HAPPY DAYS: Season 11 (1983-84) Clip (The Final Scene)

These are the final minutes from "Passages", the 16 and 17th episode (and 250th overall) from the eleventh-and final-season of ABC's monster hit 1974-84 sitcom, "Happy Days". While there were five more episodes that would by burned off by ABC during the summer of 1984, this would serve as the series finale. This originally aired as a two-part, one hour special on Tuesday, May 8, 1984.
After spending most of the season apart and dating other people, on-again/off-again couple Joanie Cunningham (Erin Moran) and Charles "Chachi" Arcola (Scott Baio) decide to make it offical and get married. The episode's other sub-plot is Fonzie's (Henry Winkler) quest to adopt a young orphan boy named Danny (Danny Ponce), whom he has played a Big Brother to. His plans are derailed when he discovers regulations that prevent single parents from adopting children. This changes on the morning of the wedding when the adoption agent handling the case allows Fonzie to adopt Danny.
The wedding, which is taking place in the Cunnighams' backyard, sees faces from the past come together to celebrate. Jenny Piccolo (Cathy Silvers), Joanie's longtime best friend, serves as a matron of honor while Fonzie stands up as Chachi's best man. Though it was extremely last minute, Joanie's brother Richie (Ron Howard) and his wife Lori Beth (Lynda Goodfriend) arrives just in time to make the ceremony which is being performed by Father Delvecchio (Al Molinaro in a dual role), the never-before mentioned twin brother of Cunningham family friend-and Chachi's stepfather-Al. After exchanging vows, the newlyweds celebrate with their family and friends. Fonzie is especially proud for the marriage, as he has always been considered a member of the Cunningham family, and the marriage just made it official.
During the reception, Howard (Tom Bosley) gives a emotional speech about while he and his wife Marion (Marion Ross), "never climbed Mount Everest" or "written a great American novel", they did have the pleasure of watching their two children and their friends grow up into loving adults. He then looks to the camera and breaks the fourth wall by thanking the viewing audience "for being a part of the family" for 10 years. He raises his glass and toasts "to happy days".
What then follows is a montage of clips from the series set to Elvis Presley's song "Memories" and ends when there is a freeze frame of Joanie and Chachi cutting their wedding cake with all of their friends and family next to them.
This scene is noted for a few things. Firstly, there was no appearance from two of the most important supporting characters of the show: Warren "Potsie" Weber (Anson Williams) and Ralph Malph (Donny Most). Most found it hard to believe that those two, who had been considered a part of the extended family would miss the wedding of two of their closest friends. (Anson Williams barely appeared in the final season)
Secondly, when Howard is making his speech about raising two children, this effectively writes Chuck Cunningham (Richie and Joanie's older brother who disappeared after the third season) out of existence, as Fonzie sort of became the defacto older brother of the characters.
Thirdly and lastly, when they made their previous appearance in "Welcome Home", Richie and Lori Beth were expecting yet another child. At the wedding, it's obvious Lori Beth has given birth, but we never find out the name or sex of the baby.
Also, there were rumors early in the season about ABC possibly renewing it for a 12th season, but by that time, the majority of the cast members were ready to move on to new projects.

[@michellacasse9250]

Mom and Dad looking at the camera and saying "Thank You for beeing part of our Familly brought me tears Again "

[@TL2354]

He didn’t say “brought me to tears again”

[@SOCORROSILVA-in7px]

@Michael: Are you sure that you didn't mean to say "Thank you for being of our family" ?

[@SOCORROSILVA-in7px]

@@TL2354 I will have to agree with you wholehearedly about that. Did you notice that he doesn't know how to write properly? He has a misspelled word and no proofreading of his comments will talk ill about him.

[@candacecassidy8182]

Well it didn't bring tears to my eyes.

[@candacecassidy7166]

They wanted to end the show of Happy Days. Because that was the last one and they didn't want to make anymore.

[@JayDogTitan-he6wo]

Its really hard to believe that Happy Days ended 35 years ago after 11 amazing seasons, Without question one of the greatest TV shows of all time.

[@janjones690]

Sure miss the 70s we never realised how lucky we had it back then !!

[@jaelynjackson3447]

Good Childhood Memories

[@sean1672able111]

I still watch reruns. It all started on Nick at Nite. I was not alive for those 11 years, but honestly, it is cool to still be a fan of the show. Legacy of Happy Days will live forever and ever.

