Happy Days is one of the most iconic shows of all time.
Sure, a lot of people right now might not be going around bingeing it, but it is still talked about, referenced, and widely known.
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After all, it gave us iconic characters and a beautiful love story. What’s there not to enjoy about it?
They wanted to name the show ‘Fonzie’s Happy Days’.
Obviously, the show had a lot of scenes with Fonzie, and he was a beloved character. We still even reference him today.
But it would have been very different if it was centered around him, don’t you think?
Ron Howard told the story to Entertainment Tonight.
“They did come to me and said, ‘Well the network would kind of like to change the name of the show to Fonzie’s Happy Days.’ And I said, ‘Well, I don’t think I wanna be in that show.'”
He continued by saying:
“‘I wanna be in Happy Days and I think Henry (Winkler) should have, you know, every opportunity to do everything — that’s fantastic — but you know, I signed on for this other thing and I just really don’t wanna do that. I think I’d go back to film school.'”
That was arguably, the best decision that they could have made.
After all, sometimes, the best characters are the ones that we don’t often see. It keeps the mystery about them!
Plus, why mess with a good thing?
Are you happy they didn’t change the name? Or would you have liked it? Let us know below in the comments!
