The Feeny call became a recurring gag on Boy Meets World, the ABC sitcom that ran from 1993 to 2000. Eric Matthews, played by Will Friedle, would shout over the fence for his teacher and next door neighbor George Feeny, played by William Daniels, stretching the name longer each time. Fans clipped the bit as the show lived on in reruns and online, and the call turned into a shorthand meme for loudly trying to get anyone's attention and being ignored.