http://tvshowsondvd.com/n/19406 Happy days 5th season is available for may 5th 2014 here the info

I just hope they don't edit it to death.

me to better be unedited with extras I thought this day would never come

AWESOME NEWS !!! :woohoo:

use the Sitcoms Online link to purchase: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00HW3L9MG/ref=nosim/happydaysonline3-20

I will be on the edge of my seat waiting for official studio announcement, that part worries me and the fact we've waited 5 years. Maybe CBS/Paramount are ready to release the rest of the seasons in a quick manner.

It's certainly been 5 years of visiting TVShowsOnDVD - every single day for those 5 years - hoping to get a Happy Days season 5 announcement. :D

I thought it would never ever come finally can not wait to see the 5th season package about time

http://tvshowsondvd.com/n/19412 here the covor art of season five finally

This will be good, can't wait.

WOW THAT's AWESOME!!!!
I thought they gave up on us.

I know finally about time it happens I thought this day would never come hope 6 through 11 are going come to

Since none of the other season sets had extras, I'd be surprised if this one does.

The key thing is to have the full, unedited episodes. I'd love to see extras, but it's having the episodes in the best quality that's important to me.

I wonder if this will be coming out on blu-ray..

I wonder if this will be coming out on blu-ray..

I HIGHLY doubt it.

im just glad that its out,so happy right now,rest better come out to Laverne n Shirley final season is going be out soon to

may is only.4 months away

i pre-ordered mine, hopefully if they get enough pre-orders this will actually happen...

im out of money il wait til may when it comes out.week or two before my 37th birthday what a treat

While having UNEDITED episodes is the most desirable wish, I'll be happy with almost ANYTHING, just to have this season available. It's been over 5 years since the last season, I sure hope this means that the other seasons will now come out.

I want may 20th be here already

The key thing is to have the full, unedited episodes.

Its CBS DVD.. sadly thats not going to happen :(

better be uncut rest of them was

Its CBS DVD.. sadly thats not going to happen :(

The previous sets contained unedited episodes, why would things change?

Season 2 was chopped up more than the lettuce in a salad.

While having UNEDITED episodes is the most desirable wish, I'll be happy with almost ANYTHING, just to have this season available. It's been over 5 years since the last season, I sure hope this means that the other seasons will now come out.

I read a while ago that after season 5 or 6 the series used a lot of the same music, so the music rights would become easier to obtain for the DVDs since they're already in place from the rest of the seasons on DVDs. Season 1 released in 2004, then season 2-4 from April 2007 to December 2008. So there could have been major issues getting season 5 released because of music rights. Whatever the case this is fantastic news.

Since none of the other season sets had extras, I'd be surprised if this one does.

The key thing is to have the full, unedited episodes. I'd love to see extras, but it's having the episodes in the best quality that's important to me.

I wonder if this will be coming out on blu-ray..

Not to mention ALL the original music intact!

Imad

I'd love to see all unedited episodes included on every DVD release of every TV series- but I know realistically that's probably not going to happen every time. Whether it does or not, I don't really care so much anymore- at least not with "Happy Days". I'm just ecstatic to see the 5th. season finally getting released to DVD!!!!!!!!!!!
As the song goes, "Happy days are here again!":) :cool:
It will be great to finally see the rest of "Laverne & Shirley" on DVD this year, the entire series of "Joanie Loves Chachi" on DVD and finally season 5 of "Happy Days" on DVD!!! Woohoo!!! I hope Seasons 6-11 will quickly follow, along with the other spinoff series, like "Blansky's Beauties" and "Out of the Blue".:) :cool:

im out of money il wait til may when it comes out.week or two before my 37th birthday what a treat
I am very happy that HD5 has finally come out, however, i am not getting my hopes up just yet, because we have waited for only God Himself knows how long but i pray and hope since they got two months to clear all of the rights to the music since they have waited this long because if God forbid everything is edited out and not fully restored that will be a hard pill to swollow and if that would to be the case they might as well stop making the dvds because fan like us deserves better with all of the letters tweets and emails that they have been getting i hope that they will deliver we will just have to wait and see

im soo happy right now like about time im worried about the other seasons though Laverne and Shirley is finshed hope Happy days un edited be good see interviews commentery though

im soo happy right now like about time im worried about the other seasons though Laverne and Shirley is finshed hope Happy days un edited be good see interviews commentery though

If CBS Paramount is working on obtanning all of the original music on season 5 dvd as well as restoring the original footage and as a bonus feature i would love for them to feature the pliot episode from Love American Style and the Saturday morning series of Fonz and the Happy Days Gang just my suggestion and although nn of us are there while they are working on realeasing season 5 i hope that everything goes well

I believe the recent lawsuit between Happy Days producers and several of the cast members might have been the root of the hold-up for season 5, but now that it's over, they can proceed with releasing the seasons. I seriously doubt we'll see another extended delay in the next seasons unless sales are just really bad.

Each of the actors in the lawsuit have finally been paid for the dvd's using their image, and the case was settled out of court.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/06/showbiz/happy-days-lawsuit-settled

I need to buy season 4 before season 5 is released.

I don't care about the original music I just care about the show being released cant wait to see our gang episode unedited where Richie first met fonzie

I don't care about the original music I just care about the show being released cant wait to see our gang episode unedited where Richie first met fonzie


I totally disagree with you on not having the music on season 5 intact and let me tell you why? Happy Days was a caption and a illustration of what the 1950’s and the much later 1960’s were like and even though non of us were born in that era is described how huge the music was because that was the 50’s, and without having all of the original music intact especially on many of occasions that the band did, it will affect the editing process just as season 2 was done wherefore they meaning CBS/Paramount had took a lot of heat. We have waited a very long time for HD5 to be released and I rather see all that was cut throughout the years in syndication to fully restored and unedited just has it was originally shown in prime time every Tuesday night on ABC and the music plays a huge role which is all I am saying

CBS Home Entertainment have posted about this season releasing on DVD on their Facebook page. There even looks to be a product page on there too, "http:/Cbshe.com/HappyS5" but that redirects to Amazon.com.

That's the confirmation I needed. Up to now I was still sceptical about this news seeing as we didn't get CBS's confirmation on TvShowsOnDvd and all we have is a DVD cover, which for all we know could be fan made. But with CBS confirming on their Facebook page I am a lot happier.

CBS Home Entertainment have posted about this season releasing on DVD on their Facebook page. There even looks to be a product page on there too, "http:/Cbshe.com/HappyS5" but that redirects to Amazon.com.

That's the confirmation I needed. Up to now I was still sceptical about this news seeing as we didn't get CBS's confirmation on TvShowsOnDvd and all we have is a DVD cover, which for all we know could be fan made. But with CBS confirming on their Facebook page I am a lot happier.
As i have said on last week that by them having three months to either clear all of the music as well as restoring all of the original footage which will prevent us from jumping down there throats especially if everything is not included which im sure they no that already so we might just have to wait and see

I need to buy season 4 before season 5 is released.i need to buy seasons 3 and 4 before 5 is released

check amazon.com before prices go sky high

As i have said on last week that by them having three months to either clear all of the music as well as restoring all of the original footage which will prevent us from jumping down there throats especially if everything is not included which im sure they no that already so we might just have to wait and see
Chances are that if they've announced a release date like they have, anything they're doing with restoration and clearing music has already been done.

