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Grandma Was a Rolling Stone

Episode Number: 7    Season Num: 1    First Aired: Friday November 12, 1993    Prod Code: B609
Cory's grandmother drops by and promises to take him to get his new baseball card signed. He's disappointed, however, when she fails to show up.
Meanwhile, Eric tries to impress Mr. Feeny's niece.

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Writer: Ed Decter, John J. Strauss
Director: David Trainer
Star: Will Friedle (Eric Randall Matthews),  William Daniels (George Hamilton Feeny),  Lee Norris (Stuart Minkus (Season 1)),  Lily Nicksay (Morgan Matthews (Seasons 1 + 2)),  Betsy Randle (Amy Matthews),  William Russ (Alan Matthews),  Rider Strong (Shawn Patrick Hunter),  Ben Savage (Cornelius A. 'Cory' Matthews)
Guest Star: Rue McClanahan (Bernice Matthews),  Keri Russell (Jessica Feeny)

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Cory: Manipulating young and impressionable minds; I hope you're proud of yourself Mr. Feeny.
Mr. Feeny: Indeed I am, Mr. Matthews. (edit)
Alan (to Cory and Shawn): Hey, guys; collecting snails?
Cory: Yeah, Mr. Feeny said we can take them of his flowers and use them for bait for when we all go fishing some day.
Alan: Fish don't eat snails.
Mr. Feeny: Gee, I guess I was mistaken. (edit)
Cory (to Amy): Did you know your husband is cheating on me with someone else's son? (edit)
Shawn: Cal Ripken Junior. Rookie year. I never thought I'd actually get to hold one of these things.
Cory: My grandma picked it up at the swap meet for seven bucks.
Shawn: Seven bucks in dog years. This baby's worth 150, easy.
Cory: It is?
Shawn: Yeah. Boy, your grandma must really love you.
Cory: Yeah. Or else she shot a man in Reno just to watch him die.
Shawn: You're kidding, right?
Cory: I'm not sure. (edit)
Eric: Nice? She's beautiful. I mean she's the most incredible girl I ever kissed.
Cory: Which puts her at the top of a list of what, two?
(edit)

Trivia

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Rue McClanahan (Bernice Matthews) and William Daniels (Mr. Feeny) played husband and wife in the 1987 TV movie, The Little Match Girl. (edit)
The Franklin Space Museum that Alan mentions, is called "The Franklin Institute" in real life. (edit)
When Eric throws the bag of mulch, you can see the fake grass move, and the fake background swing slightly. (edit)

Allusions

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Episode Title: Grandma Was A Rolling Stone

The title is a reference to the 1972 Temptations hit, "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone". (edit)
Bernice: Either that; or I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die.

This is a reference to the Johnny Cash song entitled "Folsom Prison Blues". (edit)
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