Wonder Years and Winnie Cooper.

I just don't get the love for Topanga even with the pics here, she's just weird looking.

No, pure luck.

Wonder Years and Topanga.

Wonder Years by a mile. I think I'd take Topanga over Winnie.

I don't think it's even a fair comparison. I liked Boy Meets World a lot, but the Wonder Years is in a different universe, quality wise, imo. I'd also take Topanga over Winnie, though, especially towards the end of the run when she got a little chunky.

Wonder Years by a mile. I grew up with this show. It was one of those shows, along with The Cosby Show, that my family sat around the TV every week and watched. So I have fond memories of it. I also liked that it tried to maintain a sense of reality.

^Its too bad Family Matters went inane after a few seasons. Family Matters is the weirdest family sitcom there is, bar none.

Maybe even... "bychance"

I never really watched either, but I think I preferred Boy Meets World since it was geared towards my age at the time.

Topanga was hotter.

I still watch it on Nick at Nite when I get a chance. The show got out of hand when Urkel was made into at least 24 different characters, certain family members vanished without explanation, they replaced the actress playing Harriette, and Steve was making time travel devices.

Wow... I don't even remember posting this thread. When it popped up a couple days ago, I just saw the title, thought, "What a stupid question... The Wonder Years," and ignored it. Only today, did I happen to see out of the corner of my eyes that I had posted it... 7 years ago.

Ummmm... Wonder Years?

Wonder Years - wonderfully well-written, poignant, brutally honest, classic television
Boy Meets World - run of the mill, laugh track choreography, TGIF-fodder rubbish

No contest. Plus Topanga was a little thick for me.

^^

A couple of recent news bytes from the Wonder Years universe:

-Steven Gilborn, who played Mr. Collins, died on Jan. 2:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/12/ar...lborn.html?8br

-Danica McKellar is getting married this month:
http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/famec...g-married.aspx

Haha...it jumped every breed of shark known to man. But I kinda liked it during the first few years.

Winnie Cooper Is Married
If you were a boy growing up in the late '80s or early '90s, odds are you had a crush on Danica McKellar. She played Winnie Cooper, the object of Fred Savage's obsession on "The Wonder Years." The nostalgia-fueled sitcom has been off the air since '93, but Ms. McKeller still has legions of fans. Today, most of them are heartbroken. Their fair Winnie is officially off the market.

Yep, this past weekend, Danica got married. The nuptials caused a huge surge in Search. Men pushed queries on "danica mckellar married" and "winnie cooper married" through the roof. McKellar, who is now an author and mathematician, also saw queries rise on her famed photo spread for Stuff Magazine. Searches on the groom, composer Mike Verta, also hit a high note. Not surprisingly, the majority of Danica's lookups came from male Gen-Xers.

But it wasn't just the bride who saw a boon in Search. The maid of honor got some love as well. Danica's sister, Crystal McKellar, was in the wedding party. Crystal is best known for playing Kevin's ex-girlfriend turned archrival, Becky Slater. She memorably punched Kevin in the stomach after he broke up with her. Fans of the show haven't forgotten about the oft-spurned Becky. After news of the wedding hit, queries surged on "crystal mckellar photos."

According to E! Online, Mr. Savage (now a director of dubious talents) didn't attend the wedding, but his TV parents, Dan Lauria and Alley Mills, were there. No word on Josh Saviano, who played Kevin's best friend, Paul Pfeiffer. Regardless, queries surged on the Pfeif. Also spiking: the popular urban legend that states that Mr. Saviano and shock-rocker Marilyn Manson are actually one and the same. They're not, but the truth is a lot scarier: Saviano is now a lawyer.

http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/92397

a sad day indeed

Oh you're right. She is a goddess.

Danica destroys all others.

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Wowzers. She's a looker.

Wonder Years. Although they are quite different.

To me, Topanga just looks like one of those girls we all went to school with who was only considered popular/hot because she filled out a bra before all the other girls.

Winnie, on the other hand was televisions "Girl Next Door." Only much, much better, like everything else on TV.

However, I'm not one to bash anyone's taste. Some of you might enjoy the fact that there's a Teen "model" that looks frighteningly close to Topanga. If you're feeling bold you could do a search...

"Voulez-vous que certains de beurre?"

Oh you clever scoundrel

You say that like its a bad thing?

But... Topanga got chunky.



I didn't even recall Harriette being replaced in the last season until I caught an episode on Nick at Nite recently. I was like wtf, since when? But the show by than was quite irrelevant, so it didn't matter. The original Harriette left her mark. I thought the replacement in Fresh Prince of Bel Air with Vivian was a horrid mistake. She had personality and chemistry with Uncle Phil. I mean, they could of at least found someone that looked like her.

[QUOTE=bychance;9399554]Oh you clever scoundrel



You say that like its a bad thing?

But... Topanga got chunky.




Still hot!

Just got done reviewing BMW: S1 and addressed the comparison to the Wonder Years.

The latter is one of the best American dramedies ever produced; the former was a show that took a bit to get going, had some amazing seasons in the middle, but probably went on one season too long. It was however, always fun and had a lot of heart, so it's flaws were forgivable from a watchability standpoint.

I actually watched all three seasons this past weekend and found they've held up over the years. I enjoyed revisiting the show after all these years; there were tons of sitcom cliches, but it's to be expected. I still got a lot of laughs out of the episodes and enjoyed spending time with the characters again.

I was probably a bigger fan of The Wonder Years (which I remember watching during its first and second syndications) than Boy Meets World (which I also watched during syndication). It's really hard to compare the two, if only because The Wonder Years is more of a drama and Boy Meets World is a straight sitcom. Either way, they're both great shows.

Funny story about The Wonder Years though. I was really young when it was first in syndication, and I probably caught it somewhere in the middle at that time. Because I was so young I actually thought it was re-runs of a show made in the 1970s. I was young and didn't know better during the initial syndication. But that just goes to show how well they captured the look and feel of one of the time-period, because when I compared it to other stuff I was watching re-runs of (I Love Lucy, Bewitched, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Happy Days, etc.) I could tell that The Wonder Years was newer than them, but it still seemed significantly older than stuff I was currently watching.

EDIT: And for what it's worth, I hated Winnie and really wasn't a huge fan of Topanga either. I liked a lot of other girls on the show that they were friends with and/or dated much better though.

Wonder Years and Tobangher