Roomies(1987)

As college freshman, they're the weirdest. As roommates, they're the oddest. As buddies, they're the very best!

Roomies is a 1987 sitcom that pairs a 14-year-old prodigy with his unlikely college roommate: a gruff 42-year-old ex-Marine. Forced together in a dorm room, the mismatched pair navigate the classic Odd Couple dynamic—the brilliant kid and the weathered veteran learning to coexist. What begins as culture clash gradually becomes genuine connection as each discovers something valuable in the other. The series aired on NBC for two months before finding new life in Saturday morning reruns, capturing that era's appetite for fish-out-of-water comedy with heart.