Happy Days 11 season theme song

[heine71]

Theme to the final Happy Days season.

[thebomb18wheels]

Anson Williams. Dear god, those are not Happy Days

[BigAirChicago22]

I Take back what i said, this theme is also good,

[TheFlicker98]

Season 1 = Excellent with Chuck Cunningham! 10/10

Season 2 = Still Excellent!10/10

Season 3 = Great even though Chuck isn't in it. 10/10

Season 4 = Done well! 10/10

Season 5 = Good Job when Chachi appeared. 9/10

Season 6 = My favorite theme and Season of the Show. 9/10

Season 7 = Last Apperance of Richie and Ralph and still watchable 9/10

Season 8 = Not too bad without Richie and Ralph it wasn't the same. 7/10

[TheFlicker98]

@TheFlicker98 Season 9 = Not too bad barley showed Potsie 7/10

Season 10 = When Chachi and Joanie left they should of cancelled the seires but still okay 5/10

Season 11 = Great to see Richie and Ralph again, Barley Showed Potsie, but, better than the last 3 seasons

6/10

[BigAirChicago22]

this theme is horrible compared to the original theme, well in my opinion it is

[jnadle1]

@BigAirChicago22 If it went on for another season, I would keep the same vocals from seasons 3-10, except use synthesized drums (a la My Two Dads).

[peterp21]

Knowing the myopia of studio executives, re-doing the theme was probably their idea of keeping the show fresh and hence, keep the ratings up. At this point, the show dying was inevitable, and only good stories and new stars hooking viewers could have helped that.

[peterp21]

I get that the show was now taking place in the mid-60s but c'mon, the feathered and permed hairstyles are too contemporary to the early-80s. I'd almost expect any African American extras on the show to be wearing Jheri curls.

[JACKOTACO]

11 seasons is almost impossible nowadays.

[nintendork2000]

@JACKOTACO Yes, but the Simpsons is an immortal show.

[StepsFan4Life]

@JACKOTACO :( i know most shows go for 8 season and that it

[NonSanityFilms]

what happened to Rich?

[PhenominAl67]

I wonder how Erin Moran felt about Scott Baio jumping ahead of her in the credits.

[Jantv81]

Happy Days was in fact Garry Marshall's baby.

[8644mec]

The first 5 or 6 seasons of happy days were some of the best in tv history........unfortunately, the last 4 or 5 seasons were almost unwatchable. Such a sad finish to a GREAT show.

[BrainBustah00]

Damn Joanie had a fat ass

[erika2012vsu]

Was it 1959 right here? 11 seasons was waaaaaay too much.. Ron Howard left Joni loves chachi got canceled... it was best to end it.

[timhomer2009]

@erika2012vsu I am guessing 1962 or 1963.

[WizardGlik]

Where is Flip?

[KZBProductionCo]

nice gray hair fonzie

[svhwdwnut]

i like little joanie & little chachi then mr c & fonz pulled em up & they were older

[TheJiggsCasey]

This is when they really started to go downhill. The Fonz became an old lady, there was WAY too much Joney and Chauchy and some blonde guy who was really annoying.

[svhwdwnut]

@TheJiggsCasey it's chachi

[TheJiggsCasey]

@svhwdwnut

Chachi! Couldn't remember the spelling. Thanks SVH.

[annamariapiotrowicz2]

@TheJiggsCasey speaking charters fonz im not what his real age is he got older too fast joanie/chachi are both young adults age 20 or 21 blonde guy is roger he is fonz age he become a teacher

[tsolfan69]

It's not even the real jukebox.

[weareclouds]

Mrs. C looked really good in this opening. Marion Ross is too pretty for her age. :)

[erika2012vsu]

It didn't even look remotely like the 1950

's on the last season

[DONWTH]

@erika2012vsu Did you live in the 50's?  I did, learned to drive, got my first car, got my first stready G'F, lasted over 3 years. The house scenes mimiced mine. The drugstore fountains, drive in diners, drive in movies. They're all duplicates of my life in most ways. Maybe some of it was based on Calif. teen life, but much was the same as the mid west life that I grew up in.

[annamariapiotrowicz2]

@erika2012vsu  season 11 it was already 1964 or 65 and tacoalogy change music change fanishon change teenagers grow up too fast drive in's disapear are replace with chemias arnold's was hang out place got burned down and turn into a small pub where older teens hang out

[38ddkelly]

So season 11 would make it, say, 1967 or 68. Then why does Fonzie still dress like it's 1956, Chachi has 1984 hair, Joanie has an 80s perm, etc. Seems they stopped caring about the show's appearance after the first 2 years.

[LT1HILLINGHOE]

@38ddkelly First two seasons were the absolute best.

[rubino83]

Too baritone-y. =(

[landrykkb]

Happy Days had died a slow death from the 1980-81 season on,in my opinion.