Chances are that if they've announced a release date like they have, anything they're doing with restoration and clearing music has already been done.

Yeah, I strongly doubt they'd announce the release and then cancel it because they hadn't crossed their t's and dotted their i's.

Hey I was just reading the reviews from Joanie Loves Chachi and I love the way that Todd had broke down every episode even though the series didn't last long, I read how some of the songs that there band did has been removed which comes back to HD5 which is very concerning to me because nobody really knows what CBS is doing as I have said if some music has been removed from the jukebox and the band there company will be in serious trouble because this is what we have been waiting because if the music is not included then the scenes are messed up and we all have seen on what they did with season 2 which I never bother buying again we just have to ewait and see

These episodes will be edited with replacement music and missing scenes. I'll bet a year's pay on that.

Happy Days has been missing original music since the Season 2 release. There were edited episodes and missing music on Season 3 as well as Season 4. Three of the episodes on the Season 3 set were butchered: The one with Stick's introduction(missing roughly 3:30 minutes, the episode introducing Laverne and Shirley, and the 2nd Anniversary Show. There are other edits as well. I taped the Stick's episode and the Laverne and Shirley intro episode off The Hub in November and compared them to the Happy Days DVD set. The Hub episodes had scenes missing from the DVDs!! Sad. Normal customers buy DVDs of TV shows to see the episodes uncut and with no commercials. Why buy something that has scenes missing that I can still see on TV?

On the upcoming Season 5 set, in addition to all the typical background songs, you have the Valentine's Day show that was all music and the two Leather Tuscadero episodes with all the Suzie Quattro music, then all the cover songs by Richie, Potsie, and Ralph. I can't say it will all be missing, but you can bet a high percentage will be gone.

Often, CBS will not go to the trouble of replacement music, they'll just delete a scene or part of a scene. It's a crime, in my opinion. Look at the Laverne and Shirley release with the section just chopped out with The Beatles song, among many other scenes. Instead of muting the song or replacing it, they just chopped part of the scene.

I used to be a lot more hardcore on music replacement, especially on shows like this where music was a big part of the show's atmosphere. I used to be "music replacement=no sale". Realizing the highway robbery that music publishers ask for some of these songs, I can see the studio's point on some of these. However, CBS is pathetic in the way they go about it. It's one thing if you have to replace a background song because someone wants $250,000 for it. I can understand a substitution. CBS doesn't always go that route. Often, instead of finding a cheap song or a no-cost instrumental they already own, they'll just delete a scene or part of a scene. In other scenes of various shows, they'll wipe out scenes of the characters singing the songs, even a few lines. Sorry, but all the scenes need to be preserved. You don't cut scenes or dialogue, in the form of spoken word or singing. In the case of characters doing a cover or just singing in the car, at home, or anywhere, you have to pony up the money for those songs, or just don't release the show at all.

CBS butchered Cheers to the point that I quit buying one of my favorite shows after Season 3.

The Joanie Loves Chachi set has edited episodes. The 23:xx and 24:xx minute run times prove that as does the list of missing music already posted here.

The Andy Griffith Show is a good example. It has more than one edited episode but the known butchered episode, The Darlings are Coming, is missing over 3 minutes on the DVD. The saddest part is, and this shows you how little CBS researches a song before dropping it, that two of the songs they deleted were both songs already in the public domain. They were covers of two public domain songs performed by the Dillard's, playing The Darlings, in the episodes. In their capacity as actors, they sang two public domain songs, and CBS still dropped them.

Having worked for a television network, let me just tell you that TV show episodes have very consistent run times. The networks sell a finite amount of ad time per show and use a set amount of time for network promos during the breaks. When you buy DVDs and see a fluctuation of more than 15-30 seconds on run times, it's a good bet that they're edited episodes.

As a rule of thumb, television shows from the 60's to at least the mid-80's should be around 25:30 each episode. Some 50's shows ran closer to 26 minutes, as did 60's shows like Bewitched when they had introductions to an episode. If you see episodes from that era with run times under 25:17 minutes, it's a sound bet that you've got an edited episode. Run times of 24:xx are a dead giveaway, with the exception of some NBC shows. Networks sold a finite number of minutes to advertisers for each episode. That's why on DVD releases of series we know to be uncut, the run times are so consistent, with each episode running 25:17-25:32. Check out the Hogan's Heroes DVD sets for good examples of that consistency.

These episodes will be edited with replacement music with missing scenes. I'll bet a year's pay on that.

Happy Days has been missing original music since the Season 2 release. There were edited episodes and missing music on Season 3 as well as Season 4. Three of the episodes on the Season 3 set were butchered: The one with Stick's introduction(missing roughly 3:30 minutes, the episode introducing Laverne and Shirley, and the 2nd Anniversary Show. There are other edits as well. I taped the Stick's episode and the Laverne and Shirley intro episode off The Hub in November and compared them to the Happy Days DVD set. The Hub episodes had scenes missing from the DVDs!! Sad.

On the upcoming Season 5 set, you have the Valentine's Day show that was all music and the two Leather Tuscadero episodes with all the Suzie Quattro music, then all the cover songs by Richie, Potsie, and Ralph. I can't say it will all be missing, but you can bet a high percentage will be gone.

Often, CBS will not go to the trouble of replacement music, they'll just delete a scene or part of a scene. Look at the Laverne and Shirley release with the section just chopped out with The Beatles song. Instead of muting the song or replacing it, they just chopped part of the scene.

The Joanie Loves Chachi set has edited episodes. The 24:xx minute run times prove that as does the list of missing music already published.

The Andy Griffith Show is a good example. It has more than one edited episode but the known butchered episode, The Darlings are Coming, is missing over 3 minutes on the DVD. The saddest part is, and this shows you how little CBS researches a song before dropping it, that two of the songs they deleted were both songs already in the public domain. They were covers of two public domain songs performed by the Dillard's, playing The Darlings, in the episodes. In their capacity as actors, they sang two public domain songs, and CBS still dropped them.

As a rule of thumb, television shows from the 60's to at least the mid-80's should be around 25:30 each episode. Some 50's shows ran closer to 26 minutes. If you see episodes from that era with run times of under 25:17 minutes, it's a sound bet that you've got an edited episode. Run times of 24:xx are a dead giveaway. Networks sold a finite number of minutes to advertisers for each episode. That's why on DVD releases of series we know to be uncut, the run times are so consistent, with each episode running 25:17-25:32.


Again if HD5 IS missing all of the music then CBS has two choices either stop making the dvd sets or allow either shout Factory or Milles Creek to licences the dvds for them like they did with Webster because if you want something done you have to do it yourself and CBS will be pissing off a whole lot of fans

Again if HD5 IS missing all of the music then CBS has two choices either stop making the dvd sets or allow either shout Factory or Milles Creek to licences the dvds for them like they did with Webster because if you want something done you have to do it yourself and CBS will be pissing off a whole lot of fans

I don't think it will be missing all of its music. That's not what I said. Seasons 3 and 4 had a surprising amount of music intact. However, those Season 5 episodes I mentioned have a lot of music to license and I don't see it happening, especially when you consider how long it's been since the Season 4 release. They'll be looking to keep this set at a low cost. The long gap since the Season 4 release is supposedly due to music and low sales of Happy Days on DVD. Also, Seasons 3 and 4 contained some badly edited episodes. Considering how many Happy Days episodes clock in at 25:3x, which is what a show from that era should clock in at, when you see times like 25:0x and 24:xx, you can bet they're edited. Look back at some of the review threads here. It boggles the mind at some of the little trims from episodes like "The Motorcycle", "A Date with Fonzie", "Fonzie's New Friend", "The 2nd Anniversary Show", "The Third Anniversary Show", and "Fonzie Loves Pinky Parts 1 and 2", to name a few.

