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| Also known as | Happy Days Again |
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Garry Marshall |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 11 |
| No. of episodes | 255(list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 25 minutes |
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| Network | ABC |
| Release | January 15, 1974 (1974-01-15) – July 19, 1984 (1984-07-19) |
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Happy Days is an American televisionsitcom that aired onABC from January 15, 1974 to July 19, 1984 with a total of 255 half-hour episodes spanning 11 seasons. Created byGarry Marshall, it was one of the most successful series of the 1970s. The series presented life in the 1950s and early 1960sMidwestern United States, where it also featured anensemble cast, starringRon Howard asRichie Cunningham,Henry Winkler as his friendFonzie andTom Bosley andMarion Ross as Richie's parents,Howard andMarion Cunningham.[1] Although it opened to mixed reviews from critics,Happy Days became successful and popular over time.[2]
The series began as an unsold pilot starring Howard, Ross andAnson Williams, which aired in 1972 as a segment titled "Love and the Television Set" (later retitled "Love and the Happy Days" for syndication) on ABC's anthology showLove, American Style. Based on the pilot, directorGeorge Lucas cast Howard as the lead in his 1973 filmAmerican Graffiti, causing ABC to take a renewed interest in the pilot. The first two seasons ofHappy Days focused on the experiences and dilemmas of "innocent teenager" Richie Cunningham, his family, and his high school friends, attempting to "honestly depict a wistful look back at adolescence".[2]
Initially a moderate success, the series' ratings began to fall during its second season, causing Marshall to retool it. The new format emphasized broad comedy and spotlighted the previously minor character of Fonzie, a coolbiker and high school dropout.[2] Following these changes,Happy Days became the number-one program in television in 1976–1977, Fonzie became one of the most merchandised characters of the 1970s, and Henry Winkler became a major star.[3][4] The series also spawned a number ofspin-offs, includingLaverne & Shirley andMork & Mindy.
Set inMilwaukee, Wisconsin, during the 1950s and 1960s, the series revolves around teenagerRichie Cunningham and his family: his father, Howard, who owns a hardware store; traditional homemaker and mother, Marion; younger sisterJoanie Cunningham; Richie's older brother Chuck (briefly in seasons 1 and 2 only, disappearing from storylines afterward); and high school dropout, leather-jacket–cladgreaser, suave and promiscuous mechanicFonzie, who would eventually become Richie's best friend and the Cunninghams' over-the-garage tenant. Season 1 likely takes place in 1958, given the popular songs that are played and performed. The earliest episodes revolve around Richie and his friends,Potsie Weber andRalph Malph, with Fonzie as a secondary character.
However, as the series progressed, Fonzie proved to be a favorite with viewers, and soon more story lines were written to reflect his growing popularity, Winkler was top billed in the opening credits alongside Howard by season 3.[5] Fonzie befriended Richie and the Cunningham family and, when Richie left the series for military service, Fonzie became the central figure of the show, with Winkler receiving sole top billing. In later seasons, other characters were introduced including Fonzie's young cousin,Chachi Arcola, who became a love interest for Joanie Cunningham.
The series' pilot was originally shown as "Love and the Television Set", later retitled "Love and the Happy Days" for syndication, a one-episode teleplay on the anthology seriesLove, American Style, aired on February 25, 1972.Happy Days spawned successful television showsLaverne & Shirley andMork & Mindy as well as three failures:Joanie Loves Chachi,Blansky's Beauties featuring Nancy Walker as Howard's cousin,[6] andOut of the Blue. The show is the basis for theHappy Days musical touring the United States since 2008. The leather jacket worn by Winkler during the series was acquired by theSmithsonian Institution for the permanent collection at theNational Museum of American History.[7] The original, light greyMcGregor windbreaker Winkler wore during the first season eventually was thrown into the garbage after ABC relented and allowed the Fonzie character to wear a leather jacket.
