♪ Sunday, Monday, happy days ♪
♪ Tuesday, Wednesday,
happy days ♪
♪ Thursday, Friday, happy days ♪
♪ The weekend comes,
my cycle hums ♪
♪ Ready to race to you ♪
♪ These days are ours ♪
- ♪ Happy and free ♪
- ♪ Oh, happy days ♪
♪ These days are ours ♪
- I Share them with me I
- S Oh, baby I
♪ Good-bye, gray sky,
hello, blue ♪
♪ There's nothing can hold me
when I hold you ♪
♪ It feels so right
it can't be wrong ♪
♪ Rocking and rolling
all week long ♪
(organ solo plays
over rhythmic handclaps)
♪ Sunday, Monday, happy days ♪
♪ Tuesday, Wednesday,
happy days ♪
♪ Thursday, Friday, happy days ♪
♪ Saturday, what a day ♪
♪ Groovin' all week with you ♪
♪ These days are ours ♪
- ♪ Share them with me ♪
- ♪ Oh, happy days ♪
♪ These days are ours ♪
- I Happy and free I
- S Oh, baby I
♪ These happy days
are yours and mine ♪
♪ These happy days are yours ♪
♪ And mine, Happy Days! I
Happy Days is filmed
before a studio audience.
(engine starts)
(school bell ringing)
RICHIE: Professor Garrity,
I wanted to talk to you
about my grade,
but I'll come back later.
Hold it, Cunningham!
Now, why are you here?
Well, sir, uh,
about my grade
on my last assignment.
This is my first
college journalism course,
and you gave me a
Now, I have never complained
about a grade before,
but I-l just honestly felt
that it deserved
better than a
Is that a fact?
Well, I suggest
you read it over again.
Well, I did.
It's got who, what, why,
where, when and how.
It's got all the information
in the first paragraph.
It-it's well-written,
and I just think that it
-deserves a little better. I...
- Let me see that.
Oh, yeah, I remember.
Yeah, colorful,
good sentence structure.
Then why did it get a "D"?
What's the name of this course?
The name, uh,
Investigative Reporting .
That's right.
Investigative Reporting.
Cunningham, this story deals
with a stoplight that has been
b*rned out for over a month.
Right, right.
It's a good subject.
It hasn't been fixed;
people have been late to work.
There have been traffic jams.
A city with no heart.
Uh-huh, where's a quote
from the traffic commissioner?
- Well, uh, I tried...
- What do the people
in the neighborhood think?
- The people, they...
- How about the police
who cover the area?
- The police...
- The school guard?
How about a motorist
who's had a close call?
How about
my colorful description
of the light itself?
Now, what's wrong with...
"The fiery red glow,
"which once flashed
like a one-eyed giant,
now stands like a lonely,
silent sentinel."
Who cares about one-eyed giants?
Investigative reporting!
If you want to write
about one-eyed giants,
write for television.
Oh, well, I see your point.
Congratulations.
I guess I didn't dig enough.
That's right, Cunningham.
Dig, dig, dig!
- Dig...
- Right.
Get down in the muck
and wallow, hunt,
root around, ferret out.
You don't do it this time,
Cunningham,
you get another
A A "D" in journalism.
It's embarrassing.
A "D" in my chosen field.
L-I think I should just
forget it,
go to work for Dad
at his hardware store.
I mean, I know nuts and bolts
and shingles and hacksaws
and things. I can do that.
Oh, now, Richard,
you're talking silly.
Professor Garrity
is an old fuddy-duddy.
That's not what you said
about my Spanish teacher
when I got a
That was different.
You deserved that,
telling him that hasta Ia vista
means "sit on it."
Nobody understands
my sense of humor.
Oh, boy, I got a
How am I supposed to tell Dad
that I got a "D"
when he's spending all
this money on going to college?
Don't worry.
We're gonna help you
find something
to investigate right here.
You're gonna show
that old codger
what reporting is all about.
Yeah. Here's something
for you to investigate, Rich.
Oh, what?
It says here that Desi and Lucy
bought a home in Beverly Hills.
Well, that's interesting.
I wonder where
Fred and Ethel Mertz will live.
Mom, you're not helping me.
Here, give me a section
of this. I'll...
I've got it.
I'll borrow
Jenny Piccalo's diary.
She's got great stories.
She has four pages
about the time
she got stuck
in the tunnel of love.
I'm gonna call her;
this is great, this is great.
No, no good.
Yellow journalism.
Good evening, dear.
How was your day?
