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Nov 2022
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Jeff Menell Meets World

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BMW writer/producer from beginning to end, Jeff Menell, joins the group as they travel deep into the backstories of Boy Meets World! We’ll learn about how the writer’s room “broke” a story and how late they’d sometimes have to stay in the office to finish a script. Hear all about Jeff’s journey from childhood friend / movie critic to primetime TV creator and, most importantly, the lone writing credit on “And Then There Was Shawn,” arguably the most iconic episode of the show.

And even though we end up right back at square 1 regarding Topanga’s name origin, this episode gives us all the inside scoop on how our favorite ‘90s sitcom came to be.

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