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 have The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts: Complete DVD Collection. I remember watching these with my grandmother. These are some wonderful childhood memories for me.
Forgot to put why I like the Carol Burnett collection….the shows are so very funny, and I have fond memories of watching them.
I would get The Carol Burnett Show Ultimate Collection.
Love the Dean Martin Roast
Power Rangers: From Mighty Morphin to Lost Galaxy because I’m a fan of Power Rangers.
I would like the power of love cd collection. great songs.
I would choose, China Beach because I missed it when it was on TV. I was too busy in Graduate School.
I’d get the complete “Get Smart” collection for my hubby. He LOVES that show!
Oh my goodness, this would be a fantastic prize to win. I forget how I started watching it, but I LOVE The Wonder Years – even though I was born in ’87, I remember watching it (must have been reruns) on TV at my grandma’s house in Massachusetts.
I would buy Wonder Years from the site, or maybe Get Smart!
I would have to pick one of the Get Smart seasons I liked that show as a kid
I would love to have Get Smart: The Complete Collection. I have so many great memories watching Get Smart as a kid!
Wonder Years would be my first choice but aside from that The Real Ghostbusters: The Complete Collection – they both take me back to my childhood! Thanks for the chance!
I would love to have the Motown 25: Yesterday•Today•Forever: Deluxe Collector’s Set because I love Motown!!!
The best of Ed Sullivean would be my choice!
I would get The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts: Complete DVD Collection because I think it would be fun to watch with my grandma.
The Carol Burnett Show: The Ultimate Collection.
I still think it was the best.
I would love the Mama’s Family – The Complete Series. That was a funny TV show.
I would like to get Time Life’s “Carol’s Crack Ups” DVD set because I’m a huge Carol Burnett fan
I would choose Jerry Lee Lewis: Greatest Live Performances of the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s, we Love Jerry, in fact I was searching to see if he had a Christmas album and he never did make one, we love Jerry Lee!!!
The Carol Burnett Show: The Ultimate Collection – I grew up watching and loving this show. I wish there were shows to watch like this today.