Happy Days is an American television sitcom that originally aired from January 14, 1974 to 
May 8, 1984 the series presents an idealized vision of life in mid-1950s to mid-1960s America. Set in the midwestern city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the series revolves around teenager Richie Cunningham (Ron Howard) and his family: his father, Howard (Tom Bosley), who owns a hardware store; mother Marion (Marion Ross); younger sister Joanie (Erin Moran); and high school dropout, biker and suave ladies man Arthur “Fonzie or The Fonz” Fonzarelli (Henry Winkler), who would eventually become the Cunninghams’ upstairs tenant.
The earlier episodes revolve around Richie and his friends, Warren “Potsie” Weber (Anson Williams), Ralph Malph (Donny Most) with Fonzarelli as a secondary character. As the series progressed, Fonzarelli proved to be a favorite with viewers and soon more story lines were written to reflect his growing popularity. Fonzie befriends Richie and the Cunningham family, and when ‘Richie’ (Ron Howard) left the series following his character’s wedding to his long-time college sweetheart, Winkler’s Fonzie became the central figure of the show.
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Ive just watched the ‘pump your blood’ video again. Lets think about this closer. Not only are The Fonz, Ritchie, Ralph, Lori Beth and Posties girlfriend in on this with their musical instruments at the ready. But the rest of the class seem to be too?? They happily start clapping along in time almost instantly to Potsies bizarre sing song and know the chorus aswell
Then at the end they even do their own impromptu Pump Your Blood Conga round the class.
So everyone, not only his friends must have learnt the song and the dance previously on the off chance that some guy in class may or may not pass his biology exam.
Fonzy: ‘Yo class mates, we have a situationamundo here. Potsy thinks he might fail some test so to help him we are going to learn the worlds worst ever song and dance routine in order to baffle the teacher into giving him an A.’
Kids: ‘Yeaaa Fonz, cool idea.’
Worst moment in television ever.
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Jumped when Fonzy got so chubby he required an elastic waist band on his jeans.
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Fonzie stopped being cool. When you have to tell everyone how cool you are then you are effectively no longer cool.
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When Fonz started teaching those kids in highschool. Any resemblance to the original character had gone.
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Yea everyone forgot about Chuck. Even in the final episode Mr C states that now both his kids are married. So he has erased Chucks memory forever
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When Fonzy started to change from white t-shirt to black t-shirt. The beard and the teaching job soon followed.
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Fonzie turns respectable and gets a job as a teacher.
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Chuck goes up the stairs and is never seen again.
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When the second season started. The audience was gone. So was Richie’s brother. The Fonze was suddenly a regular member of the cast.
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Chachi. Not only for how annoying the show became after he joined but because Happy Days no longer looked like a show set in the 50s. The bouncy hair, flared trousers and tight tops was such a 70s and early 80s look.
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The live audience spoiled it all.
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I remember the one where Ralph’s father got a divorce and I thought at the time, we’re missing some of the 50′s fun here. What I didn’t realize at the time is that this episode, “Ralph’s Family Problem” marked the final regular appearances of Richie Cunningham and Ralph Malph on the series. This was the moment of shark jumping, even though Fonzie had done the stunt a few years before. I understand why the shark jump episode marks a change, and it predates the move to the 60′s, the burning down of Arnold’s, the Fonz crying and the appearance of Mork from Ork, but despite betraying the original premise of the series, I still found the 1977-1980 episodes despite all their craziness to be very entertaining.
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I hated the episodes were Ritchie and crew would be in a sticky situation and just as they are about to get beaten up etc in walks The Fonz to save the day. Really? A round little chubby hoodlum who has ate too much pasta and walks slowly is to be feared by everyone??
He can beat up gangs of thugs, scare away the neighbour hood bully or even apparently use some weird mind trick to change police officers minds. Looking back now, im thinking ‘wow’ why did i never question this at the time.
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Anytime Fonzie danced his cool turned luke warm.
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When all the new cast members joined. Jenny Piccalo, Roger and Eddie. None of these guys added any value to the show. If anything the only served to highlight just how much some of the original cast members were missed and how the dynamic of the show had changed so much.
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Jenny Piccalo was wayyyyy more annoying than Roger. She gets of far to lightly when people talk about the demise of Happy Days.
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When Fonzie entered the dance contest at Arnolds. No Arthur!!! This is not cool !!!!
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The Fonz was a completely different character as the show went on. Remember he started off as a leather jacket wearing bike riding hoodlum ?! But he got older, sensible and settled down
. Slowly starting to become a father figure to the rest of his impressionable friends before our eyes.
