I loved The Wonder Years! That show was a very accurate portrayal of that time period. My brother would laugh and then groan with agony at the accuracy of poor Kevin’s angst. The actress who played Winnie (Danica McKellar) was one of the prettiest girls I have ever seen, and her look and her clothes and her mannerisms were right on target. All of the girls in my school had long straight hair like hers (or at least they tried to have hair like that). I actually have some similar dresses to Winnie’s because I collect clothing and shoes and purses from the 1960’s.
Kevin (Fred Savage) had a best friend named Paul played by actor Josh Saviano. I can attest that several of my brother’s friends were very much like Paul, with regards to his nerdiness, his sweetness and his choice of clothing. Kevin’s brother Wayne (played by actor Jason Hervey) was very typical of some of the douchey bullying neighbor kids and classmates that me and my brother knew while growing up in the 60’s. That show brought back a flood of both good and painful memories for us. I really wanted it to be true that the actors who played Winnie and Kevin were really in love in real life, but I think they were just friendly co-workers.
The parents were very accurate too. The mom reminds me a lot of my own mom. The dad reminds me very much of one of my good friend’s fathers, that lived across the street from us. He was quite stern, but he was also very talented at fixing stuff like cars and motorized stuff, but he wasn’t very warm and fuzzy but I still knew that he loved his kids and his wife. My friend’s brother was a lot like Wayne and I couldn’t stand him.
The finale of the Wonder Years almost killed me. I won’t spoil it for anyone who hasn’t seen it but is interested in watching the best and sweetest and most accurate portrayal of life in the suburbs in the 1960’s.
I know that Fred Savage starred in 2 unsuccessful sitcoms after the Wonder Years, and I just read that he has produced and/or directed all sorts of shows and he graduated with a degree in English from Stanford. He grew into a very handsome man. As you can see Here
Danica McKeller graduated summa cum laude from UCLA with honors in mathematics. She’s written several best selling books about math that are geared toward young girls, to get them interested in math and how to help them excel in math. I know she’s done a few small parts in several television shows. I would love to see her play a long lost sister, or unkown sister of Ziva David’s character on NCIS, because they look very similar. You can see Ziva (played by actress Cote de Pablo) Here and you can see Danica McKellar Here
Danica McKellar’s sister, Crystal McKellar, also played a part on The Wonder Years, she played Becky Slater, who Kevin briefly dated, after he found out that Winnie was dating someone else.
You may or may not recall that David Schwimmer, who’s mostly known for playing Ross on Friends, had a small re-occurring character on The Wonder Years. Most people forget that Kevin and Wayne had an older sister, played by the beautiful British actress, Olivia d’Abo, and David Schwimmer played her boyfriend. If you don’t believe me, check out This Clip
And you guys thought I only watch The Nanny!
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