Happy Days - The Complete First Season

Here are some reasons why the Fonz is not cool:
1.) As old saying goes, "Have cool, will travel." The Fonz never travelled. He spent his spare time when off duty from his job at Jiffy-Lube hanging out in the men's room of a diner with teenage boys. The Fonz thought hanging out in the crapper was so chill that he even had a desk brought in there! Weird stuff, folks. We're in Micheal Jackson territory here. Plus, with that greasy fast food Al cooked, it must have smelled great in there! Pass the TP, Fonzie!
2.) If the Fonz was so cool, why did he hang out with high school kids? Not just any high school kids, but NERDS like Ritchie, Malph, Potsie et al. Where were the Fonz's biker friends? If you want to look skinny, hang around fat people. If you want to look cool, hang around with geeks. And the parents of geeks. (Sorry, Mister C!)
2.)The Fonz must only get paid minimum wage, because he can't even afford his own telephone. He monopolizes the pay phone at Arnold's Diner and grouches at other people who need to make calls. Hey Fonz, get your own damn telephone! Only pathetic losers on welfare rely on public telephones for their primary source of communication.
3.) Every cool guy has a cool crib. Now consider the Fonz: He lives in a cramped, creepy 1-room apartment over the Cunnigham's garage, where he sleeps on an old fold-out couch. He has posters of other men on the wall. For some reason, I always pictured the Unabomber living in a place just like Fonzie's digs. That apartment probably violated zoning regulations, too. What a pathetic fleapit.
5.)The Fonz does not drink liquor or smoke cigarettes, or reefers. The riskiest behavior the Fonz engages in is riding his "bike" without a helmet, which his helmet-head hair renders unecessary anayway. No one even thought smoking was unhealthy in the 50s. But the geeky Fonz gives public-service lectures anytime someone fires up a butt! Why doesn't the Fonz go out after work and get loaded, instead of drinking milk & cookies with Mrs. C and other old geezers?
6.) The Fonz wore the same outfit every day. Didn't anyone tell the Fonz that no one wears white after Labor Day? Plus his leather jacket was cheap looking brown plastic. In some old episodes he even wears penny loafers!
7.) The Fonz's idea of literature is a girlie magazine or car-repair manual. The Fonz dropped out of high school to emabark on a lucrative career changing people's oil. Despite his three word vocabulary and 9th grade education, countless adults and children flock to Fonz for advice on career planning, tax shelters, 401(k) rollovers, translations of San Skrit tablets, water-skiing challenges, fencing duels, ballroom dancing, and how to get red-wine stains off chiffon. He's a Fonz-of-all-trades. Milwaukee must have a real lack of professional services. Fonzie even went back to school and taught shop to the next generation of underachieving losers.
8.) The Fonz was afraid of liver. He also couldn't say he was wrong. He said "I was wruuu-g" What a tool!
9.)Everyone wants Fonz's dating advice, but most of his chicks are pretty ugly and either 10 years old or sixty-two. And he's with a different one every show, so maybe all the motorcycle riding took a toll on the Fonzarelli family jewels.
In summation, the Fonz is a short, homely, middle-aged dork who lords his "coolness" over a gaggle of high school geeks and their lame parents. Henry Winkler must have been the greatest actor of all time to make a generation believe the Fonz was cool. If you want to see authentic 1950s rebels, watch James Dean or Steve McQueen or Brando. Don't be sold short (pun intended) by the cheesy, politically correct Fonz and Gary Marshall's dreck-fest of a program.

Although I loved Happy Days- season 1 was not my favorite.Im thinking that ALOT of people would rather have seasons 3,4,or5.Season 1 was a little more risque and not as "family" friendly as later seasons.I did laugh however at the idea that Fonzy was an almost 30 year old pervert hitting on young girls.Brotherrrr!!!!!I always thought that the whole cast looked alot older than any HS I knew.LOL.Im thinking Fonzy was suppose to be 2-3 yrs older than Richie-not 10.
Anyway compared to American Pie or even That 70s show- Happy Days is as tame as Sesame Street.Id buy it anyday.
Waiting for season 2!!!!!

What a great a show and evry single season of every other show is being realeased?.There are 2 possible as of why...

1.The reason Paramount "at the moment" aren't releasing any more Seasons on DVD is because of the licensing for the original music used in episodes in Season 2 onwards. Paramount are finding it extremely hard to cut a deal for the usage of all of the original music used for the remainder of the show and fans are protesting against them using so-called generic music in their place instead. I don't think they want another generic music fiasco after Universal received huge complaints when they did the same thing with Quantum Leap for its Season 2 DVD release and have continued the pathetic tradition since

2.I read on [...] a while back that Season two isn't coming out because Season one only sold 500 units at one Best Buy store.


Paramount, please do right by the fans and give us a good release!!!!!!

i bought this as a christmas gift, for the person is a huge fan of this series

The first season Happy Days is so cool!!! Happy Days is great for any age. The first season was absolutely terrific. I cannot wait until the second season comes out. The frist season has been out for over a year, and yet they still haven't released the second season. But until then I am enjoying watching season one episodes over and over again, and I'm sure you will too. I suggest this item to everyone who love jukeboxes, poddle skirts, and ofcourse The Fonze.