Wednesday, September 26, 2007

The Wonder Years - Award-Winning Drama Comedy TV Series

The story that depicts the real life; happiness, changes, traumas, problems and enjoyment that everybody experienced. The series goes as Kevin reminisce and narrates his teenager junior high school life who encounters puberty, deal with ups and downs, take adventure and hanging out with his girlfriend Winnie and geeky but cool best friend Paul. Old Kevin narrates how their friendship goes up and down, face many problems such as health issues, break ups, confusion and misunderstanding but they always keep trust for all things they share and honesty to the one they love.


In the final episode, Kevin and Winnie got deep argue about as their relationship got worst due to third parties. The elders who help on that day drop them off the heavy rain for them realize what's happening and discuss how things change and remember the things they've used to share. In the final epilogue, Paul went to Harvard for college while Winnie ends up studying Art History in Paris & writing up with Kevin for the next eight years. Old Kevin narrates when he greet Winnie as she comes back to US, accompanied by his wife and his infant son and tells:


" Growing up happens in a heartbeat. One day you're in diapers, the next day you're gone. But the memories of childhood stay with you for the long haul. I remember a place, a town, a house like a lot of other houses, a yard like a lot of other yards, on a street like a lot of other streets. And the thing is, after all these years, I still look back, with wonder."


The Dramedy story of The Wonder Years was created by Carol Black and Neal Marlens and won multiple awards from Emmy, Golden Globe, Humanitaz Prize and many more. Run six seasons with total 115 episodes aired from 1988 to 1993, a perfect example real life adventure.


Characters:

  • Kevin Arnold - An average American teenager student, growing up in the late 1960s/early 1970s.
  • Gwendolyne "Winnie" Cooper - Kevin's main love interest.
  • Paul Pfeiffer - Kevin's lifelong best friend, intelligent and an excellent student.
  • Jack Arnold - Kevin's father.
  • Norma Arnold - Kevin's mother.
  • Karen Arnold - Kevin's older sister.
  • Wayne Arnold - Kevin's older brother

Multi-Award Award Winning Dramedy TV Series The Wonder Years


The Gallant Men - 1960's Action TV Series

The Gallant Men TV Series

The ABC's 1963-1964 action war television series The Gallant, depicting the life and battle engagement of a front-line American infantry company in the World War II, showing tactics and heroism in a kind of gritty realism.

The group led by young determined Captain Jim Benedict, the infantry company was set in Salermo, Italy during Italian Campaign in World War II year 1943 where the American squad soldiers engaged in suicide missions, desperately seeking to end war and return home. The Gallant men includes the well-sworn stereotype, handsome ladies' man and guitar playing Private First Class Pete D'Angelo, inseperable buddies hard as nails Pvt. Ernie Lucavich and Pvt. Sam Hanson, free-swinging hard-as-nails 1st Sergeant John McKenna and the callow young driver Pvt. Roger Gibson under the command of Capt. Benedict and Lt. Frank Kimbro, they easily and frequently dispatched large numbers of German Troops while incredibly experiencing minimal or no injuries themselves. All their battle actions were seen through the eyes of a foreign war correspondent Conley Wright who assigned in the 36th infantry of American Fifth Army.

The Gallant Men action TV series pilot was aired on October 5, 1962 while the last 26th episode on June 1, 1963 in only one season, now available on DVD.



The Gallant Men Casts:
  • William Reynolds ........... as Capt. Jim Benedict
  • Robert McQueeney ........... as Conley Wright
  • Robert Ridgely ........... as Lt. Frank Kimbro
  • Richard X. Slattery ........... as 1st Sgt. John McKenna
  • Eddie Fontaine ........... as PFC Pete D'Angelo
  • Roland La Starza ........... as Pvt. Ernie Lucavich
  • Roger David ........... as Pvt. Roger Gibson
  • Robert Gothie ........... as Pvt. Sam Hanson