Love, American Style Pilot Love and the Happy Days

[@samuelflores9410]

I remember when this episode first aired. It stuck in my memory and no one seemed to remember it when I brought it up. When Happy Days came later on, I brought up Love American Style and everyone was all about "Huh? Wha...?" It's the first time I've seen this episode since it first aired. Thanx.

[@gerry-p9x]

50s. Were the only 15yrs gone and we had a few greasers left in high school. The concept didn't sell but with the Broadway show grease and american graffiti ABC GAVE IT A SECOND SHOT😅😅

[@PikesvilleAl]

Potsie started off being the cool guy.

[@josephforest7605]

This pilot is much more genuine , than the tv series when it comes to the fifties .

[@tamiami34]

I remember watching this episode of LAS the first time it aired, when I was a tween. I noticed that a few seconds of conversation between Ritchie and Arlene have been cut out here, from two conversations. No biggie, I'm just surprised that I remember that. It was fun seeing this again, thanks for the post.

[@idx1941]

That scene is cut out because of copyright infringement. Whoever owns the copyright now, CBS video (?), owns that scene...as that scene appears in a Happy Days episode.

[@Stephen-to7jx]

The reason it was included in LAS was because it wasn't picked up by ABC and the network didn't want to waste it. However, the skit led to George Lucas creating American Grafitti which he hired Ron Howard to star. Happy Days came full circle when the popularity of American Grafitti led to ABC greenliighting Happy Days.

[@buffalobraves9]

Who knew that Uncle Fester (Jackie Coogan) was in the very first Happy Days? Not me.

[@antoinecampbell7473]

Potsie used to be so cool. He got dumber and dumber as the years went by.

[@nassauguy48]

I agree, they severely diminished his character.

[@Poppaea-Sabina]

Kukla, Fran and Ollie. I miss the 70s. Love the Uncle Fester cameo.

[@dff19707]

Chuck Cunningham lives!

[@Stephen-to7jx]

Interesting how the actor who played the character who literally disappeared got top billing.

[@bradyguy7701]

Not THAT interesting. It was alphabetical....😁😁

[@Stephen-to7jx]

@@bradyguy7701 I know it was alphabetical. Still, I find it ironic

[@Ryu_Shotokan]

Im so glad they changed all this for happy days

[@edwardcricchio6106]

The Happy Days Purist Society approves of this "pilot" episode because it introduced the original intent of Garry Marshall's vision of a mid-American teenager growing up in the 1950s. Marshall sold out to the suits at ABC and Paramount after they threatened to cancel his series after Season 2. The series lost all of its 1950s innocence with the conversion to becoming The Fonzie Show. Long live the pilot and Seasons 1 & 2.

[@kidmack3556]

Although I love The Fonz, the show was better, in my opinion, when he played the strong, silent type.

[@edwardcricchio6106]

@@kidmack3556 I'm going to propose your name for membership into the Happy Days Purist Society. We are not as cool as the Demons, but then again, we never ask our members to do "the deadly dares"

[@nassauguy48]

@@kidmack3556 Agreed. And then he mellowed out to the point of becoming a lovable thug. The show really jumped the shark when he was hired to become a guidance counselor at the high school. Did he even finish high school? Mork landing on a spacecraft was inane as well.

[@dumbbo1]

@@nassauguy48Irony of ironies! From the show that INVENTED the term “jump the shark” 😆

[@paulthompkins4150]

I forgot just how big a crush i had on Mrs. Cunningham.....she made me feel funny down there....😊

[@Noah-gq7pq]

lol i was gonna make a crack like that ya beat me to it,,''she gave me wood''

[@kidmack3556]

Anyone know if that's Carol playing bass on the LAS theme?

[@jameshutton9656]

This pilot must have been set around 1953 when Tv came in. Dont hear rock and roll just jazz.

[@buicklincoln]

Potsie was a dope for getting angry at Richie for choosing the girl to watch the fight with.

[@jameswest8280]

Ah, the days of the roaming rabbit ears.

[@JosephHowes2003]

This was better than I remember the actual show being.

[@christiansoldier77]

No it wasnt

[@JosephHowes2003]

@@christiansoldier77 ok if you say so.

