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Boy Meets World Season 1 Episode 3

Father Knows Less

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AIRED: 10/8/93

While Alan and Cory stay up late to watch a baseball game, Cory fails a test the next day at school, and Mr. Feeny refuses to let him make it up.

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By futuramarama, Dec 03, 2009

Father-bonding leads Cory to stay up all night, and fall asleep during a test the next day. But Mr. Feeny won't let him make it up.

This wasn't the best episode. Mr. Feeny teaches Mr. Matthews a thing or two in this one. It had a very simple plot, but I don't remember a whole lot of funny dialogue right now. The plot however was very good, and of course, it was pretty well-written. This might be one of the weaker episodes in terms of comedy and funny lines, but overall it was pretty good. So, it gets a perfect scoremoreless
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Great episode!

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By VGFreak8, Apr 07, 2007

Alan wants to spend more time with Cory. He wakes him up to watch a baseball game and they stay up past midnight. The next day at school, Cory fails a test because he was sleeping through it. Mr. Feeny, at first, tells Alan that it was wrong, but then he remembers a time where his dad wouldn’t let him stay up one night and he figures that it was okay for Cory.

I thought this was a great episode! Spending time with family is really important. I think the act was both right and wrong. He had a good motive; it just wasn’t a good action. This episode was awesome, so I will give it a 10!moreless
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Great Show, Great Episode, Great Lesson To Be Learned.

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By rgn87, Nov 01, 2006

Alan Matthews is a very busy man. he works long hours as a supermarket manager, fixes thing around the house, and somehow finds time to spend with his children. When he has to break a promise to cory, he wakes cory up late that night to watch a no-hitter. Cory falls asleep the next day and fails his test. At first alan blames mr. feeny, but soon realizes he was the one at fault. Alan also says a real mean thing, " Maybe if you had a son of your own you would understand,". i thought that was wrong, and Feeny was only doing his job as a teacher, there was no need to ridicule him. Mr. Feeny's story was very touching also. I had forgotten how great of a character he was.moreless
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Cory stays up late to watch a baseball game with his dad and fails a test the next day

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By fullhouse346, Aug 03, 2006

Alan feels he and Cory don't spend enough time together, so he wakes Cory up in the middle of the night to watch a Phillies game with him. Cory then fails a test in Mr. Feeny's class the next day and Mr. Feeny won't let Cory re-take it, even when Alan explains what happened. Did anybody know that the same thing happened to Michael Jacobs, the producer of BMW? I found that out from commentary on one of the DVDsmoreless
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Will Friedle	Eric Randall Matthews
Ben Savage	Cornelius A. 'Cory' Matthews
Rider Strong	Shawn Patrick Hunter
William Russ	Alan Matthews
Betsy Randle	Amy Matthews
Lily Nicksay	Morgan Matthews (Seasons 1 + 2)

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Willie Garson	Leonard 'Lenny' Spinelli	Guest Star
Thomas Wilson Brown	TV Announcer	Guest Star

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- Mr. Feeny: I used to ask my mother why I could only have butter on my toast two mornings a week, she said because of the war in Europe. And I wondered why there was never enough candy, she told me because of the war in Europe. Oh and I longed for a pair of sneakers, but I couldn't have any.
  Cory: Those European guys stole them, huh?
  Mr. Feeny: The rubber had to be diverted to the war effort. There was a version of the sneaker available; but it was made out of recycled tires and left black marks on the gym floor.
  Cory: Hey, you took gym?!
  Mr. Feeny: They made me.
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- Cory: Earlier tonight, Dad told me Mr. Feeny was right; and then later on Mr. Feeny told me Dad was right. At least that's what I think he was saying. Sometimes I can't hold my breath long enough to get down to where Mr. Feeny likes to swim.
  Amy: Well Cor, sometimes two adults can think two different ways about something and both can be right.
  Cory: Then how come I only think one way about things and I'm always wrong.
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- Alan: Feeny's a butt!
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- Cory: It's hard to imagine you as a kid. Did your parents call you Mr. Feeny?
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- According to executive producer, Michael Jacobs, in the season 2 DVD commentary, this storyline actually happened to him. His father woke him up late one night to listen to a Muhammad Ali fight on the radio, but Michael had a test the next day, and when he failed, his father "got into it with the teacher."
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- Episode Title: Father Knows Less
  
  The title of this episode is a parody of the title of a popular 1950's sitcom, Father Knows Best.
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