The Peeny Awards

Summary

Pod Meets World – "The Peeny Awards"

Release Date: July 23, 2026
Hosts: Danielle Fishel, Will Friedle, Ryder Strong

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Overview

In this celebratory and hilariously unfiltered episode, Danielle, Will, and Ryder present the inaugural "Peeny Awards"—their tongue-in-cheek, inside-joke-filled take on podcast awards, dedicated not to the "Boy Meets World" universe but to the wild and wonderful world of the Pod Meets World podcast itself. Reflecting on the past years of recaps, hijinks, and guest appearances, the trio hand out Peeny Awards in categories ranging from "Most Unhinged Moment" to "Favorite Inside Joke." The mood is loose, raunchy, and self-referential, serving up belly laughs alongside genuine moments of nostalgia and gratitude.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Birth of the "Peeny Awards"

• [03:06] Danielle introduces the idea behind the Peeny Awards, emphasizing their self-important, silly spirit. The hosts joke about the name, exchanging puns and pondering the implications ("It's not the size of your peeny..." – Will, [04:10]; "It's how you wiggle the worm." – Ryder, [04:15]).

2. Funniest Guest on Pod Meets World

• Nominees: Adam Scott, Dom Herrera, Lee Norris, Glenn Mercer, Jeff Manell, Carrot Top, Dusty, and Busking.
• The team debates their favorite, reminiscing about particularly hilarious interviews.
• Ultimate Winner: Adam Scott
  • “Congratulations, Adam Scott. You just won a big peeny.” – Danielle, [06:17]

3. Best Inside Joke

• Nominees: "Hold the Plane for Minkus," "The Inmates in the Audience," "Seat 4C," "Steve’s Having a Baby," "Feeney Burying Bodies," "Ricky Farris Impression," "DTF," "The Best Woman is a Man," and "Some Friend You Turned Out to Be, Sebastian."
• After trimming the field for truly organic Pod Meets World-originated jokes, the hosts land on Seat 4C.
  • “That was so epic… it just played out organically on the national scale and then became something… the comments were people… going, this is unbelievable.” – Danielle, [08:57]
  • "Seat 4C… is the best inside joke." – Danielle, [09:38]

4. Most Surprising Revelation

• Nominees: Trina was told the cast didn't want her in the finale, Danielle's crush on Ryder, Will nearly asking Danielle out (again), Adam Scott & Ryder's awkward hug, Ryder's pony, lobster placements, Blake and Ethan drinking 40s in their trailer.
• Debate: The Trina/finale revelation vs. Adam Scott/Ryder "Hugate."
• Winner: Adam Scott Hugate (the Ryder/Adam hug story).
  • "I would kill to be able to watch that moment. It's still a mystery." – Will, [15:04]

5. Most Unhinged Podcast Moment

• Nominees: Danielle being “thirsty” at the sleepover, Crotcharati (Will’s sweaty pants incident), Ryder’s found grappling hook, Lindsey McKeon/Stevie Nicks, Ryder not laughing at "Babe: Pig in the City," Will’s cartoon impression, Danielle mixing up Mark Paul Gosselaar and James Van Der Beek, Ceasar Warmbols ad read.
• Top Two: Crotcharati (“I was soaking wet. I was like a man in a pool.” – Will, [17:12]), and Will’s Lily impression.
• Consensus: Crotcharati wins (“Your crotch gets a peeny.” – Ryder, [22:01])

6. Favorite Wrestler Interview

• Nominees: CM Punk, Liv and Dom, AJ Lee, Danhausen, Rhea Ripley, Bayley, Charlotte Flair, Kit Wilson, Bruce Prichard (Brother Love), Mick Foley.
• Winner: Bruce Prichard (“Probably the most insightful wrestling interview that most directly ties to Boy Meets World.” – Danielle, [24:51])

7. Best Side Quest Recap

• Nominees: Summertime Switch, Game Box 1.0, Munchy & Munchy Strikes Back, Awesome Camp Nowhere, The Random Years, Saturday Morning Cartoon Special, Bachserati.
• Winner: Saturday Morning Cartoon Special (“We took like a nightmare memory and flipped it with our podcast. It's just the coolest thing ever.” – Ryder, [29:37])

8. Best Pod Swap

• Nominees: Step by Step, How I Met Your Mother, Full House/Tanneritos, Scrubbing In, Office Ladies, Melrose Place, Glee.
• Winner: Office Ladies
  • “It was a really, really well done [podswap].” – Danielle, [31:10]
  • “Will showcasing his insane memory… the fact that they kept being blown away by it was so awesome.” – Ryder, [31:21]

9. Best Recap Discovery

• Nominees: Matthew Lawrence's “Yeah, yeah, yeah, 10ft,” food photos above the kitchen sink, Vegas showgirl in "Career Day," OJ Simpson jersey in Chubby’s, pool ball, the audacious lobster, blood splatter in Topanga's dad's apartment.
• Winner: Food photos in the kitchen (“There was an inside joke among our crew that we now noticed and acknowledged and were able to appreciate.” – Ryder, [33:18])
• Honorable Mention: Matthew Lawrence’s “yeah.”

