fonz. at usaa, we ve been called too exclusive. because we were created for officers. but as we ve evolved with the military, we ve grown to serve all who ve honorably served. no matter their rank, or when they were in. a marine just out of basic, or a petty officer from 73. and even his kids. and their kids. usaa is made for all who ve honorably served and their families. are we still exclusive? absolutely.
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. is that for showing or for blowing? they were incredibly individually funny. is anybody upstairs going to run down and call me a nasty name? and then garry got the idea to spin them off into their own series. it we top laverne and shirley? my jesus and my beatles was laverne and shirley. everyone identified with laverne and shirley because we were best friends. and just the opening song schlemiel, schlimazel.
do important television. like the recess. happy days was built around the family originally. doesn t richard look nice tonight. he s got stinky stuff on his hair. is that what that smell is? i thought the milk was sour. the fonz was a background character. he s lucky if he had two lines per episode. it s probably just fuel pump. you know. but not a lot of people were 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.
special relationship with their teacher. they were brothers and friends. up your nose with a rubber hose. barbarino was set up to be you know, the sex symbol. vinny barbarino. damn. washington is a basketball 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. this audience that had been so underserved by prime time 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. hey!
when the fonz took over, the dynamic changed. we venture into teenage american extra feety style comedy. 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 would be traffic, people getting home to watch happy days. it was a revolution. networks targeted 18 to 29 year olds with friend sitcoms. lavern and shirley, whoa. garry marshall said we got this part. it was a double date with fonzie and richey. y all look nice. if it s showing it s blowing. they were incredibly individually foib. is anybody upstairs going to