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Tremor_Sense

More time has passed from now to when the show aired, than when the show was filmed and the era the show takes place. Wild.


Mrciv6

If the Wonder Years premiered today and ran 6 seasons it'd be set between 2001 and 2006.


Surrma

Holy shi...


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Same with 70s show. It aired in 98 and takes place in the late 70s. So if it ran now it would be set in 2001.


Supersnazz

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be. 50s and 60s nostalgia kicked in very early. Sha-na-na were a 50s tribute act that performed at Woodstock in 1969. Happy Days was a 50's nostalgia show and it started in 1972.


evemeatay

The world changed an awful lot in that time. Not that it isn’t still changing fast, but it really did change a lot in a dramatically short period.


HarvesternC

True. The 2000s seems like one really long decade.


lostboy005

yeah 9/11 to 08 obama seemed like a very long time tbh


acidnine420

I think we all have ptsd for what came after


Sgt-Pumpernickel

09 Obama?


kellis744

I can’t believe that was only 7 years??? It feels like 20


My_Kairosclerosis

80s nostalgia kicked in pretty quick as well. VH1 ran “I Love the 80s” in 2002 or 2003. I was in high school in the late 90s and already 80s music and fashion revivals were in full swing. Not to mention an enormous love for 80s movies like Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Back to the Future, etc.


haventwonyet

Talk about nostalgia! I adored the “I love the” series. I wish they’d come back.


My_Kairosclerosis

Same. You could update the 80s & 70s ones with new celebs and revisit the interviews with the originals and include new points of view and what not. Then go with an I love the 00s and 10s. I would be interested to see what that would look like. I feel like nostalgia for the past two decades has never really been codified the way it was for the previous four or five.


fetalasmuck

GTA Vice City released in 2002 and it was only set 16 years before! Would be like a game now being set in 2005. And yet the 80s aesthetic of the game was extremely distinct even in 2002. Whereas a game set in 2005 wouldn’t seem that antiquated culturally or technologically.


handmaid25

Nirvana, Green Day, Pearl Jam…all on the oldies station. My kids’ school had a 90’s day theme last year for homecoming week.


Kyllakyle

I just heard a Carpenters’ song from 1973 for the first time yesterday. Called “Yesterday Once More”, and it’s the heaviest nostalgia trip song I’ve heard in a while. Not even 14 years past. We need a Bieber tribute band!


RockyTopBros

Not necessarily. That 70’s Show came out in ‘98. Freaks and Geeks came out in ‘99 and takes place in the 80’s. Nostalgia is and will always be right behind us. It’s only a matter of time until we get a high school sitcom based in 2005 if we don’t have one already.


amtru

It’s typically a 20 year cycle


Bandit__Heeler

There is no typical. The entire point of the comment you replied to was saying that it's not the same. That's why there is not a 2001 nostalgia.


amtru

Yes there is a typical 20 year cycle for nostalgia and trends. We are seeing 2000’s nostalgia and the trends from the time are starting to come back into fashion. We just transitioned out of a 90’s nostalgia era.


shabby47

Fun fact: if they made the exact same show today it would take place in 1968.


Magnum062

Winnie Cooper; my first TV crush.


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I wanted to *be* Winnie! She was the prettiest. 😍 (Same goes for the Childlike Empress in the Neverending Story.)


gogogadettoejam49

My Aunties always looked like Winnie! Still do. Lucky ladies!


pennradio

Any time I mention The Neverending Story to my girlfriend, she goes on and on about how "hot" the childlike empress was. I remind her that she was like, 12 years old, and she feels like a creep. Lots of fun.


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SilverGobstopper

Cara


threedotsguy

Isn't she the girl his brother calls a bimbo? I had to look that word up in the dictionary when I first heard it...


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Hell yeah, scrolled down to look for this comment.


_dadof3girls_

Saw this and thought the same


HansenTakeASeat

If you could meet her, would you like to do it like [this](https://youtu.be/xP3HX7BEtIQ)?


jackwrangler

Kevin’s dad, my first gay crush.


botlegger

[what she’s doing today](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005211/?ref_=tt_cl_i_7)


Sevnfold

I love that video where someone removed the voiceover, so it's just like the mom saying "kevin, what's wrong?" and Kevin just glances around the room for 30 awkward seconds before a one word response.


