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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Chachi Arcola firstAppearanceIn Happy Days
Richard J. Cunningham appearsIn Happy Days
subject surface form: Richie Cunningham
Arnold’s Drive-In appearsIn Happy Days
Arnold’s Drive-In partOfFictionalUniverse Happy Days
this entity surface form: Happy Days universe
Fonzarelli appearsInTVSeries Happy Days
subject surface form: Arthur Fonzarelli
Fonzarelli firstAppearanceWork Happy Days
subject surface form: Arthur Fonzarelli
Fonzarelli partOf Happy Days
subject surface form: Arthur Fonzarelli
this entity surface form: Happy Days franchise
Bosley appearsIn Happy Days
subject surface form: Howard Cunningham
Don Most notableWork Happy Days
Don Most televisionSeries Happy Days
Don Most appearsIn Happy Days
subject surface form: Ralph Malph
Don Most castMemberOf Happy Days
Mark Rothman notableWork Happy Days
Shirley Feeney appearsIn Happy Days
Shirley Feeney fictionalUniverse Happy Days
this entity surface form: Happy Days universe
Shirley Feeney spinOffSeriesFrom Happy Days
Carmine Ragusa partOfFictionalUniverse Happy Days
this entity surface form: Happy Days universe
Erin Moran notableWork Happy Days
Jefferson D'Arcy – Ted McGinley notableWork Happy Days
subject surface form: Ted McGinley
Talia Balsam televisionDebut Happy Days
Robin Williams as Mork appearsIn Happy Days
Pratt & McClain notableWork Happy Days
this entity surface form: Happy Days (theme song)
Pratt & McClain notableSong Happy Days
Ork appearsIn Happy Days
Ork firstAppearance Happy Days
this entity surface form: Happy Days episode "My Favorite Orkan"
Ted McGinley notableWork Happy Days
Lori Beth Allen appearsIn Happy Days
Lori Beth Allen fictionalUniverse Happy Days
this entity surface form: Happy Days universe
Cunningham family home appearsIn Happy Days
Cunningham family home firstAppearanceSeries Happy Days
this entity surface form: Happy Days season 1
Cunningham family home partOfFranchise Happy Days
this entity surface form: Happy Days franchise
Jefferson High School (Happy Days) partOfNarrativeUniverse Happy Days
this entity surface form: Happy Days universe
Scott Marshall notableWork Happy Days
Ron Leavitt workedOn Happy Days
Ron Leavitt wroteFor Happy Days