the wrestling for the apartment episode?

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Oh, gosh. It might be. Yes.

[Commercial Voice (Cal Penn or Kel Penn)]

Yes.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Oh, so this is mankind.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Yes, this was the one. I mean, that's the B story. So what was the A story in for Love in Apartments?

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

After Cory and Topenka and Sean and Angela break up, the girls choose to challenge the boys to a wrestling match to decide who keeps the apartment. That's all it says. It's season seven, episode two.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

People love. People love the wrestling. Love mankind. And the fact that we then learn that Danielle did that Whole week with a broken arm.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Sean try to reconcile Topanga's parents.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Right. So it had like the weird drama of going to their house. Right.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

And like Cory making. Just throwing himself. That was murder approach.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Isn't this also where you meet the dad's girlfriend?

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Yes.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Yes.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

So, yeah.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

It's not a good episode. It's really not.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

It's not.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Our fourth nominee is Brothers, which I

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

guess is the first episode of season five. Which is where. Right. Where Corey is filming a reality show.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Yeah.

[Commercial Narrator]

Right.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

So it's all like. And then like it's really bad. That's when Matt Lawrence's first episode.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Matt's first episode. Which is important to the show. I did not hate it as much as the two of you did. If memory serves. I thought the Matt and Eric scenes of meeting up like 1, 2, 3, blue. Yeah, I don't like them. Like that stuff I thought was. Was actually not terrible. You just didn't like that Matt didn't have a character. Right. No, I get it.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

No, I. My monologuing to the camera like in documentary style on New York street and then like turning around and like, oh, I didn't see you there. It's so bad. It's so painful. And like just. It's just. It's really. It's like. All right, I think it's one of the worst episodes. But maybe not.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

It's on the. It's on the. No, it's on the list.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

I get it. I get it.

[Commercial Voice (Discover Card)]

Definitely.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

It's a wonderful night.

[Host 5 (likely Jason Marsden)]

Which.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

This is season one where Eric wrecks the car.

[Commercial Voice]

Is it?

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

And yeah. You and Jason Marsden end up at the tow truck.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Oh, my size 14 steel toe jack boots. Which actually wasn't in the episode. I don't think we were like, what?

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Quote crack lines.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Amy and Alan go out and hire a babysitter who cancels on them. So Feeny subs in. Are you kidding me?

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

This is.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

I festooned myself with costume myself.

[Host 4 (likely Ben Savage)]

Good episode.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Okay, okay, okay. All right.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Take that out.

[Host 5 (likely Jason Marsden)]

All right.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

It's not you, it's me.

[Commercial Voice (Discover Card)]

Yeah.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

This is the episode where Corey says something about going to college and Shawn and him fight the entire episode about.

[Commercial Voice]

It's.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

It's basically a gay panic episode. The whole episode. And then remember, we get the flashback at the llama.

[Host 5 (likely Jason Marsden)]

Oh my gosh.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

This is when. Oh my gosh. This is when you decide you are worried that you guys are going to grow apart anyway and you decide to end your friendship sooner rather than later. And there is lots of yelling at each other.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Lots of yelling, and we each find new friends.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Oh, it's.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Remember, Cory, like, goes and hits on some other guy, like, and it's super awkward and creepy. And then it's like us at Chubby Scrapes to someone. Yes. And then you, Topanga, like, makes a scheme to bring us into Feeny's office, where we continue to fight. And then we get a flashback, which was just with the llama pen, where we. It's. It's one of the worst episodes. And it. To me, it was just like. It was trying so hard to be an affair to forget. Like, the whole joke of, like, Cory and Sean are. But instead, it was just bad. I don't know. I think it's a whole.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

What's Eric. See, I think the worst episode has to have a bad A and B story.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

The B story is you and the dean in college. So one of the dean storylines, which are always bad.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Oh, they're terrible.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

And this is one of them. The X one is Fraternity Row, which I think is on this list.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

You're right. See, it's not you, it's me is the Is episode. That episode is first. And the next one, it's right after Fraternity Row is right after.

[Host 4 (likely Ben Savage)]

Yeah.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

So that was.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Everything with the dean was terrible.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

It's terrible.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

So it's like the whole beginning of that season, season six was just painful. I mean, always the beginning of season 12, season five.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Shoot, that was five.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Season five.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Five was a rough.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Oh, yeah. I guess because we were in college. Of course. Yeah. We would have been in college.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Not us, but you and Matt. This is when they introduced Matt and they didn't know what to do with them. We had a new director that only directed that season. It's just such an uneven beginning to the season. It's.

[Commercial Voice]

Yeah.

[Commercial Voice (Discover Card)]

Yeah.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

All right, next we have Fraternity Row, which is when you start the Magnum PI. Eric decides to start his own fraternity, Magnum PI. Sean begins to slack off on schoolwork because he doesn't expect to get into college. That's Fraternity Row.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Yeah. Again, bad episode. I don't know if that was the worst one. That was the one where the guy turns around and has the perfect Magnum PI shirt.

[Host 4 (likely Ben Savage)]

Yeah.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Like. Yeah.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Again, I don't remember the storyline with

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Shawn either, I think.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Because I think it's completely forgettable, but. All right.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Humiliated by what he's forced to do in Pledges for Fraternities, Eric decides to start his own fraternity to throw parties and get girls. Jack doesn't like the idea, but is forced to go along Because Eric included his name on the flyer. Dean Borac, however, is suspicious.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

This is the one where it opens with me in the pink dress and

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

doesn't feel like a guest star walking in.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Ted Lang and Bernie Capel miraculously show up.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

It's so dumb.

