Happy Days

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American sitcom television series

Happy Days is a popular American sitcom from the 1970s and 1980s that nostalgically portrays life in the 1950s and 1960s through the Cunningham family and the iconic character Fonzie.

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Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American sitcom → television series →
characterPortrayedBy	Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli – Henry Winkler → Howard Cunningham – Tom Bosley → Joanie Cunningham – Erin Moran → Marion Cunningham – Marion Ross → Potsie Weber – Anson Williams → Ralph Malph – Don Most → Richie Cunningham – Ron Howard →
coinedPhrase	jumping the shark →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
creator	Garry Marshall →
depicts	American middle-class family life in the 1950s and 1960s →
executiveProducer	Garry Marshall →
filmingStyle	filmed before a live studio audience →
firstAired	1974 →
format	multi-camera →
genre	comedy → sitcom →
lastAired	1984 →
leadActor	Henry Winkler → Marion Ross → Ron Howard → Tom Bosley →
mainCharacter	Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli → Howard Cunningham → Joanie Cunningham → Marion Cunningham → Potsie Weber → Ralph Malph → Richie Cunningham →
notableEpisode	episode where Fonzie jumps over a shark →
numberOfEpisodes	255 →
numberOfSeasons	11 →
openingTheme	"Happy Days" (later seasons) → "Rock Around the Clock" (early seasons) →
originalChannel	American Broadcasting Company →
originalLanguage	English →
originalNetwork	ABC →
portraysFamily	Cunningham family →
productionCompany	Paramount Television →
setInPeriod	1950s → 1960s →
settingLocation	Milwaukee, Wisconsin →
spinOff	Blansky's Beauties → Joanie Loves Chachi → Laverne & Shirley → Mork & Mindy → Out of the Blue →
theme	nostalgia for 1950s America →

Referenced by (47)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Arthur Fonzarelli → Howard Cunningham → Howard Cunningham → Joanie Cunningham → Marion Cunningham → Potsie Weber → Ralph Malph → Richie Cunningham →	appearsIn
Don Most → Don Most ("The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang") → Erin Moran → Penny Marshall → Ron Howard → Ron Howard → Ronald William Howard → Tom Bosley →	notableWork
Arthur Fonzarelli ("Happy Days season 1") → Arthur Fonzarelli ("Happy Days, season 1") → Cunningham family ("Happy Days season 1 episode 1") → Marion Cunningham ("Happy Days (season 1)") → Richie Cunningham ("Love and the Happy Days") →	firstAppearance
Arthur Fonzarelli ("Happy Days universe") → Howard Cunningham → Howard Cunningham ("Happy Days universe") →	fictionalUniverse
Cunningham family ("Happy Days franchise") → Potsie Weber ("Happy Days franchise") → Rock Around the Clock (early seasons) ("Happy Days early seasons") →	partOf
Howard Cunningham → Marion Cunningham →	firstAppearanceWork
Joanie Loves Chachi → Laverne & Shirley →	spinOffFrom
Ron Howard →	actedIn
Marion Cunningham ("Happy Days franchise") →	appearsInFranchise
Joanie Loves Chachi →	basedOn
Richie Cunningham →	centralProtagonistOf
Joanie Loves Chachi →	characterOriginatesFrom
Potsie Weber ("Happy Days season 1") →	firstAppearanceInSeries
Out of the Blue ("Happy Days franchise") →	hasFictionalUniverseConnection
Ron Howard →	knownFor
TV Land Award →	notableRecipient
Happy Days (""Happy Days" (later seasons)") →	openingTheme
Joanie Cunningham ("Happy Days universe") →	partOfFictionalUniverse
Joanie Loves Chachi →	relatedShow
Richie Cunningham ("Happy Days season 1") →	seriesDebut
Penny Marshall →	starredIn
Rock Around the Clock (early seasons) →	usedInTVSeries
Babaloo Mandel →	wroteForTelevisionSeries