I was a bit young when this show was on the air (being born in 1969) but someone told me that a skit on this show was a prescursor to the movie American Graffitti, which from what i understand was the basis for the show Happy Days, or maybe i just dreamed it or something, anybody that can give me info gladly appreciated.
Both the movie "American Graffitti and long running series "Happy Days" were set in the 1950s. Although the series was a spinoff of the romantic comedy anthology series, "Love, American Style" called "Love and the Happy Days" in February 1972 (minus the Fonz), I'm sure it did inspire the major motion picture to be developed and created for the big screen a year later. With the big box office success of the film, the series made a fantastic debut in January 1974 and remained a big hit for 11 years and created 4 spinoff series.
They should of kept The Fonz out. That pilot was awesome. The show could of gone on a few years longer if it was not dumbed down.
The first two seasons of Happy Days was a charming glimpse of Americana. Fonzy had maybe 2 or 3 minutes and he was a treat on screen. Later it became the Fonzy show and went downhill quality wise in a hurry. It was no longer a show about the 50s (which was the original plan), but a typical 80s sitcom that happened to be set in the 50s.
But as someone above said, the show probably had much more appeal to the masses with the emergence of the Fonzy character. I'll only watch the first two seasons in re-runs, and few selected episodes from later years that were funny or clever. reply share