https://www.metv.com/stories/ron-howard-on-the-similarities-between-the-cunninghams-and-his-own-family

It turns out that the Howard family was a lot like the Cunningham family.

Ron Howard learned how to be a fifties teen on Happy Days from his co-star's father (https://www.metv.com/stories/ron-howard-learned-how-to-be-a-fifties-teen-from-his-costars-father)

"He is kind of floundering on his own with such new experiences," Howard said of his character, Richie Cunningham.

The creator of Happy Days said that it would be difficult to write a comedy about modern teenagers (https://www.metv.com/stories/the-creator-of-happy-days-said-that-it-would-be-difficult-to-write-a-comedy-about-modern-teenagers)

Would those days still be happy if they were happening in the 1970s?

Lynda Goodfriend joked about naming Richie's future son in Happy Days after Opie Taylor (https://www.metv.com/stories/lynda-goodfriend-made-a-joke-about-naming-richies-future-son-in-happy-days-after-opie)

Like father, like son!

Scott Baio had to grow taller before audiences would take Chachi and Joanie seriously (https://www.metv.com/stories/erin-moran-on-the-dazzling-romance-between-joanie-and-chachi)

It was very carefully deployed!

Ron Howard on his time as a university student while playing a high schooler on Happy Days (https://www.metv.com/stories/ron-howard-on-his-time-as-a-university-student-while-playing-a-high-schooler-on-happy-days)

"It would be a lack of foresight to think I had it made now and didn't have to continue to improve myself," the actor said.