i watched this show in amazement; it was like watching my life, had i been born in a non-descript suburban town in the late 1950’s/early 1960’s. when people talk nostalgically about the beattles and bell-bottoms i fell like i was there because in many ways i was, you see i watched the wonder-years every week, and because i’m delusional and misguided i lived vicariously through kevin arnold for 6 years, excluding summers, which i found to be a very lonely time or at best, some sort of freakish-weekly deja vu.

those were the best years of my life. i vaguely remember kissing winnie cooper and taking guff from my older brother wayne but mostly i remember missing out on the late 80’s and early 90’s because i was too busy living vicariously though the late 60’s and early 70’s. did i miss anything? how did operation desert storm pan out? is dana carvey still doing church lady? and let me see if I understand this: mutant turtles named after famous painters? are these turtles painters themselves? no. just ninjas? sounds great.

i can’t wait until the day that i have a child of my own so that when he asks me about my childhood, i can just play him episodes of the wonder years and say son, it was sort of like this, my dad was strict but fair, my sibling would often give me a tough time, I learned a lot of fairly obvious and poignant life lessons and i kissed winnie copper repeatedly.