Happy Days is an American television sitcom that aired first-run from January 15, 1974, to September 24, 1984 on ABC, with a total of 255 half-hour episodes spanning eleven seasons. Created by Garry Marshall, the series presented an idealized vision of life in the mid-1950s to mid-1960s Midwestern United States, and starred Ron Howard as teenager Richie Cunningham, Henry Winkler as his friend Arthur "Fonzie"/"The Fonz" Fonzarelli, and Tom Bosley and Marion Ross as Richie's parents, Howard and Marion Cunningham. Happy Days became one of the biggest hits in television history and heavily influenced the television style of its time.
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| Theme music composer | Max C. Freedman and James E. Myers (1974–75, opening)
Norman Gimbel and Charles Fox (1975–83, opening), (1974–84, ending) |
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| Opening theme | "Rock Around the Clock", performed by Bill Haley & His Comets (1974–75)
"Happy Days", performed by: Jim Haas (1975–83), Bobby Arvon (1983–84) |
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| Country of origin | United States
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| Original language | English
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| No. of seasons | 11
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| No. of episodes | 255 (list of episodes)
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| Running time | 25 minutes
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| Original release | January 15, 1974 –
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