I never thought of Happy Days in those terms but you’re spot on. That’s the time frame.
Watching Tim Scott being interviewed by Bob Shieffer and doing a great job. First question/sandbag attempt: what do you think about the proposal for more gun control. Answer: excellent political speak dodge. Twice. Then Shieffer moved on to ‘ficsal cliff’ and getting along with democrats. As Scott is a current sitting congressman he gave the answer that should have been the MANTRA from every Republican:
“We Have Acted. We have passed a bill last summer. All the Senate has to do is act on it.”