Why does everyone like Happy Days so much?? no offense - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

GilliganLuver1964 · 07-14-2000, 08:53 AM

tO ME IT WAS A BORING SHOW NO OFFENSE TO ANYONE.

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Lil' Joanie · 07-14-2000, 07:18 PM

I wonder why more people don't like Leave It To Beaver like I do. But I still think Happy Days is great.

Lil' Joanie · 07-14-2000, 07:30 PM

I wish there were more Beaver fans its just as good as HD, it just does'nt have Tha Fonz. I'm not trying to offebd anyone or anything and I want to keep the peace, I just wished there were more Beaver fans. But we all have our likes.

The T · 07-14-2000, 08:44 PM

I just like it cause it's interesting! That's okay that you don't like. Everyone has different interests. I would probably like Leave it to beaver I just have never seen it!

see ya~The T.

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Some people are great lovers, some people are great fighters...I happen to be both.-Fonz
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Lil' Joanie · 07-14-2000, 09:11 PM

To: The T. Beaver comes on TvLand and did you name yourself after Mr. T? Know that tough guy that is kinda like Fonzie, hahahahaha I'm only kidding!!;-)

Pat · 07-19-2000, 01:53 AM

Why I like Happy Days
By Pat

Happy Days was the show that couldn't be beat. It was the evening show while I was growing up that the whole family would stop doing what they were doing to watch. Mom would let us take our supper plates into the family room so we wouldn't miss the show while we were eating. It was a great show with good clean fun. Everyone tuned in to hang out with Fonzie and the Cunninghams as if they were the friends down the street. And that's rare to have a show like that. God Bless everyone who made the show what it was and Thumbs up to the Happy Days Fans who make it what it is today.

The T · 07-19-2000, 10:40 AM

Good reason pat! I call myself the T cause my nick name is T and I couldn't just do T cause you need to use four characters so I figured-the fonz-The T. Now its what I call myself all over the net.

see ya~The T.

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Some people are great lovers, some people are great fighters...I happen to be both.-Fonz
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silentbri · 07-19-2000, 02:42 PM

The reason is all timing. It has nothing to do with the quality of the shows, and everything to do with the amount of people who have good memories about it. I watched the show as a child, and now that I am an adult, I have a job and can afford to spend money on those things that remind me of the happy moments of my child hood. It works in all nostalgia related fields as well. Comic books, colectables, toys... all gain poularity and value based on what generation has the money to spend on it! A few years ago, a Bonanza comic book could sell for over $100. Now though, you'd have trouble getting $20 for it because no one has memories attatched to that comic book any more. And now when I look around at collectables, I notice that Transformers and GI Joe action figures I played with are all getting to be worth some money... stuff I sold at garage sales for 25 cents each are now going for up to $200!

So that's why Happy Days ids so popular... the people who remeber it can afford to spend money on it, and the advertisers notice things like that.

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GilliganLuver1964 · 07-21-2000, 07:36 PM

I never said i didnt like the show at all, but some of the episodes were kinda on the boring side but over all the show was OK

Pinky · 07-26-2000, 04:54 PM

li1' Joanie You dissing The FoNz
DA FoNz Is Da BoMB!!!!!!!

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Wait,hold it I don't want anybody hurt because I did a dumd thing-Joanie

Oh,good he hit Potsie- A very scared Raplh.
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When I want my kid brother to tell me what to do with my other kid brother, I'll ask you kid brother-Darry=The outsiders
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Shouldn't we use the beans for gas-Lavrene
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And tell me do you belong to a fretenty-Loribeth
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She went to chicgo and became a nun. we stayed in milkwakee and became bimbos-Shirley
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Shortcake Fonzarelli · 07-29-2000, 08:05 PM

I know it's board etiquette not to correct people's spelling, Pinky, so I'll just let you know how to spell a few words for future reference: dumb, Ralph, Laverne, fraternity,
Chicago, Milwaukee. And please, I don't want to offend anybody, I'm just bored and felt like mentioning it :-)

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Fonzie's #1 Chick
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"I'm supposed to be cute, not athletic."
~Ralph
"I think he said 'Loosen the bell, the goat is home'"~Richie
"Blue makes my look short."~Shirley
"You are short!"~Laverne
"It's brown today, that means it was yellow once."~Squiggy
"Bull makes the world go round."~Fonzie
"Ya better clear the runway, Shirl, cuz there's a pork roast comin' in at 12 o'clock high!"~Lenny
(Those last three are courtesy of my buddy and brain-sharer Lone Wolfette)
"The brown bug is dead."
~Shirley
"Well, do ya dig it?"
~Joanie
"No, but I might bury it!"~Howard
"He explained why I couldn't hear the rock... Rocks talk at a higher frequency!"~Potsie
"10-4 Howard."~Marion
"Watch that punk stuff pops!"~Criminal
"Watch that pop stuff punk!"~Frank DeFazio
"Dr. Crane? No, no, I'm the Fonz! Lord, she's delirious!"~Fonzie

Richard · 12-16-2000, 12:38 PM

I didn't think this show was any great-shakes at all.It came on a little too late to really cash in on the 50s-nostalgia fad-and lost it's focus when they made a superhero out of Fonzie.It is unusual for a show to change it's focus of direction as drasticly as Happy Days did.So many people were hypnotized by that show,thinking it was a cool show-being too young to realize the Fonzie-type character was actualy shunned and looked down upon during the 1950s.

