TGI – Episode 718 “How Cory and Topanga Got Their Groove Back"

This is an I Heart Podcast. Guaranteed human. No gloss, no filter. Just stories, spoken without fear. A person who is not generous cannot be an artist. The world will be at peace only when it is ruled by poets and philosophers. Listen to my weekly podcast, the Pooja Bhachon on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Come for the honesty, stay for the fire. I want to South by Southwest. I did two panels for the red weather. It was super fun. Got to bring some of my cast out and answer questions about how we made that. And yeah, it was just a blast. Like South by is super fun. And it was the Oscars were there. So we had like a big Oscar party at our house that we were renting and got to see all these filmmakers and friends. And it was great. But so this one, this one, this is just the classic experience that I know you guys have had where your sense of confidence is completely at odds with the way the world perceives you. Oh, God, yes. So, you know, I just don't, I pride myself on being somebody who doesn't care about the way they look or what people think of me. I want to be the most confident person in the world. You know, I like, I try and, I don't judge people by how they look or how they dress. I hope people don't do the same for me. So anyway, but then there are these things and times we have to be a celebrity and I'm so bad at it. So while I was there, iHeart has the iHeart podcast awards and they asked me to present. And I was like, yes, this is fun. This is good for me to be talking about the red weather, which is something I'm so proud of. And I spent a year and a half working on and like I wanted to get as much attention as possible. And also I love podcasts. So I get to meet other podcasters and give out an award. So I should never agree to do award shows. It's so bad of them. They make me so nervous. It's a live event. It's dealing with, you know, whatever. So huge mistake. I got through it. I'm glad I did it, whatever. But before I go, I'm sitting there, you know, where I'm having brunch with friends that were all, you know, we had all been up late the night before. And then it was like, oh, we're having brunch. And I'm like, oh God, I gotta go home and change because I gotta go to the award show. I'm gonna have to do like this red carpet. And like, you know, my friends around the table are like, why you gotta change? You look great, Ryder. And I look down. I'm wearing like what I'm wearing. And I'm like, well, I don't know. Like, I don't even put my contacts in. I got my glass. And like, you know, my one friend, Abby, who's like young and cool and lives in New York. And like, you know, I think she's got good taste. And she's like, you know, Ryder, you're a good looking guy. You're like, you're getting into like an ageing cowboy look, which is really cool. And I was like, oh my God, that is like the greatest compliment I've heard in years. Like I'm like, you know what? You're right. I'm gonna just like, you know, my wife is like, Ryder, don't worry about it. We don't have to go home and change. Just go, like just be yourself. And I'm like, you're right. Just go, be myself. So I go, I do the awards. I'm like, screw it. I'm gonna do the, guess what? Guess what articles get written? Oh no. What? Oh, how old Ryder Strong looks. And how like shocking his fans looking like Fini. And how are you just like, yes. I'm just like, I hate my life. I hate it so much. No. Why can't I just be me and like be a person in the world? And it was like just a classic example of all the things that, you know, we talk about. And it's just like, I don't like, I, you know, and of course I like kind of make a joke about it and whatever and like just don't, obviously I didn't Google myself, but unfortunately somebody sent me the link to like the article, like, you know, and it's just like, what do that? It wasn't mean spirited. I think they meant it as like a look at this funny other thing that was in the article, but of course like, I, you know, suddenly I'm like, great article. But it was like so clearly like, it was like this moment of like, I'm going to go to this award show as me wearing my clothes and I'm going to be confident about that. And friends like Abby think I look good for my age. It's going to be cool. And no, no, no. Yeah. Just another one of those like moments that, yeah, really sucks. Well, we're getting old. We have course can't help that. Right. I'm talking just to you Ryder, Daniel. Yeah. You're going to always look like that, but Ryder, you and I are getting old. We're just too old. We're looking old. We're all getting old. I just get Botox. That's it. That's the only difference. It's just that standard that we're held to, you know, and it's like, it's why I don't want to be an actor or celebrity. Like I would love to be appreciated for my podcast or like that I wrote or, you know, the things that I say or the, you know, the content of my character. Wouldn't that be nice? And so it's just so funny because like this is like that struggle that I've felt since I was a kid, you know, and like part of being an actor is being presentational. He's looking good and taking care of yourself and be fulfilling people's dreams of what human beings should look like on screen, which is fine. And that's like its own thing. And that's its own talent. I'm not that interested in doing that. That's like, it takes a lot of work that I don't want to spend my time on because it really does make me feel bad. And this was just another slap in the face of like, right, I'm just going to stick to podcasting and writing and like be behind the camera because it sucks. Well, you know what's funny is that I remember talking to you at a con and I was saying it was at a time when I was still, I think I was, I don't know how far postpartum I was with Keaton, but enough that I was feeling like, well, I'm working out, I'm eating as healthy as I possibly can while also still having, I'm not like dedicating my life to fitness, but I'm not being unhealthy. And I'm starting to think that easily, this is the best body I'm going to get post kids without some sort of surgical intervention, unless I wanted to just like completely commit my life to dieting and exercising. And I was saying, so I was, I had looked into whether or not I wanted to have a mommy makeover, whether I wanted to have a tummy tuck. And I said, and I just go back and forth because on the one hand, I think, why shouldn't I do that? I know for sure I'm going to feel more confident in my skin and in my body, getting rid of this kind of tire area around my waist that I have after having kids, my flanks as they call them, I'm going to just feel better in my clothes, everything's going to fit nicer and things, I'm just going to feel more confident. And so like, why should I not embrace that? And then on the other hand, I very much struggle with the idea, why the hell can I not just be confident with what I have? I'm not unhealthy. I have had children. My body has changed in the 45 years I've been alive. Why is that not okay? And I feel like then I start to think to myself, you need to embrace radical self-acceptance, not going back to surgically altering yourself. Self-improvement, right. Yeah, self-improvement, because that's the only way you can feel confident. And I said, and also I'm not even, I'm barely on camera anymore. I'm a director now, what on earth do I have to, you know, uphold some physical thing for? And you said, well, because we do things like this, we were out of con. And I was like, right. And you were like, yeah, you know, people are taking your picture and they're putting your picture on the internet. And I was like, writer wants me to have a tummy tuck. No, no, no, I knew. I said, that's why you feel the pressure. Right, exactly. We are still in the public eye. We are doing a podcast right now. And like our videos are on Instagram all the time. We do have to be somewhat aware that this is part of the job. And people connect to us in part because they watched us on screen and looked at us and either liked looking at us or just want to go back and look at us again because it reminds them of their childhood or the stories we were telling and that they were a part of their life. So when we look different, when we look older, that's like jarring. But then I was having this conversation with somebody and they were like, you know what's worse though, is when you see somebody doing so much plastic surgery to not look and they don't look human anymore. And then you're seeing somebody desperate. And I'm like, yeah, but I understand it. I understand that impulse. And I think it's just a struggle. I think it's always gonna be a struggle for us. And I think it's a struggle for everybody in the world of social media and in a world that is so image-based because we just, that's how we communicate. That's how we communicate through visuals now. And like completely, like nobody's just reads material from other people. Like, you always are seeing somebody's face. Or yeah, I mean, even like face timing. Like Indy talks to people face to face on phone calls. Like that's crazy. I think it's super important though, especially when it comes to stuff like social media, to remember that everybody's lying. It's all filters. It's true, it's not, it's filters. And nobody has this amazing life. And you're looking for 20 minutes to get the perfect shot when really the rest of your day, it's the idea of I have to put my best foot forward. It's a fake life, which is one of the reasons why I do the Finsta. And I'm probably even on that too much, but I don't wanna put myself out there. It's ridiculous. And actors are the most insecure human beings in the world anyway. Like as a group, a lot of people fake being really confident, but you actually talk to an actor and we're all the most insecure people in the world. And now that's spreading to everybody else because everybody has that same, like I have to look good on social media and I have to look great here and I have to, and it's awful. It's just awful. So yeah, everyone's lying. I know, I think we've talked about this on the show before, Alex and I have a rule about, or it's like a law of social media that the more somebody brags about their loving relationship, the closer they are to divorce. Of course. It's like the second the posts start coming, it's like, I have the greatest husband in the world. You're like, okay. Thank you to the love of my life. I couldn't do it. And then it's like, can we just split up? And you're like, okay. Park your goals. Like no. If you're cool in your relationship, you're probably just cool with it. It's like usually you're just happy, you don't have to talk about it all the time. I would also like to say that there, at least for some people, for men in particular, there is a certain faction of people that'll go, oh, he's a gray fox, a silver fox. Oh, he just got hotter with age. I love his wrinkles in his forehead. They make him look so distinguished. That's a double standard that women never get that far from it. No, no, you can look at two people who are the exact same age, have been married for 35 years, and they'll be like, wow, the husband just got hotter. And they're like, mm. What happened? What happened to her? It's the same ageing. It's just that we're a little more accepting of it on men. I think that's gotten better though, hasn't it? It has, it's gotten a little better. I do feel like now it's like there are women that are appreciated and cherished that look their age. And I think it's like, because