These days are ours. And today we’ve got Happy Days trivia. That venerable classic show was a huge hit in the 1970s and probably stuck around a bit too long. But it’s chock full of trivia, so here it is.
Considering my wife actually watched the show, I think I did pretty well! My knowledge might have been alright, but compared to my wife, it just didn’t have the same Expanse.
I grew up with this show, stopped watching it when it became terrible, and rewatched much of it the summer I was doing an MA– a local network was rerunning it around the time I ate dinner. Stopped watching around the same time I stopped off the first time. Honestly, the show jumped the shark, IMO, a year or two before the ep that named the trope, and, rewatching it, I realized it was never as good as its first two seasons.
Dorky: Ten
Geeky: Ten
Nerdy: Seven
Two issues: the “finale” was actually not aired as the final episode of the final season, but it certainly plays like a finale, and was clearly intended as one.
Fonzie can occasionally be seen in the leather jacket in the first season, but that other jacket was the main one.
Some “beyond-nerdy” bonus questions:
1. What was Potsy’s real first name?
2. What were the names of Ralph’s parents?
3. What African-American character failed, like Pinky, to become a series regular (though was intended as such)?
4. On what set was the original, unaired pilot of “Laverne and Shirley” filmed?
5. In what episode did clips from the original Happy Days pilot appear?
6. To what sort-of gang/social club did Ralph belong in the first two seasons? (Ralph and Potsy were a lot cooler in the first two seasons).
7. In what supposedly haunted house did the group host a Halloween party?
8. What name did Arnold’s bear in the pilot episode?
9. The name of Fonzie’s past gang affiliation changed over the course of the series. To what two gangs did he previously belong, before the series started?*
10. What pinball machine ran into legal trouble over its Happy Days-inspired artwork?
BONUS: What three actors played the older brother who disappeared?
*Unless we accept that the first two seasons effectively take place in an alternate universe.
Some “beyond-nerdy” bonus questions:
1. Warren
2. Mickey and Minnie
3. “Sticks” Downey (played by John Bailey)
4. Fonzie’s apartment
5. “Who’s Sorry Now” from the second season.
6. The Gems
7. The Old Simpson Place
8. Arthur’s
9. The Demons, The Falcons
10. Eight Ball (1977) The original version, apart from having an “Arnold’s”-like setting to its artwork, clearly had Fonzie and Pinky Tuscadero playing pool. Bally had not licensed their use. They worked out some kind of after-the-fact deal for the machine, one of the most successful of the 70s. Bally later made “Eight Ball Deluxe,” with different and non-copyright-violating artwork.
BONUS: Ric Carrott (Pilot), Gavan O’Herlihy (Season 1), Randolph Roberts (Season 2)
I don’t think I ever watched much of this, but my wife says she did.
Dorky – 6 right, 6 wife’s right, 12 points –
Geeky – 3 right, 3 wife’s right, 12 points –
Nerdy – 1 right, 1 wife’s right, 6 points –
Considering my wife actually watched the show, I think I did pretty well! My knowledge might have been alright, but compared to my wife, it just didn’t have the same Expanse.
I grew up with this show, stopped watching it when it became terrible, and rewatched much of it the summer I was doing an MA– a local network was rerunning it around the time I ate dinner. Stopped watching around the same time I stopped off the first time. Honestly, the show jumped the shark, IMO, a year or two before the ep that named the trope, and, rewatching it, I realized it was never as good as its first two seasons.
Dorky: Ten
Geeky: Ten
Nerdy: Seven
Two issues: the “finale” was actually not aired as the final episode of the final season, but it certainly plays like a finale, and was clearly intended as one.
Fonzie can occasionally be seen in the leather jacket in the first season, but that other jacket was the main one.
Some “beyond-nerdy” bonus questions:
1. What was Potsy’s real first name?
2. What were the names of Ralph’s parents?
3. What African-American character failed, like Pinky, to become a series regular (though was intended as such)?
4. On what set was the original, unaired pilot of “Laverne and Shirley” filmed?
5. In what episode did clips from the original Happy Days pilot appear?
6. To what sort-of gang/social club did Ralph belong in the first two seasons? (Ralph and Potsy were a lot cooler in the first two seasons).
7. In what supposedly haunted house did the group host a Halloween party?
8. What name did Arnold’s bear in the pilot episode?
9. The name of Fonzie’s past gang affiliation changed over the course of the series. To what two gangs did he previously belong, before the series started?*
10. What pinball machine ran into legal trouble over its Happy Days-inspired artwork?
BONUS: What three actors played the older brother who disappeared?
*Unless we accept that the first two seasons effectively take place in an alternate universe.
Some “beyond-nerdy” bonus questions:
1. Warren
2. Mickey and Minnie
3. “Sticks” Downey (played by John Bailey)
4. Fonzie’s apartment
5. “Who’s Sorry Now” from the second season.
6. The Gems
7. The Old Simpson Place
8. Arthur’s
9. The Demons, The Falcons
10. Eight Ball (1977) The original version, apart from having an “Arnold’s”-like setting to its artwork, clearly had Fonzie and Pinky Tuscadero playing pool. Bally had not licensed their use. They worked out some kind of after-the-fact deal for the machine, one of the most successful of the 70s. Bally later made “Eight Ball Deluxe,” with different and non-copyright-violating artwork.
BONUS: Ric Carrott (Pilot), Gavan O’Herlihy (Season 1), Randolph Roberts (Season 2)