History Awesome / TheGoldbergs

* Barry's speech at the end of "The Other Smother". Not only does it earn him the position of treasurer, it's also a ReasonYouSuckSpeech geared towards "smothers" everywhere. To put in context: Beverly, his campaign manager, tried to promote his campaign by giving out [[IncrediblyLamePun berries]] and plastering an embarrassing picture of younger Barry all over the school, which leads to the speech below.

* ''The Goldbergs'' was not afraid to discuss touchy subjects during its radio and early television days. For example, after [[UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust the Kristallnacht]], one episode had a brick being thrown through the Goldberg's window during a Passover seder. Keep in mind, this was at a time when anti-Semitism was on the rise, and many Americans were in favor of Adolf Hitler.

* Adam's plan for getting Barry back into the Jenkintown Posse (or JTP)? He creates hall passes to get into Germantown High School to steal their mascot, which is something the JTP couldn't do.

* "Barry Goldberg's Day Off" revolves around Barry wanting to have a day off like in ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff''. Unfortunately, none of his actions from the movie (Getting kicked out by restaurant waiter, going to a baseball game and museum, etc.) work out well until he gets on top of a homecoming parade float and sings "Twist and Shout" like in the movie. Unexpectedly, it turns out that everyone in the crowd saw and liked "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" that they eventually joined in with him. As it turns out, Barry makes a good Cameron as Ferris Bueller. Meta: the writers somehow got [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTB0yWm6fRI Charlie freaking Sheen]] to reprise his character from the movie.

* Meta: the fact that the creators of the show got Creator/RobertEnglund to cameo as [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Kruger]] for the first time since [[Film/FreddyVsJason 2003]][[note]]Or 2011, if you count the voice-work he did for the character in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9''[[/note]] in "Mister Knifey-Hands".

** In the same episode, we learn about Murray's past. He was a basketball superstar in high school. He was in the army. He waited tables with ''Music/LouReed''. He [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer survived a goddamn plane crash]]! Next time you just think of him as "that one guy who does nothing but sleep in his chair all day in his underpants", just watch this episode.

* TheStinger in the episode "Spaceballs" with Adam dueling with [[Film/{{Spaceballs}} Dark Helmet]]. Granted it was a [[AllJustADream just a dream]], but seeing Adam fight ''Franchise/StarWars'' style has gotta be something!

-->'''Barry:''' This is for all you out there with overbearing parents with no sense of shame or boundaries! Now, I don't know how this exactly ties into being a treasurer, but I do know if I can survive the berries and the pictures of me being like this ''(does awkward smile and thumbs up from his picture)'', then I'm definitely the dude to lead this school. Because all moms suck! Who's with me?!