The Wonder Years Behind The Scenes

A Special "Behind-the-Scenes" visit by Regis Philbin, on the set of "Wonder Years." As part of a series on "Live with Kathy & Regis," John Burroughs High School in Burbank was visited by Regis, who interviewed nearly the entire Savage family: Star Fred, brother Ben (who was appearing in the forthcoming "Valentine's Day" episode), and proud mama Joanne. Also, Winnie Cooper herself is found doing, what else, Geometry. Regis hangs with Josh Saviano, before heading to the wardrobe department to be outfitted as Kevin's "Older-Older" brother. The airing of this segment was in the Summer-early Fall of 1989. I apologize for the quality, but, this feature has not been seen anywhere else. Time-Life finally put out a terrific DVD set of the entire series, replete with the original music. Consider this a nice little "Bonus Feature."
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[@sindy626]

Fred said, maybe i'll be a director, wow he did it!!

[@YustinJ420]

And Danica studied geometry so hard she became mathematician

[@netmed3355]

And Josh studied law

[@sliat1981]

Then he got fired

[@MojaveDan]

Wow! We witness Danica McKellar's first interest in math not realizing she will become a published physicist when she grows up.

[@tripdiz1341]

Yup she received a degree in mathematics from UCLA. Co-authored a paper & has written a few math books- maybe 6, for girls.

[@nytrayfl2]

Regis’ questions for Danica were cringe-worthy.

[@stevenrunyon170]

it was not but hey its 2023 so lets just go back in time and second guess everything. Good lord.@@nytrayfl2

[@stevelora1539]

Fred Savage was probably the last great child actor

[@dearmaria4654]

Can't imagine being so popular at that age, it was huge deal in the 80s. We're like cutting our bangs to look like Winnie cooper hahahha collecting posters. So nice to be in the 80s

[@DrMurdercock]

I remember watching TWY on TV as they came out. I was little. So kevin was older which meant Kevin was about the coolest dude on planet Earth. He was older, had a GF, he was cool man. Girls thought he was cute, dudes wanted to be him

[@robo.116]

3:45 Regis: What is Ben working on? Ben: Boy Meets World

[@deannaroberson8012]

Ben Savage was a cute little boy. His pre-Boy Meets World. Aww! Baby Cory!❤️ so adorable

[@jennifercrews3175]

I just watched this episode with his brother being Cupid too!

[@jenniferbogacki2699]

Fred Savage...loved the Kevin role.... Ben Savage...boy meets world

[@amirablue.b186]

This was truly one of the best shows ever it was really wholesome really for kids that's how it was it was like so innocent back then in our problems are so big for the world just being a kid I miss the good old days

[@jamesdrynan]

Interesting that Danica was studying geometry in the interview and later became a math whiz, writing many books encouraging interest in mathematics. For a generation that watched the series, she will always be Winnie, that ideal beauty of teenage romance.

[@patrickleaver7549]

I still watch reruns. Great show.

[@Eternaldarkness3166]

I hope they never try a reunion show like everything else. This show was special. It needs to be left alone and just remembered for what it was, amazing.

[@charlottebuchanan3193]

So true. Ive never seen a reboot that did the original justice.

[@TheManuwolverine]

There's a colombian reboot and it's a crap

[@goatcheese4me]

They are rebooting it, but from the perspective of a black family in the 60's. Fred Savage is an Executive Producer on the show and will direct the pilot. They are aiming for a release sometime later this year.

[@alexaprendergast5972]

@@goatcheese4me oh really?! That’s pretty cool. I am on season six, my parents had my watch it lol

[@kendallrivers1119]

@@goatcheese4me yeahhhh I'll pass lol. Looks decent but they should have called it something else.

[@mistofoles]

I see very little difference in Fred when he's in/out of character.

[@DarthGlutes]

Honestly he acts almost just the same

[@iisoh830]

Taj Bulish Yeahhhh!!!

[@brett6905]

When people do interviews they are in a way acting. I would not assume to know how any celebrity really is based on an interview. Just think about how you behave at a job interview..

[@brett6905]

You are seeing interview Fred... We all act differently on camera... I wouldn't base an opinion on anybody from an interview.

[@Bobdixon_Moonvarga_Dancer_III]

It must be method

[@friedaclaxton5950]

The fact that Regis is hosting this segment takes it to a whole other level.

[@MsDisneylandlover]

This is on hulu now i have been watching all of it.

[@iamturok2294]

Fred said he would love to direct and now he is a director .

