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The Wonder Years premiered 30 years ago today
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The country first met Kevin Arnold and his friends and family when the Vietnam War-era comedy premiered after Super Bowl XXII on January 31, 1988. “Part of what made The Wonder Years such a grand exercise in nostalgia is that it was mostly narrated by the adult Kevin looking back on his childhood with the perfect mix of reverie and embarrassment,” says David Bianculli. Music from the 1960s and early 1970s was also key to the series, but the expensive rights to the nostalgic songs delayed its release on home video until a few years ago.
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TOPICS: The Wonder Years (1988 Series), Daniel Stern, Fred Savage, Retro TV
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