The Wonder Years is one of television's most respected series and now, four years into its network run, it is continuing to grow in popularity, drawing in new audiences and taking them back through the decades via this very unique time machine.
Highly respected by both the critics and the audience, The Wonder Years is perhaps the best example of the genre known a dramedy. It combines humor with pathos, resulting in a heart-warming series that has touched a chord with several generations and won numerous Emmy Awards in the process. Nostalgic without being sappy, this is a genuinely heartwarming series that not only captures life in the sixties, but of the average adolescent in America.
Through the eyes of Kevin Arnold, both as an off-screen narrator today and as a teenager twenty years earlier, we are given a glimpse of what it was like to grow up in the suburbs during that turmoil-filled period. While issues of the day are dealt with, it is never at the expense of Kevin, his family or his friends. They are our root in reality as well as our guide masters, and in a sense they represent a little piece of us in our youth.
Growing Up in the Sixties: The Wonder Years began as an article which couldn't be confined to the pages of a tabloid. It is a complete examination of the first three seasons of the television series and presents an episode guide to those years. Additionally, it offers the viewpoints of many of the individuals who have labored to bring the stories to the screen.
Let's proceed. The times, they are a' changin'.
Edward Gross
September, 1990
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