| Actor | Character | Seasons | |||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Ep | ||
| Ron Howard | Richie Cunningham | Main | Guest | 170 | |||||||||
| Anson Williams | Potsie Weber | Main | 211 | ||||||||||
| Marion Ross | Marion Cunningham | Main | 252 | ||||||||||
| Tom Bosley | Howard Cunningham | Main | 255 | ||||||||||
| Henry Winkler | Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli | Recurring | Main | 255 | |||||||||
| Don Most | Ralph Malph | Recurring | Main | Guest | 168 | ||||||||
| Erin Moran | Joanie Cunningham | Recurring | Main | Recurring | Main | 234 | |||||||
| Pat Morita | Mitsumo "Arnold" Takahashi | Recurring | Guest | Guest | Recurring | Guest | 26 | ||||||
| Al Molinaro | Al Delvecchio | Recurring | Main | Guest | 145 | ||||||||
| Scott Baio | Chachi Arcola | Recurring | Main | Recurring | Main | 131 | |||||||
| Lynda Goodfriend | Lori Beth Cunningham | Recurring | Main | Guest | 66 | ||||||||
| Cathy Silvers | Jenny Piccolo | Recurring | Main | Guest | 55 | ||||||||
| Ted McGinley | Roger Phillips | Recurring | Main | 61 | |||||||||
| Linda Purl | Ashley Pfister | Main | 19 | ||||||||||
| Heather O'Rourke | Heather Pfister | Recurring | 12 | ||||||||||
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Happy Days originated during a time of 1950snostalgic interest as evident in 1970s film, television, and music. In late winter of 1971,Michael Eisner was snowed in at Newark airport where he bumped into Tom Miller, head of development at Paramount. Eisner has stated that he told Miller, "Tom, this is ridiculous. We're wasting our time here. Let's write a show." The script treatment that came out of that did not sell. But in spite of the market research department telling them that the 1950s theme would not work, they decided to redo it, and this was accepted as a pilot.[19] This unsold pilot was filmed in late 1971 and titledNew Family in Town, withHarold Gould in the role of Howard Cunningham,Marion Ross as Marion,Ron Howard as Richie,Anson Williams as Potsie,Ric Carrott as Charles "Chuck" Cunningham, andSusan Neher as Joanie.Paramount passed on making it into a weekly series, and the pilot was recycled with the titleLove and the Television Set (later retitledLove and the Happy Days for syndication), for presentation on the televisionanthology seriesLove, American Style.[20] Also in 1971, the musicalGrease had a successful opening in Chicago, and by the following year became successful on Broadway. In 1972,George Lucas asked to view the pilot to determine if Ron Howard would be suitable to play a teenager inAmerican Graffiti, then in pre-production. Lucas immediately cast Howard in the film, which became one of the top-grossing films of 1973. With the movie's success generating a renewed interest in the 1950s era (although the film was set in 1962), TV show creatorGarry Marshall and ABC recast the unsold pilot to turnHappy Days into a series. According to Marshall in an interview, executive producerTom Miller said while developing the sitcom, "If we do a TV series that takes place in another era, and when it goes into reruns, then it won't look old." This made sense to Marshall while on the set of the show.[21]
Gould had originally been tapped to reprise the role of Howard Cunningham on the show. However, during a delay before the start of production he found work doing a play abroad and when he was notified the show was ready to begin production, he declined to return because he wanted to honor his commitment.[22] Bosley was then offered the role.
For the role of Fonzie it was narrowed down toMicky Dolenz and Henry Winkler but the role eventually went to the latter, Dolenz later said that Winkler "deserved it".[23]
The first two seasons ofHappy Days (1974–75) were filmed using asingle-camera setup andlaugh track. One episode of season two ("Fonzie Gets Married") was filmed in front of a studio audience withthree cameras as a test run. From the third season on (1975–84), the show was a three-camera production in front of a live audience (with a cast member, usually Tom Bosley, announcing in voice-over,"Happy Days is filmed before a live audience" at the start of most episodes), giving these later seasons a markedly different style. A laugh track was still used during post-production to smooth over live reactions.
Garry Marshall's earlier television seriesThe Odd Couple had undergone an identical change in production style after its first season in 1970–71.
The show had two main sets: the Cunningham home and Arnold's/Al'sDrive-In.
In seasons one and two, the Cunningham house was arranged with the front door on the left and the kitchen on the right of screen, in a triangular arrangement. From season three on, the house was rearranged to accommodate multiple cameras and a studio audience.
