Posted on 05/22/2016 1:19:06 PM PDT by mdittmar
I loved that scene,just a good movie.
No it doesn’t. “American Graffiti” came out in August of 1973. “Happy Days” premiered in January 1974.
Richie Cunningham and his family were introduced in a segment of “Love, American Style” in February 1972, which was later developed into “Happy Days”.
It’s coincidental that Ron Howard starred as Richie Cunningham in the television segment and as one of the stars of “American Graffiti”, but there is no doubt that his work in the latter helped him get the role in “Happy Days” and that the popularity of the movie helped Garry Marshall get the green light for the television series.
American Graffiti was a low budget surprise hit that had a lot of stars who hadn’t become stars yet.
The success gave Lucas the leverage get a movie studio to finance Star Wars.
Correct.
Technically, the series started the year after this film. The concept and Richie Cunningham character both date back to 1972.
I was in eighth grade. Remember the year and the music quite well.
I was born in 1963. A couple weeks after Kennedy was assassinated.
I was expecting #3 in 1962.
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“4. HAPPY DAYS ACTUALLY PREDATES AMERICAN GRAFFITI.
George Lucas’s Oscar-nominated 1973 film American Graffiti launched a craze for 1950s nostalgia (even though the movie was set in 1962). Casting director Fred Roos had worked with Ron Howard on The Andy Griffith Show and recommended him to Lucas for the role of Steve Bolander. Lucas dug out the “Love and the Happy Days” episode of Love, American Style to determine whether Howard could play an 18-year-old high school student convincingly. Once American Graffiti became a runaway success, ABC decided that the time was ripe for a 1950s-era sitcom and Garry Marshall’s project was resurrected.”
http://mentalfloss.com/article/66330/14-nostalgic-facts-about-happy-days
BTW, if you play trivia and answer that “American Graffiti” came first, you lose. The “Love and the Happy Days” episode of “Love, American Style” is considered the pilot of “Happy Days.”
The Wolfman was on XERF.
Terry Fields: Hey now, buddy, look. The lady obviously doesn’t want to have...
Vic: Look, creep. You want a knuckle sandwich?
Terry the Toad: Uh, no thanks. I’m waiting for a double Chucky Chuck.
Vic: Then keep your smart-ass mouth shut.
Quite a few food songs came out at the time.
The day the music.... Died.....
“Love and the Happy Days” was what it was called during syndication after “Happy Days” premiered. The original title of the segment on “Love, American Style” was “Love and the Television Set”.
Dreyfus in the radio station with Wolfman Jack - or was it......
“Hey! Driving is a serious business. I ain’t having no accidents just because of you!”
That lineup makes me hungry. Always liked “Sugar Shack” by Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs (1963). First time I heard it was on a burger joint jukebox during a family trip near Grand Coulee Dam - back when Burma Shave signs were still in use. Youth is wasted on the young.
"I heard it on The X".
I liked Hollywood Knights more.
Same here, the drag race scene. The Chevy in the movie is the same car in Two Lane Blacktop according to George Lucas.
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