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I cant stand it when Henry Winkler does that whispery crying thing whenever he had to get dramatic and emotional in Happy Days. Him praying to god when Richie was in the hospital bed is one instance of this.
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Couldve finished with this scene. Would have been perfect.
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Roger and Jenny Piccallo. The worst additions to any tv show.
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The live studio audience ruined everything. The non stop whooping, the ohhhhs and the ahhhhha at every little thing became irritating very quickly.
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Whenever Richie would call someone ‘Bucko’ and the audience screamed in joy.
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@Tez, lmao that comment was hilarious
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Fonzy gained super powers changing him from local cool guy to Italian American Wizard capable of various magic tricks. Juke box turning on was his speciality.
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Fonzy jumps the shark in the smallest, tighest sky blue shorts ever made and his trademark leather jacket. All this to preserve his honour. Clearly he didnt look in the mirror before starting this bizarre show of manliness….. There was no honour in this
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Im sure by the time Fonz met Ashley he was just gratefull that someone in Milwaukee still found him attractive.
Although all the girlfriends that appeared kinda spoiled things i thought.
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Chachi starts wearing flares, tight vest tops, a little sweat band on his wrist and has a lovely 70s hair style…..in 1950s Milwaukee.
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Lori Beth ruined Richie.
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Didnt Fonzy constantly get with highschool chicks dismissing any women his own age?? I presume because his ‘powers’ only seemed to work on the young and easily impressionable. Any older women didnt see a 5ft tall high school drop out biker who lives above a garage as an attractive option. Theres nothing ‘cool’ about that.
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Where did Fonz find the finance to become a partner in Arnolds? He stayed in his friends parents loft conversion and wore the same clothes every day. When the show started to revolve around Fonzy there was serious dip in quality. Realy funny in the early days, realy painful in the later.
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If Fonzy had lost his cool by the time Richie left then when he met Ashley and settled down it was game over. The girlfriends spoiled all the characters.
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Fonz grew old gracefully. Well as old as a leather jacket wearing biker can. He became a respected member of the community. Chachi was an annoyance from his first appearance.
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Ritchie left. The chemistry went. Fonz got fatter and older and less cool.
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There was nothing 50s about Chachi in his tight flares and vest top.
Chachi : Australian/American colloquialism.
Based on Happy Days character.
Used for both Male or Female
Defined: Someone who thinks they are a bit too cool… Generally the person who dresses a bit over the top and/or always trying to “one-up” someone else’s comments, whilst tending to overdo everything they try to do….
Example:
In a Night-club where everyone is in cargo pants and shirts… “chachi” rocks up with the denim jacket and greased back hair, and sun glasses on his head at 2am…thinking he’s a little too good for everyone else at the club.
“Look at that guy over there….what a chachi….!”
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Posty and his singing.
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The girlfriends. Lori Beth joining changed everything. She ruined Ritchie and changed him from the nervous ginger teen who went on dates with various women to a hen pecked ginger teen constantly getting lectured by his overbearing girlfriend. I dont think she realy added anything worth while to the show. Plus Potsies girfriend was far too hot to be going out with him. Im guessing she was with him cause he was the local popstar on the brink of making it big…in Milwaukee
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Many moments here some which i had too look up as i didnnt remember them ( Pumps Your Blood WOW ). But to me it will always be the Shark Jump. Long before Ritchie left and Chachi became unbearable a man in a leather jacket and little shorts jumped over a shark on water skis to prove himself. History was made. One of the most bizarre television scenes ever.
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Any instance of singing and dancing failed miserably. Fonz wasnt shy about showing off his skills was he? As his cool vanished so did his self respect. Quite a difference from being the hard man cool guy that everyone feared and respected to the round short assed local restaurant dancer.
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Pump Your Blood is not only a shit song but one of the most toe curling horrifically bad moments in any tv show ever. Its like watching a class of special needs teenagers try to write a musical. ‘Like we rehearsed it’ says Fonzy. Jesus can you picture that scene. That lot practising dancing round singing ‘Pump Your Blood’ in Fonzies attic conversion just incase some local geek fails a shitty little science test?? Sweet jesus.
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The show was set in the 50s yet all the cast had the most amazingly conditioned buffon hair and flaired jeans.
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When Fonzy went from being a thug biker who only said Whoaaa, Ehhhhh and Cooool It!!. To being a nice school teacher educating Milwaukee’s young. Fail.