[@daboys1215]

It's hard to believe how time went by so damn quick. I miss those days so much. Even with all the technology we have today. Things that we couldn't even dream of back then. I'd still go back in a heartbeat. Much simpler times.

[@dulamel]

Amen to that!👍

[@iosefsantiago556]

How I wish we can go back to those simpler times!

[@candacecassidy7166]

I wish I could too but we can't.

[@Lou-jl4ov]

diversity destroyed that dream

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

Tom Bosley breaking the fourth wall at the end there really blew my mind watching this as a kid. Still brings a tear to my eye.

[@chris1pugsley]

What Tom Bosley said was very heart warming and it brought a tear to my eye.

[@efan2012]

One of the classier ends to a show I can remember.. never forget how moved I was by it back in my teen years when I first watched it. I watched a solid 3-4 years on repeats and grew invested.. to see the end so classy and happy made for a nice way to end my marathon. Need to re-watch these shows again.

[@TruSoulDj]

Can’t wait until this season finally comes out on DVD, so I can own this episode.

[@joel8583]

Word, thumbs up, wink!

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

@@joel8583 And the tears from Marion Ross (Mrs. C) were real, as was the choke up from Tom Bosley (Mr. C) during his toast.

[@lisamorris6676]

Tom Bosley seemed like such a sweet, gentle man. I grew up watching Happy Days and still love it just as much today as I did back when I was a child/teen. R.I.P Tom and Erin.

[@michaela.mccracken4461]

So thank you all for being part of our family. To Happy Days!

[@chris1pugsley]

I enjoyed watching Happy Days and I was very happy to be part of that family.

[@joel8583]

Me too, cheers to "Happy Days"!!!

[@disneyfan8178]

What a way to end! A semi-fourth wall break!

[@BedfordFalls7]

Tom Bosley really was feeling the loss of all of these people here. He was a great man. Mr. Cunningham.

[@oneuglygeek9516]

it gets me everytime he chokes up in that scene, you just felt it, honey! so sad to see him choke up like that :(

[@maryhlad7501]

Mr. Cunningham was truly the King of Dads.

[@jjc6776]

Sitting on the couch as a kid watching this with my parent's were the best times. Back when you could watch TV with your parents and not feel uncomfortable. Miss those days

[@jeffmckeough4012]

Amen to that

[@russellcarter1872]

We will never have tv like this again. I loved this show. Brings back so many wonderful memories growing up watching this show. Everyone on Happy Days was awesome!

[@Strive1324L]

Agreed. The chemistry of the cast, clean language, family show, values, ethics, even the music. Yep, tv will NEVER be like this again. If you want to see good shows, you have to go back at least 30-35 years.

[@taurnguard]

1:10 Hardcore Happy Days fans yelling at Howard: "You raised THREE great kids!" #rememberChuck

[@JeepTJWheelin]

Chuck went on to Death Wish III with Charles Bronson. He was definitely miscast for Happy Days, far too menacing like his father who was the villian in Halloween III.

[@kellymcfalls1458]

@@JeepTJWheelin they still could have mentioned him like he was away at college or married and living in another country or something

[@candacecassidy7166]

They didn't raise three children they raised two children.

[@tedmccarron]

@@candacecassidy7166 you've obviously never seen one of the early episodes with Richie and Joanie's older brother Chuck in them.

[@bufnyfan1]

Garry Marshall said that "Chuck" went on to a basketball scholarship at the University of Outer Mongolia

[@markelijio6012]

The best series finale in TV history and that's why Happy Days made TV history after 11 years on ABC.

[@alb.dersame]

The song memories is timeless. I just watched the final episode of Barney Miller on my dvr, it kinda gave me a chill, and a sad feeling inside, to see such fond things in life and such good memories, fade away. So many are gone now, from both shows. We all grew old. Not realizing how different life would become. So different from those simpler times. Sometimes I wish I could hit rewind and go back to those day's, and just hit pause for awhile. I miss them ..

[@wflyer7985]

Enjoy the time you have. Yesterday is gone, tomorrow isn’t promised. All you have is today. Make it a Happy Day.

[@alb.dersame]

@@wflyer7985 Wow, that was so well said. I forgot about this post, thank you.. to Happy Days! 🍻

[@Chasi86324]

Tom Bosley and Marion Ross were a great TV mom and dad

[@joel8583]

Two of the best!

