1. Dial 800.837.4966 to speak with a customer service representative. 2. Verify your ten digit telephone number. 3. Tell the representative that you would like to forward your line. 4. Provide the representative with the call forwarding number assigned to you by the answering service. Deactivate. Once you are back in the office: 1. Dial *73 and enter 1173. 2. Listen for two short tones.
The show was originally based on a segment from ABC's Love, American Style titled Love and the Television Set, (later retitled Love and the Happy Days for syndication) featuring future cast members Ron Howard, Marion Ross and Anson Williams.
Happy Days began as a pilot in 1971 called New Family in Town, which was produced by Garry Marshall for ABC. The pilot contained some of the same characters (Richie, Howard, Marion, and Potsie) and some of the same actors (Ron Howard, Marion Ross, and Anson Williams). Mr. Cunningham was played by actor Harold Gould.