[Commercial Voice (Cal Penn or Kel Penn)]

Order.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

The fraternity shut down the next morning. But Jack, Eric, and the dozens of girls that show up party for the rest of the night. Meanwhile, Sean is getting down on himself about going to college. He begins slacking off because he doesn't think he'll actually get in. But when a girl in his building invites him to her class, Shawn cannot reject. Lucky for him, he really likes the class and seems to have a knack for it.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

But this only makes philosophy him shirk

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

the school of high school.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Yeah, this is the Julius carrot.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

That's not a horrible.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

But it also.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

It made no sense. Remember, we were like, wait, so Sean's smart enough to be okay? It was like. But there's still a nice Feeny B. I feel like there's still some not horrible stuff about the Sean episode, but the. Really, the A storyline, Fraternity bro is bad. I think the previous one is worse. If we're talking Dean episodes.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

And. Yeah, all right, B, it's not you, it's me.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

I think that's the worst episode.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

First Girlfriends Club. This is where you get kidnapped by your ex girlfriend.

[Host 5 (likely Jason Marsden)]

Yeah.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

And remember, none of it made sense. We were just like, why are these characters going to the boathouse? How did they know they were there? Logic completely fell apart.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Yeah. Sean and Corey are entangled in a web of accountability. Topanga doesn't want to read Lauren's letter, but Angela tears it out of her hands and reads it to her. Topanga is very angry, slamming Corey into a locker to begin their discussion. She wants to know why he lied to her about the kiss and tells him that he broke her trust and that she doesn't know how they can work past that. Meanwhile, for the first time, Sean is very excited about his Valentine's Day date with Angela. He has every intention to attend, but three ex girlfriends kidnap him so he won't ultimately disappoint Angela. That's the flimsy premise. You're gonna. You're gonna disappoint her anyway. So disappoint her.

[Commercial Voice (Cal Penn or Kel Penn)]

Now.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

I would have to argue, though, that the three guest stars coming back. It was great to see everybody again, and anything having to do with the Lauren storyline was really important to the show.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

I know.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

So the, you know, the letter and all that kind of stuff. I, I. Yeah. Not a great episode, but it was so important. The Lauren.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Yeah, that's true.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

All right, our next episode is. What a drag.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Oh, God, This.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

I mean, I think it's awful. It's awful. What is the B story? Because the A story is you and Jack dressing as women to get away from the one guy.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

One guy.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

And then it's got to be. Is a Cory Topanga thing. What's going on in the B story?

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Yes. It looks like Cory and Topanga are at odds as they attempt to redecorate their dorm room. Eric and Jack are forced to go into hiding when they bust a fellow student, Crazy Luther, who attempts to throw an illegal rave. Eric is Chantal Dubois, a shy French girl, and Jack is Lala Nelson, a recovering drug addict.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

What? Don't you remember that?

[Host 5 (likely Jason Marsden)]

No.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

That's what Eric says to him. He says, your name is Lala Nelson. You're a recovering drug addict. He's like, no. Yeah. Eric writes the backstory for it.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

That's actually a good joke.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

It is funny.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

I think this is really. This is up there. I think this is top three, worst episode. Because remember all the stuff where we have to pretend that no one's recognizing Eric?

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Yeah, yeah.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

And he's giving actually good advice to Topanga.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Talking to Topanga. The scene with Topanga where I'm crying the whole time and then belching for no reason. And then it's. And it's like Topanga doesn't get it.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

And I feel like this is in that Cory Topanga zone of just, like, with the apartment stuff. I never really liked any. Once they got settled in the apartment, I liked it. But finding the apartment, decorating the apartment.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Yes, I know.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

And the only really apartment storyline that I loved was the party. Like when you guys throw the Oren.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Corey tries, and then no one comes.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

I thought that was a cute. And that's like a cute thing to, you know, showcase your characters. But this debate, if I remember correctly, this is like Alan not helping Corey fix up the apartment.

[Host 5 (likely Jason Marsden)]

No.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

This is when Corey decides to redecorate his room.

[Commercial Voice (Cal Penn or Kel Penn)]

The.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

I mean, the dorm room, bright yellow and furnish it with cork. Topanga is less than excited about it, but she doesn't have the heart to tell him that she dislikes it. After striking up a conversation with Eric, she gains the confidence to talk to him. And when she returns home, she finds that Corey has painted the dorm sky blue and furnished it with regular furniture. Corey says she knew she hated it, but she should have told him.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

I mean, this is. This is just like, yeah, this is a dumb episode.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

It's a dud.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

It's just not. Yeah, it's really. Ooh, Cork. Like, that's the joke.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

I know.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

We built a whole B story around cork furniture. Correct. That's because the A story was so

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

strong that you just didn't really need the B story.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Just let it be a romp. In the B story.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

What's the episode that Nicole Eggert was in?

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Let me look.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

That literally just ended with Eric sucking her toes, and then she never came back again. What the hell was that episode?

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

But I think the A store was probably pretty strong.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

That's what I want to know what the A story was. Because if the A story is not super strong, that's got to be on this.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

That's picket fences. And Corey and Topanga seem like they're stuck in their old rundown dorm. Corey finds a great house with a nook for $80,000, but he's tricked into thinking that he can afford it.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

She was funny.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Yeah. The guest star was great.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Yep.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

I think it's. What a drag.