10. Craziest Thing That Happened During the Podcast

• Nominees: Halloween episode lining up with Halloween, Jensen’s gallbladder incident, Danielle recovering Bonnie Morgan’s stolen car, Ryder dancing at a Phillies game, sleeping at the Boy Meets World house, wild tour stories, Danielle’s ripped-up photos, the cursed leather jacket.
• Winner: The cursed leather jacket saga (“We did not really overwhelmed and we were tired… We got the jacket… then we lost it the next day.” – Ryder, [39:14])

11. Most Surprising Guest on Pod Meets World

• Nominees: Bonnie Morgan, Adam Scott, Dusty, the Stalker family, Phil Rosenthal, Matt Johnson.
• Winner: Bonnie Morgan
  • “It was also about just, you know, healing and coming together as like a little kid actor community.” – Ryder, [41:27]
  • “Bonnie Morgan… it was a full journey in one episode. It was very healing and for everyone involved.” – Danielle, [42:35]

12. Most Predictable Pod Meets World Tropes

• Nominees: Ryder can't make wrestling tape days, Will mentions "MASH", Ryder asks “What is happening?” Danielle says "Wow," Will says “I have a question” or “just very briefly,” Ryder’s use of “bummer.”
• Winner: Will mentioning "MASH."
  • “From day one, episode one, we joked about how often we were going to have to hear about MASH.” – Danielle, [47:31]
  • “Watch four episodes last night. Watch it every night… Every single night for years.” – Will, [47:46]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “It's not the size of the peeny. It’s how you wiggle the worm.” – Ryder Strong ([04:15])
• “Congratulations, Adam Scott. You just won a big peeny.” – Danielle Fishel ([06:17])
• “Seat 4C… is the best inside joke.” – Danielle Fishel ([09:38])
• “Your crotch gets a peeny.” – Ryder Strong ([22:01])
• “Cursed leather jacket. Agree 100%.” – Ryder Strong ([40:30])
• “It was also about just… healing and coming together as like a little kid actor community.” – Ryder Strong ([41:27])
• “From day one, episode one, we joked about how often we were going to have to hear about MASH.” – Danielle Fishel ([47:31])

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Timestamps for Major Segments

• [03:06] – Awards Introduction / Naming "Peeny Awards"
• [03:49] – Funniest Guest Deliberation
• [06:39] – Best Inside Joke Nominees & Winner
• [13:26] – Most Surprising Revelation Discussion
• [16:26] – Most Unhinged Moment (Crotcharati, etc.)
• [22:21] – Favorite Wrestler Interview
• [29:00] – Best Side Quest Recap
• [30:33] – Best Pod Swap
• [32:00] – Best Recap Discovery
• [34:42] – Craziest Podcast Moments
• [41:00] – Most Surprising Guest
• [46:41] – Most Predictable Podcast Tropes

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Final Thoughts & Tone

With relentless inside jokes, good-natured ribbing, and loving jabs at their own quirks, Danielle, Will, and Ryder offer both nostalgia and new laughs for diehard fans. The "Peeny Awards" episode encapsulates what makes Pod Meets World so engaging: a self-aware blend of 90s pop culture, podcast community in-jokes, surprising behind-the-scenes reveals, and the easy chemistry that only comes from old friends looking back together.

If you haven’t listened, this episode is the perfect meta-sampler of what makes the Pod Meets World universe so beloved—raucous, reflective, and absolutely full of peenies.

Transcript

[Announcer]

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[Danielle Fishel]

Guaranteed Human. This is Danielle Fishel Ryder Strong and

[Will Friedle]

Will Friedle from Pod Meets World. A lot of you might not know this, but I'm the world's best grandpa.

[Danielle Fishel]

That's right. He has a shirt that says so.

[Will Friedle]

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[Ryder Strong]

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[Will Friedle]

Especially the joy pepperspin si rotating car seat.

[Danielle Fishel]

Parents know what's up with the 360 giving you the ability to turn the seat toward you and making it easier to get your kids in and out of the car.

[Ryder Strong]

It has four modes of use from birth to Big Kid, meaning this is the only car seat you'll need and

[Will Friedle]

even a grandpa like me can install it. It has two quick and easy installation options with labels on the car seat and how to videos to ensure a secure, pain free install.

[Ryder Strong]

And with easy to remove machine washable fabrics, you're ready for all of life's unexpected messes.

[Will Friedle]

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[Danielle Fishel]

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[Danielle Fishel]

After two weeks of the Feenies, our self important award show highlighting the best of boy meets world from our own Rewatch podcast. We wanted to have one more swing at it, but this time it's the peonies. These are awards for Pod meets world, our own inside joke universe that we have had so much fun sharing with all of you and truthfully, the most fun we had throughout the journey. So as always, we have categories then nominees, but we can feel free to bring in a write in candidate into the mix. So let's start with a biggie guest on Pod meets World. Who made us laugh the most?

[Will Friedle]

Can we first have a write in for the peonies? Is that what we ended up on?

[Danielle Fishel]

No, I chose that. And there's no write ins. It's penis peonies.

[Ryder Strong]

Hey, just sounds like an insult.

[Danielle Fishel]

The big peonies.

[Ryder Strong]

Well, it sounds like it's like small penis awards. The big penis.

[Danielle Fishel]

We're gonna call them the big penis.

[Ryder Strong]

The smallest beanie.

[Will Friedle]

Exactly. It's not the size of your peony.

[Ryder Strong]

It's not the size of the peony. It's how you wiggle the worm. My God.

[Will Friedle]

Officially off the rails and we haven't even gone to the first one yet. Great.

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay, for guest, who made us laugh the most? Is it Adam Scott? That was a very funny episode with the reveal of the hug at the end. Was it Dom Herrera who was making jokes the whole time? Let's put it that way.

[Will Friedle]

Making jokes.

[Danielle Fishel]

Was it Lee Norris in his first ever Pod meets World appearance? Was it Glenn Mercer? Oh, his funny, funny sense of humor.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, Glenn was funny.

[Danielle Fishel]

Jeff Manell. We laugh all the time, every time Jeff is on. Or was it six? Carrot Top?

[Will Friedle]

Is there anybody else I feel like we're missing?

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh yeah, we're missing so many for sure.

[Ryder Strong]

Well, it's a question of like if we're just doing laugh, like who made us laugh the most? This is a pretty good list.

[Will Friedle]

I'm trying to think. Glenn Mercer came out of nowhere.

[Danielle Fishel]

Glenn Mercer came out of nowhere, cracked us up. You know who else made us laugh a lot? Dusty.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, Dusty was another good one. That was also the buildup where we thought we were doing something else. And you then threw the Surprise at us.

[Ryder Strong]

That was really great. Well, I think it's Adam Scott.

[Kristen Davis]

Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

Also, Howard. Busking. I'd like to throw bus gang into the mix.

