David Schwimmer on 'The Wonder Years'

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[@fridafernie9332]

I knew him as Michael before Ross. I had a crush on him on that show and then on Friends too. Luv his smile n hair too lol!!

[@thetruth3316]

Mike Ross from suits

[@arunicahom-choudhury1641]

I preferred him as Ross in FRIENDS.

[@SnipesDaMac]

He looks like Russ here

[@shilpa88888]

Love this show. I miss comedies, shows from late 80's and 90's. :(

[@UnderCver-bd1xh]

Me too.

[@bobby7771117]

David Schwimmer was a great actor back then, as were all the cast of "Friends", as you can see when you see snippets of their earlier acting jobs before "Friends!

[@TheHeavensFellen]

Matt Leblanc was Top of the Heap's Vinnie Verducci

[@chocoalien]

Jack Arnold has to have been one of the strongest/wisest tv dads of All time. If you look at his wiki it shows that he was a Captain in the U.S.A Marines that fought in the Vietnam war. I salute you Mr. Daniel Joseph Lauria for your services. God Bless America 🇺🇸

[@UnderCver-bd1xh]

Amen! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@pallavisreetambraparni6995]

amen

[@SecondStage1983]

He fought in Korea not Nam

[@DB88888EIGHT]

@@SecondStage1983 I think he's talking about the actor Dan Lauria. Lauria fought in Vietnam. His character Jack Arnold fought in Korea.

[@IanJTaylor]

Is that Russ or Ross?

[@marijuano619wso3]

yes

[@marijuano619wso3]

its ross btw

[@hopebullard460]

RUSS!! LOL! Yes!

[@sarahd2787]

It is Russ

[@alexistherat]

Russ

[@Jeffari1]

Haha coolest dad ever. "Work's work." One time Kevin asked him about his job like what do you do dad? "I wake up at 5 o' clock in the morning each day, I fight traffic, I bust my ass all day, I fight traffic again, and I come home.. Then, I pay my taxes."

[@jameson376]

So you kids can eat lol

[@musicandtheatregirl]

Sounds about right.

[@missbleach8767]

🐈

[@maximus451]

The End.

[@go-goakins1489]

Olivia de abo is beautiful!

[@FranklinPierce1852]

Absolutely

[@macknoeth1103]

And apparently ageless too. But yes beautiful

[@magneto8002]

Karen was the hottest sister on any show.

[@knucklehoagies]

A lot of the comments in here don’t really get the scope of this episode. It’s not really about “daddy’s little girl being taken away.” It’s about how different moral standards were back then compared to today.... back then living together before marriage was seen as this horribly immoral thing that just wasn’t ever done. Karen’s attitude represented how the baby boomers rebelled against those traditions and Jack represented the WWII generation that clung hard to tradition and didn’t understand any other point of view. Notice how Jack only decides to accept Michael after they decide to officially marry.

[@brianticas9572]

Some people still believe that. I dated a 45 year old Russian women last year that said no sex unless we get married. I said no thanks.

[@missbleach8767]

Television

[@PoBoyRacing80]

Exactly! You hit the nail on the head with your comment!

[@joemckim1183]

The old guard just concerned them with a bunch of stuff that didn't really matter.

[@natedoggcata]

This is also seen in the episode where Jack screams at Norma "THIS HOUSE NEEDS PEPSI!" People think its funny but dont understand the scope of the scene. When we says "this house needs pepsi" hes not talking about actual Pepsi. This was a time when gender roles were set in stone so hes really saying "this house need you to be a good housewife" because Norma was taking pottery lessons at the time.

[@1977Afc]

They were on a break!!!

[@daipayanhore3726]

Sure they were😂...btw miss TWY

[@jasondarwood8225]

😆

[@arunicahom-choudhury1641]

😂😂

[@arunicahom-choudhury1641]

😂😂

[@nyy190343]

"The one where Michael can't connect with Jack"

[@Felamine]

2:50 lol, Wayne always knows the right thing to say.

[@davidduranmorales550]

Shit has me dying 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@106001185]

I so remember this moment from when I watched it in the 80s!

[@DrRawBalls_TheDummy]

@@106001185I believe this episode aired in the early 90s

[@gmonroy852]

Jeez Wayne had no filter in him lol

[@gmoney113]

Jack Arnold the most underrated character in the history of TV

[@kevtom]

how can he do this to rachel?? lol

[@marcuscross8051]

Just wait until Jack finds out that he's already been divorced. From a lesbian!

