The wonder year

[@pecleveland]

Jack Arnold had so many touching moments. He was an overall good father. He did the best he could, the best ways he knew.

[@sheilabeichner6553]

This is my Dad and so many of that generation. They loved us deeply but only showed what they somewhat learned from their own Dads. Nowadays, mom and dads want to be friends more than parents. In my opinion, this should wait till after High School. A ton of kids don’t respect their parents because of this.

[@OscarSanchez-bq4nl]

Jack Arnold reminds me so much of my Dad. Fight traffic, bust His hump all day at work, fight traffic, come home, pay His taxes, watch tv, look at the stars with telescope, etc... get angry and discipline my brothers and i when we got out of line, but over all He loved and provided for us.

[@gregoryfritsch3973]

One of 5 best moments on the show. I love Jack manning up telling Wayne he let him down. Makes me cry every time..

[@devynglass3781]

The dad is definitely my favorite character on this show!

[@ez-g3090]

It's just a TV show. Not real.

[@savedbygracead6]

I believe Dan Lauria to be one of the most criminally underrated actors

[@geoffpoole483]

He was absolutely brilliant in this series. I think Dan Lauria has done a lot of stage acting.

[@danielfranklin7179]

One of the greatest shows on TV.

[@kerriethompson2073]

I forgot how beautiful this show was! Thank God I grew up in the 80's and 90's. Kids today are way too sheltered.

[@jrcasselman]

Dan Lauria served in Vietnam at the same age when Jack Arnold would have served in Korea. He certainly brought his experiences as a veteran into his character.

[@laminage]

The Scene that he did with Karen's Boyfriend Louis was very hard for him to do as well.

[@jamessollazzo4860]

he turned into a raging liberal!

[@jbtornado]

@@jamessollazzo4860yeah because he saw how war did zero good. How dare him

[@BigDan5309]

Jack came from a time where guys weren't taught to show emotion so when he did you knew it was a moment

[@bigwillietheb]

my dad is the same way

[@halea41]

The wonder years touched on Vietnam like no other

[@laminage]

Yes, and don't forget China Beach. Even though he was a "Jerk" you couldn't help but feel sorry for Wayne. He wasn't a very good student, wasn't popular didn't have any real friends with the exception of Wort, now the rejection from the Army felt like another failure. He did find his calling working with Jack at The Furniture Shop but I think he sometimes wished he could be successful in life the way Karen and Kevin were.

[@geoffpoole9107]

In "The Candidate", Kevin runs for school president against Becky Slater (although Paul nominated him behind his back), the campaigning gets dirty. Becky Slater arranges for a poster to be displayed showing a photo of Wayne with the caption "I am Kevin Arnold's brother". It hurts Kevin.

[@yoyo2ma520]

Especially when Winnie's brother died and when Wort returned he had PTSD. Great episode.

[@NeoNitty]

@@laminage China beach...good show But Wayne, after awhile I liked Wayne, just felt he was misunderstood and wanted to be loved and acknowledged like everyone else.

[@matthewalkman386]

shows like this are why we were so against 9/11 and the war on terror that is still not done to this day.

[@gman3109]

What makes it show even more remarkable is that Dan Lauria was not a father, Alley Mills was not a mother, Jason Hervey was not an older brother and Fred Savage was not a younger brother yet they all seemed to play their roles so well

[@justinbetland9792]

That's a hell of an observation

[@robstewartchannel5421]

Thank you for pointing these things out. I am not a father but most of my friends are parents and I live in a world surrounded by family units. At times this can be somewhat difficult but I like to be a role model to young people where I can. My Dad passed away too early but I managed to find other male role models to look up to. Dan Lauria's character was a role model to me at some level. I loved this show and watched it without fail when I was growing up. I think I might be buying the boxset.

[@ghariiscool]

I honestly didn't know these things. Wow ...

[@richjustin06]

What’s crazy is Dan Lauria actually served in real life as a captain in the marine corps. Just like in the show.. but he was in Vietnam. A lot of his military experience in the show is probably based on what he actually had gone through.