yeah, I definitely feel that. Like I feel like you see it more. You see women without makeup, you see women being held up and still, well still in the public eye, because it used to be literally if you were an actress, you were done at like 40 something. Like you were shut out, you were just became what's a sunset boulevard, you're like in a mansion somewhere, crying by yourself. Because it was like, no one wanted you to see your picture. It's definitely better than that now. Totally. Like you can still have an acting career past the age of 50. Sue and I watch Love Island because it's just our guilty pleasure. And so the show always starts where the women wake up in the morning and the men go make them breakfast and the women sit in their makeup room and they do makeup for an hour and a half. And then they're in makeup all day long. And then at night, they show them taking all their makeup off and then they're all getting to bed. And all the women look so much better. Right before they're going to go to bed when they've taken all the crap off. And it's like, you look so much better like that. And it's I. And again, I'm not a woman. I could not imagine what it's. I know it's harder for a woman to age and it is for a man to age. You can see that it's just clearly the way that it is. But I think most men. Don't want all that crap. They're most I think women put it on for themselves to feel more confident for other women to look at them because never has a man been like, wow, she needs a ton of makeup or I don't think she's. It's like that just doesn't happen. Yeah. So yeah. She'd be so much more attractive with a ton. Like a full pound of makeup on her face. Exactly. No, but I will also say that the there are also a lot of men who are like, you look better with no makeup on. And you're like, have you my no makeup look? Yeah. OK. That also took an hour. That's just still my no makeup look, you know, it's like they think they want natural, but really that's like, well, I still got Botox. I still have my hair colored. I still have my teeth whitened. Natural. I've had it. I've had a nose job. I get my eyelashes permanently dyed and curled. And, you know, so even just my eyebrows have been laminated and to be clear, you have not gotten a nose job. No, no, no, no. I know. But you said that all in the same line as like the Botox. I was like, no, I've actually never done any of that. I don't have laminated eyebrows. I don't have eyelash extensions. I don't have any of that stuff. But I'm laminated eyebrows like like literally like laminated like like a driver's license laminated. Well, actually, what I was trying to say was microblading, but lamination is another thing you can do. So it just sounds like something you should not do. I don't think it's a drug. Tattos. It's I'm just I'm just smashed my cheekbones with a little nice. Nice. Yeah, that's it. Get him. Puffy writer. I also do want to say now that you are a podcaster and you're you're in that world, you also sound old. That's good because I always sounded like a 15 year old boy. My voice never changed. So I like sounding old. That's good. I would just like to say both of you are beautiful men. That the rest of the population would give a limb to look like. You both have very hot wives who think you're very hot and you have so many things going for you on top of your good looks. You should just honestly, every day you should just wake up and be like, oh, it's so nice to be hot. I want both of you to think that I do. But I mean, going like, God, I can't turn the air conditioner. Is it menopause? I'm so hot. Oh my God. Menopause. It's menopause. Welcome to Podmeets World. I'm Daniel Fischel. I'm so hot. I'm writer strong. I'm Wilfred L. No Gloss, No Filter. Just Stories. Spoken without fear. Addiction is a disease and it should be looked upon as any other disease. How did you cope with a reckless father like me? Join me, Pooja Abhatt, as I sit down every week with directors, actors, musicians, technicians and beyond. You don't need to work. And beyond. You don't need to work with the biggest people and the biggest sound to have great music. I have gone through the sub-CD, Kachak. Reached the pinnacle, stung by the snake and I've fallen down again. Yeah. I am not writing actively anymore. And when I see my old work, it kind of saddens me. I'm only as good as the last shot that I gave. Mom's gone, but don't shut the theater. The show must go on. Listen to my weekly podcast, the Pooja Abhatt Show on the iHeart Radio app. Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Come for the honesty. Stay for the fire. Rural, Britain, you've suffered too long. Your days of sluggish broadband are over. We're connecting rural homes to full fiber with thousands more joining every month. T minus five. The gigaverse is expanding before my very eyes. Gigaclear, faster broadband for rural Britain from only 19 pounds per month. We have lived off. Season C's apply, 18 month contract. Prices may rise during contract. Check availability at gigaclear.com. Welcome to today's episode recap. We are recapping season seven, episode 18. How Corian Topanga got their groove back. It originally aired March 17th, 2000. The synopsis, Corian Topanga tried to shed their boring personas by hosting a bash on the same night as the school's biggest rager of the year. It was directed by Lynn M. McCracken. Lynn! She directed three Boy Meets World episodes, one in season six, two in season seven, and this is her final episode. It was written by Barbie Feldman. And before I jump into our guest stars, do we have any overall thoughts? Go Will. You want me to go first? Yeah. I did not like this episode at all. Oh, no. No. Oh, God, no. I thought this was just terrible. Well, it's because you have a thing against food fights. Yeah, and sneezing the lottery numbers. The food fights and the sexual food fight things are not too much. It's like the fourth one we had. Too much. It's gross. Ben is obviously very funny and having a great time. So watching him is great. The B story is the dumbest. It's so stupid and awful, and it was just painful to watch. Matt and I are both phoning it in. It's so none of it makes any sense. I hate it. I hate it. It's arguably the worst B story of all of season seven. I'm not saying something. That's not funny. It really didn't bother me as much. I hated it. My biggest problem is that it was just very predictable. Yeah. Like it's like a standard sitcom episode. Like it literally follows like which is fine. It's just that Boy Meets World usually breaks the sitcom mold a little bit. Like it usually sets up like the Corey Topanga storyline is exactly what you'd expect. They they think they're they're going to they're not they're boring. So they're going to try and be risque. Turns out they like being boring, which makes them risque. Like it's so predictable and the same with the it's like it's just follows like sitcom logic perfectly, which is a little boring to me. But otherwise, I thought it was cute and fine. And yeah, I don't know the B story. It this is it's it's so you're coming off of plays with squirrels. And this is this is over the top where it's like I'm wearing a helmet that says so they stopped to stencil Eric on the helmet. And it's a helmet that I have because I always hit my head, but I've never worn them before. And I'm sneezing the lottery numbers. And a homeless person is then supposed to come and tell us that he's trying. I'm there to see. I didn't get that. I didn't understand. I thought he was going to get the car. The car. I saw the lotto and win the millions, which I feel like maybe they had an original draft and they were like, that's too predictable. Let's go the other way. And yes, none of this made it. The B story was just. And again, watching you and Ben just be you and Ben. Like this could be you could easily have seen how they could have spun you off into like a mad about you. Yeah. Like I see that kind of thing. And that was crazy. But the season for me is that it's like the Kory Topanga season. Like it's so cool. Yeah. In some ways, it's kind of a waste of like the rest of us. It's like we've set up all these characters and then we make it a couple show. You know, like and I don't mind that. It's just it's so interesting to realize like, oh, this is why, you know, this the legacy of Boy Meets World is so much Kory and Topanga because for the last for the first five seasons, it really wasn't. No, it really wasn't. But now it really has become the show about their love and their relationship. And I mean, I thought those scenes were funny. Like you guys in the bedroom, you guys. It's great when you think about when we went back and watched the show, where the joke we were making for the first year or two was like, we have to nail on the show. Right. So when you think about the actual writing magic trick they did to where by the end, you're like, well, the show is about Kory Topanga. Yeah. Right. It was always about them. They were meant to be together. It's actually pretty brilliant. When it's now it's Kory and Topanga of the A story. Eric has the B story. And even Sean is kind of lumped in with the rest of the crew. It's it's it's real. And I wonder if part of that is just the writing and part of that is writer. They picked up your vibe where it's like writer doesn't really want to be here. We'll give them some stuff every episode. And you were at school, right? Yeah, I just think. But I also think in season six, Anxty Sean just didn't work. Right. It just it wasn't interesting. It didn't go anywhere. And it felt young in a way. It felt it just felt wrong. Right. So I don't think they know what to do with me at this point, which is too bad because I actually could have, I think, probably embrace some like if we had embraced the race issue, if we had embraced more things about the relationship, other than will they won't they stay together? But actual like, what is it like for Sean and Angela to be in a we don't ever get the same dynamic relationship that like Kory and Topanga, when really, we should have been a counterpoint for you guys constantly, right? Right. We're whatever, you know, breaking up and dating other people and that's making you guys jealous or instead, it's like, I don't know. It seems like a wasted opportunity. Well, I think it's one of the things where where the thing they did on friends so well is they were able to juggle the storylines for six different characters. Yeah, pretty brilliantly. And yes, while an episode might be focused on one character more than another, it never seemed like any of the characters are really marginalized for a long period of time, whereas our show never found that balance. It was like, oh, if you're not part of this episode, you're just not part of it. It's a little impossible for our show, though, because I'm hearing you say that. I think part of the reason is they were adults. The point of that show is that they were established characters from the beginning. Whereas our show, because we're growing, we're physically changing, you have to keep adjusting who these people are and how they relate to one another. And our life situation keeps changing. We're not living in apartments in New York City as like this starting of the show. We've like every season had to adjust the entire living situation. So that's like a huge writing challenge. Like how do you keep characters consistent? Because you don't do an A story and a B story, which is which is a format. We were stuck with. Yeah, you do a flowing multiple scene show. Yeah, Cori and Topanga are some of the scenes and Eric and Jack are some of