![]() ![]() Hats off to the actors for suffering through those long pauses. It really demonstrates how narration, music, editing, all of it, sets the tone for a show. The Silent Wonder Years takes the narrator out or replaces the narrator with 80’s horror synth, or horror music. Thanks to the age of YouTube and at home editing we don’t have to pontificate (wonder) what the Wonder Years would have been like without Daniel Stern Narration. Cast & Crew Don Cheadle Narrator Elisha Williams Dean Williams Dul Hill Bill Williams Saycon Sengbloh Lillian Williams Laura Kariuki Kim Williams. Of course, the footage isn’t in HD or 4K, of course, it looks grainy and old. It set The Wonder Years apart from other shows that use the same narrative device, and in my oh so humble opinion it’s why the show is so timeless. ![]() The narration might exaggerate his childhood prowess at sport, his kid-like wit, and the insanity of his family but the camera doesn’t. Unlike many other shows, The Wonder Years doesn’t feel as though it’s being built around what the narrator is saying, rather it feels as though the narrator is accompanying (an admittedly weird) amount of home videos, found footage, and photo slideshows. The series traced Kevins development in suburban America from 1968, when he was 11 years old, until the summer of 1973, his junior year in high school. The show’s co-creator, Carol Black explained, “We liked the concept that you could play with what people think and what they’re saying, or how they would like to see themselves as opposed to how the audience is seeing them.” Adult Kevin, whose voice was furnished by unseen narrator Daniel Stern, commented on the events of his youth with grownup wryness twenty years after the fact. Danica McKellar, Olivia dAbo and Alley Mills talk about The Wonder Years, growing up on set, DVD special features, and what we can. “I read the script,” explained Alley Mills, (Kevin’s mother,) “and I remember thinking, ‘I have never read anything like this.’ I didn’t understand how the narration was going to work. Don Cheadle Joins The Wonder Years Reboot as Narrator. He’s Kevin’s cheerleader as well as his biggest critic. It didn’t use a laugh track, was filmed with a single camera setup, and used voice over.ĭaniel Stern’s narration provides an insight and humor into the show, revealing the inner conflicts teenage Kevin is experiencing with the vocabulary and wry hindsight of an adult. ![]() The story revolves around Kevin Arnold played by Fred Savage (director of the reboot) and his middle of the road, average as apple pie family, three kids, mom, and dad. A coming-of-age story set in the late 60s early 70’s, which ran on ABC from 1988 to 1993. The Wonder Years wasn’t just different for the time, it was revolutionary. Daniel Stern as Adult KevinNarrator Dan Lauria as Jack Arnold Alley Mills as Norma Arnold Olivia dAbo as Karen Arnold. ![]()
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