[Will Friedle]

Busking was great. Yep. Funny. Very funny. But, yeah, Adam was pretty funny again. Glenn, I think. Cause I just wasn't expecting it.

[Danielle Fishel]

I know.

[Will Friedle]

And that was such a funny interview.

[Danielle Fishel]

Gosh, it is tough. Adam Scott or Glenn Mercer? Those are two.

[Ryder Strong]

Both dry senses of humor.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

I think it was Adam.

[Danielle Fishel]

I think it was Adam Scott. I think it was Adam Scott.

[Will Friedle]

That's just what he needs is another award.

[Danielle Fishel]

I feel bad for him. Let's give him an award.

[Ryder Strong]

Seriously, he hasn't had enough.

[Danielle Fishel]

God. Congratulations, Adam Scott. You just won a big peony.

[Will Friedle]

This is gonna be a long day. Oh, God. Got a big, hard peony. Congratulations.

[Danielle Fishel]

I would not have added that. No, no. It's just the peonies are. They're a large award, you know?

[Will Friedle]

Not always. Sometimes they're an average award. And that's okay, Danielle.

[Danielle Fishel]

Average. Best inside joke. Oh, this is gonna be hard. Inside joke. We have hold the Plane for Minkus. A classic. The inmates in the audience. Seat 4C. Steve's having a baby. Feeney. Burying bodies in his garden. The Ricky Farris impression. Dtf. We all know that the best woman is a man. Some friend you are, Sebastian.

[Announcer]

No.

[Danielle Fishel]

Some friend you turned out to be, Sebastian. That's how they get you.

[Ryder Strong]

Okay. I think we can remove. Hold the plane from make us. Because that's not really our inside joke. That was something he said happened to him.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Ryder Strong]

I think we can take away Steve's having a baby. Cause that was a Boy Meets World inside joke.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yes.

[Will Friedle]

I think we can take away the Ricky Farris impression.

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh, but it's not.

[Will Friedle]

It's so good. But it's not really an inside joke.

[Announcer]

Okay.

[Danielle Fishel]

All right.

[Ryder Strong]

I think in general, anything. Cause even, like some friend you turned out to be. That's like. That has nothing to do with Boy Meets World. That's just a funny. So I think we should try and find something that has to do with Boy Meets World. That came up organically in conversation. And then just became a runner. So I would say.

[Will Friedle]

I can tell you one that people say to me all the time. The time at conventions and stuff like that. And I hear all over the place is, that's how they get you.

[Ryder Strong]

Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

You hear?

[Danielle Fishel]

That's how they getcha.

[Ryder Strong]

What's nothing to do with Boy Meets World.

[Danielle Fishel]

That was just Bodies in the garden.

[Ryder Strong]

Yeah, that's a good one. I think seat 4C is hysterical. Because it has to do with pod meets world.

[Danielle Fishel]

Seat 4C would be my choice.

[Ryder Strong]

Yeah. I also think the best woman is a man.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah. Is pretty great.

[Ryder Strong]

It's brilliant. And it's like us analyzing the show. I know accurately, yet it's very funny.

[Will Friedle]

And you know, and that's also. Ryder, you and I came up with that. So we had nothing to do. Great that we get to take credit for that entirely. Yeah, no, those are. Those are all pretty good. The thing about seat 4C that that was so epic was then rolling it into when we went to wwe and it literally happened right after reset.

[Danielle Fishel]

That's the thing that I think makes it the best is that without anyone needing to come up and say, I love this inside joke, it just played out organically on the national scale and then became something. All the comments were people who were listeners of Pod meets World going, this is unbelievable.

[Will Friedle]

By the way, my German cousins were in from out of town from Germany this last weekend, and my cousin Arthur said, I saw the WWE clip of you and Danielle with your name not under it in Germany.

[Ryder Strong]

Oh, wow.

[Will Friedle]

So, I mean, it went Nash, it went international. Yeah, maybe you're right.

[Ryder Strong]

Maybe I think it's C4C.

[Danielle Fishel]

It's C4C. It is the best inside joke of pod meets world. Seat 4C. Congratulations. You've got a giant peony.

[Announcer]

Yes.

[Will Friedle]

Every time it's so big though, I'm gonna need seat 4B too.

[Ryder Strong]

Nervous. I feel like I feel ashamed for some reason. I just don't.

[Danielle Fishel]

Purity culture, writer. It's just Purity culture has really gotten to you.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah. Take off your peony ring and enjoy it.

[Danielle Fishel]

This is Danielle Fishel, Ryder Strong and

[Will Friedle]

Will Friedle from Pod meets World. A lot of you might not know this, but I'm the world's best grandpa.

[Danielle Fishel]

That's right. He has a shirt that says so.

[Will Friedle]

And now with a newborn in our family, I'm all about finding safe, stylish and affordable car seats and strollers.

[Ryder Strong]

And that's where joy comes in. What started in the UK as an award winning baby gear brand and number one car seat made its way to the US two years ago. And it's quickly becoming a household name.

[Will Friedle]

Especially the Joy Pepper Spin Si Rotating car seat.

[Danielle Fishel]

Parents know what's up with the 360, giving you the ability to turn the seat toward you and making it easier to get your kids in and out of the car.

[Ryder Strong]

It has four modes of use from birth to big kid, meaning this is the only car seat you'll need.

[Will Friedle]

And even a grandpa like me can install it. It has two quick and easy installation options with labels on the car seat and how to videos to ensure a secure pain free install and with easy

[Ryder Strong]

to remove machine washable fabrics, you're ready for all of life's unexpected messes.

[Will Friedle]

And we have a special promo for our listeners. Get 20% off on joybaby.com's entire site from now until October 15, 2026.