The Cunninghams' official address is 565 North Clinton Drive,Milwaukee,Wisconsin.[26] The house that served as the exterior of the Cunningham residence is actually located at 565 North Cahuenga Boulevard (south of Melrose Avenue) in Los Angeles,[27] several blocks from the Paramount lot on Melrose Avenue.
The Milky Way Drive-In, located on Port Washington Road in the North Shore suburb ofGlendale, Wisconsin (nowKopp's Frozen Custard Stand), was the inspiration for the original Arnold's Drive-In; it has since been demolished. The exterior of Arnold's was a standing set on the Paramount Studios lot that has since been demolished. This exterior was close to Stage 19, where the rest of the show's sets were located.[citation needed]
The set of the diner in the first two seasons was a room with the same vague details of the later set, such as the paneling, and the college pennants. When the show changed to a studio production in 1975, the set was widened and the entrance was hidden, but allowed an upstage, central entrance for cast members. The barely-seen kitchen was also upstaged and seen only through a pass-through window. The diner had orange booths, downstage center for closeup conversation, as well as camera left. There were two restroom doors camera right, labeled "Guys" and "Dolls". A 1953Seeburg Model G jukebox (with replaced metalpilasters from Wico Corp.) was positioned camera right, and ananachronistic "Nip-It" pinball machine (actually produced in 1972) was positioned far camera right.[citation needed]
In 2004, two decades after the first set was destroyed, theHappy Days 30th Anniversary Reunion requested that the reunion take place in Arnold's. The set was rebuilt by production designer James Yarnell based on the original floor plan. The reunion special was taped atCBS Television City's Bob Barker Studio in September 2004.[28]
Season one used a newly recorded version of "Rock Around the Clock" byBill Haley & His Comets (recorded in the fall of 1973) as the opening theme song. This recording was not commercially released at the time, although the original 1954 recording returned to the AmericanBillboard charts in 1974 as a result of the song's use on the show. The "Happy Days" recording had its first commercial release in 2005 by the German label Hydra Records. (WhenHappy Days enteredsyndication in 1979, the series was retitledHappy Days Again and used an edited version of the 1954 recording instead of the 1973 version.) In some prints intended for reruns and overseas broadcasts, as well as on the Season 2 DVD set release and later re-releases of the Season 1 DVD set, the original "Rock Around the Clock" opening theme is replaced by the more standard "Happy Days" theme, because of music rights issues.
The show's closing theme song in seasons one and two was a fragment from "Happy Days" (although in a different recording with a different lyric from that which would become the standard version), whose music was composed byCharles Fox and whose lyric was written byNorman Gimbel. According to SAG, this version was performed byJim Haas on lead vocals,The Ron Hicklin Singers, Stan Farber, Jerry Whitman, and Gary Garrett on backing vocals, and studio musicians.
From seasons three to ten inclusive, a longer version of "Happy Days" replaced "Rock Around the Clock" at the beginning of the show. Released as a single in 1976 byPratt & McClain, "Happy Days" cracked the Top 5. The show itself finished the 1976–77 television season at No. 1, ending the five-yearNielsen reign ofAll in the Family.
For the show's 11th and final season (1983–84), the theme was rerecorded in a more modern style. It featured Bobby Arvon on lead vocals, with several back-up vocalists. To accompany this new version, new opening credits were filmed, and the flashingHappy Days logo was reanimated to create an overall "new" feel which incorporated 1980s sensibilities with 1950s nostalgia (although by this time the show was set in 1965).
On April 19, 2011,Happy Days co-stars Erin Moran, Don Most, Marion Ross and Anson Williams, as well as the estate of Tom Bosley (who died in 2010), filed a $10 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against CBS, which owns the show, claiming they had not been paid for merchandising revenues owed under their contracts.[29] The cast members claimed they had not received revenues from show-related items, including comic books, T-shirts, scrapbooks, trading cards, games, lunch boxes, dolls, toy cars, magnets, greeting cards and DVDs where their images appear on the box covers. Under their contracts, they were supposed to be paid 5% of the net proceeds of merchandising if their sole image were used, and half that amount if they were in a group. CBS said it owed the actors $8,500 and $9,000 each, most of it from slot machine revenues, but the group said they were owed millions.[30] The lawsuit was initiated after Ross was informed by a friend playing slots at a casino of aHappy Days machine on which players win the jackpot when five Marion Rosses are rolled.
