Beginning in its second season, “Happy Days” aired opposite “Good Times,” which also premiered in 1974 and became a big hit with its own pop culture phenom, Jimmie Walker.
HOWARD We slipped a lot in our second season, and the decision was made to move to a three-camera show in front of an audience.
It was kind of a reckoning for me because the focus of the show shifted, and yet that was our way to win.
The only thing I ever said to the bosses or the executives is, “What’s happened here with Fonzie is great.
WINKLER They came to me at ABC and they wanted to change the title to “Fonzie’s Happy Days.” I said, “If you do that, it is an insult to everybody I’m working with.
Persons:
WINKLER, “ Garry, “ Don’t, Jimmie Walker, HOWARD, “, Fonzie, ” I’m, ”
Organizations:
Times, ABC
Locations:
Arkansas