Laura Reviews: The Wonder Years

The Wonder Years was the Boy Meets World of the 60s. Only it didn't run in the 60s, it ran in the 90s. It was just about the 60s. And 70s. It was a guy voice-overing his amazingly detailed reminiscences of junior high and high school as they were played out by a young Fred Savage.

         Here's how TWY and BMW compare.

	Boy Meets World	The Wonder Years
Savage	Ben	Fred
Purportedly Offbeat On-and-Off Girlfriend	Topanga	Winnie
Best Friend	Cool guy	Nerd
Big Brother	Bumbling but loveable playboy	Bumbling but cruel oaf
Sister	Off God knows where	Off at college
Almost Cheats on Girlfriend At	Ski lodge	Lakeshore
Girlfriend Moves	300 miles away	50 miles away
Main Character Stays with Girlfriend, For the Most Part, Throughout High School, Promises to Marry Her, and Then....	...marries her	...picks her up at the train station with his New Wife, Another Woman, and eventually has a kid just like him