Boy Meets World Stars Look Back At Classic Sitcom In Their Podcast

Yay. Okay, I want to hear all of these stories. Late. Hello. We got it. Hello. Pod Meets World. Yes, right here in the flesh. Right in person, granny blanket included. Don't talk too loud. We talked to you at Wangotango. Do you remember? Yes. You guys were so great. Thank you. Thank you. This is distracting. Okay, thank you. There was a mouse right on your face. I couldn't do it. Okay, so you have, okay, so the podcast is out now to the world. Yes. All of the comments on the Instagram so far have been, oh my gosh, I grew up with this, like the original show, and have you been reading those and how do you feel?

Oh, yeah, we've been reading a little bit. I mean, it's just kind of trickling in now, um, and then of course, people can actually like tweet at us or comment on our Instagram stuff. It's all been very positive. Um, you know, we grew up with the show too. Uh, so we, uh, identify, definitely. Um, you know, that's what this whole journey for us is like going back and in my case, kind of discovering the show for the first time, uh, and really coming to appreciate it. So we're, you know, we're right there with the fans. The feedback is really important to us too because, you know, we in the first episode, we talked about what our schedule was like and and we had a lot of discussions after the fact and even before the podcast, we were like, is that boring? Like, should we talk about what a day in the life was like every single day? And we went back and forth about, well, if it's boring, people will tell us. And so being able to read comments where people go, man, hearing about the PAs driving around at 3:00 AM and knowing what your schedule was like is actually really interesting. Feel free to lean into that. That's good for us to know because we've got, we've got endless schedule. Yes. Exactly. We could do statistics for episode. I mean, we could do this, we could do a whole other episode on it. So no, like we are reading the comments. I'm trying to read as many of them as I can. We've obviously been really busy since the podcast launched yesterday, but uh, we are paying attention to the feedback and incorporating it into the show. And hit us up if there's something you want to, you want to see or you want to hear, like something specific. Pod Meets World show@gmail. com. There you go. Let us know.

It's great because people, you're willing to like listen, you know, I mean, podcasts for the most part are people just giving feedback and people talk about what they want, but you guys are very open to, which is really nice because there's so many requests that

We don't like talking at people, we like talking with them. So hopefully they can, they can join us with that stuff.

Yeah. And at Wangotango, you told us you had never watched the episodes together. So you're going through and watching the episodes together now for the first time.

Yes. Well, Ryder's never seen them at all.

Yeah, I've only watched a couple episodes from the first season and so for me, this is really about uh coming to appreciate the show that I was on. Yeah. For the first time.

For the first time. Yeah. Yeah. And it is, it's been really fun because uh, I don't remember, I did not remember any of how the show really even started and I think one of the things we all kind of laughed about was we watched the pilot and we looked at each other and we were like, this show was good. It was just pretty good. I think this feeny guy's got something going for him.

Exactly. Exactly.

It was like, it was really nice to watch it from the lens of not critiquing ourselves or looking at it in a personal way as much as from a fan perspective and uh, we're like, hey, I think the show's decent. We might have something.

This show could go for a while. We might have something here. It's a special.

And Daniel, you weren't on the first four episodes, did you? You also told us at Wangotango. So what was it like, do you remember joining the set with the boys back then? Like, are you nervous? Were you

I was very nervous. I mean, we haven't done the origin story episode yet. We are going to do an entire episode just about our origins and and what we had done, but like, unlike both Ryder and Will, who had been professional actors for years, I was very new to acting. I would, first of all, say, I had never, I did not know what acting was until I was already on the set. The only thing, the only work I had done was was commercials and in those commercials, I just got to play a bubbly 10-year-old girl, which is exactly who Danielle was at the time. And then I did two episodes of Full House where the character I played was kind of just maybe a slightly meaner version of who Danielle was. And so I had never, I didn't understand what acting was and I these people felt like pros to me and that they had all kind of developed a rapport and they had some inside jokes and I I felt very much on the outside, but not because they ostracized me, just because I felt like I was out of my element.

We were trying to ostracize you, you just, you wouldn't let us.

I know, I was.

You wormed your way in there into our hearts.

That's exactly how it was.

Do you remember the first things you've ever said to each other? I know that's a while back, but

I don't remember I don't remember if it was the first thing or not, but I remember a conversation, the way I know how you're looking at it. I remember that one of the first conversations I had with Ben and Ryder was about how old we were and it's because it's just because it's such a stupid conversation that I remember it where Ben said to me, Ben was like saying something he's like, well, you know, you're so much younger than us. And I said, oh, how old are you? And he said, he said 13. And I said, oh, no, I think what he said was, you're because you're younger than us. And I said, oh, how old are you? And and he said 13. And I said, oh, I said, well, I'm not that much younger than you. I'm 12. And he said, okay. And then he I said, well, when when's your birthday? And he said September and it was August. And I said, oh, so you're going to be 14. And you go, no, he's turning 13. And I looked at him and I said, so you're 12.

That's great. That's a great story.

So I think I remember that so well because I was like, you're not 13 and I did feel like, oh, I am such a baby. You're already 13 and I'm 12. Anyway, so I don't remember when that was, but I know it was my first week and it was just a funny story.

That is great. That is great. Oh my gosh. And plus like just to say, like the stories, you're like, oh yeah, I'm 12, I'm 13. Like that's insane. Like you guys were so young and like now you're bringing the podcast back and you're able to share this stuff. Like just that you're still friends, you know? Like insane.