Some may disagree, but for me, when I see episodes under roughly 25:17 or so, I feel there are edits.

I'm not getting my hopes up. I've been disappointed with the DVD sets of Seasons 2-4 due to all the edits and the terrible music replacement on Season 2. I'll await the review here before I buy this time. The guys here do a great job at putting episode running times in their reviews and giving detailed lists of music in each episode. That's greatly appreciated, by the way.

I really want all the Ron Howard seasons, even though Season 5 is where the over-the-top episodes really began. There were still some good episodes here and there during seasons 5-7, just far fewer than Seasons 1-4. Even when the episodes got out of hand, the show had great characters that kept me watching, even if the stories started going south.

I still say that CBS will have problems if not from the original airing is included again if it turns out like season 2 then to me there wouldn't be any more reason to continue the series wherefore again it comes back to what the fans wants and I give Todd Fuller and his partner Pavan credit because breaking down the review on this website shows whats good and whats bad and if CBS took this long to put season 5 out then they owe us for we do not owe them and whatever they edited out will hurt the series where nobody is going to buy it and you better see the reviews on amazon because people are not having it and I pray and hope that CBS will allow companies like shout factory or mills creek to present the series the way it should be and in fairness you want to put something out there that's going to sell and not the lack of profit because nobody would want to get it which is a reality

I still say that CBS will have problems if not from the original airing is included again if it turns out like season 2 then to me there wouldn't be any more reason to continue the series wherefore again it comes back to what the fans wants and I give Todd Fuller and his partner Pavan credit because breaking down the review on this website shows whats good and whats bad and if CBS took this long to put season 5 out then they owe us for we do not owe them and whatever they edited out will hurt the series where nobody is going to buy it and you better see the reviews on amazon because people are not having it and I pray and hope that CBS will allow companies like shout factory or mills creek to present the series the way it should be and in fairness you want to put something out there that's going to sell and not the lack of profit because nobody would want to get it which is a reality

I know it may take a few years but I think CBS/Paramount will finish the entire series on DVD (then they'll likely piss us off with complete editions every other year).

Selling the series to Shout or Mill Creek was the easiest thing to do but since CBS/Paramount didn't do that after all these years I think its a safe bet that the series on DVD will remain their own property and they'll continue to release seasons. Most likely edited and with their own blend of making people wait a very long time for them.

Tbh I really don't mind if the seasons are edited. I was born in 1983, so never watched the original run of the series and even on Australian TV the episodes are edited going by the episode times Colonel Hogan has posted. So I couldn't spot the difference if an episode is edited or not.

If they include the Suzi Quatro songs and the edits are in line with the last two releases I'm OK with it. Reason is simple" picture clarity. I still have my VHS copies of later seasons I taped off Nick at Nite and TV Land. Recently I wanted to see an ep from Season 6 so I dug out the tape. While I enjoyed it it was a huge step down from the cleanup any DVD release gets. I've come up to accept, grudgingly that music rights will always be an issue with this or any release. I was just happy to see it was being released at all really, I thought with everything that's gone on Happy Days on DVD was dead.

Hey I just hope for CBS sake that they give us the fans of what we have been waiting for because if not they are going to bust hell wide open meaning presenting a lack of dvd causing fans to either boycott or stop buying there products the choice is up to them because they need us and we do not need them and that's all im about to say about that

UPDATE (2/11): Paramount Home Entertainment has now formally announced this title, confirming the date, artwork, and all the other information we've previously provided to our readers. No new details have been provided. If we get any further info, we'll post a news story with it.

Taken from: http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Happy-Days-Season-5/19406#ixzz2tFGAofTQ

its may and the 20th wil come soon enough did everyone pre ordor their copy yet

I just got my copy today. I'm from Australia and bought it from an Australian Ebayer who had "In-stock" season 5 DVDs. I thought from an American distributor, so imagine my surprise when the DVD shipped 2 days ago and came today (from Sydney, Australia). We don't have the same release dates as an Australian release hasn't been announced yet and it's a region 1 DVD.

The DVD comes in a slimline dvd case (like season 2-4 in the US) and the discs are a lighter grey color, very similar to season 2-4. It's like we haven't had this hiatus between seasons on DVD because the whole setup is the same. It's what's on the disc that is the important part though. :)

can u post pic please like to see it im going pre ordor mine day before it comes out haha im so excited other seasons better follow.

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I've kind of struggled a bit. I hope that's ok. :)

Is the original music intact

can u post pic so It not upside down lol I like it cool you got it early also wondering if it is un cut any missing scenes

Sorry about that Mike, the reason I posted the pics like that is I figured you guys haven't seen the DVDs spine/back cover.

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I hope those are a bit better. I'm off to watch the series and can try to answer questions but I'm new to season 5 so probably can't help to much.


Is the original music intact

I wish I knew Studd. But I wasn't around on the shows original run, so really not too sure. All I can tell you is the episodes come in at 23-25 minutes.

You know, for a season that people said was "jumped the shark", "wasn't funny anymore.". This is actually hilarious. I can't get enough of Richie's laugh. :D

Roughly, would you say that proportionately more of them run the full 25 minutes? I'm most concerned about songs sung by the actors not being cut out.

If God forbids that they did what i hope that they didn't do then all hell is going to break loss because fans who has been waiting so long will be pissed off including if season 2 didn't teach them anything then i do not no what will if that is the thing then i rather not see them finish the sets because its un fair to the fans for waiting a long time for this release

Roughly, would you say that proportionately more of them run the full 25 minutes? I'm most concerned about songs sung by the actors not being cut out.

I've watched the first 8 episodes and they all run 25 minutes. I think I said 23-25 minutes because the credits take 2 minutes at the beginning and end of the episodes.

The only song I remember sang by an actor is the song Potsie sang on the 3 part opener at the beach fire get together.

Good news so far! Potsie and others sing some songs later in the season.

Again after many years since we have waited for season 5 i just hope all of the music is there because if not it will clearly mess up the scenes that has not been shown for years but i hope that they have not messed this up because after many years of waiting they owe us the fans who buys there dvde its going to be very interesting when Todd does the break down for season 5 to see if everything is intact

I've been looking up the history of "Hasta La Vista." and could only see that the term was used in Terminator 2. Well, I just heard Marion say it to Joanie on an episode 13 years before Terminator 2.

The saying was said in "Nose For News." and something else, the Wikipedia notes say that Erin Moran is absent from the episode but she is in the episode on the DVD? Were her scenes cut from the episode on syndication or something? Shes even listed as "Credit only" on IMDb for the episode. Erin Moran has two scenes in the Nose For News on the DVD.

Edit: My linked pics are all coming out as the same one picture even though I've posted a few. Sorry about that guys, I'm not very good at this sort of stuff. But the dvd is out in a few days and you guys should definitely be buying and supporting these releases. The picture quality has improved from season 1-4 from what I remember. Hardly any grain.

