watching abc. they were a distant third place. remember, in the early 70s abc made a big mistake in not picking up all in the family. but then abc decided to really reinvent itself. they brought over fred silverman from cbs, and fred silverman said let s go after the young people. under fred silverman it s decided fonzie needs to be elevated as one of the stars. well, the fonz took it up a level. new guy s here. they were looking for someone tall and tough. and they got short and soft. so i changed my voice and i changed the tilt of my body. i just started talking like this. whoa. so i spoke volumes with just the sound. ayyy! you ain t nothing but a hound dog crying all the time marion always called the fonz arthur because she wanted to
treat him with such respect. well, good luck, arthur. hey, thanks, mrs. c. and she also had a crush on him, i think. a little bit. hey! when the fonz took over, the dynamic changed. we venture into teenage american graffiti style comedy. let s see it. doesn t look like a hickey. that show ends up going from 22nd place to first place. it becomes the number one show in the country. there would be traffic, people getting home to watch happy days. it was a revolution. networks targeting 18 to 49-year-olds not necessarily with family sitcoms but with friends sitcoms. laverne defazio and shirley feeney. whoa. garry marshall said we ve got this part on happy days. the show we did was a double date with fonzie and richie. nice. and a tie too. and a hankie.
player cool guy. hi there. epstein is the tough guy. come on, watching a fight i ain t in makes me nervous. horshack is the nerd. did you know that horshack means the cattle are dying? [ animal noises ] when welcome back kotter premiered, we were a hit. and suddenly, abc attracted. audience who had been so underserved by primetime tv. the kids, the teens, the young people, there s room for them for a new kind of show. and that is the tale of the fonz. ayyy! don t you just love the look on the kids faces. yea, that look of pure terror. .no, no, the smile. .and that second right before the first tear comes. .what?! pizza on a bagel-we can all agree with that.
let s see it. doesn t look like a hickey. that show ends up going from 22nd place to first place and becomes the number-one show in the country. there d be traffic, people getting home to watch happy days. it was a revolution. networks targeted 18 to 49-year-olds not necessarily with family sitcoms but with friend sitcoms. laverne defazio and shirley feeney. gary marshal said we have got this pod on happy days. the show we did was a double date with fonzie and richie. oh, he s nice. and a tie, too. and a hanky. is that for showing? or for blowing? they were incredibly individually funny. is anybody upstairs gonna run down and call me a nasty name? and then, gary got the idea to spin them off into their own series. my jesus and my beatles was
decided fonzie needs to elevated as one of the stars. well, the fonz took it up a level. new guys here. they were looking for someone tall and tough. and they got short and soft. so i changed my voice, and i changed the tilt of my body. i just started talking like this. whoa. so, i spoke volumes with just the sound. ay! miriam always called the fonz arthur because she wanted to treat him with such respect. good luck, arthur. hey, thanks. and she, also, had a crush on him, i think, a little bit. you know? when the fonz took over, the dynamic changed. we venture into teenage american graffiti style comedy.