No sitcom in history dropped in quality as dramatically as Happy Days.
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Kotter7579 — 9 years ago(June 11, 2016 09:16 AM)
Hilarious and accurate posts!!
Even if it was along the lines of Gazoo, why bring a many-years-old element of a cartoon show that was good but not great, to a show like Happy Days?!?! A show that was #1 in the country by 1976-77 and appeared to not have to resort to such antics as an alien.
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InherentlyYours — 9 years ago(October 02, 2016 04:58 PM)
Have you ever really tried watching an episode of Mork and Mindee? It's absolutely dreadful to say the least.
I agree. Well, if you have the audience howling with laughter, it makes you think you're missing something. I never liked Robin Williams in general. (the spastic unintelligible speech is supposed to be funny, ok) Actually Pam Dawber had the missed career. -
iamthehorseface — 9 years ago(June 18, 2016 02:52 AM)
The reason they believe it was because Robin Williams was a superstar at the time and everybody wanted a piece of him. All anybody then or now ever cares about is a big paycheck and that's it. I watch Mork & Mindy when I was a kid but I can honestly say since it's been in reruns for the last 25 years I don't think I've watched a single episode after its run was done. I still watch Happy Days on Me-TV sometimes when I shuffle through the episode's end find one I like.
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crypticanomaly73 — 9 years ago(October 14, 2016 04:32 AM)
Not sure what year the show was up to when Mork turned up but it would have made slightly more sense to tie it in with the first trips to the moon. Still a bad idea but at least relevant to the era.
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iamthehorseface — 9 years ago(June 18, 2016 02:49 AM)
I agree Laverne & Shirley was terribly awful along the lines of maybe Three's Company which along with Happy Days we're all on the same night for a couple of years. Tuesday nights on ABC. Believe it or not the train wreck that Laverne and Shirley is it was the number one show on television for two years of its run.
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InherentlyYours — 9 years ago(October 01, 2016 10:17 PM)
Laverne and Shirley was unfunny and silly, and Happy Days was not witty enough. Was the awful Mork * Mindy also produced by Garry Marshall? I think he appealed to the central U.S. suburban folk who were not demanding.
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I_Love_Hutch — 9 years ago(October 02, 2016 03:18 PM)
Unlike you, who is completely demanding and entitled. Only Lucy is good enough to meet with your approval. How superior of you. If Lucille Ball met you IRL, she would have zero patience.
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crypticanomaly73 — 9 years ago(June 15, 2016 02:34 AM)
The Fonz's popularity pretty much killed the series, they started to focus everything around him and even gave him magical powers. Then it no longer looked like the era it was set in and became a cartoon.
It became a kids show when in the beginning it could be pretty dark and serious at times.
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iamthehorseface — 9 years ago(June 18, 2016 02:48 AM)
That's what happens when people lose their passion and just worry about the big paychecks. I still watched it because it was my favorite show even when Joanie and Chachi left it was probably one of the worst shows on television but I still liked it because it was Happy Days.
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bingoboss — 9 years ago(September 10, 2016 11:31 PM)
Yeah, the first season was like TV's version of "American Graffiti" - a nice mix of nostalgia and humor, with a serious attempt to capture a retro 1950's look and vibe.
Once the show became a hit, it all went to crap. It became all about Fonzie sticking up his thumbs and saying "Eeyyy," and a lot of dumb jokes and stupid situations, playing to the live studio audience. I remember it was the same time that "Welcome Back, Kotter" became a big hit - I think they changed the tone of Happy Days to reach the same big, dumb crowd. -
InherentlyYours — 9 years ago(October 02, 2016 04:39 PM)
Once the show became a hit, it all went to crap. It became all about Fonzie sticking up his thumbs and saying "Eeyyy," and a lot of dumb jokes and stupid situations, playing to the live studio audience. I remember it was the same time that "Welcome Back, Kotter" became a big hit - I think they changed the tone of Happy Days to reach the same big, dumb crowd.
True. Some people liked that and it fulfilled them. I don't think the fans were necessarily dumb, but a certain type. There was no wit or inspired writing, or "funny" actors. Even Three's Company was funnier. -
ItsEddieHaskellBeyotch — 9 years ago(October 01, 2016 04:51 PM)
Lack of quality or not, it stayed on 11 seasons and became an American institution and generally one of the most popular shows in television history; had it stayed on just those first couple years and gotten cancelled we wouldn't be speaking much of it now.
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hyperjet — 9 years ago(October 03, 2016 12:43 PM)
Sure we would. Look at Gilligan's Island, The Musters, Star Trek. They all lasted around three seasons and have become iconic. I would have rather seen three or four seasons of the well made original Happy Days than the long running circus it became.
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