[@biancar2138]

even i got uncomfortable when he was talking to Danica, GEEZ.. so cute to see them behind the scenes tho

[@ErikBreivik]

It was creepy, Regis putting that microphone in Danica’s face...and hosting “the dating game”. 🥴

[@clothestravel]

Lighten up people

[@danielueblacker9118]

@@clothestravel God thanks, I thought is was just me.....

[@winnienguyen4420]

Does everything have to be creepy these days? Come on now.

[@Snowboy2015]

pedophile..

[@howssmith785]

To by a fly on that wall around that time . Love it I didn’t grow up with a lot . And this show comes on and man still love it till this day 2022 what a mom with two boys in the show business.

[@eliza6178]

Aww Ben Savage. He was so cute

[@spacewarrior100]

Wasnt Regis being a little too pushy with his questions? It got to the point where it was creepy.

[@deannaroberson8012]

Agreed 💯 Ben Savage was an adorable little boy. I like the way his voice sounded. He looked like a little angel.

[@fireheartgames]

Haha I forgot Ben Savage was part of this show. It was a small role, but it got his career started in acting.

[@deannaroberson8012]

Ben was is so blessed to have an older brother to look up to. When he did Boy Meets World, he had his tv mom (Betsy Randle) and his real life mom. What a blessing!😊

[@imprimatur1987]

The Wonder years, in Brasil, anos incríveis fez muito sucesso e marcou uma geração

[@FabianoVasconcelos]

Muito massa!

[@DrMurdercock]

That teacher is thinking, "You serious Regis? I barely get any time with these kids as it is, their education could fail, and here you are, bothering us"

[@tonyrhodes5860]

This is awesome! Wonder Years is back on tv. Great to have this Regis giving us a tour. One of the greatest and most underrated show in television history.

[@kendallrivers1119]

Underrated? Seriously? Lol since when is becoming an iconic show that won a bunch of Emmys and has a few episodes in Tv Guide's greatest episodes of all time list underrated?

[@jprakash7245]

Very precious clip!!

[@felixleiter5092]

Oh Winnie Cooper... advanced geometry at that age... young Danica is much smarter than I could ever be.

[@rfj1156]

They need to make a new series set in the early 90s where they have a reunion and Kevin and Winnie end up going together

[@rayfinkle9369]

You can tell by looking at how old Paul is that this was right around the time Josh and Danica made Camp Cucamonga.

[@edwardsalce6198]

regis philbin acts like the old man who would drive a white van around my junior high school in the '90s to solicit unsupervised kids..

[@michaeleisenberg290]

Comes off like a creepy old perv..

[@rayfinkle9369]

We had one of those. We called him the Ice Cream Man.

[@YTOnceAgain]

@@rayfinkle9369 I got puddin’ pie banana, dixie cups All flavors and push-ups too I'm your ice cream man, stop me when I'm passin' by Coz all my flavors are guaranteed to satisfy

[@mistofoles]

I think Regis' questions towards Danica about her relationship with Fred were slightly intrusive, but TBH, I would have asked exactly the same sort of thing myself. Everybody always asks actors the same mundane questions.

[@maladjusted97]

I noticed that and also the way he slowly approached to her was kinda creepy.

[@peterchristian1815]

I felt his segment with Dannica was very cringe.

[@paulec2634]

He pushed it just a bit too far with her, he was more restrained with Fred.

[@sg-yq8pm]

@@maladjusted97 oh bllsht

[@luckdragongirl]

Fred must look more like his father. I definitely see that Ben took after his mother.

[@tonycorleone9676]

Regis creepy asking these kids if they wanna hook up😂😂😂😂😂

[@elvistheripper]

always hated that fuckin idiot. what a slimeball

[@braydengoodey1494]

@@elvistheripper He's doing his JOB, and just so there's no confusion, his job is to find information and ask questions. That DOES NOT make him a "slimeball"

[@elvistheripper]

@@braydengoodey1494 no it’s his long history of tabloid journalism, exploitation, muck raking and sexual harassment among many other things that makes him a slimeball.

[@braydengoodey1494]

Well you act like this is the reason, and apparently you make comments about other people saying the same thing

[@elvistheripper]

@@braydengoodey1494 no idea what you’re on about

[@NOMADcourier85]

Dawww Little Corey Matthews!

[@deannaroberson8012]

He was an adorable little boy. I see his interview over and over. He has a cute smile

[@chrisxavier3147]

Thanks for posting!

[@shivaumesh1129]

This is awesome!!

[@sliat1981]

Love his mother’s hair

[@beautifulhotstonespa964]

Akward for "Winnie" in that clip

[@chesleecallum6392]

Truth, and funny that she's studied mathemathics as an adult. Here it began... 😊

[@marknc9616]

I think it was awkward for Regis. I think the geometry made him feel uneasy.

