In Season 1 (Ep 4 - Why Are You Hitting Yourself?) where Bev tries to set him up with the perfect woman Pops confesses that he already found the perfect woman once (Bev's mom) and no one else compares, so the inference is that he's somewhat trying to fill the void she left behind by dating thousands of women.

Again the thing that most people would find unbelievable is the most real part of an episode of The Goldbergs. As Adam said about this episode: "It's got Voltron, Mikey from Life cereal and a very real conversation I had with my mom about how she wants to live with me forever! Almost verbatim!"

Yes, in the Season 1 finale voiceover Adam says as much.

In the Season 1 finale voiceover Adam says that though he may not remember exactly where or when something happened, he does know "it was 1980-something and it was awesome." I'm really surprised people cannot get past this. It is a sitcom, not a documentary. It is not lazy, it is poetic license. It is logically…