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‘The Goldbergs’: A few more things you might not know about the Philly-set sitcom

How Bradley Cooper became "Bradley Gooper," Adam's Jesse Watters connection, and how Jenkintown felt about the real Goldbergs.

Sloane Morgan Siegel (left) and Sam Kindseth in a scene from the Jan. 30 episode of "The Goldbergs," in which Siegel appeared as a student called "Jessie Wudders," who may or may not have anything to do with Fox News' Jesse Watters, who attended Philadelphia's William Penn Charter School, the inspiration for the show's William Penn Academy.
Sloane Morgan Siegel (left) and Sam Kindseth in a scene from the Jan. 30 episode of "The Goldbergs," in which Siegel appeared as a student called "Jessie Wudders," who may or may not have anything to do with Fox News' Jesse Watters, who attended Philadelphia's William Penn Charter School, the inspiration for the show's William Penn Academy.Read moreRichard Cartwright/ABC
    by Ellen Gray | Columnist
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