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Recap / The Wonder Years S 06 E 13 Ladies And Gentlemen The Rolling Stones

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Kevin and friends hear that The Rolling Stones will be performing a private concert at a nearby restaurant called Joe's. Unfortunately, Kevin gets grounded from driving his car after Jack finds out he recently got a ticket. While Jack and Norma leave for the night with a client of Jack's, Jack tells Kevin his car better not leave the parking lot, so Kevin instead drives Jack's car. They get to Joe's, where the crew seems clueless about the concert and the gang realizes that there are multiple Joe's in the area.

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  • Bittersweet Ending: Kevin and his friends never do find The Rolling Stones concert, but they do have a good time with the experience. And then there's Kevin being a Karma Houdini.
  • Exact Words: Jack orders Kevin that his car not leave it's spot while they are out, so Kevin instead takes Jack's car.
  • Karma Houdini: Kevin drives his father's car when he's grounded from driving and accidentally damages the back of the car. He fears Jack seeing it, but then Jack's friend who drives them home accidentally drives into it before Jack can see that it had been wrecked. And then Norma tells Kevin that she had wrecked the back but hadn't told Jack because she didn't think it was much damage.
  • Obfuscating Stupidity: The staff at the first restaurant they stop at act clueless about the Rolling Stones, apparently even unaware of the group, but at the end, it's shown that that location is indeed where the private concert is at.
  • Oh, Crap!: When Norma tells Kevin that she knows the back of the car was already damaged before their driver brought them home and hit the car. But it turns out it's because she had hit something, rather than knowing about Kevin's accident.
  • Who's on First?: A reversal of the usual trope. When the gang go to the first restaurant they think the show is held at, the crew acts unaware of who The Rolling Stones are, asking "the who?", to which Chuck corrects them, "not The Who, the Rolling Stones".
  • You Are Grounded!: Kevin gets grounded for getting a ticket and not telling Jack about it right away.

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