Congrats on stealing Happy Days
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Garry Marshall
tyrexden — 9 years ago(July 20, 2016 09:46 AM)
I didn't know that he created it, but i knew his sister appeared in that show and Laverne and Shirley, which cross-overed to that show. but. Happy Days is a clear redeux of American Grafitti, which was created by George Lucas. Happy Days came out one year later, and had Ron Howard in the lead, as well.
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tmaj48 — 9 years ago(July 20, 2016 10:09 AM)
Happy Days
was based on a segment of
Love, American Style
; while it got some inspiration from the George Lucas movie, both the film and the TV show were products of the huge nostalgia craze for the '50s and '60s that was going on at the time (the play
Grease
was a huge hit on Broadway back then, and the doo-wop group Sha Na Na was one of the acts at Woodstock). Since Ron Howard starred in the
Love, American Style
segment, he was cast as the same character in the TV series. His long-running appearance as Opie in the Baby Boomer favorite
The Andy Griffith Show
probably didn't hurt his persona as the clean-cut '50s type, either.
I'm not crying, you fool, I'm laughing!
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gcarras — 9 years ago(July 21, 2016 07:57 AM)
Happy Days was based on a segment of Love, American Style; while it got some inspiration from the George Lucas movie, both the film and the TV show were products of the huge nostalgia craze for the '50s and '60s that was going on at the time (the play Grease was a huge hit on Broadway back then,). ..
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Not to mention hitting the screens a few years later. both independently have been long running favorites on Broadway (and even if Grease as a stage show waned in 1974, the movie would revive it.. There was that live broadcast from Broadway of Grease with Vanessa Hudgens, I believe..and her movie High School Musical and the musical Hairspray were based oin Grease..so was Teen Beach Movie!)
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Tonytanzio — 9 years ago(July 20, 2016 11:20 AM)
100% wrong. "Happy Days" was reworked from a segment of "Love American Style." The episode was written and produced more than a year VB before "American Graffiti." The only similarly between "American Graffiti" and "Happy Days" was Ron Howard having the lead role in both projects.
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mj7796-386-393455 — 9 years ago(July 20, 2016 07:02 PM)
No. The only thing similar to love American style was the 3 cast members Ron, Cindy and Anson.
Happy Days was not a spin off of Love American Style. Marshall pitched a show to ABC called New family in Town. The network turned it down. So Marshall did a vignette on an episode of Love with the 3 characters. 2 years later American Grafiti became an unexpected success. The network remembered Marshalls show. They asked him to shoot a pilot with some changes. They wanted a gangster type to intimidate Cunningham. Thus the birth of Fonzie.
He didn't steal Grafiti. He was asked to make a 50's show based on it. It's like saying Star Wars was a sin off of Grafiti because Ford was in it. Even though Lucas directed it. -
rorygunn — 9 years ago(July 21, 2016 03:02 PM)
Happy Days came before AG as an episode of Love american Style..in fact George Lucas looked at that episode when deciding to cast Ron Howard..after Graffiti hit big the network was looking to capitalize on it with a TV show and someone reminded them that they had one already that was created by Garry Marshalland that was what became Happy Days