[@yvettepennington8960]

Yes they were truly agree

[@AuntKimmySez]

The best!🥰 I miss them so much!

[@sean1672able111]

Sure were the best

[@daboys1215]

5 unaired episodes aired that summer but this was the end in chronological order. May 8, 1984. I cried that night. My favorite show was over. This still brings a tear. RIP TOM, AL, PAT & ERIN.

[@JayTheAdviceGuy]

Were they filmed prior to this or after? (I was only 4 then so...) Like in those eps were Joanie & Chachi still not married yet or were they? Also, what's funny is I originally heard this show went off the air in 1986. Winkler said it once, and even my mom said it.) But everything I read says '84. So is it '84?

[@daboys1215]

JayTheAdviceGuy, May 8, 1984 was the last episode. Joanie & Chachi were married in that episode so they weren't in all of the others.

[@Eternaldarkness3166]

I wonder if she were alive today, would she have played the wife in See Dad Run? It could have been a play on Joanie and Chachi after they got married.

[@radrobd123]

@@JayTheAdviceGuy The show last aired in September 1984. The show was pulled midseason due to declining ratings and 1984 winter Olympics 4 unaired episodes were burned off during the summer and one final episode aired in syndication in September 1984 that didn't air on ABC

[@snake9911]

I enjoyed watching that show. I could tell that Mr. Cunningham was trying to hold back tears. That was a great way to end the series of a great show. I also enjoyed the music and song memories. The clips were great. Still a great 1950' s show.

[@libertygiveme1987]

You know, Tom Bosley actually has on his Headstone, "Mr. C." That pretty much SAYS IT ALL!!!!

[@jayanxiety]

No "Father Dowling"? That's not right...

[@chrismcfaggons6694]

No he doesnt

[@christophergolas9930]

Link to a photo of his headstone: facebook.com/HollywoodPageOfDeath/posts/2484751541646447

[@cathydupont5718]

Thank You Happy Days for wonderful years in my home. God Bless everyone.

[@cathytuttle5537]

when he turned to the camera.. I lost it.. to happy days..

[@Chuckson56]

I grew up watching this show as a young teen and it was the best.

[@Grodd70]

Great show, watched it from a small kid to a teenager. Perhaps one of the best sitcom endings ever.

[@anthonyfailla3332]

I was 19 when Happy Days ended, and I still feel this was the end of my childhood. One of the best series ever!

[@Gunner192]

Somewhere Chuck is watching and thinking, "WTF Dad, are you just going to pretend I never existed?"

[@louiserowland9940]

Yes he was not in this episode .Bit strange I thought.😮😮😮

[@noirjacques3274]

Weird, eh! Strange he wasn’t even occasionally mentioned (eg what he was up to) in the odd episode. If I’ve got it right, 2 actors played ‘Chuck’ and both appeared on the reunion show .

[@heidiholom8086]

One of my favorite endings of a tv show! Makes me cry every time cause it’s so sweet.

[@bobgreen1236]

I guess Richie's older brother turned into a witness protection schnook living out in Tuscon somewhere......

[@chalkbunt81]

... eating noodles with ketchup.

[@thomashannan3006]

Poor Chuck !

[@14DaveHunter]

He went into Superman III and changed his name to Brad Wilson.

[@JMFabiano]

No he probably effin' killed himself. ZACK MORR, er, RICHIE CUNNINGHAM IS TRAAAAASH!

[@HerrEllsworth]

Garry Marshall waved his hand and swept Chuck into tv oblivion.

[@kevinbragg7273]

Wasn't long after 1984 that I stopped watching network television. We were lucky to have such good entertainment in the 70s and 80s. I miss sitting with my whole family every night watching our favorite shows. Families don't have that anymore.

[@victoriaferrarini1781]

This last episode always makes me cry no matter how many times I watch it. When Howard makes his toast, he could not have put it in a more perfect way to not only some up the show but as the viewers, we were truly a part of their family. So it was a toast to happy daze.

[@benjaminlucas1635]

Victoria Ferrarini i enjoyed this show as a kid, but not so much after Richie and Ralph left and the old Arnolds burnt down. I never cared much for Roger because i dont think he did much for the show.

[@renee-kingsdaughter5584]

sigh............I really and truly miss these kind of shows!! Wholesome family with integrity!!