[Commercial Voice (Cal Penn or Kel Penn)]

Or

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

it's not you, it's me.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Yeah, let me read. Let me read the full description of it's not you, it's me. Shawn gets very upset at Corey for looking at colleges that they never discussed and that Shawn couldn't get into. The argument quickly snowballs as the two find replacement friends to make the other jealous. Neither, however, budges. As things begin to escalate, Shawn throws a party and doesn't invite Corey, hurting Corey's feelings.

[Commercial Narrator]

And then.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

This is the llama pen. Oh, boy.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

I mean, it's like a full five minutes of the episode with those kids and the llama pen. And it's so painful.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

It's poorly shot.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

It's poorly acted. No offense. Sorry, kids, but it's. It's bad.

[Host 5 (likely Jason Marsden)]

Like, it's.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

And it's like. And it's also a big joke is like, don't touch it. You're not supposed to hug your boys. Remember? It's like, all this, like. And Ben and I are so over the top. Like, I take full responsibility for the performance. But it was definitely, like, make it bigger. It's funnier. And it's like, no, this is not funny. Actually, what's funny about It's a fair to forget is how subtle it was.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Correct.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

And how real it was. And instead, it was like, play it. Let's make the gay joke as big and loud as possible, and therefore, it'll be funny. And it just doesn't Work. It's so bad. But I don't know. I think what a Drag is pretty bad.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Jack and Eric are nervous about writing their first college essay. Eric's plan is to befriend Dean Borax so they can get an extension. Looking for advice, Eric finds Feeney and has him give him and Jack advice. Feeny calmly tells them just to write the essays and they'll be fine and suggests that these feelings be Eric's topic. Later on, they manage to get an extension to actually write their essays. When Jack impresses Dean Borak by speaking to him in Chinese,

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

that throws it over. If they had, like, gotten through or done stuff. But the fact that it, like, comes down to a Chinese joke, like, it's so dumb. Can I ask a random question?

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Why do we have two Deans and both of them are Dean Bo something?

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

I know. Dean Bolender.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Borac to Bolender.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Like, how?

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

I don't know. That's a whole different conversation. But, yeah.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Guys, I. I don't know.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

I. I feel like, can we give Duel Awards?

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

I think it's. I think. I. I don't know. I think, what a drag. Because, like, when I said, it's not you, it's me, it took a couple minutes for you guys to remember. If I say, what a drag, we all know exactly which one it was, and we're all embarrassed by it.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

You're right.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

That Topanga said scene is where she's just. We're talking and no one recognizes Eric. It's awful. It's awful. Yeah.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Okay, guys. I can't even believe Club Cleavage didn't

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

even make this list.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Isn't on this list.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

How is it not?

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

What looks like.

[Host 5 (likely Jason Marsden)]

What was the A.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

What was the B story? That was the consolidated A story.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

It was. So the A story was that Corey loses his ring at Club Cleavage, his engagement ring, decides to take it off and leave it on the table or whatever. Oh, my God.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

It's the tushy dance. Rachel's there.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

It has to do with you guys. And she comes because she's writing a paper.

[Commercial Voice (Discover Card)]

Yes.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

And she wants to see how the males interact with. It's like. And. And Sean Weiss is there, and there isn't.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

You're married, you're dead. That's the episode. You're married, you're dead.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

They're playing in whatever's name's dorm room. They started playing poker, right?

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Yep.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

And then going to Hooters.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

I have to read this, guys. We thought this one was so bad when we were bad.

[Host 5 (likely Jason Marsden)]

All Right.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

We've already spent more time on the Phoenix.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

This is an important. This is important, though. What the worst episode is. This is important.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

The conflict. Sean Hunter and the guys tease Corey, joking that he is dead to the fun bachelor lifestyle because Topanga completely controls him. To prove he is still one of the guys, Corey goes with Sean to Club Cleavage, a thinly veiled Hooter style bikini bar. While trying to fit in, he removes his engagement ring and dances with other women, only later to realize he has lost it. His ring. Topanga discovers his deception. Instead of screaming, she delivers a mature reality track. Wearing the ring was his idea. And while he is free to hang out with his friends, he needs to respect their commitment. The B plot is that Rachel McGuire uses Eric Matthews and Jack Hunter as test subjects for her psychology term paper. She coolly observes their bizarre, chaotic housemaid antics to study how women influence male bonding.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

It's pretty bad. Not in the list.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

When I. When I googled this, it says behind the scenes and cast backlash. In April 2025, the cast revisited this episode on their rewatch podcast, Pod Meets World hosts Danielle Fishel, Topanga, writer Strong, Sean, and Will Fredell. Eric heavily criticized it, calling it arguably the worst episode of the series.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

There we go. Wow.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

They disliked how the script portrayed Topanga as an overly strict, controlling figure and Corey as a whipped fiance. Writer Strong and Ben Savage recalled that the atmosphere on set felt like a disaster due to behind the scenes production tensions. Fun fact. The episodes feature a minor guest appearance by future Hollywood star Nia Vardalos. No, it doesn't.

[Guest or Promo Voice (possibly Troy Millings)]

No.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Neil Vardalos is in the music episode.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

I know, but remember, it does say it on IMDb that she. And we were like, do you think she's in Club Clevage?

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

She played Sean Weiss that week.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

She's such a good actor. She could become anybody.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Anybody wouldn't even know it was her.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Wow, that's a real contender for.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

I know. Okay, okay, okay. So it's that one or you're married,

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

you're dead, you're married. What a drag.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Okay. And both also have, like. Yeah. I mean, it's funny. They both play with gender, which, like, it seems like that's the Achilles heel of boy meets world.