the scenes and Sean and Angela are some of the scenes. I mean, there's ways to do it. We're also, by the way, not using a tag anymore, which I think is a big mistake. Waste of a waste of minutes. Yeah. So, you know, I think, you know, again, hindsight being what it is, I think there were they thought there were too many characters towards the end, whereas really, I just don't think the characters were utilized the proper way. Have you and Bill done anything together this season? Yes. Isn't wasn't the trying to get the football player? Oh, that's not right. My little Jagalina, where I'm the guy was the whole thing, trying to get Fini to pass the football player or a couple little story lines here and there. But now he's really been underused this season. Oh, yeah. Because season six, I feel like they kept. Yeah, all the adults at this point, they're just like sidelined completely. Yeah. Yeah. But yes, watching Corey and Topanga be Corey and Topanga is a show unto itself. Ben is great. You're both great. You are coming into your own as a comedian. You're finding jokes where there weren't any before, and they really didn't give you an opportunity to do that, Daniel. And you can see, especially, you know, things like we were laughing about last episode, like saying goodbye to the DVD player, like, bye. That was all you. Yeah. So you're doing that more and more. Ben is being hysterically Corey and Ben. He's so funny. So the two of you together is could have been an entire set come unto itself, which again, it kind of then they tried to do with girl means role, right? Because they saw what what that was. But the rest of it to me was just the whole sneezing, the lotto thing. It just killed me. It was. Yeah, this is your go to example of how ridiculous Eric gets. You you've always said when I never I didn't remember this, but it's really. It's just ridiculous. It is. It's bad. And it's but it's not even funny, ridiculous. Like plays with girls is funny, ridiculous. Right. This is just bad. So yeah. Why is that? Is it because it breaks the rules of reality? Like because you can become you become literally psychic and that's the joke? I guess. But it's also a weird kind of psychic where. You know, well, I think the main thing is what's the what happens? It was he bangs his head. No, no. But what was the what's the moral of the story? Not to be greedy. Jack shouldn't be greedy. Is that something that's affected anyone on the show at any point? Is that something Jack has always been established as a rich character who doesn't want to be rich, right? So he doesn't care about money. He never has. He in fact has rejected his parents money. That's kind of his whole jam. Well, think about any time and it's funny because this is being written by a guy who's got hundreds of millions of dollars. Think about any time anyone quote unquote rich comes on the show. They're the snooty like hello. Hello, darling. Yeah. And anybody who is rich has to play against it. Tony's character is Westport, but he can't be. Money is apparently. Evil. Yeah. Yeah. So that was definitely the values of the time. You know what I mean? That was like because in the 90s, you didn't. Well, you're going to get 80s. You're coming off of exactly good. And now we've gone back to greed is good completely. Now it's just flaunted if you got it. And we've stayed there. Yeah. Yeah. In the 90s, it was a little blip of like you shouldn't ever showcase that you have money. Right. It's weird. I loved the A storyline. I did really enjoy the Korean Tupenga aspect of it. I totally understand why you think it's why you think it's outlandish and crazy. And I think the bigger issue is it doesn't pay off. Plays with squirrels is a thing about, listen, moving forward in your life. These people that you're friends with now, they are going to be the things that ground you, that keep you, that they know you better than anybody. Don't be careless with the things that you do to the people that you love. Like it has such a beautiful message, insanity for a great purpose. Yeah. And also was character motivated. It came from Eric. Yes. This is he literally gets hit on the head off camera. I know. And then has magical powers. And it's like, but and it's just how he reacts to it. And then also he goes, this happens to me all the time. And you're like, wait, what happens to you all the time? Yeah. I think if it had been like he initiated something, which Jack told him not to do, which then gave him the magical powers, then we could see. But instead it's like, it's completely. It's just what if this crazy thing happened to Eric? What would you do? Just write an Eric storyline where he doesn't have magical powers. Or can I make a suggestion, keeping the magical powers? What if Jack is the one who notices your magical powers and instead of being a reluctant participant is the one who comes up with the idea of putting, you know, of of trial. What else can you do? The lotto, the lotto is four million dollars. And and, you know, because like, right, the way it starts, he's like, I don't want to do it. And you're like, you have to help me. And then he goes, actually, there is some good that can be used for this. And then you're going, stop using my magical powers. It's disgusting. You're the one who said. Yeah, I don't know. It just. Well, that's funny, because that's my first note on the first scene, which is the Coriant Topanga literally say this is an R scene, the entire scene. And then when I at the end go, it's not really for you or it's not your scene. You guys get all upset. I'm like, you've literally been saying that for the first five minutes. So what are you mad about? Yeah, I guess I guess the idea there, the only thing that's kind of funny is the idea of like, oh, my God, I can't stand my best friend. She's the worst. And someone else goes, yeah, she is a bitch. And you go, hey, don't talk about my best friend like that. Where it's like, oh, no, fun clubs. Not for us. Yeah, you're right. That's not for you. Excuse me. Yeah, yeah. Well, jumping into our guest stars, we have Rob Evers as punk. This was his first real job in Hollywood, and he would go on to appear in shows like How I Met Your Mother, House and Swat, plus the movie Project X. And he's still working as he was just announced as a cast member on the reality show House of Stasi, literally just announced at the Hulu Get Real event. The actor on this show. Hold on, but what is punk? He's the role of punk. I'm going to assume it's the role of Durvin. Right. Oh, OK. Yeah, it's a punk. Yeah, Durvin, I don't know why it says reality guy. If he's an actor, they're supposed to be real. Totally. Hmm. And then we have Forbes Riley as the TV reporter, as a child, Riley was named Miss Teenage New York and appeared on shows like The Practice, 24 and The Pretender, but would later become one of the most successful spokespeople in infomercial history, working with Jacqueline's power juicer, Maxi Glide, the micro grill and her own exercise device, Forbes Riley's Spin Jim. Say that again. I want to hear you say that again. Forbes Riley's Spin Jim. Forbes Riley's Spin Jim. Spin Jim. She has generated more than 2.5 billion in sales and now helps others with advice on how to pitch their own products. Is she the most interesting guest star in Boy Meets World History? Possibly. She's got a great name. Forbes Riley. Are you ready for this? Yeah. Forbes Riley will be a guest on Pod Meets World. Really? Forbes Riley. And then Harley Zumbrum. OK. Played. Cool name. Well, just that one, just one. Harley appeared in. Wait, Zumbrum paid bum. Yeah. Wow. But I'm bum. Harley Zumbrum played bum. Harley Zumbrum. He appeared in tough guy roles like Cop, Criminal, Pool, Hall, Owner and Biker on shows like NYPD Blue, Sybil and Six Feet Under. He also played a convict in the movie Con Air. This was his second Boy Meets World episode as he played Swindle in season two's Danger Boy. Sadly, he passed away in 2024 at the age of 70. I'm sorry. He's the guy. Don't you remember they cut to the dude being interviewed, the reporter cuts to the guy who's like sitting there? Like, like, yeah, the it's I'm sure it's perfectly safe. Like the roller coaster. Yeah, the guy who owns the amusement park. And no, we're going to the report. Yeah, they cut to the reporter and he's like to it on his nails. Like, yeah, I'm sure it's perfectly safe. We're going to start this recap over because I have no recollection of that. Season two exists. What are we talking about? Like Danger Boy. Great episode. We love Danger Boy. Yeah. I remember liking Danger Boy. 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Then Rachel, Sean and Angela walk in all the leather jacket. Gay. Oh, my gosh. The back. Break out in song. And then they're both in long leather jackets. We literally every single one of us who walked into this room is wearing a leather jacket. It gets better because I don't know if Matt and I did this on purpose. If the show did it or whatever it was. But we're both wearing our wardrobe from H.E. Double Hockey Sticks. Really? So that's the jacket I wore in H.E. Double Hockey Sticks. I still have it. And that was the jacket Matt's character wore in H.E. Double Hockey Sticks. So you guys came out that year. You guys probably literally were like, wait, everyone else wearing another jacket. We could bring ours. And so we're literally wearing our wardrobe from the movie we just shot together that year. That's so funny. Yeah, that's definitely you guys were planning an Easter egg. We must have. Yeah. I just wanted us all to like break out and dance with switch blades. You know, just like. You know, I'm bad. I'm bad. You know. Sorry. Then Rachel, Sean and Angela walk in all dressed up in hip black fits with leather jackets. Rachel searches for Jack and Eric and Angela knows they have to hurry because this place is going to get packed. Sean is sure they're waiting on Jack and his hair to pin the butts in. Where are you guys going? And Angela tells her the blue room. Corey's face. Ours. Oh, I hate that place. Loud music, tight clothing, wild dancing. Sean sarcastically notes. Yeah, why would we want to go there? Then Jack and Eric finally arrive also looking like cool vampires. And apparently Eric is also part of the Go Tea Club now. Yeah, notice that we're there. We're officially there. Also, it's one week after you're supposedly Fattie McFatterson's and you don't have an ounce of fat on you. Well, that's not true, but I definitely look thinner. I mean, for some reason, yeah, yeah, yeah, it's the way they dressed. They dressed me. I know. They last week, they both of us. I also played it up. I like I think I pushed my belly out a little more in the last. Yeah, bad posture. Slouch. I always have bad posture. I gotta work on working on that now. OK, good. Terrible. Jack complains that he doesn't want to go, but Eric insists. Jack winds. It's a disaster. You don't understand. It's just not holding. All right. And of course, he is talking about his hair. Meanwhile, Topanga reminds Corey, I like dancing. So Rachel chimes in, why don't you come with us? Corey scoffs because we have other plans tonight. Or did we forget about watching the Doyle Quinn templates on 2020? Topanga reminds him they can tape it while Jack is still complaining about his hair of all the nights tonight is the night he ran out of hair gel. Corey isn't interested in Topanga's suggestion. No, taping it just is not the same. And Eric is trying to talk down Jack. If I were a woman, I think you were swell. Then he does a little eyebrow raise and kissy face at him. Jack optimistically lights up. Really? And