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Happy Days - The Third Season

starring: Ron Howard, Henry Winkler

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Paramount
EAN: 0097360694345
Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 27, 2007
Running Time: 580 minutes
Sales Rank: 6007
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: January 15, 1974



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Description:
'Happy Days' was set in the 1950s in Milwaukee, the heart of middle-class America, and told the story of the Cunningham family. Mr. Cunningham (Tom Bosley) ran the local hardware store and Mrs. Cunningham (Marion Ross), like all good TV Moms, spent her time in the kitchen. Their son, Richie (Ron Howard), hung out at Arnold's Drive-In with his pals Ralph Malph (Donny Most) and Potsie (Anson Williams), trying to be as cool as the coolest greaser in town, the Fonz (Henry Winkler). Richie's sister, Joanie (Erin Moran), tagged along whenever she wasn't at her friend Jenny Piccolo's house. The Cunninghams also had an older son, Chuck, but he mysteriously disappeared after the first season.

Amazon.com:
The 1975-76 season of the highly successful Happy Days is largely defined by the placement of the Fonz (Henry Winkler) in even closer proximity to the Cunningham family--making him, tacitly and literally, a member of best friend Richie’s household. When Fonzie's grandmother moves into the ultra-cool, womanizing biker’s apartment, he takes a room over the Cunningham’s garage, making Richie (Ron Howard), his mom Marion (Marion Ross), and sister Joanie (Erin Moran) happy, but leaving cantankerous-but-lovable dad Howard Cunningham (Tom Bosley) something more than ambivalent. While several episodes deal with one or another conflict between strong-willed Fonzie and stubborn Howard--at one point, the two sue each other over a roof that collapses from the weight of Fonzie's pigeon coop--life otherwise lurches along for Richie and his gang. In 'The Other Richie Cunningham,' Richie tries an end run around his dad's expectation that he take a business associate's daughter out for a date. Enlisting pal Potsie (Anson Williams) to pretend to be Richie, the Howdy Doody-faced teen finds the plan backfiring when Potsie proves to be less than a gentleman to the unfortunate girl. 'Jailhouse Rock' finds Richie and Howard sharing a jail cell after protesting an arbitrary curfew by police on teens, while 'Tell It to the Marines' concerns a desperate attempt by Ralph (Donny Most) to earn respect by threatening to join military service. Not surprisingly, however, most of Happy Days: The Third Season follows the exploits of Fonzie as he constantly lives up to the reputation that inevitably precedes him. The two-part 'Fearless Fonzarelli' begins with the Fonz so worried he's losing his cool that he agrees to jump 14 garbage cans on his motorcycle for a television show--and ends up with a serious leg injury. 'Fonzie the Superstar' is a popular episode in which the Fonz agrees to substitute for Potsie as vocalist in Richie's band, then freezes up with stage fright on the night of a show at Arnold's. (Winkler's performance on 'Heartbreak Hotel,' while not exactly singing, is so charged with energy one can tell the actor was probably breaking through his own inhibitions during the scene.) 'Bringing Up Spike' focuses on Fonzie's first encounter with child-rearing when his visiting, little delinquent cousin gets into a jam with the law.

Happy Days: The Third Season is definitely a peak in the show's lengthy history, just before the series took a turn for the silly (or sillier). This was the year Laverne (Penny Marshall) and Shirley (Cindy Williams) were introduced to the world on Happy Days (before landing their own spin-off series). And armchair TV historians will take note how sexist the show could be while it simultaneously takes a minor stab at American racism in 'Fonzie's New Friend' (in which the Fonz shows up with an African-American pal to play drums in Richie's band, and gets a hostile reaction from whites in the community). --Tom Keogh



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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - These days are ours......
I have watched Happy Days since I was a little girl. When I found out that the DVD's were being released ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - BRING BACK THE MEMORIES
IT BRINGS BACK ALOT OF GOOD TIMES I HAD IN THE 70'S WHEN IT CAME ON TV. I REALLY LIKE THE 50'S AND 60'S MUSIC ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - As good as it gets
So far so good.. All episodes watched so far on the first two discs have nice crisp sound & picture quality, ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - The Best
This was the best DVD I've bought in a long time. I love comedies, and this one made me laugh so much, I'll watch ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Happy Days Seasons 4-11
AS of 2008, I still have the first three Seasons of Happy Days, and I think it is still one of the greatest shows in ... Read More

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