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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! ♪

Happy Days is filmed before a studio audience.

Dad?

Close. It's a relative.

That's cute, Marion. Isn't Dad here yet?

No. Richard went down to the station to pick him up.

Oh.

- Well, is everything ready? - Just ready.

The guest room is spic-and-span.

- Ah, that's good. - And Mrs. Kelly...

Mrs. Kelly loaned us this rocker.

Oh, your dad is just gonna have a lovely retirement.

Rocking chair, huh?

Well, I don't know, Marion.

You know, my father's a very dynamic guy.

He's always on the go.

You know, when I was a kid,

he used to drag me to baseball games

and football games and those policemen picnics.

In the three-legged race,

he used to drag me across the finish line.

Well, maybe I should cancel the rocker.

Yeah, I think you better... If he sees the rocker

he's only gonna tell me to sit on it.

Oh! Oh, well, he doesn't have to sit all the time, you know.

You can take him to the hardware store once a week.

Oh, he hates the hardware business.

He doesn't hate it.

Marion, any man who says he'd rather eat bark

than go into the hardware business hates it.

Besides, he still treats me like a kid.

He still calls me... sonny.

Brrr! It's freezing!

Get on the papers, on the papers, dear.

Take your galoshes off.

Well, I'm all through, uh, shoveling the walk.

Oh good, good. Here's your quarter.

A quarter.

Thanks, Diamond Jim.

Wait, wait just a second.

Here he is, the Sheboygan Shamus,

former Detective Captain Sean Cunningham!

Let's hear it for him!

All right, all right.

Enough! Enough.

Enough, enough. Enough.

Enough with the introductions, let's have hugging and kissing.

Oh, Dad, you just look...

- Good to have you here. - Marion, you look wonderful.

And little Joanie... Joanie.

And sonny.

Give your old father a kiss.

Now, wait a minute, I am 47 years old.

You'll never be too old to kiss your father.

I wasn't talking about kissing,

I was talking about you calling me sonny.

Mm. Feisty.

You know something, sonny?

You got your mother's nose and your uncle's belly,

- but I still love you. - Thanks, Dad.

Uh, Marion, how about the, uh...

Oh. I'll be right back with a little surprise.

- Huh? - Oh. I'll help you, Mom.

Dad, you look terrific.

Thank you, thank you. And you...

well, at least you retained your hair.

All right.

Listen, I want to tell you something,

I'm very sorry that I'm late.

Dad, I'd like you to meet Arthur Fonzarelli.

- How do you do? - Hey, you can call me the Fonz.

Nice to meet you, Pops.

You can call me Cap if you like.

All right, you got it, Cap.

♪ We wish you a happy retirement ♪

♪ We wish you a happy retirement ♪

♪ We wish you a happy retirement ♪

- ♪ And a long, healthy life. ♪ - Hey.

A cake... now, that's very touching, very touching.

But it so happens I didn't retire.

- I knew it. - You didn't retire? But...

you're 65... You turned in your badge.

I didn't turn it in.

They took it away from me.

All these years they're telling me how competent I am,

how good I am for the department,

and then they promoted me to captain of the detectives,

and the day I became 65, they said I was too old for the job,

and just like that, bip, bap, good-bye, Cap.

Hey, I'll tell you something, Cap,

I think that is ridicumundo!

Excuse me?

Hey, what they do to elderly people, you know, is stupid.

You're right, absolutely right.

And they gave me a gold watch with a one-year guarantee.

Look, Dad, I-I'm sorry they retired you,

but it really doesn't matter.

Yes, and we've already contacted several senior citizen groups.

I entered you in the Shuffleboard Olympics.

Huh?

Maybe you'll meet some senior ladies.

Are you listening to this family?

Hey, I don't tangle, I just am a rent-ee.

Well, I got news for all of you.

I have no intention sitting on my rump,

playing checkers with a bunch of decrepit old men!

I'm gonna get myself a job, and then maybe I would consider

pinching a few of your senior old ladies.

Meantime, you know somebody in town

could use a good hired hand?

- Well... - Hey, Gramps,

why don't you help Dad out at his hardware store?

Uh...

That's a very nice thought, Richie, but I'd rather eat bark.

You want a job? I'll get you a job.

You work with me down at the garage.

I need part-time help in the mornings,

you know, till you get something else. How about it?

You got yourself a deal, young fella. When do I start?

- First thing tomorrow morning. - I'll be there at 6:00 a.m.

Hey, don't show up till about 7:30.

I'll stand guard.

- Hi, Cap. - Hello.

I finished lunch, Fonz. What's up?

All right, Chachi, come here, hold this.

Hold the screwdriver. Right there.

I got the wrong wrench.

- Uh, Cap? - Yeah?