now Topanga is negotiating with why are Eric and Jack in this scene? No idea because. Because they needed to establish that they were going to. No, it does nothing. It's just to show that the entire friend group is going out without. Without Corey. Yeah, that's it. But they should have established the values that are going to play out in your storyline. Like if because right now they're having this whole conversation about hair gel, which has nothing to do with the B story. It could have been a moment to be like, I don't know, like something about Jack always spending too much or being greedy, right? Like just a little bit of like there's a conflict here that's going to play out through theirs because none of this relates. Now I realize. Now like gambling, he's playing the lotto. Go back to some he's spending money on. It's weird. It's a it's a wasted opportunity to have this weird joke of like. It was just they just wanted all of us together to show that everybody's going out without Corey and to Panga. That was it. Topanga is negotiating with Corey. Fine. Then we can watch it and go with them afterwards. Corey treats her like she's a crazy person and laughs off the idea at 11 p.m. Topanga rolls her eyes and tells everyone to go have fun. Did everybody when they heard that go, I'm not going at 11 o'clock. I know. I was like, yeah, 11. It's not idiot. Topanga. Yeah, exactly what I thought. Crazy. Sean tries to make her feel better about it. You wouldn't really have fun anyway. It's not your scene. And as they leave for a night out, Corey and Topanga seem very offended by the comment. Yeah, for I get Corey has described what he hates about this place. Yep. Yep. And it doesn't sound like something other than the fact that Topanga does like dancing. It doesn't really sound like something to bank is that into either. Then we're in Corey and Topanga's apartment. Topanga is aggressively brushing her hair, repeating Sean's declaration from earlier. Not our scene. What do they mean? Not our scene. And this is when I noticed something that we get a lot of emails about in the background on Corey and Topanga's dresser. Yep. It was there last week, too. The Hugsie Penguin. It was there last week, too. Yep. The what? The notice. Hugsie. It is a stuffed pal from Friends. It's a joy. They do an entire storyline about it. Yeah, I really think it's an homage. I think it's us paying an homage to Friends. What season was Friends in by this point? Do we know? Because that was Hugsie was way later because Rachel already had her baby because that's what the show was about. That's what the episode was about. OK, so Friends was on from 94 to 2004. So in this this the year of 2000. Is it season six? What season six is what right now? 2000, but started in 94. Season six season start of season and the start of season seven. I wonder who was first. I mean, spring of 2000. I don't season six started. I don't know. We're in the spring of 2000 right now is when this episode is airing from Mars. I know. But when do we shoot it? So is when is when does Hugsie make an appearance? First appearing in the one with the inappropriate sister. So when did that air season five episode ten? OK, so good. So season six started in the spring of 2000. So literally this is not this can't be the one with Hugsie. Oh, unless you know what it is, it probably it just shows they just show Joey napping with Hugsie. Hugsie is not part of the storyline yet. Right. But we do see Hugsie. Yeah. So we see Hugsie there. OK. All right. So yeah, it has to be an homage. I mean, unless we're we think we're at the show is trying to say it's operating in the same universe or it's just the same prop ground of the same prop house. This is the same prop house. So we just needed a stuffed animal or whatever. And we were all using the same prop house. But why would there be a stuffed animal back there? It doesn't make because it's like no, it's definitely an homage. It's like also on the corner of the dresser in the front. It's it definitely wants to be seen. It's not like just a random thing they put there. Hundred percent. Yeah. Because that was the yeah, that's the episode with George Newborn, who who yeah, this he and his sister. So who on our show was intentionally homaging friends, our art department or our writing staff? Question. Good question. I would say maybe our writing staff. I don't mean this episode was written by Barbie Feldman. Do we think? But last episode was in the last one. Maybe Patty and Laura. Maybe they wrote the last one. Yeah, that's quite possible. But yeah, that's I mean, Patty and Laura were young, young cools who would have like friends. Yeah, you're right. That's clearly has to be an homage. Yeah. Yeah. Hugs is their front and center for sure. Yeah. So Corey's eyes are glued to the TV. Those quintuplets are as cute as the Dickens. Topanga's rant continues. They think because we're married, we're not fun anymore. Corey says, I'll tell you who's fun, Ricky. Topanga doesn't know who he's talking about. So Corey explains he's the quintuplet that no one thought would make it. You get him, Ricky. For a moment, I was like, are we talking about Ricky in Paris? I know, that's what I thought. I believe they use the same name. Brothers, three identical brothers, Ricky, Tiki, Tavi and Bavi. Topanga turns the TV off and declares, we are boring. Corey can't believe what he's hearing. According to who the in crowd at the blue room. Topanga, why is he saying that he started the scene by saying, not our scene, what are they taught? It's like that is what he's saying. According to who we're not boring. According to who those losers I don't care about. He's still saying it. She's the one who thinks they're getting old. She's the one who's saying we are boring. Yeah. He's literally just in love with what he's doing. And I'm the one who's upset about this this life. OK. Yeah. That makes sense. Topanga reminds him our friends didn't even invite us to go along with them. Corey brushes it off. Who cares? Now turn on the humidifier and come to bed. She takes her spot next to him in bed and lets out a happy sigh. We got everything we need right here, don't we? Says Corey. She half heartedly agrees. I guess so. Then he shouts, Spoons and turns his back towards her, assuming his position is the little spoon. As instructed, she turns the lights off and snuggles with him. But then a second later, she jumps up and turns the lights on. We're in a rut. Just because we're married doesn't mean we have to be old. Corey doesn't get it. Old? Why? Because we choose to stay home and have a nice, quiet evening while the others are out gallivanting around, trolling for happiness. Topanga declares, we have become your parents. This immediately gets Corey's attention. Never, never mention my parents in bed. Now, if we have established anything about the Matthews, it's that they go out. I know they like to go to Aerosmith concerts. They go to hotel rooms and pretend to not know each other. They are not boring, are not boring. They are constantly living a good life and having romantic rendezvous. I don't get this at all. I don't either. It makes no sense. I don't know why she picked his parents. I don't. I mean, why not? We've become fiend. That is going to say there would have been the easiest thing to say. Yeah. Yeah. OK. Topanga says they have to do something drastic. Corey jumps up. OK, fine. I'm getting dressed and we are going to that blue fish room. Topanga slams his drawer shut, not like this, not because I'm forcing you to go with me. Corey shrugs, OK, fine. Back to bed. Then he hops right back into his previous position to Panga size. I just don't want to be excluded anymore. I want to have fun. Corey starts to see her point. Maybe you're right. Maybe I am becoming a little set in my ways. He comes up with an idea tomorrow night. You and your old man are going to go to the hippest, hottest, reachingest party anyone has ever seen. Topanga asks where any grins right here. Then they high five and, whoof, Corey tells her, let's get to sleep. There's a six a.m. sale at the Linenloft and guess who's got coupons. So they're planning a party for the following day. Just the next night. The next night. OK. Yep. I know. And it makes I guess it makes sense that they wouldn't know that the hippest party is that same night because they wouldn't know when the hippest party is. So that I mean, I guess it also does make sense that like they are going out on a Friday night. And so it does make sense that they could plan something for the next. I just don't know. Do does anybody really do that? Does anybody go, OK, you want to have fun? Let's do it tomorrow night. Twenty four hours from now. And Topanga is such a planner that she'd be like, no, no, no, we're going to do it next week. We're going to do it right. We'll make sure everything's great. But yeah. Yeah. She's not to peg anymore. She's Mrs. Matthews now, which is a different character. Totally different person. Now we're at the guy's apartment. Jack's reading the sports page when Eric screams from his room. Ow, he walks out rubbing his head and the audience awws because I guess they feel sorry for him. And you get lots of. That's the thing. Eric is so much love. I go back to he's the golden retriever. Yeah, if a dog get hurt or something on camera, you're just going to always be like, oh my God, I mean, that's Eric. It really is true. I have a weird question. Mm hmm. And I'm not trying to bash how I look, but I'm asking an actual question. If I looked the same way in season seven that I did in season six or even season five, if I hadn't put on any weight, I had the long hair still look like that. Do you think, A, they would have treated the character differently and B, they would have hooked him up with Rachel? That's a really interesting question, man. And I don't. I don't. Yeah, I don't know. I do think that there's something. There's something harmless and sweet about Eric. Yeah. Yeah. But I don't know how much of that is based on you, your looks. I mean, how much of that personality to it now? I mean, because of how I look, I've gone kind of the teddy bear route. I'm kind of playing it. And again, I'm fine with that. That's it worked for the character at the time. Right. But the character is so different in seven than he was in six, right? That I'm wondering if I still looked that way, if they would have done completely different storylines, more girl stuff, more Jack and Eric are fighting over girls still like all this gone. It's a chicken and egg thing, because Matt is so clearly the straight man in both terms of looks and his acting, you know, his characters before. Like everything about him is like, I'm like the good looking ladies got ladies man sort of every, you know. And so as we turned into the odd couple, yeah, which works. I'm not saying it doesn't work. It's the dynamic works, but it's a completely different dynamic now because of my physical appearance compared to what it was when we were. I think it's played into it. I think it's played into it a little bit. Sure, I think so, too. And I think it's part of the reason why they probably did. Yeah. I mean, but so what? They got you and they got Jack and Rachel together. That was in season six, right? Because wouldn't that have been a perfect season seven kind of arc where it's like all of a sudden Eric and Rachel realize there's something there. And now they're going behind Jack's back and that gives her something to do for the season. Yeah, but they've a lot. They've you're right. They've taken away all romantic inclinations from Eric. Yes, except for talking