I always love a Happy Days video. My daughter and I were in Philadelphia last month and stumbled onto a Fan Expo and I had the pleasure of meeting and getting my picture with Henry Winkler! Henry looked fantastic and was a nice as can be!
I asked Don when he was at a comic con about the fact that Jack Dobson played his father. Of course Jack was also on the Andy Griffith show and he did confirm with me that Ron Howard made sure he was cast because of his long-standing friendship with many of the cast members of the show
One of my favorite episodes of Happy Days was "Fearless Malph". Ralph gets hypnotized to stop being a coward. Trouble is that he gets mouthy towards the Fonz!
Alan Oppenheimer also had roles Hogan's Heroes and three different Star Trek Series: TNG, DS9, and Voyager. I asked him which set was the most fun, and he responded quickly it was Hogan's Heroes.
It's all part of the Meta-verse. Fonzie got the motorcycle up to 88 mph and went back in time and ran over a butterfly and poof, no more chuck. He tried to fix it and Ralph's parents went from normal to wacky. He tried one more time and it resulted in Howard Sprague going into witness protection, changing his name and becoming Ralph's new father.
It's not just Mr. and Mrs. Malph who changed. Early on, Malph wasn't the clownish dork that he became. I recall early shows when he was showing up with a fancy car and girlfriends and other hangers-on, like he ran the town. That persona lasted about as long as Chuck.
@@jdsundstrom He says “It’s just Don Most now.” I met him and Potsie at a expo in Parsippany, NJ a few years ago. I asked Don Most if he did the voice in that episode and he said he did and had fun doing it. He was really nice in person and chuckled and talked just like Ralph Mouth. I wish I printed out a still from that scene and asked him to autograph it. I’m sure he’ll be back at the expo one day.
To be honest, I never was aware of Ralph's family. You could say he had 3 dads. The family we saw the most was the Cunningham's, but didn't really notice that the older brother just up and left. Then there was that day when Mr. Cunningham joined the priesthood.
I was very young while the show was on, but I remember my folks watching it, and I watched along. I know I watched many of the re-runs as well, all through the 80s. Always was fun for the whole family! I guess I never realized Ralph's parents changed, as I was like 8 when the show ended. I miss the wholesomeness of that Era.
Yes, I was expecting him to cut hit records. For awhile, he was every where singing - on all the talk shows. But nothing came of it, I guess. @@jdsundstrom
I don't remember Ralph's parents having a dress shop. And mostly I remember Jack Dodson playing Micky Malph. I also cannot remember if Potsie had a family? 🤔 Loved seeing Robbie Benson in that commercial 💕
Great video as always. Of the three boys Ralph was my favorite and, while I didn't notice the cast change back then, I did notice it three years ago when the show started airing on...I think it was on TV Land; can't remember. Anyway, now I have a FireStick and on Pluto TV there is a whole Happy Days channel.
I didn't remember that Ralph's parents changed. They weren't on the show enough for me to catch that. The show wasn't the same when people were growing up and then leaving the show. Just like Laverne and Shirley. The show really changed when they left Milwaukee for California. You can only do so much when a show runs it's course.
I am more used to the 'I Still got it ' Ralph. And who else could be his parents than Mickey and Minnie Malph. But they sort of took more than just Ron and Jack from the Andy Griffith Show they also followed the pattern of not worrying that it doesn't fit what happened before just throw it out. If you watch Andy Griffith Show facts and trivia with Bob Snapp today he talked about Barney had been deputy ten years when he gave Gomer a ticket but next season when he had to get a physical it was only five years.
Aka Jerry Gillespie Of course Happy Days did have two Andy Griffith Show cast members regular Ron Howard and occasionally Jack Dodson. But the Dick Van Dyke shows also had a cast member involved with the show. Jerry Paris who played neighbor Jerry Helper on Dick's show occasionally directed episodes of Happy Days. He also directed episodes of the Odd Couple, the Mary Tyler Moore Show, the Dick Van Dyke Show among others. He directed more than acted after DVD. Maybe Dave you can do a segment on him
I was just thinking: In the 1970ties they made a nostalgic tv show about the 1950ties. It is hard to imagine, there would be a successful tv series now about the 2000s. It is the same time span, but a much less romanticized perception on the those years. Maybe sometimes a slightly nostalgic feeling how internet pages looked those days or some 2000s gadgets, like Motorola phones, but that is all.
