Boy Meets World

Today I was reminded that the world doesn't have to be so serious all the time. Sometimes there are some good things that come from the world we live in. I was at home watching TV and a show I haven't seen in a long time came on.... Boy Meets World.

For those of you who remember TGIF on ABC.... it was part of the Friday night line-up that included such shows as Perfect Strangers, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Full House, and the very short lived made for television version of the movie, Look who's Talking.

Boy Meets World followed the lives of three young kids going through the struggles of elementary, jr high, high school, and later on, College. Corey Matthews played by Ben Savage, little brother of Fred Savage, was the star of the show. He was goofy, funny, hopelessly in love with maybe the most interesting girl on TV in some time that had the coolest name that TV had in some time... Topanga Lawrence. In the beginning of the show, she was this little hippy girl that was in touch with the universe that had hair longer that most freeways. Together, we watched them grow up, fall in love, get married, and have a life together.

Other than watching these two and their friend, Shawn Hunter, you tuned in to watch the best teacher ever. I wanted this man as a teacher, and it was from watching him, that I decided to mold my teaching style after... Mr. George Feeny. Played wonderfully by actor William Daniels. Daniels also known for being the voice of KITT on Knight Rider, was the teacher everyone wanted. He was caring and loving, always there when you needed him and taught the kids more than school facts, he taught them about life. He was there teacher from elementary school all the way up to and including college.

This show was so fun and so innocent, this is how the world is when you're young and you want to believe everything will be all right. Sometimes, even when you're old and the world has been spitting on you, this show helps you understand that there are times when things aren't always so bad.

Boy Meets World was the highlight of my Friday Night... you went to bed knowing that things were good. You've had a tough week at school, but there was Boy Meets World to end the week, start the weekend, and you felt good. You felt reinvigorated though you didn't know what that word meant or that this is what you were feeling.

Thank you for making this show so good. Thank you for making it so relevant, and thanks for making my Friday night so fun. Now, I get to see these guys all the time. Fun times all over again.

Until Next Time
P