I am very happy that you want us to be buying the dvd but again it comes back to the series being intact with all of the original music especially what the band had did in the later season as well as the other songs from the other artist again if you want to pissed die hard fans off let cbs put season 5 out there with everything be edited out and cut trust there is going to be hell to pay meaning the tweets and the back clashed and if that would be the case if season 2 didn't teach them anything then i rather not see them completing non of the series and i still stand by that

well I preordered mine months ago, waiting anxiously.

maybe the pictures are coming out upside-down because its from Australia?

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The picture showing the spine was taken flat on the table and probably upside-down when you guys were looking at them. I didn't realise that was happening. Thanks for helping out. :)

DVD 4 has a special feature titled "4 year Anniversary." It's only a clip show, not an anniversary show like the one the cast had in 1992. It's 22 minutes long.

The picture quality is fantastic. I remember the season 2 DVD had quite a bit of grain on one of the episodes but there is nothing like that on this DVD. I'm interested to hear about any missing music, if there is any. I've downloaded season 6 (on the verge of finishing downloading season 7) and I will say I want the season 6 DVD. Those episodes (through 13 episodes) are hilariously, probably even funnier than season 5. Richie's scene when he was Psycho Louis ins "The Claw Meets The Fonz" is one of the funniest scenes I have watched.

DVD 4 has a special feature titled "4 year Anniversary." It's only a clip show, not an anniversary show like the one the cast had in 1992. It's 22 minutes long.

Only 22 minutes? Yikes! That's an actual episode of the series that aired 3/23/78. It should be roughly 25:10-25:30. Quite a few minutes cut. Out of all the episodes on the first 4 seasons on DVD, that has a shorter run time than all, iirc, save for the butchered Sticks Downey episode. They butchered the 3rd Anniversary show on the Season 4 DVD as well. I taped cut episodes from the HUB network and they had scenes not on the DVDs!

Considering the era, each episode, if uncut, should run roughly 25:05-25:30. If you're seeing run times in the 24:XX range and lower, it's cut. When a TV series is uncut, there is very little fluctuation in episode run times, usually no more than 1-20 seconds tops. This can be seen by reading reviews of various series sets reviewed on this site, among others.

What are the total minutes listed on the back of your package? You have 26 episodes, but episode 1 was double length. Basically, take the total minutes listed and divide by 27. TV shows had 25+ minute run times well into the 1980's. This season was '77-'78.

I'll wait for a review that lists the run times of each episode before I decide to buy.

Only 22 minutes? Yikes! That's an actual episode of the series that aired 3/23/78. It should be roughly 25:10-25:30. Quite a few minutes cut. Out of all the episodes on the first 4 seasons on DVD, that has a shorter run time than all, iirc, save for the butchered Sticks Downey episode. They butchered the 3rd Anniversary show on the Season 4 DVD as well. I taped cut episodes from the HUB network and they had scenes not on the DVDs!

Considering the era, each episode, if uncut, should run roughly 25:05-25:30. If you're seeing run times in the 24:XX range and lower, it's cut. When a TV series is uncut, there is very little fluctuation in episode run times, usually no more than 1-20 seconds tops. This can be seen by reading reviews of various series sets reviewed on this site, among others.

This is really embarrassing, the 4th year anniversary special is actually 24.53 from the opening credits to the end of the special. I think I skipped the opening credits and about a minute into it I looked at the time remaining. But yes, it's actually 24.53. I'd be pretty lousy as a reviewer. :D

What are the total minutes listed on the back of your package? You have 26 episodes, but episode 1 was double length. Basically, take the total minutes listed and divide by 27. TV shows had 25+ minute run times well into the 1980's. This season was '77-'78.

They aren't listed in minutes like season 1-4, rather Approx. 11 hours, 2 minutes.

I'll wait for a review that lists the run times of each episode before I decide to buy.

Disc 1

Episode

1 - 25.10
2 - 25.23
3 - 25.06
4 - 25.38
5 - 25.38
6 - 25.36
7 - 25.13

Disc 2

Episode
1 - 25.35
2 - 25.38
3 - 25.39
4 - 25.39
5 - 25.27
6 - 25.17
7 - 25.37

Disc 3

Episode
1 - 25.36
2 - 25.25
3 - 25.27
4 - 25.29
5 - 25.37
6 - 25.38
7 - 25.37

Disc 4
1 - 25.18
2 - 25.40
3 - 25.38
4 - 25.30
5 - 25.33

Special Features:

4th Year Anniversary Special - 24.53.

After doing the count of 26 episodes, 7+7+7+5, I didn't realise the 4th Year Anniversary Special is one of the 27 episodes until I saw your post Colonel Hogan. Also the "Double Length" episode is Part 1 and Part 2 on the DVD as their own individual episodes. "Fonzie and Leather Tuscadero" on disc 2.

Also Speaking of Fonzie and Leather Tuscadero, can anyone explain to me why those two episodes would be titled "Fonzie: Rock Entrepreneur (Part 1)" and "Fonzie: Rock Entrepreneur (Part 2)." On the inside of the DVD case? Was that a syndicated title perhaps?

Awesome! It looks like they didn't cut any scenes! I had heard the fonzie and leather episode was complete, but I'm glad to see the Valentine's episode also looks complete as there's a lot of music in that one. If you don't mind me asking while I eagerly await for tomorrow, in the "do you want to dance" episode, towards the end when the girl is dancing and fonzie is secretly watching, they still play the an instrumental version of the Happy Days theme right?, I would assume there wouldn't be problems with this, but its just been bugging me and its a really cool tune. And thanks for posting all of the run times, it actually looks like cbs put a lot of effort into this one!

Awesome! It looks like they didn't cut any scenes! I had heard the fonzie and leather episode was complete, but I'm glad to see the Valentine's episode also looks complete as there's a lot of music in that one. If you don't mind me asking while I eagerly await for tomorrow, in the "do you want to dance" episode, towards the end when the girl is dancing and fonzie is secretly watching, they still play the an instrumental version of the Happy Days theme right?, I would assume there wouldn't be problems with this, but its just been bugging me and its a really cool tune. And thanks for posting all of the run times, it actually looks like cbs put a lot of effort into this one!

Yes, the instrumental version of Happy Days is played on that scene. :)

And you're welcome, I'm very happy I could help out a bit.

Unfortunately, this set has some major music issues. Nearly all of the original music played at Arnold's on the jukebox has been replaced. There are also some songs replaced on the radio.

The details about two of the Suzi Quatro songs are correct. "Believe" in "Richie Almost Dies" is only the piano track. They do show her singing on camera at the beginning in the original uncut episode, but that has been edited out on the DVD. I'm surprised they didn't include it with the vocal, since it seemed like it was specifically written for the show. "Johnny B. Goode" in "Rules to Date By" is replaced with an unknown instrumental. Strange to see it presented that way.

A few things I noticed:

"Nose for News" - Potsie briefly singing "Lady of Spain" is missing.

"Grandpa's Visit" - "Tequila" performed by the band is missing.

"My Favorite Orkan" - Richie and Mork briefly singing "Blueberry Hill" is missing.

The scenes edited out are pretty short.

