The Wonder Years

smilerf

Americans swoon over this show i remember watching it if there was nothing else on
Was it really all that?

duffman13

smilerf wrote: »

Americans swoon over this show i remember watching it if there was nothing else on
Was it really all that?

What age where ya when ya watched it? I remember watching it in the mid to late 90s when I was 12 or 13 and relating it to it massively. I dont know anyone else who really watched it though

iamtony

I'd say keep it as a fond memory myself.

DavyD_83

I think it might just have been more relatable to Americans generally. I feel like it's something everybody was aware of, but nobody Loved, although that's not what you'll be told of you put same on FB.
I'm sure there's a certain age it got better with a well. I'm an 83 baby (cryptic username or wha?), and to me it was in the 'nothing else on' category as well. Anyways thought main young guy was really annoying.

smilerf

duffman13 wrote: »

What age where ya when ya watched it? I remember watching it in the mid to late 90s when I was 12 or 13 and relating it to it massively. I dont know anyone else who really watched it though

I was born in 1980 so maybe I was too old I don't know

Sugarlumps

Was glued to it every week. Winnie Cooper - dayum.

Sugarlumps

Sugarlumps wrote: »

Was glued to it every week. Winnie Cooper - dayum.

Not a hint of a boob tho and continued that way for her.

Mossy Monk

Sugarlumps wrote: »

Was glued to it every week. Winnie Cooper - dayum.

I never got the appeal back in the day.

she looks a little odd today

Mr.Nice Guy

I haven't seen the show in years but I remember thinking it was pretty good. I remember one episode where the protagonist throws a party while his parents are away and things get out of hand and the place gets wrecked. When his parents return and see the damage, and are about to ground him for life, the older kid - who always acted like an arse on the show - surprisingly ended up taking the rap for it. I remember thinking that was a great moment.

Oasis1974

glasso wrote: »

she looks a little odd today

She became a tramp basically

Skerries

it aired between 88 and 93 so I was in mid to late teens and as others have found it was a only watch if nothing else was on show

The Black Oil

I liked it, yeah. I don't remember watching much else with a family setting/element (or school) when I was growing up. Presume RTE 2 had it at the time. Winnie was all right.

smuckers

Loved it until Kevin was in the 10th grade, still had it it's moments but not the same

CastorTroy

Have this and Boy Meets World on a hard drive. Have never seen either. Maybe an odd episode.

Yer Da sells Avon

Oasis1974 wrote: »

She became a tramp basically

Her Wikipedia entry suggests otherwise.

Clonmel1000

I remember watching this show in the late 80s early 90s and loving it. It’s funny that when watching it then the setting late 60s America seemed like so long ago. When I think of 20 years ago now,1998, it doesn’t seem nearly as long or as much as a different age. I loved Kevin and Winnie and Kevin’s mother was so typically American mom. Did he have a hippy sister also and his brother went to Nam?

silverharp

it was a good coming of age tv show and the fact that it was set in the 60's meant it aged better than something set at the current time. Also the way it was made viewed through Kevin's eyes and how he viewed his parents teachers etc made it different to the usual sitcom setup.

CastorTroy

And to think when he grew up he became a Wet/Sticky Bandit

rubadub

I loved 60s music back when it aired, and still do now. So I really liked that about the show.

Due to music rights they had to cut some out on dvd.