[Ryder Strong]

That's J-O-I-E baby.com use code POD20 that's

[Danielle Fishel]

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[Announcer]

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[Danielle Fishel]

What about the most surprising revelation to have been revealed on Pod Meets World? Was it that Trina was told we didn't want her in the finale? Is it that Danielle, that's me had a crush on Ryder? Is it that Will thought about asking out Danielle, that's you again? Is it Adam Scott and Ryder hug? I mean, is it Ryder had a pony? Is it the sheer audacity of lobster placements that was amazing.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

Is it that Blake and Ethan drank 40s in their trailer?

[Will Friedle]

I would have to say, to me, this is between two.

[Danielle Fishel]

Agree.

[Will Friedle]

It's between. Trina was told that we didn't want her in the finale.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yep.

[Will Friedle]

And the Adam Scott and Ryder hug.

[Kristen Davis]

Those.

[Will Friedle]

Those are my two. Because you having a crush on Ryder.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Ryder Strong]

She knew.

[Will Friedle]

It's like.

[Ryder Strong]

But also she knew. I knew something was surprising to all three of us.

[Will Friedle]

But it's also a young girl having a crush on young boy.

[Danielle Fishel]

Not.

[Will Friedle]

Not the biggest thing in the world kind of thing.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

Those are probably the two.

[Danielle Fishel]

I completely agree.

[Ryder Strong]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. They were definitely the most surprising.

[Will Friedle]

I was amazed by the Trina thing.

[Danielle Fishel]

So was I. Until once. Until the shock wore off and I went, oh, of course. Oh, of course.

[Ryder Strong]

Right. That's the thing about the Adam Scott one is, like, still doesn't make sense.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah. Out of nowhere.

[Ryder Strong]

Why wouldn't I have hugged him? I always hugged everybody.

[Danielle Fishel]

I know.

[Ryder Strong]

Still haven't figured out what was going on. Exactly.

[Will Friedle]

I would kill to be able to watch that moment.

[Danielle Fishel]

It's still a mystery.

[Ryder Strong]

I have no idea. I only have positive memories of working with Adam Scott. There's no reason that I would have freaked out about him hugging me. It's so.

[Danielle Fishel]

I know. And yet. So it's still such a mystery where. I mean, truly, I was shocked at first, but that shock, the minute it wore off, I was like, right, of course. Why would some. Why. Why would it be any other way than someone blaming it on us? Right. Yeah. So, you know.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, we'd seen that happen several times. So.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah, well, yeah, we had. That had been revealed to us many times, like. Oh, yeah. So, yeah, I. I'm gonna go. I'm gonna go with the Adam Scott.

[Will Friedle]

Hugate.

[Danielle Fishel]

Hugate. Yeah.

[Announcer]

Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

Hug. I agree.

[Danielle Fishel]

Congratulations. Most surprising revelation. You've got an enormous peony.

[Ryder Strong]

Adam Scott has two peonies. Let's start the rumor now. Two Peemies.

[Will Friedle]

Multiple peony winners. Adam Scott.

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh, God.

[Ryder Strong]

Why did we come up with this name again?

[Will Friedle]

This is why I asked. No, write inside. Best cock award goes to. It's like, God, we're not even hiding it anymore.

[Danielle Fishel]

We have the most unhinged moment of the podcast. Is it when Danielle, that's me, Is thirsty at the sleepover? That was such a great moment. So thirsty. So thirsty.

[Will Friedle]

That was a great moment.

[Ryder Strong]

What else happened? I feel like. What did you. You made a joke. Will, something happened to your pants. What was it something.

[Announcer]

No.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, no. That was the crotcharati.

[Ryder Strong]

Crotcharati.

[Will Friedle]

Sweaty Kracharati.

[Ryder Strong]

Krocharati. The layers to that.

[Will Friedle]

I was soaking wet. I was like a man in a pool.

[Ryder Strong]

We were discussing Andrew Keegan, bachelor. Oh, my God. Crotcherati.

[Will Friedle]

That's right

[Danielle Fishel]

in moment is number two. Crotcherati from the sleepover episodes. Oh, my gosh. Was it when Ryder held up his grappling hook he found in a tree?

[Ryder Strong]

I'd been looking for it for years. Oh, my gosh.

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh, God. Was it when Lindsey McKeon only remembered hearing Stevie Nicks?

[Will Friedle]

It was you, though. It was you, Danielle, during the interview. That was the key to that whole thing. Just like.

[Ryder Strong]

Do you remember that being on Boy Movie?

[Danielle Fishel]

Remember that?

[Will Friedle]

You're here. Do you know that you're here right now?

[Danielle Fishel]

Do you ever worry that you have been Men in Black? Mind erase. Yes.

[Will Friedle]

Mind erase.

[Ryder Strong]

Oh, my God.

[Will Friedle]

It was great.

[Ryder Strong]

I remember hearing this lady singing Stevie Nick. Stevie Nicks.

[Will Friedle]

Yes.

[Danielle Fishel]

On the radio at craft service after coming out of a wardrobe fitting. Okay.

[Will Friedle]

Yes.

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh, God. How about when Ryder didn't laugh at Babe Pig in the City?

[Will Friedle]

That's one of my favorite moments. That's personally one of my favorite moments because he just keeps going on, and we're losing it.

[Ryder Strong]

Things to talk about, you know, we're losing it, and he's still going.

[Will Friedle]

And then he's like, what?

[Danielle Fishel]

So funny. How about when Will did an impression of Lily from the Saturday morning cartoon special?

[Ryder Strong]

It's still I will.

[Danielle Fishel]

What did you even say?

[Ryder Strong]

It was just down and watch the cartoons. And it's not even a lie. Lily saying just.

[Will Friedle]

Is that the one where you're like, do we need to walk away? Do we need to walk?

[Danielle Fishel]

Yes.

[Ryder Strong]

Because we had, like, a full minute of just silent crying.

[Danielle Fishel]

Silent crying. Yeah.

[Ryder Strong]

I was. I could not. Oh, my God.

[Will Friedle]

That was a good one.

[Announcer]

That.

[Ryder Strong]

That and Crotcherati. Take it for me.

