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Happy Days - The Complete First Season

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Genre Comedy/Television, Television
Format Full Screen, NTSC, Box set, Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby
Contributor Henry Winkler, George Tyne, Joel Zwick, Ron Howard, James Tayne, Art Fisher
Language English
Number Of Discs 3
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Set in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in the 1950’s, HAPPY DAYS revolves around Richie Cunningham and his family and friends. A "wholesome" young man, Richie is a Jefferson High School student who would do anything to get a date and he spends plenty of time with his friends at Arnold’s, the local burger joint. Contrasting with his wholesome nature is Arthur Fonzarelli, best known as Fonzie, a rough-around-the-edges motorcycle riding high school dropout famous for his slicked hair, leather jacket, and the catchphrase "aaayyyy!" Fonzie is a regular around the Cunningham house, with Mrs. Cunningham doting on him and Richie turning to him for advice on how to attract girls.

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Less than a year after Ron Howard played a college-bound adolescent enjoying a final, summer-of-1962 romp with old friends in American Graffiti, he turned up as high school innocent Richie Cunningham in the memorable, ABC television network debut of Happy Days, set a few years earlier in Milwaukee. The show would last a decade and go through many changes in tone, cast, and character development, but that first season got a boost from the natural perception that it had some things in common with Graffiti: Howard, of course, but also fumbling teenage sex, drag races, drive-in food, pesky little sisters, and laconic greasers.

Happy Days: The Complete First Season is a sweet trip back to the Garry Marshall-produced sitcom's 1974 entry in primetime television, before political correctness would make stories about clean-cut boys fixated on seducing girls unthinkable, and long before older kids were defined by angst on the WB and Fox TV. At least in its first year, before Happy Days developed more of a comic-book feel and energy, the show was about Richie's all-too-human inclination to grow up too fast, to bite off more than he could chew and learn poignant lessons in the process. He was a sympathetic naif, not the charming braggart he later became, and major characters appear to have been created to provide both ballast and motivation. Among them is best friend Potsie (Anson Williams), a superficial hustler who typically incites Richie's enthusiasm for booze, reputed nymphomaniacs, and sophisticated, older girls, and fast-talking Ralph Malph (Donny Most), owner of a fantastic, yellow hot rod. More important are counterparts Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli (Henry Winkler), a vaguely dangerous drop-out, and Richie's exasperated father, Howard Cunningham (Tom Bosley), each of whom provides Richie the validation of an experienced male: Fonzie's raw worldliness versus Mr. C's seasoned view of a man's responsibilities. First-season highlights include the pilot episode (co-written by Rob Reiner), "All the Way," in which Richie's typical decency allows him to see past the sex-mad reputation of an amiable girl from school. Season closer "Be the First on Your Block" finds the Cunninghams' plans to build a bomb shelter turning into a popularity contest as Richie's friends vie for a guaranteed spot in the event of nuclear war. --Tom Keogh

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.33:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ Unrated (Not Rated)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.75 x 5.5 x 1 inches; 0.01 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 2290206
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Art Fisher, Joel Zwick, George Tyne, James Tayne
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Full Screen, NTSC, Box set, Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 6 hours
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ August 17, 2004
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Ron Howard, Henry Winkler
  • Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), Unqualified
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Paramount
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000291Q3Y
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 3
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 939 ratings

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4.7 out of 5 stars
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I couldn't resist buying this for $16.95 during Amazon's Great DVD sale of 2008 earlier this month. So I got this along with Season One of LaVerne & Shirley."Happy Days" doesn't seem to be as fondly remembered as other ABC series of its day like "The Brady Bunch." It went from being the Ron Howard Show to the Fonzie show fairly quickly, and one can forget that this show had some true family values which I appreciate in 2008.The prints on this set are excellent and each disc in the set resembles a 45 RPM record as seen in my scan above. So overall I am very pleased with the quality of the set.I was a teenager enjoying the 1970s when this show was a hit and as I look back it's hard to believe that the 1950s had only been over for less than 15 years at the time. A lot of effort went into making the show fit the time period and I appreciate that now.Overall I am glad I bought Season One. I might even go on to buy Season Two someday.
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