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Nabaza.net-The MarketPlace - Wonder Years: 1
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List Price: $5.99
Our Price: $47.01
Availability: N/A
Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor Bay
Starring: Dan Lauria
Directed By: Dan Lauria, Arthur Albert, Greg Beeman, Carol Black, Nancy Cooperstein
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Average Customer Rating: 
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786303918525
Format: Color
ISBN: 6303918522
Label: Starz / Anchor Bay
Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor Bay
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Starz / Anchor Bay
Release Date: 1997-10-07
Running Time: 48
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Theatrical Release Date: 1988-03-15
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Editorial Reviews:
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These first two episodes of the charming and perceptive series The Wonder Years are an appropriate setup for the uninitiated and a must-have for fans. The original pilot introduces Kevin (Fred Savage), his best friend Paul (Josh Saviano), his childhood playmate and budding girlfriend, Winnie (Danica McKellar), and his typical late-1960s, early-'70s family: older brother and nemesis Wayne (Jason Hervey), beautiful liberal sister Karen (Olivia d'Abo), mother (Alley Mills), and father (Dan Lauria). Kevin and his friends are entering Robert F. Kennedy Junior High School, Winnie gets contacts, her brother Brian (Bentley Mitchum) is killed in Vietnam, and Kevin and Winnie share a first kiss. The opener also features some fantastic music (the Byrds' "Turn, Turn, Turn," Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now," Tommy James and the Shondells' "Crystal Blue Persuasion," and Percy Sledge's "When A Man Loves a Woman")--a trademark of the series. Great music (Buffalo Springfield, Aaron Neville, Judy Collins) also highlights "Swinger," which follows with Brian's funeral and Kevin and his pals' growing obsession with sex, fueled by their curiosity with Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask. Daniel Stern's narration is warm and engaging and the voice-over is never intrusive. This series continues to be enchanting because of its ability to mix comedy and pathos, as well as infuse a sense of dignity and history in a period many consider their most awful years. --N.F. Mendoza
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Summary: The Wonderful Wonder Years
Comment: Simply put the Wonder Years is a magical experience and series 1 (on VHS) is an ideal place to start your collection. Fred Savage is simply breathtaking as Kevin. Two thumbs up!
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Summary: The Wonder Years, but not the ORIGINAL PILOT!
Comment: Awh, what a treat. Without a doubt, this simply was the only television show that ever captured the beauty of living in America. The pilot episode takes us back, not only to 1968, but to every adolescence childhood memory of growing up.
What made the first season so enjoyable, this collection offers 2 episodes of the original six, is that they all inter-twang so perfectly with one another. Both the pilot episode and 'Swingers' portrayed and honest truth to everybody's youth without overdoing the essence of the time period. I often say, '1968' was a great character , something most shows about adolesence never use to there advantage.
When this show originally aired after the Superbowl 1988, narration for the pilot episode was done by Arye Gross. Daniel Stern redid it for its network run and the real 'pilot' seems to had gotten lost along the way. If hope pervails, maybe we could see it again with the original monologue of Kevin and Winnie sharing their only kiss together. I have to say, what a bummer that would had been if they kept that line in. Danica, oh Danica. Well, you know the rest.....
I recommend this tape to all fans of this show. Although some of the songs heard on this aren't the exact original recordings, ( Turn, Turn, Turn, and Young Girl) volume 1's episodes are some of the most brilliantly written and well thought out stories television has ever told. It's a shame no one dares to let the light of day shine with its ultimate release on dvd. Anyone can dream, can't they?
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Summary: You'll look back with Wonder too!
Comment: You can't help but interject yourself Kevin's life. He is so relatable. Also with the narration it makes us think of our own glory days of youth and the important people in our lives. The first kiss. First experience with someone dying. The intrigue of sex ed. Our best friend and knowing everything about that person. Nagging brother or sister. Fighting parents who loved each other and us. The popular music that defined the era we grew up in. I'm sure there are special songs that conjure up powerful images from your past just as the special songs from the Wonder Years does the same for each episode. With the narration of the young Kevin and the 60s setting it reminds me of the movie Christmas Story. The Messy Marvin actor and the narration of his thoughts/dreams of the Red Ryder bb gun. Another classic! But I digres . . . You have to see this first volume of Wonder Years! It will tug at your heart strings again! You won't be disappointed!
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Summary: i enjoyed it thought it was sad though
Comment: this program brought back alot of menmories for my hubby ,and me we too grew up in the sixties and seventies would like to see more programs like that instead of these other court shows too many serious on them
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Summary: great
Comment: l liked this drama so much and i would like to preview i
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