I can't reach it from here.

Oh. Well, then you should be over here.

- Hey, that is a great idea. - Yeah.

- Excuse me. Sorry. - Yeah.

Boy, you guys make a great team.

Yeah, right, like Abbott and Costello.

- Cap? - Yeah?

Uh, I-I think we have things covered here, you know?

Why don't you go in and check my books,

- see if they're up to date, huh? - Oh.

All right, tap it, lightly. Tap...

No, no, give it a good whack, son.

Whoa! Fonz! I'm sorry.

It's all right, it's all right. Don't touch.

It still works. It's all right.

All right!

That takes care of that.

What are you talking about?

Aw, some girl talking crazy.

What do you mean, talking crazy? What do you mean?

She wanted to talk to "Sugar Lips."

It was Rochelle.

He hung up on Rochelle? She hates that!

- I didn't do it. - I know. Mm, mm!

All right, look, you got to do me a favor. Here.

You take this money and buy her some perfume. Buy her the best.

Spend the whole dollar.

And then you tell her: Boy Scout tent,

8:00, Saturday night, be there!

Hey!

There's a note on my wall for an auto supply store.

They're supposed to send me a muffler, they don't send it.

Go in there and find out what's wrong, huh?

I saw that note this morning, and I called them.

And I want to tell you something,

I gave that supply store a piece of my mind.

Hey, that's great. They're gonna be sending it right over, right?

- Oh-ho, better than that. - Better? All right!

Much better than that.

From now, you're free to do business with another place.

Something wrong?

- I got the wrong tools. - Oh.

You know, I was noticing something here.

I could help you here; this coil is very loose.

No, Cap... No, no, real...

I've never seen one do that before.

Mr. C., I got to talk to you

- about your father. - Oh, how's he doing?

Grease gun... Didn't know it was loaded.

Oh, well, it's...

it's his first day on the job, Fonzie.

Yeah, I know, I know.

It's his first day...

and his last... I got to fire him.

- You got to fire him? - Yeah.

Uh, uh, it's not like you think, see?

He's a very good worker.

I mean, I didn't realize he was that fast.

You know, he did everything before lunch.

I-I don't know how to tell you this.

I want to tell you in the most diplomatic terms

that I know, you know?

He's driving me wacko!

- Diplomatic, huh? - Yeah.

Yeah. Well, I understand, Fonz.

You see, my father is used to being a leader,

a take-charge guy.

He's a very dynamic man.

I know sometimes he can drive you crazy, but he means well.

Yeah, I understand that.

I have a great deal of likeness for him.

I just don't have the heart to tell him.

Yeah.

All right, I'll tell him.

You are the greatest, Mr. C.

Oh, hi, Dad.

♪ Oh, the night that Paddy Murphy died ♪

♪ I never will forget, the whole gang ♪

♪ They got stinkin' drunk and some ain't sober yet ♪

Uh... Dad... ♪ Came down with his pipes ♪

♪ Oh... ♪

Glory me! For goodness sakes, sonny, say something.

Say something. I've seen better smiles

and better looks on faces in lineups, for crying out loud.

Listen, while you're in such a good Irish mood,

there is something I have to tell you.

- There is? - Yes.

Hold it.

I've got some news for you.

Ta-da!

You've enlisted!

You know, you've been playing with nuts and bolts so long

you got a screw loose.

I just joined the campus police.

Richie's college?

- Ten-four. - Oh...

Now, before you tell me your news,

- I got a bit of a problem. - Yeah?

With that nice Fonzie.

I... I don't know how to tell him I'm quitting.

I'll tell him.

Now, now, wait a minute, guys,

I got a rule around here: No shoes, no short, no service.

It's Beta Chi's mascot... We kidnapped it.

Get it? Kid? Goat?

Ha-ha-ha-ha.

I still got it.

You do. That'll teach 'em for taking our mascot,

- the Sacred Stuffed Pelican. - That's right.

Goats? Pelicans?

I think I'll skip college and go to a zoo.

Come over... Come here, come here.

Come here.

No, no, I didn't want the goat to hear this.

Oh. Back, back.

But, you see, he's not allowed in here.

Guys, guys, cheese it! My grandfather's coming!

- The campus cop?! - We can't let him see the goat.

You've got to hide...

Oh, okay, I'll hide in the bathroom.

- No, Al, the goat, not you. - Oh, good idea.

- Come here, Fido. Here you go, Fido! - Push! Push! -

Come on, Fido.

Oh, Gramps, Gramps,

- what a surprise. - Huh?

Oh, I want to introduce you to Al Delvecchio.

Al, come here. This is my grandfather, Sean Cunningham.

Now, that's a nose!

- Hey, Richie, Cap, Al. - Oh, hello.

