Whenever you have the 'closed captioning' enabled on your TV and the theme song is playing, on one part of the lyrics the singer says' get high with a little help from my friends', but the captions show 'get by with a little help from my friends'. I rewinded my tape to check this and even put on the captions of a few other episodes and a saw the same thing. My guess is that the network didn't want families to see the 'high' part (related to drug use) so they stuck in the 'by' (by Ray).
The complete music ofThe Wonder Years is listed after the single episodes inmy guide. There is also acompilation out on CD.
Kevin (narrator) is looking back in time; so it does not seem necessary to have the exact chronology. Quentin Parker wrote to me: "Late in the show's run, I had called the TWY's production office in Culver City to ask about the title and artist of a song used in the show. I believe that I spoke with associate producer Joshua Taurek, who indicated to me that the staff sought music that fit the mood of a particular seen, and if the song had been recorded by several artists, they'd seek the version which gave the feeling they were looking for. Essentially, my impression is they did try to be somewhat historically accurate with their choices, at least within a few years time."
There are unconfirmed reports that Arye Gross was doing the job in the first episode.
All what I have is registered inwy-trans. These are not original scripts but real transcripts painfully recorded from the tapes. It takes about five hours to do a decent transcript. Anyone who want to transcribe an episode is heartly welcome to do so. German transcript links can be found inwy-d.htm.
Very often episodes are edited for commercial breaks. Many scenes cut in syndication (WPIX) are restored on ABC Family Channel (formerly Fox Family and CBN). Confirmed identical versions are episodes "Phone Call", "Dance with Me", "Steady as She Goes", "Nemesis", "Math Class" and "Glee Club".