Nowadays, we can go out and buy virtually any TV series on DVD, or even download brand new episodes and old classics directly onto our computer or Ipod. But one show I guarantee you will never find in any Best Buy or Itunes store is The Wonder Years. I read somewhere it’s because they could not get the rights to use all the great music that’s scattered throughout the show. This is truly a travesty because The Wonder Years is arguably the best television show of all time. It’s my father’s all time favorite show, and we would watch it together as a family regularly when I was growing up. It was funny, heartwarming, serious, historic, and just realer than the other programs of that 80’s decade, like The Cosby Show and Family Ties (and those are amazing shows don’t get me wrong). The setting, the great characters (older brother Wayne is my favorite), inter-family relationships, the issues of the time period, the superb narration, and of course the music! What a great show. I hope they figure out how to release it on DVD one day. Until then, check out the link below to a great Youtube channel that has pretty much every episode of The Wonder Years in order from the first season on. I’ll get you started with the pilot…
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