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Subject: Love American Style

Written By: CatwomanofV on 07/03/03 at 05:47 p.m.

Did anyone watch Love American Style? I love it. A bit of trivia: Happy Days was a spin-off of L.A.S. It was called "Love and the Happy Days." Mr. Cunningham was different but otherwise, it pretty much had the same cast.

One of my favorites, I can't remember the title but this guy wanted life to be just like a musical so he would start singing every chance he go. I thought it was so funny.



Cat

Subject: Re: Love American Style

Written By: AstringOfPoloponies on 07/04/03 at 05:23 p.m.

I loved this show. I remember that it came on on Friday nights and I can still hear The Cowsills sing the theme music. I miss a lot not having cable, I know. Is it on cable these days ? :D

Subject: Re: Love American Style

Written By: CatwomanofV on 07/04/03 at 05:44 p.m.

I don't think so-at least I haven't heard anything about it. One of the guys who used to be in the skits in between the stories went to my cousin's wedding-unfortunately, I didn't go so I didn't get a chance to meet him.  :-/


Cat

Subject: Re: Love American Style

Written By: Anthony716 on 07/05/03 at 06:06 p.m.


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Did anyone watch Love American Style? I love it. A bit of trivia: Happy Days was a spin-off of L.A.S. It was called "Love and the Happy Days." Mr. Cunningham was different but otherwise, it pretty much had the same cast.
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I remember watching L.A.S in the late 60's and I even understood most of the funny stuff. Wow, never heard of the spinoff. I thought Happy Days was derived from that hilarious (IMHO) 70's film, "American Grafitti".

Subject: Re: Love American Style

Written By: CatwomanofV on 07/05/03 at 08:08 p.m.


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I remember watching L.A.S in the late 60's and I even understood most of the funny stuff. Wow, never heard of the spinoff. I thought Happy Days was derived from that hilarious (IMHO) 70's film, "American Grafitti".
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That is a common misconception because Ron Howard and Cindy Williams (from Laverne and Shirley) were in the film. But, that was the beginning of the 70s, and people wanted to bring back the 50s, (just like in this decade-whatever we call it-people want to bring back the 80s).


Cat

Subject: Re: Love American Style

Written By: Melhi on 07/06/03 at 11:23 a.m.

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I thought Happy Days was derived from that hilarious (IMHO) 70's film, "American Grafitti".
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That is a common misconception because Ron Howard and Cindy Williams (from Laverne and Shirley) were in the film.

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Technically, Happy Days was not a spin-off, but a hybrid of a series that never existed and ABC's ideas for cashing in on American Graffiti's success.   The series would have existed, exactly as it did, even if that episode of Love American Style had never aired.

In 1972, after Gary Marshall's fully produced 1971 pilot for "New Family in Town" had been rejected for series treatment, it was, indeed, aired as a L.A.S episode.  

By coincidence, that same year, American Graffiti was a huge hit and ABC was hot to cash in on it.  It's easier and faster to adapt an existing pilot than start from scratch and they remembered Marshall's pilot for "New Family in Town," which was already set in the right era (etc.) and shared a star (Ron Howard) with the movie.   So, ABC contacted Gary Marshall, requested some changes to his original pilot and the resulting hybrid was "Happy Days."  

Later, scenes from the New Family pilot cum L.A.S episode were used as flashbacks on an episode of "Happy Days."  





Subject: Re: Love American Style

Written By: CatwomanofV on 07/06/03 at 12:09 a.m.


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Technically, Happy Days was not a spin-off, but a hybrid of a series that never existed and ABC's ideas for cashing in on American Graffiti's success.   The series would have existed, exactly as it did, even if that episode of Love American Style had never aired.

In 1972, after Gary Marshall's fully produced 1971 pilot for "New Family in Town" had been rejected for series treatment, it was, indeed, aired as a L.A.S episode.  

By coincidence, that same year, American Graffiti was a huge hit and ABC was hot to cash in on it.  It's easier and faster to adapt an existing pilot than start from scratch and they remembered Marshall's pilot for "New Family in Town," which was already set in the right era (etc.) and shared a star (Ron Howard) with the movie.   So, ABC contacted Gary Marshall, requested some changes to his original pilot and the resulting hybrid was "Happy Days."  

Later, scenes from the New Family pilot cum L.A.S episode were used as flashbacks on an episode of "Happy Days."  

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Thanks for the info. I didn't know all of that.


Cat

Subject: Re: Love American Style

Written By: Butterball on 07/20/03 at 09:37 p.m.

Yes, I remember L.A.S. It was part of a great Friday night lineup. Brady Bunch, Partridge Family, Odd Couple...