Happy days intro

[snakeyes1985]

i know for me the 80s were fun what about the 50s for the ones that grew up in that decade was the 50s fun

[snakeyes1985]

nice cars in the 50s i have to say

[snakeyes1985]

i grew up in the 80s i have this question what was it really like in the 50s was it cool like happy days portrays it to be

[JWade29]

Tom........TOM BOSLEY!!!!!

[BurgerChefGuy]

Just think,.... Happy Days would have never existed without that first little skit done on Love American Style called Love and the Happy Days. It did so well that they decided to make a series, ....which lead to the spin off shows Lavern & Shirley and Mork and Mindy. I recall back in the 1970s when guys were all in the retro 1950s mode with greased back hair. This show capitalized on that 1950s come back in the early 70s.

[flippyflyer]

Actually the show owes all of its success to George Lucas' Amercian Graffitti.

[MjImpersonator11]

Its 1974 Fonzie is 23 There

[nolanajee]

I loved this opening!

[ShadowFan765]

I just LOVE this show!!!

[brendabaloyan]

ABC created this series on 1974 based on the hit 1973 movie "American Graffitti"

[StarlingKnight]

Which decade Happy Days takes place? 50's? 60's?

Regarding to the clothes and the environment I'll say it's 1950's

[brendabaloyan]

The first epidodes in 1974 take place in the mid 50's and the last epidodes in the mid 60's

[brendabaloyan]

Thanks for the Feedback!

[snake063]

This was Season 2 because Henry Winkler and Donny Most became regulars. This was also the syndicated version because they called it Happy Days Again.

[jckhammer]

well on the syndicated version of the DVD release the song in the opening is happy days and not rock around the clock but your correct in saying it was renamed happy days again. A travesty IMO seeing as they did away with rock around clock and used generic music in the episodes instead of the orignal music. Screw Paramount

[rondinsk]

this is the intro I liked the most.

[generatorx]

Great TV series! The Cunninghams were actually a family, not a messed up dysfunctional bunch of people living together.

[chickenssaymoothe2nd]

my favorite song in the world!!!!!

[NewEnglandSportsGuy]

this 1 was the best music intro!

[tokyofreaky]

This intro made the show. Those other intros can sit on it!!!

[drcoxcentral]

For some this is my favorite intros of the series, I guess its the song.

[ajbalfour]

I agree. This rerecording of the song rocks a little harder than the original.

[CaptainConfederacy]

Definately the best theme music of the series and the best time of the series. The producers tried to give the series a period feel to it which was lost as the series went on.

[boofdfast]

Although this is a year one or two intro.. it isn't the original. In the original cast credits, Ralph Malph isn't in it yet, and Fonzie had a K-Mart barracuda light blue jacket. Love the part when the girl loses her ponytail by the convertible top and Marcia the waitress spills the shakes on the 2 cops. lol :)

[mjm4222]

ahhhhhhhhhh, season one!! Bill Haley. Sad to say i remember this when it first aired.  Sucks getting old!! ;-)

[bigbill1991]

34 years ago, where did the time go?

[Sara6966]

it was 34 yrs ago?

[bigbill1991]

Series started in 1974.

[NewEnglandSportsGuy]

I thought it was 1975...

[bigbill1991]

Series started in 1974.

[SmBkRun]

Talk about takin' you back! Thanks for the memories.

[bigbill1991]

No doubt!

[1bah]

Thanks Oh the mems

[GreekGuy9999]

Does anyone know if all the clips in this intro are from shows or were they made speficially for the intro?

[CenaTv]

Some Are From The Show And Some Are Just On The Intro

[dylanshawn]

c trop cool happi day

[143AC]

This was the first and best "Happy

Days"theme song.

[mrceleb2006]

A 1973 re-recording of Bill Haley's classic 1955 hit "Rock Around the Clock".

[sixthskinjob]

I personally prefer this intro as opposed to the later seasons that included the somewhat tiresome 'Happy Days' theme song.

[PPM420]

yayyyyyyy

[VideoFanatic02]

I remember this early opening theme. This was one of my favorite shows as a kid.

[DStroyerPA]

I love how, for a short time in the 80's, they had to change the name of some shows, so that people would know if they were watching a first-run episode or a syndication re-run! They also had to call the CHiPs re-runs "CHiPs Patrol" (which means "California Highway Patrol Patrol") :-)

[Marckymarc71]

yeah, I remember that. They added the last names to Laverne and Shirley...Emergeny One, etc.