[Danielle Fishel]

Crotcherati. I know. Unbelievable. Oh, is it when Danielle. That's me. Mistakes Mark Paul Gosselaer for James Vanderby?

[Ryder Strong]

I mean, that's an amazing moment to have.

[Will Friedle]

I couldn't have planned that. You couldn't have written it out. No, I mean, it was so perfect.

[Ryder Strong]

Yeah, it was.

[Danielle Fishel]

Because you set it up first.

[Will Friedle]

You were like, oh, God.

[Danielle Fishel]

Without even.

[Kristen Davis]

Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

He's like, oh, well, I often get a mistake. F. That's so weird. You guys look nothing alike. I don't understand. How bad is it?

[Ryder Strong]

You posted him.

[Will Friedle]

You're walking with your kid and he's like, what? Oh, God, it was great. Rest in peace, James.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yes. Rest in peace, James Van Der Beek. It could also be Caesar Warmbols that you just.

[Ryder Strong]

Oh, my God.

[Will Friedle]

Because it started so the, the joy is it started so now because you always do the same thing when you're reading our ads and we have to do our ad spots. You always start with the name of the spot and how long it is.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

So you're like, Caesar Warmbol's 30.

[Ryder Strong]

30.

[Will Friedle]

And then it's all can't get started now, is it?

[Danielle Fishel]

Can't get right. Can't do it for me. I don't know that we're going to ever beat Croceroti. I don't know.

[Ryder Strong]

We're doing a boxerati recap.

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh my gosh. And it was so fast that he came up with the comment about my Crotcherati.

[Ryder Strong]

I mean, that's that whole experience of like at the Airbnb for the. And we were just. We lost it. We were all laughing so hard.

[Will Friedle]

I know I was soaking wet. Like I was in a pool. Cool. Like, Jensen came up behind me.

[Danielle Fishel]

He's like, sweaty.

[Ryder Strong]

You're soaking.

[Danielle Fishel]

It was so hot in there. That's why I was so thirsty.

[Ryder Strong]

I'm so thirsty.

[Danielle Fishel]

So thirsty. Crotcharati We. We died last night.

[Ryder Strong]

Saturday morning cartoon special for me,

[Will Friedle]

James Vanderbeek. Though the Mark Paul James thing was. That's got to be honorable mention. It so good.

[Danielle Fishel]

It's a. It was a great, perfect, perfectly set up mistake. But I don't know that it was that. That was that unhinged. Right? The way we responded to Crocerotti and the way we responded to Jazz. I don't watch that car was unhinged. Like we lost it.

[Ryder Strong]

Lost our brains.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yes. I don't. I. I don't know that we need to pick one. It's one of those two.

[Ryder Strong]

Yeah, yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

Nice.

[Will Friedle]

I'll take it.

[Ryder Strong]

I'll take it. Will you get the peony? You get.

[Danielle Fishel]

You have a beautiful.

[Ryder Strong]

Your crotch gets a peony.

[Will Friedle]

It must be Saturday night because I got so many peonies around me.

[Danielle Fishel]

You're bucked.

[Will Friedle]

Surrounded by peonies. I got bucked, man.

[Danielle Fishel]

All right, how about our favorite wrestler interview? We did interview a lot of wrestlers. This can be with or without Ryder.

[Will Friedle]

Ryder, who's your favorite?

[Ryder Strong]

You know, I actually do have my favorite, and it's not on this list.

[Danielle Fishel]

Well, write it in. Who is it?

[Ryder Strong]

I actually can't remember. Brother Love. What's his real name?

[Danielle Fishel]

Bruce Pritchard.

[Ryder Strong]

Because. Yeah, I thought it was insightful and interesting. And also he had Boy Meets World because he was actually around back when we did the episode.

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay, let's write that in. I like that.

[Will Friedle]

Mick Foley should probably be on the list.

[Ryder Strong]

Oh, yeah, Mick Foley should be on there too.

[Kristen Davis]

Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay. All right. So our favorite wrestler interview with or without writer. We had a write in from writer Bruce Prichard. We have a write in from Will, Mick Foley. So we have CM Punk, Liv and Dom, aj, Lee Danhausen, Rhea Ripley Bailey, Charlotte Flair, Kit Wilson. And then like I mentioned, Bruce Prichard or Mick Foley.

[Will Friedle]

Is Rhea Ripley the one you have a crush on? Yeah, yeah, yeah. That was a pretty great interview. She was.

[Danielle Fishel]

I loved that interview.

[Will Friedle]

Really interesting.

[Danielle Fishel]

Vulnerable.

[Will Friedle]

Vulnerable. And hearing just about the whole, like, I don't know, because you got it from Charlotte Flair too. The whole kind of like you hate me because I'm good at what I do.

[Announcer]

Yeah. Was.

[Will Friedle]

Was really interesting. Danhausen. That first Danhausen interview was pretty great as well. Yep. They're, they're. I mean, they're entertainers, so it's CM Punk. I mean, again, these are entertainers, so they come on and they give great interviews. These are people that are very easy to talk to. They're very animated. They have great stories.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

So this is a toss up for me.

[Danielle Fishel]

I agree with you, writer, about Bruce. One of the things I think that was really interesting about Bruce's interview is that he had been when we did the Boy Meets World episode and he had perspective from behind the scenes that we did not have, could not have questions that could be answered. And so even though he doesn't feel like a wrestler in the traditional sense, because he's not in the current, like the modern day WWE wrestling, he's not a face of wrestling. It was probably the most insightful wrestling interview that most directly ties to Boy Meets World.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, I'm good with that.

[Danielle Fishel]

All right. Congratulations, Bruce Prichard, brother Love you won a peony. Felt uncomfortable making it too much more than that. This is Danielle Fishel, Ryder Strong and

[Will Friedle]

Will Friedle from Pod Meets World. A lot of you might not know this, but I'm the world's best grandpa.

[Danielle Fishel]

That's right. He has a shirt that says so.

