Boy Meets World (TV Series)

Wake Up, Little Cory (1994)

Anthony Tyler Quinn: Jonathan Turner

Quotes 

• Cory : [in the video]  Hi. Look, I didn't want to be in this documentary, because I didn't have that much to say about sex and all.

  Topanga Lawrence : [turns to Cory in the classroom]  What's this?

  Cory : The special director's cut.

  Cory : [in the video]  And the reason that I don't have that much to say about sex, is because I don't have a lot of experience in that area. Some people think I do, but I don't. And if let some people think that I have some experience with someone, well... you know, it really isn't fair to that person I didn't have that experience with.

  Mr. George Feeny : [in the classroom, to Mr. Turner]  Well, perhaps this project is gonna serve some purpose after all. I'm shocked.

  Jonathan Turner : Me too.

  Cory : [in the video]  So I'd like to say I'm sorry to that person. And I should've acted more mature. You know, maybe we haven't come as far as we think in the last 400 years. Okay, cut it, Shawn. Stop the camera, Shawn.

  Shawn Hunter : Okay, now, tell her how much you love her.

  Cory : Shut up, I do not.

  Shawn Hunter : Then why would you do this for her, if you don't love her?

  Cory : Because she's my friend.

  [Shawn makes sarcastic kissing noises against his hand] 

  Cory : Stop the camera, Shawn! Shawn!

  [Topanga turns to Cory in the classroom] 

  Cory : Friend?

  Topanga Lawrence : Friend.

  [they shake hands] 

• Jonathan Turner : This is not what I had in mind.

  Mr. George Feeny : Come here. So, Mr. Turner, your little project seems to have spiraled totally out of control. Who could have possibly foreseen that?

  Jonathan Turner : George, I think we both know what happened here.

  Mr. George Feeny : Yes. You have proven that our attitudes about sex have not changed for 400 years. And that a rumor can still destroy a young girl's reputation.

  Jonathan Turner : Rumors can only exist when things aren't out in the open. I was trying to get them to move from rumors and secrets to honest, open discussion.

  Mr. George Feeny : You gave them an assignment about sex and then you left them unsupervised.

  Jonathan Turner : Yes, because I trust them.

  Mr. George Feeny : And was your trust justified?

  Jonathan Turner : The assignment isn't in yet.

  Mr. George Feeny : Well, it was a terrible idea and I should have nipped it in the bud.

  Janitor Bud : What?

  Mr. George Feeny : Not you!

• Jonathan Turner : You got this innocent young girl and somebody says that she slept with this other guy, right? And her reputation is shot and we think she's killed herself. Now where are you going to find this kind of stuff?

  Topanga Lawrence : Melrose Place?

  Shawn Hunter : NYPD Blue?

  Cory Matthews : Barney?

  [Everyone stares at him] 

  Cory Matthews : My sister says he's gotten edgier.

• Cory Matthews : What's more important, love or... you know... the other thing?

  Jonathan Turner : Love, Love is the most important thing in the world, Matthews. And love is the only thing that makes sex worth having.

  Cory Matthews : Have you ever been in love?

  Jonathan Turner : Not yet, but it's something I'm hoping for and I know it'll happen.

  Cory Matthews : So... Have you ever had... you know... the other thing?

  Jonathan Turner : What?

  Cory Matthews : Have you ever had... you know? Because you said you've never been in love. And if you had... you know... when you weren't in love then "you know" must not have been any good.

  Jonathan Turner : Who are you, Mike Wallace?

• Cory Matthews : Just because some guy says something about some girl, the girl wants to kill herself over it? They say that stuff about Heather Locklear every week and she doesn't want to kill herself. She's on the cover of TV Guide.

  Jonathan Turner : You're right Matthews.

  Cory Matthews : I'm right?

  Jonathan Turner : No, you're exactly right.

  Cory Matthews : So am I done with my education? Can I go?

• Jonathan Turner : The school's got video equipment, so let's wear it out, okay? We'll split into teams of two. I want a video report. Interview your friends, your families and each other. Let's just see who's got the most mature attitudes - Shakespeare or us.

  Cory : Us.

  Jonathan Turner : Really? Okay, my... mature... young friends. Pick partners.

  [Cory turns to Shawn] 

  Jonathan Turner : Uh! Boy-girl pairs.

  [Topanga turns to Cory, who smiles innocently, knowing he has no choice]