Danielle Fishel spent her teenage years inside millions of homes, every Friday night, portraying the iconic Topanga Lawrence on the family sitcom, Boy Meets World. From her first kiss to her first haircut – absolutely everything was caught on camera. Thirty years later, she’s come to the realization that numerous generations have witnessed her most formative (and awkward) years – and now she’s looking to turn that spotlight around.
“Teen Beat with Danielle Fishel” will find the former child star, current TV director and recent Dancing with the Stars contestant, sitting down with other celebrities to unearth details from their (untelevised) upbringings. Since their first pimple wasn’t highlighted during TGIF programming, the least they can do is talk about it now.
By cracking open their childhood diaries to reveal embarrassing fashion choices, school crushes and dramatic friend fallouts, Danielle isn’t just chasing nostalgia - she’s using the memories as a roadmap to understand who her guests have become and what the future could bring.
Danielle Fishel gave you her childhood – now it’s time we hear yours.
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Episode Transcript
Hey, it's Danielle Fischle, podcaster, TV director, recent Dancing with
the Stars contestant, and mother of two. But to ninety
percent of the pop culture stratosphere, I am forever to
Panga Lawrence, a character I played from the ages twelve
to nineteen on the nineties family sitcom Boy Meets World.
I spent my entire teenage years on TV, inside millions
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of homes and in front of a live studio audience.
From my first kiss to my first haircut, absolutely everything
was caught on camera. So now, thirty years later, it's
time to turn the tables. For my new podcast, teen
Beat with Danielle Fischell, I'll be sitting down with other
celebrities to unearth the details of their untelevised upbringings. Since
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their first pimple wasn't broadcast as part of the TGIF
Block of Shame, the least they can do is share
it with me. Now, I'm asking guests to open their
childhood diaries and reveal embarrassing facts and choices, school crushes,
dramatic friend fallouts, using our nostalgic and awkward pasts as
a roadmap to understand who we are today and you
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as Listeners will also get to share your stories with us.
I promise we won't laugh too much. So it's time
to make things fair. I gave you my childhood, it's
time I hear yours. Listen to teen Beat with Daniel
Fischle starting on January seventh, on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts,
or wherever you get your podcasts
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