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Happy Days: The Complete First Season is a sweet trip back to the Garry Marshall-produced sitcom's 1974 entry in primetime television, before political correctness would make stories about clean-cut boys fixated on seducing girls unthinkable, and long before older kids were defined by angst on the WB and Fox TV. At least in its first year, before Happy Days developed more of a comic-book feel and energy, the show was about Richie's all-too-human inclination to grow up too fast, to bite off more than he could chew and learn poignant lessons in the process. He was a sympathetic naif, not the charming braggart he later became, and major characters appear to have been created to provide both ballast and motivation. Among them is best friend Potsie (Anson Williams), a superficial hustler who typically incites Richie's enthusiasm for booze, reputed nymphomaniacs, and sophisticated, older girls, and fast-talking Ralph Malph (Donny Most), owner of a fantastic, yellow hot rod. More important are counterparts Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli (Henry Winkler), a vaguely dangerous drop-out, and Richie's exasperated father, Howard Cunningham (Tom Bosley), each of whom provides Richie the validation of an experienced male: Fonzie's raw worldliness versus Mr. C's seasoned view of a man's responsibilities. First-season highlights include the pilot episode (co-written by Rob Reiner), "All the Way," in which Richie's typical decency allows him to see past the sex-mad reputation of an amiable girl from school. Season closer "Be the First on Your Block" finds the Cunninghams' plans to build a bomb shelter turning into a popularity contest as Richie's friends vie for a guaranteed spot in the event of nuclear war. --Tom Keogh
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Don Weis, Joel Zwick, Mel Ferber |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 15 January, 1974 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Paramount |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Full Screen, Dolby, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Comedies & Family Ent., Movie, TV Shows, Television |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 3 |
| UPC: | 097360537741 |
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Customer Reviews of Happy Days - The Complete First Season
Happy Days season 1 Great DVD. Would like Paramount to get on the stick and release the Second season soon.
Great Extension of 'American Graffiti'
This is five stars based upon the quality of the show. Extras aren't important. The first and second seasons are both dramatic and funny - a nice mix. Other reviewers are correct when they state that later seasons, with studio audiences, became "cartoony."
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>Happy Day's was a successful attempt to extend the fun and memories experienced in the [then] groundbreaking hit movie 'American Graffiti' but, in a more family oriented way. The first two seasons followed that format pretty well.
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>If you liked American Graffiti, this is a good follow-up. For new viewers, I would recommend watching 'American Graffiti' first, then continue the enjoyment with this season set. Hopefully, the secondseason will be released.
I agree with the studio versions
I was 13 when this series started. I was in love with it from the start. I remember a negative review from the first episode that it was sexist because it had Ritchie trying to unhook a female charachters brassiere. Anyway when it went to a studio audience it got STUPID! By the time of the 4th year I stopped watching because it evolved into mainstream 70's styles instead of staying with the 50's even though it was a show about the 50's. Notice the 70's style haircuts. Everything happend at Arnolds!!! From celebrations to Judo lessons. I did like the episode introducing "Laverne and Shirley" though(of course not in this package). L and S worked because they started with a studio audience and ended with one. Maybe HD should have done the same and maybe I wouldn't have noticed how stupid it got. Like "All in The Family" and other shows the studio audience was there from the start, that is why it worked. But to me anyway all the late 70's tv shows were trash and laughable. Why do you think serious shows from that era are now being made into movies as comedies!