The TV Chick

E here with another Flashback Friday!  We’re moving along here people, Cory got his license this week.  Big doings! There was some alright episodes this week, not a heck of a lot of lol’ing however.

Let’s get started with a brief look at “Shallow Boy.”  This episode is mostly Eric-centric.  He is the shallow boy referenced in the title after all.  So, the story is, Eric asks out this really annoying singer/songwriter that is playing right outside of the wilderness store.  People are starting to lose their minds so Alan has Eric take her out to lunch and ask her to move along.  She is way peppy and is even grating on Eric while they eat lunch.  He then freaks outs on her and tells her how irritating she is.  OK, this is kind of sad to me.  Sure, she’s a big weirdo, but she’s trying to look on the bright side of things.  Why did you have to be such a big jerk Eric Matthews?! You are a bigger loser than her! Anyway, she sort of has a psychotic break after this and turns really dark…and her music career skyrockets with hits such as “Shallow Boy” and “Maladjusted Loser Freak.”  Morgan sings the latter while listening to her Walkman and reminds me how much I hate the ‘new’ Morgan; she is really awful.  Things come full circle when the girl asks to meet Eric at Chubby’s.  She needs new material because her darkness is just not coming naturally.  He turns her sunshiney again by singing show tunes from “Annie.” Brilliant. Also, the writers got self-reflective on us when they had Cory and a kid Topanga was babysitting for talk about the Friday night line up and that show with the curly-headed kid that was moved to the 9:30 slot from the 8:30 even though it was performing well.  Heh, love it.

Another classic episode featuring the weirdness that is Cory and Shawn was on this week: “An Affair to Forget.”  This really tall girl that Shawn is dating makes him stop talking to Cory because she doesn’t like him.  They see each other in the shadows of the night with secret rendezvous until Shawn finally gives this chick the boot.  Cory and Shawn 4-eva.

Onto our featured episode of the week…”Wheels.” This is classic Boy Meets World.  It’s the episode where Cory gets his license, yay! I don’t know what about being a teenager makes you into a heinous drama queen, but it’s true.  It was true for me, and it’s true for Cory Matthews.

• Cory, Shawn, and Topanga are chilling at Chubby’s discussing their plans for Cory’s birthday: license, Atlantic City, rated-R movie.

• Alan and Amy are in the kitchen discussing how Alan will take Cory to get his license, and it will be an awesome father/son day.  You know what’s coming, right? Cory already went and got his license with Shawn and Topanga.  I think this is whack.  Unless you’re older or have an estranged parental situation, it’s mean not to let them take you.  Plus, they’ll probably pay for all your DMV crap if they do.  It’s a win/win for everyone.

• Cory thinks he’s going to go riding with his friends to Atlantic City, but Alan has some errands to run.  This leaves Cory waiting all day.  Morgan drives by him on her Power Wheels and proclaims mockingly “I’m Cory, I’m 16 and going to Atlantic City to see an R-rated movie.”  Ugg, I hate her.  She is unnecessary.

• Cory doesn’t get a chance to take his friends out because they have to go to dinner at Chubby’s (which seems like a weird place to take a kid for their birthday; did the show only have one restaurant set or something?).  After much fighting over where they are going, how crappy Cory is for leaving his family on his birthday, and how they will not be sneaking into a R-rated movie, Alan relents and lets Cory drive with just his friends.

• Cory is driving way slow and says, “We’re up to 18 (mph), I hope this thing has air bags.” Heh. Poor Cory then gets pulled over for going 26mph in a 25 zone.

• He gets taken to court where the dad from the Wonder Years is a judge who makes Balloon Animals.

• Someone ends up calling Feeny who tells Alan about the situation.  While telling Alan this, he also shares that he never had a son because he didn’t want the responsibility.  Weird, I always thought it was because he was celibate (until he meets the Dean during the college years).  Plus, you can’t choose the gender of your kid generally speaking.  Someone needs to teach Feeny how these things work.

• Alan goes and picks Cory up from court and each is sentenced to two more years of Cory’s childhood.  Bummer for all. Oh also, Alan is watching home videos from when Cory was little.  These are actual home videos of Ben Savage.  That always creeps me out.  That is all.

Comment back about your license getting experience! See you next week! Later, E.