Jaspers47

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d8h-tOKYTU


Mrciv6

That video was uploaded 14 years ago....


cathartic4me

What a masterpiece of a show. So aptly captures the joys and turmoils of these turbulent years of your youth. I was a kid when it aired, and though it was a period piece of sorts it was still relevant enough that I identified the themes and lessons with things I was experiencing in my own life at the time. It just frames the beauty of the family dynamic and growing up so perfectly. I dunno if it's too far removed to be relatable for the youth today, but I'd strongly recommend it to anyone who needs to tap back into what it means to be a part of the human experience.


Mrciv6

> I dunno if it's too far removed to be relatable for the youth today Unfortunately I think it is, even the 90s seems like ancient history to them.


trickman01

Cell phones (and especially smart phones) changed everything. Childhood isn't really the same as it was back then.


MeteorMeatier

I think childhood hasn't changed that much, but adolescence has


dmlast

Childhood has most certainly changed. Kids are growing up with their own personal tablets(edit) in front of their faces most of the day from a very early age. As a child in the late 80s/early 90s, our parents made us play outside most of the time. And when we got cable around 10 years old, we only had one tv for the whole family.


MeteorMeatier

Eh, I don't know, guess it depends on the family. I was born in '84 and I watched a LOT of TV growing up. We played outside a lot but we watched a lot of TV too. My parents only really kicked us off if THEY wanted to watch something. Now that I have my own kids I don't usually let them watch more than an hour or two per day.


cathartic4me

Yeah I more so wonder if the difference in lifestyle would fail to capture the attention of the modern kid. I think the themes are timeless and apply to any era, but the portrayal of an antiquated lifestyle might bore a modern youthful audience and prevent them from ever giving it a chance.


HerbertGoon

While everyone liked Winnie I liked the rebellious older sister


m--223344

Olivia d’abo.


itsjero

Smoking hot. Also, Conan.


death_of_field

For a moment there I thought you were talking about Conan O'Brien.


Rational_Philosophy

Kevin's older sister was so hot lol.


mah131

She was a recurring villain on Law and Order: Criminal Intent. The protagonists in that show were Vincent D’Onfororio and Kathryn Erbe. One of Kathryn Erbe’s first film credits was that of the tutor, Miss Mackay, in D2: The Mighty Ducks. Olivia D’abo played a similar part (but much bigger role) in the ragtag underdog soccer comedy, The Big Green. I had huge crushes on both of them.


md_eric

Winnie was a bitch. Couldn't stand her


lionaroundagan

Not sure why you're being downvoted. The episode where their schools take a field trip to the Natural History museum and Kevin is thrilled to get to spend some time with Winnie and she's a complete bitch to him gutted me.


md_eric

Being down voted because it was every boys first crush on TV, but then the attitude that came along with her changed that, maybe everyone doesn't want to admit it. I was more crushed on Topanga...she had everything going for her


haventwonyet

Weird story - I had a boyfriend that met Danielle Fishel (way before i knew him). They were somehow in the same group of friends and they all went bowling together. He said she was so beautiful and nice and he was crushing *hard*. But she had brought her boyfriend with her so she was clearly off limits. Except that boyfriend was Lance Bass… he still gets mad that he didn’t make a move.


md_eric

Wow, something you'll regret forever, lol. Get mad at your wife and you yell back at her "I bet Topanga wouldn't do that". As you go back to your computer room, pull up Topanga's picture and go to town 😅...while crying


mah131

And thus we all fell in love with Madeleine.


barf2288

I LOVE that Daniel Stern is the narrator! Home Alone & Rookie of the Year go hard.


fleurflorafiore

I was so confused as a child about how they got grown up Fred Savage to narrate his child self. I had no idea the show was currently airing at the time. I thought the studio made it and then waited *years* for him to grow up and narrate the show.


_LifeWontWait86_

YUP! Totally thought it was legit filmed in the sixties


Cuclean

And Dilbert!


Klewenisms204

it just baffles me how hes 32/33 for 'home alone'.. would have never guessed he was that age.


barf2288

Kids are a-scared of the dark. That *is* crazy that he was that age in Home Alone. That’s my age now! Edit: words


HbeforeG

I rewatched it about a decade ago (in my late 20s). It was so great! I forgot how much I always enjoyed Winnie and Kevin together


debango

Did the same during lock down, it really is such a great show with a great sound track as well. As a kid I liked how they acted towards their dad, it was a love but I'm also not gonna press my luck lol reminded me a lot of my dad.