Hey i am very happy that every body is happy with the dvd but again will all of the music be on there including the songs that the band did somebody had posted up where it said that the song that Leather had played and on Richie Almost Dies is not there only her playing the piano without the lyrics and the Vocals and i heard the Johnny B Good is missing i cannot wait to see how Todd breaks the dvd review on the website to see whats is completed

I new it i refused to by this dvd they messed everything up again like they did season 2 is this what we had waited a long time for i did not see them completing the rest of the series get ready for fans to give them hell i think i am going to write a letter to Shout Factory to have them to intervain quickly

Todd just confirmed that there are music on the dvd which is missing i pity those who wasted there money on this lack of product i new that cbs couldn't at all be trusted im writing a letter to shout factory to take control and based on this they will not complete the rest of the series this was the straw that broke the camel back

They did mess up seasons 2-4 (check the DVD reviews) and are known for editing out music in pretty much every release. People arent even surprised anymore. Its not like Shout Factory would be able to clear more music, they'd have to work with the masters CBS would give them.

I think that Shout Factory would do a better job then what CBS is doing remember paramount owned the tv show Webster that shout factoay had did they would clear all of the music because they did leave it to beavier the same way even though it was released from another Time Life would do a better job then cbs faced it the screwed up again

Based on CBS yet again messing up the dvd The Late Tom Bosely AKA Mr C Has Got To Be Rolling Over In His Grave

Honestly, these insanely expensive music rights (along with the lawsuit) is what have stalled the release of this show. Does it seriously matter that songs heard in the background for a matter of seconds are replaced with generic music? CBS cleared the rights to all of leather's songs in the two parter and all of the Valentine's music, two episodes that people thought for sure would be edited. Other sitcoms have had large chunks of seasons axed out over music rights, but they've kept Happy Days largely intact. Blame these old artists who are still trying to make a killing on their old work for the edits. Happy Days S5 has been performing largely well on Amazon over the past few weeks, and personally I hope this means there's more to come.

i truly dought that again im waiting too what Todd post up about the dvd reviews again i wouldn't be buying a product if nothing is included

I don't care about music as long as the theme song is intact. I was born in 1990 so I don't even know the difference. I'm just glad it's finally out after all this time. I know CBS Paramount was able to finish up Laverne and Shirley, as well as Family Ties and those had been stalled for a while. I hope that this one sells well, and I hope we get Season 6 in August/September and then Season 7 in December then hopefully 8-10 in 2015 and 11 to complete the series in 2016. I have a feeling this show will get completed eventually.

Again i do not see it happening thats just me we will see if everybody gets there dvd and see how many complanets everybody gets again Mr C has got to be rolling over in his grave

After doing the count of 26 episodes, 7+7+7+5, I didn't realise the 4th Year Anniversary Special is one of the 27 episodes until I saw your post Colonel Hogan. Also the "Double Length" episode is Part 1 and Part 2 on the DVD as their own individual episodes. "Fonzie and Leather Tuscadero" on disc 2.

Also Speaking of Fonzie and Leather Tuscadero, can anyone explain to me why those two episodes would be titled "Fonzie: Rock Entrepreneur (Part 1)" and "Fonzie: Rock Entrepreneur (Part 2)." On the inside of the DVD case? Was that a syndicated title perhaps?

Thanks for taking the time to type out those run times, JH23. I appreciate it, as I'm sure a lot of others do as well. Those run times are very encouraging. Notice that run time consistency I was talking about? The ones that are low 25:XX are probably where the cuts lie. Many of those episodes are in the 25:3X range. A good sign.

That's great to know that the Anniversary Show is much longer than 22 minutes. The 24:53 run time is still a little low for the era(40 seconds or so) and indicates cuts, but that's a huge improvement. You'd make a good reviewer. It was a mistake that any of us could make, trying to record and keep track of all those times makes things blur together sometimes. :)

Todd has mentioned that there is music missing and snippets of scenes missing as well. That's very troubling, especially when it removes footage. I hate music replacement, especially when music is very relevant to a show, like this one. I gave up on Quantum Leap and The Fall Guy when the butchering was discovered, among other shows. However, I really expected more to be missing here, like the previous releases.

Sometimes I think CBS just haphazardly cuts music without doing the research and finding out if they could use them or not and what the cost would be. That Potsie cut Todd mentioned just seems ridiculous, along with the Leather cut in "Richie Almost Dies". CBS cut 2-3 songs out of an Andy Griffith Show episode "The Darlings are Coming" and those songs were in the public domain!!!

The run time that was advertised for this set a few months ago was wrong. It said 622 minutes, instead of 662. With the old run listing, the episodes only averaged high 22/low 23-minute run times. This is a relief on the video aspect of this release.

The Fonzie/Leather episodes were aired separately, not as a double length. Only the first episode of the season was double length(Hollywood 1 and 2), yet appears on the set as two parts.

The alternate titles for the Fonzie/Leather episodes do appear in the Wikipedia episode guide, but I've never heard of the "entrepreneur" title before, and I thought I knew this show, especially the first 7 seasons.

Thanks again.

Unfortunately, this set has some major music issues. Nearly all of the original music played at Arnold's on the jukebox has been replaced. There are also some songs replaced on the radio.

The details about two of the Suzi Quatro songs are correct. "Believe" in "Richie Almost Dies" is only the piano track. They do show her singing on camera at the beginning in the original uncut episode, but that has been edited out on the DVD. I'm surprised they didn't include it with the vocal, since it seemed like it was specifically written for the show. "Johnny B. Goode" in "Rules to Date By" is replaced with an unknown instrumental. Strange to see it presented that way.

A few things I noticed:

"Nose for News" - Potsie briefly singing "Lady of Spain" is missing.

"Grandpa's Visit" - "Tequila" performed by the band is missing.

"My Favorite Orkan" - Richie and Mork briefly singing "Blueberry Hill" is missing.

The scenes edited out are pretty short.

Thanks for the info, Todd. It's disappointing to hear about all the music cuts. The Blueberry Hill cut is odd. Richie sings a few bars of that quite a bit during the series. I wonder if there are more quick cuts of that elsewhere? And the Lady of Spain cut-I can't imagine that would be an expensive license fee, but who knows? The Leather cut is odd as I thought that was written for the show as well. Johnny B. Goode and Tequila are not shocking but I wonder if they could have pulled it off had they wanted to?

Those radio and background cuts are just ridiculous.

Honestly, these insanely expensive music rights (along with the lawsuit) is what have stalled the release of this show. Does it seriously matter that songs heard in the background for a matter of seconds are replaced with generic music? CBS cleared the rights to all of leather's songs in the two parter and all of the Valentine's music, two episodes that people thought for sure would be edited. Other sitcoms have had large chunks of seasons axed out over music rights, but they've kept Happy Days largely intact. Blame these old artists who are still trying to make a killing on their old work for the edits. Happy Days S5 has been performing largely well on Amazon over the past few weeks, and personally I hope this means there's more to come.

Yes, it does matter to some people. The issue is that they used many of the same artists and songs in the fourth season. If they were able to clear it for the fourth season, why couldn't they do the same for the fifth season? This is all about charging as low as price as possible and maximizing their profits.

That lawsuit settlement was nearly two years ago. That was more about other merchandise, not just DVDs. They didn't get a huge amount. It was more about honoring their contract and receiving future royalties. The show has brought in much more than they have received.

Why did they make fans wait 5 1/2 years if they were going to release episodes with replaced music and edited scenes?