[Host 5 (likely Jason Marsden)]

Right?

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Correct.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Like, gender issues are always front and center. Like whenever they lean heavily into gender stuff, it's a little painful. Except for chick like me, which I think was great.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Which is great. Here's what I will say. Nobody, and I mean nobody has ever come up to me and quoted anything from Club Clavage. People come up and do Chantel Dubois all the time.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

I hated it.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

But a lot of people like Chantel was sure important to me.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Memorable,

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

right? You know? Yeah, but I mean, yeah, they're both terror. I would be. I could sleep with either one of these being the worst episode.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

I know.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

I really could.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

You know what? I. Man, it's so hard. I was gonna just.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Your marriage with dead is really bad.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Okay.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Oh, here's the thing.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

So bad.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Here's the thing. What would you be if somebody said, I can only watch one episode of Boy Meets World? Which one would make you more upset for them to see? To misunderstand the show? For me, it's what a Drag. Because at least. At least the Cory Topanga has the intention of, like, real character in the club. Clubage 1. It has the intention of, like, taking itself seriously, talking about marriage. Talking about. Whereas what a Drag is just like a romp that completely fails in both the A and B story.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Yeah, but you could also argue that there's harder laughs in what a Drag than there are in what a Drag.

[Commercial Voice (Cal Penn or Kel Penn)]

Right.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

But is that what Boy Meets World is about? Like, if somebody said, like, I can only watch one episode and you handed them what a Drag, would they get the what Boy Meets World is about? No, at all. Like, whereas club cleavage is one. I could be like, yeah, it's not a great episode, but you still kind of. No, you still also miss.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

You know, you're right. What a Drag.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

It's like, yeah.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Oh, is Boy Meets World about bullies and they have to go undercover in

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

disguise and like, crazy Luther is ridiculous.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

And the idea that they're dressed like women and nobody recognizes.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

That's the thing. The reality of that is just so beyond, like.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Like, versus the idea that Corey, not a great partner, takes his ring off and loses it in a hooter style place. Topanga finds out and instead of over, like, you get dynamics, relationship dynamics, sophisticated dynamics.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Whether they're, like, great or not. We can argue all. But at least there's something going on there where you're like, oh, there's a little surprise. It's not the predictable storyline. Drag is literally just like a bad romp where it's like the joke is, you know, revealing that you're a guy to the guy who's got his arm around you. And then.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Well, the joke is also that Eric is so ugly as a woman.

[Commercial Voice (Cal Penn or Kel Penn)]

Right.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

That it's absurd. And Matt is. Matt is essentially a supermodel. And it's. You're right.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

You're Right.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

There's too much. Too much bad with. What a drag. Yeah.

[Guest or Promo Voice (possibly Troy Millings)]

Okay.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

What a. What a drag. You have won.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

What's a razzie? What's the equivalent of a razzie? Yeah, exactly. All right, Here you go.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

All right, let's move into a best. Okay. Best wardrobe or outfit number one. Veronica was boisky.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

I mean, it's incredible.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Phenomenal.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Incredible.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Eric's lobster costume. When he falls into the butter.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

It's kind of a store made costume that they.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

I was gonna say it's funnier in concept than it is in actual execution.

[Commercial Voice (Discover Card)]

Agreed.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

100.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

TK's sex kitten skirt,

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

so inappropriate.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Fully seventh grade appropriate.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Sean's generic Atlas T shirt.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

I mean, I love. I actually wear this. I wear this in my life now. Now that we have it from our own merch. I wear it and I love it.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Okay. Yeah.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Yep.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Bad guy leather jackets. I mean, hard to top.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Yeah, yeah.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

All the more of a. It's a concept of the. All of the leather jackets as opposed to one wardrobe or.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

I know, but. But like, is the. Is the best. Then the thing of, like the idea of putting leather jackets on someone to tell a story, you know, make them tough. To make them tough.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

You know exactly what they are because of this jacket. Yeah.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

It's literally. And it goes throughout the entire show. It's like clearly a decision. It's like that. It's like that. It's like a cartoon.

[Commercial Voice]

I don't know. I don't know.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

It's so perfect and it's so consistent. It's like you're part of the cool gang.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

You're playing.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

You're a little edgy. You're wearing a leather jacket.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

A little unhinged maybe. God, we gotta see. You're on the fence. Are you just cool or are you crazy?

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Yeah, exactly.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

And then finally, we have Topanga's donut in the sky. The white lace Topanga dress.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

I mean, that's iconic.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

I know.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

I have two I have to add to this list. Okay. Plays with Squirrels has to.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Oh, my gosh.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Of course.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

How's Plays with Squirrels not on this list?

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

I mean, it's slightly more about makeup than wardrobe, I would say. But as an outfit. Yeah, I guess if we're saying whole outfit.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Pretty great.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

I mean, there's so many.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

And then the couch.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

I was gonna say couch.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

You could count the couch as an outfit, could you?

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Didn't we count it as a prop?

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

No, we said it wasn't a prop. It was. It was an outfit.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Yeah, definitely. Plays with squirrels has to be on this list, though.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Oh, 100%. But plays with squirrels for sure.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Even with those two on the list. If we're talking iconic and I guess plays with squirrels is iconic, but Topanga's dress or Veronica was boisky. I think have to be the two that you talk about. And I think with what it did for the show and was brought back in Girl Meets World and. But I guess, yeah, Squirrels was too.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

But it's tough between those two.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

But Topanga's. Topanga's dress is super important.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

And it's so. It's. You know what I like about it too, is that it's so simple, actually.

