As we all know, The Goldbergs is based on the show creator Adam F Goldberg’s childhood. Well his childhood and his adulthood came together when his real mom, Beverly Goldberg, met Wendi McLendon-Covey, who plays his mom on the hit ABC sitcom that airs Tuesdays at 9p. Although the above picture is when they first met, it isn’t the first time they have talked. The fake Bev recently said in an interview that the real Bev sends her some of her old clothes from the ’80s. I don’t know about you, but I would love to have any of the rejects because she really does have a totally rad fashion sense!
This photo of the two Beverly Goldbergs together totally brought a huge smile to my face, just like the heartfelt hilarious show does every week. If you have never seen The Goldbergs, then you are missing out one of the greatest comedies of the new millennium. So tune in tonight and every Tuesday at 9p for a family sitcom that really is the perfect amount of heart and humor.
Now when it comes to the real Beverly Goldberg, isn’t she gorgeous? She could totally play herself on TV because she is that beautiful. Although Wendi McLendon-Covey is pretty gosh darn perfect in that role and looks just like her. My dad like totally has a crush on Wendi and once he sees this picture, he will have a crush on both Bevs! Oy!
Before Jeff Garlin was happily married to Bev (Wendi McLendon-Covey) on The Goldbergs, he had his eyes on one of the lifeguards on Baywatch. How cute was the 31 year in that 1994 episode?
Every Tuesday night I call my dad on the East Coast and I ask him how was The Goldbergs? Every week he tells me that the mom (Wendi McLendon-Covey) is so bad. Bad as in the way she tortures her poor children in the name of love. Well tonight at 9p on ABC, you will be so happy she is not your mom!
Barry (Troy Gentile) finally gets his license and before he even takes the car out for a ride, his mother goes over the rules of driving with him. She tells him where he can go and where he can’t, but the one rule he must follow is that he has to call her when he gets. Since this is ’80something, people don’t have cells phones readily available to them like we do today. So when he gets to his destination, he doesn’t call his mom. If you have been watching the show since week one, you know where this going to go. If you haven’t, she totally embarrasses him.
When he gets home, his older sister, Erica (Hayley Orrantia), gets to him before their mom does and explains to him how to get around her rules. So now that he knows how to beat his mom, both kids plan to drive to the party in the woods. When Barry gets there, he asks his sister where there’s a phone so he can call home. She reminds him where the party is and now he has to go looking in the woods to find a phone. Pay phones were widely available back in the ’80something, but that doesn’t mean that you could find an operational one in the woods. So will he find one before his mom sends the troops out to find her son?
And Barry isn’t the only person she wants to put a ball a chain on, she also bought Pops (George Segal) a present. That gift is a Life Alert button and he doesn’t want to wear it. Something he might reconsider when he’s fallen and he can’t get up! Yes, the show goes there and it will have you laughing so hard that you will have fallen and can’t get up.
Now I don’t want to forget about the other guys on the show. Murray (Jeff Garlin) wants to use the VCR (it was the thing we used to record shows on television before Tivos/DVRs) to record the Phillies’ World Series game, but he can’t figure out how to do it. Therefore, Adam (Sean Giambrone) tries to teach him, but really the youngest Goldberg is just messing with his dad. It is a fun family moment that we have all had. It’s fun to know something our parents don’t and then to mess with them when we try to teach them the correct way to do it.
It is moments like that, that makes, the recently picked up for a full season, The Goldbergs, my favorite new show of the season. The family scenarios are timeless just like the ‘80s are to the sitcom. Everyone can say that they have experienced something from each episode in their lives when they were growing up. Thus when you get to experience them all over again on an endearing show like this one, you find yourself appreciating those fun memories all over again or having a whole new appreciation for them for the first time.
So tune in to The Goldbergs tonight and every Tuesday at 9p for a show that is guaranteed to bring a smile to your face every week as it touches your heart.
ABC finally made a totally rad decision and picked up The Goldbergs for a full season. They also made the awesome decision to do the same for The Trophy Wife. But sadly they told Back in the Game to gag them with a spoon after their unlucky 13th episode airs. When it comes to the other new comedy, Super Fun Night, ABC has only ordered 4 new episodes for the show that has been anything but super or fun.
Now back The Goldbergs, this family friendly show has quickly become my favorite new show of the season. In fact, I have watched every episode like 5 times, because I adore it that much. It is also a show that both my father and I can enjoy as a family even though we live on opposite coasts. We each see a little bit of our lives in the show creator’s Adam F Goldberg’s life. That is what makes this comedy so special; it is all of our lives in a half hour. We might not want our dirty laundry aired on television, and thankfully Goldberg doesn’t feel the same way. So make sure to tune every Tuesday at 9p to catch this darling show. That is until ABC finally makes the smart choice and pairs The Goldbergs with Modern Family in the 9p hour on Wednesdays.
Finally when it comes to The Trophy Wife; I wasn’t in love with the pilot, but the show has quickly won me over by being so endearing and sweet.
