Anyone who remembers Fred Savage from The Wonder Years remembers a typical kid navigating the waters of growing up in America. Many kid actors who experience his level of success go on to have very messy lives as adults. Savage was able to avoid the typical path of child actor destruction. Not only has he kept his personal life on track, but he has also made some very bold career choices.

Fred Savage as a Producer

If you have ever watched Party Down or It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, you probably didn’t picture the kid from The Wonder Years being associated with either of these cleverly raunchy shows. However, Savage is now an adult, and he wasn’t afraid to make the jump to taking part as a producer and director on both shows.

15 Episodes of Party Down

Fred was involved with 15 episodes of the hilarious Party Down. He directed nine of the episodes, including the series premie. He worked as the supervising producer for ten episodes and producer for five of the episodes.

If you’ve never watched Party Down, you can stream both seasons of this underrated gem through Netflix’s Watch Instantly.

18 Episodes of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Savage directed 18 episodes of the highly entertaining It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Classics like The Gang Gives Frank an Intervention were all shot under Savage’s direction.

He was also responsible for producing 13 episodes of the show, as well as the A Very Sunny Christmas special.

It’s well worth picking up the 5 season box set of this show (which includes the Christmas special) from Amazon for $57.49.