[Hillarys Gate Cult]

The TV show “Happy Days” predates the movie “American Graffiti.”

[Radagast the Fool]

The Goat Killer sequence with Debbie and Terry the Toad😉!

[Rocko]

True. It’s actually a spin-off of “Love, American Style.”

[sparklite2]

The TV show “Happy Days” predates the movie “American Graffiti.”

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Happy Days is an American television sitcom that aired first-run from January 15, 1974
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Days

American Graffiti premiered on August 2, 1973
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Graffiti

Any more words of wisdom?

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

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.

[Charles Martel]

The TV show “Happy Days” predates the movie “American Graffiti.”

Technically, the series started the year after this film. The concept and Richie Cunningham character both date back to 1972.