Happy Days Pilot Part 1 of 3

[thesadmanshope]

they just don't make tv like this anymore...

[Falln4DarkAngel]

THis show makes me wish I was born two decades earlier

[thewaybackmachine]

The show was great the first 2 seasons. It really sucked when they changed the theme song. Fonzie was a bad guy for a while. The live audience killed the show!!

[joboots007]

@thewaybackmachine Sounds like a 20something on crack,eh Wayback???

[Hot80s]

i got it as afternoon re-runs in the early 80s on CBC.

[MrTony9123]

Anybody else notice it says Arthurs instead of Arnolds!!!

[kincaide67]

Yes, the original idea came from "Love American Style" but it got picked up only after "American Graffiti." They obviously re-vamped some characters and actors, etc. But...in this 1st clip from the "Happy Days" TV series pilot, did anyone else notice the fast food joint was called "Arthur's." Not "Arnold's." WOW!!!! And cool.

[ambergromero]

Loved this show.  Watched it faithfully when I was growing up

[Esus4]

This was not the original pilot for Happy Days. Look for one that says Happy Days and Love American Style on Youtube. It is very different from what the show became.

[slmacph]

The shark Fonzie jumped hadn't even been hatched yet. :-)

[motorbiker63]

The studio audience ruined this show ... Long Live the First Two Seasons!

[WetPooooopie]

Juke Box isso yesterday

[LT1HILLINGHOE]

Everything about the first two seasons is better. Happy Days, although I watched it every week as a kid, became kinda silly with Fonzie acting all crazy. First season puts me in the mind of an "American Graffiti" flavor.

[1skullduggery]

@LT1HILLINGHOE the whole premise was initially based off of 'american graffiti', hence the similarities.

[mickiemc100]

wow well things havent changed at all. i pick up girls by reading all the time

[jrob52]

Actually the pilot was a segment on "Love American Style" called "Love and Happy Days." No Fonzie, Harold Gould played Howard and somebody else played Joanie, but Anson Williams was Potzie and Ron Howard was Richie.

[geroguy0472]

THANK YOU!! I HATE IT when these people misrepresent these posts. I was trying to give her credit that she just superimposed the Happy Days theme in place of the "LoveAmStyle" theme, but when I saw Tom Bosley, I knew it wasn't the pilot. Harold Gould INDEED played Howard Cunningham in the pilot, which INDEED appeared as a half-hour skit on "Love, American Style".

[RobsEpicFret]

your nothing but a hound dog, cryin' all the time ;)

[82CARVER]

I remember watching this on Tuesday or Wednesday nights. I was in the 6-7th grade.

good show

[clemdane]

What episodes have Chuck in them?? Gotta see them!

[LetItBeRockForever]

love it

[sportsoracle]

Whatever became of the guy (00:48) with the crewcut who was an extra in so many scenes throughout the years?

[kallemick]

im actully starting to think i like potsie more then fonzie fonzie aint that cool when i think about it and i problaly only liked him because everyone else did

[theblazingangel]

@kallemick Fonzie's not that cool??? You DID watch the show, didn't you? LOL.

[kallemick]

@theblazingangel yes i watched season 1-3 and i actully think those stuff he does more seems like lame attempts at being cool then actully being cool dont know why but i like potsie alot more for some reason

[theblazingangel]

@kallemick Ok. Actually, it's good to hear a different point of view on the Fonz because everyone just loves him. But he really came into his own after season 3 and became the break out character. Why did you stop watching after only 3 seasons?

[kallemick]

@theblazingangel its because the fourth season is much more exspensive then the others and i just started watching twin peaks XD but whenever i feel like it i will start again

[bboo5701]

@kallemick potsie was supposed to be the cool guy originally, but the audience liked fonzie better

[82CARVER]

@bboo5701

Don't you know by now that, the neighbor always steals the show.

ie--Urkel--Family Matters/ Good times----Willona

[LCMScorpio412]

Is there not an episode where Richie first met Fonzie?

