idea of happy days after reading a scene between his character, howrd cunningham and his son richie. the relationship drew millions into the cunningham home and made bosley one of the most memorable tv dads. reporter: rotund character actor with dozen of credits on stage and screen but for 11 years every tuesday top bosley was dad. mr. c, howard cunningham. iconic father figure that an evolutionary pivot point for tv dads. you wrote all this stuff yourself? oh, boy. reporter: before happy days there was ozzie nelson and father knows best, dad worked, mom stayed at home, family life seemed like polite vanilla. after happy days both hux tables worked on the cosby show and by the time you get to modern family baby has two daesd and look how grandpa married. mr. c wasn t rocky road but it