Wonder With Us

S1E06: Dance With Me

Sun, 20 Aug 2017 01:01:56 GMT

In this tragically mis-titled episode, Dance With Me, we learn a painful, unavoidable truth. The Lisa Berlinis will always wind up with Brad Gaineses, and the Winnies will always aspire to the Kirk McRays.

Of course, it should have been called "I Dream of Winnie," and it includes a discussion of the harsh reality of being a adolescent longing for love: the fact is, you don't really understand what love is until you're well past the years when you first feel its pull.

So concludes our first season of Wonder With Us. It's been loads of fun and we're looking forward to starting up with Season 2 in the fall. Join us!

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Wonder With Us S1E05: The Phone Call

Mon, 14 Aug 2017 19:11:49 GMT

In this episode, "The Phone Call," we do indeed discuss calling people on the phone, and how one of us has never liked to do it and thanked all lucky stars when texting became en vogue. Also, ruminations on Pittsburgh (not) being the center of the universe, and a summary excoriation of arts camp (from one of us.) Also, who was Budd Dwyer? If you know, you know. If you don't, it's because YINZ AIN'T FROM DA 'BURGH. And looking it up might be a mistake.

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Wonder With Us S1E04: Angel

Thu, 20 Jul 2017 03:06:11 GMT

A discussion about The Wonder Years Season 1 Episode 4, entitled "Angel," which includes ruminations on feminism and a debate about the Cold War and putative American imperialism. Plus, Jozy applies a now oft-used moniker to describe the hated villain in this episode, Louis, the vegetarian, free-loving college student whom Kevin dreams of punching out.

An actual quote from this episode: "They just threw the chicken, and who knows where it was supposed to land." Also - a burgeoning Wayne Theory.

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Wonder With Us S1E03: My Father's Office

Tue, 04 Jul 2017 06:15:00 GMT

The phenomenon of the unknowable father is a prevalent theme, especially from the generation we grew up in, and several before it. What’s behind that stony face? What lies beneath that roiling surface, always on the verge of eruption? Do you really want to know? Wonder With Us as we look at Season 1, Episode 3 of the Wonder Years: My Father’s Office.

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Wonder With Us S1E02: Swingers

Tue, 27 Jun 2017 04:43:46 GMT

It's Episode 2 of Wonder With Us, in which we discuss Season 1, Episode 2 of The Wonder Years. What happens when adolescent boys read Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)? The show makes a valiant attempt to answer that question.

How do you address the segment of a TV show in which that book figures prominently with an 8- and 5-year-old? You don't.

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Wonder With Us S1E01: Pilot

Tue, 20 Jun 2017 18:22:38 GMT

Welcome to the pilot of episode of Wonder With Us, in which we discuss the pilot episode of The Wonder Years, which aired on ABC on January 31, 1988. According to entertainment guru Rob Lowe, the episode is touted as one of the best pilots ever made, right up there with the pilot episode of The West Wing, which aired in 1999.

In the first episode of The Wonder Years ever, we become acquainted with the Arnold family and their youngest son Kevin, who is about to embark on three dreaded years in Junior High School.

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Wonder With Us S0E00: Introduction

Sun, 18 Jun 2017 15:09:51 GMT

Introducing Wonder With Us. We invite you to Wonder With us; a podcast about the hit show the Wonder Years set in the late 1960s and first aired in the late 1980s. My wife Jamie and I watched as kids, and now we’re watching it again with our kids, who are 8 and 5 years old. The show is on Netflix and that’s how we’re watching it, usually in between dinner time and bath time.

On the podcast we’ll talk about what it’s like to watch with our kids, and we’ll hear their reactions as well - most of which, as you may have gathered by now, are related to the show. A lot of them are just about Wayne. Loveable old Wayne.

We’ll be posting an episode every week and we’d love for this to be interactive, so, for starters we’ve set up a twitter account for you to offer your comments and questions. Please tweet at us @WonderWithUsTV. We look forward to Wondering along with you as you wonder with us.

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