I would like to see more releases like Seasons 1 and 4. They have shown they are capable of releasing it the right way. Season 5 is just a sloppy release like some of their Family Ties seasons, Joanie Loves Chachi and recent Laverne & Shirley seasons.

I new it i refused to by this dvd they messed everything up again like they did season 2 is this what we had waited a long time for i did not see them completing the rest of the series get ready for fans to give them hell i think i am going to write a letter to Shout Factory to have them to intervain quickly

There is nothing Shout Factory can do to intervene. Writing them would be a waste of time. They don't own the show, CBS does. Good or bad, CBS has restarted the DVD releases of this show, and whether we like the music cuts or not(and I sure as hell don't), it's obvious they'll likely continue producing the upcoming seasons, as long as this one sells. If it doesn't, it's dead in the water for good. I can't see Shout or anyone else picking up a stalled 11 season show with lots of music licensing to pay for. This wasn't a 4-5 season show that would be much less expensive in terms of music rights.


Yes, it does matter to some people. The issue is that they used many of the same artists and songs in the fourth season. If they were able to clear it for the fourth season, why couldn't they do the same for the fifth season? This is all about charging as low as price as possible and maximizing their profits.

That lawsuit settlement was nearly two years ago. That was more about other merchandise, not just DVDs. They didn't get a huge amount. It was more about honoring their contract and receiving future royalties. The show has brought in much more than they have received.

Why did they make fans wait 5 1/2 years if they were going to release episodes with replaced music and edited scenes?

I would like to see more releases like Seasons 1 and 4. They have shown they are capable of releasing it the right way. Season 5 is just a sloppy release like some of their Family Ties seasons, Joanie Loves Chachi and recent Laverne & Shirley seasons.


Good points. I agree wholeheartedly. When they licensed that music for Season 4, why didn't they license it for beyond? Shortsighted and a poor area to cut costs if you ask me. This isn't some non-musical show with an incidental Beatles or Stones song playing on the radio in one episode. This show was full of music and it contributed greatly to the atmosphere of each episode, even when it morphed into a 70's sitcom that still claimed to be from the 1950's.

I know they have to price something at a point to maximize sales, but in my dreams, I wish they gave the option of complete, uncut episodes with all music as a high dollar option. I'd lay out $60-$120 per season for something like that. Leave the cheap release for the masses and give us the option. Obviously, the sales of high dollar sets would have to be high enough to recoup the music licensing fees, and they likely would not, so that's why my idea is disconnected from economic reality. Oh well, I can dream. As a former Laserdisc buyer, I don't mind sets that are high-priced and I don't want $25-40 sets if this is what it gets us. Those days are over, however.


I'm going to say something and I realize some will disagree and I respect that. It's not that I don't respect artists' rights or ownership rights to intellectual property(music, TV, movies, art, etc.). I certainly do. I think when it comes to television shows and movies produced before the era of home video, I don't think songs should have to be (re)licensed. I think the courts should err on the side of preserving the episode or film and either tell the rights holders "them's the breaks" or award a nominal settlement fee or royalty. However, I don't think the rights holders should be able to hold these releases hostage and demand outrageous fees for these songs which were already licensed in the past. There are songs that top $250,000 in license fees for TV and film!

Now, for films and TV shows produced after VHS/LD sales of TV shows to customers began, that's different. If the studios didn't put future home video in those contracts, then it falls on them. Although, I wouldn't even mind if the courts got involved and came up with a nominal fee system for those releases as well.

This hostage holding by rights holders is ridiculous. It has caused the butchering and complete absence of many shows on DVD. Most of these songs are not even owned by the original artist. Most are owned by music publishing companies whose whole existence is based on buying up the rights to thousands of songs for the sole purpose of profiting from licensing fees.

Getting to the point in which you were saying about Shout Factory i totally disagree with you and ill tell you why? The reason why is because they are a company who believes in giving the fans of what they want which has been proven because on there dvds they show lost footages and promo again that shows you that they care about what the fans want they did Webster that Paramount owned and i heard that they are doing WKRP hey if they can clear all of the music for that they can do it for anything because it goes back to what the fans want again CBS has did it to those who gets the dvd and trust me the complaints will come because if they hadn't learned anything from season 2 then i do not no what else to tell you again this is a complete mess and i wouldn't waste any money on a show that we have waited a long time for and i have said it once and will now say it again the late Mr C is rolling over in his grave mark my word when everybody post up negative reviews about this dvd set wherefore it will not sell then we all can kiss the rest of the seasons good bye

If anybody has read Todd review it proves again that CBS has dropped the ball again like they did season 2 lets just face the reality they will not be releasing any more of the dvds which i hate to broke all of your hearts but we all should have saw this coming from a mile away, when everybody gets the dvds you are going to see so many negative reviews which will put a nail in there coffin they all that the fans will be pissed off now i am not buying anything else from cbs/paramount they have failed us again and what a disappointing factor we have waited a long time for this CBS Paramount as a studio you completely suck

Its going to be very interesting to see all of the negative back clashed from season 5 when amazon customers gets anger and starts giving this dvd low marks and do not think for a second that CBS will not be liking of what they are about to get again i feel sorry for you all who has had there hopes up especially waiting for a long time now you see why other outside studios such as shout factory is doing ewhat they are doing fsace it cbs dvds of happy days are done

The fact is that even if Shout Factory wanted to take over this series and do it right, they can't do anything unless CBS licenses it to them.

Again there is no use of them completing the rest of the series its basically over for the happy days dvds

Lets all face it as well as calling it like it is the dvd is a complete mess

The fact is that even if Shout Factory wanted to take over this series and do it right, they can't do anything unless CBS licenses it to them.

Exactly. I hate the way they butchered this release and I won't be buying it. However, like you said, Shout can do nothing unless CBS licenses it to them, and that's not going to happen.

Hey our only hope in future reference is time life whose the king and the queen when it comes to putting out classic shows if they had the series it would be better then what its being presented whatever time life wants they pretty much gets

I'm sorry that scenes had to be altered with music replaced or edited out, but I'm So thankful to FINALLY have another season on DVD. I certainly don't want to appear ungrateful by complaining about a few seconds cut or altered here and there, I really think CBS is trying as best as they can to deliver to us the best the possibly can. I blame the holder of the rights to the songs. If it weren't for their over-inflated prices, we might have complete episodes.

Its not good enough and they will not get a past nor any sympathy from me they will always suck until they changed on how they put out dvds and like i said before you wait until you see the reviews on amazon and they will not be able to make any of this up on season 6 wherefore there will not be a season 6

Aren't most of the songs featured in the show covers, some of them sung by Anson Williams? Those should be cheaper to license than the original songs. I can understand replacing some of the songs, but editing scenes? It alters the episodes completely.

Does anybody still wants to waste there money on this crap i sure don't

Hey Happy Days fans, what a sad day for hearing what CBS has done to us yet again with there lack of dvd especially this one but it is what it is which again we will not see the rest of the series out its sad but its the honest truth, but any way i got off the phone with Star Vista Entertainment and i was voicing my opinion of how they are known for giving fans what they want because they have been around for a long time, and how they never failed there fans i told them about getting in the future Happy Days and the person that i spoke too had said if enough people get it they will do it because they are releasing the Wonder Years with everything intact if they would go to CBS paramount about the shows that they messed up on i couldn't see them telling them no but if anybody want to call them up yourself and tell them how you feel they will listen enough is enough with all of these studious 1-800-950-78-87'


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Does anybody still wants to waste there money on this crap i sure don't


I do...and I DID. Pre-ordered and already shipped out. I can't wait.

