Happy Days
1974
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Mini Bio. Fred Fox Jr. was born on February 7, 1947 in the USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Family Matters (1989), My Secret Identity (1988) and It's Your Move (1984).
- February 7, 1947
Foxx had two older brothers, Fred Jr., and Leonard, who died shortly after his birth in 1921. On July 27, 1939, at the age of 16, Foxx performed on the Major Bowes Amateur Hour radio show as part of the Jump Swinging Six.
Producer: Family Matters. Fred Fox Jr. was born on 7 February 1947 in the USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Family Matters (1989), My Secret Identity (1988) and It's Your Move (1984).
- January 1, 1
- 3 min
- USA
- The Brady Bunch (1969-1974) When Cousin Oliver was introduced to The Brady Bunch during the fifth season of the show, fans might have gotten the feeling it would be the last.
- Dallas (1979 – 1991) The show that brought us the first “cliffhanger” (Who shot J.R.?) also hit their jump the shark episode in Season 9, when a very dead character, Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy) appears in a shower.
- Roseanne (1988-1997) Audiences gathered to watch the loud-mouthed Roseanne Barr and on-screen husband Dan (John Goodman) struggle through middle class life parenting three children.
- Smallville (2001- ) The 100th episode of the Superman-as-teenager show got a little out of hand. Granted WB had hyped the episode as one featuring a death of a character close to Clark.
Fred Fox Jr., the writer of the episode, famously maintains that “Happy Days” did not jump the shark that night. “If this was really the beginning of a downward spiral, why did the show stay...
Fred Fox Jr. In a 2010 Los Angeles Times article, former Happy Days writer Fred Fox Jr., who wrote the episode that later spawned the phrase, said "Was the [shark jump] episode of Happy Days deserving of its fate? No, it wasn't. All successful shows eventually start to decline, but this was not Happy Days ' time."
Fred Fox Jr. began his entertainment career on the writing staff of Laverne & Shirley. He went on to write and produce on Happy Days, Family Matters, Webster, and The New Leave it to Beaver . Fred co-wrote the book for Merry Go Round and worked on a children’s book with the legendary Ray Bradbury.
