Enough's Enough

When Boy Meets World first came on the air, Cory was just a kid -- a sixth grader, I believe? And the show was really funny in a cute, pathetic kind of way (Was middle school really that bad?). But time has gone by and now Cory, Shawn and Topenga are college-aged. And while the show is still funny at times, it's lost its childhood charm. The "Boy" is no longer a boy. He is a typical college student whose exploits are no longer so innocent. Oh, some good issues are brought up once in a while, but that just makes the show seem too serious for its genre. Those episodes don't really seem to fit in. Ben Savage could have taken a lesson from his older brother.

"The Wonder Years" was a great show until they left the years of wonder. Once they hit college, they were too world-wise and the show completely lost its focus. Fred Savage began to actually sound like the narrator. I believe "Boy Meets World" has reached that point. It seemed from the beginning to be a slightly altered version of "The Wonder Years" taking place in the next generation. But childhood ends, and with it those wonder years and those years of meeting the world. I think it's time the cast moved on, leaving the show to be taken up in another form in another twenty years or so.