[Will Friedle]

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[Ryder Strong]

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[Will Friedle]

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[Danielle Fishel]

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[Danielle Fishel]

All right, how about our best side quest recap? Summertime Switch game box 1.0. Munchy and Munchy Strikes Back. Awesome Camp Nowhere the Random Years. The Saturday Morning cartoon special or Bachserati.

[Ryder Strong]

I mean, I think Saturday morning cartoon special.

[Will Friedle]

We had so much fun doing that.

[Danielle Fishel]

So much fun.

[Will Friedle]

We had so much more fun recapping it than we did actually shooting it.

[Ryder Strong]

Oh, my God.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah. Also I like that now when I think of that Saturday morning cartoon special, I don't just think of it.

[Ryder Strong]

Total joy. Total joy. All I can think about is Will phone, acting horribly, Lily telling us to sit. I mean, I just. It makes me so happy that we took like a nightmare memory and flipped it with our podcast. It's just the coolest thing ever.

[Will Friedle]

Topanga showing up fully dressed first thing in the morning. Somehow 7 o' clock in the morning,

[Ryder Strong]

all the candy and talking about how we're watching ourselves on tv.

[Danielle Fishel]

Don't I mention coming back from Hawaii. I was on vacation in Hawaii. It's like, so who?

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, it was nuts. It was nuts. I agree 100%.

[Ryder Strong]

Oh, it's so good.

[Danielle Fishel]

All right. Congratulations. Saturday morning cartoon special. You can't be within 500 yards of a school if I give you this award. So just know you have it. We're going to keep it here for you. You. You will win that. And now we have the best pod swap. We have done quite a few pod swaps. We did step by step with Kenan and Lakan. Give you deja vu.

[Ryder Strong]

Swapping pods.

[Will Friedle]

Just pod swapping.

[Ryder Strong]

Just under the bleachers. Pod swapping. No big deal.

[Danielle Fishel]

We did a How I Met yout Mother. How we made your mother pod swap. We did Full House with How rude. Tanneritos. We did Scrubbing in Office Ladies, Melrose Place. The since defunct still the Place podcast and Glee.

[Will Friedle]

I'm just gonna throw it out there. Going there, doing it in person, meeting them, us watching an episode. Them watching an episode. Office Ladies was awesome.

[Ryder Strong]

Yes, it was truly great experience.

[Will Friedle]

Everything else was great, too. But that was just an experience unto itself. It really was.

[Danielle Fishel]

Also, it did make it better that we were there in person and that they had never seen our show. We had. Well, we haven't seen their show, of course, but, like, you know, it was fun. It was a really. It was really well done.

[Ryder Strong]

Also will showcasing his insane memory, I think, like, the fact that they kept being blown away by it was so awesome. It was like, no, no, we're not joking. He actually has this kind of a memory. And then they kept kind of testing you, and you knew everything. That was amazing. Yeah, amazing.

[Danielle Fishel]

So great to watch that happen in live time. He's like our party trick. He was. He was the. He was our circus clown. It was pretty great. So congratulations, Office Ladies. Best pod swap. You have won the peony. The best thing we discovered in a recap is it when Matthew Lawrence said. Yeah, yeah, yeah,

[Ryder Strong]

10ft. Yeah, 10ft.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, yeah. It was. Oh, God.

[Danielle Fishel]

Was it the food photos above the kitchen sink in the apartment?

[Ryder Strong]

It's a pretty great one.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

Was it the Vegas showgirl in the background of Career Day?

[Ryder Strong]

Oh.

[Danielle Fishel]

Was it the OJ Simpson jersey in Chubby's? Was it the pool ball in the guy's butt?

[Ryder Strong]

I don't remember this one.

[Danielle Fishel]

I don't either.

[Will Friedle]

What? Wait, there was some episode where the guys passed out on the pool, too. Here it is. Yeah, Right. I do remember that. Yeah. Okay.

[Kristen Davis]

Wow.

[Ryder Strong]

I do not remember that. And one of us noticed it and pointed it out and we made a whole thing.

[Will Friedle]

Must have.

[Ryder Strong]

I really don't. That's gone. I would say the lobster being.

[Will Friedle]

I was gonna say the same thing

[Ryder Strong]

in as many scenes as we, you know, as we discovered. Like, that was. Yeah. Really cool this to discover, but I guess we knew about the lobster, so. Yeah, that doesn't count.

[Danielle Fishel]

Is it the blood splatter in Topanga's dad's apartment?

[Will Friedle]

I'm telling you, it's full emergency. Was that about full murder scene?

[Ryder Strong]

I think food photos in the kitchen speaks to, like, a whole department doing a joke.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yes.

[Ryder Strong]

That we noticed now did not have any clue what's going on back in the day. Because I feel like, you know. Yeah. Like, the whole idea that there's, like, an inside joke among our crew that we now noticed and acknowledged and were able to appreciate, that's like, to me, the coolest. Like pop.

[Will Friedle]

Because we knew about the lobster.

[Ryder Strong]

Exactly. We knew about the lobster. It was just how brazen it was. Watching it was cool. But like that. Seeing that there was an inside joke among our crew that we did not know about back in the day, but now we got to discover. That's so cool.

[Danielle Fishel]

I agree. And the fact that it shows the general feeling of that set, which was levity and humor and still within the completely professional confines of the show. This is a college apartment. Yeah. They have a picture of meatballs in the kitchen, you know, and meatballs.

[Announcer]

Like.

[Ryder Strong]

Okay.

[Danielle Fishel]

Couldn't love that anymore.

[Will Friedle]

I would like to give honorable mention to Matt Lawrence's. Yeah. Because that's one of my favorite moments of all seven years.

[Danielle Fishel]

Definitely. Definitely my favorite actor choice.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

For ways to leave a little Easter egg in a. In a scene. Although there were some pretty funny ones that Ben did as well.

[Ryder Strong]

Ben had like 50 of them.

[Danielle Fishel]

I mean.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Ryder Strong]

Most of season seven, is Ben slipping in. In jokes like.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

I don't believe it.

[Danielle Fishel]

I don't believe it.

