When Murray's high school free throw record is broken, he attends a banquet as the guest of honor. Elsewhere at home, Barry decides to throw a party where he quickly loses the spotlight.
A spinoff of The Goldbergs set in the 1990s that follows the faculty of William Penn Academy who, despite their eccentricities and crazy personal lives, are heroes to their students.
A family comedy narrated by Katie, a strong-willed mother, raising her flawed family in a wealthy town filled with perfect wives and their perfect offspring.
Stars:
Katy Mixon,
Diedrich Bader,
Daniel DiMaggio
Meet a child genius named Sheldon Cooper; (already seen as an adult in The Big Bang Theory (2007)) and his family. Some unique challenges face Sheldon who seems socially impaired.
A running joke throughout the series, is that Adam goes by the name "Adam F. Goldberg", because there is another Adam Goldberg at the school. This is a reference to the fact that Adam F. Goldberg shares the name of another Adam Goldberg in the Screen Actors Guild, known for such movies as Saving Private Ryan (1998) and A Beautiful Mind (2001). See more »
Goofs
In several episodes the local convenience store Wawa is advertising beer and liquor. In Pennsylvania only "state stores" are permitted to sell liquor. See more »
Oy vey this show is just not okay, each episode stands on its own merit, and with the young quirky Adam Goldberg's (Sean Giambrone) nasal voice narrating for the audience what he is going through (besides puberty) inside and outside the Goldberg family home in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, is sheer entertainment each and every week.
Let me clarify, I am not Jewish but I am a practising Catholic, and based on the entire Goldberg family experiences I don't think they even know if they are Jewish either. As the Goldberg family story recants life in the 1980's for the three Goldberg children, Adam (Sean Giambrone), older brother Barry (Troy Gentile) who is the biggest Philadelphia Flyer fan ever and leader of his own pack of bro's, and last but not least his oldest sister Erica (Hayley Orrantia) who in season 5, is just entering university and living in a school dorm to get as far away from her smothering mother Beverly (Wendi McLendon-Covey) as she can. Between mom Beverly with her over the top fashion faux pas colorful sweaters emblazoned with her embroidered initials (remember Laverne and Shirley's 1970's sweaters?) and son Barry who is oh so loud and proud. Let's just say the Goldbergs are all extroverts and leave it at that. Rounding out the eclectic Goldberg family is dad Murray (Jeff Garlin) who owns and manages a furniture store, and all he wants to do when he comes home from work is to be left alone, sit in his favorite reclining chair in his boxer shorts and watch TV. Last but not least is the wise old grandfather who Adam continually runs to for the best (?) advice is his grandpa Albert 'Pops' Solomon (George Segal).
The great cast does not end there either. There are far too many supporting characters that come in and out of the Goldberg family lives to mention here who are integral to the shows continuing success. Suffice to say that each of the six (6) Goldberg family members interact with a great ensemble cast and their stories bring back memories of some great 80's songs and vintage television shows, classic 80's films (since young Adam Goldberg fancies himself as a young Steven Spielberg) and of course some key 1980's events and recently introduced technologies such as the Video Cassette Recorder (VCR's) and the first compact (yeah right) mobile 8 pound cell phones.
I especially like the closing scenes in many of the weekly episodes when one of the Goldberg family members explains that even though this episode may have ruffled some feathers, and could have been handled more eloquently, the Goldberg family always sticks close to one another and everything will always come out peachy keen and leave their audience wanting more of the Goldbergs and their unique story telling of life with the Goldbergs in the 1980's.
It is a great show and that is why it is entering into its fifth season now. I give this television sitcom a strong 8 out of 10 rating and I want more of The Goldbergs. It is great family entertainment.
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Oy vey this show is just not okay, each episode stands on its own merit, and with the young quirky Adam Goldberg's (Sean Giambrone) nasal voice narrating for the audience what he is going through (besides puberty) inside and outside the Goldberg family home in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, is sheer entertainment each and every week.
Let me clarify, I am not Jewish but I am a practising Catholic, and based on the entire Goldberg family experiences I don't think they even know if they are Jewish either. As the Goldberg family story recants life in the 1980's for the three Goldberg children, Adam (Sean Giambrone), older brother Barry (Troy Gentile) who is the biggest Philadelphia Flyer fan ever and leader of his own pack of bro's, and last but not least his oldest sister Erica (Hayley Orrantia) who in season 5, is just entering university and living in a school dorm to get as far away from her smothering mother Beverly (Wendi McLendon-Covey) as she can. Between mom Beverly with her over the top fashion faux pas colorful sweaters emblazoned with her embroidered initials (remember Laverne and Shirley's 1970's sweaters?) and son Barry who is oh so loud and proud. Let's just say the Goldbergs are all extroverts and leave it at that. Rounding out the eclectic Goldberg family is dad Murray (Jeff Garlin) who owns and manages a furniture store, and all he wants to do when he comes home from work is to be left alone, sit in his favorite reclining chair in his boxer shorts and watch TV. Last but not least is the wise old grandfather who Adam continually runs to for the best (?) advice is his grandpa Albert 'Pops' Solomon (George Segal).
The great cast does not end there either. There are far too many supporting characters that come in and out of the Goldberg family lives to mention here who are integral to the shows continuing success. Suffice to say that each of the six (6) Goldberg family members interact with a great ensemble cast and their stories bring back memories of some great 80's songs and vintage television shows, classic 80's films (since young Adam Goldberg fancies himself as a young Steven Spielberg) and of course some key 1980's events and recently introduced technologies such as the Video Cassette Recorder (VCR's) and the first compact (yeah right) mobile 8 pound cell phones.
I especially like the closing scenes in many of the weekly episodes when one of the Goldberg family members explains that even though this episode may have ruffled some feathers, and could have been handled more eloquently, the Goldberg family always sticks close to one another and everything will always come out peachy keen and leave their audience wanting more of the Goldbergs and their unique story telling of life with the Goldbergs in the 1980's.
It is a great show and that is why it is entering into its fifth season now. I give this television sitcom a strong 8 out of 10 rating and I want more of The Goldbergs. It is great family entertainment.