Ep 14: Happy Days

On this episode, we tackle ‘70s TV juggernaut Happy Days. This is a long one and it’s certainly our most ambitious. In addition to our usual historical overview and evaluations, we have a new segment called CFX Reenactment Theater and a trivia game that you can play along with at home. We also introduce you to the Marshall-verse, the often nonsensical, sometimes bizarre alternate 1950s that TV “genius” Gary Marshall created around this show and along the way, we learn…

• How this and other Gary Marshall shows helped to make Americans DUMBER
• Why Laverne and Shirley are actually time travelers
• What “jumping the shark” actually means and how Happy Days did this multiple times
• How the Fonz may have superpowers (including the ability to cure his own STDs) but that won’t prevent him from being canceled 

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