[fullhousefrek]

RIP Heather Tom and Pat :( ( and anyone else that I failed to mention)

[steviejinnj]

jesus, if it aint broken dont fix it

[David9788]

this theme song sucks

[vivaalatokyo]

i'm not gonna lie. i spit out my water laughing when the opening credits showed the Fonz and Chachi on the bike and the background music went "Feels so right, can't be wrong"

[boofdfast]

WTF? They changed the singer for the intro. Then Mrs. C has a new hairdo? They shoulda ended this show when Richie and Ralph Malph left the show. Talking beating a dead horse. The last few seasons were LAME and CORNY. LOL

[gregspeaksthetruf]

@boofdfast can you say TED.....MCGINLEY! that dildo makes any show crap, he ruiined Happy Days ( Garry Marshall was on crack when he hired him) LoveBoat (same for Aaron Spelling, he must've been on something) and Married with Children (Yep Leavitt and Moye were running out of Ideas)

[boofdfast]

@gregspeaksthetruf Yeah, adding that mofo to the show, was like building a nuclear power plant in a nice, clean suburban neighborhood... sooner or later it's going to stink or make the market value go down the toilet. LOL

[LondonOntGuy]

@gregspeaksthetruf

If he shows up on Fringe, a show that's already being moved to the death slot of Friday night, we know it's lights out for sure for that show. :(

[wthomas2]

jus my observation...why does the mom look Wayyy better now then in the earlier years HAHAHA

[jsrosa1282]

Can you imagine what it would've been like if other ABC shows from the past, like Batman, ran for 11 seasons like Happy Days did?

I find it amazing that when this show premiered in '74, ABC staples like The Brady Bunch and The Partridge Family were still on the air but had run their course and were on their way out. By the time of Happy Days' last season, Dynasty and Webster were the network's new hits. It, along with Three's Company, Hart to Hart and Fantasy Island, would be gone by May '84.

[ShadyPines7]

Why not Webber, been with the show 11 YEARS and couldn't get star billing too?

[David9788]

@ShadyPines7 it was 10 years

[SAMMYMAN7777777]

HAPPY DAYS OR DAYS HAPPY IN ABC SOON THE REUNION IS BACK ON TRACK

[johnclipper5]

thats a great theme song i watch it when i was 5 years old in 1974 when happy days first went on the air on abc 

[ssosmcin]

God, this was one show that should have ended when Ron Howard and Donny Most left. Yet, it dragged on and on and on. They weren't even trying to put these people in the 50's anymore.

[olddude521]

This show was much better when it was originally filmed without the live audience.

[RetroVideoFan]

Happy Days took a huge ratings hit in Season 11, mainly because it was forced to do battle with NBC's monster hit, The A-Team (Happy Days lost by an overwhelming margin). It dropped from 28th in Season 10, to only 63rd in Season 11. That's why it was the final season. Too bad.

[Callofduty4nub]

I watched this when I was 7 or 8!

[JuggaSic]

Why ????? The original version was so much better. :(

[ir10031981]

the final season theme sounded gay.

[snoopy64116]

@ir10031981 "Gay" does not mean dumb or stupid.

[svhwdwnut]

it's fun 2 see joanie & chachi grow up in these credits luv the gang

[GamesWorldTV]

Where's Ron Haward?

[GamesWorldTV]

Sorry, Howard

[MegaCocoFan]

He left after season 7 to pursue directing

[mainenews]

kind of sounds like the growing pains "80's" type theme... how times had change

[jessieiskoo]

I'm sorry but 11 seasons is just too much lol

[BatmanFan1966]

@jessieiskoo Try telling that to M*A*S*H too. Ironic, both shows took place in the 1950s, although presumably toward the end of the run of Happy Days, it was the early 60s perhaps.

[annamariapiotrowicz2]

@BatmanFan1966 M-A-S-H was made in 1950's( i got to do more research) happy days was made in 1970's- set in 1950's season 11 was set in 1960's where things change too quickly the story lines kind of got more intersting if you watch between the lines ( things they don't show) on tv you get a feel for the 1960's

some stroy lines make me laugh or cry or think about other things

[USCCHRIS0476]

@jessieiskoo 11 seasons of Married with children, and happy days. could life get any better?

[jkrazor]

I honestly tear up when I see this.

[TheMarc81980]

Ted McGinley was Marion's nephew. His role was basketball coach at Jefferson High. When Fonzie became Dean of students for troubled boys he became principal.

[snoopy64116]

@TheMarc81980 I hate how they made him a Dean when he never even went to college!

[diasflac182000]

What was the name of Ted McGinley's character? and what role did he play

[geckeo]

@diasflac182000 fonzey

[vfreeck]

His name was Roger.

[XxIAmRedeemedxX]

I love season 11's opening the best =)

[LukeVanFan]

Me too.

[someguy728]

For some reason this version sounds even more dated than the original.

[santathe2nd]

what happened to that girl fonzie was dating that had a little blond kid named heather

???

[fullhousefrek]

actually the dad came back and he didn't want to stand in the way of their happiness so he left her!

[wappodeiwappi87]

immenso..immenso..immenso fonzie!!!!!!!!

[MrDemolitionMan]

Why wasn't Donny Most in this season?

[fep70]

He left the time as Richie.

[Worrier316]

He was in the "Welcome Home" 2-parter with Ron Howard in this season.