[@ErikBreivik]

Yet another scene from Wonder Years in which I cry EVERY TIME! Not many shows have had as many emotional moments, both happy and sad, as this one.

[@jamesdrynan]

What father could honestly admit to their son, " I haven't prepared you for anything. " Although the series idealized aspects of family relationships, it touched on many sensitive issues largely unspoken in real life.The Vietnam War was so delicately but truthfully handled throughout the six years. Brian's death in the pilot episode, for instance.

[@laminage]

It was like Don Corleone admitting to Michael without actually admitting it that he didn't have that toughness to be a Leader, and in Godfather II Michael admitted to Tom Hagen that Fredo was stupid and weak and in many ways he was right.

[@jamesh2003]

Jack was worrying so much about Karen that he forget Wayne was also becoming an adult.

[@RapFanatic4ever]

Yeah

[@glennbrymer4065]

1969, joined USArmy age, 17. 1971, retired from US Army on 60% disability age 19. I didn't know anything either. But, I thought I did. That's what they counted on.

[@dmc16336]

i remember the episode when Wart comes home with PTSD. Amazing.

[@jonmacdonald5345]

Yep than Wayne gives him a reach around on the baseball field welcoming him home 😂😂😂😂

[@Mrd9960]

​@@jonmacdonald5345Not funny dude, ptsd is a serious thing in real life, alot of people have that, it's sad.

[@dace938]

69 year old. Watched lots of TV in those years. But, this...... THIS !!! THE BEST.

[@TheBigChad]

Fuck... this show was like no other. Kids today can pick it up and relate to the coming of age tale. It’s sad tho that there aren’t any shows like this anymore

[@donaldgeorge6656]

Brings back a lot of memories with my Dad and brother. 68 was a rough year for my brother and I

[@NeoNitty]

Jack Arnold was a great father imo, just from a different era and it wasn’t the easiest for him to adjust to the changing of the times. But overall I loved him as a father.

[@jrupp8853]

"If you keep thinking the way you do, Mr. Arnold! These two will be next."

[@williamalva2826]

The dad should of listened to that kid

[@jrupp8853]

@@williamalva2826 A few years later and even a hardened supporter like Jack had lost faith in the Vietnam war....

[@williamalva2826]

@@jrupp8853 that's what happened to the older generation... they realized they were being lied to

[@hoopsheavenpa]

Dan Lauria was amazing in this series! They don't make shows like they used to. A true gem!

[@carlosalbertoherenciaalcar2159]

Jack Arnold was the best example of human dad that I never seem for the rest of my life .

[@bekindandmerciful5145]

I remember this bringing me to tears. I was the same age as Arnold and my older brother was his age and just like Wayne. We had a topsy turvy childhood but suddenly he became best friend..then he became ill one day ..

[@laminage]

"I haven't prepared you for anything" That was a very hard line to say. I sometimes wonder if Jack brought his own issues with his own Father to the table.

[@wayniac917]

But he did. On the last episode where Kevin is telling about what happened to everyone it says Wayne takes over the furniture business his dad bought after he died.

[@zemzem8323]

laminage - I agree. He was in Vietnam in real life. He’s 71 years of age currently. He has aged quite well.

[@laminage]

Remember in Godfather I & II where Fredo is mentioned. Don Corleone can't acknowledge that his Middle Son doesn't have that "thing" to be a successful Businessman to be able to hold his own with the Five Families. Michael on the other hand, admits to Tom that Fredo was "weak".

[@laminage]

Oh yes, but before he decided to join the Army, Wayne didn't seem to have any direction in life. I personally think that 16 now more than ever Parents need to have their children learn more adult responsibilities. IE learning to do laundry, managing money, housecleaning so when they go away to College they can be self sufficient.

[@yoyo2ma520]

@@wayniac917 It was a guilt trip Jack had for not preparing him for anything so he trained him to manage the business later on before he died.

[@nicklanese2210]

Around 1968 a teammate of mine lost his older brother in Vietnam. When we’re still in High School waiting for our Draft Number. RIP

[@napadave100]

This clip always gets to me.