[@mikehowell9053]

Totally agree

[@renee-kingsdaughter5584]

@@mikehowell9053 ...... Right?!

[@troyc4250]

Never saw this as I stopped watching around 1979 because I lost interest. Was finishing my second year of high school when the series finale aired. This made think back to when my grandparents were still alive and my parents were younger and I didn't have a care in the world. As we get older, these montages make us reflect on life...and with so much time gone by with love lost and love gained...I can only smile with tears in my eyes.

[@liaprincipi2474]

These memories are part of my life, with my family, my dad who passed away a few days ago, my granpas, my sweet brother a life toghether watching this serial... ❤

[@niware80]

This scene brought tears to my eyes because it was touching. As most of us have said, why can’t contemporary TV shows be like this today? Watching situation comedies now are so bland.

[@dalekundtz4603]

I miss these great family programs. Such great memories for an old man who grew up during these years.

[@philipmiller9787]

I remember this episode like yesterday. I'm 58.

[@rondobson1828]

This show reminds me of my childhood more than almost any other.... Nice toast by Tom Bosley at the end

[@PioneerGrrrl]

me too.

[@Grodd70]

One of best endings ever :)

[@josephwalther8281]

One of the best uses of "breaking the fourth wall" ever on TV, perhaps the best. Made up for "jumping the shark".

[@leeandrew6555]

Jefferson D'Arcy really took a turn for the worse after this. His new neighbors really weren't as wholesome.

[@benjaminlucas1635]

Then he got really dumbed down and married a woman who supported him.

[@nrkgalt]

But in between he was the photographer and purser on the Love Boat.

[@bfettrules1239]

@@benjaminlucas1635 Jefferson being dumb and sponging off of Marcy was an act. He was a spy. That was his cover.

[@The_KLF]

Bit of karma really, he was really horrible to those nerds.

[@davidmoody718]

That final really got me right here.

[@jimgrosser3521]

TV at that very best EVER....I miss Happy Days and Mash

[@RichD384]

I stopped watching Happy Days after the show jumped the shark in 1978. I only caught the final episode when it was re-run in the summer of 1984. To me, Happy Days was at its best from 1974-77. Still, this is a wonderful final scene. A nice way to end the series.

[@rondobson1828]

I thought the exact same thing. I was in 6th grade during the whole Fonzie jumps his motorcycle at Arnold's thing... It was a really big deal at the time

[@TheEwing69]

Never saw the final show. Like most, stopped watching well before season 11

[@dennisneo1608]

Oh yeah, the shark killed it.

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

In fact that was so bad that "jumped the shark" made its way into the lexicon as meaning a desperate attempt to reignite something that used to be good. But I agree, the first 3 or 4 seasons were the best.

[@tj921able]

As I look back through this show, I feel I see many moments from my own life. I grew up watching this show. RIP Erin Moran & Tom Bosley. I just lost my brother who was only 57. Life can be so cruel! TY for sharing this. God Bless You & stay safe.

[@ProudWayniac]

Hands down one of the most beautiful finale moments I've seen. I myself even wrote a fanfiction I worked on for about 8 years, taking place 4 years after the finale timeline, also involving another wedding. Not to promote my own writing but I have no doubt had that been used, it probably would have been the "sitcom wedding of the century".

[@JayDeeIsMyName]

#HowCanIMakeThisAboutMe

[@maddyhayes617]

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL FINALE

[@gingerdurbin2726]

As bad as this show got the last five seasons, Tom Bosleys speech makes up for all of it.

[@PioneerGrrrl]

I remember seeing this as a little kid

[@chrismulwee4911]

Yes the show started to tank imo when it became all about Fonzie, and that was still BEFORE Ron Howard left. And did you notice that the theme song was completely rerecorded for the last season? It was better when Richie was the main focus, and The Fonz was a supporting player.

[@JohnSmith-kb9dc]

Especially when Roger joined the show. Once Richie left the show went downhill and Roger was the final nail in the coffin.

[@sonnycorleone4964]

@@PioneerGrrrl Hi Yes, me too ! :)

[@brettthebassist]

Happy Days without Ritchie🤷🏻‍♂️🤔?! No thx close the door, 7 seasons is enough

[@worldseriesteam]

One of the best t.v. shows I grew up watching.