I had a lousy day,
thank you, Marion.
Better tell him
about the "D" later.
Oh, I'm sorry about your day,
dear, but cheer up.
I have a pot roast for dinner.
Now, does that make you
feel better?
No.
With little carrots
in the gravy?
Yes.
Well, it's a start.
Oh, what's the trouble, dear?
Are your feather dusters
molting again?
No, Marion.
It's the garbagemen.
They are demanding a surcharge.
A surcharge?
How dare they.
What exactly is that?
I'll tell you
what it is, Marion.
They are demanding extra money
every week
to pick up the trash.
Now, Richard,
they call that a surcharge.
You know what I call it?
Bullying me!
- Extortion!
- Extortion?
Well, you know
what they say, dear.
You can't fight city hall.
Fight city hall.
City hall.
This may be it;
this may be my story.
He wants me to dig.
Well, what's better to dig in
than garbage?
Oh, boy.
I'm really cooking now.
I'm cooking with gas.
What is he talking about?
I'm Scoop Cunningham, Dad.
I got an important story,
and you can really help me.
All right, now, uh,
who told you
about this so-called surcharge?
The regular garbagemen.
Yeah, uh, what are their names?
Names?
I don't know their names.
Well, what do you call them?
Well, they're trying
to get money out of me, Marion!
I call them crooks!
Well, is there anything
you can tell me about them?
Well, what's to tell?
They pick up my trashcans,
they throw the trash
into the trucks,
and then they run over my lids.
What a story.
Running over lids?
Richard, what is the matter
with you?
Dad, I got a "D"
on my journalism assignment,
but don't worry,
that's not gonna happen again.
This is gonna be
a great story, Dad.
(door closes)
He got a
Only Joanie gets "D"s.
I got a
♪ Ready, ready, ready,
'cause tonight's the night ♪
♪ I came here to rock and roll ♪
♪ I said I came here
to rock and roll... ♪
Boy, this college stuff is hard.
You think you got troubles.
I'm doing so bad in ROTC,
they're talking f*ring squad.
They won't do that.
In the Navy,
they walk the plank.
-(chuckles)
- Good one, Malph.
I Still got it.
Every year, I get better.
Hey, Pots, I missed some
of the biology notes.
- Can I see yours?
- Yeah.
I think I missed a few, too,
-but I'll read you
what I got here. -Okay.
"The digestive system
of the earthworm is..."
That's it?
Yeah, that's when Linda Shanley
crossed her legs.
Hmm.
Come on, let's go find somebody
we can get the notes from.
Okay.
- Hey, Rich. -Hey, Rich.
- Hi, guys.
Oh, Rich, we missed some
of the biology notes.
I have no time for kid stuff.
I've got big business over here.
He didn't get them, either.
Right.
Let's go find Linda Shanley.
What if she doesn't have
the notes?
BOTH:
We'll look at her legs!
Is that right? (chuckles)
Al, Al, please,
I have to have the phone.
I'm waiting
for an important call
from the Department
of Sanitation.
I've got to have it.
But this is it;
it's Mrs. Miller.
- Mrs. Miller...
- She belongs to my parish.
Yeah, Mrs. Miller,
did you know I have a brother
that's a priest?
- Uh-huh.
- Al, Al, please.
- Well, look, I got to go
right now. -Al, please.
Here's Richard Cunningham
right now.
Boy, could you believe?
Small world.
Yeah.
Hello. Yes.
Yes, this is Richie Cunningham.
Yeah, oh, well, now...
Oh, yeah, yeah,
Al is a nice guy.
Right, now,
about the commissioner.
Well, look,
I know the commissioner
doesn't want to talk to me,
but, Mrs. Miller...
Mrs. Miller, please, I would
just like to talk to you.
Please, if you can't set up
an appointment...
Please, Mrs. Miller, all right.
Let me take you out to dinner,
lunch, anything.
I just...
I just have to talk to you.
- Mrs. Miller, ple...
-(click)
(groans)
She hung up.
As well she should.
You don't fool around
with married women.
I find that
personally disgraceful.
Oh, no, that's-that's not
a married woman, Fonz.
- Uh-huh.
- Well, yeah, she is married,
but she's from Al's parish,
and she...
Well, look, don't worry
about her, Fonz.
Look, I'm doing this expose
on the Sanitation Department.
Now, I've got some
very good leads,
but I just can't get anybody
to confirm anything.
Oh, I get it. What you need is,
uh, to know somebody
down at city hall.
That's what I need!
No, what you need
is to let my arm go.
