Happy Days

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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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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
surface form: Potsie Weber – Anson Williams

Ralph Malph – Don Most
Richie Cunningham – Ron Howard
coinedPhrase jumping the shark
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: 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 self-linksurface differs
surface form: "Happy Days" (later seasons)

"Rock Around the Clock" (early seasons)
originalChannel American Broadcasting Company
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork ABC
portraysFamily Cunningham family
productionCompany Paramount Pictures
surface form: Paramount Television
setInPeriod 1950s
1960s
settingLocation Milwaukee
surface form: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
spinOff Blansky's Beauties
Joanie Loves Chachi
Laverne & Shirley
Mork & Mindy
Out of the Blue
theme nostalgia for 1950s America

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Marion Cunningham firstAppearance Happy Days
this entity surface form: Happy Days (season 1)
Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli appearsIn Happy Days
subject surface form: Arthur Fonzarelli
Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli fictionalUniverse Happy Days
subject surface form: Arthur Fonzarelli
this entity surface form: Happy Days universe
Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli firstAppearance Happy Days
subject surface form: Arthur Fonzarelli
this entity surface form: Happy Days, season 1
Mork & Mindy spinOffFrom Happy Days
Blansky's Beauties spinOffFrom Happy Days
Blansky's Beauties relatedShow Happy Days
Richie Cunningham appearsIn Happy Days
Richie Cunningham seriesTitle Happy Days
Richie Cunningham firstAppearance Happy Days
this entity surface form: Love and the Happy Days
Out of the Blue hasFictionalUniverseConnection Happy Days
this entity surface form: Happy Days franchise
Henry Winkler notableWork Happy Days
Henry Winkler awardReceivedFor Happy Days
Cindy Williams appearedIn Happy Days
Tom Bosley notableWork Happy Days
Tom Bosley seriesRegularOn Happy Days
Ralph Malph appearsIn Happy Days
Ralph Malph firstAppearance Happy Days
this entity surface form: Happy Days (season 1)
Ralph Malph fictionalUniverse Happy Days
this entity surface form: Happy Days universe
Ralph Malph createdFor Happy Days
Joanie Cunningham appearsIn Happy Days
Joanie Cunningham fictionalUniverse Happy Days
this entity surface form: Happy Days universe
Joanie Cunningham firstAppearance Happy Days
this entity surface form: Happy Days (television series)
Joanie Cunningham spinOffFrom Happy Days
Scott Baio notableWork Happy Days
Scott Baio characterIn Happy Days
Lowell Ganz notableWork Happy Days
Ronny Hallin notableWork Happy Days
Laverne DeFazio spinOffFrom Happy Days
Laverne DeFazio appearsIn Happy Days
Gavan O'Herlihy notableWork Happy Days
Gavan O'Herlihy appearedIn Happy Days
Mork firstAppearance Happy Days
Mork firstAppearanceSeries Happy Days
Legend Award notableRecipient Happy Days
Chuck Cunningham appearsIn Happy Days
Chuck Cunningham firstAppearanceInSeries Happy Days
this entity surface form: Happy Days season 1
Anthony W. Marshall notableWork Happy Days
Anthony W. Marshall workedOn Happy Days
this entity surface form: Happy Days (TV series)
Pat Morita notableWork Happy Days
Cunningham Hardware partOfFranchise Happy Days
this entity surface form: Happy Days franchise
Anson Williams notableWork Happy Days
Anson Williams castMemberOf Happy Days
Chachi Arcola appearsIn Happy Days
Chachi Arcola spinoffFrom Happy Days
Chachi Arcola partOf Happy Days
this entity surface form: Happy Days franchise