[Ryder Strong]

Constantly.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yep. So good. All right. What about the craziest thing that happened? Is it that the Halloween episode were what we called the Halloween. What we call a Halloween episode. And then there was Sean actually fell on Halloween.

[Kristen Davis]

Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

Meeting her. Pod Meets World episode.

[Danielle Fishel]

Our Pod Meets World episode.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

On Halloween.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah. It's pretty good.

[Danielle Fishel]

Is it that Jensen's gallbladder died while we were on tour?

[Will Friedle]

That was to be expected.

[Ryder Strong]

Such a bum. The way he treated his gallbladder. He knew that it was bound.

[Will Friedle]

We knew that was coming. I'm amazed. It's the only organ that died in his. While we were on tour. He was doing everything at the time. Remember, he's like tour manager and running around and doing all this stuff. I'm amazed he made it through.

[Danielle Fishel]

Is it that Danielle, that's me, helped recover Bonnie Morgan's stolen car?

[Will Friedle]

It's a pretty good one.

[Ryder Strong]

I don't remember this. What happened.

[Danielle Fishel]

This is unbelievable. It's possible I never even told the story on Pod Meets World, but I think I did.

[Will Friedle]

I did.

[Ryder Strong]

I don't remember this.

[Danielle Fishel]

So Bonnie Morgan, the original Topanga had, has a very classic old car.

[Will Friedle]

Was her dad's or something, right? Or grandfather.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yes. Maybe her grandfather's. And it was stolen. And I saw that she had posted about it. And then I went to the Facebook crime Stoppers for the San Fernando Valley, and somebody had posted that some suspicious activity was going on with this car. With this car. So I. I send this message. FYI I posted about your car in my stories, and my friend who works at dry bar says he saw a car identical to yours parked outside yesterday. It might be worth contacting the Topanga Village Mall to inquire about video footage to see if it's yours. And then I saw on Crime Busters, the car has been found. Yay. She said, danielle, you are amazing. I've been absolutely crippled by grief and unable to move. I haven't even seen the crime buster site. A stunt person in our community, Lori Seaman, called us and we are on our way there right now. I will have a look at the Crime Busters post because this is an absolute miracle.

[Ryder Strong]

Oh, my God.

[Danielle Fishel]

So that was wild. That was absolutely wild. So cool. Is it that Ryder danced at a Phillies game? That was a pretty crazy thing that happened.

[Will Friedle]

Pretty crazy. Never seen before. Probably never see again. Never rider at a sports team game.

[Danielle Fishel]

Is it because we stayed the night at the Boy Meets World house? Because a listener found it on Airbnb?

[Will Friedle]

I feel like we're missing a bunch as well, especially from stuff on tour.

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh, yeah.

[Will Friedle]

Like a whole bunch of stuff happened on tour that I know. We're forgetting. Some. Some stuff that was probably pretty crazy.

[Danielle Fishel]

I know. I feel like these aren't even the list. This isn't out there. These are not the list of craziest things that happened.

[Will Friedle]

Do you remember, was it Seattle, Portland, when McCullough was, like, accosted outside the. Shoved, like, shoved to get. Get wherever the hell we were? Yeah, that was a crazy one.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Ryder Strong]

The guy ripping up Danielle's photos. Oh, my God. That's a great.

[Danielle Fishel]

Ripping up my photos and throwing them like confetti in the air in the crosswalk because I wouldn't sign.

[Will Friedle]

Wouldn't sign it because we just announced

[Ryder Strong]

that we would not sign autographs from

[Danielle Fishel]

autographs seekers who were going to sell them. Like, it wasn't like people who ran into us randomly, people who waited outside the airport for us because they knew when we were flying in. And I said, it makes me feel unsafe. We all agreed it's an unsafe feeling. It's not comfortable. We're not going to do it because we don't want you to do this anymore. We don't want you waiting for us outside the airport. And then they did anyway. And they followed us. They met us at the gate, followed us all the way through the airport, then waited for us at luggage, then waited for us to get our luggage, walked outside side with me. And when I said, I'm sorry, man. I'm. I'm not gonna sign it. He said, fine. And everyone turns and looks at him and he ripped up the picture. He was the headshot. He was holding into a tiny little pieces. Went into the sidewalk and threw it

[Will Friedle]

in there like confetti.

[Ryder Strong]

It just would have better. He just yelled top panga.

[Will Friedle]

But you remember that wasn't actually the end of the story because do you remember that?

[Danielle Fishel]

Then our flights were canceled.

[Will Friedle]

Our flights were canceled. Weirdly, riders was. No, riders didn't. It was just you and me. Somebody went into the computer and actually canceled our flight.

[Ryder Strong]

Hold on, hold on. Craziest thing. What about me just losing the leather jacket?

[Will Friedle]

I was gonna say leather jacket is up there.

[Ryder Strong]

I mean, we get the leather jacket, we find it. It's literally the right model. I wear it one night on stage, and then we lose it the next day.

[Will Friedle]

Well, no, instead, yeah, the story's even worse.

[Ryder Strong]

We did not really overwhelmed and we were tired. I think Will had probably drunk a little too much the night before and we forgot just, you know, where's your horse? Keep your head in the game.

[Will Friedle]

Because don't you remember? We got the jacket. It was mailed to the hotel. Then we forgot to bring it to the stage. So Susan ran back to the hotel and picked up the jacket. Yeah, we got it there just in time to wear it. And everyone's like, oh, my God. And then you left it at the freaking airport. Because it was that massive line. We were in Philly or Pittsburgh or something, and there's that massive line to get to the. To get to our. Our whatever it was at the shuttle

[Ryder Strong]

on the parking lot. Shuttle. So there's no hotline to call because it's not an independent company. It's like part of the airport shuttle system. Oh, it's the stupidest.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, I wonder if it's how long they keep stuff, like if there's still a lost and found. If somebody finally turned.

[Ryder Strong]

I left four messages at different desks. Different nothing.