In October 2011, a judge rejected the group's fraud claim, which meant they could not receive millions of dollars in potential damages.[31] On June 5, 2012, a judge denied a motion filed by CBS to have the case thrown out, which meant it would go to trial on July 17 if the matter was not settled by then.[32] In July 2012, the actors settled their lawsuit with CBS. Each received a payment of $65,000 and a promise by CBS to continue honoring the terms of their contracts.[33][34]
The series was rebroadcast onABC from September 1, 1975, to March 30, 1979.
In 1978, actorRobin Williams made his screen debut during the fifth season ofHappy Days, as the character "Mork" in the episode "My Favorite Orkan".[35] Sought after as a last-minute cast replacement for a departing actor, Williams impressed the producer with his quirky sense of humor when he sat on his head when asked to take a seat for the audition.[36][37] While portraying Mork onHappy Days, Williams improvised much of his dialogue and physical comedy, speaking in a high, nasal voice, and he made the most of the script. The cast and crew, as well as TV network executives were deeply impressed with his performance. As such, the executives moved quickly to get the performer on contract just four days later before competitors could make their own offers.[38]
In 1980, theNational Museum of American History,Smithsonian Institution asked Winkler to donate one of Fonzie's leather jackets.[39][40][41]
In 1985,Jon Hein developed the phrasejumping the shark in response to the season 5 episode "Hollywood: Part 3", written by Fred Fox Jr.,[42] which aired on September 20, 1977. In this episode, Fonzie jumps over a shark while on water-skis.[43][44][45] The phrase is used to suggest that a creative outlet appears to be making a misguided attempt at generating new attention or publicity for something that is perceived to be once, but no longer, widely popular.[46][47] In a 2019 interview withNPR,Terry Gross asked Winkler what it was "about that scene or that episode that came to signify when something's time is up – when it's over?" Winkler responded: "You know what? I don't know. To them, the Fonz water skiing was just like the last straw. The only thing is it wasn't to the audience because we were number one for years after that. So it didn't much matter to anybody."[48] In addition, he toldTheWrap in 2018 that he is "not embarrassed" by the phrase. He stated that "newspapers would mention jumping the shark... and they would show a picture of me in my leather jacket and swim shorts water-skiing. And at that time I had great legs. So I thought, 'I don't care.' And we were number one for the next four or five years."[49] As his character Barry Zuckerkorn (in the sitcomArrested Development) hopped over a shark inEpisode 13 of the second season, Winkler also noted that there "was a book, there was a board game and it is an expression that is still used today ... [and] I'm very proud that I am the only actor, maybe in the world, that has jumped the shark twice – once onHappy Days, and once onArrested Development."[49]
In 1999TV Guide ranked Fonzie as number 4 on its 50 Greatest TV Characters of All Time list.[50]
In a 2001 poll conducted byChannel 4 in the UK, the Fonz was ranked 13th on their list of the100 Greatest TV Characters.[51]
In 2008, American artist Gerald P. Sawyer unveiled theBronze Fonz (a public artwork) on theMilwaukee Riverwalk in downtownMilwaukee,Wisconsin.[52]
In December 2023,Variety rankedHappy Days number 87 on its list of the 100 greatest TV shows of all time.[53]
Paramount Home Entertainment andCBS DVD have released the first six seasons ofHappy Days on DVD in Region 1, as of December 2, 2014.[54] For the second season, CBS features music replacements due to copyright issues, including the theme song "Rock Around the Clock". ('The Complete First Season' retains the original opening, as it was released before CBS was involved). Only seasons 1, 3 and 4 of the DVD release contain the original music.[55] The sixth season was released on December 2, 2014.[56] The remaining 5 seasons have not been released.
The season 7 premiere "Shotgun Wedding: Part 1" was also released on theLaverne & Shirley season 5 DVD. To date, this is the last episode released on home media.