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Anytime Potsy Webber decided to have a little sing-song this show became more and more unbarable. If i remember correcly his chick was quite hot. How did this happen??
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When Fonzie did the shark jump it was already over. Any scene with Chachi and being subjected to Potsys constant singing are two reasons that Happy Days fell into decline long before the shark was even thought of.
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Fonzies office was stupid. He would frequently force a young timid ginger kid into going to the toilet for a ‘discussion’ with him like it was a perfectly normal request. No one ever said ‘No Fonzy!! Im happy to talk at my booth in the resturaunt. I do not want to stand alone in the toilet with you. Stop this’
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I am willing to give it as far as the episode where arnold’s burned down. After that.. I think it was a new season..(season 6?) that’s when it started to suck when the every episode was about Chachi and Fonz would make the occasional entry for 5 minutes.
Sure there were some bum episodes before this but they were sort of warnings of what was to come. The combination of Ralph, Potsie, Ritchie & Fonz was the best.
More than that, the writers just ran out of good ideas.. there is only so much you can do. It becomes harder in the entertainment industry to keep afloat because there is an expectation to do better than before.. EVERYTIME!
I bet you that the writers changed, thus Fonz didn’t have the cool lines and strong character anymore. Its like going to a restaurant that used to be great and one day you go there and the food has changed.. Then you find out the chef has changed! That’s probably what happened here!
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When Fonz met Ashley. It was all over.
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Singing/Dancing. Fonzy was just a little bit to keen to show of his moves. If there was dance contest on Arnolds tiny floor then you bet he would be up showing his moves off for the audience of 10 spectators. Expressing yourself through the medium of dance has never been the best way to showcase how tough you are.
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Doing the Fonzy. Oh dear oh dear.
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Fonzies super powers became outrageous. Jukebox playing, chick mind control, blind bike building, super strength and one time he made a forest full of wild animals go completely silentby saying ‘COOL IT’.
The audience loved it.
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Fonzy having a steady girlfriend who is mother to the poltergiest kid and him becoming a teacher. Two massive reasons why this show started to suck. Didnt he grow a beard at one point too?? Did he still wear jeans as he taught classes at school ?
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Posty Webber has a lot to blame with the demise of Happy Days. His sing songs were just the worst. Impossible to watch without cringing. And too many episodes revolving around Chachi. My two main reasons. Apart from the obvious Fonzy shit.
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Yea, becoming a teacher wasnt the coolest thing Fonzy has ever done. The only leather he was wearing then was on the elbows of his tweed teacher style jacket
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Mixed emotions. Happy to see the back of Ralph but sad to see Ritchie go. The show definitely wasnt the same after this.
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The Fonz has an office in a mens toilet in a shitty little diner and no one questions his coolness?. Is it not uncomfortable for Ritchie to listen to Fonzies sound words of wisdom with the smell of fresh crap wafting around in the air?
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The Fonz is the toughest biker around. A leather jacket wearing hoodlum who doesnt play by the rules. Yet no one blinks an eye lid when he gets a job as a teacher. I’m guessing Arthur mightve told afew little fibs during that interview.
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Ritchie leaving finally killed it. But adding Lori Beth as his girlfriend was a dumb ass move. Single Ritchie was much better fun than relationship Ritchie.
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The audience went totally over the top. Especially when Fonzy walked in the room. It got worse when Chachi became a heart throb. But then to be fair they also screamed when Mr C appeared too
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Anytime The Fonz danced. This show became just that little bit more pathetic.
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Fonzies super powers became farcical. The blind motor cycle build was an especialy crap moment in the show.
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As Fonzy grew older he became a little lighter on his feet and moved more gracefully eager to show of his dancing skills. I admit he had some moves. But taking part in a dance contests in a local diner is not the actions of a rough and tough biker.
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Pump Your Blood. Three words that bring such horrific memories. After watching him sing and dance its possible to believe Potsy is the whitest man ever.
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Ritchie leaving was the moment it all went horribly wrong.
But i think the writing was on the wall earlier when the show stopped being about Ritchie, Raplh and Potsy being friends and instead focused on Fonzy and Ritchies friendship.
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The whole cast had the most lovely bouncy conditioned 70s hairstyles. I thought this was supposed to be the 1950s? Ted McGinley’s hair was similar to Farrah Fawcetts at some points.
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Fonz started the show as rough tough biker pulling allsorts of hot babes and was respected by everyone. He finished as a single leather jacket wearing middle aged teacher. Trying deperately to get respect from high school kids who couldnt give a fuck if he could turn on a jukebox by punching it. Happy Days indeed.