The T · 12-16-2000, 07:52 PM

your absolutely right about the fonz-type character bein looked upon as NOT COOL and really the drags of society, AND it was really unrealistic making everyone want to be like fonzie cause no one really did. They made fonzie almost clean cut and stuff like that but they aren't and weren't. That still doesn't change my opinion of the fonz though. I still think henry winkler did an awesome job of portraying the character as if it really were cool to be a greaser.

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Jo: Well I'm startin.

Nat: Where'd ya get the beer?

Jo: I got the beer. Here's to all who wish me well, all the rest can go to.......Jersey.
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LaverneShirley · 12-17-2000, 12:32 PM

Richard, I think you're missing the point. Fonzie wasn't originally supposed to be a huge character. Once they realized that all the kids loved him, they made him a bigger character and sized him down a bit so that kids wouldn't get the wrong idea and become greasers or gang members. As the years went on, Fonzie became a very tame person. He was still cool, of course, but he wasn't like he was in the first couple of seasons.

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"Childish? Childish? Coming from a grown woman who throws tea parties for her stuffed cat!" -Laverne

"Well at least I don't sew L's on everything I wear!" -Shirley

"Well that would be pretty stupid considering your name's Shirley!" -Laverne

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07-14-2000, 08:53 AM	#1
GilliganLuver1964 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jun 27, 2000 Location: Somerset, NJ, US Posts: 70	Why does everyone like Happy Days so much?? no offense tO ME IT WAS A BORING SHOW NO OFFENSE TO ANYONE.

07-14-2000, 07:18 PM	#3
Lil' Joanie Member Forum Hawk Join Date: Jun 20, 2000 Posts: 3	I wonder why more people don't like Leave It To Beaver like I do. But I still think Happy Days is great.

07-14-2000, 07:30 PM	#4
Lil' Joanie Member Forum Hawk Join Date: Jun 20, 2000 Posts: 3	I wish there were more Beaver fans its just as good as HD, it just does'nt have Tha Fonz. I'm not trying to offebd anyone or anything and I want to keep the peace, I just wished there were more Beaver fans. But we all have our likes.

07-14-2000, 08:44 PM	#5
The T Member Senior Member Join Date: Jun 22, 2000 Location: Baraboo, WI US Posts: 1,108	I just like it cause it's interesting! That's okay that you don't like. Everyone has different interests. I would probably like Leave it to beaver I just have never seen it! see ya~The T. ------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Some people are great lovers, some people are great fighters...I happen to be both.-Fonz ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

07-14-2000, 09:11 PM	#6
Lil' Joanie Member Forum Hawk Join Date: Jun 20, 2000 Posts: 3	To: The T. Beaver comes on TvLand and did you name yourself after Mr. T? Know that tough guy that is kinda like Fonzie, hahahahaha I'm only kidding!!;-)

07-19-2000, 01:53 AM	#7
Pat Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 11, 2000 Location: 2Trivia4Me, VA Posts: 2,729	Why I like Happy Days By Pat Happy Days was the show that couldn't be beat. It was the evening show while I was growing up that the whole family would stop doing what they were doing to watch. Mom would let us take our supper plates into the family room so we wouldn't miss the show while we were eating. It was a great show with good clean fun. Everyone tuned in to hang out with Fonzie and the Cunninghams as if they were the friends down the street. And that's rare to have a show like that. God Bless everyone who made the show what it was and Thumbs up to the Happy Days Fans who make it what it is today.

07-19-2000, 10:40 AM	#8
The T Member Senior Member Join Date: Jun 22, 2000 Location: Baraboo, WI US Posts: 1,108	Good reason pat! I call myself the T cause my nick name is T and I couldn't just do T cause you need to use four characters so I figured-the fonz-The T. Now its what I call myself all over the net. see ya~The T. ------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Some people are great lovers, some people are great fighters...I happen to be both.-Fonz ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

07-19-2000, 02:42 PM	#9
silentbri Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 20, 2000 Location: Lynnwood, WA, in the good ol' US of A Posts: 399	The reason is all timing. It has nothing to do with the quality of the shows, and everything to do with the amount of people who have good memories about it. I watched the show as a child, and now that I am an adult, I have a job and can afford to spend money on those things that remind me of the happy moments of my child hood. It works in all nostalgia related fields as well. Comic books, colectables, toys... all gain poularity and value based on what generation has the money to spend on it! A few years ago, a Bonanza comic book could sell for over $100. Now though, you'd have trouble getting $20 for it because no one has memories attatched to that comic book any more. And now when I look around at collectables, I notice that Transformers and GI Joe action figures I played with are all getting to be worth some money... stuff I sold at garage sales for 25 cents each are now going for up to $200! So that's why Happy Days ids so popular... the people who remeber it can afford to spend money on it, and the advertisers notice things like that. ------------------ Be sure to click here and check out my web page! What else are you gonna do?

