A Long Walk To Pittsburgh (2) - S4-E17
Trivia: Topanga is talking to Cory and she says, "My Aunt Prudence wouldn't even know who Romeo and Juliet are!" When her Aunt Prudence knocks on the door, she is played by actress Olivia Hussey, who played Juliet, in the 1968 film Romeo and Juliet, also starring Leonard Whiting as Romeo.
Janitor Dad - S4-E6
Trivia: Will Friedle's brother, Gary, attended the taping of this episode. Will looked over at his brother during the run-through of the scene, where Alan mentioned having a dream of a customer falling off a cliff to his death. He described his brother's face as "ashen." This was because one of Gary's best friends died in a climbing accident only weeks before.
Janitor Dad - S4-E6
Trivia: At the end of the episode, when Lonnie is punching Eric, Will Friedle had to ask Jennifer Campbell to pull her punches because he wasn't wearing any padding and ended up being covered in bruises by the third day of filming.
Trivia: The actor who plays the judge in Cory's hearing is Dan Lauria, who played the father to Ben Savage's brother Fred on The Wonder Years.
Sixteen Candles and Four-Hundred-Pound Men - S4-E9
Trivia: One of the plot points of this episode sees Vader challenging Jake "The Snake" Roberts for the WWF Championship. Interestingly, in real life, neither Vader nor Roberts ever won any kind of championship during their respective WWF tenures.
Trivia: Rachael Leigh Cook, Rider Strong's girlfriend at the time, was approached to appear in this episode as the girl that introduces Shawn to the cult. She declined, as she wanted to focus solely on appearing in movies.
Easy Street - S4-E12
Trivia: Some scenes from this episode couldn't be filmed in front of a live audience because guest stars Soupy Sales and Buddy Hackett would frequently tell dirty jokes.
Easy Street - S4-E12
Trivia: Buddy Hackett was reportedly upset with producer Michael Jacobs over fellow episode guest star Soupy Sales having more lines than him.
Shallow Boy - S4-E5
Trivia: TV producer Phil Rosenthal offered Will Friedle his own show after Boy Meets World ended. He admitted he had never seen this show, save for the scene in this episode where Eric dumps Corina at Chubby's.
Hair Today, Goon Tomorrow - S4-E2
Trivia: Will Friedle says he gets asked by fans to sing the "Good Looking Detective" theme song every time he is at a convention.
Sixteen Candles and Four-Hundred-Pound Men - S4-E9
Trivia: While filming the wrestling match, Rider Strong said he was tempted to run and hide backstage because the actual wrestling fans present for the filming of it were mocking him and Ben Savage.
Sixteen Candles and Four-Hundred-Pound Men - S4-E9
Trivia: While filming the wrestling match between Vader and Jake "The Snake" Roberts, the actual wrestling fans in attendance didn't like Vader and shouted insults at him. Ethan Suplee said he almost got into a fight with some fans because of this, and a crew member had to tell him to stop engaging with the fans because he was mic'd up.
Hair Today, Goon Tomorrow - S4-E2
Trivia: The filming of this episode marked the first time in her life that Danielle Fishel had a full haircut. She revealed in the Pod Meets World podcast that she had hair down to her butt by the time she was 2 years old, and only occasionally trimmed it up to that point.
Answer: I learned the answer to this one today. It is "Tree of Life" by Garé Barks.
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