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The Wonder Years (2021)
Um, no.
What do you get when you reboot a long-beloved, classic dramaedy that is over thirty years old, with most of the main actors, the same narrator, and writing team involved? You get a TV show with an IMDB rating higher than 5.7. The only way Hollywood will stop resurrecting classic franchises like this with different actors is if we stop watching them. That's what I suggest we do with "The Wonder Years" 2021. They shoulda named this something else, anything else. This shoulda been a continuation of Kevin Arnold's story. This is "WYNO"--Wonder Years in Name Only.
Coach (1989)
Even Better Than I Remembered It
I recently bought the entire series of "COACH" on DVD and I have to be honest here--this might be the best sitcom I have seen in a long while. "Coach" is right up there with "Cheers" and "Seinfeld" in the annals of Greatest Sitcom Ever Made.
Craig T. Nelson is wonderful as the good-hearted-but-cantankerous Coach Hayden Fox. Jerry Van Dyke (Dick Van Dyke's little brother) is wonderful as Hayden's assistant coach, the laughably frugal Luther Van Dam. Bill "Patrick" Fagerbakke really shines as Dauber, Shelley Fabares is excellent as Coach's newswoman' girlfriend Christine Armstrong. Howard Burley, who is excessively corny and yet oddly likable, is another grand addition to the show.
Some people might say "Coach" is too predictable and formulaic. I disagree. Especially in the decade of the "single camera" comedy that takes itself too seriously and pretentiously like "Modern Family" shows like "Coach" are a breath of fresh air.
I remember reading seven years ago there was a "Coach" reboot in the cards. But, unfortunately, it got benched. ABC, I read, felt the project was "too dated." What a pity! I would have loved to have seen the further exploits of Coach Hayden Fox, a true American and one of Minnesota's finest.