The Lock Box: Audience Meets Girl As Girl Meets World Exceeds Expectations

Bob D'Amico/Disney Channel

Did anyone catch the pilot for the new Disney show, Girl Meets World? I-- forgot. But with good reason; I was watching baseball and since I met world, it’s taken precedence over most things. I really, really wanted to watch it, though.

See, I grew up in the 90’s, which means, I was a big fan of the original show; growing with the characters and learning important life lessons(to me, anyway), as well.

I think every boy’s favorite character was Shawn and we all wanted to have an older brother like Eric. But, we all were able to relate to Corey-- unless you were a rebel or troublemaker, then you probably related better to Shawn. Whatever! The point is, if you grew up watching Boy Meets World, you know you wanted to tune in on June 27th, whether you ended up watching or not.

Apparently, it sounds like Disney has themselves a smash-hit show on their hands; the Girl Meets World pilot, which is centered around Corey and Topanga's tween daughter, Riley, was able to draw in 5.2 million viewers(sans myself), which is probably a tad better than the original shows pilot-- I’m guessing. Viewers tuned in and were immediately taken down memory lane -- I’m guessing -- when they saw Corey and Topanga, together, for the first time since Boy Meets World ended.

If I had watched, I know I would've started reminiscing on the episodes that affected me the most, or could remember, at least. I mean, I don’t have the best memory in the world, but I can still remember some things from the show.

One episode I remember had Mr. Feeny(aww) making a bet with Corey, challenging him to teach his class to see if he could get more kids to pass a certain test. On the first day of Mr. Mathews’ class, we saw (almost) every kid goofing off and, I believe, the next showed Corey looking rather dapper in a suit and tie. In the end, nothing Corey did mattered as Mr. Feeny informed him of the same students passing and failing the test with the exception of one-- Shawn; it appeared that the story of Anne Frank really got to him and he managed to not fail the test. I guess I remembered a little more from that episode than I had originally thought.

Anyhow, the show exec’s have promised cameo’s up the who-ha, as there have even been rare sightings on set of a certain influential teacher, as well as the studio releasing a pic of the entire Mathews clan together, presumably enjoying a nice meal together.

So far, viewers are on board with the show as are critics; Rotten Tomatoes has given the show a 77% rating based on reviews from 13 critics, with an average score of 7.4/10. Now, I really don’t care for critics reviews and probably never will, but there are some viewers that will rate a show/movie based on what critics have said and with that being said, it sounds like people will continue tuning in when the season for Girl Meets World finally does start.

Oh, and those of us who got the chance to see what’s in store for the regular season, caught wind of a cameo none of us saw coming-- MINKUS!

The season kicks off on July 11th, slated for a 8:30 p.m. time slot; that’s ET/PT, people! I’ll be sure to catch at least one episode, but I hope I have enough time in my busy schedule to see more. Will you be tuning in?

UPDATE: I was finally able to catch the pilot and, I have to say, I enjoyed it. Especially, having seen Mr. Feeny at the end; it was an "aww" moment for me.