The first four seasons have also been released on DVD in the UK (Region 2) and Australia (Region 4).
| DVD name | No. of episodes | Release dates | ||
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| The Complete First Season | 16 | August 17, 2004 | August 27, 2007 | September 19, 2007 |
| The Second Season | 23 | April 17, 2007 | November 12, 2007 | March 6, 2008 |
| The Third Season | 24 | November 27, 2007 | April 7, 2008 | September 4, 2008 |
| The Fourth Season | 25 | December 9, 2008 | January 9, 2011 | February 5, 2009 |
| The Fifth Season | 27 | May 20, 2014 | TBA | TBA |
| The Sixth Season | 27 | December 2, 2014 | TBA | TBA |
| Seasons 1–4 | 88 | N/a | 1 December 2011[57] | |
| Seasons 1–6 | 142 | January 11, 2016 | N/a | |
| Seasons 1–6(reissue) | 142 | October 13, 2020 | N/a | |
There have been two reunion specials which aired on ABC: the first wasThe Happy Days Reunion Special originally aired in March 1992, followed byHappy Days: 30th Anniversary Reunion in February 2005 to commemorate the program's 30th anniversary. Both were set up in interview/clip format.
Happy Days resulted in seven different spin-off series, including two that were animated:Laverne & Shirley,Blansky's Beauties,Mork & Mindy,Out of the Blue,Joanie Loves Chachi,The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang (animated), andLaverne & Shirley with The Fonz (animated).
Spin-off pilots that did not succeed includeThe Ralph and Potsie Show as well asThe Pinky Tuscadero Show.[58] A pilot for a sequel titledHappy Days '92 was shot but not picked up for broadcast.[59]
| Episode | Title | Song(s) | Performed by |
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| 1x10 | "Give the Band a Hand" | "All Shook Up" | Anson Williams |
| 2x19 | "Fonzie Joins the Band" | "Splish Splash" | Anson Williams |
| 2x20 | "Fish and the Fins" | "Young Blood" | Flash Cadillac and the Continental Kids |
| 3x10 | "A Date with Fonzie" | "Great Balls of Fire" | Anson Williams |
| 3x12 | "Fonzie's New Friend" | "Honeycomb" | Anson Williams |
| 3x13 | "They Call It Potsie Love" | "Put Your Head on My Shoulder" | Anson Williams |
| "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" | Anson Williams | ||
| 3x19 | "Fonzie the Superstar" | "By the Light of the Silvery Moon" | Pat Morita,Penny Marshall andCindy Williams |
| "Heartbreak Hotel" | Henry Winkler | ||
| 4x01 | "Fonzie Loves Pinky, Part 1" | "You're Sixteen" | Anson Williams |
| 4x02 | "Fonzie Loves Pinky, Part 2" | "America the Beautiful" | Anson Williams |
| 4x08 | "They Shoot Fonzies, Don't They?" | "Venus" | Anson Williams |
| "Rockin' Robin" | Anson Williams | ||
| "Anniversary Song" | Donny Most | ||
| 4x09 | "The Muckrakers" | "Sh-Boom" | Anson Williams, Donny Most,Ron Howard andAl Molinaro |
| "You'll Never Walk Alone" | Anson Williams | ||
| 4x12 | "Fonzie's Old Lady" | "It's Late" | Anson Williams |
| "Splish Splash" | Anson Williams and Donny Most | ||
| 4x18 | "Graduation, Part 1" | "Deeply" | Anson Williams |
| 4x21 | "Joanie's Weird Boyfriend" | "McNamara's Band" | Anson Williams |
| "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" | Anson Williams, Donny Most and Ron Howard | ||
| 4x25 | "Fonzie's Baptism" | "Faith of our Fathers" | Anson Williams, Donny Most, Ron Howard andErin Moran |
| 5x01 | "Hollywood, Part 1" | "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" | Anson Williams |
| 5x08 | "Fonzie and Leather Tuscadero, Part 1" | "Cat Size" | Suzi Quatro |
| "All Shook Up" | Suzi Quatro | ||
| 5x09 | "Fonzie and Leather Tuscadero, Part 2" | "Heartbreak Hotel" | Suzi Quatro |
| "Devil Gate Drive" | Suzi Quatro | ||
