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♪ Sunday, Monday, happy days ♪

♪ Tuesday, Wednesday, happy days ♪

♪ Thursday, Friday, happy days ♪

♪ The weekend comes, my cycle hums ♪

♪ Ready to race to you ♪

♪ These days are ours ♪

- ♪ Happy and free ♪ - ♪ Oh, happy days ♪

♪ These days are ours ♪

- ♪ Share them with me ♪ - ♪ Oh, baby ♪

♪ Good-bye, gray sky, hello, blue ♪

♪ There's nothing can hold me when I hold you ♪

♪ It feels so right it can't be wrong ♪

♪ Rocking and rolling all week long ♪

♪ Sunday, Monday, happy days ♪

♪ Tuesday, Wednesday, happy days ♪

♪ Thursday, Friday, happy days ♪

♪ Saturday, what a day ♪

♪ Groovin' all week with you ♪

♪ These days are ours ♪

- ♪ Share them with me ♪ - ♪ Oh, happy days ♪

♪ These days are ours ♪

- ♪ Happy and free ♪ - ♪ Oh, baby ♪

♪ These happy days are yours and mine ♪

♪ These happy days are yours ♪

♪ And mine, Happy Days! ♪

Fonz, will you forget about the race

with the California Kid?

You gotta concentrate on your screen test now.

Just think, a mechanic from Milwaukee flew all the way

out here to California for a shot at stardom.

You got a chance to be the next James Dean.

And everything hinges on this one screen test.

Ah, well, Fonz, this is... Fonz?

Heyyy.

Pretty good, huh?

Fonz, are you nervous?

Hey, what are you talking about, nervous?

They're looking for the next James Dean, right?

Who else are they gonna get?

That don't mean nothin'.

Where's the car?

Fonz! Uh, no, see, we-we got to go in.

I'm kidding. I'm just kidding.

Fonzarelli.

Oh, it's all right, sir.

He's... he's-he's testing.

Uh, he's one of the testers...

Cunningham, will you get in here with me?

Right.

All right, where are they?

We're late now!

Bring in the James Deanses!

Good, good. It's about time.

Look what they send me.

All right, you guys, sit on the bench.

I want to start with you.

Sit on the bench and keep quiet.

Quiet... on the set!

What are you doing?

Oh, this is called sitting down.

Oh.

Come here. Come here.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!

Do you see... do you see this?

Yeah.

D-I-R-E-C... mm... T-O-R.

Do you know what that spells?

Yeah. Direc... tor.

Very good. Very good.

I'm the director,

and no one sits in this chair but me.

All right, let's move fast.

I got people to meet... Big people, important people.

Where's my lemonade?

It's right here.

Ah, a new kid, huh?

Everybody's after my job.

Hey, uh, how come we're in a hospital?

Ain't this supposed to be a park?

Of course it's supposed to be a park.

Where's the park?!

Come on, don't play with those rocks.

Put 'em down.

Screen tests, screen tests.

War pictures, war pictures.

I love doing war pictures.

Did you ever see Naked and the Dead?

- Oh, yeah. - Oh, cool picture.

Wonderful movie.

They wouldn't let me do it.

They wouldn't even let me see it.

Ah, it's my life.

The screen test actor didn't show up today.

Hey, wait a minute, Rollo...

Why don't you let Richie Cunningham here do it?

Who?

Well, yeah, I suppose that I could do it.

Uh, you see, sir, I know the lines

because I've been rehearsing with Fonzie.

After everybody's job, huh?

Okay, get ready!

Roll the cameras!

Action!

All right, Rich, take it away.

The cops are looking for you.

When are you gonna learn?

Learn. I'm learning.

It is a rough world out there, and I'm going to get me a piece

if I have to use my bare hands or not, dig it?

Always using your fists.

You're learning nothing, Bucko.

One of these days, your fists...

They're gonna get you in a lot of trouble!

- That was very good, Rich. - Oh, thanks.

You want to know something about my fists?

I'm going to the top, and these...

these are gonna pave the way.

Oh, you're stupid, Bucko.

Heyyy!

You think you get to the top with your fists?

It's not with your fists.

I'll tell you how you get somewhere.

With this... with your brain.