[uhnter1]

freeze this at 0.30 and look at what a retard dork the fonz looks like-you knew it was over when the fonz put on a helmet like this,also in the opening sequence in the earlier episodes fonzie/wrinkler is actually riding his bike it is obvious in this scene his bike is being pulled by a truck while mounted on a trailer did the fonz lose his nerve or was a insurance thing?

[frasierfreak92]

I'd imagine it was something to do with the networks, Fonzie had to be shown as safe and wear a helmet. About the bike - I'd imagine it was insurance, Henry Winkler was a huge star at this time.

[soydaniel96]

is fonz living with richie's parents ?

[Dan77able]

It looks like all who did the comments are from the past as well and myself. I was just thinking about the words "HAPPY DAYS". Yes back in the

60's it sure was "HAPPY DAYS". A great show no doubt.

[Danotron4Music]

I PREFER THE ORIGINAL

[soydaniel96]

whys is the fonz starring ? wasnt the blond guy the prootagonist ?

please answer =p

[Videoman2k7]

he left

[csifan18]

Ron Howard is the guy you're referring to, but he appeared in the first seven seasons, and left in 1980.

[ThePe1993]

HAPPY DAYS

yes yes !! :)

[canucktheclown]

Another show I forgot Ted McGinley was in.  McGinley was in Married With Children and is in Hope & Faith.

[THEDOCTORGALLIFREY]

not near as good as the older version the older version made you think about a simpler time this is to close to TV shows now for me to remember a time before i was born

[psifla]

Good opening - allows you to recall the entire run, but yes, the theme is dodgy.

[whalers59]

Why did they have a different guy sing the song in this season? That's just awful.

[travelsonic]

I concur 110%, what the hell did they do to this song?

[xraffle]

Why did they even bother leaving Anson Williams in the opening credits? He only appeared in a few episodes.

[David9788]

@travelsonic i know that theme song sucks

[logom0]

Yeah it sounds so out of tune as well.

[WhatsAYak]

It was part of a "makeover" to make the series a bit more fresh for its final season, since they'd been on the air close to 10 years @ that point.

[namniekib]

@whalers59,they completely butchered the song.Some of the change in cast in previous seasons was pretty awful too.

[pedigreetripleH]

check oxhorns version its a wow spoof of this song

[DJKhrome]

I hated this version- the one sung by Pratt & McClain since '75 is ten times better, AND their version became a hit on the pop chart as well!

[fanofthevampire]

Marion Ross is in themovie superhero movie she is really good and i like the theme song awsome!!!

[bfishyray7]

this is my favorite theme song

[CrescentFenix]

the original was better

[CC5052]

lol if u like this your "just too white 'n' nerdy"

[Rico9963]

Does anyone know if Potsie and Jonie were about to hook up? What is with that scene where Potsie runs up to Joanie on1:14 of this intro. It looks as if he is making a move on her.

[ilikenintendo2005]

Dude, they got married.

[danzin01]

Chachi and Joanie got married not Potsie and Joanie. Potsie wasn't even at their wedding

[ilikenintendo2005]

Oh, I thought he said Chachi haha. My bad.

[fatpigstudios]

yep the crappy days theme song alright

[NShep53]

with this intro its like Crappy Days...

[MalnourishedGoat]

Even the opening titles are depressing reminders of how far this show fell from grace in the later seasons... not that it was ever THAT bad... but it just seemed that way in comparison to how GOOD it used to be.

[SmartBlonde250]

this song sucks dick! *sticks out tongue*

[LuigiLaker]

This intro sucks compared to the '70s version..

[rawoctopus]

new singer, new background music, it sounds like a cheap kareoke version of the original score, and anson williams, poor guy, he stuck around till the end but his character really did nothing after richie and ralph left

[cne08]

The best Happy Days opening.

[zephiel123]

happy days wouldnt be the same without fonzi

[sansankudo]

The difference between the other intros and this is that women joined in on the vocals.I'm guessing season 11 dates back to the early 1960's when girl groups were becoming popular.

[vfreeck]

Girl background vacalists also became popular again in the 80s.

So that would explain the premise of this intro.

[scott49ers]

What i liked about the later seasons is that FONzi became like the substitue son for HOward and MArion. IT was like he had no one to turn to but MR and MRS Cunningham when he was in a jam

[handinside]

I hate to say, but this show DID get better after Ronny Howard left it.

[WweHbk6]

not rlly man no disrespect but ron howard and donny most leaving really made it... different...

[fonziefive]

man potsie and fonzie and howard were in the show forever

[clubparty44]

im cool like fonzie :D

ayyyyyyyyy

[lankan9522]

ilove jonie and chachi grew up so quick like the way they made its so cool

[frutiepebbles28]

i thought it was saturday what a day spending all week with you in the begining ?

[WhatsAYak]

Only on eps where the theme was edited for reruns.

[frutiepebbles28]

were is richie???

[SenorTucan0594]

He joined the army with Ralph

[carmesundae]

> to bewitched is thier any way you pst ttheseason 10 openg credits? like tthat slo

[CenaTv]

Not The Best

[stormievbva2]

I love this theme song Too.!!!!!1

[harveysuperboy]

love the last season theme just as much as the first season theme