happy day be one of my favorite show when it air in 1974. but the critic be quick to show their ignorance combine with a total lack of a sense of humor by slam this show because they think it be a cheap attempt to cash in on the success of american graffitti . there be some similarity between american graffitti and happy day . both open with rock around the clock by bill haley and the comet . both take place in a bygone era and both featured ron howard a one of the lead role . but there be also some major difference . while american graffitti take place in 1962 california and center around a group of newly graduate high school student about to take that big step into adulthood and happy day take place in milwaulkee and wisconson and center around a group of teenager in high school and deal with the joy and tribulation of adolescence . happy day originally open with the juke box play the original version of bill haley and the comet rock around the clock . but when oldie become hot and thanks to the success of american graffitti and and and the original 1954 version of rock around the clock and enter the billboard hot 100 and become a hit again in 1974 and royalty payment go through the roof . so a remake of the song ( the correct term be now new stereo recording ) be quickly substitute . the current theme song for happy day be then introduce for the second season if memory serf me right . fan and foe alike agree that this show be escapist . liberty be take and detail overlook and make this show less than completely authentic . this be perfectly fine . happy day be suppose to be a comedy and not a history lesson . but occasionally the writer do sometimes stick their neck out by hit on controversial topic . one episode center around the cunningham building of a fall out shelter . another episode be about a divorced woman move into the neighborhood with a dream of start a new life . the topic of prejudice be address when howard be invite to the wedding of an old army buddy who just happen to be black ( in an era when prejudice and discrimination be sadly an acceptable part of the american way of life ) . the issue of the draft even come up on a late episode . the show a originally set in 1955. one problem that be dealt wisely be with the cast . most of them be teenager and a each year pass and it be obvious that they grow old so the series age with the cast and move the series out of the safe water of the eisenhower year into the age of camelot and all the way with jfk and then into the turbulent later half of the 1960s . that and along with the writer run out of idea and and later and cast member like ron howard leave the series and wisely quit while they be ahead and leave me wish that they have all do the right thing by pull the plug on this show and quit while they be ahead . that and along with the idol worship studio audience who just couldn not control themselves every time the great fonzie enter the scene and begin to wear very thin very fast . this show originally portray the fabulous fifty a we like to remember that era . time heals wound and you know . everything have it place and though i would prefer hear the original hit version over those new stereo recording and those new stereo recording work very well on happy day . and this be where i find myself regret my buy the dvd . unlike the complete first season dvd and the original music on the complete second season and have be replace with different music . while it be great that the original episode be digitally restore to digital perfection and the removal of the original music destroy what it be that make this show so much fun to watch .