Fun with IMDb: Adam Scott Was on ‘Boy Meets World’

06.29.10 Written by Matt

Adam Scott is a hot commodity in Hollywood right now. After small but memorable roles in Knocked Up and “Eastbound and Down” and a movie-stealing performance in Step Brothers, he landed the lead role in “Party Down” and parlayed that into a part on “Parks and Recreation.” Long before that, however, he was Griffin “Griff” Hawkins on “Boy Meets World” in the mid-90s (images via foreignspell). Now, I was too old to spend my Friday nights watching ABC back then, but there are millions of people who grew up watching that show and masturbating to Topanga, so I’m sure this is a revelation for them.

Back in April, Scott discussed playing Griff with the AV Club in a Random Roles interview:

It’s weird because at the time, Boy Meets World was a show for children, a show for 11-year-old girls. So it’s not like it had any real meaning. It was a job I had… It had no significance whatsoever. For me, it was exciting because it was a job on a TV show, but as far as a career thing, it was meaningless.

Oh. Well then. Um. I was kind of expecting to go somewhere with this, but that’s a pretty deflating quote. I’m not really sure what to do now.

*waves penis in circle*

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TOPANGA TALKS ABOUT HER FIRST KISS

07.08.09 Written by Matt

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I never saw a single episode of “Boy Meets World” (which aired from 1993-2000), but every guy who’s young enough (or lame enough) to have spent his Friday nights in the ’90s staying home and watching TV has a lifelong obsession with Danielle Fishel, who played the character Topanga on ABC’s “TGIF’ hit.  Now 28, Fishel spoke to Fancast about her first kiss and her present gig as host of Style Network’s “The Dish,” which is like “The Soup” but for women and not funny (Sorry, Danielle. Call me?).  Some excerpts:

What’s a typical day like for you on ‘The Dish’? I’m not there Monday through Wednesday. On Thursdays I do my voice over for the show. Then I go across the street to my record meeting. My writers show me all the clips that they’re thinking about, we go through the script, tweak it, and on Friday I go into hair and makeup and we shoot the tape.

Whoa, TWO days of work every week?!?!  Television can be so hard!

What were your favorite scenes [on "Boy Meets World"] to shoot? Definitely that first episode, when we [Ben Savage's character, Cory and Topanga] were handcuffed to the locker, and I kissed him. That scene stands out for me for many reasons. For one,  it was my first major role on a television show. Two it was my first real life kiss and my first television kiss all rolled into one – on national television with my whole family watching.

The full interview also has her talking about being a sex symbol at a young age and an explanation for why the producers chose a name as dumb as Topanga.  Me?  I’m just here to give you a gallery of Fishel and Ben Savage as teenagers.  Sweet!  It’s Jailbait Day at Warming Glow!  Tell everyone you know!  Unless they work in law enforcement!

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