I mean also just to think about like what a 12-year-old conversation. Oh, how old are you? Well, when's your birthday? Still happens today. It's just funny that these were people that these people were us and that we were

We were getting paid. We were professional.

I was going to say exactly. Then you go sign your contract and then you go and then you go to work. Very strange.

Oh my gosh. Do you remember what you did to pass time when you weren't filming, but you still had to be on set? Did you guys have any like, were you at craft services?

Grape tossing. Lots of grape tossing. Will can throw a grape. I could. I don't know if I can still do it.

Well, we're not going to quiz you.

Will could throw a grape. So the sound stage that we had was so high. I mean, so high and he could throw a grape so far into the sky and then catch it every single time. It is impressive. Catch it in his mouth. It's crazy. I remember I worked my way up to mini muffins.

But you remember that? Cuz they when they no, and the thing that was so funny is they had to land perfectly and when they did they they get this satisfying because it would like it land in the mouth. Yeah, it was great. Yeah. I just had a new memory that we have to talk about on the podcast. Remember Otter Pops? Oh. We were obsessed with Otter Pops. We only do blue ones. We only like the blue ones. And then the craft service guy got you only blue Otter Pops. Yeah, and we would walk around just blue mouths all day long. Blue mouths all day long. That's right. Oh, Otter Pops are the best. Oh, please sponsor our show. Otter Pops.

Oh, they definitely need to do an episode about that. You guys lit right up when you said that.

moments. That's right. We also spent a lot of time in school. You know, just something we talk about a little bit on our first episode and I'm sure it's going to keep coming up is that while we were working together and acting and rehearsing constantly, we also had a lot of our downtime, three to four hours a day, not really downtime, in school together. Um, and you know, watching each other go through different subjects and different grades.

So that was always a big part of our life too that uh I I'm looking forward to talking about more.

Oh my gosh, I bet. And what is who who is there any certain guest stars that you want to have on the podcast that you are going to reach out to or you maybe have planned that you can spoil to us?

All of them. Like we like no joke. We want to we talk about how we like to have as many people on as we can. We're reaching out to everybody from through writers to cast, the extras that were on the show. Like we want to get everybody we can to come back and talk about their experiences.

Yeah, we uh, we are we haven't filmed it yet or taped it yet, but fingers crossed it is scheduled. We are having Lee Norris come on the podcast. So you're going to be very excited about that. Very excited to talk to Lee who played Minkus. I'm really looking forward to that one. We already were lucky enough to interview Bill Daniels. So you guys will all be able to hear that episode coming up in a little bit. We also had our director of the first two seasons, David Trainer. He came on and talked about my first episode number 104. Um, and that one was uh, was a really special episode for multiple reasons too. So Rusty.

Oh yes. William Rusty played our played the Matthews dad came on. We've had some incredible guest stars. And we have Trina McGee scheduled too. We were actually already supposed to. People are commenting on the comments. Yes, so we're we're really excited about all those.

Is it for the one that you've already filmed, is it hard to not have them out yet?

Yes. Just like dying for. We feel like we're in the midst of a conversation but it's but it hasn't caught up yet. So yeah, yeah, yeah. We're we're always one step ahead unfortunately. We want to have the conversation with everybody so.

Yeah. If you if the show today, like you're looking back at it, where do you think or where would you want your characters from the show in 2020 or 2022, where do you think your characters or what would you want them to be doing?

Hmm. I've always said Eric would be president. He's a senator last we saw him. Stranger things have happened. I could see Eric as president of the United States. Uh the way Girl Meets World ended, Sean was married and adopted Maya. Um, and so yeah, I think being a dad would would be great. Um, but I guess Maya would now be out of the house. 20 something. All right, so we had a couple of good years there. Um, yeah, I don't know. I guess just married and and happily a father.

Yeah, I think it's hard for those of us who kind of saw the characters have some sort of adulthood on Girl Meets World. It's hard to like imagine a life outside of that. But I think for both Ryder and I, being a parent feels natural to us because we're both parents in real life and like we know how one difficult and two joyous being a parent is and I would want that for Topanga the same way I want that for myself. Um, and so if I take Girl Meets World and what I know about Girl Meets World out of it, I would still want to see Topanga raising a family. And I think you feel the same way.

Yeah, definitely.

And what's one thing that the podcast has taught you? Like what like that you genuinely have a feeling from this podcast, what is it?

Microphones pick up everything.

There you go.

Um I mean for me it's really an appreciation for the quality of Boy Meets World. Um I think just like from the pilot on I've just been really impressed with the storytelling and the depth of characters and the willingness for the show to not go for the easy laugh. Um and that's what I think has made it in part stand out over the years and I'm really I really appreciate that now watching it.

How good Ben is, too.

How good Ben is.

Ben is really, really good, especially these first few episodes. I mean, he's in every scene. So the way he's in literally every scene. The whole show is on his shoulders and he carried it admirably.

Yeah.

Yeah, I think I think I took for granted how much more he was working than the rest of us.

Yep, me too.

And that he still had to do so well in school and still had the same amount of school time we had, but he also had an entire script to memorize. And and the different dynamics he had to play between his relationship with Feeny and his relationship with his parents and his relationship with with Shawn and his brother. It's like it really it really is like I have a whole new appreciation for what Ben was going through as a kid and it's very impressive.

Yeah, me too.

What a rollercoaster of emotions just living your life.

Yeah.

It's so fun. Like it's so it's that. At least somebody caught it all on film.

I know. We filmed it all.

I love it.

Well, thank you guys so much. You guys were amazing at Wangotango. You guys are so nice and you're fun. And thank you. Really nice meeting you. You're wonderful.