It’s been admittedly “bizarre” to revisit a younger version of yourself on screen, Strong says.
“But now I’m sort of like, ‘Oh my God, what was I wearing?
Why was I moving like that?’
Ben Savage, Danielle Fishel, Rider Strong, and Trina McGee in ‘Boy Meets World’.ABC
I can’t help but be judgmental of myself, but overall, I’m impressed with the show.
The show is good.”
Below, thePod Meets Worldco-hosts revisit the iconic slasher parody episode for a mini oral history.
Trina McGee, Ben Savage, Danielle Fishel, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Will Friedle, Matthew Lawrence, and Rider Strong in ‘Boy Meets World’.ABC
STRONG:I remember thinking it was the most bonkers thing in the world.
And we did a few episodes that kind of went crazy.
I didn’t really like breaking those rules of the show.
The uncredited creepy janitor in ‘Boy Meets World’.ABC
I was a stickler for that, but I remember loving this one from the get go.
We just thought it was hysterical.
I’m a huge fan of horror films.
Jennifer Love Hewitt in ‘Boy Meets World’.ABC
I was a fan ofScreamand the revival of horror films that was going on at that moment.
So I just remember loving it.
It was Jeff Menell, who is going to be a guest on our show coming up.
Danielle Fishel, Rider Strong, and Ben Savage in ‘Boy Meets World’.ABC
We’ll hopefully talk to him about this.
He was the one who wrote the original draft of this bizarre script.
FRIEDLE:I don’t remember the table read at all.
I remember shooting the episode.
And it’s strange because my girlfriend at the time was on the episode, Love Hewitt.
I would think I would remember kind of the table reading stuff, but I don’t.
FRIEDLE:Maybe he wasn’t there at all.
STRONG:He was an extra.
He wasn’t technically a guest star because he has no lines.
FRIEDLE:We got to find him.
We got to find him.
STRONG:He pointed, right?
Wasn’t that his thing?
He’d point at us.
FRIEDLE:I mean, we must have spoken to the man.
If you were Creepy Janitor, hey reach out to us at podmeetsworldshow@gmail.com.
FRIEDLE:[Lee Jackson] was great.
He was so nice and so funny.
He threw himself into it.
We really enjoy hanging out with this dude."
Love and I had been dating for a while by that point.
I think that was a year and a half or two years into our relationship.
I know [co-creator] Michael Jacobs wanted to have somebody from the horror franchises.
), which came courtesy of none other thanSouth Parkobsessive Friedle.
It just felt like, “Oh, all bets are off this week.
We’re just going crazy,” which was a blast.
And it was, start to finish, the most fun we had on the set.
It was an old short that they made, which was Jesus fighting Santa Claus.
It was hysterically funny.
And so after that, I just absorbed everythingSouth Park.
So I introducedSouth Parkto the writers, who then took it from there and would throw in the references.
One of the most memorableSouth Parkreferences is, of course, Eric’s “Oh my God!
They killed Kenny!”
after his death by giant pencil.
That never occurred to us.
It was just all jokey to us.
That would freak you out.
STRONG:You’re tuning in for a comedy show and then it suddenly gets crazy like that.
FRIEDLE:I just remember the laughing.
That’s what I remember most about this week, is just constant laughing.
We were actively trying to make each other laugh and that was rare for us.
But it made the week a ton of fun.
STRONG:Directorially, this episode was a disaster for Jeff.
He was so unhappy with us.
It’s very hard to do single camera jokes and effects with a multi-camera crew.
We did not help by constantly making each other laugh and not taking the job seriously.
I think it was a really tough episode for Jeff.
FRIEDLE:It was.
FISHEL:I remember being like, “What?”
Of course, it’s a show that’s grounded in reality.
I think that was kind of what I thought.
STRONG:I probably felt the same way.
But the reality is, we just wanted to be ridiculous and make a horror film comedy episode.
This interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.
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