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Chachi.
“Waa Waa Waa” is the worst catchphase ever.
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Ritchie leaving was the ‘jump’. Please dont write Ritchie and Ralph leaving in your answer. Ralph leaving was one of the best things to happen to the show. Unfortunately he just happened to leave the same time as Ritchie the best character did.
This coincided with Fonz becoming slightly rounder, slightly mellower and slightly more boring. Move with the times Fonz. Chasing teenagers around when ur hair is greying isnt a good look no matter how cool you think you are. Surely there must be tonne off needy Milf’s in Milwaukee looking for love that are around your age?
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Yea Chachi is one of my main gripes about Happy Days. He was clearly trying to be molded into the new star of the show after Fonzy let himself go. But failed miserably.
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When Joanie, Chachi and Jenny Picolo became main characters after Ritchie and Ralph left. Why couldnt Joanie and Chachi piss of and get there own show and let the others get on with it ………. oh
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The audience laughter was grating. The change of theme tune was stupid. Chachi was increasingly irritating. The shark jumping was hilarious and Fonzies growing waist line was depressing. There was a lot going wrong with Happy Days.
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Ritchie leaving. Not only did the show lose its best character. But his leaving coincided with Fonzy morphing into a rounder, laid back uncool middle aged biker.
At this point Fonzie wouldve been more comfortable in well fitting chinos and comfortable slippers.
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They changed the damn theme tune!! One of the best theme tunes in my opinion. The tune says it all. The show is called Happy Days not Rock Around the Clock ffs.
The beginning of the end…
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I would say Ritchie leaving was the moment it jumped. But a constant irritation throughout has to be the studio audience. Sometimes, we the viewers are left waiting 5 minutes for the punch line to an already mediocure joke because of the over excited screams.
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Think the drama ruined it for me. Stick to the comedy atleast you can kinda get away with that even if its unintentional. Ritchie lying in hospital with the Fonz praying to god, the blind Fonz saga etc etc. All shit.
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@deadrip, deadrip, relive some drama here – I love the ominous music and Winkler’s posture as he reveals his trauma near the end of the clip:
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@stebsb,
The extreme close up of The Fonz looking at the camera is comedy gold……. again unintentional
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Ritchie leaving.
After this Fonz lost his cool. Middle aged spread set in and he became a father figure to the little freaky girl out of Poltergeist.
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For all the reasons listed on the top5 page. Potsies song and dance was a lowlight out of the list along with Doing the Fonzie.
Ritchie leaving was the final nail in the coffin for Happy Days. There was probably already 6/7 nails in it by this time to be fair.
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Ritchie leaving.
This is my favorite page. The comments crack me up
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Jumped the Shark when The Fonz Jumped the Shark. But there are so many ‘jump’ moments in this show as the top 5 list reminded me.
Btw what the fuck its Potsy all about with that Pump your Blood song? Oh and Ritchie also happens to have a kazoo in his pocket?? I think more annoying than Potsey prancing around was his 4 piece backing singers playing instruments in the background. Whats up with Ritchies bandy knees??
Looking back now Happy Days was filled with bizarre scenes wasnt it.
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It’s a nine minute clip.
Get in to six minutes – the comedy begins. As you near seven, the Fonz will turn into a teapot.
Then, as it hits seven….
No. No. I’ve said too much. Watch and be dismayed. And for God’s sake don’t be eating or drinking anything as you do, or it’ll end up all over the screen:
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There were a few Jump The Shark moments in the first 4 seasons before Fonz literally jumped one in season 5.
1. Any episode with Spike involved.
2. Fonz exhibiting superhuman abilities, such as starting cars with a punch.
3. Pinkie Tuxadero.
4. The hoodlum brothers who were Fonz’s nemesis, especially the one who wore a feathered medieval hat and spoke in olde English, adressing Fonz as Sir Fonz.
5. Fonz dating the one from Laverne & Shirley who resembled The Count from Sesame Street. About as cool as Satan’s bumhole.
6. Politically Correct tubthumping episodes, such as anti-smoking ones, ‘wear a crash helmet’ ones, ‘fighting isn’t cool’ ones, ‘obey your parents/the system’ ones.
7. Potsie turning from Ritchie’s sensible friend in season one to a complete douchebag who the world and it’s cat laughed at.
8. Fonz’s abiltity to pull any woman on the planet with merely a click of his fingers, despite blatantly wearing a girdle.
