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PracTz · 05-08-2003, 03:03 PM

A good episode but did anyone catch it when after Richie missed the free-throw and was walking off with Howard consoling him, Howard offered him a Life-Saver - and the studio audience went ape?
Well, for those of you not old enough to remember the era when this episode first aired (c.1976), you might be wondering why so I'll explain it to you. About this time, there was a Life Saver's Candy commericial depicting someone who just missed a goal and the kid's dad offered him a Life-Saver's and it was a very popular commericial during this time so no doubt that's why the scriptwriters decided to ape it for this episode's tag!
Problem is that for those not seeing this episode on the rerun circuit (or who'd totally forgotten about the commericial), the tag's zinger would be completely missed!

¤I Love Clay Aiken¤ · 05-08-2003, 03:11 PM

Ah thats awesome!! I always wondered why the audience went crazy- now I know!!

Thank you!!!

FonzForever · 05-08-2003, 04:08 PM

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Originally posted by PracTz
A good episode but did anyone catch it when after Richie missed the free-throw and was walking off with Howard consoling him, Howard offered him a Life-Saver - and the studio audience went ape?
Well, for those of you not old enough to remember the era when this episode first aired (c.1976), you might be wondering why so I'll explain it to you. About this time, there was a Life Saver's Candy commericial depicting someone who just missed a goal and the kid's dad offered him a Life-Saver's and it was a very popular commericial during this time so no doubt that's why the scriptwriters decided to ape it for this episode's tag!
Problem is that for those not seeing this episode on the rerun circuit (or who'd totally forgotten about the commericial), the tag's zinger would be completely missed!

I had actually forgotten all that commercial! But now that you mention it, I remember it.

Stormtracker TF · 05-08-2003, 04:16 PM

I didn't know that. Pretty cool

animalcrackers · 05-09-2003, 09:03 AM

I remember that commercial!

YoliUSA · 05-09-2003, 04:19 PM

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Originally posted by TheFonz
I didn't know that. Pretty cool

Ditto

HDfanLiz · 05-10-2003, 05:09 PM

I was too young to have seen that, but I told my roomate that my guess was that they were taking off a commercial. Good to see I was right!

05-08-2003, 03:03 PM	#1
PracTz Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 14, 2002 Location: United States of America [Happily Living in the 20th Century] Posts: 2,711	'Shot in The Dark'-TOO Topical! A good episode but did anyone catch it when after Richie missed the free-throw and was walking off with Howard consoling him, Howard offered him a Life-Saver - and the studio audience went ape? Well, for those of you not old enough to remember the era when this episode first aired (c.1976), you might be wondering why so I'll explain it to you. About this time, there was a Life Saver's Candy commericial depicting someone who just missed a goal and the kid's dad offered him a Life-Saver's and it was a very popular commericial during this time so no doubt that's why the scriptwriters decided to ape it for this episode's tag! Problem is that for those not seeing this episode on the rerun circuit (or who'd totally forgotten about the commericial), the tag's zinger would be completely missed!

05-08-2003, 03:11 PM	#2
¤I Love Clay Aiken¤ MISS APRIL Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 19, 2001 Location: Parsonsfield ME Shaws - Screwing my way up the employment ladder! Posts: 68,780	Ah thats awesome!! I always wondered why the audience went crazy- now I know!! Thank you!!!
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05-08-2003, 04:16 PM	#4
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05-09-2003, 09:03 AM	#5
animalcrackers Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 24, 2002 Location: The Backseat Of Fonzie's Bike Posts: 1,603	I remember that commercial!

05-10-2003, 05:09 PM	#7
HDfanLiz Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Mar 18, 2003 Location: Arnold's Posts: 447	I was too young to have seen that, but I told my roomate that my guess was that they were taking off a commercial. Good to see I was right!