| 5x11 | "Bye Bye Blackball" | "My Dream Girl Of Phi Kappa Nu" | Anson Williams |
| 5x12 | "Requiem for a Malph" | "Calendar Girl" | Anson Williams |
| "Down by the Old Mill Stream" | Tom Bosley,Marion Ross, Ron Howard, Erin Moran and Henry Winkler | ||
| 5x14 | "Grandpa's Visit" | "Down South in New Orleans" | Danny Thomas |
| "Sonny Boy" | Danny Thomas | ||
| "When the Saints Go Marching In" | Danny Thomas | ||
| 5x15 | "Potsie Gets Pinned" | "Pinning Song" | Anson Williams and Lorrie Mahaffey |
| 5x17 | "Marion's Misgivings" | "Wild One" | Anson Williams |
| "I May Be Too Young" | Suzi Quatro | ||
| 5x18 | "Richie Almost Dies" | "Believe" | Suzi Quatro |
| 5x20 | "Be My Valentine" | "Save Your Last Kiss for Me" | Anson Williams and Lorrie Mahaffey |
| "My Funny Valentine" | Donny Most | ||
| "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" | Scott Baio | ||
| "I Remember It Well" | Tom Bosley and Marion Ross | ||
| "Isn't It Romantic?" | Al Molinaro | ||
| 5x26 | "Rules to Date By" | "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen" | Anson Williams |
| 5x27 | "Fonzie for the Defense" | "The Three Caballeros" | Anson Williams, Donny Most and Ron Howard |
| 6x02 | "Westward Ho!, Part 2" | "Rodeo Song" | Anson Williams |
| 6x03 | "Westward Ho!, Part 3" | "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" | Anson Williams |
| 6x07 | "Sweet Sixteen" | "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen" | Anson Williams |
| "Put Your Head on My Shoulder" | Anson Williams | ||
| 6x09 | "The Evil Eye" | "The Monster Mash" | Anson Williams, Donny Most and Ron Howard |
| 6x10 | "The Claw Meets the Fonz" | "Maybe Baby" | Anson Williams |
| 6x13 | "The Kissing Bandit" | "Everyday" | Anson Williams |
| 6x19 | "Stolen Melodies" | "I Can't Stand You Anymore" | Fred Fox, Jr. |
| "Moonlight Love" | Suzi Quatro | ||
| "Do the Fonzie" | Suzi Quatro | ||
| 6x21 | "Marion: Fairy Godmother" | "Hey Little Girl" | Anson Williams |
| "Every Hour, Every Day" | Anson Williams and Lorrie Mahaffey | ||
| 6x20 | "Married Strangers" | "Cause of You" | Anson Williams |
| 6x26 | "Chachi's Incredo Wax" | "Take Good Care of My Baby" | Anson Williams |
| 6x27 | "Potsie Quits School" | "Pump Your Blood" | Anson Williams |
| 7x08 | "Burlesque" | "Top Banana" | Tom Bosley |
| "Girl of Our Nations" | Anson Williams | ||
| "It's Delightful" | Donny Most and Henry Winkler | ||
| 7x10 | "King Richard's Big Night" | "Hello Mary Lou" | Anson Williams |
| "Let's Twist Again" | Anson Williams | ||
| 7x11 | "Fonzie vs. The She-Devils" | "Beer Barrel Polka" | Tom Bosley, Marion Ross, Erin Moran and Henry Winkler |
| "That Old Gang of Mine" | Tom Bosley, Marion Ross, Ron Howard and Erin Moran | ||
| 7x12 | "The Mechanic" | "Tossin' and Turnin'" | Anson Williams |
| 7x14 | "Here Comes the Bride" | "Wedding Song" | Anson Williams |
| 7x17 | "Hot Stuff" | "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" | Tom Bosley, Marion Ross, Ron Howard, Anson Williams, Donny Most, Erin Moran andLynda Goodfriend |
| 7x18 | "The New Arnold's" | "Let's Twist Again" | Anson Williams |
| 7x23 | "A Potsie is Born" | "Surfin' Safari" | Anson Williams |
| "Mack the Knife" | Anson Williams | ||
| "Oh, Boy!" | Anson Williams andGail Edwards | ||
| 8x07 | "And The Winner Is" | "The Jefferson Anthem" | Anson Williams and Al Molinaro |
| 8x12 | "Broadway It's Not" | "You Look at Me" | Erin Moran and Scott Baio |
| 8x19 | "R.C. and L.B. Forever" | "Wedding Song" | Anson Williams |
| 8x22 | "American Musical" | "Long After You'll Always Have Me" | Erin Moran and Scott Baio |