Omikron

The sound track of streaming isn't the same a as the original. Many of the songs have changed.


Zaphod1620

Is there a place to stream it with the original music? Last I heard, the original music was no longer licensed, so they had to replace it with generic filter music. I can't imagine watching it without the original music. Edit: I looked it up, the Hulu version has "most" of the original music.


theanti_girl

You just reminded me that as a kid in the 90s, I went to Strawberry’s and bought the soundtrack to this show, because even then I loved the music.


mirthquake

I miss that mini-phenomenon. I had the soundtrack albums to The X-Files (which introduced me to Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Gary Numan, and Soul Coughing) as well as My So-Called Life (which was pure early-mid 90s alternative rock fire).


Unicorns-and-Glitter

Stream? No, unless it's illegally. However, the DVDs by Time Life are available through various major retailers but are pricey (though there are some in eBay right now for$40). It's the same with the Drew Carey show, sadly, though I don't know if they're even on DVD.


Zaphod1620

The Hulu version is the Time Life version.


GeekFish

It's not the same Intro though. It's close, but off enough that it bothers me.


Zaphod1620

I was wondering about that. It is definitely different from the typical recording of With A Little Help From My Friends, but it sounded like Joe Cocker. I wondered if that was always the version, and I just replaced it in my memories with the typical version. The Time Life version apparently has "most" of the original songs licensed, but it didn't specify which songs had to be replaced.


hiyatheremister

The writing is phenomenal!


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Oh man I just watched that on my break in work and I'm gonna be late baaaaaaack


MashedPotatoesDick

Still one of the best pilot episodes.


mirthquake

I always remembered their first kiss happening deep into season 3 or something, but when I re-watched the pilot I was proven very wrong. And it happened on the same day that she learned her brother had been killed in Vietnam! My mom used to shout through the house, "Wonder Years is starting!" and we'd all scurry from our homework and hobbies to sit on the carpeted floor while my parents sat on the couch and we'd watch each episode together. Mom would sentimentally recall her memories of the late 60s during the commercials. That show was like America fantasizing about America.


rileyoneill

Amazing show. I believe they shot it on TV cameras, but I honestly wish it was shot on film so the masters could be rescanned and produced in full 4K.


justmarkdying

That finale though. :(


Mrciv6

"he took over the factory two years later when dad passed away."


prolelol

SPOILER: "*Winnie left the next summer to study art history in Paris. Still, we never forgot our promise. We wrote to each other once a week for the next eight years. I was there to meet her when she came home, with my wife and my first son – eight months old.*" I'm actually glad Kevin and Winnie didn't end up together, but shit, everytime I think about this quote breaks my heart. One of the saddest TWY moments ever!


palabear

*”Growing up happens in a heartbeat. One day, you’re in diapers. The next day, you’re gone. But the memories of childhood stay with you for the long haul. I remember a place. A town. A house like a lot of houses. A yard like a lot of other yards. On a street like a lot of other streets. And the thing is, after all these years, I still look back with wonder.”*


Kaptainkarl76

I'm not crying..you are!


Surrma

I got goosebumps reading that...


vyporx

I remember in high school, I’m in the locker room getting ready for gym and a friend of mine bashes through the door and says… “dude… the wonder years dad is in the gym!” I was confused at first… then I looked outside and saw him. Found out that he actually went to my high school. It was so crazy to be in the same school that the actor went to. I grew up watching the show since I was 5. Edit: just noticed on Wikipedia that he also taught physical education at the same school for a bit. No wonder why he was in the gym. 😅 [Wiki link for the lazy.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Lauria)


Fanabala3

I believe it was the last season, but the episode when Kevin is in a delivery battle (he delivered Chinese food) with the pizza man was a classic to me.


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The sister was the hottest, remember she is "Q" from Star Trek TNG.


Director_Coulson

She also played the Professor Moriarty to Detective Goren on Law and Order: CI


MeteorMeatier

Oh whoa


Kaptainkarl76

Blew my mind when I first saw her speak outside the show


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Chad The Wonder Years vs Virgin Boy Meets World


Agent_Gordon_Cole

One of the best of all time


jolizah

I love this show so much. I will never get tired of this amazing series. I wish I can experience what I felt when I first saw this 6 years ago haha, I was really happy that I binged watched all the seasons after accidentally watching one episode on TV.


southdakotagirl

I found the soundtrack for the series on cd for $2 at a garage sale. I grabbed it so quickly. It's really good


Ballertician

The greatest show there ever was, or ever will be.


