“The Wonder Years” accomplishes the impossible; it...

“The Wonder Years” accomplishes the impossible; it turns the vibrant ‘60s into the stolid ‘50s. Despite all the ballyhoo surrounding this show, it’s really just “The Brady Bunch” with pretensions. It features a group of standard sitcom stereotypes and a cornball narrator bursting with dubious insights and some of the most sickeningly cute dialogue ever heard in any medium.

Dan O’Neill, Los Angeles