30-03-2025
Danielle Fishel and Rider Strong Recall Their Awkward 'Boy Meets World' Kiss: ‘Maybe the Worst Episode of Television'
If you were traumatized by Topanga and Shawn kissing on Boy Meets World, you are not alone.
On the March 27 episode of Pod Meets World, former Boy Meets World stars and current podcast co-hosts Danielle Fishel, (who played Topanga) , Rider Strong (Shawn) and Will Friedle (Eric) recapped the sixth episode from season 6 titled "Hogs & Kisses." In the BMW episode, Topanga and Shawn kiss for basically no reason, according to the stars of the show.
"This episode is maybe the worst episode of television I've ever seen ever in my life," Fishel, 43, said on the rewatch podcast. 'It's terrible. There's not one redeeming quality other than Ben [Savage].'
'It makes no sense. It's stupid, and it is not funny,' she continued.
In the 1998 episode of the series, the characters film a promotional film for the fictional Pennbrook University. In the video, Topanga and Shawn share a kiss, causing Corey (Savage) to worry that something is going on between the two friends romantically.
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On the podcast, Fishel added that this was the episode that she knew she was "done" with the show. "I checked my soul out of my body," she said.
Strong, 45, recalled that he didn't even remember doing the episode until Fishel brought it up.
Friedle, 48, exclaimed that it was "one of the worst TV kisses" he had ever seen, mostly because, as the podcast hosts recalled, the smooch hadn't even been rehearsed. "You just put your lips together," Friedle said with a laugh.
Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories."Yeah, I don't remember making out all week," Fishel recalled.
Strong admitted that there was maybe something to the random kiss between two platonic friends, if only because it falls into the canon of Boy Meets World so well. He said on the podcast, "I feel like there's a 300 or 400 page book, like, a Ph.D thesis to be written about the magic of kissing on Boy Meets World, like the how and all the nuances. Right?"
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