I got business. I got a phone call. Rochelle.

Oh, wait!

- Fonz, hey, Fonz! - Fonz, no, Fonz!

Heyyy!

Get him out here.

Now, I don't care why he's here.

I don't know how you got him in here.

I never thought I'd have to make up a rule like this,

but here it is and memorize it:

no goats in my office.

Dig it?

That's the stolen goat.

You two are under arrest.

Arrest?

Uh, Gramps, you can't arrest these guys.

These two were apprehended with stolen livestock.

Well, it's a... it's a gag,

a college prank.

Well, I-I see what's going on now,

- just hijinks, is that it? - Yeah, right.

Well, I-I got kind of carried away, boys.

This is the first excitement I've had

since I've been on the job.

And I'll tell you what I'm gonna do.

I'm gonna close my eyes and count to three

and if you're still here, you're under arrest.

- One, two, -Thank you, sir. Thank you, thank you.

Three.

You're under arrest for stealing a goat.

N-Now, wait, Officer, you see,

what happened is that the Beta Chi with the...

They left the goat.

Here I am, demoted to being a-a goat shepherd.

Come on, come on. Come on.

Is everything all right on the job?

Everything is fine on the job. I'm quitting.

Well, what happened?

What happened? Cap Cunningham,

reduced to arresting a goat?

- A goat? - Yeah, goat.

I'm used to arresting people, not animals.

The hijinks, the pranks.

Do me a favor, sonny, get me a nice glass of warm milk,

and I'll go upstairs and brush up on my checkers.

So that's it, huh?

You're giving up just like that.

What else do you want me to do?

I'm trying, I try.

Society today wants a man my age to pack it in.

Oh, don't give me any of that.

There are people a lot older than you

that have done big things with their lives.

Yeah? Name one.

Thomas Edison.

Name two.

Winston Churchill,

Mark Twain, Albert Einstein.

And what about Grandma Moses, huh?

She started a whole new life for herself at 65.

She was 65 years old before she ever painted.

Sonny, I can't paint.

There are a lot of other things you can do.

You could... you could learn real estate,

you could go back to school and become an accountant,

how 'bout that?

What's the sense of learning something new?

They don't hire anybody today over 45.

Yeah, you're right.

I'll tell you what, Dad, I think maybe you just...

should go out and spend the rest of your life

sitting in the park and feeding the pigeons.

And then when people say to me, "Whatever happened to your dad?"

it won't bother me 'cause I'll simply say,

- "Oh, haven't you heard? He just gave up." - All right.

Or get yourself a room at the Pfister Retirement Home.

Maybe you can find somebody else to chip in with you,

get bulk rate bird seed.

Oh, I don't even know why I waited up for you.

I'm going to bed.

Good night, Dad.

Good night.

Hey! -

Thank you! Thank you.

I have an announcement to make.

Will the owner of a gray Beetle please go outside.

It just ran off with a ladybug.

Thank you.

I thought you said it was a surefire joke.

It is, if you wear a rubber nose.

Hey, Gramps!

- Richie. - Gramps, wh-what's going on?

- How do I look? - Well, you look, uh...

- you look fine. Y-You look terrific. - Good.

Why do you look terrific?

Richie, uh, my life took a complete change today.

I-I'm gonna be a singer.

- A singer? Gramps, you don't know anything -Yeah.

About show business.

Yeah, I know. Isn't that exciting?

I-I mean, it's a whole new life. I mean...

Uh, look, I got no time to talk to you about...

I'll talk to you about it later. I got to get ready.

- B-But, Gramps... - Not now, Richie.

Yeah, but s-singing? I... He's gonna sing.

- Hey, Fonz. - Hiya, Fonz.

Uh, Fonz? C-Can I just talk to you for a minute, please?

You're interrupting my lips.

Well, this is very important.

All right, girls, keep your lips moistened, huh?

All right, what's the importantness?

My grandfather.

He's gonna be a singer.

Yeah, I just saw him. I think that's great for Cap, huh?

Yeah, but he's gonna sing here.

I don't want him to embarrass himself.

People are gonna laugh at him.

Do you know the extent of his singing experience?

Me and Joanie on his knee, him singing...

♪ Tippy, tippy toe, tippy toe ♪

Uh, Red, that's...

♪ Tippy, tippy tin, tippy tin ♪

No, no, Fonz. It's... ♪ Tippy, tippy toe, tippy toe ♪

That's... ♪ Tippy, tippy tin... ♪

Look at this. I'm arguing in song. What am I, crazy?

Now, look, uh, the thing is,

I think it's great for your grandfather.

It's gonna start his blood going.

He's looking for something new, huh?

- There you go. - But, Fonz, he's gonna...

