I'm reading Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing again with a couple of my students. I can really see Peter and Fudge growing up to be like Joe and Brian. Brian must have been just like Fudge when he was a kid. I can even picture him eating Joe's pet turtle!
It was actually one of my favorite books as a kid. I'm glad to see kids nowadays still enjoy it. A lot of them can certainly relate to it.
I remember the Fudge books!! I was, and am, a major bookworm, hehe. Anyway, yeah, I can SO see Joe and Brian as Peter and Fudge, too. Reminds me of one of my fave Joe lines. "Until he was five, I thought his name was 'Stop it, Brian!'"
If I ever get over my procrastination/writer's block, I'd love to try my hand at a flashback Wings fic. Might be fun sometime.