Travel Back to 1988 and the WONDER YEARS…
Were you there?
In 1988, I was 27 years old. WOW, it’s amazing to say that. That’s half my current age. I was working for GM for Buick Motor Division as a Marketing Analyst. Every Tuesday night, 8:00pm EST, I would be on the couch watching my favorite series, The Wonder Years. Needless to say, I was quite excited when Time-Life sent us along a copy of The Wonder Years the Complete Series for review.
The series featured the Arnold family as they struggled to live through the radical late 1960’s and into the early 70s. The target viewing market for this series was baby boomers and success for the series was immediate. As noted in Wikipedia:
The show achieved a spot in the Nielsen Top 30 for four of its six seasons.TV Guide named the show one of the 20 best of the 1980s. After only six episodes aired, The Wonder Years won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in 1988. In addition, at age 13, Fred Savage became the youngest actor ever nominated as Outstanding Lead Actor for a Comedy Series.
The reason I loved the series was the format and the time setting. Kevin Arnold, a 13 year old boy, was the “star” of the show with his family and friends filling out the storyline. However, the story was fleshed out with “Kevin’s voice” as a grown-up, so the “voice” could say things that Kevin, as a 13 year old, never could. All of this was set against a compilation of 60’s music which was a new approach in TV series at the time and the music became an indelible part of the beloved series, which ran on ABC from 1988-1993.
Really the best way for you to get a idea of the series (if you haven’t ever seen it) is to watch this short clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGr2UJLaTKE&feature=youtu.be
The Wonder Years Complete Series DVD brings it all back
Never before released on DVD in its entirety — THE WONDER YEARS COMPLETE SERIES will be presented as a 26-disc collector’s set featuring all 115 episodes housed in a replica metal locker, along with a host of extras including 23 total hours of specially-produced bonus programming — featurettes, an incredible cast reunion 16 years in the making and never-before-seen outtakes. THE WONDER YEARS COMPLETE SERIES will be available exclusively online at for $249.95
Fans of THE WONDER YEARS will thrill to the extensive list of cleared music, which includes 285 modern day classics and instrumentals such as “Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)” by The Byrds, “Louie Louie” by The Kingsmen, “Sunshine of Your Love” by Cream, Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are A-Changin’,” The Trogg’s “Wild Thing,” “Good Vibrations” and “Wouldn’t it Be Nice” by The Beach Boys, “My Girl” by The Temptations and hundreds of others!
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I would love to own Mamas Family – The Complete Series! I remember watching this show and it always made me laugh so hard!! Thanks for this great giveaway.
Seriously, of all the things on TimeLife, I would want The Wonder Years! I LOVE that show!! The only other thing I might want is the Soft Rock of 80’s music 😉
Mama’s family! Hilarious!
The Carol Burnett Show: The Ultimate Collection. The show never fails to make me laugh.
my mom would absolute love the carol burnette show dvds
I could literally shop for days, I am obsessed with classic television! First was the Motown collection, Ghostbusters for sure and the Carol Burnett figurine. I could go on, love collecting things.
I’d get The Carol Burnett Show: The Ultimate Collection. It was my grandma’s favorite.
If I were to pick something from them it would be the wonder years or Vintage Hollywood collection. My husband would really enjoy the Vintage Hollywood and we both loved the Wonder Years. 🙂
I loved watching Carol Burnett when I was younger…I still find her very funny! It doesn’t hurt that we share the same birthdate 😉 I would love The Carol Burnett Show: Carol’s Crack Ups.
I would get the china beach complete series because I loved that show and would love binge watching the series.
I would like to win the Real Ghostbusters Collection, because I would enjoy most the sharing of this with my grandkids.
id get my daughter the framed harry potter film cell
I would get the Dean’s Ultimate Collection: The Dean Martin Variety Show because I love Dean Martin.
I would really love to have Mama’s Family complete set. I loved that show a long time ago. I would love to see it again.
If I could choose anything from the TimeLife Website I would get the The Carol Burnett Show: The Ultimate Collection, because it’s so funny. My favorite episode is the Gone With the Wind episode.
Head over to the TimeLife Website and tell us which product you’d like if you got to choose and WHY.
The Best of The Carol Burnett Show i love this lady
I would love to have The Carol Burnett Show: The Ultimate Collection, I LOVE that show.
I would really like the VINTAGE HOLLYWOOD film set. I am a lover of old Hollywood and enjoy watching the oldies.
mama’s family she was so funny
I would get The Carol Burnett Show: The Ultimate Collection. Her show had the best comedy ever on TV. The cast was exceptional and played off of each other beautifully. My husband and I would get many hours of enjoyment from it.