[@Valdimir40]

I'm here from Instagram clip.

[@awbzerver]

The scene of Richie asking the girl on a date by revealing his family has a TV set is cut out. And the scene where he's telling her goodnight at her apartment door is also missing. Why?

[@markalanpeter]

A lot of TV shows were edited down for syndication, to make more room for commercials. I have the original episode. Total running time is 22:10 vs 16:59 here.

[@lplaney]

Where? Do you have a link?

[@drewlevan661]

If you have the complete episode would you be able to post it on You Tube? If not , I’m glad the full version is out there somewhere.

[@awbzerver]

@@drewlevan661 No, I don't have the full episode. But the scenes that are cut out of this video can be seen as part of a flashback memory Richie has in Season 2 Episode 3 of the Happy Days series.

[@drewlevan661]

@@awbzerver Thank you so much for telling me! I have the six seasons of the show that are available. I also have a set of seasons 7 -11 that were fan made . I just started watching the show again yesterday .

[@federicosaracino75]

Interessante chicca!!! Grazieeee👍😉

[@dumbbo1]

TV owners in the 50s invited people over to watch the test pattern.

[@joekolosinsky1702]

Why was it chopped up

[@Scott-ri2sy]

the one that started it all!

[@bluepillbob4876]

3:18 *TV n CHiLL? THaT'LL NeVeR CaTcH On, POTziE.* 🙄

[@jaychild78]

😂😂😂 Netflix and chill

[@richierich3541]

11:16 Richie is wearing Fonzie’s leather jacket.

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

🎶Mona Lisa Mona Lisa men have named you....🎶

[@tsicby]

Oh Gary Marshal, you created such great art with Happy Days then decided to sell the show out with ridiculous gags and absurd plots and when Chachi showed up in the 1950's wearing 70's hair and bell bottom jeans it was obvious you stopped caring and so did I.

[@johnwelsh2769]

I hear what you are saying, but to be fair, it is hard to do 25 episodes a year and keep coming up with good ideas for only one family with ancillary characters.

[@tsicby]

@@johnwelsh2769 That's kind of my point, you're supposed to walk away when the music stops, not bastardize your art just to keep the cash flowing. I still view Gary Marshal as a great artist, but like a lot of artists he was corrupted by the mammonites blowing smoke up his ass.

[@thomasjones3508]

Dude... Let it go

[@phillyflash43]

'Twas Fonzie, who jumped the shark...

[@markalanpeter]

If a TV series is popular enough to last more than two or three seasons, it usually devolves as it progresses. The creators and/or prime talent move on to other projects, but the popularity makes it profitable to keep it running at B or C level. There are some notable exceptions (Barney Miller, M*A*S*H), but this isn't one of them.

[@starsandstripes6642]

Il sedicenne Richie Cunningham racconta le sue difficoltà nel crescere da adolescente nei "complicati" anni '50, destreggiandosi tra la lettura di "Da qui all'eternità", ascoltando brani come "Monna Lisa", fissando pinup di ragazze glamour e sfoggiando con orgoglio jeans con calzini bianchi e mocassini . Accompagnando sua sorella Joanie a casa dall'allenamento di pianoforte, Richie discute della sua ''eccitazione'' per la sua famiglia che ha ricevuto il suo primo televisore.

[@steelcityreseller8170]

Potsie doesn't get it. She blew in his ear! What's a guy to do! 😀

[@neilm2794]

Too bad they didn’t keep Harold Gould as the father; I never had much use for Tom Bosley. Donny Most was also a big upgrade over Anson Williams, who should have been the one dropped after the pilot.

[@Stephen-to7jx]

I think tv stations sign off first, then show the test pattern.

[@GrumblingGrognard]

@8:25 "Is that a colored man sitting in my chair?" ...."You said she could invite a friend and he's the only friend she has that can stay up this late." LOL!!! See, lines like that are why it was made into a series! lol! ...highlight the obvious racial issues....but never have to say a word about them directly all the while being funny-as-hell. :)

[@Bill-uo6cm]

The pilot was much better than the series.

[@littleblackduck3134]

but they cut the part when Richie walk the girl home

[@jaychild78]

@@littleblackduck3134I wonder why????