I remember watching one episode in which Ralph and his father hung out with Richie and Howard. Richie and Howard Cunningham would become front and center to the Malph’s relationship. Ralph Malph-“I was in Africa playing cards with some of the natives.” Mr. Malph-“Zulus?” Ralph Malph-“No, I won.” Ralph Malph was the joker, so it would stand to reason that his father taught him many jokes. It must’ve been an experience in the Malph household, never a dull moment or anything negative.
@@carolwood9446 In Micky Dolenz's autobiography (and a few interviews) he mentioned he and Davy came up with some of the silly banter that was on "Gonna Buy Me A Dog" while having dinner with Micky's family one evening. I wouldn't be surprised they used that old Zulu chestnut - goes back to the days of vaudeville I believe.
When Happy Days premiered in 1974, they knocked Maude out of the 8pm time slot. Worked out for her anyway. She went on to 9pm Monday and was a hit for a few more years
The funny thing is that at the time, at least in how it sits in my memory, I had no idea. I remember the last actor the most as his dad. TV watching was different back then and certainly more forgiving. It's why we accept David Hasselhoff, Maureen McCormick and countless other stars showing up on the Love Boat as different characters over the years.
I always loved happy days and I always love Ralph mouth on the first episode Ralph mouth had a different father then they re-cast them for some reason but I always loved everybody on happy days everybody was fantastic I watch the show would’ve been on longer❤
Nobody seems to remember that the first time we see Ralph Mouth he is a bigot and a bully but then they changed him so he could be friends with Richie and the rest of the gang,
I didn’t know Don Most was in a Reese’s commercials. He was also in an episode of CHiPS as a singing clown. He was more of a creepy clown than a funny clown.
🙂Who didn't like Howard Sprague as his dad they were perfect together. .....As for Robby Benson This looks like a perfect "Whatever Happened to Robby Benson" video coming up
Hardly saw Ralph parents in happy days he was always with the Cunningham's or with Richie and them I don't remember his family much except for maybe a few times haven't watched it enough
I liked "Ralph Malph" I thought he was very funny and used to laugh at his corney jokes !! 😂 I thought D. Most was the "most" underrated of them all. And he had one of the "Coolest" cars on the show but they hardly showed it. 👍
A big problem with happy days was that Gary Marshall just did not give a damn about continuality or even trying to make it look like it was the late 1950s or early 1960s. You know I’ve bought this up before. Starting around the third season they were playing loose with clothing and hairstyles. Chachi had a haircut that nobody had back in 1961. Then everybody started growing their hair over their ears which you did not see it all until the much later part of the 60s. And then they started adding 80s clothes toward the end of the series which made no sense at all. Nobody wore Jean jackets in the 1960s. Not even in most of the 70s
These kind of drastic changes worked fine for some comedy shows like Happy Days. Very light hearted comedy. Other comedy shows it would not work and fans would feel cheated in some way.
Little surprised to hear the "jump the shark" canard perpetuated in 2024. The episode where Fonz literally jumped the shark was followed by several more seasons with Happy Days pretty near the top of the rating most weeks. I think that misconception has been well put to bed.
Thanks for the comment, David. In my mind, "jumping the shark" does not refer to a show's popularity or ratings but rather when it started to see a decline in quality or simply started to run out of ideas.
Obviously, Mork from Ork disturbed the space time continuum by landing in Milwaukee, causing subtle changes in the Cunningham household. They decided not to build their dining room, and never had the first son.
I like a show from England called Red Dwarf. It's a Sci-fi comedy. On the page for that show on Facebook people are always pointing out inconsistencies. While I don't mind discussing them myself it annoys some participants. A line much ised is "It's a TV show!"