[@franksejas5894]

Or that he’s had 3 failed marriages

[@bowmanbrent419]

And he cheated on Rache........ "WE WERE ON A BREAK!"

[@robinbrown2256]

Poor Kevin. He was trying to surprise everyone by treating them to dinner.

[@robinbrown2256]

He should have gone and paid in advance. I've done that before, but I always snuck to the front and left my card with them so they just run it when the check came.

[@lakersrock248]

they call him michael. but i hear ross.

[@VanielDeeform]

David's character Michael could be the older brother of Kevin's best friend Paul.

[@robinbrown2256]

Omg! I totally forgot that David Schwimmer was on the show. Micheal was a cool guy.

[@optimumultimaomega]

The one where Ross went back to the 60’s.

[@laminage]

Olivia's Father was in Manfred Mann whose probably known for their Hit Do Wah Diddy. It was "originally" done by The Exciters who had the Hit "Tell Him". I had no idea that Olivia was British. She did an amazing US Accent. In England there's a School called Royal Academy Of Dramatic Arts and I think they do dialect lessons. Robert Reed (Mike Brady The Brady Bunch) Tamara Braun (Days Of Our Lives & All My Children) and Ray McConnell (All My Children) also studied there.

[@SaskatchewanICE]

I always thought it was kinda sweet how Kevin was trying to help Michael

[@luv2cruise80]

When I watched Interviews of Olivia D"abo. She talks with a British accent, but on the show, she talks American. Interesting

[@ooviedoc]

Yes, she's British!

[@thebandseabright]

great actor. amazing performance on this show.

[@stevenjacobs5221]

I could understand were the Dad's coming from, that's daddy's little girl don't mess with my little girl😐🤕🤔🙏😎✅💯

[@lynette6085]

He says “Fred you got that okay!” 😂😂😂

[@marvelmax03191]

love jack's grunts!

[@johnzachariasrealtor7906]

Who knew this is what Captain Sobel did before he joined the army lol

[@annasloan2349]

David schwimmer is such an underated actor imo. He was really good in b.o.b.

[@simonmarshall19]

Ross Michael Gellar

[@TheMangolatino]

swich i love you schimmie schwim

[@MrBird2007]

How's um Norplant?

[@bethany9604]

i watched the wonder years 2 years ago and now ive watched friends twice and never realized this

[@Nadianva]

I love him!

[@twesselblurench]

Acabo de ver la reunión de Friends y decidí poner un camitulo random de the wonder years y aparece David, jsjsjs épico

[@xsweetgirlx91]

Oh I loved the show, I watched it when I was a child. And just when I turned 20 last year I started watching Friends.. A little late I know, but at least I understand all the jokes now :D

[@strawberriesapples]

Awwww, Michael is even cuter than Ross! David's marvellous!

[@Surfer041]

He was probably in his early 20s when this was filmed.

[@pbc5137]

Ross...he can never impress the dads.

[@CLINTROBERTZON]

" So you are the guy sleeping with my sister,right?" HHAHAHAHAHAHAH

[@Lupinthe3rd.]

The one where Ross met the Arnold's

[@velse9869]

“...it was Michael’s idea!” Lololololol

[@skylarwelchman9869]

which ep is this

[@tysonjones3255]

Mr. Arnold is a savage lmao

[@Katie12886]

He always seems to have a character that doesn't get along with the father of the woman he dates does he lol

[@iluvhou]

What season? What episode?

[@rizalukman7982]

I watched David schwimmer in Friends but I have never watched him in wonder years

[@travisbickle5279]

i only watch friends because of ross, because i was such a fan from him when he was in wonder years.....friends and wonder years are my 2 favourite series of all time

[@darthstructure7370]

I freaking love Wayne...

[@andygirl13]

@kevtom They were on a break

[@licoriceisbest]

@puddypuss this show was set in the 60s and early 70s, before shopping bag handles.

[@imtoostonedtocomeupwithaus5976]

Yes

[@youxarexmyxsunshine]

David Schwimmer is actually a good looking man...

[@r.22r]

Extremely! And very talented too!

[@jenniferbogacki2699]

Dads are always going to hate the guy who takes away his little girl

[@knucklehoagies]

It’s not really about that. The episode is supposed to portray the culture back then and how the concept of living together before marriage was seen. Back in the 50s and 60s it was a serious no no.

[@ef7558]

Back in the '50s and 60s they also had segregation and they forced religion on children in the public school system.