Oh, I'm sorry.
But, uh, do you know anybody
down at city hall?
Let's see, city hall,
yeah, there's, uh...
Cecilia, Belvy,
uh, Marilyn.
- Uh, Fonz, uh...
- Yeah, there's, uh,
-would you step over here?
- Lorraine,
- Bunny,
- Not so loud, Fonz.
- Sharon, Ellen.
- That's gonna be plenty.
Boy, it's great to know somebody
with friends
-in the right places.
- Yeah.
Sally, Rachel...
Fonz, I need somebody
on the inside.
Marsha.
I need somebody in the know
with all the info.
I am gonna rip the lid
off city hall, Fonz.
Rip, rip, rip.
I get your drift.
Rip.
What you need
is a chatty garbageman.
(chuckles)
Right.
Let's find one and chat.
Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa.
This takes time.
Yes, but the assignment
is due tomorrow morning.
I'll see what I can do.
This is great.
I could blow in a chick's ear
without ever moving my head.
Yeah.
Come on,
we'll be late for school
-and miss Parents Night.
- We're coming, we're coming.
I'm so glad Lori Beth came by.
Richard needs something
to help him
get his mind
off this garbage business.
You want me to get
Jenny Piccalo to try?
That's enough, young lady. Out.
Out.
You know her teacher's gonna
tell us she's got a fresh mouth.
(groans)
LORI BETH:
Richie?
RICHIE:
Yeah, Lori Beth?
Aren't you glad I came over
to study with you, Rich?
Oh, oh, yeah.
Yeah, I really am. Yes.
Well, here we are,
all alone in the house.
-(chuckles)
- Hmm.
You want to play some records?
Hmm.
Romantic records?
Records!
Records, that's it!
If I can get hold of the
Sanitation Department records,
I think I could really nail
those guys.
Do you know what it's like
playing second fiddle
to garbage?
I'm sorry, Lori Beth,
but, you see, even though
this is just a class assignment,
if it's a good story,
Professor Garrity might put it
in the school paper.
And if it's a really good
investigative reporting job,
it might even go in the...
in the Milwaukee Journal.
(knocking)
Wonder who that could be.
I thought
we were gonna be alone.
Is this the Cunningham house?
Yeah, it is.
Here's a present
for your old man.
It's from his friends
at the Sanitation Department.
(clears throat)
Okay, bucko, the joke's over.
You tell your old man
the joke is gonna be on him
unless he calls off the snoops.
You're the snoops.
Yeah.
That man hurt me
with his finger.
Aw!
Well, that's the best we can do.
(groans) I'll shampoo
the rug in the morning.
What a mess.
What a terrible thing.
. “?
“mm?
Look, I didn't want
to worry Mom.
But they left you a note.
Oh?
On this.
"Cunningham, keep your nose
"out of our business or...
or you'll get your can kicked."
Well.
Guess we better forget
about the whole matter now.
Oh, so you think
we just better
let the whole thing die,
is that it?
Yeah, I don't want
to see my dad getting hurt.
Richard?
Exposing an extortionist
is much more important
than getting kicked.
Besides, nobody kicks
Howard Cunningham's can
without getting kicked back!
Oh.
Yeah, but-but, Dad?
Dad, you didn't see this guy.
I mean, this guy was... he...
And he was...
And up here, nothing.
Absolutely nothing at all.
He was wide and...
what a poker he had.
It was...
Who cares, Richard?!
I mean, first,
it was the tea tax in Boston,
and now it's the garbage tax
in Milwaukee.
Tell me something:
Are you digging into this mess
just to get
a good grade in school,
or are you really
trying for justice?
L-I'm trying for justice.
Truth and justice.
Psst. Come here.
What's the matter
with his mouth?
I got an informant.
Oh, nothing, Dad.
That's just the way we talk now.
Can we trust him?
I'm his father.
Right.
Besides, he already knows.
And look over there, Fonz.
Somebody threatened your can?
Let me tell you something.
We're gonna cr*ck this case.
You understand?
I got a plan.
What is it, Fonz?
All right.
Ralph and Potsie's apartment.
You be there : .
I'll have the informant there.
Alone. Be there alone.
All right. Oh, Fonz?
What if Ralph and Potsie
are doing something?
What are those two
gonna be doing?
RALPH:
Okay, girls.
Sefior Potsie will now sing.
(knocking)
(high-pitched):
Uh, someone's at the door.
- Come in.
- Please!
Oh, oh, hello, everybody.