[@sall4090roughcuts]

what sad about the ending was no donny most and anson williams -- they should have been there -- memories by elvis was a perfect fit to end the show as the show had run its course and probably could have ended a year earlier -- R I P TOM, Erin, Al and Pat -- gone but never forgotten

[@estew6764]

sal l I’ll never understand that

[@TheFlicker98]

What’s even sadder too is that there is no mention of Chuck ever since season 1.

[@danscarlett2197]

That's not Elvis. It's an impersonator. I'm a huge Elvis fan and I know his voice.

[@briansumnerballreviews7117]

I'm a bigger fan than both of you. Not him.

[@JayTheAdviceGuy]

Anson and Donny should have DEFINITELY been a part of this last episode. Even if their parts weren't big. But fortunately, they were BOTH a part of the 2005 reunion, ALONG with two "Chucks" from Season 1. (And I wanna even say Pat Morita was there too, briefly.) So it all (eventually) ended up working out.

[@elizabethgaspar4064]

Grew up watching happy days along with many others but who don't love the good ole days when tv was good loved all of them on happy days never had a favorite yes I cried when this was the final episode 😢😢💟💟💟

[@vccstudents]

"Both of our children are married now." What about Chuck? I guess Victoria Principal was on this show, too, found Fonzie in the shower, and realized it was all a dream!

[@noname-ll5bz]

LOL ! he also said we raised TWO wonderful kids- how'd they let that slip in ?

[@kevinpyne5808]

Where is Chuck? Didn't they even acknowledge he existed???

[@markcampbell924]

@@kevinpyne5808 Chuck Cunningham DID exist on Happy Days. I say that Chuck Cunningham disappeared from Happy Days with no explanation and other viewers of Happy Days say that Chuck Cunningham was RETCONNED . I say that Chuck Cunningham was NOT RETCONNED which means that the writers changed the scripts So that Howard and Marion Cunningham only had two children and that Chuck Cunningham no longer existed on Happy Days but Chuck Cunningham did exist on Happy Days . The writers made a MISTAKE in the Happy Days script when they wrote that Howard and Marion had the joy of raising "Two Wonderful kids" instead of saying 3 WONDERFUL KIDS(CHUCK and Richie and Joanie). Chuck Cunningham was played by Two Actors : Gavan O Herlihy and Randolph Roberts.

[@jadaharris1982]

OH MY GOD THAT WAS SO SAD!!! Im sitting here crying

[@thegefster1988]

There is something about a very good show when the castmates really like eachother that makes it all the more special

[@nancyrguzman1]

I really loved this show! I never knew that it lasted for so many years, since I left the country. I just saw that in 1984 was their finally. Grateful for KZbin for having this.

[@johnbertrand7185]

Listen closely, you can hear Bosley's voice crack at the end.

[@AuntKimmySez]

That was hard for me. I love that man & he was the best TV dad ever. I miss him & Happy Days so much.😪

[@waynetietz380]

I remember seeing this episode when it was first shown. I liked it then and I still like it now.

[@shawnm2837]

One of the best tv shows in the history of tv, there will never be another show like happy days in a thousand yrs. It is hands down a show every generation needs to be intro too

[@miketodoruk2995]

Just finished watching all 11 seasons of this fine show again, as they were re-aired on ME tv. This episode was sad to watch, knowing it was all over for me, one more time. I will keep it on my PVR, and revisit it again, and again. Great show, one of the best ever.

[@14DaveHunter]

A perfect finale. Simple, to the point and fulfilling. Many say MASH had a great finale. It did, but this surpasses it.

[@estew6764]

I’ll never understand why Don Most and Anson Williams were not a part of this final scene. There really is no excuse for that.

[@benjaminlucas1635]

E Stew i agree, i never understood how Anson Williams could be a regular for 10 seasons in virtually every episode and not be in the series finale at Joanie and Chachis wedding. He was one of Richies best friends.

[@kristabrewer9363]

DEFINITELY no excuse..... but unfortunately they did it and they can't take it back. It's over and done with

[@TruSoulDj]

I’m surprised he didn’t leave sooner. His character after Richie and Ralph left was hard to watch. Potsie turned from a Eddie Haskell type to a total idiot. Same with Buddy Lembeck on Charles In Charge.

[@timobrien8809]

@@TruSoulDj I always like Potsie, But I kind of agree with you. In the last few seasons he never really fit in the teens or adults !!