[@joekolosinsky1702]

Very disappointed at how bad it was chopped up

[@kingbolo4579]

Who's Ric Carrott?!?!?!??!??

[@bradyguy7701]

Ummm...one of THREE actors who portrayed the mysterious Chuck Cunningham...he of the disappearing act in Season Two of HD...

[@jteach23]

I was a kid when I first saw this. Then Happy days was a great show the first 2 years. After that it became another silly sitcom.

[@fjr70ify]

You mean when Fonzie became a magician. Season 2 was it's peak. I still watch the show but season 2 was the best...especially the Halloween and Christmas ones.

[@jckhammer]

​@@fjr70ifyfirst two seasons are the best and anything past season 2 I don't bother watching anymore

[@kidmack3556]

Seasons 1,2 and 3 for me. Season 3 has three of my favorite episodes. "A Date With Fonzie" w/ Laverne & Shirley (R.I.P.) "Fonzie's New Friend" w/"Sticks" and "Fonzie The Salesman" w/Richard Stahl and Dick Van Patten (R.I.P.)

[@fjr70ify]

@@kidmack3556 The episode when Potsie took out Whinny McKinney and pretended he was Ritchie - that was a classic in season 3. The marathon dance in Season 4 was great also.

[@gerry-p9x]

What happened to older nrother CHUCK😮😮

[@lapinadel1667]

Bellisisma Merci...ma come fai a sapre che da noi non è mai andata...da noi questo telelfilm è uscito...

[@starsandstripes6642]

Se lo trovi in Italiano postalo su KZbin. Grazie e buona serata

[@lapinadel1667]

@@starsandstripes6642 Ok. ma di essa ho solo due puntate ed esso non c'è...

[@starsandstripes6642]

Se carichi le tue puntate ci fai felici. Grazie

[@lapinadel1667]

@@starsandstripes6642 ok. le cerco tra gli hard disc.lo avevo gia pubblicato sullex canale chiusomi .Ho visto che registri anche dai canali streaming..potresti mica registrare una o due puntate del telelfilm su Retemia al sabato alle 20.30 del tf: China beach o del telelfilm Salto mortale in onda su Rete mia ialla domenica alle 20.30 Grazie mille

[@starsandstripes6642]

@@lapinadel1667 Senza promettere niente ci provo. Se ti puo' servire ho visto che sono presenti su Emule China Beach e Salto nel buio .

[@nassauguy48]

Wow, what could have been for Ric Carrott. He was supposed to be the star of the show. Later on, the character of the older brother never even existed. Harold Gould was a great actor, but a bit too New York-y for a Midwest father character. I thought Susan Neher was better than Erin Moran, but it seems as if the producers wanted a more cheerleader and ditsy type Joanie than a sophisticated cynic.

[@martybreeden6116]

WARM AND FUZZIES!!!

[@riotgrrrrl167]

No Fonzi??😂😂

[@rhymeswithsomethingy4766]

Aaaaaay.. 👍

[@debbieyoung314]

No Ralph Malph either

[@rhymeswithsomethingy4766]

Interesting. There are as many African Americans in this 17 minute episode as the entire 11 season run of Happy Days..🤔

[@Smok44]

Yea no disrespecting the cops, no BLM, no gangsta rap, no N word every sentence, no calling women b*tches, no shouting racism for everything. It really was the good old days

[@FrankArce-of7zu]

That's because the show didn't take place in Alabama !!!

[@rhymeswithsomethingy4766]

@@FrankArce-of7zu No, it was set in Milwaukee, which is almost 40% African American. By comparison, Alabama is only 25% African American..🤔

[@FrankArce-of7zu]

​@@rhymeswithsomethingy4766You read my comment but obviously did not understand what you read!!! Did you make it past 3rd. grade?

[@rhymeswithsomethingy4766]

@@FrankArce-of7zu perhaps you failed to properly express yourself. Did you get past 2nd grade? You said the show didn't take place in Alabama. No, it didn't. So?

[@christiansoldier77]

This was corny they made a lot of much needed changes when it became a full time show

[@Jefleopard]

We didn’t know it at the time but these were the shows that perverted the US. Now we don’t know what a woman or a man is.