6 Behind-the-Scenes Stories From ‘Happy Days’

For 11 seasons, Happy Days was one of the most beloved sitcoms in America, often finding a home among the Nielsen top 20 shows on TV. On-screen, Richie, Fonzie, Ralph, Potsie and the Cunninghams were an idyllic, unbreakable unit; off-screen … things were kind of exactly the same. Unlike a lot of classic shows that had tons of strife behind the scenes, the Happy Days crew do mostly remember having genuinely happy days shooting on set.

But just because there wasn’t a lot of drama among the cast and crew of Happy Days, doesn’t mean that there weren’t a ton of fascinating stories. Read on to find out how Fonzie got his “whoooaaaas,” why the show was almost about flappers, and the very unusual technique creator Garry Marshall came up with to get the cast functioning as a real team.