[@donnabrown1125]

Maybe they were asked to come back, but said no.

[@TheAmbSteve]

I remember watching this episode as it aired. What a great show.

[@THECLARENCES]

When Tom starts to break during the speech: heartbreaking. xoxo The Clarences

[@dionnab2403]

I loved me some Happy Days and ol' school T.V.

[@Robocoppat]

One of the best shows from the 1970's. And yes I cried at the ending of this episode. To bad tv shows nowadays Are Horrible. Today's TV is for idiots!

[@8644mec]

There's been plenty of great TV over the last era of television. Sorry you have missed it. As for Happy Days, it ran about 4-5 seasons too long. It was a fantastic show for a while but seasons 7-11 are borderline unwatchable.

[@fjccommish]

The show had long before jumped the shark. Note most of the montage memory scenes were of the days when Richie was still on the show.

[@calebbegley3833]

I don't believe the show ever became "unwatchable." Seasons 7 and 8 are terrific. Season 9 was okay, and season 10 was definitely the weakest the show ever put out. Season 11 was a solid ending to what was a great show. In fact, I'm one of the fans who thinks that the show became elevated into its brilliance only after they transitioned to filming in front of a live audience. You need that chemistry between actor and viewer in order for things to work. For me, the first season and a half or so were okay. At the best, they were harmless, sort-of muddled television. At their worst, they were boring, bland, and, to quote you, "borderline unwatchable." But when they went in front of a live audience, the show turned from a run-of-the-mill sitcom into something truly outstanding. You know, I'm only 24, but I grew up watching I Love Lucy, Andy Griffith, and this. Those are the three greatest sitcoms of all time, period. (Don't @ me, M.A.S.H. fans.)

[@mixon270]

I couldn't stop crying we'll never have tv like this again Here's to Happy Days

[@ls-kk4pq]

Brought great memories back. Thank you.

[@chadodom1693]

My favorite show of all time

[@user-tz3ck6uc2p]

That's how you end a wonderful TV series. I was a kid watching this with my whole family and we were all sad. Now a days you have tv series that either drag on too long or they ruin it with the final episode.

[@syl812577]

Oh, i just loved this show

[@joelensign9110]

This was classic television

[@DEAN_23]

I remember this was shown in the UK in the early 90's, and I was sad that this was ending. Thanks for the memories, one and all - I salute you....

[@scarosone14]

I would rather watch this and alot of the sitcoms of the 70's and 80's than any of the sitcom on tv now.

[@lowbridge7070]

I remember watching this final episode when it originally aired in 1984. I was 15 years old. Despite having "jumped the shark" years earlier, and despite the fact that i couldnt stand many episodes from its last few seasons, i still watched it. And this last scene in the last episode, particularly howards toast and the song "Memories" during a few flashback clips, made up for the bad episodes, in my opinion. As joanie and chachi cut the cake and the scene freeze framed and the end credits began, i thought to myself, "That's it. No more Happy Days." And i knew right then and there that i was going to miss Happy Days from then on. Sure enough, 35 years later, i still do.

[@frankw3217]

I remember watching the pilot. It was on a tv program called Love American Style.

[@sumwear7123]

I miss shows like this.

[@martytaylor7043]

This song is so sad makes me sad and cry when I hear it

[@chriss2295]

As a kid I watched this and felt a real loss. When Howard looked at ME through the TV and said that, I cried. Anyone else?

[@stevef9876]

yea tom. Not too many can break the 4th wall like that. the episode where richie left was sadder.

[@guidofeliz8384]

Beautiful ending to a great sitcom. All things come to an end in this life.

[@TheKurtsPlaceChannel]

Great video. Thanks for posting this. Have a nice day.

[@rickvaz8940]

I cried that day.

[@candacecassidy5366]

Joanie Cunningham got married to Charles Arcola. That was the best one ever.

[@nzfalcon8698]

with Elvis singing memories and watching the clip at the end of episodes gone by brings a tear to my eyes ,growing up watching this when i was young and now much older i reflect on my younger days and how live to me seamed much better than now days

[@davidn32]

One of my fondest moments as a kid watching Happy Days.

[@skynetprime82]

This scene was almost (if not equal) as heartbreaking as the one where Richie said goodbye, to happy days🍷

[@rayonhughes6696]

Definitely, great memories as the song said. It was definitely part of my childhood memories growing up back then.