I wont be so nit-picky about a few seconds here and there, I still get to see my favorite characters and stories, I never watched the show for the music anyway, the music was all just BONUS anyways. If I want the unedited version of a song, I'll buy the SONG, this is a TV show, not a music CD.

THANK YOU PARAMOUNT FOR GIVING US SEASON 5.

i got off the phone with Star Vista Entertainment and i was voicing my opinion of how they are known for giving fans what they want because they have been around for a long time, and how they never failed there fans i told them about getting in the future Happy Days and the person that i spoke too had said if enough people get it they will do it because they are releasing the Wonder Years with everything intact
I can guarantee you right now that The Wonder Years will also have music edits/replacements and maybe even a cut scene. Star Vista is a great company but they can only do so much with what they have to do with. My point being, if a song is copyrighted they have to pay big bucks for the rights AND in some cases the copyright holder won't release the songs at ANY price.

I do...and I DID. Pre-ordered and already shipped out. I can't wait.

I wont be so nit-picky about a few seconds here and there, I still get to see my favorite characters and stories, I never watched the show for the music anyway, the music was all just BONUS anyways. If I want the unedited version of a song, I'll buy the SONG, this is a TV show, not a music CD.

THANK YOU PARAMOUNT FOR GIVING US SEASON 5.


It was a Show about the 1950's, and from the beginning, Music was a Huge part of the show, from the scenes in Arnold's to elsewhere. Don't you recall all the musical performances in Arnold's, the music from the jukebox, Fonzie hitting the jukebox and making the music play, Richie singing "Blueberry Hill", and all the music that would play in the background and during car scenes?

Music was a huge part of this show. While there aren't a ton of scenes missing, there is a ton of music wiped out. Here's a list from Todd Fuller's review here:



Disc 1:

"Hollywood (Part 1)"
"The Great Pretender" by The Platters is replaced by an unknown song. Potsie briefly singing "Venus" is included. There is a possible replacement instrumental on the jukebox. Potsie singing "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" is included.

"Hard Cover"
"Blueberry Hill" by Fats Domino is replaced by an unknown song on the radio. "It's Late" by Ricky Nelson is replaced by an unknown song on the radio.

"My Cousin the Cheat"
"It's Late" by Ricky Nelson is replaced by an unknown song (the same song is used in other episodes). "Poor Little Fool" by Ricky Nelson is replaced by unknown song/instrumental. "Who's Sorry Now" by Connie Francis is replaced by unknown song/instrumental. "Pretend" by Nat King Cole is replaced by unknown song/instrumental.

"The Apartment"
"It's Late" by Ricky Nelson is replaced by unknown song. "Tea For Two" (instrumental) from No No Nannette is replaced by unknown instrumental. "Put Your Head on My Shoulder" by Paul Anka is replaced by an unknown song/instrumental. "The Great Pretender" by The Platters is replaced by unknown song/insturmental.

Disc 2:

"Fonzie and Leather Tuscadero (Part 1)"
"Young Love" by Tab Hunter is replaced by an unknown song/intstrumental. "Cat" performed by Leather and the Suedes is included. "All Shook Up" performed by Leather and the Suedes is included. "Heartbreak Hotel" played by Leather and the Suedes is included.

"Fonzie and Leather Tuscadero (Part 2)"
"Heartbreak Hotel" performed by Leather and the Suedes is included. "Devil Gate Drive" performed by Leather and the Suedes is included.

"My Fair Fonzie"
"I'm Walkin" by Fats Domino is replaced by an unknown song. "Never Be Anyone But You" by Ricky Nelson is replaced by an unknown song. "Are You Lonesome Tonight" by Elvis Presley is replaced twice by unknown songs/instrumentals.

"Bye Bye Blackball"
"Kansas City" (instrumental) by Wilbert Harrison is replaced by an unknown song/instrumental; "Pretend" by Nat King Cole is replaced by uknown song/instrumental. "Who's Sorry Now?" by Connie Francis is replaced by an unknown song/instrumental.

"Requiem for a Malph"
"Calendar Girl" played by the band is included. "Down by the Old Mill Stream" sung by the Cuningham family and Fonzie is included. "Yakety Yak" (instrumental) by The Coasters replaced by an unknown instrumental.

"Nose for News"
"Yakety Yak" by The Coasters is replaced by an unknown song/instrumental. Potsie briefly singing "Lady of Spain" is edited out of the episode.

"Grandpa's Visit"
"Tequila" played briefly by the band is edited out of the episode. "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans," "Sonny Boy," and "When the Saints Go Marching In" played by Cap Cunningham and his band are included.

Disc 3:

"Potsie Gets Pinned"
"Summertime Summertime" by The Jamies is replaced by an unknown song/instrumental. "Young Love" by Tab Hunter is replaced by an unknown song/instrumental. Potsie and Jennifer singing a song is included.

"Marion's Misgivings"
Potsie and the band performing "Wild One" by Bobby Rydell is included. Leather and the Sudes performing "I May Be Too Young" is included. "Splish Splash" by Bobby Darin is replaced by an unknown song/instrumental. "Are You Lonesome Tonight" by Elvis Presley is replaced by an unknown song/instrumental.

"Richie Almost Dies"
Leather singing "Believe" at the piano at the Cunningham home as a montage of video clips of Richie is shown is replaced by a piano instrumental version without the vocals. In the original unedited episode, they show Leather singing the beginning of the song on camera. That has been edited out of the DVD. It's disappointing that the vocal version wasn't included. From what I have read online, it was written specifically written for the show. It has never been released as single or on any of Suzi Quatro's albums.

"Spunkless Spunky"
"Cry" by Johnny Ray is replaced by an unknown instrumental.

"Be My Valentine"
Potsie and Jennifer performing a song is included. Ralph singing "My Funny Valentine" is included. Chachi singing "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" is included. Howard and Marion singing "I Remember It Well" is included. Richie and Lori Beth dancing to an instrumental is included. Al singing "Isn't It Romantic?" is included.

"Our Gang"
"Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley and the Comets is replaced by an unknown instrumental. "The Great Pretender" by The Platters is replaced by an unknown song/instrumental.

Disc 4:

"My Favorite Orkan"
"It's Late" by Ricky Nelson is replaced by an unknown song. "Blueberry Hill" sung briefly by Richie and Mork is edited out of the episode. I didn't hear Richie singing "Blueberry Hill" in any other episodes this season, so it's possible it was removed elsewhere. "Splish Splash" by Bobby Darin is replaced by an unknown instrumental.

"Do You Want to Dance?"
An original song on the jukebox at Arnold's is likely replaced by an unknown song.

"Second Wind"
Al singing and playing his ukulele is included. All of the original songs on the jukebox at Arnold's have been replaced by unknown songs/instrumentals: "Splish Splash" by Bobby Darin, "Kansas City" (instrumental) by Wilbert Harrison, "Never Be Anyone But You" (instrumental) by Ricky Nelson, "Put Your Head on My Shoulder" (instrumental) by Paul Anka, "A Teenager in Love" (instrumental) by Dion and the Belmonts, and "Summertime Summertime" by The Jamies.

