The Goldbergs (2013-2019)

ABC's ten season lasting comedy series The Goldbergs hails from series creator Adam F. Goldberg and takes cues from his real-life experiences growing up in the 1980’s. In fact, one of the more unique aspects of the show is how often the final scene would be a home video of Adam's showing the actual person or incident that the episode was based on, thanks to the absurd amount of home videos he filmed as a kid. Debuting in 2013 and lasting all the way until 2023, the show was narrated by the adult Adam (Patton Oswalt) as he looks back on life growing up with his wacky family in the suburbs of Philadelphia. Young Adam (Sean Giambrone) is a nerdy, sci-fi loving cinephile, who is a bit of a momma's boy thanks to his absurdly overprotective mom Beverly (Wendi McLendon-Covey). He has a music loving sister (Hayley Orrantia), but it's his wannabe cool, wannabe rapper, wannabe athlete older brother Barry (Troy Gentile) that is most often his partner in crime and occasional sparring partner. His dad Murray (Jeff Garlin) is a typical sitcom dad: he's grumpy, constantly tired, and mostly just wants to be left alone. If you were alive in the 80’s then you’ll be in on a lot of the topical jokes that give Goldbergs its biting humor, especially all the movie parodies it has done over the years. One of our personal favorite reoccurring gags includes Murray (Jeff Garlin) and his habit for peeling off his pants the second he walks in the door! You can catch one instance of this in season 3, episode 17. That tighty whitey bulge is like, totally rad bro! In another episode, Sean Marquette strips down to get into a fistfight in the computer lab. He might not have the typical prizefighter body, but Mr. Man will be his prize whether he wins or loses. We might not have struck skin gold, but those scenes in The Goldbergs are nothing to scoff at!