[@ragingbull154]

RIP Tom Bosley, Erin Moran and to the other Happy Days characters we've lost since this great show ended.

[@SOCORROSILVA-in7px]

Mr Tom Bosley, who portrayed Howard Cunningham very well, gave an excellent toast from 0:40 to 1:48 and it affects everybody's happiness. Please do paste only positive comments over here. ©® November 20, 2020 @ 12:50 am ©®

[@gandlar5489]

I remember watching this and not realizing it was the final episode.It was such a great tv show.

[@krisone5253]

1984. I remember this episode! First run. I didn't get to have Happy Days in my lifetime. My Father Died 1973! 51 years of a Hard LIFE & Lessons Learned!✝️

[@georgehahn6149]

Love how Howard refers to his two children. What happened to Chuck Cunningham?

[@SteaksauceandRob]

He passed away of Chuck Cunningham syndrome

[@mikejorsch304]

DISCONNECTION like the Church of Scienceolgy

[@mikemercado5223]

He went to the attic with Bobby Martin from All My Children and was never seen again

[@benjaminlucas1635]

Howard kept him locked in the basement with a basketball for 8 years.

[@andrebeck1444]

Reunited with his birth parents.

[@joel8583]

Damn onions!!

[@jamarmitchell8861]

One of the greatest shows of all time

[@stag3t-muspsa910]

Back when life was simple..😭😭😭

[@bigpaulie806]

Great show ☺️

[@TroyandMilva]

Ralph Mouth, Potsie and big brother Chuck should have been there.

[@chris1pugsley]

I agree what happened to them?

[@jkingvevo2472]

@@chris1pugsley well Don Most officially left the show after the season 11 episode, "Welcome Home: Part 2" (aired November 1, 1983), in which his character Ralph Malph would go on to optometry school to become an optometrist, just like his father. And as for Williams, the person behind the character Potsie, Williams actually quit the show sometime in 1983, although he agreed to occasionally appear in some of the final season's episodes as Potsie. Potsie (Williams) only made 6 appearances in season 11, even though his character would be occasionally mentioned in season 11, whenever Potsie was absent. He was even credited as a cast member in the final season, billed as "Also Starring Anson Williams". And one of the actors who played Chuck (Gavan O'Herlihy), wanted to leave the series during the middle of the first season 'cause he did not want to be "stuck" doin' a lot of television roles, so I think he became a poet or somethin' like that.

[@pedrogonzalez5075]

Also missing Arnold, K.C. Cunningham, and Richie Jr.

[@8avexp]

@@jkingvevo2472 Randolph Roberts replaced O'Herlihy as Chuck, but that character was overkill. He added nothing to the show.

[@ambercrosland6472]

The one and only Tom Mr. C 😢❤🎶

[@lisahouk7776]

WISCONSIN WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU!!

[@GloriaViolet]

I was young and grew up with them ..... Those really WERE the HAPPY DAYS !!! Thanks for the good times , in my heart forever ..... Tears me up every time !!! ( Shame that Richie's older brother was no longer part of the show ! ) ..... But a lovely ending ... Mr . Cunningham thanked the audience in his speech ..... 👍❤💖❤💖❤💖❤ I'll never forget any of you !!! Helen ...... 💖💖❤💖❤💖❤💖❤

[@sdrewe99]

Happy Days was ruined in the later seasons. The stuff with Jonnie and Chuchie just didn't make the grade. Happy Days was never the same after Richie left and everyone grew up.

[@zapkvr]

Crap. You just grew up that's all. Nothing is ever the same as when you knew nothing as kids

[@timobrien8809]

Wouldn't go as far as ruined, But I'll admit it just wasn't the same & I think you mean Chachi !!

[@raceyboy]

The best of Happy Days was when the intro song was Rock Around The Clock.

