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 discomusic ? Well precisely because a series set in the ’70s could not be marked by optimism given the rampant social tensions brought about by the youth world that manifested more and more frequently, especially against the war in Vietnam.
It was for this reason that the American network hired the director Garry Marshall to write a TV series set in the 1950s, which is one of the greatest periods of American society.
With us in Italy Fonzie & co. arrived on December 8, 1977 and, with its 253 episodes, the series is still periodically revived.
In America, where there were 2 more episodes, it was suspended on September 24, 1984 .
These are just some data on the most successful television series of the 70s , but what does that tune ‘Sunday Monday happy days …’ remind you of? Does it remind you… happy days?