TV shows in the '70s were terrible at continuity, and it wasn't just with supporting characters. On The Odd Couple they kept changing Oscar and Felix's back story, contradicting the "childhood friends" explanation of the voice-over, which they then had to get rid of.
now, how great would it have been if they had a happy days re-union a few years after the series ended and the family was in the kitchen sitting around the table....and in walks chuck and simply sits down and says, "man....whatta game, overtime like you wouldn't believe!!!" also ralph mauph was the voice of, i believe cavalier in dungeons and dragons. weird how his first tv dad was a voice-over actor and then he became one. lastly, hey fonzie...i thought it wasn't "cool" to get leather wet.
@@marlenepearson3936 ok, so in alternate scene we could have the other 2 chucks ringing the doorbell and mrs. C answers...."chuck, there are two very nice boys here to see you, and you know what....they are both named chuck!!.howabout that??"
@mummra7 That's funny 😁 Well, if one was in OT at a basketball 🏀 game, maybe one is mad because no one came to his College Graduation. Or when he got a Doctorate. #3: Maybe he's newly widdowed; with a bunch of kids who he wants Grandma and Grandpa to meet. 😆 🤣
I remember when they replaced Arnold with Al at the Diner. Ralphs parents being only minor characters I never really noticed the switch. I lost interest in the show when they made Fonzie the principal of the school and had rotating cast like Flip and the girl from Wings. They relied on a never ending supply of catch phrases that got old really quick ... some times shows just need to end before they end up like this. The first 4 series were great, but not a lot after that. Now I want my Castle Greyskull !
Enjoyed the first few seasons of the show, but it became stupid and really immature later on! I was becoming an older teenager and wasn't interested in the show at all by the end of it!
While the show was enjoyable, it comes across as lazy to just change characters' backstory on a whim. They easily could have kept the older Cunningham brother but just have him move far away like what they did with Richie. Have him make periodic appearances, once or twice per season. It also opens up storylines if ever needed.
@@jdsundstrom thinking about now Momma family . The 1st Season Did Momma had 2 Grand kids. A Grand son. & Grand Darther. Then the 2nd season Momma has 1 Grand son.
@@jdsundstrom that video doesn’t really help because it’s more recent. I have seen Alan Oppenheimer on many many television shows. I just don’t think the actor appearing in that commercial is actually him. It looks similar to him, but it doesn’t sound like him at all. I would seriously triple check. It’s your video and your channel so you do what you think is best but I am 100% positive that it’s not him. I won’t argue with you. It’s a good video as far as the main subject about Ralph’s parents is concerned. Thanks
Aka Dave I was watching the first episode today of the Happy Days spinoff Laverne and Shirley. Kay from the Brady Bunch was in it playing the nana of Mr Schotz. I almost didn't recognize her since she was made up to be older than she was sort of like Sophia on Golden Girls
I know she was only on one episode of the show but I think it made an impact on her career because every time I see her on other shows I automatically think there's Kay
@@jdsundstrom I also know she was on the first episode of Andy Griffith Show. She was Rose who was Andy's housekeeper who quit when she got married and that's where Aunt Bee came in. Opie at first didn't like Aunt Bee because Rose would take him fishing and play catch with him and of course Aunt Bee didn't do those things
What happened to Donny after Happy Days I don't recall seeing him on love boat or fantasy island or on anything in the 80's ,have you done a where are they for Donny Most and i missed it?
Don Most has made quite the career as a singer...in addition to the occasional acting gig. I haven't done a "Where Are They Now?" on Donny, I definitely should.
I remember the show "Love American Style" featuring the 1st incarnation of Happy Days, before it was developed into its own show. A couple of years earlier, Ron Howard co-starred with Henry Fonda in a family friendly show about a teenage son of a police detective, the other kids referred to Ron Howard's character as "Junior Fuzz". I believe that was 1969-70. Imho, the first 2 years of Happy Days were absolute magic, but I think the show lost something when it went to a live studio audience. Some awesome little known guest stars in those 1st 2 years that went on to do BIG things, including Cheryl Ladd
I always love a Happy Days video. My daughter and I were in Philadelphia last month and stumbled onto a Fan Expo and I had the pleasure of meeting and getting my picture with Henry Winkler! Henry looked fantastic and was a nice as can be!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wow. ...I remember that commercial with the chocolate & peanut butter.
