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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Brand: HAPPY DAYS EAN: 9781415700761 Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Dolby, NTSC ISBN: 1415700761 Label: Paramount Languages: Manufacturer: Paramount MPN: 097360537741 Number Of Items: 3 Publisher: Paramount Region Code: 1 Release Date: August 17, 2004 Running Time: 383 minutes Studio: Paramount Theatrical Release Date: January 15, 1974 Editorial Review: Product Description: The daily lives of the Cunningham family in 1950s Milwaukee, their friends, and their greaser tenant Arthur \""Fonzie\"" Fonzarelli. No Track Information Available Media Type: DVD Artist: HAPPY DAYS Title: SEASON 1 Street Release Date: 08/17/2004 Genre: TELEVISION Amazon.com: Less than a year after Ron Howard played a college-bound adolescent enjoying a final, summer-of-1962 romp with old friends in American Graffiti, he turned up as high school innocent Richie Cunningham in the memorable, ABC television network debut of Happy Days, set a few years earlier in Milwaukee. The show would last a decade and go through many changes in tone, cast, and character development, but that first season got a boost from the natural perception that it had some things in common with Graffiti: Howard, of course, but also fumbling teenage sex, drag races, drive-in food, pesky little sisters, and laconic greasers. Happy Days: The Complete First Season is a sweet trip back to the Garry Marshall-produced sitcom's 1974 entry in primetime television, before political correctness would make stories about clean-cut boys fixated on seducing girls unthinkable, and long before older kids were defined by angst on the WB and Fox TV. At least in its first year, before Happy Days developed more of a comic-book feel and energy, the show was about Richie's all-too-human inclination to grow up too fast, to bite off more than he could chew and learn poignant lessons in the process. He was a sympathetic naif, not the charming braggart he later became, and major characters appear to have been created to provide both ballast and motivation. Among them is best friend Potsie (Anson Williams), a superficial hustler who typically incites Richie's enthusiasm for booze, reputed nymphomaniacs, and sophisticated, older girls, and fast-talking Ralph Malph (Donny Most), owner of a fantastic, yellow hot rod. More important are counterparts Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli (Henry Winkler), a vaguely dangerous drop-out, and Richie's exasperated father, Howard Cunningham (Tom Bosley), each of whom provides Richie the validation of an experienced male: Fonzie's raw worldliness versus Mr. C's seasoned view of a man's responsibilities. First-season highlights include the pilot episode (co-written by Rob Reiner), "All the Way," in which Richie's typical decency allows him to see past the sex-mad reputation of an amiable girl from school. Season closer "Be the First on Your Block" finds the Cunninghams' plans to build a bomb shelter turning into a popularity contest as Richie's friends vie for a guaranteed spot in the event of nuclear war. --Tom Keogh Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Nostalgic Teen ShowA funny story of teenage pupils played by much older actors in tight jeans, tight shirts and black leader jackets, exercising sex on the doorsteps of the post-sexual revolution seventeens. Rating:  - Happy Days Season 1, Better Than Later SeasonsBefore I had bought Season 1 of Happy Days I had watch a couple episodes from later seasons, and I have to say that I prefer these episodes from season 1. Here are my reasons: these season 1 episodes were filmed with a single camera setup which I think gives the show a more 50's feel which is the time period in which the show is based, also these episodes were made before the show was almost changed to "Fonzie's Happy Days" and therefore the main characters are a little more balanced. Also instead ... Read More Rating: - A Great Show Fondly Remembered From Childhood I remember this series and a few others very fondly and with great joy to see them released on dvd finally. To those of us who watched the show growing up with the Cunningham's,Fonzie,Ralph the mouth Potsie, and the rest of the cast we will always see this show as one of the true classics in our lives. Of course I just remember most of the show after I think it was season six since I was still just a little kid at the time I saw the other seasons in repeats after words the show was both funny and ... Read More Rating: - Please Come Forth, Fourth Season!Being a naive 8-year old in a late-30s body, I tend to forget the business aspect of releasing Happy Days seasons. I know it's about money. That said (if I'm not mistaken), Season Three ranked much, much higher in terms of sales on Amazon's ranking system than Seasons 1 and 2. I thought for sure Season Four would come along in quick fashion. It hasn't... and no explanation, anywhere. I had the thrill of meeting Henry Winkler at a Hank Zipzer book signing in May (2008). He was as electric, ... Read More Rating: - Arguably the best sitcom aroundLoved watching Happy Days as a kid. Too bad it got stupid later with the live audience. The series started off great and then went downhill fast. The first 2 seasons are the best by far. Season 3 is merely okay and then in later seasons the annoying live audience started behaving like they were part of the show. I give this season 1 dvd 5 stars. Amazon - why the hell did you list the star of season 1 and 2 as Scott Baio when Ron Howard was the main character? Baio wasn't on season 1 at all ... Read More |
