“Welcome Home” Part 1 Originally Aired October 25, 1983 on ABC“Welcome Home” Part 2 Originally Aired November 1, 1983 on ABC A quick word about where “Happy Days” stands at the beginning of its final season. Flip, K.C., Ashley and her daughter Heather are all gone. The opening, with a re-recorded theme song done in … Continue reading Happy Days Epics: “Welcome Home”
This “Happy Days Epics” is dedicated to the memory of Gavan O’Herlihy, who recently passed away at age 70. O’Herlihy was one of two actors to play the character of Chuck Cunningham. oldest of the three Cunningham kids. The Chuck character stopped appearing when the series changed from a single camera to multi-camera “in front … Continue reading Happy Days Epics: “Babysitting”/”Turn Around…And You’re Home”
Since 1996 or thereabouts I have attended a mess of television show tapings. “Late Night With Conan O’Brien”, “Donahue”, “Sally Jesse Raphael”, “The Price Is Right”, “Late Show With David Letterman”, “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”, “Family Feud”, “The Arsenio Hall Show” (reboot) and “Jimmy Kimmel Live”. I might be missing one or … Continue reading BOOK REVIEW: “The Warmup Guy”
This series of articles is about broadcasters. A broadcaster is a versatile, sharp-minded talent with the gift of gab and the ability to spontaneously deliver entertainment and information. Broadcasters can often be identified by the breadth of their work–Hugh Downs, for example, hosted serious news programs like “Today” and “20/20”; served as Jack Paar’s “Tonight … Continue reading FORGOTTEN ICONS OF BROADCASTING: Bud Collyer
First item of business: If you read the last article, I apologize for “To Be Continued”-ing you. I just had a lot of miscellaneous stuff to cover and I realized it was a post all by itself. Second item of business: Today’s installment of “Happy Days Epics” is dedicated to the memory of the recently … Continue reading Happy Days Epics: “Home Movies” (For Real)
Originally Aired October 6, 1981 on ABC (60-Minute Episode) Before we get into the season-opening summer soap opera “Home Movies”, some housekeeping regarding season 7 of “Happy Days”. As you know if you’ve been following along, I am doing recaps of every multi-part or double-length episode of the series. Season 7 has two instances of … Continue reading Happy Days Epics: “Home Movies”
Part 1 Originally Aired February 20, 1979 on ABCPart 2 Originally Aired February 27, 1979 on ABC In my very first “Happy Days Epics” I said that “Happy Days” is one of my favorite sitcoms in spite of the fact that it is one of the most tonally uneven series of its kind. For example: … Continue reading Happy Days Epics: “Fonzie’s Funeral” Parts 1 & 2
Part 1 Originally Aired September 12, 1978 on ABC (60-minute episode)Part 2 Originally Aired September 19, 1978 on ABC Before we go west with the Cunninghams… what do Sherwood Schwartz and Garry Marshall have in common? Well, they both gained experience writing for comedy legends; Schwartz for Red Skelton and Bob Hope, and Marshall for … Continue reading Happy Days Epics: Westward Ho Parts 1 & 2
Part 1 Originally Aired November 8, 1977 on ABCPart 2 Originally Aired November 15, 1977 on ABC “Remember Pinky Tuscadero?” Joanie asks the guys at Arnold’s. Richie, Potsie and Ralph remember Pinky with great fondness. The actors and crew of “Happy Days” remember Roz Kelly, who played Pinky, quite differently. It is rumored that her … Continue reading Happy Days Epics: “Fonzie The Rock Entrepreneur” Parts 1 & 2
“Hey Wenty!” you ask. “Why have all of your blog posts lately been recaps of Happy Days cliffhanger episodes?” Because, dear loyal blog reader, there’s been some stress and worry in my feeble mind about things over which I have no control. And “Happy Days” makes me happy. Watching it, writing about it…it’s like a … Continue reading FORGOTTEN ICONS OF BROADCASTING: Dick Tufeld
