THE BLUNDER YEARS

THE WONDER YEARS
1988-1993 ABC

THE BLUNDER YEARS
MAD #291, December 1989
w: Stan Hart
a: Sam Viviano
Inspired by Stand by Me and Jean Shepherd specials about growing up in the past, this was a similar series about a guy looking back at his sixties childhood. It starred Kevin Arnold (Fred Savage). He wasn't seen in the narration, his voice as an adult was Daniel Stern. His brother was Wayne (Jason Hervey), sister Karen (Olivia d'Abo), and parents Jack (Dan Lauria) and Norma (Alley Mills). His best friend was Paul (Josh Saviano) and girlfriend Winnie (Danica McKeller).

The TV in the background has photos from sixties events but also pictures from MAD parodies by Mort Drucker and Angelo Torres.

THE BLUNDER YEARS
Cracked #239, October 1988
w: Joe Catalano
a: Walter Brogan

In the late eighties there was a whole spate of movies where children and adults switched bodies. One was Vice-Versa with Fred Savage and Judge Reinhold.