| "Jail Song" | Anson Williams, Scott Baio, Tom Bosley, Henry Winkler, Al Molinaro andTed McGinley | ||
| "A Toast To My Country And Home" | Al Molinaro, Lynda Goodfriend andCathy Silvers | ||
| "Youre Gonna Make It" | Tom Bosley, Marion Ross and Ted McGinley | ||
| 9x02 | "Home Movies, Part 2" | "Every Time, Every Place" | Anson Williams |
| 9x09 | "No, Thank You" | "Lookin' Good, Feelin' Fine" | Erin Moran and Scott Baio |
| 9x12 | "To Beanie or Not to Beanie" | "Call" | Erin Moran and Scott Baio |
| 9x14 | "Grandma Nussbaum" | "How Am I Gonna Sing" | Tom Bosley, Marion Ross, Erin Moran, Lynda Goodfriend, Ted McGinley andPat O'Brien |
| 9x15 | "Poobah Doo Dah" | "Twistin' the Night Away" | Erin Moran and Scott Baio |
| "The Way You Look Tonight" | Tom Bosley and Marion Ross | ||
| "Goodbye, My Coney Island Baby" | Anson Williams, Scott Baio, Al Molinaro and Ted McGinley | ||
| "Venus" | Frankie Avalon | ||
| 9x16 | "A Touch of Classical" | "Twist and Shout" | Erin Moran and Scott Baio |
| 9x18 | "Great Expectations" | "Time Turned Around" | Erin Moran and Scott Baio |
| 9x20 | "Chachi's Future" | "Princess of 3rd Street" | Scott Baio |
| 10x06 | "Who Gives a Hootenanny?" | "Come Go With Me" | Erin Moran and Scott Baio |
| 10x08 | "Such a Nice Girl" | "Blue Moon" | Pat Morita |
| 10x14 | "Prisoner of Love" | "Stop! In The Name of Love" | Crystal Bernard, Cathy Silvers and Julie Paris |
| 10x15 | "Life is More Important Than Show Business" | "The Loco-Motion" | Erin Moran and Scott Baio |
| 11x04 | "Welcome Home, Part 1" | "Blueberry Hill" | Anson Williams, Ron Howard, Donny Most and Henry Winkler |
A series of novels based on characters and dialog of the series was written byWilliam Johnston and published by Tempo Books in the 1970s.
Western Publishing published aHappy Dayscomic book series from March 1979 to February 1980 under theirGold Key Comics and Whitman Comics brands.[60]
There are twoanimated series, both produced byHanna-Barbera Productions in association withParamount Television (now known asCBS Television Distribution).The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang ran from 1980 to 1982. There are also animated spin-offs ofLaverne & Shirley (Laverne & Shirley in the Army) andMork & Mindy (centering on a young Mork and Mindy in high school). The following season, they were connected together asMork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour (1982).[61]
In the late 1990s, a touring arena show calledHappy Days: The Arena Spectacular toured Australia's major cities.[62] The story featured a property developer, and former girlfriend of Fonzie's, called Miss Frost (Rebecca Gibney), wanting to buy the diner and redevelop it. It starredCraig McLachlan as Fonzie,Max Gillies andWendy Hughes as Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham,Doug Parkinson as Al, andJo Beth Taylor as Richie's love interest Laura.Tom Bosley presented an introduction before each performance live on stage, and pop groupHuman Nature played a 1950s-style rock group.
Another stage show,Happy Days: A New Musical, began touring in 2008.[63][64]
The music video for the song "Buddy Holly" (which takes place at Arnold's Drive-in) byWeezer features footage from the series, including clips of Richie, Potsie, Ralph Malph, Joanie, and Fonzie.[65]Al Molinaro also reprises his role asAl Delvecchio in the video, joking about how bad his fish is at the beginning and end of the video.
A 1976 arcade racing game namedFonz was released based on Fonzie, with a picture of the character appearing on the side of thearcade cabinet.
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