tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766409971952647008.post3080584336637218879..comments2024-02-21T01:03:32.728-08:00Comments on A Dash of Ash: When This Boy Meets World...Ashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10009497597776179103noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766409971952647008.post-40285053847771974362013-09-25T11:26:46.488-07:002013-09-25T11:26:46.488-07:00Being a teacher really does make you appreciate Mr...Being a teacher really does make you appreciate Mr. Feeny in a completely different way! I can't wait to read that blog post just for him. I completely agree....this is such a wholesome but entertaining show. Definitely a show that I miss having around.Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10378873480294402296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766409971952647008.post-14996750530393414822013-09-25T06:48:43.641-07:002013-09-25T06:48:43.641-07:00I love reading your blogs! But this one has to be ...I love reading your blogs! But this one has to be one of my favorites. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00930467638683251655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766409971952647008.post-64959283996368935422013-09-25T06:06:12.673-07:002013-09-25T06:06:12.673-07:00Man, I love Boy Meets World! I'm a school cou...Man, I love Boy Meets World! I'm a school counselor and I use episodes all the time as teaching tools in my lessons. Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09533139611861687683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766409971952647008.post-24217198089457458972013-09-24T22:07:39.564-07:002013-09-24T22:07:39.564-07:00The trick to making Girl Meets World work will be ...The trick to making Girl Meets World work will be to let it be like the show it follows, not like the shows that surround it. Otherwise Michael Jacobs risks ruining the legacy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766409971952647008.post-14440511972513400622013-09-24T22:04:06.334-07:002013-09-24T22:04:06.334-07:00I love this show! Can remember sitting at home on ...I love this show! Can remember sitting at home on Friday's waiting tor T.G.I.F to come on! Thanks for such a beloved show that I still watch!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06868526805983848922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766409971952647008.post-22479304485819634702013-09-24T21:14:18.780-07:002013-09-24T21:14:18.780-07:00Excellent writing about one of the most important ...Excellent writing about one of the most important television shows of our generation, perhaps any generation. You're a little young for this (so am I), but I love television and I would compare this show with Happy Days, in that it gave birth to some of televisions most memorable characters, was never afraid to get serious without getting maudlin, and in plain terms, entertain. In a TV landscape where everything and everybody has to be extraordinary, what made BMW work so well was that its central character was so painfully normal. In other words, WE COULD RELATE! Cory represented us, or at least what we thought was us, the normal one surrounded by crazy people. That center of gravity is what drew both an audience and all of the characters to Cory. You could never quite understand what a kid like Shawn Hunter would be doing hanging out with a kid like Cory Matthews until later on, because Cory did for everybody around him what everybody secretly wants (both in real life and TV Land) HE KEPT IT REAL. <br /><br />I miss these characters dearly, and I watch the show in some form every day. Imagine a show today being able to shift focus from its main character to tell stories about others in the world that the show creates. You could immerse yourself just as easily in a story about John Turner and Eli Williams as you could about Shawn Hunter and Cory Matthews, or Amy and Alan, or Eric and Jason (later Jack), or even Harley Keiner and Frankie and Joey! And with Feeny watching over the entire clan like God, look at the world these people created for us, the web of comfort and joy we have to take us through the tough times in our lives. I miss it, I really do.<br /><br />Yes, I am looking forward to Girl Meets World. But skepticism is present, I must say, only because it is so rare for a television program to be able to do for its audience what shows like Boy Meets World and Happy Days have done. I hope the writers, producers and actors do not lose sight of what made their first show such an important part of our culture, and could be again. They made us love the world, through the characters, not the other way around. In a way, I'm glad the show is on The Disney Channel, because that means that the producers will have time to let the show breathe and grow, instead of trying to hit a grand slam their first time at bat, which is what network shows need to do to survive to the second week. And yes, I know we don't want to live in the past, but the past cannot be ignored, because we feel we are so close to Cory and Topanga Matthews (a credit to Savage and Fischel), that if we don't get to spend time with them spending time with Shawn, Eric, Amy, Alan, Morgan, Feeny, and Mr. Turner, we'll feel as if they've turned their backs on them, and their absence will be present like the elephant in the room. Use these characters to sell the new ones to us, and let them all live in this world. Do what the new Dallas has done-continue the story, don't go out of your way to create a new one. Don't make it a sequel, make it a new season. That's the key. Make us feel as if we never said goodbye, we just took a break.<br /><br />Anyway, Happy Birthday, Boy Meets World. Do what you need to do, we'll be right here waiting when you get back.<br /><br />AndyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16567206719150602160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766409971952647008.post-80646569338641850432013-09-24T21:12:19.801-07:002013-09-24T21:12:19.801-07:00I'm an almost 32 year old guy, and I own every...I'm an almost 32 year old guy, and I own every season of BMW on DVD. I LOVE this show.Jason S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04745493017725016983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766409971952647008.post-54178792205743756172013-09-24T21:12:03.660-07:002013-09-24T21:12:03.660-07:00I'm an almost 32 year old guy, and I own every...I'm an almost 32 year old guy, and I own every season of BMW on DVD. I LOVE this show.Jason S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04745493017725016983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766409971952647008.post-7597188456266638662013-09-24T21:01:13.834-07:002013-09-24T21:01:13.834-07:00So Danielle Fishel actually tweeted a link to this...So Danielle Fishel actually tweeted a link to this on Twitter and that's how I came across this.....:):) You and I share the very exact same feelings about this show and I admit.....I am almost 29 and I still DVR episodes of BMW. Now if we could only get Will Friedel on the social media band wagon we could laugh again! Thanks for writing this!!The Chapmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09802241723504377966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766409971952647008.post-60303365782290058322013-09-24T20:57:51.662-07:002013-09-24T20:57:51.662-07:00As a 20 year old who still watches this show on a ...As a 20 year old who still watches this show on a daily basis, this blog hits it right on the head. This show taught me a about life (still does) and made me laugh all at the same time without being completely dirty. I'm glad I am not the only person out there who appreciates this show for what it was and still is. Here's hoping that Girl Meets World is half as good as Boy Meets World was. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12341228142451851646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766409971952647008.post-61914592742522356782013-09-24T20:57:02.163-07:002013-09-24T20:57:02.163-07:00Beautiful post! Thank you for sharing! :)Beautiful post! Thank you for sharing! :)Gwenalynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10524254443160447081noreply@blogger.com