Production and scheduling notes Happy Days



richie , fonzie view destroyed motorcycle in living room, 1976. fonzie s apartment on cunninghams garage


the show had 2 main sets: cunningham home , arnold s/al s drive-in.


in seasons 1 , two, cunningham house arranged front door on left , kitchen on right of screen, in triangular arrangement. season 3 on, house rearranged accommodate multiple cameras , studio audience.


the cunninghams official address 565 north clinton drive, milwaukee, wisconsin. house served exterior of cunningham residence located @ 565 north cahuenga boulevard (south of melrose avenue) in los angeles, several blocks paramount lot on melrose avenue.


the milky way drive-in, located on port washington road in north shore suburb of glendale, wisconsin (now kopp s frozen custard stand), inspiration original arnold s drive-in; has since been demolished. exterior of arnold s standing set on paramount studios lot has since been demolished. exterior close stage 19, rest of show s sets located.


the set of diner in first season room same vague details of later set, such paneling, , college pennants. when show changed studio production in 1975, set widened , entrance hidden, allowed upstage, central entrance cast members. barely-seen kitchen upstaged , seen through pass-through window. diner had orange booths, downstage center closeup conversation, camera left. there 2 restroom doors camera right, labeled guys , dolls . 1953 seeburg model g jukebox (with replaced metal pilasters wico corp.) positioned camera right, , anachronistic nip-it pinball machine (actually produced in 1972) positioned far camera right.



potsie, richie, fonzie, , ralph malph @ arnold s


college pennants adorned walls, including purdue , university of wisconsin–milwaukee, along blue , white sign reading jefferson high school . milwaukee s washington high school provided inspiration exteriors of fictional jefferson.


in two-part episode seventh season, original arnold s drive-in written out of series being destroyed fire (see list of happy days episodes, episodes 159 , 160). in last seasons covered 60s timeline, new arnold s drive-in set (to portray new arnold s replaced original arnold s destroyed fire) emerged in 60s decor wood paneling , stained glass.


in 2004, 2 decades after first set destroyed, happy days 30th anniversary reunion requested reunion take place in arnold s. set rebuilt production designer james yarnell based on original floor plan. reunion special taped @ cbs television city s bob barker studio in september 2004.








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