[@willrogan955]

He was crossing lines .. invasive and she was [polite sharp and strong enough to withstand it without losing her focus. Danika had a real grasp of life at a young age.

[@brett6905]

Regis was all up in her face... He would have made me uncomfortable. Especially when him and Kevin were walking and he just put his hand on his back for an awkwardly long time.

[@rayfinkle9369]

He's a close talker.

[@MsDisneylandlover]

He looks just like his mom

[@rickariche]

Ben = Small Fred

[@Lafemme17]

Oh wow, totally see Ben savage in their mom!

[@sliat1981]

Frizzy hair

[@travisbickle5279]

PAUL/JOSH SAVIANO LOOKS LIKE A ITALIAN MAFIA GUY FROM THE SOPRANOS !!!!!!!

[@MsChappy77]

So cute.

[@ningunojamas943]

oh my gosshhh! this is a treasure!! is like: at today I has been wonder: Ahm... and if I traveling to the past in 1988 and make a behind the scenes about awesome episodes of my favorite show of all times what I´m watching and reminded?

[@MrSteveblue824]

Interesting background to the show! The teachers on this show must’ve done a good job, because in real life, Josh became a lawyer and Danica wrote books on Math education.

[@alexepena]

Man, This is so awkward with Regis in the trailer asking McKenna if Fred Savage has asked her out. Pressed like 3 times on it and she looked a bit nervous and awkward by it

[@Senendarioreyes]

Cool saludos desde Colombia

[@kmckenney1311]

Danica wanting to punch regis in the face when he asked her about asking Fred out...

[@florants6214]

6:38 Josh is from NJ!! Yeah! NJ represent!!!

[@chesleecallum6392]

This nice, I've watched all the episodes at that time. This footage is something way out of my league, living in Holland and not knowing what's behind it. The internet is great to watch these kind of things, about back in those days...

[@Sir_Gugharde_Wuglis]

Fred is just a great actor

[@jbratt]

Little Jay Leno was really good in thIs show. It was good training for him when he went on to do the tonight show.

[@FirestoneX]

I didn't know about this show until it came on Nike at night in the mid 90s. And as a kid. I didn't really get that the show wasn't really in the 70s... so in my mind they look amazing for their age.

[@deannaroberson1451]

Ben Savage was a cute little boy. He also had a cute voice. He seemed like a sweet kid.

[@mistofoles]

"When you see that little girl's face..." BUZZ ! INAPPROPRIATE QUESTION APPROACHING !

[@natashakcarson]

Little Fred is so cute

[@franchescamarcelle1819]

I lived this show!

[@TheJessicastro]

This is the weirdest/most awkward interview I have ever seen holy shit

[@Eternaldarkness3166]

Same, this pretty much describes my family dynamic to a T.

[@vbrook04]

Its nice to see a young Marylin Manson

[@sliat1981]

Josh savino embraced that

[@susanfit47]

+GrowinupinSincity81, can you upload Behind the Scenes of Parker Lewis Can't Lose from 1991?

[@peppigue]

This quality reminds me of some camrip of Jurassic Park I bought in Thailand in 1993

[@sylvesterstewart868]

That's the first time I ever saw fred's mom smile, she's the only person I was really afraid of.

[@jaboy8603]

Are you a childhood friend of Fred’s?

[@arricammarques1955]

Winnie = heart breaker....

[@dendenkeikun155]

There is obstacles but nothing too difficult

[@OldFuddyDuddy69]

5:51 Marilyn Manson!

[@mistofoles]

Ok, so maybe the guy's questions towards Danica were a little inappropriate - but let's be honest, at least he had the guts to ask her the questions we'd all secretly like to know the answers to.

[@cinderclawz]

Love regis' Cosby sweater

[@susanavillagra4941]

Me vi toda la serie que nostalgia

[@atribecalledjudah5436]

I wanna do a Wonder Years with uncle Joey Diaz life uncut and have my stepson play him.

[@cravis123]

really creepy when he interviews mckellar danica ...

[@madisenlo8847]

cravis123 I agree

[@Mrd9960]

Why do people keep putting the guy down, he's dead, have some respect, damn! He didn't seem creepy, he was just asking questions he was probably told to ask, it's called being a journalist or investigative reporter, maybe they don't like to ask those type of questions but their job wants them to.

[@imbluz]

I think Regis did a pretty good job and always had to lay the charm on thick, maybe too thick. He should have had more constraint when asking kids personal questions about love, though.