[Danielle Fishel]

Well, I'm going with that one.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, me too.

[Danielle Fishel]

Cursed leather jacket.

[Ryder Strong]

The cursed leather jacket. Agree 100%.

[Will Friedle]

100% agree.

[Danielle Fishel]

This award is called the holy award. This is the most holy s moment. Most surprising guest on Bod Meets World. Was it Bonnie Morgan? Adam Scott? Dusty. The stalker family. We love the stalkers. Phil Rosenthal or Matt Johnson from Nirvana? The band, the show.

[Will Friedle]

Wait, Phil Rosenthal, the creator of the

[Danielle Fishel]

guy who sung the theme song.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, right.

[Ryder Strong]

I mean, I think in terms of, like, bringing a story full circle. Bonnie Morgan and the fact that she was willing to come on and Tell her story and it be as cool as she was about the whole thing was like, that's awesome. And like, you know, a lot of, a lot of the other ones are like awesome too and surprising, but they were like not as like also healing.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Ryder Strong]

Whereas I feel like the Bonnie Morgan was like her willingness to come on was not like it was also about like just you know, healing and coming together as like a little kid actor community and being able to like hold hands and be like we all went through this and like even though you lost in this situation and Danielle, you know, quote unquote won, like we were all sort of kids. Like we all can't take responsibility for this thing that happened. And I feel like that was super healing and like good for all of us. So I say that.

[Will Friedle]

But yeah, I can agree with that.

[Danielle Fishel]

I agree completely. I feel like also being able to give her a certain amount of credit for the fact that she held that role and that part originally and no one would have ever.

[Ryder Strong]

But that Michael basically developed Topango around her, around her. That was new for. I mean I thought she literally just auditioned. The fact that she had been for weeks developing this character or meeting with Michael multiple times indicates to me that like so much of Topango was basically written for her and then, you know, it didn't work out, which is just.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Ryder Strong]

Oh yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

Bonnie Morgan. It was, yeah, it was like you said, it was a full journey in one episode. It was very healing and for everyone involved. So the holy S award. Bonnie Morgan, you've won a peony. I know you guys love it. As a mom of two boys, car seats and strollers are a big deal. I want safe, stylish and affordable.

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[Will Friedle]

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[Danielle Fishel]

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[Will Friedle]

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[Ryder Strong]

Most predictable Podmus World Tropes Number 1 Ryder can't make wrestling tape days. Number 2 Will mentions MASH. Number 3 Ryder asks what is happening? Number 4 Just says Danielle so I don't know.

[Will Friedle]

I'm guessing it's Danielle maybe says, wow.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Ryder Strong]

Or

[Will Friedle]

that's a good one.

[Ryder Strong]

I think it's a. Will mentions mash.

[Will Friedle]

It's that I also have another one. I hear all. Because, you know, I listen to all these back to. To do some edits and stuff like that. I say either I have a question or just very briefly. I say those two things all the time.

[Ryder Strong]

I have a question.

[Will Friedle]

Just very briefly is all the. I have a question all the time.

[Ryder Strong]

So. Yeah, yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

I mean, but from day one, episode one, we joked about how often we were going to have to hear about mash.

[Will Friedle]

Yep.

[Ryder Strong]

And he still brings it up because

[Will Friedle]

MASH is the best. Yeah.

[Ryder Strong]

It's.

[Will Friedle]

Watch four episodes last night.

[Ryder Strong]

Oh, my God.

[Will Friedle]

Watch it every night. Fall asleep to it every single night. Every single night for years. Yeah.

[Ryder Strong]

Yeah. I mean, yeah, I think because you do it so you do it still unironically, of course.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

There is no irony around mash because

[Ryder Strong]

I feel like there's irony around like the other ones.

[Will Friedle]

Right.

[Ryder Strong]

There's no irony. You still are just going to mention madness.

[Will Friedle]

I have a question very briefly about just briefly.

[Danielle Fishel]

What is that?

[Announcer]

Wow.

[Danielle Fishel]

Wow.

[Ryder Strong]

Wow.

[Will Friedle]

It's a romp.

[Danielle Fishel]

It's a romp, you guys. It's a romp.

[Ryder Strong]

We're just doing a podcast.

[Danielle Fishel]

I've started to realize.

[Will Friedle]

I've started to realize Danielle, sometimes she. The wow. Is holding a beat while she studies her notes to get the next question.

[Ryder Strong]

Wow.

[Will Friedle]

So she's like, wow. So how did you then.

[Ryder Strong]

That's so funny.

[Danielle Fishel]

So funny.

[Ryder Strong]

That's so funny.

[Danielle Fishel]

That's so funny.

[Ryder Strong]

That's so funny.

[Danielle Fishel]

So as.

[Ryder Strong]

And then the other one for me is I call everything a bummer. Definitely. I'm like, that's a bummer, man. Because it's like, I don't want to say, like, that sucked. It was really bad. So I just go, you know what it is? It's just. It's a bummer. It's a bummer that we made that choice and that that happened in Boy with world history. That's a bummer.

[Will Friedle]

I know. We're missing a bunch too. I have a feeling this is going to be the question that we're going to get the most feedback on. Where it's like, oh, and this is all the time.

[Ryder Strong]

And Rider picks his whenever this happens.

[Will Friedle]

Exactly. We're gonna have missed a whole bunch of stuff.

[Ryder Strong]

Yeah.

[Announcer]

Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

We think we're self aware.

[Ryder Strong]

That's a bummer. That's a bummer.

[Danielle Fishel]

Such a bummer.

[Ryder Strong]

So funny.

[Announcer]

Wow.

[Danielle Fishel]

Anyway, I'm just curious. I have a question. Thank you all for joining us for this episode of Pod Meets World. As always, you can follow us on Instagram Pod Meets World show. You can send us your emails pod meets world showmail.com and we've got Merch.

[Will Friedle]

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[Danielle Fishel]

podmeetsworldshow.com we love you all. Pod dismissed.

[Will Friedle]

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[Danielle Fishel]

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