"Rules to Date By"
Potsie and the band performing "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen" is included. Leather and the Suedes and the band's performance of "Johnnie B. Goode" by Chuck Berry is replaced by an unknown instrumental. It's very odd to see Leather singing, but there are no vocals. I'm surprised they didn't edit out this entire scene, but this way is probably better than not including it at all.

"Fonzie for the Defense"
"Personality" by Lloyd Price is replaced by an unknown song/instrumental. "I'm Walkin" by Fats Domino is replaced by an unknown song/instrumental. Richie and later Richie, Ralph and Potsie singing "The Three Caballeros" is included.

"4th Anniversary Special"
Most of the original music in this episode has been replaced by other songs/instrumentals or edited out. Missing or replaced songs include "Cry" (instrumental) by Johnnie Ray, "Calendar Girl" (instrumental) by Neil Sedaka, "You're the Cream in My Coffee" by Ruth Etting - sung briefly by Fonzie, "Put Your Head on My Shoulder" (instrumental) by Paul Anka. They did include "On Moonlight Bay" sung by the Cunninghams and Fonzie at the end of the episode.





Music plays a big part in setting the atmosphere for this show, as it does for many films and TV shows. A 1950's show about teenagers hanging out in their favorite drive-in and music doesn't matter? LOL Just looking at the list of missing music shows you how large a role Garry Marshall intended for music to play.

Being upset over all that missing music and the missing footage is hardly something one can call nit-picky.:rolleyes:

Having low standards and accepting subpar releases just gets more of the same. Would you buy a film or TV show that wasn't in its original aspect ratio as well?

If I want to listen to a whole song, I buy a CD. If I want to watch a show the way it was intended to be seen and Heard, I expect that buying the DVD should get me that. I guess not...



NO THANK YOU CBS FOR GIVING US THE UNIMPRESSIVE, INCOMPLETE SEASON 5.

One thing about Timelife tv shows and dvd collections they can offered them big time which is why i would trust them more then any other studio because they believe in giving us the real thing as long as they have been promoting there product they have not receiving any bad feedbacks

Todd Based On Your HD5 Break Down Are You Honestly Disappointed With This Product and has CBS really signed there own death warrent in not moving forward with the rest of the series i no that you are infurated like everybody else who waited for a long time

Please stop spamming up the Happy Days boards. You have made your point. One time is enough. We don't care what you think. Stop trying to ruin it for everyone else. Your just as bad as neutronman was.

first of all i asked a Todd not you again i am entitled to my opinion you got that and i can careless of what you think you are not going to changed me and i will not try to changed you and i leave it there

But you are flooding these forums with your unwanted posts. If you don't like the release don't buy it but stop flooding these forums with your same old constant complaints.

Again you will not changed me so thats far as i am leaving love it or hate wherefore i could careless

lets all just take it easy please, there's no need to argue.

studd911, please keep all your discussion about the HD season 5 sets in one of the threads already dedicated to it.

Hey Robyrob sorry about that i am so tired of those bashing me for telling the truth wherefore i will not suggercoat it we have the right to be pissed offjust look how long we waited you are right it is what it yes but i am entitled to my opinion ill just let the fans bashed CBS and ill just lay back and watch

Studd911, I can respect your choice to be angry and boycott season 5. I haven't read anyone here trying to change your mind. We get your point, you only have to make it once, then please stop. You have been following up EVERY positive post with another rant about how much you HATE it. You are the one not respecting any one else's right to disagree with you.

Hey i love everybody on this blog and i respect everybody way of thinking, all i was basically saying was i cannot support a company who betrayed the fan who buys there dvds and all i was saying was we have waited a long time and when you thank about happy days you mostly think about the founding fathers of tv meaning a classic and with a show like that it should be presented the way in which we all remembered i am just those type of people who sees the truth the way it is and not suggercoating it and i no that you all feel the same way, again i am not going to get myself stress out about this wherefore i cannot and will not support a company who continues to put out bad products and with any show to me it should be taking care of as i said once before and i am going to leave it like that wherefore i cannot see the series itself finishing or maybe it will which really depends how the sells go im not trying to be funny but being aware of the problem again if you all love the dvds i will not put you down because that was what you all wanted but again wherefore i am only speaking about me personally and not anybody else that i cannot stick with CBS not unless they change there ways of promoting there dvd but thank you all for having a better understanding and that is far as i will go

watching my copy now looks soo clear right now on tv at first it would not play now plays good anyone else got it

I hope the rest of the seasons are released on DVD with or without these music cuts. I've downloaded season 6-11 and the season 6-7 episodes all had 25.2x run times which is very equal to the DVDs. But then I reached season 8 and 9 and the run times are 27-28 minutes with 5-6 minutes of commercials. So unless the original season 8-9 run times were at the 22 minutes mark (?), I am getting 4-5 minutes cut from each episode.

I don't have old VHS tapes of the original run and I don't have access to the show on TV so the next best thing are DVDs. So I hope the rest is released.

I got my copy in and it looks AWESOME. For ME, I don't care if the original Chubby Checker song plays in the background, or a new song that I never heard of plays, to me, it's all just background music.

Sure, I can WISH it was all the original music, but I wont let it ruin my opportunity to enjoy great humor and a wonderful show.

And I can only speak for myself.

Customer Review Happy Days 3.0 out of 5 stars Another Great Season, Another so-so DVD Set., May 23, 2014
Although the picture does look fabulous and there are a lot of episodes I love.... CBS DVD/Paramount has yet again replace most (not all) the original music in the show with generic music. You still get a few original songs (ex. "Be My Valentine" and Potsie singing popular songs of the day). But for the most part it is disappointing regarding the replacement music - especially the little a-capella songs such as lines as "Cream In My Coffee" (Fonzie) and "Tea For Two" (Postie/Ralph). The worst scene is where Leather (and the band) go through the motions of playing/singing "Johnny B. Goode" with a generic instrumental (where Leather is seen moving her mouth to an instrumental!).... Of course as other reviewer has pointed out - there's only a piano instrumental during the flashback scene in "Richie's Accident" instead of Leather singing a touching song (what is the name of this song?) .... Overall I'd rate this a C only on the basis that the Music is replaced. The picture and episodes are still good (and for the most part unedited).....Somewhat disappointing after the improvement of Seasons 3 & 4.
ah the best episode remove leathers song, May 22, 2014 I watched my favorate episode from this season
'Richie almost dies, and the sadest scene music has been changed when leather sings , instead its changed by a piano music ,, ughit took away the whole emotional vigil, c'mon man !!!



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i'm actually getting irked about this - I STILL haven't received my copy, and I had it pre-ordered as soon as it was possible to do so :mad:

I notice they left the music out . bummer! I guess there were legal issues. I just finished the Apartment and noticed Tea for Two was missing. other than that the shows had endings I hadn't seen since the ABC first showed them.

I didn't want to go through eight pages of stuff, so I may repeat some points about this set in this post.

Overall, I like it.

I am wondering, though, why "California" is presented as three separate half hour episodes. In the original network airing parts 1 & 2 were shown as an hour long episode, which was the standard for Happy Days' season openers back then.

And I did notice that Leather's song was omitted from the "Richie Almost Dies" episode and that generic rock music was substituted for "Johnny B. Goode" when Leather played that snowy lodge. Too bad, but I guess Paramount wasn't willing to shell out the $$$ for the original music. :(