Yeah, that's how much you know.

You know, brains, they don't shut up a squealer.

Brains, they don't keep a gang in order.

Huh! You know what you need? You need power!

And I'm gonna get some power!

Boy, you really do that very well.

Thank you.

- Power! - Yeah.

You're never gonna understand, are you?

You just will never understand.

Hey, let me tell you something, Mel.

I ain't doing so bad.

I'm going to the top.

I'm going to the... top.

You'll probably make it...

if you live that long, Bucko.

Hey.

I'm telling you one thing.

What's that, Mel?

I'm going to be up there with you.

Brains... and power.

Yeah.

Cut!

Print!

You were wonderful!

You were fantastic!

You were stupendous!

Oh, it's going to be you and me, babe, right to the top!

Anything that I can do for you, just ask.

Anything! Anything!

Oh, we didn't have breakfast. Could we have a sandwich?

You got it.

You got a sandwich, you got anything you want.

You probably got my job.

Let's take a five-minute break.

- Yeah, sure. - Yeah.

I'm telling you, Fonz, you-you were really boffo.

What did you just say?

Oh, no, that's good.

It-It's a Hollywood word.

- Ah. - Yeah.

Mm.

I can't believe it.

Our Richie.

I can. Oh!

Well, where is he?

Oh, he's down with Fonzie

practicing for the water skiing race.

I sent Joanie down to get him.

What's up? I got to practice driving the boat.

Oh, Richard.

Mom, what are you doing?

Oh, Richard, I am so proud of you!

Yeah, that's nice.

Oh, if you knew.

Something has happened. We just can't wait to tell you.

This is the most exciting thing.

Dad, what is going on? I don't understand.

Marion, would you just calm down, please?

Mother gets carried away sometimes.

Yes.

You see, Richard, the studio called, and...

Marion... sit.

The studio called to say that they saw the screen test,

and they were very impressed with you.

They were...

- They were impressed with me? - Mm-hmm.

Oh, they were...

- You're not kidding? - No.

- Oh...! - Yeah, just think of it.

Your footprints in cement, a big mansion.

Oh, Richard, now promise me that you won't change your name.

Marion... I told you to sit!

I'll just stand over here.

All right, all right, picture this, picture this:

Bucko Cunningham!

Oh, Howard, he'll change his name.

Well, I just can't believe this.

I-I could really be a movie star.

Yeah, well, they... I think it's just terrific.

You know, they said that they liked the screen test,

and they were very much interested in you.

But, uh... there is something else we have to tell you.

- Yeah? - This is just like the movies.

They're sending over a contract.

They're sending a con...?

- There's gonna be a contract? - Mm-hmm.

Oh, my... oh, my gosh. Oh.

Hey, hey, you know...

You know what I bet they're gonna do?

They're gonna put Fonzie and me in a movie together.

Wouldn't that be great?

Hey, I've even got an idea.

We could do... we could do a film, uh,

like Rebel Without a Cause... What a great picture.

Well, it's a little too soon for a remake. Forget that.

Okay, we'll do a Western. It'll be much better.

- Oh, Howard, tell him. - Cut 'em off at the pass.

Rope them doggies.

Richard...

- You still in town, Pa? - Uh, Richard?

I thought I told you to get out.

- Richard! - Yeah, Dad?

They're not interested in Fonzie.

Oh... Oh, yeah.

He's the new James Dean.

Oh, he was great in that test, Dad.

You should have seen him.

Power!

Well, they say that they're tired of his type.

- Tired of his type?! - Mm-hmm.

They say you have a face that makes people think of apple pie.

Yeah... Yeah, I-I've heard that.

In fact, they described it

as a kind of disturbed apple pie face.

Well, yeah, with these freckles.

Uh, you know.

That's the new trend.

Warner Brothers just signed some kid... what's his name?

Troy Donahue.

Well, it-it's... it's great.

It's... it's really flattering, but...

how can they just do that to Fonzie?

You know how excited he was about it.

Oh, Richard, this is a mother's dream come true.

But poor Arthur.

I feel so sorry for him.

It's going to break his heart.

And-and who's gonna tell him?

You want us to tell him?

Well, no, I... I think I'll do it.

Mm.

