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Happy Days
S1.E5
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Hardware Jungle

  • Episode aired Feb 12, 1974
  • TV-G
  • 30m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
197
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Ron Howard, Robert Casper, and Anson Williams in Happy Days (1974)
ComedyFamilyMusic

Howard falls ill and needs his tonsils removed, and with his employee (on vacation) and Chuck (basketball game) unavailable, Richie is pressed into working at Cunningham's Hardware on Saturd... Read allHoward falls ill and needs his tonsils removed, and with his employee (on vacation) and Chuck (basketball game) unavailable, Richie is pressed into working at Cunningham's Hardware on Saturday, typically the store's busiest day. Richie agrees, even though he may miss a huge rock ... Read allHoward falls ill and needs his tonsils removed, and with his employee (on vacation) and Chuck (basketball game) unavailable, Richie is pressed into working at Cunningham's Hardware on Saturday, typically the store's busiest day. Richie agrees, even though he may miss a huge rock concert - and in the process, takes responsibility when a glass pane in the front door of ... Read all

  • Director
    • Jerry Paris
  • Writers
    • Garry Marshall
    • Michael Leeson
    • Frank Buxton
  • Stars
    • Ron Howard
    • Marion Ross
    • Anson Williams
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    197
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jerry Paris
    • Writers
      • Garry Marshall
      • Michael Leeson
      • Frank Buxton
    • Stars
      • Ron Howard
      • Marion Ross
      • Anson Williams
    • 2User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Ron Howard
    Ron Howard
    • Richie Cunningham
    Marion Ross
    Marion Ross
    • Marion Cunningham
    Anson Williams
    Anson Williams
    • Potsie Weber
    Tom Bosley
    Tom Bosley
    • Howard Cunningham
    Henry Winkler
    Henry Winkler
    • Arthur 'Fonzie' Fonzarelli
    Don Most
    Don Most
    • Ralph Malph
    • (as Donny Most)
    Tita Bell
    • Trudy
    George Ives
    George Ives
    • Dr. McKay
    Peter Brocco
    Peter Brocco
    • Mr. Egan
    Gavan O'Herlihy
    Gavan O'Herlihy
    • Chuck Cunningham
    • (credit only)
    Erin Moran
    Erin Moran
    • Joanie Cunningham
    Robert Casper
    Robert Casper
    • Customer
    Richard Doran
    • Bert
    Barry Greenberg
    • Moose
    Lora Marie Taylor
    Lora Marie Taylor
    • Girl in the booth at Arnold's Soda Shop
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    • Director
      • Jerry Paris
    • Writers
      • Garry Marshall
      • Michael Leeson
      • Frank Buxton
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      Happy Days
      (theme song)

      Lyrics by Norman Gimbel

      Music by Charles Fox

      Performed by Pratt and McClain

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    Hardware Jungle
    A bigger role for Fonzie in this episode and the show's executives would had sensed that they had a character here.

    Fonz has tickets for the hottest rock concert in town but they are expensive. However when Howard falls ill with tonsillitis, it is left to Richie to mind the Hardware store.

    Again a lot of the action takes place at Arnold's diner. It is nice to see the fat kid from the previous episode get his own back on Ralph over the uncrewed salt jar.

    It is a episode on acting responsibility which Richie does when he gets locked in the hardware store on the night of the concert.
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    • Release date
      • February 12, 1974 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • international happy days fans club
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Miller-Milkis Productions
      • Paramount Television
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      30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
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      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1
      • 4:3

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