[Host 4 (likely Ben Savage)]

Yeah.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Like it's. But is it.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Yeah, you get Topanga almost just like the first time you see her with the outfit she's in that crocheted kind of. I mean, you like, you understand the character almost instantly.

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[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

One could argue that picking the Topanga's Donut in the sky dress might actually be the umbrella for all of season one. Topanga wardrobe. Yeah. Where it was eclectic and was vintage and thrifted and looked looked exactly like what that character was, you know, like flower child dress. Like you just looked at her and knew.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

And yet still contemporary in 90s. So she didn't feel like, oh, we just dressed a kid like she was in the 70s. Like it's actually took the character put it. Yeah, it's pretty perfect. It is pretty much that with the crimped hair. I mean everything. The whole look was just. And then you were wearing like a choker thing. Right. So like yeah. Whoever designed that, that is perfect. Whoever our wonder was that first year and they took the right amount of time and they just defined a whole character.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Totally.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Watching Danielle trying to put that choker on in the dark while changing clothes on our show every week with nails on is like something I'll never forget.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

I was like we only have a minute and I'm like having to put on a tank top and leggings on the side of a stage.

[Commercial Voice (Cal Penn or Kel Penn)]

Yep.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Carney folks, I that's, that's my vote.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Yeah, I agree.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

It's the most iconic.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Yep.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

I agreed.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Clothing. Yep.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

I agree.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Best quote.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Jesus Christ.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Okay, here we go. Ready? They want you to take the roles. Believe in yourselves. Yeah.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Can I just say, part of the reason why they want you to take the roles is the most quoted and the most memorable is because we all go into restaurants where there are roles.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Do you know what I mean?

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

It's like it refers to A common experience that everybody. So it is funny. But also, I think the reason it's so famous is because it's part of our everyday life when we all go to restaurants. So I'm just gonna throw that out there as, like, actually a reason for it not to be the best line. It's just.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

By the way, the two of you dressed like old people could easily have been on the best wardrobe or outfit list.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Oh, yeah.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Oh, yeah. So good.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

But I can see what you're saying. And once you say the second one, Danielle. I don't know.

[Commercial Narrator]

I know.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

I don't know what else is gonna be.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

We don't need to go beyond it.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Believe in yourselves, Dre. I do.

[Guest or Promo Voice (possibly Troy Millings)]

Good.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

I will read the rest, but I think we can just. We all agree what's gonna ever top that?

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

What could be people actually get tattooed on them.

[Host 4 (likely Ben Savage)]

Yeah.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

You know what I mean?

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Like, and. And everyone. If you see people put it on their graduation caps, their. It's like. It's just the line. It's like, yeah, yeah.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

You do your thing, and I do my thing. You are you, and I am I. The Gestalt Prayer. I am Danger Boy. I see underpants.

[Commercial Narrator]

Correct.

[Host 5 (likely Jason Marsden)]

Classic.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Life's tough. Get a helmet. Iconic. Quoted. Memeable. All of it.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Yep.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

So I said to myself, kyle, I love that so much, and I'll get as sick as I can without dying.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Now, we also don't have on here Topanga. If I had a dream of the perfect girl. Yeah. She wouldn't even come close to you. It's a great one.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

I married a moose is a pretty great quote. There have been so many incredible lines.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

I know.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Nothing is gonna top believe in yourself. Nope.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

We've definitely missed a bunch on this list. But I think once we came up with Believe in yourselves, Dream, Try do good. It was like, well, what are we doing here?

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Exactly.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

That's it. Congratulations. Feenies won a Feeny.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Feeny's won a Feeny. Matt Nelson.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Matt Nelson.

[Guest or Promo Voice (possibly Troy Millings)]

Matt Nelson.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

I know. Matt Nelson. Last week, we did best swing set. And this week, we are going to do best central location.

[Commercial Voice (Cal Penn or Kel Penn)]

Oh.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Oh, this is tough.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

We have the Matthews House inside the Matthews house. Two John Adams.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Okay. I was gonna say Matthews House is a great set. Pretty generic.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Yep.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Kind of just standard sitcom set. Could have. Could have been any. You know. Yeah.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

But some of the standard sitcom sets are pretty incredible.

[Commercial Voice]

Iconic.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

I mean, again, that's not on this list is the classroom.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

And I mean, the classroom sucks. I'm sorry. Having directed classroom episodes, it's the hardest to shoot. I know.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

But everybody, when they think about Boy Meets World, especially the early days, are thinking about Feeny standing.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

It's not a good classroom. It's not a good set to deal with.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

So you're talking about also it best set. Meaning, like, it can't just be the look. It's got to be the whole thing of the set. How it was easy to block in, how it was easy to shoot in.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Like, I think also just how interesting it was to look.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

To look at.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Okay, okay, okay.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Fair enough.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

So two John Adams, three Penbrooke.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

All right, when we say John Adams,

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

talk about the hallway.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Hallway from season two. Correct.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Yeah.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Yes. That is one of the most amazingly designed sets. So much good work in there.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Flexible.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

And think about how many incredible options you had. But.

[Commercial Voice (Discover Card)]

Yep.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Colorful. Not really memorable.

[Host 4 (likely Ben Savage)]

No.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Kind of looks like. Like, I don't know if anybody would see and immediately be like, Boy Meets World.

[Host 5 (likely Jason Marsden)]

Yeah.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Because it would just be like, it's a good set to work in.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

I think they've literally used it in other shows.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

That's what I mean.