[brucedavis76]

yea the first yr and a half was great

[sonnyandbilly]

I stopped watching Happy Days when Potsy became uncool and Fonzy became too damn cool. LOL, what was Opie's best buddys name? He grew up to be Potsy.

[sonnyandbilly]

I stopped watching Happy Days when Potsy became uncool and Fonzy became too damn cool.

[bunnybooties]

I heard Chuck got a sex change,that's why on the last episode of Happy Days the Dad only mentions how proud he is of his TWO kids.

[ForeverYoung58]

Also, Bill Haley's Rock Around the Clock in the opening was so much cooler than that stupid theme song they came up with later. Not to mention the fact that the writing in the first season was inspired.

[ForeverYoung58]

A lot of people forget that in season 1, Fonzie was kinda quiet...didn't talk a whole lot. When he did say something, though, it was cool and funny. When he became a break out character, he never shut up after that.. Although the show's entire run with the original cast was enjoyable, that 1st season was a breath of fresh air.

[TherealRNO]

@mymyharlow: This show even coined "jumping the shark", with The Fonz literally jumping shark-infested water.

[pedalpunk57]

All it took was the Fonz to nod his head in silence in this opening scene of this pilot episode of Happy Days for immortality to be born. Cool is eternal when you're the Fonz.....eyyyyy!

[kobakommander]

It's too bad this show didn't keep up the original quality. I'm guessing the suits ruined it with budget cuts and test marketing.

[sailorgirl424]

haha, apparently ralph malph was supposed to be the cool one, but fonzie just blew him away. FONZIE ROCKS.

[markg0410]

My theory is this - once they did away with Bill Haley in the opening credits, it started to go downhill.

[chrispd3432]

chuck was the psycho murderer in the movie Cobra with Sly Stalone

[chrispd3432]

So easy to ask girls out back then.

[guyinfuckinghat]

@chrispd3432 its kinda bull how it is now

[iLoveJbMcFlYTakeThat]

Ron was such a babe when he was younger lol

[iLoveJbMcFlYTakeThat]

THE BEST.

WTF is the song name at the start?! lol, rock around the clock tonight?

[cowcrap]

@iLoveJbMcFlYTakeThat

i think the name of the song is happy days

[Flagman00]

@cowcrap Its called "Rock Around The Clock" by Bill Haley and the Comets

[cowcrap]

@Flagman00 ah

[Retrotreasures]

This Episode Pilot of Happy Days All The Way was on Last night of the hub.The hub is a new! channel.RIP Tom Bosley as Mr.Cunningham and Kathy O' Dare as Mary Lou Milligan.I have this episode on DVD Too.This Episode Started in January,1974

[pugilistofpower]

RIP Tom Bosley and Kathy O'Dare.

[KARENNAMC68]

RIP Mr. C. He died today. This was one of my favorite shows as a kid and they were all great in it.

[BeantownJim]

sync?

[7734Duke]

The pilot was actually on LOVE AMERICAN STYLE, I believe.

[cindy55intexas]

@7734Duke Right!!

[THX1205]

Love American Graffiti the Movie & Happy Days! The early episodes were the Best!

[PrometheusRising]

This show makes me want to club a baby seal.

[octaves4]

@PrometheusRising that's cuz you're a worthless little punk.

Drop dead

[mrdoyle71]

Loved the first two seasons after that it went down hill the dad was funny and clever but of course they turned him into an idiot like they do all fathers and husbands in every sitcom and every commercial since except Hank Hill

[classicphile]

@mrdoyle71 While I agree with you on the first 2 seasons, I have to disagree with you on the Dad (Tom Bosley). I think he was the most consistent character out of all of them. He was a tower of strength, sensibility, and wisdom from beginning of the series to the end. A solid character for a father. I dont recall them turning him into an idiot. I do recall them turning the mother into a bit of an airhead towards the last few years of the series.

