Topanga’s Boy Meets World Contract and Merchandise Rights

My actual contract from the '90s says that they own my likeness on any planet, in any universe- ... forever, in perpetuity.

Wow. What? And so, the fact that I'm able to have a face- ... and use it on anything- The fact- ... is a little shocking.

The fact that you're able to sit here right now- And talk to you. Yeah. Yeah. You just couldn't...

Anything that says, like, Topanga associated with it, "We own that."

Wow. So, yeah. Interesting. Mm-hmm. Wow. Okay.

And so- Even if the aliens take over and It doesn't matter. On any planet. On any planet.

In any universe. Yeah. And what does that mean when you say, like, for people listening, like, your likeness?

Mm-hmm. Like, e- expand on that a little bit.

So, our contracts did not include any sort of percentage carve-out for us to make any money on anything they made.

Now, when you do a movie or something, in the contract, it's like, "Okay, and we might use your likeness, your face-" Yeah.

"... your physical face and representation in the movie or the show.

We might use it to sell merch. And because of that, we're gonna give you, say, 2%-" Right. "... 5%."

I get 0%. Yeah. So, anything they've ever sold, any Topanga T-shirt you've ever seen- Oh, my- ... that's officially licensed- Lunchboxes ... whatever was made. Everything. Yeah.

Everything that's especially, you know, officially licensed, ABC or someone owns that license and keeps and makes, you know, makes and keeps whatever they sell.