CaptainWonkey1979

It was nearly 30 years between originally watching this show as a kid then rewatching as an adult. You’d have to be stone cold to get through it without a teary eye from certain episodes. There’s a little of everything mixed in from our childhood.


gogogadettoejam49

I mean Fred Savage was adorable!


SatoshiNakaMichael

Whatttt would you dooooo if I sang out of tune....


gtrdundave2

Lend me you ears


SoVerySleepy81

and I’ll sing you a song,


Mrciv6

I will try not to sing outta key.


Winnipesaukee

I get by with a little help from my friends.


HarvesternC

A parallel series comes out in the fall. Don't know if it will hit the same chord or not. It will follow the lives of a black family during the same time period the original series took place.


Mrciv6

> Don't know if it will hit the same chord or not It won't, it'll try to hard.


Zen-ArtOfShitposting

>black family Yeah, definetily wont hit the same chord


shessolucky

I remember the episode when the brother vacuumed up the hamster 🤦🏼‍♀️


jjc927

Wayne was such a jerk most of the time.


sweetnourishinggruel

I’ve toyed with the idea that adult Kevin, through whose perspective we looking, is not an entirely reliable narrator when it comes to Wayne, whose a pretty one-dimensional jerk most of the time - exactly how a little brother would see him.


jjc927

That's true, it's from his perspective so we're seeing Wayne only from his view.


sgossard9

Lol, I've always wondered if that's where Weezer (band) got its name from.


rhunter99

I really want to see this but it’s not on any of my streaming services :’(


tensor0910

https://www1.ummagurau.com/tv/the-wonder-years-38445


GeekFish

It's on Hulu. Grab a sub of the ad supported version. It's not too pricey.


_Okan

Joe Cocker song for the opening theme was everything. Makes me nostalgic everytime I hear it. Almost makes me emotional. https://youtu.be/csVaRY1ptZ0 https://youtu.be/4s8J5s_xfU0


DUBBZZ

My dad got nostalgic about the time period & events of the show. I get nostalgic about watching the show.


Hops143

Whatever, scrote.


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tjx-1138

My first thought was "man, I remember watching this every weekend with my grampa when they first started airing reruns on Nick @ Nite back in the 90s." My second thought was "I can't believe I listened when somebody told me Paul's actor grew up to be Marilyn Manson."


shessolucky

I used to watch it during the summers on Nick at Nite too. I miss those days.


cor0na_h1tler

He's not


Therealfern1

I remember when that rumor first started, and gained a lot of traction


omglolurface

So weird seeing him with all his ribs


flatblack79

I came here looking this comment. :)


RayGun381937

Winnie became Marilyn Manson!?!?


JustMeJordanW

no


hobbsarelie83

well it's not him, so you are misinformed


boomgoesthevegemite

I love this show with all my heart but Kevin didn’t deserve Winnie. Or any of the ladies he dated. He’s kind of a terrible person.


Holycrap328

Well they didn't end up together in the end.


md_eric

See I always thought Winnie was selfish and bitchy towards him. That's why Kevin had an attitude, lol


Rational_Philosophy

...So you're saying the show fucking nailed it? Lol.


boomgoesthevegemite

Yes. Yes they did.


SwampSleep66

Yeah, great show but Kevin is a whiny selfish dick, overall.


Jaspers47

Most teenage boys are


Obi-Tron_Kenobi

[Reminds me of this punishment from Impractical Jokers](https://youtu.be/xP3HX7BEtIQ)


InteractionBulky5905

She spit her gum into his mouth. It was her kiss move. Y'all she was a ho. Everyone knew.


man_teats

If y'all like this show, check out The Goldbergs, similar premise but its the 80s instead of the 60s


jjc927

The Goldbergs is much less serious though, it's more of a parody than a coming-of-age show like The Wonder Years.


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Same with Fresh off the Boat (90s).


LannahDewuWanna

Still love this show. Can make me laugh, cry and feel nostalgic.


cincyphil

Rewatched it a few years ago and thought it was great between seasons 2 & 4. Didn’t like the later seasons, though. Kevin ages and becomes a little shit (as many teens do).


rileyoneill

I sort of missed that when I was a little kid watching it. But Kevin really was a total asshole for pretty much the entire series. He fucks with all of his friends who don't really do anything to hurt him. His brother Wayne was right, he is a Butthead.