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@res,
” 5. Fonz dating the one from Laverne & Shirley who resembled The Count from Sesame Street. About as cool as Satan’s bumhole”
Great comment.
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This show started going wrong way before the now infamous shark jumping. Fonzy the cool hard man biker hangs around with 3 cardigan wearing virgins in Milwakee for god sake. Living in a loft conversion above one of the ginger virgins parents house. Yet this combination of middle aged biker and friend to geeks makes him a babe magnet. hmmm
How come Posty Webber ended up getting a fairly hot chick? She was alot hotter than this young Shakin Stevens deserved. I presume she found the xmas jumpers he wears throughout the hot summers irresistable.
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Fonz jumping the shark was the moment this well…. jumped.
But yea Ritchie leaving was a massive blow. Also Chatchi growing up from slightly annoying boy to very annoying adult ruined the show.
No ones realy talked about Ted McGinley yet!!
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It jumped fairly early on i thought once the audience started going crazy at every single joke
Even crazier at Arthur Fonzarelli kissing some chick on the lips for a second 
Plus there is no evidence of Fonzy getting any ass throughout the entire show. All he seemed to want to do was take women upto insiration point to give them a little peck on the lips.
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Ritchie Leaving was the begining of the end IMO.
But you cant discuss Happy Days without mentioning either the Shark Jumping or Bull Riding etc. These moments of drama did nothing for the show and were just thrown in for the hell of it . There was always a situation when Fonzy put himself in danger for some shitty reason or another. Talk about small man syndrome, get over it Arthur.
And Fonzies super powers WTF ? The man can do anything it seems including punching doors of their hinges, controlling mechanical objects and mind control over chicks with a click of his fingers. Shame he couldnt use his amazing powers to keep his expanding waist line at bay.
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Further to Elerthymmem’s point about Fonzie’s “office” being a gents bathroom…
Hm. Fonzie. The leather-jacket wearing single man who spends a lot – a LOT – of time in the men’s room, and who introduces Chachi, a young boy, as his cousin. Although we’ve never seen ANY other members of his family. No mentions of aunts or uncles.
Jump the Shark?
or In the closet?
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Ritchy leaving is clearly the point when it all went sour.
Shark jumping , bull riding and Doing The Fonzy shouldnt be overlooked though as these were some of most heinous television scenes ever.
Random irritations :
Ralph Malph laughing at his own jokes.
Potsie Webbers never ending supply of jumpers.
Any episode with Joannie having problems to deal with.
Fonzies battle with his middle aged spread.
The blatent slutty nature of Mrs C.
Fonzies office being a shit covered men toilet in a greasy spoon diner.
Chachi.
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Surely the era of the ‘ Chachi ‘ should be the moment it jumped? Once he grew up and became a main character. People forget this but Chachi is responsible for the downfall of Happy Days. The wa wa wa , the vest and the scarf on his upper thigh.
He was no Fonz !!! He had no bike !! No leather jacket !! And theres no way he could jump anything or ride a bull
Yet all he had to was sneeze and the audience would go into hysterical screams and claps.
Hes a Fonz wannabe.
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It Jumped when Ritchie and Ralph left for the Army. Its Clear to everyone that a guy who calls himself Ralph Malph shouldnt be in charge of any weapons. How the hell did he pass any selection tests ??
Was Ritchies passion for the army explored in earlier episodes ? I cant remember now . But it seemed to come out of nowhere.
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Not so much Jumped the Shark as Rode the Bull
Skip to around 5.40 onward. Genius!! Plus the Shaking Stevens stunt double only adds to the unintentional comedy.
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@andy,
Sweet jesus.
When did this happen ?? Before or after the famous shark jumping ?? This scene is probably worse.
Is it too late to call the site ” ride the bull ”
Is that a name that could catch on ?
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This show really jumped when Richie left the show. Happy Days lost all of its charm when Ron Howard left. How in the world did Fonzie earn a GED, go to college and get a bad teaching job all in a few years. Plus don’t get me started on when Chachi sold his soul to the devil. Yep, you read correctly. He sold his sould to the devil.
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Clearly when Ritchy left it all started to go wrong. Too many useless new characters sprung up.
Didnt Billy Warlock appear too in a suspiciously camp cut away t-shirt in some of the later episodes ?
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One word.
Exruciating:
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Two words : Jenny Piccolo.
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Two words: Ted McGinley
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@kim21,
Two words: Elasticated Waistband
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Ironically, I can’t watch or even think about Happy Days without feeling a little bit sad – less “Happy Days”, more “Tragic Times”.