You want to talk about this?

No, I'm in college now; I'll-I'll work it out.

I'll tell him.

But he's not a man who takes bad news well.

How am I gonna tell him?

Fonz... Hey, friend of the stars!

Man I wanted to see.

Why don't you just tell me...

what are my rave reviews on the, uh, screen test?

Fonz, you really... you really skied well!

- Yeah. - Well, you were a little shaky at first,

but you mastered it fast.

You know, I really think you have a chance

at beating that California Kid today.

Yeah, they say I got a gift,

but what I'm interested in are the rave reviews on my test.

How'd that go? Tell me.

Oh, that, yeah.

Well, uh... the film came back... Yeah?

And it's okay.

You're such a kidder, huh?

What-what I want to know is, when is my career starting?

- You know, show biz... - Yeah...

- It-It's such a crazy business. - Yeah.

The ups... and the downs.

I can dig it, I can dig it.

The ups, the downs.

- Yeah. - The downs.

Tell me about the downs.

Well, uh, the studio called.

I didn't get the contract.

I didn't get the contract.

Fonz... are you okay?

Yeah, yeah. Sure I'm okay.

We had a great trip to California.

I still got my job, you know, the garage in Milwaukee.

We can all go home again together, you know.

Yeah... yeah, uh, but, Fonz...

Yeah, let's go and, uh, win that water ski contest.

Y-You still feel like skiing, even after the news?

Look, Cunningham, I told you, everything is just fine.

So I'm not the next James Dean.

Why not?! Why not me?!

Well, maybe it's-it's just because, uh...

Well, I'm not sure.

May... uh, it could be...

Wasn't I any good?

No... No, of course you were good.

Eh.

No, you were, you were very good.

Fonzie...

I think that-that maybe they were just going

for a-a different kind of a-a look.

Oh, what do they want now?

Freckles.

Well, I could paint those on.

Apple pie face.

Well, that's you.

That's who they want.

You?

Yeah, well, they, uh...

The guys in the studio called, and they...

they're interested in "disturbed apple pie face."

You?!

Well, I guess they think that that's-that's me. Uh...

You?!

It was all... it was all an accident, Fonz.

It was just a fluke.

You're not mad or anything, are you?

Look, Rich...

you're my best fr...

I couldn't be happier for you.

Aw, thanks, Fonz.

Hey, look, I don't know for sure what I'm gonna do,

so don't tell the guys yet, okay?

Oh, you got it.

Okay, I'll drive you down there.

- Let's go skiing! - Oh, no, look, uh,

maybe Ralph should drive me.

Oh, no, no, I'm gonna drive. Remember we talked

- just a few hours ago... - I don't think you can drive me.

Big stars don't drive, Rich.

Besides, you don't want to get

that apple pie face of yours wet.

I'll catch you later, big star.

Oh...

Malph, you sure you know how to drive one of these things?

Are you kidding? My middle name's Moby Dick.

I thought it was Hector.

Hector?

All right, look, take me over to the dock, will you?

Let's get over there.

All right, Fonz, I'm gonna drive! I get to drive!

- Will you drive the boat, Malph? - Aye, aye, sir.

- I'll make this thing stand on end. - Yeah, right.

Malph, what did you do?!

Abandon ship! Abandon ship!

Fonz.

Rich, it's about time. The race is about to start.

Nancy said you wanted to talk to me.

I didn't say "talk." Pots?

Yeah, Fonz?

Tell the redhead he's driving the boat. Get in.

But, Fonz, I thought I was driving.

Malph, you nearly drowned a lifeguard.

Come on, Fonz, one little mistake.

He didn't get hurt.

Tell him to make sure the gas tank is full.

Yeah, but, Fonz, Richie's standing right here.

I'm sure he heard you.

Tell him.

Uh, Rich,

- Fonz wants to make sure the... - Potsie, I heard him.

I got ears.

Hey, who's the dodo with the California Kid?

That's Georgie. He's the driver.

What's with the bathrobe? He just get up?

Oh, that... He pretends to be Jack Benny.

What a weirdo!

I got over the Jack Benny phase when I was 17.

Well... here we are.

Oh, uh, this is my driver, Georgie.

Hello, Fonz, it's a pleasure to meet you.

