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wyldwolf

(43,867 posts) Wed Jan 15, 2014, 01:59 PM Jan 2014

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40 years ago tonight Happy Days debuted on ABC (dedicated to the nerds in the lounge)

By the way, Rock Around The Clock was re-recorded for the TV show - it wasn't the original version.

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40 years ago tonight Happy Days debuted on ABC (dedicated to the nerds in the lounge) (Original Post) wyldwolf Jan 2014 OP

Link to an article with intersting info on the cast Kaleva Jan 2014 #1

They even list the original Chuck - but not Fonzie's nephew Spike! wyldwolf Jan 2014 #2

Jinx. You owe me a Coke. nt onehandle Jan 2014 #4

An amazingly accurate multi-year documentary on the 1950s. onehandle Jan 2014 #3

Not to mention the way hairstyles, clothing and social attitudes morphed into Aristus Jan 2014 #5

the final season was set in 1965 although Lavern and Shirley skipped ahead a few years wyldwolf Jan 2014 #6

I didn't remember what year 'HD' eventually got to. Thanks. Aristus Jan 2014 #7

I didn't catch the hairstyle changes until I watch HD reruns wyldwolf Jan 2014 #8

Kaleva

(36,294 posts)

1. Link to an article with intersting info on the cast

Reply to wyldwolf (Original post)

Wed Jan 15, 2014, 02:12 PM

Jan 2014

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/where.html

wyldwolf

(43,867 posts)

2. They even list the original Chuck - but not Fonzie's nephew Spike!

Reply to Kaleva (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 15, 2014, 02:15 PM

Jan 2014

onehandle

(51,122 posts)

4. Jinx. You owe me a Coke. nt

Reply to wyldwolf (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 15, 2014, 02:16 PM

Jan 2014

onehandle

(51,122 posts)

3. An amazingly accurate multi-year documentary on the 1950s.

Reply to wyldwolf (Original post)

Wed Jan 15, 2014, 02:15 PM

Jan 2014

The mystery of the disappearance of people named Chuck was chilling.

Aristus

(66,316 posts)

5. Not to mention the way hairstyles, clothing and social attitudes morphed into

Reply to onehandle (Reply #3)

Wed Jan 15, 2014, 02:20 PM

Jan 2014

the 1970's while the setting was still ostensibly the 1950's...

wyldwolf

(43,867 posts)

6. the final season was set in 1965 although Lavern and Shirley skipped ahead a few years

Reply to Aristus (Reply #5)

Wed Jan 15, 2014, 02:23 PM

Jan 2014

Aristus

(66,316 posts)

7. I didn't remember what year 'HD' eventually got to. Thanks.

Reply to wyldwolf (Reply #6)

Wed Jan 15, 2014, 02:29 PM

Jan 2014

Even as a kid, watching something like "Black Sheep Squadron", set during WWII, seeing 1970's hairstyles on the men and women really took me out of the viewing moment.

wyldwolf

(43,867 posts)

8. I didn't catch the hairstyle changes until I watch HD reruns

Reply to Aristus (Reply #7)

Wed Jan 15, 2014, 02:39 PM

Jan 2014

... it got especially evident in the last few seasons. But then looking at Beach Boys album covers, hair did start getting shaggy.

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