*HAPPY DAYS - HELLO, TOUGH GUY (1981) Final Script DTD 11/09/81 Season 9, Ep. 11

Description

This is a
vintage original Final Draft script
from the classic 1970's/1980's family comedy television series,
HAPPY DAYS
, created by Garry Marshall. It is from
Season 9, Episode 11
, which was entitled,
Hello, Tough Guy
, written by William Bickley and Michael Warren, in which Chachi (Scott Baio) and Joanie (Erin Moran) go to the Fonz (Henry Winkler) for advice on how to turn nerdy Eugene Melman (Denis Mandel) into the type of guy Jenny Piccalo (Cathy Silvers) would want to date.
This Final Draft script is dated November 9, 1981 and consists of 44 pages on off-white stock which have been 3-hole punched and bound with two metal grommets without any outer covers. After page 44 is a one-page "Script Requisition" Form from Paramount Pictures Corporation, which is followed by one page noting that this script was produced by the The Script House & Co. on Sunset Blvd. in Los Angeles. It is in very fine condition without any missing pages, tears, stains, or other flaws.
Happy Days
is an American sitcom television series that aired first-run on the ABC network from January 15, 1974, to September 24, 1984, with a total of 255 half-hour episodes spanning eleven seasons. Created by Garry Marshall, the series was one of the most successful of the 1970's, an idealized vision of life in the mid-1950's to mid-1960's Midwestern United States, and starred Ron Howard as young Richie Cunningham, Henry Winkler as his friend, Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli, and Tom Bosley and Marion Ross as Richie's parents, Howard and Marion Cunningham. Although it opened to mixed reviews from critics,
Happy Days
became successful and popular over time.
The series began as an unsold pilot starring Howard, Ross and Anson Williams, which aired in 1972 as a segment entitled
Love and the Television Set
(later retitled
Love and the Happy Days
for syndication) on ABC's anthology show,
Love, American Style
. Based on the pilot, director George Lucas cast Howard as the lead in his 1973 film,
American Graffiti
, causing ABC to take a renewed interest in the pilot. The first two seasons of
Happy Days
focused on the experiences and dilemmas of "innocent teenager" Richie Cunningham, his family, and his high school friends, attempting to "honestly depict a wistful look back at adolescence".
Initially a moderate success, the series' ratings began to fall during its second season, causing Marshall to retool it emphasizing broad comedy and spotlighting the previously minor character of Fonzie, a "cool" biker and high school dropout.
Following these changes,
Happy Days
became the number-one program in television in 1976–1977, Fonzie became one of the most merchandised characters of the 1970's, and Henry Winkler became a major star. The series also spawned a number of spin-offs, including
Laverne and Shirley
and
Mork and Mindy
.