[@georgiasmith64]

Jack Arnold secretly thanking god that Wayne was rejected

[@islanders1329fan]

This is so much like my dad here...it’s hard not to get choked up here

[@charlottebuchanan3193]

Same! And yes its very hard.

[@islanders1329fan]

Michelle Rawlins right?

[@mikekling7144]

So many young men came back from Vietnam including my Uncle effected.

[@kyewinkles4283]

My favorite show of all time

[@garymangan2761]

so deep such an amazing scene.

[@pdxraves]

Dad’s are the most important thing to a man. Period

[@gregoryfritsch3973]

this is best moment ever to me for Wayne and Jack! His dad was tough, but knew when to step back and open his heart.

[@unfortunatebeam]

It's great that his friend returned home. I remember originally watching this and thinking he was going to die. But it was obvious he brought home PTSD with him.

[@Emp6ft10in]

Ya, and everyone treating him like shit for being in the military. Hippies were and always have been such losers.

[@unfortunatebeam]

@@Emp6ft10in nah, your getting hippies confused with feminists.

[@Emp6ft10in]

@@unfortunatebeam - LOL, may be. I sort of lump all groups whose whole mindset is on resentment and complaining while never working individually towards accomplishing anything significant on their own, into a single group. In this case hippies were the first word that came to mind. Feminist by this point in American history would certainly fit too.

[@pecleveland]

The one time Wayne wasn't a butthead. Its sad what happened to his friend when he came back from Vietnam.

[@Daud76]

Actually very sad to what happened and continues to happen to our young ones who return from war.

[@slanetroyard92]

@@Daud76 They all return with that look in their eyes. The 👀 that say I've seen and done things..

[@Daud76]

@@slanetroyard92 A very haunting dead look in their sad lost eyes. Poor kids. 😔

[@slanetroyard92]

@@Daud76 i know many kids today don't understand war isn't just the body that has scars. It's the mind that really has to prepare for war. Lots of kids in rotc see it as a game until they see it for real.

[@Daud76]

@@slanetroyard92 Yes that is true. Kids see war more like fun and games. I blame the media and movies for making it look so.

[@87yugo74]

Very touching. It’s one of the best television shows around. Always a story and meaningful of what life used to be,

[@aaronhersey8466]

Jack Arnold reminds me of my dad when I was about Kevin's age. My dad died in 2016. I miss my dad.

[@laminage]

Did you ever see the TV Reality Series "Confessions Of A Former Teen Idol" where he and Scott Baio try to help past Teen Idols rejuvenate their Careers. The First Episode was "Heavy". They had the fellows stand behind a curtain where there are Cheers but when the Curtain opens, nobody is there. It was a lesson to show that the fans have moved on.

[@k19sparks]

Jack Arnold for Father of All Time!

[@jonmacdonald5345]

Kurt Seery James'Evans and his Style of Ass Whoopings takes The Trophy

[@laminage]

What about Mike Brady who talked to Greg after he plays a disastrous Game of Baseball who for awhile thinks he's going to be The next Sports Sensation.

[@arjunkannan6907]

Uncle Phil?

[@HelloooThere]

It was great how they opened him up over time and showed he had a heart and tried to get him to communicate with his family a bit more.

[@dfcardenas22]

Kurt Seery true Jack Arnold was a tough love kind of dad, as were Dan Connor and Red Foreman.

[@tomthemantv6482]

I know Wayne was not always nice to Kevin, but I must admit there were times when I felt for Wayne.

[@islanders1329fan]

Tom theMan I did too

[@leonelanjos9692]

Wonder years IS in the list of tops TV shows of all time.

[@mike4619]

That smile was from relief.

[@NeoNitty]

I also loved Wart cause Wayne was his guy and he was his..brothers from others mothers..how a brotherly bond should be.

[@laminage]

It also reminds me of The Episode on The UK Version of The Office where David Brent gets let go and is given a redundancy package. He "begs" for his job, but his Two Team Leaders Neil Godwin and Jennifer Taylor-Clarke had to gently let him down. David was racist, sexist, homophobic, and disrespectful to a Employee who was in a Wheelchair. You go from "despising' him to feeling so sorry for him.