about girls. That's it. Oh, right. Sucking the girls. That's that's you know, that's kind of. But it's but it's I mean, the girl part is gone. Girl crazy. Eric is gone. Would you still be able to be a golden retriever of a character if there were storylines like you go behind your best friends back? And I don't think that has anything to do with looks or weight or anything. I don't think they made that decision because they were like, well, he would never, you know, grab, he would never bag her. That's I don't think that's it. I think it's literally just this is the moral compass of the entire universe on the show. Right. And having a relation one relationship storylines, you'd either have to be with Rachel, in which case, then it would be a problem, maybe with Jack, or we'd have to bring yet another character in, which would probably then separate you from the group. I think it's all just logistics and protecting the teddy bear of a character that you had developed over the seasons. Yeah, I don't know. Yeah, I was thinking about that. I was just curious because they never and I also don't think they wanted you to be pathetic. And if they if you were going to be in a relationship with somebody, you could never do anything wrong or bad to in the relationship, in which case, then you'd always be dumped. They made him a little pathetic this season with. I mean, you've got no, he's just not he's not motivated. The interesting part to me is that he's lost motivation to like, I'm you know, I guess he's the pathetic part is that he's like sucking on her toes and like following, but he's not like dating or aggressively trying to find. It's like he's lost all drive himself. Yeah, but he didn't know, but they taught we they they've talked about that. It's that they've made it sound like he's tried to date. And I see the way the women look at Jack and they don't look at me because of my 70 percent lab. And then when I was dressing like a woman, I mean, even at the top of this, when you're talking about his hair gel, exactly. It's they they're clearly playing into the he's the good looking guy. Eric is the fat, funny one. And again, I get why they wrote it and it works. It is a it really does delineate the two characters even more than it did in the previous season. So I get the dynamic. Right. I'm just wondering how much they wrote to that because of how I looked, as opposed to what it would have been if I didn't look like that. Probably plays. I think so. Have existed. I think you're right. I think you're I think you're reading, you know, I mean, this is this is the dynamic, the dynamic of actors and writers, right? You have to watch, especially when you're dealing with kids who are growing into bodies and growing into adulthood, you have to write to their strengths or write to their looks or write to all of it. So I think it does play a part in it, you know, for better or worse. I mean, and I think in this case, it actually was better in terms of the comedy, because like having two good looking guys as roommate, like two like chiseled, good looking guys as roommates who are both trying to be the straight man wasn't as interesting. Like we saw it. It was like the first five episodes of season six. We were like, this is boring, man. Especially the competition aspect. Yeah, it wasn't that funny and it didn't bring out Matt's strengths. It didn't bring out you. And so like the second you became more of a goofball and went with it, it was great. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And obviously they're H.E. Double hockey sticks, probably played on the same dynamic. I don't I never seen the movie, but are you like the goofball sidekick in that? No, no, no. I'm the I'm a minion of Satan going to buy Matt Lawrence's soul. He's OK. He's a hockey player. OK, yeah. So he's a straight man and you're the person coming in. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, definitely the goofball. But yeah, but it's yeah, it's yeah, I was just I was thinking about that because they never did try to get Eric and Rachel together in any way, shape or form. I know. And I really did think I why do I have a memory of that happening? Because we made out in one episode that was like a fantasy episode. That's probably right. That is what I was thinking, which I didn't remember. It was like, oh, God, Maitland and I have kissed. Yeah. Yeah, you're right. Jack reads him with a good morning, but Eric pleads make it better. Jack's eyes for the last time, kissing the boo boo doesn't make it go away. False. You'll be fine. I know wrong. False. My kids absolutely see the science. Eric argues this boo boo feels different. It feels special. My nose is all tickly and I just feel like and then he lets out a huge sneeze right into Jack's bowl of cereal. Eric blurt out, you're going to pour milk into your cereal. Jack counters. Not that I'm going to eat it now. But then he doesn't. I know he doesn't do it. So Jack never pours milk into a cereal. You're right. So the very first one he has is the point doesn't work. And it's like, but then the numbers are real. Right. But then the numbers are right. So he really does understand what's going on. And so none of it made it. He never poured. It was like, OK, you've just killed the theory in the very first joke you made. That's pretty funny. That is funny. But Eric's in disbelief. This is amazing. When I sneezed, I saw a vision of you pouring milk under your cereal. Jack is in sold. No, this is just more background information for the nice people at the asylum. Eric agrees. You know, they were nice. Jack pushes him aside to get a piece of toast and Eric continues, smashing my head is what gave me my special powers. When I sneeze, I see the future. Oh, he feels one coming on. He sneezes, then screams out, there's a fire at the Peter Min warehouse. A second later on the TV, the anchor slash millionaire, infomercial entrepreneur has breaking news. This just in. There's a fire at the Peter Min warehouse. This is all the proof Eric needs. His powers are real. Jack winds. No, no, no, this can't be happening. But Eric knows the routine. Yes, Jack, we've been down this road before. Something amazing happens to me. You try to resist and I pull you down anyway. Jack submits. Fine. Which I guess is true with the Lucky Penny episode. That's really the only. Yeah. Yeah, OK. They've done other things like this where it's like the bank. The bank, yeah. You know, pulling him down crazy roads, that kind of thing. I thought when I said I thought I was going to pull a joke there, I thought when he said we've been down this road before, this road called life. Like I thought I was going to throw out a meta boy. It's a joke. Yeah. Yeah. Fine, I'm going to die either way. I believe in your stupid little powers. Eric is thrilled. All right. See, that was painless. Now, the first thing I believe we have to do is determine why God gave me this power. I wonder why he gave it to me and not someone like, say, oh, I don't know, you. Then Eric sneezes again, this time blurting out 21, 46, 53. Jack Winses, you snotted on me. But Eric repeats his vision. Dude, 21, 46, 53. Those are my Nana Boo Boo's measurements. She is hot. OK, what is this? Like why the Nana Boo Boo measurements? Nothing. I mean, measurements are across the top of your chest, your waist and your hips. And normally the I guess the I mean, 36, 24, 36 is the one they say is like the perfect thing, right? It's actually weird looking. Yeah. You're wide here, very narrow here and then wider in the hips. So in these measurements, she's very small in the top, medium in the in the waist and then bigger in the hips. So she's shaped like that. Shaped, right. Not even bell shaped triangle. Shaped. Exactly. And my grandmother. I know. So why are you calling her hot? I know. Then the news reporter makes another announcement. Hurry to those Lotto machine folks. Tonight's Pennsylvania lottery is nearly four million. Jack perks up. I mean, isn't it funny too that that four million was like made everybody jumping around and now we have one billion dollars. It's crazy. Yeah, it's insane. Jack perks up. Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no. Those aren't Nanabubu's measurements. Those are lottery numbers. Eric reminds him the lottery's got six numbers. So Jack encourages him. That's right. Come on, sneeze me the rest. Eric contends I am not a carnival act. Well, yeah, I am a carnival act, but my sneezing is a gift. It's a gift that should not be abused, unless of course we can use it to get chicks. Jack clarifies we get those lottery numbers and you can buy all the chicks you want. OK, so come on, sneeze me the rest on Q. Eric sneezes again and shouts the king of Norway is having a fish. What? So Eric is OK with it if he can get chicks. So there is no. 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It would be a great t-shirt. Is it just going to make a t-shirt? We should make merch that's just come to Corey and Topanga's party. So cute. We are out of our rut, rip, roar and party party. Yes. And then she talks about what it says on it later. Like what I guess it says, no parents allowed. 8 p.m. to question mark. Come on. We got to make this guys. We have to figure this out. I want that shirt. They giggle and Angela continues to read cake, ice cream, games, surprises. Look, Sean, surprises. I loved this read. Oh, she said that was look, Sean, surprises. Look, Sean, surprises. It's so funny. Sean smirks and yells over to Corey. What's with the party? Corey's offended. What? A couple of people like us can't throw a hoe down. Then he does a little dance to emphasize his point. Sean congratulates him for getting out of his rut. So hard. Ben is just like, how can I make writer laugh? And he is like, you know, he like, I just let him go for like minutes during rehearsal. So he's waiting for me to keep to stop. And I just refuse to say my line. Yeah, it's such a fun dynamic. That was the best. Sean congratulates him for getting out of his rut. And Corey instructs his friends in the Jewish grandmother accent for no reason. I want all you kids to wear your tassels and your leather and you get up in such. And I will see you all. Get up in such. They all look concerned. Rachel questions tonight. Corey exclaims, yes, tonight, Saturday night. I know I've been out of the loop for a while, but isn't that the night? Y'all rebel rouse. Angela answers, yes, it is, especially this Saturday night. Your party is the same night as Jerry Durvin's. Corey doesn't see the problem. So Rachel clarifies Jerry Durvin's party is the best party of the year. Sean jumps in. No big deal. We'll go to Corey and Topanga's party and then we'll go to Durvin's and have some fun. Corey asks, excuse me. Sean responds, don't worry, we won't leave until your party's over. You'll think we'll be done by 10, right? The inmates. Ooh, with that one, as it seems, the goatee has made him quite the little a hole. Corey tells him to look carefully at the flyer and tell him what it says. Sean reads, no parents allowed. Nice touch. Corey tells him to read on. Sean reads aloud, eight o'clock to question mark. Corey repeats, question mark, Shawnee. Do you know what that means? It means nobody knows when this party is going to end. Do you know? Sean shakes his head, no. And Corey wonders, do I know? Sean says, no. So Corey excitedly exclaims, it's totally impossible to predict. Rachel jumps in and tells Corey not to worry. They'll spend plenty of time at his party. Corey blows her off. No, it's fine. You go to Durvin's and make nice, nice with the cool kids. But you are making a big