[Host 4 (likely Ben Savage)]

It's.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Yeah, you just change the color of the paint, and it's like, suddenly it's a different series.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

So.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Yeah, let's keep that in mind.

[Commercial Narrator]

All right.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Pen. Brooke.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

I don't even know what we're talking about.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

I mean, I would also think it's the hallway. The hallway outside the. I don't know.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

That shouldn't even be on the list.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

I agree.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Chubby's iconic.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Great.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Amazing to work in. Some of the best scenes in Boy Meets World history happened here. We rave monkeys, birthday special dinner.

[Commercial Voice]

The pool room.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

The pool table. Oh, my God. I mean, I think this is probably the one, but we'll keep going.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

We have the student union.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Terrible sex.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

The worst.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Too wide open, too.

[Host 4 (likely Ben Savage)]

Yeah.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Way too deep. Useless parts in the back. It was like.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

But then finally, we have the Matthews outside with the slash Feeney backyard and side yard.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

This is so hard. This is so. But this is. The problem with the set is that there's one plane to act on.

[Kyle MacLachlan (Guest or Promo Voice)]

Yep.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Yeah.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

We had to, like, sometimes we use that little bench seat. We never took advantage of the treehouse once. We Twice. And Sean escaping from it. But if you just wanted to say you're watching Boy Meets World snapshot. Yeah.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

It's Cory and Feeney on the outside,

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

but also the kitchen. If we include the kitchen in this as, like, proscenium. Is that the word? Yeah, if that's what we're talking about. Like, it's so iconic and wonderful. But it is flat.

[Host 5 (likely Jason Marsden)]

So.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

But think about it. There's 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 different entrances we used for the backyard.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Right. You have the upstage.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Upstage. You had Beanie's house. You had the. Matthew's house. You. You did have the tree house, which was used. And you had basically coming from the cameras, where that was like the, you know, basically said, we parked over McClanahan,

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

parked her car, left her hand running or whatever.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Apparently where the main. Maybe the basketball court is too, if you kept walking. We don't know where that is, the garage, but that's a pretty iconic.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

I think it's either Chubby's or the. The. The backyard side yard.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

I think so, too. Those are my two picks.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Are we missing any?

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

What about. Okay, throwing it out there because it was used so many different times. What about the apartment? That was everybody's apartment. Oh, different levels.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

I know.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

I mean, it actually was good. It was a good set.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

It was a good set.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Really well made.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

It was a good set that. But I don't know if it beats the Matthews Fenies.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

The thing I love about Chubby is that it was a place where you could have multiple things going on, different groups of people, and it all makes sense for them to be there and make sense for them to not be able to hear the conversations going on.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

If you were in so diverse.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

It was so you could have the parents over here talking to Chubby behind the bar, ordering food. You could have people sitting in a

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

booth on a fire table.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

And then the booth, you had people playing. People could go play pinball and then come back down. Then you had the pool room. Like, we could have the entire cast in there and have different storylines going on and not be like, how are these people? How is this not all connected? Whereas in the backyard, it was so small.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Yep. You.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

You.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Whatever was going on in the backyard, really, there's one type of scene. People walk in, talk it out, walk away. Like, there's only one type of scene. Whereas Chubby's. You could have a concert. Yeah, you could have. It's.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Well, there's something to be said for a set, too, that you want to have background actors in.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Yeah, right.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

And. And that. The background. You didn't need that many background actors in Chubby to make the place seem like it was popping.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Also, incredibly well production designed. I literally own one of the, like, things in the background, that train thing that you got me, Danielle. So think about the design. Like, the. The set deck is incredible. So, like, the comic Books. The, like, little signage.

[Commercial Voice]

O.J.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

simpson jersey.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

I mean, come on.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

I have to agree. I'd say Chubby's.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Congratulations, Chubby's. You just won a Feeny. Now we have best romantic relationship. And this is different than last week's Best duo, as it must include the concept of love.

[Commercial Voice (Cal Penn or Kel Penn)]

Love.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Is it Amy and Alan, Cory and Topanga, Angela and Sean. Rachel and Jack. Feeny and Dean Bolender. Lauren and Corey. Maybe Cory and Sean.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Okay, can we ding Cory and Topanga and Rachel and Jack right away?

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Yeah, yeah.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Okay.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

And Feeny and Dean Bollinger.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Yeah, I know. They got married and then we never saw her again.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Exactly. That was it.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

But hold on. What are we talking about when we're saying best romantic relationship? We're saying that, like, watching these two people be in love romantically was fun. Or it was a.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Was a relationship where the best relationship, I think the best relationship. And for me, then it's clear that that is Amy and Alan.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Yeah, I agree.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

But we have so many problems with the fact that, like, the way that they talk to each other, the way that they fall into the, like, tropes.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Eventually. Eventually. Early on in the show, there were so many great moments of them working things out together, supporting each other. But yes, of course, were there tropes where it was like, you know, but even still, like, even when he bought the van for her and she was upset about it, she spoke up. She was like, don't ever do that for me.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Yeah, well, even when he, like, criticizes her body or, like, I don't know. I. I thought.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

I thought.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

I agree. If we had just watched it up to season three or four, I would be like, Amy and Alan are like, like, amazing. But I do feel like by the end of the show, there was a little, like, this couple man. Like. Yeah, but I think that's mostly because Amy just got diminished as a character on the show. I agree 100%. If we're just. Yeah, but I mean, as far as, like, people were rooting for models for good relationship.

[Commercial Voice (Discover Card)]

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[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

I'm sorry.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

I just realized something. Did we even talk about the fact that Amy was pissed that Alan went and bought the van, but then Amy went and bought the store?