[classicphile]

Sad news. Kathy O'Dare (Mary Lou Milligan) is without a doubt one of the prettiest actresses I ever saw on television. She died only a couple months ago on July 18, 2010. (she was born on August 27, 1957). Her real name was Kathleen Rose D'Orazi. She left behind her mother, 2 older brothers and a 13 year old daughter named Miltreta Mae D'Orazi (what Kathy died from, I dont know)

[esaywhat12]

oh my god im 13 and i know this is a throwback wtf what the hay ralph she says it weird

[TheAMERIKANPSYCHO]

the song is Bill Haley but the arrangement sounds different!

[travis7310]

@TheAMERIKANPSYCHO The version used here is from 1973. It was never released as single. It was only used on the first and second seasons of "Happy Days". This episode originally used the original 1955 recording, but this is from the DVD set, where they changed it to the 1973 version.

[TheMashwatcher585]

if ron howard and hengry winkler were never on this series, HD would not been on too long

[countbloodula]

Look theres chuck the same guy that played that psycho homicidal maniac

[dakotagerman1]

First Season was more authentic to the 1950's look. Shouldv'e kept to this motif throughout whole serious run.

[calimar28]

@dakotagerman1 Agreed. Season 1 and 2 were pure 50's nostalgia. After that they went to different writing and a live audience, and it lost its authenticity and turned into a cheap sitcom.

[dakotagerman1]

@calimar28

"Happy Days" "jumped the shark" more than once after Season 1 and 2 The fashions in clothing and hairstyles became more current to the 1980's and many of the plot devices were absurd (like Mork from Ork and something about Chachi selling his soul to the Devil so he could be popular).

[landrykkb]

@calimar28 I'd have to agree with you there.It seemed as though the era it was set in became irrelevant beyond the second season.

[Avatarass]

its not Pilot, its the first episode of the 1st season. duh

[RatDog67]

Notice: Arnolds is Arthurs... This was a gret spin on American Graffiti.. They should have stayed with this filming format... It is a great show... My mother just adored it. I guess it brought her back to simpler times..... Sort of like Bevis and Butt-Head did for me...

[123456789mischief]

so whatever happened to chuck? alliens? time warp. sucked into a vortex? whatever happened to him everyone forgot about him pretty quick.

[Guitarkid97554]

@123456789mischief

yea and in the last episode, Howard says they raised 2 kids.

[Cher298262]

@123456789mischief he supposedly went of to college on a basketball scholarship because the shows producers thought that Fonzie was more of the big brother character so the actor for chuck left and his character went away to college.

[ighforever]

this show wasnt really very good. Who would want there sons and daughters carousing around "necking" at every opportunity as this show constantly portrayed.

It was gross.

I make no apologies for what i said. Women are to be respected not fondled at every moment. Where is the lessons on Relationships? Why is it always about "sex education" and not Relationship Education? Doesnt that make sense? Keeping yourself pure till marriage, being really in Love means Self-Sacrifice.

Jesus is Lord.

[123456789mischief]

@ighforever your so right I mean oh my god. and did you see those two girls dsancing together at 2:00 to about 2:20? their promoting homosexuality but trying to disguise it. terrible I tell you. whats this world coming to?

your a joke my friend its a TV show a half hour comedy. but free speach means you can say whatever you want to make your self look like an ass. and I make no appologies for that.

I say good day to you sir.

[truthisitall]

@ighforever stfu man. ur like a female. f*ckin queer

[truthisitall]

@ighforever dude, get over it. u kno how many girls are stuck up and snotty? that think they have some sort of self entitlement? girls r worse than guys if u ask me. they need to get off their high horse

[Monstermack40]

Arthurs? Arnold's is called Arthurs? Maybe Fonzie owned it.

[fromthesidelines]

....and ABC executive Fred Silverman discovered that "The Fonz" was the one that most viewers wanted to see, more than anyone else, every week...

