Happy Days Appreciation Thread

[The Toyroom]

I never understood why Ralph joined the Army. They had him as such a coward in the later episodes.

Weren't they drafted?

[jwyblejr]

Didn't know that. Anyways,tonight they're airing one of the few good episodes that are post-Ritchie. The one with Al getting involved with the civil rights protest.

[Spawn67]

Yea some of these episodes aren't as bad as I thought they would be.

We need to keep up this post til the very end of Happy Days reruns on Hub!

[Mikey]

One of the funniest intro's is right after Richie leaves (playing now on Hub)

Keep watching Fonzie during the intro

He's like smiling and laughing -- and all of a sudden it's like somebody offscreen told him "be cool and do the ayyyy"

Watch at 35 seconds in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDKC_reGEBw

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[jwyblejr]

I was watching an Auction Kings marathon last night and someone had brought in a pinball machine like the one used on the show.

[Spawn67]

I notice on these episodes every time Chachi or Fonzie walk into a room all the girls in the audience taping scream. I wonder if they did that on purpose cause the shows popularity was going down at the time?
Were in the 82 season so we got 2 more to go!
Anyone remember Henry Winklers movie "Night shift" that came out around this time? His character is so different from the Fonz. watched it recently and its still a great movie!

[The Toyroom]

Has The Fonz become a teacher yet on these Hub episodes?

[The Toyroom]

The Fonz met the Lone Ranger tonight....that scene would have played much better for me if it had been Clayton Moore instead of John Hart

[ctc]

>Anyone remember Henry Winklers movie "Night shift"

"LOVE brokers!!!" The Fonz and Batman pimpin' out of the morgue they worked in. Yeah; I remember it. Hard to forget something like that.

Don C.

[Spawn67]

Also Scott Baio made "Zapped!" around this time. Remember that one?

[Spawn67]

Tom Hanks was on the other night. I had no idea that he was on a episode of Happy Days! Pat Morita was on the same episode. I wanted to see him go Mr. Miyagi all over him but he didn't. Tom Hanks was on a lot of shows back then.
I notice Fonzie looks much older than he was supposed to be in these episodes.

[Mikey]

Henry Winkler was like 45 when he did Happy Days

[The Toyroom]

^ Winkler was 39 when the series ened in '84...

[madmarva]

I really enjoy the first couple of seasons of Happy Days when Fonzie was a supporting character rather than the star.

To me, those shows still hold up to me. The others I enjoy purely as nostalgia.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Okay, so now the Hub has made it to the last (or second to last?) season. All the add-on characters of the post-Ritchie era are gone, except for Roger. Jenny, KC, Flip, Ashely, Heather...GONE. I wonder if the ratings were slipping and they decided to "retool" the show by taking it back a bit? And of course, Joanie and Chachi came back because their show got canned. I think Al will be back soon too.

Fonzie seems a bit more "in character" again as well. Maybe some old writers returned at this time?

Chris