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

We did even talk about.

[Commercial Voice]

Did we?

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Okay, we did. Yeah, I think we talked about that.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

I. I would have to vote Amy and Alan. I think just in the overall scheme

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

of things, it could have been Lauren and Corey. It could have been, but they started on. It started with deception.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Yeah, true. Yeah, that's very true.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

And Corey And Sean, I mean, we. There is love there, but, you know, I mean, I do think it was always supposed to be a platonic love.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Yeah.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Yeah.

[Host 5 (likely Jason Marsden)]

So.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

And I don't think they developed Angela and Sean enough, especially at the end of the show. It kind of let it fall. Fall a bit by the wayside. And Amy and Alan were. Yeah. So diminished in the last couple seasons, but when we did get to see them, they were. I mean, we were gushing about them for the first couple seasons.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Oh, I know.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

And they're still going out to dinners

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

pretending to be other people, meeting in hotels. The Spice Alive.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Yep.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

All right, Amy and Ellen, you've won a Feeny.

[Host 5 (likely Jason Marsden)]

Yay.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Now we have best background actor. There's the one and only Dusty Vegas showgirl on career day. Jackie Fell as waitress.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

I mean, she's actually great. She actually performs an amazing scene.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

I know.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

She was great.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Yeah.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

There's Justin Armeo as pizza delivery guy in pizza hat. That's. That's the Train of Fools episode.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Sure.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Yeah.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

There's Ludwig with the German radio show.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Yeah.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

And Cal Penn.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Great one, too.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

No, we got to give it to Jackie. Come on.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

I know it's Jackie or Dusty. Jackie is what she does with that.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

She makes an impact on the episode. That was the thing. Like, Dusty was there and was a mainstay, and we were so happy he was there and all of that kind,

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

and we were happy to find him in real life. And that was super fun.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

But Jackie, like, affected the episode.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

I mean, she gets a laugh. She gets a laugh.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Yep.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

All right. Jackie Fell has won best background actor as waitress.

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[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

All right, guys. Best animal on Boy Meets World. Was it the bear? Was it the bee? Was it Cory? The pig? Was it the monkey? Was it Salem the cat?

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Or was it an animal?

[Commercial Voice (Cal Penn or Kel Penn)]

Dolphin.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

That's a puppet puppet.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

That doesn't count. Salem's gone.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Okay, Salem, out.

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Out.

[Host 5 (likely Jason Marsden)]

What?

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

What does it mean? Like what?

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

What does that mean? It's obviously little Corey.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

It's gotta be little Cory.

[Host 5 (likely Jason Marsden)]

Come on, guys.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

I mean, right? Or the bear.

[Commercial Voice (Discover Card)]

The bear.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

The bear. No, I didn't even remember the bear.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

But there's multiple bears. We had two bears, for God.

[Commercial Voice]

Bear.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

I don't remember either bear.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

No, it's obviously little Cory.

[Host 5 (likely Jason Marsden)]

It's blonde Cory.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Or the monkey, which is. Who's also great. What's the monkey?

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Marcel.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Marcel Ripped apart. That episode was the most fun. You were so furious about the monkey,

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

but we talked about the performance.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

No, no, you Guys didn't like it. Even if we are talking about the performance, you guys were like this monkey.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

I'm just wondering how much we have to throw into the, you know, figuring out who won, because remember how awful working with the pig was?

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Oh, gosh. It was terrible.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Super uncomfortable.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

That's what I'm saying. Like, working.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

I know.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

It was terrible working with the monkey. He and I are still Facebook friends and.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Right.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Hang out every once.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Definitely alive. Yeah.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Email every once in a while. Everyone, come on. If you're talking about Boy Meets World and you want to celebrate the use of animals on the show, that Little Corey episode is so funny. It's a good episode.

[Host 5 (likely Jason Marsden)]

So cute.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

The idea that John gets a pig and then names it Little Corey.

[Host 5 (likely Jason Marsden)]

Come on.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

And then he comes back later in the show as a big, huge, big. Okay. All right.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Little Corey, you've just won best animal. Congratulations.

[Commercial Voice (Discover Card)]

And you were delicious.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Oh, my God.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Worst season. Do we even have to go through this?

[Guest or Promo Voice (possibly Troy Millings)]

Seven.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Seven.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Seven.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Moving on.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

No, I want you to name each one.

[Commercial Voice]

One.

One.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Three.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Seven.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Four or four. Let's change the order.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

There's five. As a five.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

There's number one. Seven. Or is it number two?

[Commercial Voice]

Four.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Four. It's number seven. Congratulations. Number seven. You're the worst season.

[Host 4 (likely Ben Savage)]

Yeah.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

The best overall character arc.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Is it number one, Eric, off the list?

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Corey. Is it number two?

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Sean?

