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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Oh my gosh, the choice was so easy !
The Carol Burnett Show: The Ultimate Collection
I remember watching this show, so many laughs, a wholesome family show!
vintage Hollywood, look at all those great movies and almost all are faves that l watch all the time on tcm, talk about heaven
I would love to have the Quiet Storm cd dance, it would be great to listen to with my husband on a wonderful dinner date at home.
I really want to get mama’s family the complete series! I love that show. People laugh when they find out how much I like it!
I would pick any of the Carol Burnett shows. Lots of memories looking at the classic tv show website!
The series I would choice is Wonder Years because I never saw all of the espisodes.
It would have to be the Wonder Years! I, too, recently binge watched it!! I can’t get enough.
The Best of the Ed Sullivan show looks like it has a lot of great musical clips.
I like the Wonder Years. If I won this I would give this to my dad. He loved this show. The whole series was I swear pretty much made up from him and his best friend. The crazy part is my dads name is Kevin and his best friends name was Paul.
i would get the Wonder Years! I’ve been waiting for it to be on DVD FOREVER!!!!
Power Rangers is the oldest show I remember watching.
I loved the China Beach series…..I never missed an episode.
I would like the power of love music collection. timelife.com/products/power-of-love
The Carol Burnett Show: The Ultimate Collection because enjoyed watching her show.
I’d love to have The Carol Burnett Show: The Ultimate Collection. The skits were hilarious. Carol, Tim Conway and Harvey Korman together sometimes couldn’t keep a straight face at times.
I love Carol Burnett and would love the “Best of Carol Burnett” shows.
I would choose the Power Rangers: From Mighty Morphin to Lost Galaxy. I grew up on that show and would love to be able to share that with my children.
I’m not old enough to remember most of the shows on that site but I do remember Power Rangers. I’d like the complete set from Mighty Morphin to Lost Galaxy.
I remember watching it and then going outside to practice my sweet moves.
I would def choose the Wonder Years!
I would love to get the THe WOnder Years! I grew up watching that and still enjoy seeing it today. It would be a great gift for my entire family!