
‘On the Fence’
Season 1, Episode 2 - Aired October 1, 1993
Cory learns about the value of money and work when he agrees to paint Mr. Feeny's fence so he can afford to buy an expensive water gun. After Cory rushes the job and has to do it over, Alan teaches Cory another important lesson about the importance of staying a kid.
Quote from Mr. Feeny
Cory: I think you'll like my paper. What a major freakoid that Ed Poe must have been.
Mr. Feeny: You have no idea how major a freakoid.
Quote from Alan
Alan: You had to have a house. Remember the apartment? Remember before the children? Before we were married? Before we knew each other? Remember how happy we were?
*Amy kicks Alan*
Alan: Remember when you know when I was kidding?
Quote from Mr. Feeny
Cory: I was thinking. Autumn's here and winter's just around the corner.
Mr. Feeny: That's typically the pattern.
Quote from Cory
Alan: That's pretty steep, though. Maybe for Christmas.
Cory: Great, a water gun in December. I'll be the little boy spreading pneumonia.
Quote from Mr. Feeny
Cory: Well, for a fee I can hack off the rest of that dead stuff.
Mr. Feeny: You stay away from my roses!
Quote from Mr. Feeny
Cory: Cool. What's it pay?
Mr. Feeny: Oh, I could go as high as five.
Cory: Five dollars? Get a pulse! Five bucks to paint all those?
Mr. Feeny: Five dollars a piece, Mr. Matthews. That's five times two shutters, times eight windows.
Cory: Five times two, times eight. What's that, like $58?
Mr. Feeny: $58 it is. You are worth every inch of that C+ I gave you in math.
Cory: Thanks, Mr. Feeny. You won't regret it.
Mr. Feeny: Oh, I expect I shall.
Quote from Eric
Eric: Eerie how she always knows, huh?
Cory: What, do all women have antennas hidden somewhere on their bodies?
Eric: I don't know. None of them will let me look.
Quote from Eric
Cory: Mom and Dad let you buy that?
Eric: Yeah, they said it's my money and I can buy whatever I want. Except that Buns of Steel video.
Quote from Eric
Cory: Eric, you know, I'm thinking now you're raking in the big bucks, maybe you'd like to consider this exciting investment opportunity.
Eric: Call my broker. Shearson-leave-me-alone.
Quote from Cory
Cory: Come on, Mr. Feeny, have some pity. I've been out of work for eleven years.