Didn't realize it back then but Ralph is supposed to be a teenager and looks 35 😂
He certainly didn't look like a teenager, did he?
Why were there so many gingers in the 50s? No wonder everyone was on edge.
Everyone looks 35 when your 6, lol!
Like the movie Grease.
Donny Most was actually 20 years old in 1974
"How are ya. How are ya. How are ya!" 👀 - Ralph Malph / Happy Days.
Even with all that family turmoil, Ralph still got it.
It really is a shame that Donnie didn't continue to blow up huge after Happy Days. The guy's comedic timing was among the best on the entire show.
I asked Don when he was at a comic con about the fact that Jack Dobson played his father. Of course Jack was also on the Andy Griffith show and he did confirm with me that Ron Howard made sure he was cast because of his long-standing friendship with many of the cast members of the show
That's cool!
@@jdsundstrom Jack Dobson also appeared in The Getaway.
One of my favorite episodes of Happy Days was "Fearless Malph".
Ralph gets hypnotized to stop being a coward. Trouble is that he gets mouthy towards the Fonz!
Alan Oppenheimer also had roles Hogan's Heroes and three different Star Trek Series: TNG, DS9, and Voyager. I asked him which set was the most fun, and he responded quickly it was Hogan's Heroes.
It's all part of the Meta-verse. Fonzie got the motorcycle up to 88 mph and went back in time and ran over a butterfly and poof, no more chuck. He tried to fix it and Ralph's parents went from normal to wacky. He tried one more time and it resulted in Howard Sprague going into witness protection, changing his name and becoming Ralph's new father.
Love it!
Thanks for the Video, maybe Chuck had something to do with Ralph Malph's family 😀
Hmmm....you never know! Or, maybe Ralph Malph's family had something to do with the disappearance of Chuck!
I remember his dad being played by Howard Sprague/Jack Dodson the most.
I think Jack was definitely the most memorable.
@@jdsundstrom Oddly I don't think we ever got to see Potsie's parents...like, ever.
Yah...I don't remember seeing them at all.
It's not just Mr. and Mrs. Malph who changed. Early on, Malph wasn't the clownish dork that he became. I recall early shows when he was showing up with a fancy car and girlfriends and other hangers-on, like he ran the town. That persona lasted about as long as Chuck.
Although he was still a dork during the early episodes whenever he was around Fonzie.
Ralph was the coolest kid in Jefferson High. Unfortunately for him Fonzie didn't go to Jefferson.
Did you know once every 100 years Donny Most rises from the mist?! Guess where that’s from! 🤣
Donny or Don? I can't remember what they call him as he rises out of the mist. Funny scene for sure!
@@jdsundstrom He says “It’s just Don Most now.” I met him and Potsie at a expo in Parsippany, NJ a few years ago. I asked Don Most if he did the voice in that episode and he said he did and had fun doing it. He was really nice in person and chuckled and talked just like Ralph Mouth. I wish I printed out a still from that scene and asked him to autograph it. I’m sure he’ll be back at the expo one day.
Ralph's parents were secretly a Time Lord and Time Lady from Gallifrey. They regenerated off screen.
Love it!
To be honest, I never was aware of Ralph's family. You could say he had 3 dads. The family we saw the most was the Cunningham's, but didn't really notice that the older brother just up and left. Then there was that day when Mr. Cunningham joined the priesthood.
Dave, I am with you! I loved Happy Days! Thanks for the memories!
Glad you enjoyed it
Chuck was drafted and died in Korea. The family took it so hard, they just erased him from their lives instead of dealing with their grief.
The war ended in 1953
I was very young while the show was on, but I remember my folks watching it, and I watched along. I know I watched many of the re-runs as well, all through the 80s. Always was fun for the whole family! I guess I never realized Ralph's parents changed, as I was like 8 when the show ended. I miss the wholesomeness of that Era.
