The Wonder Years

Cantwell sings (if you can call it singing!) to a record of La vie en rose, a popular song from Paris in the 20s.

Last day of school and the start of summer holidays, so when the school bell rings for the last time at the end of the school day the kids come running out the door if you look closely you will also see a dog running out if you don't see the dog you hear it bark.

When Kevin tells his mother he wished they could go away, she says maybe next year. In the very next episode (the season 3 opener), Summer Song, the Arnolds are in New Jersey. It looks like Norma didn't want to wait the extra year.

Kevin Arnold's birthday is March 18th.

In this episode Paul's middle name is mentioned: Joshua.

In this episode Paul's bar mitzvah is set, according to tradition, for the first Saturday after his 13th birthday; set for March 18. This conflicts with Kevin's 13th birthday "party" that actually falls on that Saturday. Funny, March 18, 1969 was a Tuesday. March 18th does not even fall on a Saturday in 1968 or 1970.

At the end of this episode where Paul was picked last for gym basketball, a scene is shown of an older Kevin and Paul is still playing basketball many years later and Paul still throws it over the backboard like he did so often that episode. However, compared to episode 54, where Paul plays on the basketball team and becomes a much better player.

In the next shot after Wayne sucks the hamster into the vacuum, it is shown moving around in its cage in the background. That was the other hamster there were two in the cage. One hamster was named "weasey" and the other "puffy" for their project idea one hamster was given normal hamster food the other people food-cheese, crackers, root beer, etc. than they would put them in a maze one at a time and see which hamster on which food got to the end of the maze the fastest.

When Kevin's family is razzing him about his new girlfriend Becky Slater, the narrator asks why moms' always talk about your love life at the dinner table, much like they feel it's their business to check the crotch area of your pants in the middle of a crowded clothing store and say "plenty of room in there." In season three, episode four, Kevin's mom makes a remark about how there's plenty of room in his crotch area when they are shopping for new pants. Kevin fantasizes about it, with a pa announcer saying "attention shoppers, attention all shoppers, plenty of room in Kevin Arnold's crotch area." This may have been a prelude of what's to come.

Karen wears glasses in this episode and this episode only.

The bag Kevin had contained beer and cigarettes. Today, if you are caught with beer in school, you get expelled and arrested.