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Is it number three, Eric? I've already crossed it out. Is it number four, Topanga? I've already cross it out. Is it number five? Feeny? Is it six? Alan? Is it seven? Amy? Or is it eight? Angela? I've already crossed it out.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

I think it's Sean.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

I think you're right.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Yeah.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Because Corey, obviously is the one that. Suppose his arc is supposed to be driving the show, but I just. I just don't feel like he goes through as much, and I feel like he's. So. He goes from, like, innocent to, like, experienced. Whereas, like, Sean has so many weird side quests and interesting. You know, I don't know anyone. He goes from being like, kind of the poor dumb kid to this, like, artsy, poetic sense of kind of disappears

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

from the show in the later season.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

I know the problem. I know that is the problem.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Six, seven. He kind of. He's.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Well, there's the Angela storyline.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

I do think where he ends. Even the ability. Even the fact that he makes the joke about, like, oh, because I can't go to New York because I've got nothing here. But he. So there is, like, a real sense of comfortability. If not confidence in who he is as a person. And just kind of like, I don't know where my life is going to take me, but I feel confident that I can handle it. Whereas the first several seasons of the show was all about his concern that because of his upbringing, he was automatically going to fail in life. And now I don't. I feel like he knows that no matter what happens to him in life, he's not going to fail.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Right.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Which is a great arc.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Yeah, Yeah. I don't disagree.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

I mean, let's look at it this way. Based on what you just described is embodying Feeny's message. He believes in himself. He's gonna dream and he's gonna try and like, you see shiny.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

And he's a good person, so he's gonna do good.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

But like, he used to, like, yeah. From where he started, like the whole first four seasons, five seasons, with Sean saying, I'm the bad kid. I'm from a poor family. I'm gonna be a screw up like my dad. I'm gonna be a screw up. I'm never gonna be good. I'm never gonna be anything. And at the end, you're right. He's like, no, I'm off to New York. I'm gonna go do great things. I'm gonna dream and try.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

And I believe he certainly had the most growth of anybody else on the show. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I agree. I would have to say. Sean.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Sean, congratulations. You've just won the best overall character arc. All right, this is our final category. For this episode, we have the worst plot hole. Number one, what year of school are these characters in?

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

First day of high school, seventh grade

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

changes all the time.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Number two, the Joshua Matthews. Time travel. He had a baby. We never saw that baby. And then he.

[Commercial Narrator]

6

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Topanga's parents, the ever rotating cast of parents. And a sister who doesn't we see once and never see again.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Or Nebby.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

When and how Corey and Topanga met.

[Commercial Voice]

Hey.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Yeah, this is. Yeah, that one. What sucks about that one is that it's very heavily implied that when they in that first scene together in Corey's alternative friends that they've never talked to each other. And it's almost as if, like, yes, they know of each other, but they've never hung out. And then to retro. Cause we witnessed it. We saw them fall in love in the course of one episode and have their first kiss and then we had to retcon it that they were always in love.

[Commercial Voice]

Why we got to see it.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

So it's like, we're told to not trust our own story. Watching. It's so frustrating.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

The second Harley, when. Yeah.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Weird choice.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Number six, character aspirations, like Corey wanting to be a journalist, Eric wanting to be a weatherman. Topanga being a hippie. That's big John Adams interdimensional floor plan.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Yeah. It's a silo.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

We figured it out.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

And number eight, did Mr. Turner die?

[Guest or Promo Voice (possibly Troy Millings)]

Jesus.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

I also have to throw in there. Sean's family.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Oh, yeah.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Sister, brother, Half brother. Yeah. They just kept bringing people in, and it's like, your sister's mom is not his mom. Yeah.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

They can't do it all the way.

[Commercial Voice (Cal Penn or Kel Penn)]

I know.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Yeah. Sean's family has to be in there as well.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

I don't know, man. But I think, like, if you're talking about what's most damaging to the show, I still think it's Corey Topanga. Like, I feel like that it's like, if. If you're gonna make this the central, like, sort of biblical point of the show, be consistent.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

And why would it be bad to say we met when we were 12.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

No. And had that first kiss?

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

And, like, why couldn't that have been the start of your relationship? It doesn't. Because that's not poetic enough.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

I know.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

It had. You had to have been together since you were 2, and it's like, well, why?

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

I know.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

So. Yeah. That had. I agree. That's. That's got to be it. That did the most damage is the wrong word. But it was the most glaring, I think, of all. Yeah. Topanga story.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Yeah. Because the other ones, it's like, they're not as important. Do you know what I mean? But, like, Crimea end up being the important. Like, that is.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

That's the show.

[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

Yeah.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

Yeah. That's. That's what they want us to believe. That's been the show the entire time. And again, we talked about this. The sleight of hand was brilliant. A couple montages and season six and, like, halfway through season six and all of seven, by the time the show's done. We've watched Cory and the Cory and Topanga show for seven years.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Yeah.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

And it's like that just wasn't the case. So again, things before streaming. Yeah, I agree.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

Well, congratulations. When Corey and Topanga met, you have won a Feeny as the worst plot hole. So we would love to hear your thoughts. Did we get these right? What would you have picked for your winners? Let us know on Instagram @pod meets world show. It's all subjective, but also, we are always right.

[Host 5 (likely Jason Marsden)]

Just kidding.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

All right, thank you all for listening to this episode of Pod Meets World. As always, you can follow us on Instagram Pod Meats Meets World show. You can send us your emails podmeetsworldshowmail.com and we've got merch.

[Host 3 (likely Rider Strong)]

And the winner of the best merch call is Definitely not merch.

[Host 1 (likely Will Friedle)]

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[Host 2 (likely Danielle Fishel)]

We love you all. Pod Dismissed. Yes, Kaching Merch Pod Meets World is an iHeart podcast produced and hosted by Danielle Fishel, Wilfred L And Ryder Strong, executive producers Jensen Karp and Amy Sugarman, executive in charge of production Danielle Romo, producer and editor Tara Sugbash, producer Matty Moore, engineer and Boy Meets World Superman Easton Allen. Our theme song is by Kyle Morton of Typhoon. Follow us on Instagram odmeatsworldshow or email us at podmeatsworldshowmail.com

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