[fromthesidelines]

The first two seasons were filmed with a single camera, without a live audience [dubbed laugh track], because Garry Marshall wanted it that way. However, CBS' "GOOD TIMES" began to overtake the show in the ratings in the fall of '74, and ABC executives wanted "HAPPY DAYS" to be a bit more "louder", and filmed before a live audience in season three to compete with "GOOD TIMES" {"You've got Jimmie Walker going, 'Dy-no-MITE!', on another network"}...

[kallemick]

thanks for uploading but please fix the sound

[uwillbe]

I like how Fonzie was portrayed in seasons one and two. He seemed like could have been on the wrong side of the law.

[abc1000001]

Notice the restaurant's name is Arthur's?

Look at 3:02.

[80sweetcandy]

what the f..k chuck ?

[theradical90]

yes

[1pollo1rabbit]

LES PAUL AND MARY FORD! How High the Moon.True classic.

[57unkown]

its all about greasers fuck socs

[robertstinnett]

This actually isn't the original pilot for Happy Days. The original pilot was aired on "Love American Style" with the title of "Love and the Happy Days". You can do a search on Youtube and find it.

[daboteman]

Unfortunately, only part 1 of "Love and the Happy Days" is on YouTube.

[classicphile]

I wonder whatever happened to Kathy O'Dare (Mary Lou)

[007InMiami]

Arthurs? I didn't know that.

[tpellman]

oh... not least of which:  the 50s haircuts!

[tpellman]

1st season Happy Days was so much better. The realistic lighting and on-location scenes gave it a very authentic feel.

[classicphile]

"1st season Happy Days was so much better. The realistic lighting and on-location scenes gave it a very authentic feel"

So true. The second season too. The episodes were each filmed as if they were individual movies. Realistic lighting, on location scenes (outdoors), filmed not taped, and no live audience.

[BarneyFlart]

You're right. Happy days went from a very innovative, time period show, to pretty much a really dumb mess within three years. They started by riding the tail of American Graffitti, but they couldn't keep that up for more than a couple of seasons.

[1pollo1rabbit]

You're right,the first 2 seasons were like short movies of 50's life.Great

[canso67]

They filmed it using only 3 cameras and no live audience. Seasons 1 & 2 rocked! What happened to CHUCK???

[lakebay972]

@canso67, they used stock film for footage which made it look more authentic; but the technology changed and they used a "cleaner quality." The "Chuck" was written out of the show after Season 2 (went away to college) when Fonzie became was drawing in more viewers and became popular.

[abc1000001]

@canso67

In a way, I figure that Potsie took over the part of a dumb character.

[warblerab]

@canso67 "What happened to CHUCK???" that sir, it one of the great mysteries of universe which we shall probably never have an answer to.

[warblerab]

@canso67 "What happened to CHUCK???"  that sir, it one of the great mysteries of the universe which we shall probably never have an answer to.

[torrentANONYMOUScodc]

@canso67 Let us Ayyyyy

he asended the stairase with his basketball and never came bak down.

amen

The Fonz Be With You

:p

[TherealRNO]

@canso67: Brother Chuck Syndrome...Where an initally starring character regresses into the background in less than a few episodes and disappears with no explanation. XD

[Kr8mer]

@canso67 I think it was 1 camera til series 3

[charlotteguy7]

@tpellman Absolutely. Before the show became a Fonzie-crazed formula show, it was awesome.

[MarkWalkerMusic]

@tpellman I agree. Those first two seasons were much more "gritty" and realistic. The angst and anxiety of being a teenager was well represented. Stories were more realistic and the writers weren't afraid to do themes that bordered on controversy. I remember an episode where the ROTC were referred to as "Rotsies" (Rhymes with Nazis) It's kind of how this show progressed and became the ultra glossed-over idealic spin on the 50s. It got kind of absurd when the spin-offs came - Mork from Ork? Yeah.

[assasinmark]

@tpellman i agree i liked the first season best as well