mistake, Missy, by doubting the power of a Corey and Topanga party. Sure, we won't be in leather, but that's because I'm allergic and Topanga is a sweater. Sean assures him, calm down, we're coming to your party. Corey gets even sassier. Don't do me any favors. The whole campus has seen these flyer, Shawnee, so there might not even be room for you or this thing on your face. Then he plays with Sean's little flavor saver. Don't ever say flavor saver. It's so disgusting. It's called that because of why I think it's called that, right? Yeah. Oh, gross. So disgusting. I'll add it to the list of stomach, nippies, pookie pook, stink hole and tushy that I have written here on a post. Yeah, just keep it in my desk. Flavor saver. Flavor saver. Oh, what? Is stink finger on there? No, from our, we never said. Oh, OK, I thought we were just saying awful things. Gotcha. Happy that. Actually, we didn't say flavor saver in the episode. We just said on the podcast. On the podcast. Yeah. I think it counts. Just put an asterisk. Flavor saver. Sean is sure he doesn't mean that. Bakori begs to differ. He snatches the flyer back from Sean. Don't come to our party. Then he takes back the flyers from the other random students in the union. Repeating. That doesn't make any sense. I know. You should take it back from me and Rachel and Angela and then walk out. He's literally taking it from you and handed it to somebody else. Exactly. Or he said, not you, not you. You can come. Yeah, you can come and then walk down. No, but in this case, in this case, it makes sense that then no one showed up because it's exactly it. It appears as though he walked around. The implication too is that he's continuing this as he goes, taking away invitations from everyone. Yes, no. He should have said for taking it from you and gone uninvited and handed it to somebody who already had a flyer. Yes, invited. Invited. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. From your friend. Yeah, totally. Don't come to our party. Don't come to our party. Before leaving, he turns around and shouts, but will compare notes on Monday about who went to the better party and I take notes like a secretary. And then the face. And it just. Oh, the Ben Savage look. I miss it so much. It totally put me in mind of his Jiminy Glick impression, which we talked about. Yes. If I, if you. Yeah. Do, do, do, do, do, do. He would do the rhythms of the Jiminy Glick interview and he'd get that crazy look on his face. And it'd go big and big. Bring it down to your Ben Savage look. Oh my God. It was so funny. God, I'm always just. The fact that he pauses, he, he's just and will compare notes. I take notes like a secretary. Secretary. And then it's so. It's like the moment of doubt that it was not a good line. I'm committing to it. I'm committing to it anyway. I said secretary, which sounds bad, but I'm going with it. Oh, God, he's so funny. So then we're at the gas station, which is a new and weird settler. Jack and Eric walk in to buy those lottery tickets and Eric is wearing a helmet. He doesn't understand. Weird set and this is an expensive set because you have to put in all those. All those snacks. Yes. It's like a really expensive set for. Don't need it. For nothing. Big scene. Yeah. Yeah, I know. Weird. Jack and Eric walk in to buy those lottery tickets and Eric is wearing a helmet. He doesn't understand why Jack forced him to wear one. And Jack explains you have a propensity for an on cue. Eric runs headfirst into the door and falls to the ground. It's a bad fall. I want to do that again. I want to do the fall is good. The hit wasn't good. Yeah. You the hit is very telegraphed. Yeah, I would love to have done that again. But the fall was good. But yeah, I think you have big feet. And so the problem is getting your head when you take a step, your foot touches the door before your head. So there's really no way of you. Big though, ten and a half. There's no way of getting your head there before another part of your body. I have a big uvula. So it would have been fine for me because my it would have swung it. Swung it on the other side. Right. Yeah. I just see bugs, money like punching it like a pile. Exactly. So yeah, Jack adds head drama. Eric jumps back up and eyes the door before stumbling inside. He sees right through his friend. You don't care about my head. You just care about your stupid lottery numbers. I mean, sure, the helmet looks good, but this wasn't a gift given out of love. This was given out of greed. Jack's too busy writing down the lottery numbers to care. So Eric gets in his face. You take all the fun out of sneezing. Jack isn't fazed, instructing him to sneeze you, baby. He pulls out a pepper shaker as Eric begs him. Not the pepper. My nostrils hurt. Eric, I think this is pretty funny. I mean, it is funny. Him throwing pepper at you and forcing you to see and calling you a jack. Yeah. Jack. That's funny, dude. I was dying. I was like, that's just a funny image. It was a yes, it's a funny image, but I mean, the story lines. It's so absurd. Oh, my God. It's funny. I'm not saying Jack. Yes. And we're obviously getting away with a lot more in season seven than we were earlier. We couldn't even say sucks. I mean, yeah. So, yeah. Come on, man. I got twenty one forty six fifty three and then I got nothing. I need you to help me out. He tells Eric, it's now or never. Eric sneezes again. But this time he says, oh, my gosh. Jack guesses the numbers and Eric responds. No, someone's in trouble. That's what I just sneezed. We've got to get out of here. Jack grabs him by the collar. That's ridiculous. Who's in trouble? Eric admits he doesn't know, but he does know this person needs his help. He explains, God gave me these powers to help people, not to give them stupid lottery numbers. Jack insists, I'm people, I'm people, help me. Eric scoffs and begins to walk out. Then he sneezes directly onto a random girl. He looks at her and casually announces, he's cheating on you. She shoots daggers at her boyfriend as Eric sneezes once more. And he's going to rob this place. He points to the man, you know what? You're just a bad guy. Then Eric stumbles out once again, slamming his head into the front door. I thought there was going to be a payoff here that the guy actually had like a gun falls to the ground. Well, here's the thing. The fact that he just said someone needs my help and then calls out that someone's about to rob the store. Everyone in here then is the person who needs the help. It should have been just the cheating on you. And then if they wanted to elevate it one more time, there should be something else, but not something that puts someone in danger because we want I then forgot that we need to talk about anybody being in danger. Once they pointed out the guy was going to rob the place, he also sees things in the future. So does he see the guy sleeping with somebody other than her? Is that how he knows he's cheating? Mm hmm. Let's take this seriously. That's what I'm saying. It's a romp. It's a romp. Then we're back in Corey and Topanga's apartment. It is decorated for the party. Corey excitedly calls for Topanga. Topanga, could you come in here for a moment? Topanga walks in and seems a little concerned about the decorations. Honey, don't you think this might be a little much? Corey disagrees. No, I think people appreciate it when you go the extra mile. Topanga nods and a timer goes off. Oh, my quiches are done. Also, how many are you making? Because it seems like there's platters of quiche everywhere. Well, we think we're having a rager. We've passed out flyers. OK, so why wouldn't that just be Jell-O shots? I also can I just say, I think both of you look fantastic. You do. Is that my age? No, I love the sweater. They actually look great. And then your sweater outfit. You're everybody. You both look better than you have the entire season. So when I talked about that, you guys were dressing dorky is actually it works so good for both of your character. And you look great. Even Ben works. I was like, notice him like, he looks amazing. You guys look great. I love this look they had for him. And we get to see your arm. Oh, scandalous. Scandal. We're getting a hand of ourselves. But yeah, I did. I did notice that pretty crazy. Corey explains, you know, I people might be tired of 20 questions. So I got a few other games. He grabbed some board games off the top of the fridge while putting the quiches on the stovetop. Topanga isn't sold. Oh, Corey, I think people might be tired of. But then she can't hide her excitement. Oh, cool. I haven't played that game in years. Corey is devishly proud of his decision. Exactly. That guy, Durvin, may have flash, but we've got substance. This party is going to be quite satisfying. Topanga feeds him a quiche. Taste this. Corey is satisfied. Mm, quiche, delicious. He goes in for another quiche, but Topanga takes the pan away. Corey, you have to save some for our guests. They're going to be here in two minutes. Corey starts stressing, it's seven fifty eight already. I haven't even picked the music yet. Well, Topanga sets the table. Corey runs over to the cabinet. What should we start with? Corey asks. Topanga doesn't know something we can dance to. Corey gets a look in his eye. That's exactly what I was thinking. He puts on a little bit of Samba and then starts dancing to it. Trading off moves. That's Samba. I don't know. Oh, gotcha. I think you would because you were on Dancing with the Stars. Yeah, that was last year. Oh, gotcha. This isn't like a V&E smarch. Yeah, exactly. Neither of you are holding frame. I think the Chiron says Samba music. Gotcha. Trading off moves to his ears and bobbing around, though he looks a little crazy to Panga joins in. And then in the hallway, we see Sean, Angela and Rachel are just arriving to the party. Sean says, Angela, if you tell me one more time that we left Durvin's party right as you were about to get your groove on, I'll Angela cuts him off and threatens, you'll what? Scared. Sean quickly responds, nothing, dear. Rachel reveals I was getting on my groove too, you know. Angela and Sean look at her with a raised eyebrow. Rachel quips back, what? It would have happened eventually. Sean tries to get their spirits up. It's only 10 o'clock. We'll be back at Durvin's by 11. Angela is frustrated. Corey does not want us here anyway. Sean knows Corey better than that. That's what he said. But what he meant was a terrible scene. This is like the three of us are just so bad. These three characters and these three actors should not be together in a scene. Everything is bad about it. We are all just like exposition delivery. And none of us want to be there. It's so. Oh, my God. I'm just hearing you recount it. I'm like, oh, I just want to die inside. I will say I still own this shirt that I'm wearing. Do you really? It is completely faded. I was so happy to see the dragon very prominent in the black. It's an Urban Outfitters dragon shirt. That dragon is so faded. It is barely there. The sleeves are frayed. I still wear this on a regular basis. I love this. I had it in gray and I had it in black for Sean Hunter and I took them both. And the gray has a red dragon. That one is still somewhat on the gray in the gray. But the black one off the white is just the white dragon is gone. So I was looking at it going, oh, man, it was still so so bright. Still love that shirt. But what he meant was if you don't, I'll nag you till you bleed. They arrive at the door and see signs that read entering fun. Will do not enter unless authorized for fun. Danger party ahead and no parents. Oh, my God. Angela is