Look, I'm sorry
to break up all the fun,
but I got...
What are you guys doing?
Hi, Rich.
Oh, no.
Not the ventriloquist bit.
Uh, okay, look.
I got to talk to you.
Come on, please,
Ralph, Potsie, come on.
I have to talk
to you right away.
All right, all right, talk.
Don't go away, girls.
We got a big finish!
Rich, telephone operators!
Ring-a-ding-ding.
Oh, right, right.
"Ring-a-ding-ding."
Look, I need
a favor from you guys.
I got to have
your apartment right away.
Got a hot one, huh, Rich?
Hey, Pots, look!
She lets him take pictures!
No kidding?!
Oh, yeah, it is a hot one, yeah.
P-Pictures, uh, tape recordings,
the whole bit.
No!
(laughs)
Yeah!
BOTH:
Ooh!
Lori Beth!
Oh, no, it's not Lori Beth.
(both groan)
No. No, it's a new girl.
But I have to be
alone with her, okay?
Sounds good to us.
Where you going, girls?
You haven't seen
the end of the act yet.
Oh, yes, we have.
We'll see you.
Don't call us. We'll call you.
Wait a minute, wait a minute!
You're missing the best part!
I was gonna turn Senor Potsie's
head completely around!
You can show us on the way home.
Completely around?
It won't hurt.
Just kidding, Pots.
Take care of the girls.
Rich, you're amazing!
Tape recorders, cameras!
Who would've thought--
Richie Cunningham a weirdo?
(scoffs)
Weirdo?
Chachi, what are you doing here?
- I live in the building,
remember? -Oh.
What are you doing here?
Well, I need the apartment.
I have to be alone with someone.
Say no more, Rich.
I'm a man of the world.
You know, you're lucky
I got here before she did.
I got just what you need.
Chachi's You Can Make Out
on the First Date Kit.
Yeah, she's gonna be here
any second, Chachi.
- I don't have time to...
- The kit contains
an empty wine bottle.
With a candle in it.
Very romantic.
She's not the
"candle in the bottle" type.
- Now, would you go...?
- And it also contains
Chachfs Special Books
of Sweet Nothings
to Whisper in Her Ears.
Two volumes.
Yeah, two volumes.
One for each ear.
She's hard of hearing.
Now, would you get out of here?!
And it also contains a dime.
A dime? Why a dime?
If you get tired, call me.
Yeah, yeah.
Ralph would love that.
Come on, will you hit the road?
Hi, Fonz.
Wah, wah, wah.
Will you please get out of here?
I got some, uh,
private business.
Boy, can't sell
anything tonight.
Must be the recession.
So long, Fonz.
So long, lady I'm dying to meet.
Wah, wah, wah...
Uh, Fonz?
Is this, uh...?
(clears throat)
Uh, yeah.
Excuse me for a minute.
I'll be right back, my sweet.
Fonz, is this the informant?
Because if it is,
I'm glad I brought my camera.
This is no informant.
And you can't take a camera.
Will you please put this down?
Don't you know anything
about informing?
This is on the QT.
Oh, it's my first time.
I'm sorry.
Look.
Your informant
will be in the alley.
- Huh?
- You won't speak to him.
You won't see him.
All you'll see
is his silhouette.
Oh, that's a great idea.
Well, I got the idea
from Clarice over here.
You see, I was just
walking down the street,
and I look up at this shade,
and there she was.
Oh.
She must cast some shadow.
I'll tell you,
she barely fit on that shade.
(chuckling)
RICHIE:
All right, okay.
So, I'm gonna talk to him
-through the window, right?
- Wrong.
There's no talking.
Get up here.
He's going to hit
the garbage cans.
Once for yes, twice for no.
You got that?
Oh, that's very clever.
That way, I can't
indentify his...
his voice in court or anything.
You got to protect them.
- It's import...
- Cunningham?
Well, it is very clever.
All right, are you ready?
Yes, I am.
(clears throat)
Uh, excuse me, stranger.
Be right with you.
Yeah?
Fonzie, this is Al.
That's right, it's Al.
You want somebody who knows.
Al knows.
Al? How does he know
anything about the...?
Oh, you're right.
I got you. Don't ask.
FONZIE:
Okay.
I'm gonna, uh, do a little
investigating myself.
However,
I ain't gonna report it.
Adios, amigos.
Right.
Whoa!
Thanks, Fonz!
(clears throat)
All right, uh, Mr. Informant?
Let's see, it's, uh, uh,
once for yes,
twice for no, right?
