This is a lot of hair!Ĩ:10 a.m.: The third (and final) choice comes out of the box and suddenly I look like Harpo Marx's long-lost lesbian sister. It's short for a reason, people!Ĩ:07 a.m.: The second wig comes out of the box and all the sudden everyone starts singing Whitney Houston's 'How Will I Know' as, sans huge bow, it looks so much like her look when she first broke out onto the music scene.

It's a dark blonde and curly - or a version of what my hair would look like if I ever let it grow out. (Whew.) Laurel instead pulls out a massive box of wig options.Ĩ:05 a.m.: The first wig option is too close to 'The Beverly' and won't work.

We debate trying to 'fluff up' my hair, but it's way too short to re-create my horrid seventh-grade yearbook photo from 1986. 'If you end up doing Flock of Seagulls, you're getting more blush on!' Kim shouts. I explain I'm down for anything - including a mullet or Flock of Seagulls look.

a decade ago.ħ:57 a.m.: I meet the amazing Laurel Kelly, the so-called 'Goddess of Hair.' A row of big blonde wigs sits nearby her station - all of Beverly's '80s hair - and all of which she'll need this day as McLendon-Covey will also sport a 'stunt wig.' There may be a pool scene involved in the episode. The last time I wore lipstick? Halloween. Shortly afterward, it's time for lipstick, and Kim breaks out a color called, no joke, 'Debutante Pink.' It's made by Bessame, a company that also produces period makeup for shows just like The Goldbergs. She explains that star Wendi McLendon-Covey (Beverly) and Hayley Orrantia (Erica) both regularly match their makeup to their attire. 'Yes, I’m matching your eyeliner to your pants,' Kim says. I'm really making up for playing softball and basketball instead of hitting the mall for makeup counter makeovers as a youth. She opts for pink eye shadow with blue eyeliner - neither of which I wore during my teen years in the '80s. While they're getting their finishing touches, I'm introduced to Kim Greene, the makeup artist department head who warns me that there is going to be lots of pink in my immediate future.ħ:42 a.m.: 'It's all about the cheekbones,' Kim explains as the brush strokes keep coming. Back to the drawing board! While my look is only partially completed - my tiny feet are proving to be a challenge for Keri, who hasn't even started adding the wickedly outlandish '80s accessories - I'm taken in for hair and makeup, bypassing the 50 other background players on hand this day to join me at the faux restaurant. I swap my trademark slip-on Chucks for a pair of 30-year-old loafers. Yet.ħ:29 a.m.: The search for shoes continues. Keri then takes a page straight from Miami Vice (fittingly, one of my favorite '80s shows) and I'm given a blazer that not even Don Johnson would wear on laundry day. I look like I raided Pops' (George Segal) closet. The gray pants are swapped out for a super itchy pair of teal (and yes, pleated) slacks and paired with a pink shirt with a huge (and dated!) white collar and cuffs. We decide that I'll be happier trading my Diesel jeans not for the turquoise blue skirt suit but rather for a pair of men's pleated pants, where even the pleats have pleats.

Several of the outfits depicted on The Goldbergs have been used on screen in other projects. They're a mix of pastels and patterns and look my mom's closet growing up.ħ:15 a.m.: Keri, a total sweetheart, says she finds a lot of the clothing used on the show via rentals from the studio and other outlets including vintage stores like Jet Rag and Buffalo Exchange. She comes prepared with a range of equally insane outfits that could be a fit. Whoa, they're going all out!>ħ:10 a.m.: Costume designer Keri Smith is my first visitor. 4, 2014: I arrive at the Beverly Hills Country Club a bit early and the first thing I see is black a car on a flatbed truck that looks strikingly similar the red 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder convertible featured in the movie. Here's a diary from our day off with The Goldbergs.Ħ:55 a.m., Thursday, Dec. Goldberg's semi-autobiographical comedy paid homage to Goonies), The Hollywood Reporter went on set to get a totally '80s makeover (complete with insane wigs, costumes and lots of makeup!) to the inside scoop on what it's like to take a blast from the past and be an extra on The Goldbergs. To celebrate the annual tribute episode (last season, Adam F. The episode, fittingly titled 'Barry Goldberg's Day Off,' will follow Barry (Troy Gentile) taking a page from Ferris' playbook and faking being sick as he attempts to create his own Bueller-esque day off. ABC's The Goldbergs is taking on Ferris Bueller's Day Off, re-creating the costumes, scenes and, in Charlie Sheen's case, direct characters from the John Hughes classic as this season's big tribute episode.

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