[@whisperingaprayer42]

Funny Rachel didn't come along to ruin this relationship of Ross!

[@accordsportlockdown1050]

This was Ross before he moved to New York and met the friends gang. Besides Monica and Chandler.

[@cantarafacanta]

Ross has always been so cute!

[@simonmarshall19]

I don’t remember this Friends episode . Ross was with Karen before having Ben & Emma . And Rachel never knew about Karen at all

[@margplsr3120]

how old is David in this show?

[@charliepeebles]

He was 21 or 22.

[@charliepeebles]

David Schwimmer was 22 when he appeared in this episode.

[@Squicx]

OH MY GOD

[@willyhwang1059]

if david were living with my daughter i wouldn't be so mad at him. he's damn cute

[@JenS52]

SCHWIM!!!!!!!

[@somebooooooody]

Holy sh@t. Ross is Ross.

[@koll]

Jeez who did Schwimmer kill for the dad to be so mad at him?

[@matsalvatore9074]

This reminds me of boy meets world almost. Pretty good show. Never heard of it.

[@ir6237]

Fred Savage and Ben Savage (Cory) are real-life brothers. That's probably why, lol

[@elevenvideos]

haha, i love him! :)

[@missbleach8767]

🌊 🌬️

[@alexanderpytko5394]

Jack is all excited about the ratchet set and then becomes unappreciative when he hears that it was Michael's idea. That's being a little cold.

[@RogetAPrice]

Hey what do you the father is a war veteran some of those war veterans have so much hate and frustration they take out on everyone else.

[@georgeatlas2243]

221

[@chillywillie6283]

I was shocked to find out the sister Karen was British and was using an American accent to play that role.

[@martymcfly5434]

I discovered that too recently...

[@laminage]

Her Father was in Manfred Mann. Now Alley Mills is on The Bold & The Beautiful and Bobbie E. played A Sales Lady on Episode 2 before playing Macy.

[@callmehchloe4074]

I didn't know that until recently either

[@pallavisreetambraparni6995]

i didn't know that either

[@pallavisreetambraparni6995]

she has done a great job picking up the american accent

[@2up3rm4n1]

If you lived in the era, Wonder Years had plenty of inaccuracies. Brady Bunch-look it ain't.

[@mandiemag]

Oh my God. David Schwimmer was cute once?? O.o

[@michaelturner1806]

This is a young Ross.

[@darraghfarrell9024]

HAHA NO WAY!?! DIDNT KNOW ROSS GELLAR WAS IN THE WONDER YEARS!?! WONDER IF HE LOVES DINOSAURS IN THIS SHOW TOO!??

[@battlestarnomore]

ummmm we do have shopping bags with handle's, this was a tele series in the 80's to 90's

[@sariputri9687]

Craving for friends anyone ? Lol 2018 already

[@franksejas5894]

this remind anyone of Ross meeting Rachels Father lol.... Im guessing Jack Arnold prepared Ross well to meeting Dr Greene

[@alexanderpytko5394]

I didn't see the whole series. But I wonder if Jack's dad had been there. Maybe he would've said, "Jack, I don't see why you've got such a problem with Michael. He seems like an okay guy to me." Jack would probably say, "Just stay out of it, Dad."

[@frerardforever5445]

I have watched Wonder Years but I didn't know that Ross was in it... Tf

[@patricodesouza7453]

Frerard Forever David WASN'T A REGULAR CAST MEMBER OF 'THE WONDER YEAR'S',. HE JUST MADE THIS ONE OFF GUEST APPEARANCE A FEW YEARS BEFORE 'FRIENDS' EVEN BEGAN...

[@titusrivers9321]

He was in a few episodes of the Wonder years.

[@annasloan2349]

@@patricodesouza7453 He was in a few episodes. He had a baby with karen and they had a hippie wedding

[@patricodesouza7453]

@@annasloan2349 WOW. THAT'S A NEW ONE! DON'T REMEMBER THAT,. THANKS FOR THE UPDATE.

[@jacobbutler6049]

He was in 6 episodes of the wonder years

[@ElectrikkPaperClipxx]

“Never mind” Ross af

[@NuBombTurk55]

NORCOM! I knew it was NORCOM.... thats as Ross you're going to get

[@franksejas5894]

Omg Michael takes just as long as Ross to get out a sentence!!! Lol.... “Hi So i’m stay and hang With Your family Type People”

[@danielsteele4712]

I trust that the house has been renovated by Michael nicely now?