[@gregoryfritsch3973]

this was Jack's finest moment to me of the whole series!!

[@vancelubben5300]

He had quite a few. Jack really cared about his kids

[@derekolivas6943]

"this family needs Pepsi! "

[@bastian_anibal]

Over 25 years i havent seen this scene BUT is one of the scenes i remember so clear ''except the scene where kevin gets a ticket'' this wasnt my favorite show, but in a way you just couldn't change channel back then. Stay Safe folks :)

[@RapFanatic4ever]

The ironic thing about this scene is Jack was defending Vietnam when Karen and Lewis were debating him about it but was against it when Wayne wantdd to enlist

[@laminage]

In The Movie Version of Peyton Place, alot of young men went to serve in WW II, sadly many of them died in battle. Norman Page had a breakdown, Ted served in The ROTC, and in the book Version Rodney Harrington's Father Leslie pulled strings so he wouldn't have to go.

[@HelloooThere]

very touching...

[@TheFoodieCutie]

Hot damn what a show

[@julioaranton461]

"A Sleeper Series" in my opinion if one cares to look even now in its "second life" thru this great new source because it dealt w/oft used themes of post WWII America & its attempt to go back in time to wonderful important basics such as Love of God, Country, Family with undying Faith in its success proven to be miraculous in its rise to being a Dominant World Power. This series "upgraded" the new playing field in which I experienced @ young age from another country lovingly welcomed to the "new real" of the times @ how this "Amazing Ongoing Expetiment called AMERICA" slowly/fast keeps on goin' guided by SOURCE towards its desyiny.🙏

[@JJB11]

If Wayne pass physical and didn't had psoriasis, he'd join the army with Wart (to Vietnam).

[@grimwest90304]

Jack reminds me of my Father...good times

[@laminage]

You know what wold have been heavy if Winnie Coper talked to him and gently warn him about Vietnam and how her Brother Brian's Death greatly affected her Family the point that they had to move into a New House because the Old one had too many memories. I would have loved for there to have been an episode where The Coopers find out that Brian Fathered a Child by a Vietnamese Woman and if they accepted the Child.

[@derrickgrisham8722]

it reminds me of me and my dads when i was young i was a screw ball mean to my little brother my dad yelled at me more than my my sibling i think he know he had to be on me because all of the stuff i had to over come when i wanted to joined the military i couldnt due to a heart condition i wanted to joined the marines i think my dad was relief

[@majorwilkesjr.5827]

Crazy that I've felt like Wayne, then like his dad my entire life .

[@KentPetersonmoney]

Is Wart the same friend Wayne had in season 1?

[@laminage]

Yes, but they were Friends because nobody really liked either of them. He was Wayne's "Puppet" so to speak.

[@paulcoates208]

Does anybody know the number of this episode?

[@johnnymac265]

One of the best tv series ever!

[@eugenew4665]

Fn great show

[@loriawinfree478]

I love this show

[@Bdi22322]

“…and then, David Wartshafter was shipped to Vietnam. A big goofy kid who didn’t know what his future would be.” So sad, but so much respect for those young men/boys that were ordered to serve in the Vietnam War. In my opinion, they are just as heroic as any other troop that was sent to war by our nation. May God bless everyone of those kids, they tragically never had the opportunity to live a full, fulfilling life like the rest us of here.

[@GaryM67-71]

Why do you respect them, going murdering to make money? It's certain that God hated what they did.

[@Bdi22322]

@@GaryM67-71 are we talking about the soldiers or the government that sent them there?

[@laminage]

In The Movie The Paper Chase (1973) Anderson talked about how they may not be at Harvard before the School year ended. Some of us may be drafted or even have "Nervous Breakdowns". The Man was so right on because although none of them got Drafted it was 1973, one of them Kevin Brooks had a breakdown. He couldn't handle the pressure of Law School.

[@warrenhoffman2006]

It's a tall order to be married and also deal with Kingsfield.

