A Tribute to David Kendall (1957 - 2026)
Pod Meets World
iHeartPodcasts
4.7 • 7K Ratings
🗓️ 10 May 2026
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
The Boy Meets World family lost one of its shining stars - legendary director, writer and showrunner: David Kendall.
Join Danielle, Will, Rider and some of David's co-workers, and close friends, in remembering a true one-of-a-kind creative.
Featuring contributions from: Jeff McCracken, Jeff Sherman, Betsy Randall, William "Rusty" Russ, Matt Lawrence, Melissa Joan Hart, Ed Decter, Barbie Block, Devon Werkheiser, Elisa Donovan, Jackson Dollinger, Christian J. Simon, Ava Kolker & Ian Reed Keesler.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.3 | Hey, this is Robert from the Stuff to Blow Your Mind podcast. |
| 0:07.7 | Joe and I are both lifelong Star Wars fan, so we're celebrating May the 4th with a brand |
| 0:11.8 | new week of fun, thought-provoking Star Wars-related episodes. |
| 0:15.5 | Join us as we tackle science and culture topics from a galaxy far, far away, such as the |
| 0:20.3 | biology of taun tons and wampas on |
| 0:22.4 | the ice planet hot, or the practicality and corporate business sense of the Sith rule of two. |
| 0:28.3 | Listen to Stuff to Bo Your Mind on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your |
| 0:33.5 | podcasts. Throughout our time on Boy Meets World, we had the honor of working with writers, directors, |
| 1:06.4 | and producers who single-handedly changed family television. Creatives whose body of work is expansive |
| 1:12.9 | and legendary. And this week, we are talking about one of our favorite examples of this type of |
| 1:18.7 | co-worker, someone we will miss dearly. David Kendall was the executive producer and showrunner |
| 1:24.5 | of Boy Meets World for seasons two and three, and he would go on to |
| 1:28.1 | direct 13 episodes right up until the end. He wrote one episode, the focus shifting season two premiere, |
| 1:34.5 | back to school, and before joining us, he was an EP on a little show called Growing Pains, |
| 1:40.0 | which he wrote 33 episodes of. He would go on to direct on shows like I Carly, victorious, |
| 1:46.8 | clueless, Ned's Declassified, Even Stevens, and Hannah Montana. Then he went on to co-create |
| 1:52.9 | Melissa and Joey, which ran for over 100 episodes on ABC Family slash Freeform. He recently directed |
| 1:59.4 | two pilots for the Disney Channel, both shows I had the |
| 2:02.4 | honor of directing myself, Coup and Cammy Ask the World, and Sydney to the Max. We couldn't possibly |
| 2:08.1 | name all his credits because we'd honestly be here all day. He worked directly with all the actors |
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