Trivia: All of this season's episodes are named after The Who songs.
Trivia: Throughout this episode, Pastor Dan and Eric constantly talk about how Star Wars (1977) is the greatest movie ever made and quoting some parts of the movie. It's easy to notice that Pastor Dan is played by Billy Dee Williams, who is well known for his role as Lando Calarissian in two Star Wars movies, The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983).
Chosen answer: He isn't. Time moves slowly in the show because they didn't want it to turn into "That '80's Show". In the first episode, he say's he's 17 but the second episode was his 17th birthday so he must have been 16. The first 12 episodes are set in 1976, the next 2 seasons are set in 1977, the next 3 seasons are set in 1978, and the remaining shows take place in 1979 with the final show on Dec 31, 1979 when Eric must be 20 as he turned 17 in 1976.
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