[@TheProfessor230]

@@raceyboy gotta disagree

[@noav1429]

I STILL CRY

[@force263]

Watched this again last night for what seems like the thousandth time, and although I realize The series went on far too long, (being a huge ratings-winner when HD was at its popular peak, I’m sure ABC wanted it to go on forever at one point) when Howard breaks the fourth wall, thanks us for being part of the Happy Days family, and says “To happy days”…chokes me up every single time… Looking back (I’m 52), I recall when Happy Days was going strong - one of my earliest memories is of watching the ‘Fearless Fonzarelli’ two-parter when it was first aired in 1975 - and I also remember the last few seasons, and although the “new Arnold’s” pretty much wiped out any remaining decor that would recall the fifties/early sixties, I was still invested in what would happen to these characters… I Know it was only a sitcom, but HD was on so long, had episodes that dealt with Life, that it “earned” a lot of the pathos that came in watching the flashback montage in the finale… At 52, it’s obvious that the 10-years HD was on the air isn’t a long time, but being the ages I was when HD was still on air, 10 years seemed like forever, a lifetime, and also taking into account how the show “changed” more than once (S2 into S3 and the switch from 1-camera to multiple cameras and a laugh track; the focus switched from all-Richie with The fonz as sidekick to Fonzie becoming a more-rounded and central character; Richie leaving after s7 and the New Arnold’s; finally the focus on Joanie/Chachi), even now it can seem as if Happy Days was on forever, but that is just because my relation to time was completely different…knowing all this doesn’t make me any less nostalgic for this TV show that really seems like it got me through important parts of childhood/adolescence… I know HD isn’t any work of Art or anything, but for all the laughing and mocking that gets done these days about the show, from people who don’t really understand, Happy Days, for what it’s worth, and for all it’s flaws, was a pretty important part of my life, and I expect it will always be…that’s a part of me I’d like to hang onto. p.s. My stepfather, who’d never struck me as a sentimental person, when Ricky Nelson got killed in the 80s, I remember him saying, “Little Ricky is DEAD?!?”… I just wanted to add this comment to demonstrate the impact these things from our childhoods can have in our adult lives… and, somewhat ironically, He was recalling the Ricky Nelson of Ozzie & Harriet, while I am recalling a show that wanted to recall those “same” days… Anyway - and it may have been just for that moment - my stepfather was sad, possibly feeling how I feel about Happy Days and the way the passage of time makes us nostalgic for “simpler” times (just an impression, we humans deal the way we deal, and we remember things as being better than they truly were, but that doesn’t make those remembrances illegitimate or anything like that, because it’s not only - or even mostly - just the “times”, it’s the PEOPLE We remember, and Happy Days was character-based, a show about Growing as much as anything else, the adventures of Richie and The fonz sometimes can seem like a superhero story, I like to think that the “superhuman” feats The Fonz performed were just the way he was perceived by those who held him in awe/friendship. And as much as Fonz helped Richie “grow up”, Richie helped The Fonz see the world in a way he’d have never found without Richie, and for all the mocking, that’s a beautiful thing…anyway, I just wanted to note a bit about the effect television 📺 has had on the generations that came after it’s invention. And I know that the effect that The death of Ricky Nelson had on my stepfather, and what Ozzie & Harriet had on a generation of kids in the fifties, Happy Days has done - still does - for, and to, me. p.s.s. The way Howard says “to happy days”, he didn’t say it like it was the title of the show he was eulogizing, he says it like he’s not just praising the “happy days” of the 11 seasons of the television series, but toasting the Happy Days to come… (I try to keep/remember the perspective that the Cunningham Family (or any fictional characters/groups/times) didn’t “begin” in 1974 and “end” in 1984, the family was going strong before we peeked in on them in ‘All The Way’ (S1E1), and they weren’t going into cold-storage when we leave them after the end of Passages… I find it so interesting, the way that Happy Days evolved over the seasons, as the “Pilot” (Love And The Happy Days, an ep of the anthology series “Love, American Style”, has a completely different tone than what came later on when the show was picked up (years later!))…I know the changes between seasons2 and 3 are dramatic, and the tone seems to change, completely, when Fonzie started to become a Featured character, but I was a kid when I was seeing these episodes for the first time, so I was always OK with the “Fonz-centric” Happy Days, but I also think people take their criticism way too seriously, the one thing Happy Days was to me - at all times - was FUN…(if you can’t find ANYTHING redeeming about some Of those later, cheesier episodes, for instance, ‘Fonzie’s Funeral’, then I don’t need to know you lol.)

[@TheCrusader1000]

Well said. Too Happy Days 🍺

[@texasrockshillcountry6574]

What a great toast, and a great way to close out a great series! "To Happy Days"!

[@tonystephenson4842]

To Happy Days. .

[@bowlnow824]

Love this show. Born in 1984 but I loved this show.