The Wonder Years

deadpoet · 02-27-2011, 12:29 AM

This is a pretty old show (1988-93), but I hear it was quite popular back then. I started watching it a few months ago, and I love it. It just feels genuine and heartfelt. It captures the whole experience of growing up beautifully. It may not be terribly witty or funny, but it strikes a chord with me. Was anyone else into this show?

**Janszoon** · 02-27-2011, 05:19 AM

I loved that show when I was growing up, and still like it a lot. I'm the same age as Fred Savage so I certainly related to it a lot.

djchameleon · 02-27-2011, 05:49 AM

I used to watch it but never really understood why. I think maybe I was crushing on Winnie. I really don't like the show though.

deadpoet · 02-27-2011, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

I think maybe I was crushing on Winnie.

She grew up to be this

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djchameleon · 02-27-2011, 07:42 AM

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She grew up to be this

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yeah she's still hot and she's a ****ing math genius. I need to get her book.

pourmeanother · 02-27-2011, 05:57 PM

This show was one of my favorites growing up. The music in every episode intertwined with the plot to tell the story was excellent... but it's also sad, because it's the cost of licensing this music for DVD sales that is preventing me from owning the series on a box set. I found reruns on some Directv channel called the "HUB" a month or two back and set a recording to grab it... good for nostalgia to relive it.

Also, I can't be positive but I'm fairly certain Winnie Cooper was my first boner.

duga · 02-27-2011, 07:52 PM

Yeah I used to watch this all the time. His relationship with Winnie was the most frustrating thing ever.

OccultHawk · 02-27-2011, 08:04 PM

Winnie would have made a nice Meadow Soprano.

djchameleon · 02-27-2011, 11:54 PM

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Winnie would have made a nice Meadow Soprano.

hmmm now that I think about it. She totally would have.

DoctorSoft · 02-28-2011, 11:30 PM

I used to watch reruns every morning on like Showcase(?) in my summer vacation of grade 8, but then they stopped playing them, I might start watching them on Youtube or something...

02-27-2011, 12:29 AM	#1 (permalink)
deadpoet Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: In interesting times Posts: 69	The Wonder Years This is a pretty old show (1988-93), but I hear it was quite popular back then. I started watching it a few months ago, and I love it. It just feels genuine and heartfelt. It captures the whole experience of growing up beautifully. It may not be terribly witty or funny, but it strikes a chord with me. Was anyone else into this show? __________________ The idea is to remain in a state of constant departure while always arriving.

02-27-2011, 05:19 AM	#2 (permalink)
Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	I loved that show when I was growing up, and still like it a lot. I'm the same age as Fred Savage so I certainly related to it a lot. __________________ A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man Time & Place 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die last.fm

02-27-2011, 05:57 PM	#6 (permalink)
pourmeanother Saaaad Panda Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 852	This show was one of my favorites growing up. The music in every episode intertwined with the plot to tell the story was excellent... but it's also sad, because it's the cost of licensing this music for DVD sales that is preventing me from owning the series on a box set. I found reruns on some Directv channel called the "HUB" a month or two back and set a recording to grab it... good for nostalgia to relive it. Also, I can't be positive but I'm fairly certain Winnie Cooper was my first boner. __________________ Life is just blah, blah, blah You hope for blah And sometimes you find it, but mostly it's blah And waiting for blah And hoping you were right about the blahs you made And then, just when you think you've got the whole blah'd damn thing figured out And you're surrounded by the ones you blah Death shows up... anddd blah, blah, blah.

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duga MB quadrant's JM Vincent Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 3,762	Yeah I used to watch this all the time. His relationship with Winnie was the most frustrating thing ever. __________________ Confusion will be my epitaph...

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OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,033	Winnie would have made a nice Meadow Soprano.

02-28-2011, 11:30 PM	#10 (permalink)
DoctorSoft Rocket Appliances Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,335	I used to watch reruns every morning on like Showcase(?) in my summer vacation of grade 8, but then they stopped playing them, I might start watching them on Youtube or something...