Happy Days - The Third Season
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Actor: Henry Winkler, Ron HowardBrand: Paramount
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 580 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-11-27
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of Happy Days - The Third Season
Movie Review: As good as it gets
Summary: 4 Stars
So far so good.. All episodes watched so far on the first two discs have nice crisp sound & picture quality, compared to the unreliable quality on seasons 1 & 2. Can't comment on episode editing...my memory's not that good & never taped the show, so will have to rely on others for this information.
Next, IMHO this season surpasses one and two, for the most part, due to its sharper writing, and more energetic playing thanks to the studio audience & influence of Jerry Paris in the director's seat (for all but 4 episodes).
Henry Winkler, as The Fonz, breaks out as the lead character in this season, without destroying the fabric of the ensemble: the 'boys' (Richie, Potsie & Ralph) & the Cunninghams.
Unfortunately, the 50's atmosphere has diminished due to restricting most of the action indoors (Arnolds mostly), with few outdoor scenes, to accommodate the studio audience. At least this season still finds the characters, "in character" circa 1950's, without the ugly 70's look and lingo which took over during seasons 4-5.
Summary of Happy Days - The Third Season
Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 11/27/2007The 1975-76 season of the highly successful Happy Days is largely defined by the placement of the Fonz (Henry Winkler) in even closer proximity to the Cunningham family--making him, tacitly and literally, a member of best friend Richie's household. When Fonzie's grandmother moves into the ultra-cool, womanizing biker's apartment, he takes a room over the Cunningham's garage, making Richie (Ron Howard), his mom Marion (Marion Ross), and sister Joanie (Erin Moran) happy, but leaving cantankerous-but-lovable dad Howard Cunningham (Tom Bosley) something more than ambivalent. While several episodes deal with one or another conflict between strong-willed Fonzie and stubborn Howard--at one point, the two sue each other over a roof that collapses from the weight of Fonzie's pigeon coop--life otherwise lurches along for Richie and his gang. In "The Other Richie Cunningham," Richie tries an end run around his dad's expectation that he take a business associate's daughter out for a date. Enlisting pal Potsie (Anson Williams) to pretend to be Richie, the Howdy Doody-faced teen finds the plan backfiring when Potsie proves to be less than a gentleman to the unfortunate girl. "Jailhouse Rock" finds Richie and Howard sharing a jail cell after protesting an arbitrary curfew by police on teens, while "Tell It to the Marines" concerns a desperate attempt by Ralph (Donny Most) to earn respect by threatening to join military service. Not surprisingly, however, most of Happy Days: The Third Season follows the exploits of Fonzie as he constantly lives up to the reputation that inevitably precedes him. The two-part "Fearless Fonzarelli" begins with the Fonz so worried he's losing his cool that he agrees to jump 14 garbage cans on his motorcycle for a television show--and ends up with a serious leg injury. "Fonzie the Superstar" is a popular episode in which the Fonz agrees to substitute for Potsie as vocalist in Richie's band, then freezes up with stage fright on the night of a show at Arnold's. (Winkler's performance on "Heartbreak Hotel," while not exactly singing, is so charged with energy one can tell the actor was probably breaking through his own inhibitions during the scene.) "Bringing Up Spike" focuses on Fonzie's first encounter with child-rearing when his visiting, little delinquent cousin gets into a jam with the law.
Happy Days: The Third Season is definitely a peak in the show's lengthy history, just before the series took a turn for the silly (or sillier). This was the year Laverne (Penny Marshall) and Shirley (Cindy Williams) were introduced to the world on Happy Days (before landing their own spin-off series). And armchair TV historians will take note how sexist the show could be while it simultaneously takes a minor stab at American racism in "Fonzie's New Friend" (in which the Fonz shows up with an African-American pal to play drums in Richie's band, and gets a hostile reaction from whites in the community). --Tom Keogh
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