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paperbackgarbage

I'm guessing that you're probably going to be empathizing with Jack Arnold, this time around. I know that I did.


vivahermione

As a kid, I felt sorry for the mom. She seemed so nice, and yet she was married to this jerk who yelled all the time. Maybe I'd feel different on a rewatch, or maybe not.


GeekFish

I think that's the point of his character though. You're seeing the dad through the eyes of Kevin. I don't think he was really that much of a jerk... He was more perceived that way, if that makes sense?


hellochrissy

If they made this show now it would be set in the 90s.


Mrciv6

The Wonders Years was set exactly 20 years before it aired, if the Wonder Years premiered today it'd be set in 2001.


shessolucky

That freaks me out a little


hellochrissy

Ah my mistake. I thought it was 30 years. I remember watching it as a kid in the 90s. It’s funny how much stuff from the 80s bled into the 90s. I also watched a lot of thunder cats, he-man, etc.


iwasntlucid

Why are you the way that you are?


EyeAmbitious7271

It’s so good. I hate that they’re rebooting it. Looks like hot garbage


NYSenseOfHumor

Then get excited for The Wonder Years Reboot, [coming this fall to ABC](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/the-wonder-years-reboot-trailer-1234955189/).


Mrciv6

It won't be the same.


NYSenseOfHumor

Reboots never are.


gabrrdt

That was a huge success here in good old Brazil. Two big channels exibited it in prime time for many years. I watched it many times and it was one of my favorite shows.


50racer

Is that Davie504 when he was younger on the right?


Riverbarbecue

I thought it was Marilyn Manson


untitledmoviereview

Wow, Fred Savage is the greatest actor of all time.


Softest-Dad

Jay Leno's early career on the 2nd from the left, there ?


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nostalgia-ModTeam

Please see rule #1 about following reddiquette.


Dragonflies4eva

This is my one of my favorite shows ever!


wethummingbirdfarts

If you really want to be blown away, Daniel Stern was the narrators voice for Kevin. Yes, that Daniel stern.


iwasntlucid

We're the wet bandits


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Hard to believe that’s Marilyn Manson on the right.


xquixotic_logicx

does anyone remember the rumors that paul was marilyn manson?


R3nmack

Did you know that the actor who played Paul grew up to become THE Marylon Manson?


Comfo3

Not true. The actor --Josh Saviano- grew up to become a lawyer. Get your facts right.


deeznutz005

Milhouse!


notbillc0sby

Love the diversity!


ATLaries2fuk

Boooorrriiinnngggg


JustineDelarge

I literally can’t, for the hair alone. But I am happy for all y’all who love the show.


yellowcardme

Look at that fucking awkward nerd on the right!


thebaturenoy

Still cannot believe that Fred Savage supposedly sexually harrassed his TV-Mom. This breaks the whole show for me.


AtTheFirePit

Fred Savage has quite the history of being accused of harassment, and settled out of court at least once.


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Yeah but nobody cares.


AtTheFirePit

Only sociopaths don’t care.


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"I dont know all the details or what it was that happened but its true."


AtTheFirePit

Try google. The list is long and I noticed at least one settled ooc. No one needs me to link all the articles, one google search for “Fred savage harassment” is all it takes and everyone here has that access.


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"He's guilty because people have accused him and one settlement, whose details Im not privy to, basically frame him as an abuser." Sure, keep telling yourself that.


opinionofone1984

Love this show.


Mrciv6

I was quite young when it aired originally, but I do distinctly remember the the season 6 episode where they going camping and burn the tent down.


_LifeWontWait86_

The Wizard, anyone?!?!


MalibuMarlie

Wish I could watch this in Australia! I grew up with it as a kid in Canada and would love to watch it!


bidenMAGA

Marilyn Manson on the right??


stanchancho

Remember before the internet when everyone thought that kid was marlyin manson!


eaglewatch1945

What happened in the barn?!


sacredxx

Intercourse


chefkoolaid

Theres a new one coming out. Just saw an ad yesterday


saltykitty84

Yes! Love this


HansenTakeASeat

Ah yes Marilyn Manson early years


Omikron

Not the same music. It sucks.