07-21-2000, 07:36 PM	#10
GilliganLuver1964 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jun 27, 2000 Location: Somerset, NJ, US Posts: 70	I never said i didnt like the show at all, but some of the episodes were kinda on the boring side but over all the show was OK

07-26-2000, 04:54 PM	#11
Pinky Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Apr 13, 2000 Posts: 73	li1' Joanie You dissing The FoNz DA FoNz Is Da BoMB!!!!!!! ------------------ *********************** Wait,hold it I don't want anybody hurt because I did a dumd thing-Joanie Oh,good he hit Potsie- A very scared Raplh. ******* When I want my kid brother to tell me what to do with my other kid brother, I'll ask you kid brother-Darry=The outsiders ~~~~~~~~~~~~* Shouldn't we use the beans for gas-Lavrene ************************* And tell me do you belong to a fretenty-Loribeth ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ She went to chicgo and became a nun. we stayed in milkwakee and became bimbos-Shirley ````````````````````````` see ya LATER! bye Bye

07-29-2000, 08:05 PM	#12
Shortcake Fonzarelli Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jun 12, 2000 Posts: 70	I know it's board etiquette not to correct people's spelling, Pinky, so I'll just let you know how to spell a few words for future reference: dumb, Ralph, Laverne, fraternity, Chicago, Milwaukee. And please, I don't want to offend anybody, I'm just bored and felt like mentioning it :-) ------------------ Shortcake Fonzarelli Fonzie's #1 Chick ~~~~ "I'm supposed to be cute, not athletic." ~Ralph "I think he said 'Loosen the bell, the goat is home'"~Richie "Blue makes my look short."~Shirley "You are short!"~Laverne "It's brown today, that means it was yellow once."~Squiggy "Bull makes the world go round."~Fonzie "Ya better clear the runway, Shirl, cuz there's a pork roast comin' in at 12 o'clock high!"~Lenny (Those last three are courtesy of my buddy and brain-sharer Lone Wolfette) "The brown bug is dead." ~Shirley "Well, do ya dig it?" ~Joanie "No, but I might bury it!"~Howard "He explained why I couldn't hear the rock... Rocks talk at a higher frequency!"~Potsie "10-4 Howard."~Marion "Watch that punk stuff pops!"~Criminal "Watch that pop stuff punk!"~Frank DeFazio "Dr. Crane? No, no, I'm the Fonz! Lord, she's delirious!"~Fonzie

12-16-2000, 12:38 PM	#13
Richard Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Dec 01, 2000 Location: Cleveland,Ohio-USA Posts: 352	I didn't think this show was any great-shakes at all.It came on a little too late to really cash in on the 50s-nostalgia fad-and lost it's focus when they made a superhero out of Fonzie.It is unusual for a show to change it's focus of direction as drasticly as Happy Days did.So many people were hypnotized by that show,thinking it was a cool show-being too young to realize the Fonzie-type character was actualy shunned and looked down upon during the 1950s.

12-16-2000, 07:52 PM	#14
The T Member Senior Member Join Date: Jun 22, 2000 Location: Baraboo, WI US Posts: 1,108	your absolutely right about the fonz-type character bein looked upon as NOT COOL and really the drags of society, AND it was really unrealistic making everyone want to be like fonzie cause no one really did. They made fonzie almost clean cut and stuff like that but they aren't and weren't. That still doesn't change my opinion of the fonz though. I still think henry winkler did an awesome job of portraying the character as if it really were cool to be a greaser. ------------------ See ya~The T ^^^^^^^^^^^^* Jo: Well I'm startin. Nat: Where'd ya get the beer? Jo: I got the beer. Here's to all who wish me well, all the rest can go to.......Jersey. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

12-17-2000, 12:32 PM	#15
LaverneShirley Mission Doll Senior Member Join Date: Jul 26, 2000 Location: Liberty Twp, OH Posts: 1,552	Richard, I think you're missing the point. Fonzie wasn't originally supposed to be a huge character. Once they realized that all the kids loved him, they made him a bigger character and sized him down a bit so that kids wouldn't get the wrong idea and become greasers or gang members. As the years went on, Fonzie became a very tame person. He was still cool, of course, but he wasn't like he was in the first couple of seasons. ------------------ "Well, Laverne is sort of childish" -Shirley "Childish? Childish? Coming from a grown woman who throws tea parties for her stuffed cat!" -Laverne "Well at least I don't sew L's on everything I wear!" -Shirley "Well that would be pretty stupid considering your name's Shirley!" -Laverne