Jason Hervey: Did the "Wonder Years" big brother hook up with guys in West Hollywood? How big was he? With a demonstration

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In West Hollywood in the early 1990s, if we were home on Tuesday or Wednesday nights, we watched Who's the Boss (Tony Danza, sigh), Roseanne, and Doogie Howser (Max Casella, sigh), but certainly not that show that bounced around between them, The Wonder Years (1988-93).  Who wanted to watch some dumb kid in the 1960s trying to win the Girl of His Dreams?  And with the most gravelly, unpleasantly off-key theme song imaginable:

What would you do if I sang out tune?
Would you stand up and walk out on me?

Yes, and I'd change the channel.

The dumb kid, Kevin Arnold, was played by Fred Savage, who would go on to direct 18 episodes of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, 21 episodes of Two Broke Girls, 14 episodes of Modern Family, and about everything else: Ned's School Survival Guide, Ugly Betty, Blue Mountain State, The Goldbergs,  He shows his stuff in The Rules of Attraction (2002)

Everyone else on the show was aggressively heterosexual.  We figured that was the point: the "wonder years" were wonderful because gay people did not exist. 

In addition to the Girl, Kevin had a gruff dad (Dan Lauria, left), a series of best buds (Josh Saviano, Andy Berman, Giovanni Ribisi), and a pesky older brother (Jason Hervey).

I can't figure out why Fred Savage got all the media attention. At 5'4", Jason Hervey was a member of the Short Guys Brigade, and so supremely cute that we were tempted to watch the show just to see him smile.  

Not that tempted.  The Wonder Years...ugh.

Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song
I will try not to sing out of key, yeah

Well, you failed, buddy.

Born in 1972 in Los Angeles, Jason began his acting career at age 7, with a guest spot on the medical drama Trapper John, MD.   He went on to The Buddy System (promoting a romance between Richard Dreyfuss and Susan Sarandon), Meatballs II (with a pre-Pee Wee Paul Reubens), The Rating Game (with a pre-Always Sunny Danny DeVito), and Back to the Future (with Michael J. Fox).

He played Charlie (the one in the chicken suit), a friend of "What you talkin' about?" Gary Coleman in nine episodes of Diffrent Strokes (1985-86), and Curtis Spicoli in four episodes of the Fast Times at Ridgemont High adaption (1986)

The Wonder Years brought Jason some teen idol fame (not much), and made him a recognizable face, at least in West Hollywood, where according to rumor he was a regular at Mickey's, the twink bar.  

More after the break. 

I never met Jason, but two or three guys I sort-of-knew mentioned seeing him at Micky's, the twink bar in West Hollywood, and one claimed to have hooked up with him.  Not very big, and not into kissing (demonstration on RG Beefcake and Boyfriends)

Nothing wrong with being small.  I actually prefer it.  But kissing is a necessity.

After Wondering through the 1960s, Jason appeared in a lot of low-key movies:

 

Spring Fling (1995), with a group of teenage boys in a dilapidated hotel fostering a romance between their teacher and the hotel owner.

Trading Favors (1997), with an attractive woman talking a teenage boy into helping her commit crimes (he was played by Devon Gummersall, who would show his stuff on The L Word).

And the Nickelodeon teencom 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd (2001-02): a bully (Jason) is transformed into a dog, and must perform 100 good deeds, with the help of his former victim (Brandon Gilberstadt).

But he was really more interested in producing.  He began in the 1990s with biopics of sports stars (Reggie White, Brett Favre, Don Shula) and wrestlers (Randy Savage, Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair), then moved into reality tv.

Confessions of a Teen Idol (2009-10) put six former teen idols (including Christopher Atkins) under one roof for mentoring by Scott Baio.

More reality shows followed: Bear Swamp Recovery, Big Easy Brides (that's New Orleans), Hardcore Pawn, I Heart Nick Carter, The Fall of Diddy.

Plus an occasional commercial, like this one for Levi's Jeans.  We just need to know how well they show your junk, Jason.

Demonstration on RG Beefcake and Boyfriends.

Jason's Instagram is private, but his wikipedia lists two wives and four children.  He also had some misconduct allegations from the women on the set of The Wonder Years, and he's best friends with Scott Baio. Dude is probably straight and homophobic, those rumors of hookups wishful thinking or misremembered nights in a dark room.

But you never know for sure.

See also: My Date with Michael J. Fox. Plus Marcus and the Scary Bulgarian Bodybuilder.

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