Boy Meets World
A Kiss is More Than a Kiss
TV Flash files “A Kiss is More Than a Kiss” as hour 59 of 158 in the TV Flash guide — Boy Meets World (1993–2000) on ABC, season 3, episode 14, aired 1996-01-26, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E14: listed hour 59 of 158 in the Boy Meets World guide, hour 14 of 22 in season 3. It aired 1996-01-26 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “New Friends and Old” (S03E13). Next is “The Heart is a Lonely Hunter” (S03E15).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Shawn encourages a reluctant Cory to remove on after his breakup with Topanga.
Viewer FAQ
Where does A Kiss is More Than a Kiss sit in the Boy Meets World guide?
S03E14 is listed hour 59 of 158 — hour 14 of 22 in season 3, season 3 episode 14.
When did Boy Meets World S03E14 air?
A Kiss is More Than a Kiss aired 1996-01-26 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Did the kids actually age on-screen?
Yes — characters moved from middle school through college with the audience, without a recast cheat. That is the rare TGIF trick.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Cory Matthews growing up in public is the rare TGIF sitcom that actually finished the sentence. Feeny’s classroom sermons, Topanga as partner not prize, and a kid-cast that aged into college without a recast cheat. After-school moral comedy with enough sincerity to survive irony — and enough heart to explain the reboot hunger.
ABC TGIF, 1993–2000: a kid-cast sitcom that actually finished the sentence. Cory Matthews grows from class clown to young adult in public, with best friend Shawn, partner Topanga, and teacher-neighbor Mr. Feeny as the moral center. Michael Jacobs and April Kelly built after-school moral comedy with enough sincerity to survive irony. Ben Savage, Rider Strong, Danielle Fishel, William Daniels, Will Friedle, Betsy Randle. **Seven seasons, 158 episodes**, middle school through college without a recast cheat. Feeny's…
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- Ben Savage as Cory Matthews
Ben Savage grew up in public as Cory Matthews on Boy Meets World — the rare TGIF sitcom that actually finished the sentence, Feeny’s classroom sermons, Topanga as partner not prize, a kid-cast that aged into college without a recast…
- Rider Strong as Shawn Hunter
Rider Strong's Shawn Hunter kept Boy Meets World from becoming a Feeny sermon with a laugh track — Cory growing up in public, Topanga as partner not prize, the best-friend weather that let a TGIF sitcom finish the sentence. TV Flash files…
- Danielle Fishel as Topanga Lawrence
Danielle Fishel’s Topanga Lawrence made Boy Meets World a partnership — Cory Matthews growing up in public, Feeny’s sermons, a TGIF sitcom that actually finished the sentence. Partner not prize, kid-cast aging into college without a…
- William Daniels as Mr. Feeny
William Daniels’s Dr. Mark Craig made St. Elsewhere’s dump hospital feel like a scalpel with tenure — 1980s catalog rounds, then Knight Rider’s KITT and Boy Meets World’s Feeny stretching the same diction into a car and a classroom. TV…
- Will Friedle as Eric Matthews
Will Friedle’s Eric Matthews was the older-brother weather on Boy Meets World — Cory growing up in public, Feeny’s classroom sermons, Topanga as partner not prize, a TGIF sitcom that actually finished the sentence. Kid-cast aging into…
- Betsy Randle as Amy Matthews
Betsy Randle’s Amy Matthews kept Boy Meets World’s kitchen honest — Cory growing up in public, Feeny’s classroom sermons, Topanga as partner not prize, a kid-cast that aged into college without a recast cheat. After-school moral comedy…