I miss the 70s and 80s ❤❤
During the series, I never knew Donny Most was a real musician and singer. I heard him sing once on Happy days because Fonzie made him at Arnold's LOL
Back then, I thought that Anson Williams (Potsie) was the one with the good singing voice.
@jdsundstrom Me too
Yes, I was expecting him to cut hit records. For awhile, he was every where singing - on all the talk shows. But nothing came of it, I guess. @@jdsundstrom
Robin Williams started out as was a pantomime in New York City. He found a great voice on Happy Days and Mork and Mindy.
Love Happy Days Show📺
I saw it first 0n Love American Style ~ what a great episode with Ron Howard.
Tfsharing~❤
Glad you enjoyed it
Did you know the famous shark episode starred James Daughton who later portrayed another villain, Greg Marmalard in Animal House!
I didn't know that!
Donny Most and Robbie Benson doing a Reece's peanuttier cup commercial. I remember seeing it.
Did you know he and some of the happy days cast got to meet John Lennon when he visited the set in 1974 during his lost weekend?
I didn't. Cool trivia!
And Julian!😊
I don't remember Ralph's parents having a dress shop. And mostly I remember Jack Dodson playing Micky Malph. I also cannot remember if Potsie had a family? 🤔 Loved seeing Robbie Benson in that commercial 💕
I remember the Reese's commercial well!😆
Such a great advertising campaign!
Great video as always. Of the three boys Ralph was my favorite and, while I didn't notice the cast change back then, I did notice it three years ago when the show started airing on...I think it was on TV Land; can't remember. Anyway, now I have a FireStick and on Pluto TV there is a whole Happy Days channel.
Love that "Happy Days" channel!
I didn't remember that Ralph's parents changed. They weren't on the show enough for me to catch that. The show wasn't the same when people were growing up and then leaving the show. Just like Laverne and Shirley. The show really changed when they left Milwaukee for California. You can only do so much when a show runs it's course.
Thanks for sharing!
I actually had a crush on him. 🤭 Such a great show and time for television. Thank you Dave!! I appreciate your work. 😊
He's still got it.
I am more used to the 'I Still got it ' Ralph. And who else could be his parents than Mickey and Minnie Malph. But they sort of took more than just Ron and Jack from the Andy Griffith Show they also followed the pattern of not worrying that it doesn't fit what happened before just throw it out. If you watch Andy Griffith Show facts and trivia with Bob Snapp today he talked about Barney had been deputy ten years when he gave Gomer a ticket but next season when he had to get a physical it was only five years.
Aka Jerry Gillespie Of course Happy Days did have two Andy Griffith Show cast members regular Ron Howard and occasionally Jack Dodson. But the Dick Van Dyke shows also had a cast member involved with the show. Jerry Paris who played neighbor Jerry Helper on Dick's show occasionally directed episodes of Happy Days. He also directed episodes of the Odd Couple, the Mary Tyler Moore Show, the Dick Van Dyke Show among others. He directed more than acted after DVD. Maybe Dave you can do a segment on him
Thanks for sharing, Jerry!
That happened on the show my wife liked, Mad About You. Helen Hunt's parents turned into Carroll O' Connor and Carol Burnett.
I just saw Oppenheimer on Hogan's Heroes this evening.
Chuck tragically was drafted and killed in the Korean War 51-53
I was just thinking: In the 1970ties they made a nostalgic tv show about the 1950ties. It is hard to imagine, there would be a successful tv series now about the 2000s. It is the same time span, but a much less romanticized perception on the those years. Maybe sometimes a slightly nostalgic feeling how internet pages looked those days or some 2000s gadgets, like Motorola phones, but that is all.
At 2:59 I'm pretty sure the little boy looking in the window is Keith Coogan , Jackie Coogan"s grandson 👍
I'm pretty sure you are right. I really liked him in "Adventures in Babysitting" and "Hiding Out".
@@jdsundstrom Also ' Don't tell Mom the babysitters dead" thanks Dave !
Chuck went out to shoot some hoops and ended up getting drafted into Vietnam.