overwhelmed. Damn. Sean opens the door and here's the tribal music. But instead of a party, it's just a panga and Corey sitting on a couch. Defeated, crushing the quiche in a factory line for some reason. You just hold it and him just slamming the quiche down and you putting it over and slamming the kids. But you don't notice the door opening now. No, of course not. It's like, is it with this door? This is the magical door. It is a magical door. Nobody knocks on. Yep. It never gets locked. No, we'll just open it and saying asylum workers just walk through. Yep. And then there's a tense outbreak. Sean has closed the door, which they also didn't notice and retreated back into the hallway. He can't believe it. Nobody came. I feel so bad. Rachel says Angela nods. They look devastated. Rachel thinks they should do something, but Sean is already walking away. Angela is confused. Where are you going? Back to Durvin's party, Sean explains, and the girls follow him out. And then we're in the apartment to panga. I mean, this is like, is the is the implication that you're supposed to be worried that Sean doesn't care about his friend? Yes, because that's not clear. Like is it? Is that what it's supposed to be? It should the whole setup for us walking up to the door Yeah, should be. They don't want to go. I don't want to go. But at least, you know, Corey and Sean or Cori and to panga will be having fun. Don't worry. We'll just stay for and then I see it awful. And then it's like, uh, and then I should say something that implies, let's go back to Durvin's party where at least we can have fun. I don't know. But you're going back to Durvin's party to get the crowd to bring them. I know that you know that, but shouldn't story wise, we'd be wondering if Sean's going to turn on his friend. Like there should be some dynamic. No, I think you know, like the second, because it seems like you leave with a mission and well, and it's certainly they you're like, I'm going back to Durvin's. I think because you were being a jerk, quote unquote, jerk in the beginning. Right. I think they're setting it up that you're supposed to. Oh, wow, Sean is really being a jerk. And then you come back with the crowd. It's like, no, he's being Sean. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yes. Yeah, I never believe that I was being a jerk. I never believe that I was being a jerk. Like this moment just seemed like going back to Durvin's. And it should have been a dynamic like between the three of us where they think I'm being a jerk. Right. Where you go like, ooh, that's pathetic. Let's get out of here. Or they have. Yeah, something like what happened. And like, I don't even want to talk about it. You don't want to see what's behind this door. And then I run. The only thing that sells it for me is the fact that they ask you where you're going and you say back to Durvin's and they look to each other like, I guess we're going. I guess. I guess. But they want to go back to Durvin's. Like, I know. But but the fact that they're like, should we now? It seemed to me like they were thinking, shouldn't we do something? And you're the one who's like the ringleader getting them back to the party. So it did sell it for me a little bit. But not it could have been better set up because you you're saying it should have been more clear that you're being a jerk. Right. Yeah. Yeah. And and and the Angela and Rachel would never be jerks either. Like they're really good friends with Topanga. So I think that's why they give that look of like, right. We really abandoning them. Follow Sean. Right. It's yeah. I think the audience is a little work for me. The audience is supposed to think you're going back to the party when you're going back to. Right. And I didn't I never believed that I was going back to the party. I never believed that there was any conflict between us about going back to the party. I think you could have played it out a little bit. And instead, you've got three very stale actors just not announcing exposition to each other as they walk through a hallway. Oof. No gloss, no filter. Just stories spoken without fear. Addiction is a disease and it should be looked upon as any other disease. How did you cope with a reckless father like me? Join me, Pooja Bhatt, as I sit down every week with directors, actors, musicians, technicians and beyond. You don't need to work with the biggest people in the biggest sound to have great music. I have gone through the sub-CD Hachakar. Reach the pinnacle. Stung by the sneaker. I've fallen down again. I am not writing actively anymore. And when I see my old work, it kind of saddens me. I'm only as good as the last shot that I gave. Mom's gone, but don't shut the theatre. The show must go on. Listen to my weekly podcast, the Pooja Bhatt show on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Come for the honesty. Stay for the fire. We're back in the apartment. Topanga and Corey are comatose on the couch. Topanga lays sadly on Corey's stomach. Corey, sad as can be, Corey responds. Yeah, honey. Nobody came to our party. Topanga reveals while pouting. Corey knows he admits. I almost left. Topanga's seen enough. That's it. We are a boring married couple who doesn't know how to have fun. Corey disagrees. We're not a boring couple. We're a young, vibrant, healthy, exciting couple who've been saddled with super official friends who wouldn't know a good party if it fell on their heads. They both look upset. Topanga starts trashing the snacks, but Corey makes an observation. You know, maybe it's a good thing that no one showed up. I mean, those quiches weren't your best. Topanga is confused. What? Corey tries to explain himself. I mean, don't get me wrong. They were great. I'm just saying, you know, you've made better. It's a compliment, really. Topanga drops a quiche on the floor and smiles. Really? Really? Well, do you want to compliment from me? Her smile disappears. Bite me. Excuse me, Corey asks. Topanga suggests maybe nobody came to the party to eat my quiches because they read your great jokes on the flyers. Come join our party. It'll be party riffic. Buckle up for the ride to Funville. Are those jokes? Would you call those jokes? No, no, no. OK, they're quips. Right. Exactly. Quippy. Yeah. What is that? Corey calls it wit and it wasn't the jokes that kept people away. Topanga sarcastically wonders, was it the signs on the doors? Because I guess not as many people were authorized for fun as you thought. Corey's getting angry. Well, what about your dumb dance music? I mean, that really packed them in. But he puts the music on. Yeah, it's his choice. Yep, sure was. Topanga gets even great, even angrier. Oh, my dumb music. Are you sure you don't mean dumbtastic or super duper dumb dumb? Love that. I know. That's my favorite episode. Is it? Yes. Super duper dumb dumb. Because all this other this whole scene starts to feel like conflict building for the sake of conflict building. But that one actually made me laugh. I was like, yeah. Corey starts yelling, you know what, Topanga? You were the one that started this whole thing. He mocks her, I want to be hip. We're in a rut. He continues, I was perfectly happy staying home on a Saturday night and doing nothing. Topanga yells back, well, I'm not. I want to go out, Corey. I want to have fun. I want to be wild. Corey laughs wild. Ha, you wouldn't last 10 minutes in those nightclubs. Topanga says, cram it, old man. And then take some party guacamole in her hand and smears it all over Corey's face and vest. I cannot tell you how gross I find food and sex combinations in life in general. Just not even like chocolate. Really nothing ever. Nothing. Hate it all. Always have. And maybe it's because of this. Maybe. No, no, because I think it's probably because of Boy Meets World. Because when I watch this, I get sick to my stomach and it's like weird. It makes me uncomfortable. I love food. I love sex. I don't want them to have anything to do with each other. And I maybe it's because of this because I was watching this and I was like, it was like a horror film with like body horror that had to like cover my eyes. I was like, oh, my God, is she going to kiss him with that guacamole like on his face? It's like, I'm going to throw up. And then the next scene I couldn't watch. I was like, oh, yeah. Well, I mean, somebody, somebody clearly has a fetish when it comes to food and sex. It's been used on our show a number of times. I remember them talking about this scene and you saying they wanted it to be like nine and a half weeks. Oh, it felt that long. It felt that long. Is it nine and a half weeks where the like anal sex with butter scene happens? I don't know. But I've never seen it. What? Now I'm watching. What is it? There's a Marlon Brando. I've never seen it. But no, hold on, hold on. It's something you threw that out there like you know what's up. No one knows what I'm talking about. Is this a famous Hollywood scene? But yeah, Marlon Brando, Get the Butter. Look like that. And I probably know this because of the butter scene. Oh, it's last tango in Paris. Yeah, that's what you think. Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider. Yeah, I've never seen it, but it's wow, lots of sex with food. Restaurant. Was it salted butter? These are the important questions. I can't. Irish butter, because when it's grass fed, it makes a difference. We're trying to watch our cholesterol. So when we have anal sex, we use I can't believe it's not butter. Nine and a half weeks, an unrivaled sexy classic that shall always be remembered for the scene where Mickey Rourke seduces Kim Basinger with a very liberal use of berries, honey and several other flavors while she sits, eyes closed and enjoys the function. Surely one of the sexiest food scenes of all time. I've never seen it. Yeah, I remember that being brought up and being like, it's just I guess you're right, if it's your your thing, there's something sexual about it. But if it's not your thing, I'm not trying to kink shame you. But yeah, no, exactly. But if it's not your thing, then it's just kind of gross. And a real waste of food. I, you know, I, you know, well, you said this before that it was like someone on our set had a fetish for it. I don't know if that's necessarily true. I think it's actually just kind of the safest visual sex thing you can do. But you can't you can't show sexiness and especially in a kids show any other way. You know, where there's a level of like sort of like messy, you know, like you're not going to rip each other's clothes off, even though we do a little bit here. You can't go far, but you can smear food on each other and it visually says like we're getting down and dirty. Do you know what I mean? Like it's an impulsivity to you for a purpose that isn't just sexual. Yeah, I don't know what else to represent. And unless we were like literally just watching people make out, which we also have done, I think in order to like show, you know, I don't know. I just I think it's kind of a standard television thing to do. But then see, they ruined it later because Sean opens the door and they're both fully dressed under a twister thing. So why not just have Sean open the door and just stay on his face? He goes, oh, and shuts it like, you know, they're naked and going at it. I know. And they don't mean to see anything. Would have made me so much happier. I don't know. That's what I mean. It's like, why you don't need to see them like now they're just well, now we're just kissing, covered in food under a twister. Yeah, or or you've you've seen us in the honeymoon episode, like you saw me under the covers