In the disco era, ‘Happy Days’ also arrives

Do you remember ‘Happy Days’? It was January 1974 when the Cunningham family and Arthur Fonzarelli made their first appearance on the American channel ABC.

But why tell the story of an American family from Milwaukee and set it in the 1950s in 1974, when many young people in New York were already crazy about disco music? Well, precisely because a series set in the 1970s could not be based on optimism, given the rampant social tensions driven by the youth world that was protesting more and more frequently, especially against the Vietnam War.
That was why the American network commissioned director Garry Marshall to write a television series set in the 1950s, one of the most brilliant periods of American society.

In Italy, Fonzie & co. arrived on December 8, 1977, and with its 253 episodes, the series is still periodically broadcast today.

In America, where there were 2 more episodes, it was suspended on September 24, 1984.
These are just some facts about the most successful television series of the 1970s, but what does that little tune ‘Sunday Monday happy days….’ remind you of? Does it bring back… happy days?