He was good on an episode of Emergency.
I remember watching one episode in which Ralph and his father hung out with Richie and Howard. Richie and Howard Cunningham would become front and center to the Malph’s relationship.
Ralph Malph-“I was in Africa playing cards with some of the natives.”
Mr. Malph-“Zulus?”
Ralph Malph-“No, I won.”
Ralph Malph was the joker, so it would stand to reason that his father taught him many jokes. It must’ve been an experience in the Malph household, never a dull moment or anything negative.
Well said, Gary!
That joke was also used on The Monkees
@carolwood9446 On the song, Gonna Buy me a Dog.
@@carolwood9446 In Micky Dolenz's autobiography (and a few interviews) he mentioned he and Davy came up with some of the silly banter that was on "Gonna Buy Me A Dog" while having dinner with Micky's family one evening. I wouldn't be surprised they used that old Zulu chestnut - goes back to the days of vaudeville I believe.
i watched the series countless times and i only remembered the second dad.
Time to go back and watch again. 🙂
When Happy Days premiered in 1974, they knocked Maude out of the 8pm time slot. Worked out for her anyway. She went on to 9pm Monday and was a hit for a few more years
When I was a kid... continuity issues always bothered me!
The funny thing is that at the time, at least in how it sits in my memory, I had no idea. I remember the last actor the most as his dad. TV watching was different back then and certainly more forgiving. It's why we accept David Hasselhoff, Maureen McCormick and countless other stars showing up on the Love Boat as different characters over the years.
I Saw One Episode where Howard Spreg was Malphs Dad. I just got home from Africa, I was playing Cards with the Natives. Zulus? No I Won
Fonzie was the coolest character ever!
I always loved happy days and I always love Ralph mouth on the first episode Ralph mouth had a different father then they re-cast them for some reason but I always loved everybody on happy days everybody was fantastic I watch the show would’ve been on longer❤
Nobody seems to remember that the first time we see Ralph Mouth he is a bigot and a bully but then they changed him so he could be friends with Richie and the rest of the gang,
Sorry I'm late but I fell into my glass grinder and made a specticle of myself
I didn’t know Don Most was in a Reese’s commercials. He was also in an episode of CHiPS as a singing clown. He was more of a creepy clown than a funny clown.
Thanks for sharing!
🙂Who didn't like Howard Sprague as his dad they were perfect together. .....As for Robby Benson This looks like a perfect "Whatever Happened to Robby Benson" video coming up
That would be a fun video to make, Robert. 🙂
Hardly saw Ralph parents in happy days he was always with the Cunningham's or with Richie and them I don't remember his family much except for maybe a few times haven't watched it enough
I liked "Ralph Malph" I thought he was very funny and used to laugh at his corney jokes !! 😂 I thought D. Most was the "most" underrated of them all. And he had one of the "Coolest" cars on the show but they hardly showed it. 👍
Thanks for sharing!!
A big problem with happy days was that Gary Marshall just did not give a damn about continuality or even trying to make it look like it was the late 1950s or early 1960s. You know I’ve bought this up before. Starting around the third season they were playing loose with clothing and hairstyles. Chachi had a haircut that nobody had back in 1961. Then everybody started growing their hair over their ears which you did not see it all until the much later part of the 60s. And then they started adding 80s clothes toward the end of the series which made no sense at all. Nobody wore Jean jackets in the 1960s. Not even in most of the 70s
Agreed. After the first couple of seasons, they just seemed to quit caring about wardrobe and hairstyles.
I wore a blue jean jacket in high school in the early 70s. I thought Billy Jack looked cool in one.
@@baldeagle5297 I thought we all had Levi's jackets in the 70's, I still have mine with the wool lining. Lol.
@@twobeer3316 If I still had mine, it wouldn't fit around my shoulders, much less my belly.
@@baldeagle5297 Lol. Mine is a little snug, it's like Spanx. I just can't get rid of it...
These kind of drastic changes worked fine for some comedy shows like Happy Days. Very light hearted comedy. Other comedy shows it would not work and fans would feel cheated in some way.
Very true!