[@laminage]

@@warrenhoffman2006 Oh you read the book too huh? I read it in 1978 when I was 12. I think why the Book was such a Cult Classic was because it showed a Side to Harvard that wasn't glamourous. Hart was Middle Class that came from The Midwest, he didn't have "Bank" like Ford did but he was able to hold his own. It was 180% from Love Story & Oliver's Story by Erich Segal and in the 1980's Erich did a Book called The Class where Andrew Eliot narrated his story unlike the others, he showed he had so many resources and squandered them. He like The Kennedys were synonymous as Scholars but he got in more on his name than his Grades.

[@warrenhoffman2006]

@@laminage Actually i never read the book. Began watching the CBS reruns when they were broadcast on my local PBS station and continued when they were made by Showtime. It actually inspired me to continue my education - was in my 20's then. Attended American Institute of Finance in NYC and was the James Hart of my Banking Law class. I am going to check my library for Mr. Segals book, sounds like an excellent read.

[@laminage]

@@warrenhoffman2006 You will love it my friend. What made the Book so amazing is that it showed a "Side" to Harvard that nobody really talked about or acknowledged. In the past in Books like Love Story & Oliver's Story it romanticizes Harvard but in The Paper Chase, it shows that you may have so many resources they aren't always used to it's full potential. Kevin Brook's Father In Law pays for his education but he's the worst student in the class. Hart doesn't come from Bank the way Ford does but he's the Best Student in the class. Anderson is given the nickname The Robot, but he represents a silent power. Critics even loved the Book more than Love Story. Erich Segal "copied" The Formula with The Class which would win a Pulitzer Prize.

[@laminage]

@@warrenhoffman2006 The Paper Chase was written by John Jay Osbourne Jr. He wrote it while at Harvard

[@mortylevitt622]

I loved this show and Doogie Houser right after

[@MPDLR]

Jack Arnold was such a high caliber man. This was just one example.

[@NeoNitty]

MANY a sad endings, but this one was definitely up there because it was so real...they ALL were real but this was different...

[@rezdout]

1:30 hits hard because he couldn't even ruin his life correctly.... Wayne was black sheeped and accompanied children sent to war with that abandonment

[@laminage]

You know what show also had Poignant Farewells. Bad Girls The UK Prison Drama 1999-2006. The two that were the most poignant were Nikki Wade & Crystal Gordon-Mitchell. They left and so many of their Friends would "die". Yvonne Atkins, Sharon "Shazz" Wiley while The Two Julies were more "Safer" In Prison than the outside world.

[@kemolowlow]

Psoriasis....how the hell do asthmatics and epileptics sneak in?

[@RapFanatic4ever]

Jack Arnold is one of the best tv fathers . They don’t make them like this anymore

[@valkor73]

poor wart

[@vicO1323]

He would've gotten jungle rot anyway. Most of us did.

[@genebelchersfan]

Worts dads 👃nose is 3 feet long, pause at 3:05, Jesus Christ! Never nosted it till now. 😂 Lol!!!

[@desnutz901]

Except in a wooden box and express mail when his parents got part of his limbs mailed to them and the rest put on ice for the funeral.

[@HelloooThere]

Ok, who else was in tears?

[@leandromastrototaro2288]

Quién lo subtituló?

[@dylanyoung1976]

Wart voices Robin on teen Titans go!

[@mauro_r.p.7135]

Taringa eres tu?

[@24Ops]

I never understood why Wayne was meant to be like the bully towards Kevin it never made sense.

[@Howyaduing]

Because his brother is way more successful than him in terms of friends and academics. He has more friends than Wayne and when he’s trying to meet a girl he’s got more success in that department than his brother ever did. Lastly Kevin took the SAT’s and got a high score while Wayne ran off to join the army because he was afraid of failing (which he did anyway right here). His jealousy and insecurity brought out the worst in him towards his younger brother very rarely he actually stood by him and helped him out like an older brother should’ve.

[@havenowords5252]

Que pedo con los subtítulos en español??? xD

[@lorenawright9850]

Just so everyone knows: the translation is SOOOOO off! Nomas para que sepan-la truduccion esta COMPLETAMENTE incorrecta.

[@ulisesgarcia4335]

😂 Terrible!