[@georgeatlas2243]

222

[@111aayusinha4]

But there there is difference between rach and this girl Rachel had never disrespect her father in front of Ross even if Ross was innocent that shows Rachel's sweet ness and sophistication

[@raymonddodd9048]

Rachel's father was an arrogant asshole.

[@frankmata1812]

So sad that Karen had to get disfigured by the cleaner the "Wolf".

[@2up3rm4n1]

Kevin and Wayne's hairdos were so NOT-1969, but that hairdo on 'Michael' that is totally out there! I don't even recall that in '88!! I knew he appeared here before Friends and he always looked bigger for some reason.

[@robinorlowski9045]

being the hippie he could get away with it--Kevin and Wayne are the ones who could not.

[@2up3rm4n1]

@@robinorlowski9045 he's not a hippie. He's grunge. Hippie was late sixties, grunge was late eighties, when this show came out. In no way shape or form is he a hippie. Find me any appearance on Brady Bunch or Partridge Family where one of the boys is wearing the unbuttoned flannel top like that. For that matter, find a flannel shirt at any video of Woodstock, Haight-Ashbury or any other hippie gathering. Even then, that won't make it commonplace or as 'trendy' as it was for grunge.

[@robinorlowski9045]

@@2up3rm4n1 Grunge was early 1990's.....i'd consider Mike Stivic far more representative of a Hippie than Keith Patridge.

[@robinorlowski9045]

Liked American Dreams better re 1960's. It was far more political. Kevin wasn't the political one in the family.

[@2up3rm4n1]

@@robinorlowski9045 Uh, correct! The show, which was supposed to be depicting the late sixties, is very inaccurate, with Schwimmer looking like someone from the late eighties, early nineties, grunge, essentially the same time and era (the show began in '88, but whenever the flannel shirt became so equated with grunge, it didn't just pop up with January 1, 1990 or '91. Just another Hollywood show trying to show another time and era, but blowing it mainly with present day fashions. Even still, grunge or hippie look is a fashion, not a mindset. There were greater hippies back in the early seventies than Mike Stivic, but we were talking about appearances, fashion equated with the era. Stivic rarely sported the garish attire equated with the early seventies. He was usually in blue jeans and a solid colored shirt. The 'grunge' look was not sported by hippies. And definitely not the way Schwimmer is showing it here.

[@freaker126]

eh? How couldn't i remember him on wonder years? haha ..oh yeah, i was a kid then ..haha

[@DoliSkipper]

...or the Hell's Angels, whichever came first *lol*

[@carlosparra8976]

he looks like howard wolowitz

[@gisleineretamal5368]

I am watching wonders Years in latín spanich. But I wanted yo hear Michael voice in English. I imagined Ross

[@ytyt3922]

Olivia (Karen) looks beautiful here

[@CGonzales033]

wow, so like father like daughter?

[@zarnell]

Ross in the Wonder Years, Ross in Friends and Ross in World War 2.... Any other flicks Ross has been in?

[@rallypoint1]

Wonder if both of them ran up Curahee together????

[@kateclemons5921]

Brian Schwimmer was hot in this role.

[@EzequielFerrari22]

It's like the laughs track is missing...

[@SPICYTUNAROLL69]

Those are so annoying.

[@Rasler91]

@andygirl13 a gazillion years later and they still don't get it lol

[@martindavis9930]

He flunked out of the paratroopers to !

[@jakerittlinger440]

Is it dumb that Kevin and David Shwimmer didn't just make two trips for the groceries?

[@mr_pelon_e_805]

Kevin could've of still paid for it and Return the money back to his dad that he left on table... Kevin focus..lolol.. Classic..

[@boxerfan2]

Thats my dad big time. but after a decade when he finally warms up to inlaws his kids divorce them.

[@danielsteele4712]

You're absolutely right, Karen. Your dad IS stubborn and pig-headed, especially since he had to drag Kevin along to help renovate the house when he could see full well that Michael was a carpenter and could save them an entire bunch of work. Not everyone has to be a builder to be helpful. I'm sure that Wayne was pleased to not have to be dragged along to help out as well.

[@danielsteele4712]

Yeah, I know it is. I just felt like being dramatic myself.

[@brianticas9572]

Maybe jack wanted a higher expectations of a boyfriend for Karen. Every parent wants the best.

[@danielsteele4712]

0:24: Norma, don't give Karen that look. The answer is no!