By the last couple seasons they were not living in the 50’s or even the 60’s but the 70’s?😂
Not as odd as Chuck Cunningham who disappeared and was forgotten. 😁
Based on the backstories from "The Odd Couple", continuity was not too important to Gary Marshall.
Little surprised to hear the "jump the shark" canard perpetuated in 2024. The episode where Fonz literally jumped the shark was followed by several more seasons with Happy Days pretty near the top of the rating most weeks. I think that misconception has been well put to bed.
Thanks for the comment, David. In my mind, "jumping the shark" does not refer to a show's popularity or ratings but rather when it started to see a decline in quality or simply started to run out of ideas.
His dad was Skeletor? No wonder Ralph was such a mess
The Family Guy did the Donny Most song sketch so there's that very odd thing too.
I love that sketch!
Obviously, Mork from Ork disturbed the space time continuum by landing in Milwaukee, causing subtle changes in the Cunningham household. They decided not to build their dining room, and never had the first son.
Back then, Anson Williams and Donny Most both did some singing. Of them both I thought Donny was the better singer.
Robby Benson! Love it.
I think chuck went upstairs and ended it that's why they are in a different house and never mention him again.
Obviously Ralph was in the witness protection program. Cover families.
I like a show from England called Red Dwarf. It's a Sci-fi comedy. On the page for that show on Facebook people are always pointing out inconsistencies. While I don't mind discussing them myself it annoys some participants. A line much ised is "It's a TV show!"
same thing about the changing fathers of eddie haskell on leave it to beaver.
I wanted Castle Greyskull so badly...
Dodson was my favorite. He's still got it! 🤓😎✌🏻
TV shows in the '70s were terrible at continuity, and it wasn't just with supporting characters. On The Odd Couple they kept changing Oscar and Felix's back story, contradicting the "childhood friends" explanation of the voice-over, which they then had to get rid of.
now, how great would it have been if they had a happy days re-union a few years after the series ended and the family was in the kitchen sitting around the table....and in walks chuck and simply sits down and says, "man....whatta game, overtime like you wouldn't believe!!!" also ralph mauph was the voice of, i believe cavalier in dungeons and dragons. weird how his first tv dad was a voice-over actor and then he became one. lastly, hey fonzie...i thought it wasn't "cool" to get leather wet.
That would have been so cool!
That would have been hysterical 🤣 😆 😂 😄 I think there were like 3 actors who played Chuck though. 🤷♀️
@@marlenepearson3936 ok, so in alternate scene we could have the other 2 chucks ringing the doorbell and mrs. C answers...."chuck, there are two very nice boys here to see you, and you know what....they are both named chuck!!.howabout that??"
@mummra7 That's funny 😁 Well, if one was in OT at a basketball 🏀 game, maybe one is mad because no one came to his College Graduation. Or when he got a Doctorate. #3: Maybe he's newly widdowed; with a bunch of kids who he wants Grandma and Grandpa to meet. 😆 🤣
Oh ya i forget about this
speaking of Happy Days. Marion Ross' son has a UA-cam channel too. Jim Meskiem
He's a pretty darn talented entertainer/vocal impersonator.
Happy Days!!
Always!
I remember when they replaced Arnold with Al at the Diner. Ralphs parents being only minor characters I never really noticed the switch. I lost interest in the show when they made Fonzie the principal of the school and had rotating cast like Flip and the girl from Wings. They relied on a never ending supply of catch phrases that got old really quick ... some times shows just need to end before they end up like this. The first 4 series were great, but not a lot after that. Now I want my Castle Greyskull !
Enjoyed the first few seasons of the show, but it became stupid and really immature later on! I was becoming an older teenager and wasn't interested in the show at all by the end of it!
I love this stuff 🎉
Thanks Danny!
never knew there was an older bro..
Yep. Chuck was around until mid-way through the second season.
At the beginning they were best friends but then later on it was Fonzie who is best friend Ralph mouth best friend was Pote
While the show was enjoyable, it comes across as lazy to just change characters' backstory on a whim. They easily could have kept the older Cunningham brother but just have him move far away like what they did with Richie. Have him make periodic appearances, once or twice per season. It also opens up storylines if ever needed.