without anything on. Why not have us under a twister blanket without our clothes, our obvious clothes on? Or just a twister blanket with people under it. You know, I don't see what you just see moving around. Exactly. Oh, yeah. Just feed or something like that. But I mean, they went out of their way to show like, hey, man, this led to. This led to them kissing. Still with their own. They're on their face. Fully closed kissing. Yeah, covered in food. Yeah. Corey is furious. That is it. He grabs chocolate sauce and squirts it all over Topanga's shirt. Wait, Topanga. Yeah, gross. Topanga reveals an evil smile and they both run for more snacks to throw at each other to Panga, you're going down. She reaches for whipped cream and starts spraying him with it. You want more, Mr. Rogers? Oh, a shot at my sweater. Very funny. Corey says while spraying mustard on Topanga. What about your wild little get up? When's the PTA meeting? Mr. Rogers. She yells while ripping off one of Corey's sweater sleeves, shocked. Corey yells back, soccer mom, then rips off a sleeve from Topanga's shirt. Topanga screams, this was a nice blouse. Corey points out and now it's a ripped one. They finally start to catch their breath. Corey points out that her blouse is now off her shoulder a little bit. Topanga notes she could say the same thing about his. And it's all starting to steam up a little. Covered in food, the two of them are overcome with passion and start making out falling on the ground and out of frame. And then we're in a junkyard in alley. In alley, I think. In our dumpster. Eric is still in a helmet with his name on it and Jack is annoyed. We're in the middle of nowhere. But Eric is on a mission. Something bad is going to happen here. Jack, I can feel it. Jack agrees. Something bad is happening. You're costing me four million dollars, four million dollars. Give me my numbers. Eric tries to calm him down. Hey, hey, hey. Obviously, Jack, you've never had superpowers. OK, so you don't know what's going on. Look, there is no way that money could be nearly as satisfying as what we were brought here to do. But Jack points out the obvious. Look around you, Eric. There's no one here to save. And once Eric does look around, Jack grabs Eric's head and smashes the helmet continuously into a trash can. Now, give me my numbers. Eric screams in pain. Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow. But then he sneezes. 12, 22, 42. Jack's ears perk up. What was that? Eric, now crying, repeats himself. I said 12, 22, 42. Jack quickly takes a pen out. Yes, all right. Thank you, buddy. He starts yelling through the tears. Yeah, that's right. You know what? You take your numbers and you remember when you're sitting there with your four million dollars that to get it, you had to bash your best friend's head against a dumpster. Jack clarifies, you had a helmet on. Eric realizes something. It was you. Jack is confused. What was me? What are you talking about? Eric is adamant. It was you all along. And then an old man rises up from behind the dumpster. Yes, so none of this resolution makes sense to me. So his his psychic vision was that Jack needed to be saved. No, but it wasn't even that. He was just somebody needed help. But he's realizing in this moment that it was Jack that needs to help. That was in danger. But then Jack doesn't change anything. No, no. Also, why is this the only vision that he has that isn't a specific? I mean, he saw the guy going to rob the place. He saw that he was cheating on him. He saw that there was a fire at the place. He has just some one. But now some random person in an alley needs help. And right, instead of finding out it's instead of getting the vision that Jack needs help, yeah, Jack, come with me quick. You need help in an alley. An old man rises up from behind the dumpster. He's reaching out to you, Jack. He's trying to save you. Jack laughs, save me. Eric nods, that's right. Save you from your greed. My vision was about you. The old man puts his armor on the boys. He's right. You're the one in danger. Eric agrees. Yeah, Jack, look at what this lottery has done to you. And you haven't even won it yet. Jack's eyes as dramatic music starts. You're right. I mean, I let greed take me over. I didn't care what happened to you or our friendship. You know, it's unbelievable what people will do for money. The music cuts out and Jack shrugs. Oh, well, off to buy me a ticket. Jack quickly leaves and the old man turns to Eric. Hey, we tried. I don't get it. No, it's. I like writer thought that he was going to discard the yeah, or just give it the numbers to the homeless guy. And then he becomes a billionaire or a millionaire. And that would be like, oh, we saved his life. Yeah. Or I thought he was going to be the person that was going to try to attack Jack. Like that Jack was going to need, you know, like something. I thought then that like, yeah, it is you. You are the one that needs help. I was like, is that supposed to be ominous? Is he going to attack them? And then when Jack runs off, is he going to attack Eric? No, he just says, hey, we tried. Two different swing sets and four different guest cast for that storyline. You're right. Big swing sets. Any sense. Wow, what is really strange? The Lotto. That's only two swing sets. Two swing sets and four guest stars. Yeah, all for that storyline. Yeah, man, that is a real waste. Yeah. I just it's it's just, you know, the A story, even as you're recapping it. It's great. You guys are fun and funny and it makes sense. Cori and Tupeng are the old married couple. All that works. And then it's just this and it's just it's this seems like the 2 a.m. placeholder that they were just like, just go with it. Just go will make it funny. Exactly. Put a minute. Will will make them funny. Go. And it's like, yeah, I just yeah, this is the one. This is the week where I look back and go, I wish I just said something like a truly wish I just said something. Well, back in the hallway, Sean, Angela, Rachel and a group of other party goers are walking to Cori and Tupeng his apartment. One guy says, this party better be good, Hunter. Durvin's party was awesome. Sean turns to him annoyed. Shut up, Durvin. I love your I loved your delivery of it. You're like, it's like the ninth time he's sat on the walk over here. Shut up. Durvin's not the smartest, not the sharpest tool in the shed, Durvin. Sean addresses the group. All right, I'm going to go over this one more time. On the other side of this door, it's ugly. These people are wonderful, but they are incredibly square. Now, remember, nobody gets their 20 bucks unless they stay the full hour. Rachel smiles. This was a really sweet thing to do, Sean. Angela just hopes they're not too late. And with that, Sean opens the door to see Cori and Tupeng making out while wrapped in a twister mat. There is food everywhere on the floor covered in sauce. Tupeng looks at Cori and says, this is the best party I've ever been to. Cori smiles back again. They don't notice the door opening. Nope. Tupenga, I was wrong. I love your quiche. He bites food off her forehead and they continue kissing. Yeah, still oblivious to the crowd at the door. Tupenga declares, I love every boring bone in your body. Really? He says. Tupenga doubles down. I love your love hand anywhere. Oh, that's going on the list. Put that on the list. Put it on the love hand on the list. Let's never go anywhere ever again. Sean and the group turn around and close the door back in the hallway. He asks Angela, you think they do that every night? Angela answers, well, gosh, that's probably why they go home at nine o'clock. Durvin pushes to get inside, but Sean announces parties over. There's no way we're going to save this one. Durvin announces, I'm going back to Durvin's. Rachel reminds him, you are Durvin. As everyone leaves, Angela can't believe they felt sorry for Cori and Tupenga. Rachel agrees. I know they should feel sorry for us. Then walks away. Now alone, Sean jokes to Angela. I wonder what their food bill is a month. Angela doesn't know, but she suggests, let's just go back to Durvin's. Sean agrees and they start to walk away. But Angela stops him. You know what? Forget Durvin's. Let's just go to a grocery store. Sean happily now. They're going to have sex. That's the joke is that they're going to have sex. They're not going to buy bananas or anything. They're going to have sex with the food. That's the joke, guys. So there's going to be they're going to do a quick big bid. They've got to go buy a lot of groceries to have sex. So and and sex means that he's going to put his penis in her. That's what's probably going to happen. I think I don't know. I don't want to I don't want to overstep. But I think that's what they mean. I think they'll get naked. Back at Eric's apartment. Jack is sitting on the couch watching TV. Eric, quick, come out here. He yells no Eric screams back. Jack looks apologetic. Come on. I said, I'm sorry. Eric enters the living room with an angry look on his face. You're not sorry. You're evil. Just sit down and watch me get filthy rich. Jack says excitedly they're about to announce the winning lottery numbers. That's blood money. Eric contests with his eyebrows furrowed. I'll give you half. Jack says Eric then quickly drops his moral outrage and sits on the couch. Turn it up. And with that, the news reporter returns. And here are tonight's winning lottery numbers. Eric exclaims, I'm going to buy myself a new helmet. So cute. Thirty two, six, twenty seven, eighteen, nine, two. We're rich. Eric screams and jumps off the couch. Jack sits and back down. No, we are not. Those aren't the numbers you gave me. This is worthless and you're worthless here. Jack rips up the lottery ticket and shoves the pieces into Eric's mouth. No, Jack, no, Eric says. Well, he's chewing the papers. Eat it. Eat it. You psychic snot line. Jack continues. But the woman on TV continues. For the New York lottery. Now for the four million dollar Pennsylvania lottery. Jack looks at the TV in horror. Oh my God. The reporter continues. The winning numbers are twenty one, forty six, fifty three, twelve, twenty two and forty two. And now because the ticket is ripped up in Eric's mouth, they don't win. Putting the last piece in his mouth to chew, Eric remarks, well, that's a coincidence. Jack looks furious. Then Eric sneezes again. He gets another vision. Uh oh. The things Jack is going to do to him. They're going to have sex. At least that would have been interesting. Well, we have a tag. We do have a tag. We're in Corey and Topanga's room. Topanga is comfortable in bed watching TV. Corey, come quick. John Stossel is doing an expose on tainted meat. Corey runs in from the bathroom and excitedly jumps into bed. Would you rather be spending the night at some glitzy club or learning how to spot a bad brisket to Pagan odds? You're right. Brisket. Corey explains, it's not like I don't enjoy dancing and going out and having fun. It's just that the best time I have is when I'm here with you. Topanga smiles and gives him a kiss. Oh, look, bad flank steak. He smiles and tells her he loves her, giving her one last kiss. Then after a few seconds, their draws hit the floor with whatever the next image of old meat was. Yeah. I have a suggestion that in any future episode where or even past episodes where there is no tag, we just put in Corey and Topanga singing war. It should just be the tag of every episode. There's no tag. Just throw that at the end. Yep. So funny. Well, thank you all for joining us for this episode of Pod Meets World. 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