Now, look, just to ensure that nobody laughs,

I'm gonna go to the booths and I'm gonna say, "Don't laugh."

Oh, good. Thanks.

Don't laugh.

Right.

Listen up.

There's an elderly gentleman gonna come out here

who's gonna sing a song. He might be funny.

Hold it.

If you don't laugh, there's a good shot you go,

each one of you, to Inspiration Point with me.

Richard, where's Dad?

He left a note for us to meet him here.

Yeah, he's here. He's getting dressed in a tux.

- What? - He's singing.

Well, I'm gonna put a stop to this.

Ladies and gentlemen...

I guess it's too late. Dad, you might as well sit down.

Mm.

Don't order anything. I hear they had a goat in here.

I have a special treat for you tonight

because making his debut on this stage

is a wonderful entertainer.

The one, the only Cap Cunningham!

Thank you.

Thank you very much, young people.

I-I hope we'll be able to entertain you tonight.

You know, the most remarkable thing happened to me.

I went out to the Pfister, uh, Retirement Home.

You kids would be astounded

to learn how much good talent just lying around in that home,

wasting away.

Well, I put a stop to that,

especially for these fellows and myself.

So let's bring 'em out, see if we can't entertain you.

Come on out here, boys.

Thank you, thank you.

Now he's the boss again.

Just to let you know who they are,

on piano we have Raymond Brown at age 71.

Picking the banjo, 68-year-old Frenchie LaSalle.

And our 70-year-old bass player Russell Weathers.

The baby of the group on trumpet...

he's 66 years old... Bill Stumpp.

And on trombone, Pete Collins.

And at 67 years of age,

our drummer is Sylvester Rice.

Oh, Al.

Al, uh-uh, Pete would like you

to-to turn the heat up a little bit.

I-It helps his rheumatism.

Fellas, hit it.

Yeah!

♪ Way down yonder in New Orleans ♪

♪ In the land of dreamy dreams ♪

♪ There's a Garden of Eden ♪

♪ You know what I mean ♪

♪ Creole babies with laughing eyes ♪

♪ Gently whisper their tender sighs, stop ♪

♪ You got to give your lady fair ♪

♪ A little smile, stop ♪

♪ You bet your life you're gonna ring the bell ♪

♪ A little while ♪

♪ There's a heaven right here on earth ♪

♪ With those beautiful scenes ♪

♪ Way down yonder in New Orleans ♪

This is Cap Cunningham's jive.

We are all geriatrics, but we're still alive,

and we're talking about going way down yonder in

♪ New Orleans... ♪

Thank you very much. And I'm very proud and happy to tell you

that I was on the telephone today

and our group has been booked for an extended tour

of, uh, East Sheboygan.

And, uh, that's just a start, just a start.

Right now I'd like to take advantage of you,

if you don't mind, since you're so attentive.

I'd like to sing a special old song

for a very special person

who convinced a... tired old man

to start life anew.

Uh, Ray?

♪ When there are gray skies ♪

♪ I don't mind the gray skies ♪

♪ 'Cause you make them blue ♪

♪ Sonny boy ♪

♪ You're sent from heaven ♪

♪ And I know your worth ♪

♪ 'Cause you made a heaven ♪

♪ For me right here on earth ♪

♪ And when I'm old and gray, dear ♪

♪ Promise you won't stray, dear ♪

♪ For I love you so ♪

♪ Sonny... ♪

♪ Boy... ♪

For you.

Come on, let's go. Hit it, hit it!

Hey! Yeah.

♪ Go marching in ♪

♪ When the saints go marching in ♪

♪ I'm gonna be there ♪

♪ In that... ♪

Oh, Dad,

- your singing was just wonderful. - Well, that's just

the start. Give me... give me a few more years

and I'll show you.

Well, good thing you're going on the road

or Rich would be out of a job.

Somehow I don't think Gramps would want to play

for five dollars a night and one free Arnoldburger.

Sometimes I wonder why I do.

Gramps, you just got here and now you're leaving.

- I'm gonna miss you. - I'm gonna miss you, too, pumpkin.

But, look, I'm gonna be here over the weekend.

I don't leave until Monday, so we'll have time together.

We'll have some fun, huh? I'll see you later.

Okay.

- See you back at the house... - Yeah. Bye. -Good night.

- You were terrific. - Thank you, Richie, thank you.

Well, listen, since you're gonna be here for the whole weekend,

uh, why don't we pal around together like we used to?

You know, maybe take in a Packer game or build a snowman, huh?

That'd be nice.

- Dad? - Hmm?

You sang terrific.

Come on. I want to take you down and show you the hardware store.

Sonny... BOTH: I'd rather eat bark.

I know.

♪ These happy days are yours and mine ♪

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

♪ 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! ♪