Chuck Cunningham!
Happy Days was not
The only TV show that went with different actors.
Bewitched .
Momma family 's.
Different Stokes.
& many others
Right...but, did they change the character's names?
@@jdsundstrom 1st yo
@@jdsundstrom thinking about now
Momma family .
The 1st Season
Did Momma had 2 Grand kids. A Grand son. & Grand Darther.
Then the 2nd season
Momma has 1 Grand son.
I don’t think that is Alan Oppenheimer appearing in that commercial. It looks kind of like them, but not exactly. I really don’t think it’s him.
It is. Here's another video with him for reference: ua-cam.com/video/IMAWglGGDvM/v-deo.html
@@jdsundstrom that video doesn’t really help because it’s more recent.
I have seen Alan Oppenheimer on many many television shows. I just don’t think the actor appearing in that commercial is actually him. It looks similar to him, but it doesn’t sound like him at all. I would seriously triple check.
It’s your video and your channel so you do what you think is best but I am 100% positive that it’s not him.
I won’t argue with you.
It’s a good video as far as the main subject about Ralph’s parents is concerned. Thanks
I'll do some additional research. Thanks for the heads-up.
@@jdsundstrom thanks for the videos Dave.
Wow ❤❤❤😊😊😊
Alan Oppenheir I always associate with the priginal "Westworrld" as well as "The Six Million Dollar Man".
Thanks for sharing!
I remember Alan Oppenheimer on 6 million dollar man early on. Then it seems like he got replaced. Not sure why. Maybe he needs his own video.
Alan could definitely use his own video. 🙂
good afternoon dave.
Hi Kenneth!
Aka Dave I was watching the first episode today of the Happy Days spinoff Laverne and Shirley. Kay from the Brady Bunch was in it playing the nana of Mr Schotz. I almost didn't recognize her since she was made up to be older than she was sort of like Sophia on Golden Girls
Who's Kay from "Brady Bunch"? Not sure who you are talking about there, Jerry.
@@jdsundstrom Wasn't she the lady who replaced Alice when Alice quit?
I know she was only on one episode of the show but I think it made an impact on her career because every time I see her on other shows I automatically think there's Kay
Hmmm...I'll have to go back and check.
@@jdsundstrom I also know she was on the first episode of Andy Griffith Show. She was Rose who was Andy's housekeeper who quit when she got married and that's where Aunt Bee came in. Opie at first didn't like Aunt Bee because Rose would take him fishing and play catch with him and of course Aunt Bee didn't do those things
I think a more appropriate title would have been "One of the Odd Things...".
Ha! You're right!
What happened to Donny after Happy Days I don't recall seeing him on love boat or fantasy island or on anything in the 80's ,have you done a where are they for Donny Most and i missed it?
Don Most has made quite the career as a singer...in addition to the occasional acting gig. I haven't done a "Where Are They Now?" on Donny, I definitely should.
@@jdsundstrom He's a Singer?🤯
You definitely need to do a where are they at for Donny Most
The first 3 seasons were the best
What's up with Robby Benson's terrible fake accent in that commercial?
Do a video on bones the African American drummer in Ritchies band
I thought his name was Sticks.
Jack was the best Daddy Malph.
Totally agree!
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Such a Potsie!
The first two seasons were great like little movies...The rest was meh..
This is why these older shows started to suck! I stopped watching them when I noticed these things.
I love the old TV shows. Their inconsistency is part of their charm!
I remember the show "Love American Style" featuring the 1st incarnation of Happy Days, before it was developed into its own show.
A couple of years earlier, Ron Howard co-starred with Henry Fonda in a family friendly show about a teenage son of a police detective, the other kids referred to Ron Howard's character as "Junior Fuzz". I believe that was 1969-70.
Imho, the first 2 years of Happy Days were absolute magic, but I think the show lost something when it went to a live studio audience. Some awesome little known guest stars in those 1st 2 years that went on to do BIG things, including Cheryl Ladd