# Why, The Goldbergs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 7, 2015, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-goldbergs/719477 "2015-05-07T14:07:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-goldbergs/719477/41 "2017-01-13T15:31:49Z")
BTW, The AV Club used to have recaps/reviews of the episodes (although I don’t think they’re covering the show this season) and the real Adam F Goldberg participated in the comments section, replying to others and explaining stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-goldbergs/719477/42 "2017-01-13T15:39:36Z")
One of my favorites and I think it deserves some recognition. I enjoy the 80s stuff and I don’t care about the unreliable narration. I think it’s funny that he mentions the “other Adam Goldberg.” Hayley Orrantia is very talented and Troy Gentile as Barry kills me every time. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-goldbergs/719477/43 "2017-01-13T15:44:31Z")
BTW, another thing. One of the minor recurring characters is a student-athlete at Adam’s school named Ruben Amaro Jr (and he’s always identified by his full name). He’s based on a real person named [Ruben Amaro Jr](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rub%C3%A9n_Amaro_Jr.). ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-goldbergs/719477/44 "2017-01-13T15:47:12Z")
I was a teen in the 80’s. I don’t remember the preppy girls having big hair. That was a style reserved for the girls that were into heavy metal glam bands. I also remember neon colors being all the rage for the preppy girls. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-goldbergs/719477/45 "2017-01-13T16:23:02Z")
Love this show. I was in high school during early 80s and I totally connect with it. I love the fact that it’s Adam’s recollection, and the real life video clips at the end. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-goldbergs/719477/46 "2017-01-13T16:26:18Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Unless you hire writers who have been in a coma since 1989, you’re going to get bleed-through from expressions, culture and slang from the 1990s and the 2000s. Yeah, it’s just inevitable that when I write my historical novel about the Civil War, I’m going to have characters saying “LOL” and “fa shizzle.” ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-goldbergs/719477/47 "2017-01-13T16:33:34Z")
Wow, you must be _really_ old if you were alive for the Civil War. Because that’s what we’re talking about in the case of this sitcom; people who are writing about things they remember. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-goldbergs/719477/48 "2017-01-13T16:45:42Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > BTW, The AV Club used to have recaps/reviews of the episodes (although I don’t think they’re covering the show this season) and the real Adam F Goldberg participated in the comments section, replying to others and explaining stuff. I miss that. I’m surprised that AVClub dropped Goldbergs (as well as Blackish) from their review schedule, especially since Adam was involved in the comments like he was. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-goldbergs/719477/49 "2017-01-13T17:05:14Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > I miss that. I’m surprised that AVClub dropped Goldbergs (as well as Blackish) from their review schedule, especially since Adam was involved in the comments like he was. Budget issues. They couldn’t keep paying for all those reviews each week, so they only kept the ones with that got the most clicks. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-goldbergs/719477/50 "2017-01-13T17:18:40Z")
No yeah, I get that and it’s unfortunate. Goldbergs has the creator in on the commenting and Blackish has had some incredible episodes (plus Tracee Ellis Ross in some awesome t-shirts 😉 and they both lost some support with the AVClub having to drop them. I suppose they’re being reviewed elsewhere but AVClub (imo) has some cachet to their reviews; it’s really the only site that I go to for TV reviews. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-goldbergs/719477/51 "2017-01-13T17:19:36Z")
One minor detail I enjoy is the close relationship between Adam and his grandfather. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-goldbergs/719477/52 "2017-01-13T21:27:16Z")
Just repeat to yourself, “It’s just a show. I should really just relax.” ---
**Author:** ![Sterling\_Archer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Sterling\_Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterling_Archer)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-goldbergs/719477/53 "2017-01-13T22:29:52Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > I was a teen in the 80’s. > > I don’t remember the preppy girls having big hair. That was a style reserved for the girls that were into heavy metal glam bands. > > I also remember neon colors being all the rage for the preppy girls. By the late 80’s early 90’s nearly every girl had the big poofy hair going on. Sometimes it was just bangs teased out, sometimes everything was teased and curled and fluffed to the max. Check out an early 90’s yearbook sometime. ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-goldbergs/719477/54 "2017-01-13T22:54:42Z")
The Goldbergs, Speechless, and Black-ish are appointment viewing every week. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-goldbergs/719477/55 "2017-01-13T23:54:10Z")
I love this. “OMG! A sitcom based on an unreliable narrator isn’t portraying the 80s EXACTLY AS IT HAPPENED!!!1!!” Do you freak out over A Christmas Story, too? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-goldbergs/719477.md?page=2)