That is a very beautiful blue robe you got on.

It matches my eyes.

Well, the Fonz is ready to match the California Kid.

Oh, that's nice, farm boy.

Uh, before I embarrass you in front of your friends,

why don't you go move a pile of manure?

Ooh...!

I just did.

- Good one. - That's great, Fonz.

Let's get started.

Here... I wrote down the rules of the contest.

Listen, we go through the course.

The one who does it the fastest,

- wins. - Gotcha.

A neutral observer will ride in each boat

to make sure there's no cheating.

I pick, uh... him.

I pick her.

That's my girl.

Not a bad choice.

My girl doesn't observe.

Correctamundo.

I'll observe her.

Come on, man, we got a race to win.

Get that junk in the boat. Come on, shake it! Get in there!

- Come on! - Well!

I hope Rochester doesn't hear about this.

Hey, look out! It's a banana peel!

20 seconds!

That's the best he's ever done.

This could be a contest.

I just hope I can maneuver the boat okay.

Hey, are you kidding? Of course you can.

Movie stars can do anything.

Let's go, Rich.

Come on, Fonz!

He almost fell!

20 seconds! It's a tie!

- Oh, Fonz, you were great! - The California Kid is through!

- That looked so terrific! - He's through, the Kid!

We're so proud of you!

- That was the best! - All right, Fonz!

Is he not the greatest?

Hey, listen, I'm gonna go talk to Cunningham, huh?

Oh, sure, Fonz, just tell me what you want to say

- and I'll relay it. - Alone.

Oh, okay, Fonz.

I want to tell you something,

you drove that boat pretty good, Cunningham.

You're talking to me.

Couldn't have done it without you.

Oh, sure, you could've, Fonz.

Hey, true.

Jesting, jesting.

It was a joke.

So, uh, you're not upset about the, uh,

screen test and-and everything?

Let me tell you something...

I realized something about my being a star, Cunningham.

It was never meant to be.

I mean, the fact that you and your, uh,

disturbed apple pie face there is gonna be famous one day

doesn't rile me at all.

As a matter of fact, it makes me feel very good for you.

Just do me one favor.

You go out there and you get 'em, huh?

That motor head is making me mad.

I know, kid, but, you know,

Jenny here, who reminds me a lot of Mary,

just told me that your worthy opponent is afraid of sharks.

So?

So... you know that shark caged up

- by the jumping ramp over there? - Yeah.

Well, all you got to do is challenge this Fonz guy

to jump over the shark, you see.

He'll back down, and you'd beat him

without even leaving the dock, you see.

Gosh, I'm clever, you know?

Hey... I love it.

Go get the ramp moved.

You up for a real challenge?

The Fonz never ignores a challenge.

We both make one jump... any way you want.

Child's play, huh, Malph?

- Child's play. - Right.

There's only one condition:

we jump an obstacle.

Well, let's make it something big, you know, like your head.

Good one!

Oh, it's big, all right.

It's the shark.

That's stupid.

Why would somebody want to jump a shark?

Are you chicken?

The Fonz, chicken?

Absurd! Absolutely absurd!

The Fonz will accept your challenge.

Hold it, Malph, hold it!

We're talking sharks here.

Hey, man, you're not afraid of a little shark, are you?

- Well, how little? - Of course the Fonz isn't afraid

of a little shark. The Fonz knows no fear.

Right, Fonz?

- Yeah, yeah... - See?

The Fonz is gonna jump that shark.

Oh, I love sharks!

Ooh, a real shark!

Ooh, Fonzie, Fonzie! You gonna do it?

Yeah, yeah, of course I'm gonna do it.

A real shark.

I hope it's female.

♪ Good-bye, gray sky, hello, blue ♪

♪ There's nothing can hold me when I hold you ♪

♪ It feels so right, it can't be wrong ♪

♪ Rockin' and rollin' all week long ♪

♪ These days are ours ♪

- ♪ Happy and free ♪ - ♪ Oh, happy days ♪

♪ These days are ours ♪

- ♪ Share them with me ♪ - ♪ Oh, baby ♪

♪ These happy days are yours and mine ♪

♪ These happy days are yours and mine, Happy Days! ♪