(bangs once)
Oh, good.
Uh, can you hear me okay?
(bangs once)
Fine. I can hear you good, too.
All right.
Hmm.
Uh, here's the first question.
Is it someone higher up
in the Sanitation Department
who's getting the kickbacks
from the garbagemen?
(bangs once)
Oh, it is. And-and everybody's
afraid to talk, right?
-(bangs once)
- I knew it!
What is it? Is it the mob?
Oh, what a scoop that would be.
Al Capone, Lucky Luciano.
I'm really hot now.
(bangs twice)
Oh, right. Not that hot.
Okay, uh...
All right.
One, one person
keeps cropping up.
The dispatcher.
Is he the one?
(bangs once)
He is! He's the one!
I knew it! All right.
Al, how can I prove it?
There's only one thing
you can do, Richie.
You knew it was me, didn't you?
- Well, yeah, I-l did.
- Oh, boy.
Now my cousin the garbageman's
gonna get in a lot of trouble
-for telling me about it.
- No, he won't!
No, a reporter's sources
are sacred.
Are you sure?
I'm positive.
All right, listen.
There's a new dispatcher
on your father's route.
He worked this racket before.
Just ask him
where he got his motorboat.
Motorboat?
- Yeah, the summerhouse.
- Summerhouse?
And a dishwasher.
A di... Well, Al.
A lot of people
have dishwashers.
One that cooks and makes beds?
No, kidding.
He's got a maid, too?
-(shushes)
- Oh, boy, I tell you.
I'm gonna show him
Investigative Reporting .
This is fantastic, Al.
Rich, wait, someone's coming.
I got to get out of here!
All right, thanks a lot!
Oh, boy!
I got to write
all this stuff down.
This is fantastic.
Professor Garrity?
Uh, you wanted to talk to me?
Wanted to talk to you? Ha!
I'll tell the world
I wanted to talk to you!
Come over here!
You know what's been happening?
I've been on the phone
for the last half hour
with the sanitation
commissioner!
The commissioner?
He has no reason to call you...
The district attorney's office
has been yelling at me!
The Better Business Bureau!
The mayor's office!
- All yelling!
-(groans)
- I'm sorry, I...
- Sorry?!
I love it!
That's newspapering.
(laughs)
Really?
You-you love it?
Cunningham, you m*rder*d them!
(laughs)
You nailed them to the wall.
The dispatcher had to resign
to avoid prosecution.
(both laugh)
Cunningham, you took the stink
out of Milwaukee's garbage.
I love it!
Oh, gee! We m*rder*d 'em.
Think of the grade
I'm gonna get now.
You got a
A "B"?
For taking the stink
out of Milwaukee's garbage?
Cunningham, you did a great job.
But I know you can do better.
And I don't want to ever see
you relax and sit back, no.
If you keep on the way you are,
you're gonna make something
there's darn few of.
A real newspaperman.
Richard?
Your mother told me
what a good job you did
with that story,
and I just want you to know
how proud I am of you.
Well, I'm proud of you, Dad.
There aren't too many fathers
who'd put their can
on the line for their son's
newspaper story.
Hmm.
You're really something special.
Ah!
LORI BETH:
Aw.
Thanks, son.
Oh, hello, Lori Beth, Richard.
Hurry, Howard.
We don't want to be late.
Have fun with your homework.
We will.
Isn't it nice how they do their
homework together every night?
Mm-hmm.
Leave the lights on,
will you, Richard?
RICHIE:
Okay, we'll leave the lights on.
Yeah, good night, kids.
Stop worrying about him, Howard.
Richard's a good student.
They're in there studying
their little hearts out.
♪ These happy days
are yours and mine ♪
♪ These happy days are yours
and mine, happy days. ♪
♪ Good-bye, gray sky,
hello, blue ♪
♪ There's nothing can hold me
when I hold you ♪
♪ It feels so right,
it can't be wrong ♪
♪ Rockin' and rollin'
all week long ♪
♪ These days are ours ♪
- ♪ Happy and free ♪
- ♪ Oh, happy days ♪
♪ These days are ours ♪
- I Share them with me I
- S Oh, baby I
♪ These happy days
are yours and mine ♪
♪ These happy days are
yours and mine, Happy Days! ♪
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Set during the 1950's, the series revolves around teenager Richie and his family who owns a hardware store and Fonzie, who would eventually become Richie's best friend.
Set during the 1950's, the series revolves around teenager Richie and his family who owns a hardware store and Fonzie, who would eventually become Richie's best friend.