POTD: ‘Boy Meets World’ Meets ‘Girl Meets World’ In A Big Cast Reunion Photo
A couple of years ago, during a surge of nostalgic revival of shows from decades past, The Disney Channel broughtGirls Meets Worldto air. The comedy series is a follow-up to the ABC sitcomBoy Meets Worldfrom the 1990s, which followed best friends Cory (Ben Savage) and Shawn (Rider Strong) as they grow up into young men and learn life lessons from their teacher Mr. Feeny (William Daniels).Girl Meets Worldfollows that same formula, but instead it follows Cory’s daughter Riley (Rowan Blanchard) and Maya (Sabrina Carpenter) as they navigate adolescence as young girls, learning some of the same lessons, but entirely new ones as well.
While the sequel series has brought back several cast members fromBoy Meets Worldin recurring guest roles, it has never seen the kind of reunion that was teased in a cast photo featuring all of the primary players from Boy Meets World united with the cast ofGirl Meets World. Check out the photo after the jump.
Here’s theBoy Meets Worldreunion along with theGirl Meets Worldcast fromTV Line:
Ben Savage(Cory) andDanielle Fishel(Topanga) are regular cast members onGirls Meets Worldas Riley’s parents, but the show has only intermittently seen the likes ofRider Strong(Shawn),Will Friedle(Eric),William Russ(Alan),Betsy Randle(Amy),Danny McNulty(Harley),Lee Norris(Minkus),Anthony Quinn(Mr. Turner) and of course,William Daniels(Mr. Feeny). Now they’re all coming together with the regulars fromGirl Meets World, and with a couple bonus cast members too.
ActressesLily NicksayandLindsay Ridgewayplayed Cory’s younger sister Morgan during different periods of the show. Nicksay played her during the first and second seasons while Ridgeway played her for the rest of the series. The character actually had a weird age jump where she went from being an adorable child to an annoying preteen, even though Cory had only aged three years during that same time. The writers even made a joke about it in the show when the new Morgan debuted. It’s crazy that sitcoms got away with that back then.
Anyway, if atweet from young co-starAugust Maturo(who plays Riley’s younger brother) is accurate, then both Lily Nicksay and Lindsay Ridgeway will trade off playing a grown up Aunt Morgan. Surely there will be a couple meta jokes about their role in this episode. Speaking of which, all we know about this special reunion is that all of the old cast members stop by to help make some kind of decision.
TV Line points out thatGirl Meets Worldhas yet to be renewed by The Disney Channel for a fourth season, so this episode could be a sort of last hurrah for everyone to get together one last time in front of the camera. Perhaps the big decision is the Matthews family moving back to Philadelphia or something like that. We’re not sure when the episode airs, so just stay tuned to your channel guide for this nostalgic episode.