[@MsDisneylandlover]

Rip to Regis

[@caffeineismydrug]

Gosh, Regis was so creepy in that -- asking the kids inappropriate questions

[@deannaroberson1451]

I think Ben Savage looks like his mom.

[@pjp9840]

5:08 Becky Slater is Danica’s real life sister

[@harveyweinstein7709]

4:50 winnie

[@FernandoNunez-cd5dy]

Danica Mckellar abordada por un reportero inoportuno que hasta que ella hizo obvio su incomodidad no cesò de toquetearla; eso es un buen ejemplo de porque esta movida "Me too" se hizo popular entre actrices de su edad, ahora jovenes adultas, que sufrieron el estigma de ser cosificadas por algunos inadaptados que hicieron mal uso de su poder, o simplemente de la notoriedad que dan los microfonos.

[@tonygarcia4593]

Lamentable lo del reportero preguntándole cosas que pertenecen a su vida privada. Increíble Danica Mckelllar, sin maquillaje ya estaba muy hermosa.

[@Lafemme17]

Did Regis say to Josh, “even dogs could fall in love,” in regards to his character having a girlfriend??? Yikes, Regis.

[@stich21]

Pretty sure he says “even dorks can fall in love” that makes more sense.

[@TheRealJuseBeats]

The worst part of the 80s and 90s tv was we couldn't see anything. So blurry. Even back then i couldn't wait till HD lol

[@MeadeSkeltonMusic]

Not if you had cable.

[@rayfinkle9369]

Especially the playboy channel. It had those squiggly lines. Sometimes you could see... "stuff." I'll show myself out. lol

[@johnkkeith2319]

a reboot will only ryin the purpose of the whole show which is meant to be nostalgic as the narator is narating about his past and childhood days. which is suppose to be left in the past and going back to it will just destroy the whole theme

[@mistofoles]

I studied basic geometry at school ( If 1 add Y = 3 what is the value of Y ? ) Ummmm.....

[@InspectorCallahan.44]

Regis was the best they could do huh...smh

[@pjp9840]

3:41 boy meets world

[@YTOnceAgain]

4:50 Keep your hands to yourself, old debaucher.

[@carlosfernandez6754]

he was on a movie called " the wizard" hhhmmm

[@coreygoldsmith3550]

Thought Regis was goin ask if he wants to be a millionaire when he grows up

[@efrainlindo9521]

N0 entiendo nada los qie dice winie

[@rayfinkle9369]

Dice que estudia geometry, y que no tenia relaciones con Kevin afuera del show. Solo eran amigos.

[@shellbacksclub]

"the wardrobe mistress"? uggh!

[@perilobo]

kEvin previu o futuro....maybe director.

[@Tony-5000]

I've never liked the man doing the interviewing, and his putting Danica in that position makes me like him even less. "Winnie and Kevin" we're so cute and kept my interest for years. Very good acting and very good show.

[@mistofoles]

Wow, his putting Danica in that position sounds wrong on so many levels ! :D

[@Tony-5000]

@@mistofoles I do stand corrected. HaHa

[@thefonzkiss]

Image ratio fail

[@justicefor-all3129]

Not a good interview. Making them uncomfortable with the questions.

[@mistofoles]

Why does this guy remind me of Fergie Olver ?

[@sdean4816]

Winnie sure was a cute kid. No wonder so many guys had a crush on her..

[@desertted4225]

Creep

[@polarisgemini52]

What kind of creepy dude says he thinks someone's mum is cute

[@MAP2023]

Regis, that's who.

[@whatotherfoodfish7565]

Regis.. Fckn relax. Jezus Christ

[@Slurpee_Burger]

Regis got a little creepy in that clip with Danica. Getting up close like that and asking personal questions like that would make me feel cornered.

[@mistofoles]

Fred looks like Jeffrey Dahmer in his glasses.

[@Steve-gm2jl]

creepy

[@tonyfrese6903]

What a creep Regis

[@gregson99]

Regis Weinstein

[@nena420ful]

Awkward 😂😂😂

[@applejuice6495]

In case you didint notice, this is a creepy man rigth here: 5:00

[@wagneraguirre6528]

El entrevistador es un depravado invadiendo el territorio personal de Winnie

[@larrymee1484]

this dude is a straight up creeper lol edit: WOW EVEN MORE CREEPY TALKING TO WINNIE.... Who tf is this guy? can we get a 2019 record of this creep? lol

[@friedaclaxton5950]

Papi Grande Regis Philbin is an American treasure.

[@christopherderoy3153]

Reege Creepy as F#*^ With Danika