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Father Knows Less: Directed by David Trainer. With Ben Savage, William Daniels, Betsy Randle, Will Friedle. Alan wakes Cory up late at night to watch the end of a baseball game. Cory fails a test the next day and Mr. Feeny won't let him re-take it.
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- Comedy, Drama, Family
- David Trainer
- 1993-10-08
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"Father Knows Less" is the third episode of season one of Boy Meets World, and the third of the overall series. It originally aired on October 8, 1993. The episode was written by April Kelly, and directed by David Trainer.
The show opens on father and son making hearty sandwiches to take to see the Blue Angels navy flight demonstration. Cory is particularly excited to be spending time with his father but his plans come crashing down, along with a shelf at the supermarket. Assistant manager, Leonard Spinelli, comes to the house in person to deliver the bad news of a broken shelf, among other chaos, and since Alan is manager of the supermarket, he has to cancel plans with Cory, though he promises to make it up to him.
Alan returns home late and wakes up Cory to watch the end of a Philly's game that's stretching into the seventh inning. While eating their potato chip stuffed sandwiches, Cory thanks his dad for waking him up and his dad is happy enough to finally spend time with him. But he advises Cory not to tell his mother about their little father-son bonding. The next day in class, Cory falls asleep and fails a test. He tries to explain why he stayed up past midnight but Mr. Feeny refuses to accept any excuse.
When Cory tells his dad, and inadvertently his mom, Alan sheepishly explains to Amy his reasoning before resolving to ask Mr Feeny to give Cory a make-up test. Both Cory and Alan go see their neighbor, and though Mr Feeny understands, he refuses to change Cory's grade. Alan is surprised and upset, asking why Mr Feeny won't change the grade. Mr Feeny considers it his responsibility to teach all his students the same and Alan thinks the teacher would be more sympathetic if he had a son. With that, the conversation is over, and both neighbors return to their houses.
With Cory upstairs, Alan talks to his wife and admits he knows it was wrong to keep Cory up late and try to weasel his way out of paying the consequences. She in turn understands why he did it. Assistant Manager Lenny comes back with another problem. Before leaving to deal with it, Cory and his father talk about why Mr Feeny was right. Alan believes he failed as a father by keeping his son late and wishes things were different but they're not. Later on, Cory knocks a ball into Mr Feeny's porch and gets caught sneaking over to retrieve it. Mr Feeny surprises Cory by inviting him to sit and talk. He relates a story where, as a child, a young George Feeny asked to stay up late with his father to listen to President Truman. His father wouldn't let him because it was a school night but Mr Feeny believes the real reason was because the older man didn't want his son around his drinking buddies. Mr Feeny concludes that it's important for a boy to spend time with his father.
Main Cast
•Ben Savage as Cory Matthews •William Daniels as George Feeny •Betsy Randle as Amy Matthews •Will Friedle as Eric Matthews •Rider Strong as Shawn Hunter •Lee Norris as Stuart Minkus •Lily Nicksay as Morgan Matthews •William Russ as Alan Matthews
Guest Cast
•Willie Garson as Leonard Spinelli •Tommy Brown IV as TV Announcer
Lenny: Mrs Matthews? (shakes Amy's hand) Leonard Spinelli. I'm Mr Matthew's assistant manager.
Amy: Lenny, I know who you are. You've had dinner here maybe 20 times.
Lenny: Oh, well I'm just never sure if I really make an impression on people.
Cory: So, what'd I get?
Feeny: Well, you answered one question out of forty and got it wrong. So, what grade do you think I'm going to give you?
Cory: Can it be found at the beginning of the word "fajita"?
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"Father Knows Less" is the third episode of season one of Boy Meets World and the third of the overall series. It originally aired on October 8, 1993. The episode was written by April Kelly, and directed by David Trainer. While Alan and Cory stay up late to watch a baseball game, Cory fails a...
