This photo of Jeff Garlin from an upcoming episode of The Goldbergs has Caption Me written all over it, so go ahead and do it.
Don’t forget to watch the sitcom tonight at 8p on ABC because there is something to Cheers about. As in Rhea Pearlman, George Wendt, John Ratzenberger and Kirstie Alley are going to guess star on the show.
We have seen The Goldbergs take on Goonies, Sixteen Candles, Spaceballs and Breakfast Club. Tonight at 8p, they are going to do their own version of National Lampoon’s Vacation with two of the movie’s stars Christie Brinkley and Anthony Michael Hall.
Barry and Erica are getting ready to go away to college and Bev (Wendi McLendon-Covey) wants to do one more family trip before they leave. Of course, she is the only one who wants to do it, until she tells Murray (Jeff Garlin), Adam (Sean Giambrone), Erica (Hayley Orrantia), Barry (Troy Gentile) and Gramps (George Segal) that they are going to go to Disneyland. Then they are all in.
They pack their bags, load the station wagon and then the six of them are off. Before they leave, Geoff (Sam Lerner) tells Erica that he has something he wants to tell her. However, he does not want to ruin her trip. Which of course, he does. That is the first problem that they run into on their long journey across America.
Adam, who is sick of being in the middle seat tells Barry that he is going to be starting all over again in college as a freshman and now the middle child is scared to go away to school. Now Barry’s trip is ruined.
After hours of being smushed in the car, they make a stop at a Western Town, where the Goldbergs do their thing. The poor town will never be the same.
Time for them to get back on the road. This time they stop at a motel and Barry does a Barry and destroys everyone’s night.
Will things get better once they are back on the road? Nope, they crash their car in the middle of nowhere. Will they make it to Disneyland? Will the happiest place on Earth be their saddest one? Not if Bev has anything to do with it.
This episode is another perfect homage from The Goldbergs. Every season we see Adam F. Goldberg live out his dreams as he shares his childhood with the rest of us. A childhood we are all happy to watch through the bad times and the good ones. Since this is a sitcom they are a lot more good days for this family and lots of great Wednesday nights for us.
Plus, who doesn’t love seeing that Christie Brinkley hasn’t aged a day in over 35 years? Anthony Michael Hall has, but he was teenager back then. None of us want to look like an awkward teenager when we are not.
Then at 10p, Cobie Smulders returns to TV in Stumptown. The dramedy is based on the graphic novel with the same name.
Dex Parios (Smulders) is a take no sh!t, ex-marine, taking care of her disabled brother and she is in major debt. She needs a job, but she really does not know what she wants to do.
One day while she is gambling (and losing money) at a local casino in Portland, Or, the owner tells Dex to go find her granddaughter who ran away. Dex has no problem finding her. However, while driving Nina back to her grandmother’s, they get into a fender bender. What Dex didn’t know is the person who hit her is trying to get Nina back. After a close fight, Dex loses and they take Nina with them.
Now, she is going to have to use all of her training to get Nina back. She will work with Detective Hoffman (Michael Ealy) and Lieutenant Cosgrove (Camryn Manheim) to ensure her safe return.
Since she does not work with anyone, she will get herself in trouble as she gets close to the kidnappers. Will she be able to rescue Nina back before it is too late?
Even though she thinks things are not going smoothly, she is considering becoming a private investigator. It is not like she can do worse.
Although, she is having flashbacks to her days overseas and that makes things worse for her with everything else she is going through.
Will she make Portland less safe or more safe? I am thinking the former which is why we will be tuning every week to our latest addiction.
The Goldbergs are back on ABC tonight at 8p and they are going on a Vacation. As in they are going to do their take of the 1983 movie. Not only that, they got Christie Brinkley and Anthony Michael to a guest star on the show as our favorite funny family go on a road trip from Philladelphia to Disneyland.
Adam F. Goldberg wanted to prove that he was really there as a kid, so he shared a photo of himself with the real Murray. The creator wrote, “Beverly goes full Clark Griswold and plans a road trip to the happiest place on earth. And guess what!? So did my real mom!
Then he added, “@wendimclendonco has been asking for a Vacation homage for years! It was worth the wait!”
However, Hayley Orrantia and her TV boyfriend (and eventual husband on Schooled) Sam Lerner did not have to wait to go to Disney before taping tonight’s episode. Both of them like their boss went when they just tall enough to get on some of the rides.
How cute are all the little ones being happy at that happiest place? As cute as the show that gets better with each season. I cannot wait to see what they do tonight and the rest of the season.
ABC found an interesting way to get us to watch their shows this season. Several of their series are staging reunions the week of October 7th.
For example, on October 9th, The Goldbergs is bringing Cheers’ Kirstie Alley, Rhea Perlman, John Ratzenberger and George Wendt to a bar again. Two days later, Diedrich Bader is reunited with his castmates, Drew Carey, Ryan Stiles and Kathy Kinney, from The Drew Carey Show. That Sunday, we get a Castle reunion on The Rookie when Nathan Fillion gets to see his old pals Seamus Deaver and Jon Huertas again. I wonder where Stana Katic is? Too soon?
We also will see reunions from Girlfriends, Charmed, Blues Brothers 2000, Wet Hot American Summer and Crazy Rich Asians.
To the executive who came up with this brilliant idea, I have two words for you. They are thank and you. I can’t wait to see all the reunions. Then again, I already watch most shows.
To read all about which reunions are happening on what show and what they are doing, then click here!
Earlier this month,The Goldbergs announced that their season premiere would pay tribute to National Lampoon’s Vacation. Yesterday, we got our first look at the episode and Christie Brinkley hasn’t aged a day since she made that 1983 movie.
If you did not know that this scene was filmed a few weeks ago, you would think it is from the original movie.
I don’t know about you, but I cannot wait to see this episode on September 25th. Mostly because I love Murray’s reaction. It is so him.
