Ron Howard
Richie Cunningham
Search results
Cast
Episode Guide
- 1. All the Way Jan 15, 1974
- Potsie fixes Richie up with Mary Lou Mulligan, who has a questionable reputation.
- 2. The Lemon Jan 22, 1974
- Richie and Potsie spend their hard-earned savings on their first car to try to attract girls.
- 3. Richie's Cup Runneth Over Jan 29, 1974
- Potsie wrangles Richie an invitation to his first bachelor party.
Happy Days. Happy Days is an American television sitcom that aired first-run on the ABC network from January 15, 1974, to July 19, 1984, with a total of 255 half-hour episodes spanning 11 seasons. Created by Garry Marshall, it was one of the most successful series of the 1970s. The series presented an idealized vision of life in the 1950s and ...
Jul 27, 2024 · Happy Days. (Clockwise from lower left) Actors Anson Williams as Potsie, Don Most as Ralph, Henry Winkler as Fonzie, and Ron Howard as Richie on the television show Happy Days. (more) Happy Days, American television situation comedy that aired on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) network for 11 seasons (1974–84).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Oct 13, 2020 · The origins of Mork. While it was primarily a show heavily grounded in realism, Happy Days wasn't afraid to get weird. There's that episode from 1984 when Fonzie falls in love with a ghost, and ...
Sep 18, 2020 · Happy Days was where the expression "jump the shark" was born. After Fonzie jumped over a shark on water skis in one fateful episode, fans felt the show went into a quality tailspin. Nothing ...
- Kara Kovalchik
- Happy Days was supposed to be set in the 1920s, not the 1950s. When Garry Marshall was first approached by Paramount executives Michael Eisner and Tom Miller in 1971 to create a new sitcom, they envisioned something set in the 1920s or ’30s.
- The show's creator wanted to call it COOL. Test audiences reported that COOL made them think of cigarettes, however, so producer Carl Kleinschmitt suggested, “How about calling it Happy Days?
- Ron Howard signed on to avoid going to Vietnam. Ron Howard wasn’t looking to do another series; he had recently enrolled at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts with the goal of becoming a director.
- Happy Days predates American Graffiti. George Lucas’s Oscar-nominated 1973 film launched a craze for 1950s nostalgia (even though the movie was set in 1962).
Happy Days: Created by Garry Marshall. With Henry Winkler, Marion Ross, Tom Bosley, Erin Moran. In Milwaukee Wisconsin, hardware store owner Howard Cunningham, his wife Marion, and their children Richard and Joanie live through the 1950s with help and guidance from lovable and almost superhuman greaser Fonzie.
People also ask
When did Happy Days start?
How many episodes are in Happy Days?
When did Happy Days become a TV show?
Why was happy days so popular?
Happy Days is an American television sitcom that aired first-run from January 15, 1974, to September 24, 1984, on ABC-TV, with a total of 255 half-hour episodes spanning over eleven seasons. Created by Garry Marshall, the series presented an idealized vision of life in the mid-1950s to mid-1960s Midwestern United States, and starred Ron Howard as teenager Richie Cunningham, Henry Winkler as ...