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Im sorry but alot of Fonzies cool mustve all but evaporated after going around town with Laverne and Shirley. For a guy who could literally click his fingers and have women running to him he stooped to a new level
Maybe he was taking one for the team so that geeky Ritchy could also get laid ?
Or is it just that no one else wanted The Fonz anymore??
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I see your ‘ Pump Your Blood ‘ song and i raise you this.
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Yes – relive the moment your blood curdled and life lost all meaning:
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Great video . Realy catchy
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Fonzie hung around Ritchie, Ralph and Potsy because they made him look cool by contrast.
If Fonzie hung around cool, or even just average, people, we’d see him for what he was – an unconvincing “Italian” biker, with a gut increasingly threatening to break free from the girdle Winkler presumably wore under his t-shirt.
By hanging around with the Three Musky-Queers, Fonzie was like Chris Isaak in a tuxedo, singing a jazz classic in a smoke-filled Manhattan night-club.
Oh, there’s another point – Milwaukee? WTF does a “cool Italian biker” live in Milwaukee, rather than New York or LA?
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stebsb …….” Ralph “tragic” Malph – the precursor of Screech in Saved by the Bell, where “wacky antics” just DON’T become “loveable comedy”.
Totally agree with you. Laughing at his own jokes out loud = epic fail and having first and second names that rhyme doesnt help either. Man , looking back Ralph , Ritchie and Potsy realy were tragic.
Why did the Fonz hang around with them ?
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But back to why it jumped.
I remember the little girl out of poltergiest joining the cast . That for me was when this became more like a drama and less like comedy.
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WOW. Thats out there himself24.
Surely the police could identify him by looking for a smug looking twat with a knitted jumper on ??
Case closed.
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Potsy was pretty camp i agree but with a hidden sinister side too i feel. Like he could snap at any moment. How many chicks made it back from inspiration point after going up there with Potsy? How many ” must’ve made their own way home and got lost ” ? Hmmmm ?
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Happy Days Jumped the Shark so many times its impossible to count. But I’ll try:
i) The actual Jumping of the Shark.
ii) Chachi. “Wa wa wa” was not a catch phrase, it was a speech impediment that prevent the true sentence – “What am I doing on this programme as I’m making it even worse” from being spoken.
iii) Ralph “tragic” Malph – the precursor of Screech in Saved by the Bell, where “wacky antics” just DON’T become “loveable comedy”.
iv) Ritchie leaving.
v) The Fonz transforming from mean yet loveable Italian biker to pot-bellied near-paedophile who was possessed of godlike powers.
vi) “Do the Fonzie” – rivalling the Batusi for worst dance “craze” ever.
vii) But almost matched by Potsy’s ultra-gay “Pump your blood” dance.
viii) Mork. Did Robin Williams not realise we could SEE him making the sound-effects?
ix) The loss of “Rock around the Clock” as a theme tune.
x)Pinkie Tuxadero, or, indeed, any of Fonzie’s girls, including Laverne and Shirley. If the Fonz was such a babe-magnet, why did he always pull such munters?
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Maybe the Fonz purposely chose to pile on the weight to mimic the Tom Bosley look and attract the elusive Mrs C? There was always a weird sexual tension there.
Lets be honest it always looked pretty awkward around the dinner table with Mrs C purposely leaning over to dish out extra mash to Fonzy , her breasts heaving in his face.
Was there any moment that Ritchie told Fonz to back off from Mrs C ?? I would respect him alot more if he did that.
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Ritchie shouldve appreciated The Fonz more. He would never have got anywhere near any chicks at ‘ inspiration point ‘ if it wasnt for Fonzy being his mate.
Without The Fonz Ritchy was just a skinny , lanky , ginger headed pratt singing ” I Found my Thrill on Blueberry Hill “. Avoided by every girl he pathetically tried to chat up.
Yet somehow by becoming friends with The Fonz he was given some kind of imaginary penis extension and women found him irresistable!! You have alot to thank Fonzy for Ritchy.
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Yea when Ritchie left it was downhill.
Fonzies belly got bigger by each episode and he started to hobble around. Plus its not so cool being a tubby 40 something man staying in a room above ur friends parents house.
The chicks didnt dig Fonzy anymore. Going upto Inspiration Point with an aged biker in denial was’nt so cool.
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Doing the Fonzy !!!
Theres a craze that caught on.
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Happy Days jumped when well Fonz jumped the shark. Worst was when Richie left. The show lost all of its spunl.
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