[@laminage]

Dan Lauria played a thug on One Life To Live and was also on a Carol Marlens/Neal Black Show Growing Pains. It's hard to believe that Kevin Arnold, Winnie Cooper, and Paul Pfeiffer graduated 50 Years ago. Paul is a Law Partner, Winnie runs an Art Gallery in New York, Kevin became a Magazine Writer, Wort got counselling and closure and he and Winnie see one another at the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C. Winnie sees her Brother Brian's name, and Wort sees the name of a Friend whom he couldn't save. They have coffee and Wort apologizes to Winnie for being such a jerk. He and Wayne were like Woim and Butch from The Little Rascals. Grade A Bullies, who don't care who they hurt to get what they want. He admitted that during his training, he got harassed alot but he took it because he knew he was getting a dose of his own medicine. He got to talk to alot of other Veterans who tell him, you're lucky you came home alive, you weren't blinded, crippled, and you're not an addict. He even admitted when he saw the two rooms documentary featuring Elton John & Bernie Taupin, and heard the real story behind Daniel, he broke down and cried.

[@Howyaduing]

This is why he was extra hard on Kevin later on because he didn’t want him to end up like his brother

[@PeteMcCorvey]

I saw Wayne as a jerk when I saw this as a kid, but then when I rewatched it as an adult, he was just a kid who was trying to find his way in the world and had life kick him in the teeth over and over again.

[@rickyray2794]

Does he mean scoliosis?

[@DYo-o1e]

The guy who plays wart voices robin on teen titans and titans go!

[@jaszynek7640]

American history is really interesting, it`s always going from being unstoppable to being miserable, and vice versa. America won WW2, created nuclear bomb, became first ever country where almost every citizen was considered middle class and it all was really great until spectacular failure in Vietnam, 70s inflation, rise of crime, drug abuse etc. but in the 90s America became great again - Desert Storm shown total superiority of US military tech, Soviet Union collapsed, almost all of Europe became allies of US, US became frontrunner of IT revolution, Fukuyama announced end of history and Pax Americana was almost obvious. 2008 - Lehmann Brothers fell, crisis and first generation that will be worse off than their parents, opioid abuse is major cause of death, US losing it`s tech leadership to China, NASA cannot send human to space. I wonder when America will show it`s strength again - i bet it will happen sooner or later.

[@jbtornado]

Not lately. It sure needs to again

[@184876ela]

WINNIES BROTHER WAS KILLED IN VIETNAM

[@ronkeenan9288]

My brother was a paranoid schizophrenia he got in

[@Invaderzim2004]

That translation is completely wrong xD

[@fjosh457]

The captions in Spanish are misleading and wrong.

[@TheLTD_]

Who’s cutting onions

[@chetdog]

I felt like this when I failed the Defence force recruitment round.

[@daudbenyosef9177]

The worst subtitles ever!

[@gapcondoowners5636]

Who sings the song and what year/title is it ?

[@charliepeebles]

Forever Young by Joan Baez. This was the only song to feature twice in the Wonder Years.

[@akshayarg]

charliepeebles when was the second time?

[@charliepeebles]

This was the second time. The first time was at the end of the opening episode of the fourth series, when Kevin's older sister Karen leaves for college.

[@LGKids]

The crazy thing is would go on later to be the theme song for another great family show called Parenthood!

[@laminage]

It was also serenaded by Patti Labelle when Oprah Celebrated her Birthday and Rod Stewart recorded this for his Son Sean.

[@eugenew6717]

The new reboot wont compare

[@bunnybubs757]

There is a reboot , confirmed ?

[@eugenew6717]

@@bunnybubs757 you havent seen the commercial yet?,,look it up on KZbin

[@bunnybubs757]

@@eugenew6717 will do!! Thank you

[@LoudenSwain]

This aged well

[@manuelestrada797]

Who added those stupid Spanish subtitles??!! They have absolutely nothing to do with what the characters are saying!

[@alvi5331]

Worst. Translation. Ever.

[@josejerez6460]

Qué pésima traducción

[@lgrooms]

A touching episode but I call BS. At this time they were taking every "warm body" that showed up for a physical. I rather doubt psoriasis would have kept anyone away from Vietnam!