Happy Days - The Complete Second Season | 
| Directors: Joel Zwick, George Tyne, James Tayne
Actors: Ron Howard, Henry Winkler
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
List Price: $29.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  68 reviews
Sales Rank: 7791
Format: Box Set, Color, Full Screen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 4
Running Time: 576
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: PARD069864D
UPC: 097360698640
EAN: 0097360698640
ASIN: B000M343AI
Theatrical Release Date: January 15, 1974
Release Date: April 17, 2007
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Condition: Brand new, still in plastic, ships as soon as you buy it!
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Product Description
All 23 episodes from the 2nd season Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 02/05/2008 Run time: 575 minutes Rating: Nr
Amazon.com
Happy Days: The Complete Second Season finds Garry Marshall's immortal, 1970s sitcom hitting its stride with 23 episodes that continue to be built around Milwaukee native Richie Cunningham (Ron Howard) and his family and friends. But there's also a clear strengthening of one of the show's eventual, major elements: the close, if unlikely, friendship between Richie and Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli (Henry Winkler). As always, Richie is angling for a way to grow up faster, often getting in over his head. In "Richie Moves Out," the red-haired teen tires of trying to kiss his girlfriend in the goldfish bowl of his house, so he agrees to live with his older brother while finishing high school and holding down a job. The result: there's no time for making out when one is that busy. A similar scheme backfires in "Richie's Car," when the Fonz converts a racing vehicle into a family-friendly, second car for the Cunninghams, only to find after the fact that it's probably stolen. "Fonzie Joins the Band" sees Richie having to stand up to, and disappoint, his greaser pal when non-musical Fonzie presumes to join Richie's band in exchange for outfitting them in slick tuxedoes. Fonzie looks surprisingly downhearted, too, in "Richie's Flip Side," in which straight-arrow, young Cunningham gets a job as a disc jockey and develops an unbearable ego. In "Goin' to Chicago," Richie, Potsie (Anson Williams) and Ralph (Don Most) go on an overnight field trip to the Windy City and discover that stepping into the adult world (they visit a nightclub and end up with a whoppping check they can't pay) takes some preparation and experience they don't yet have. Tom Bosley and Marion Ross still look, in retrospect, as wonderful in the roles of Richie's parents as they did in the early `70s. --Tom Keogh
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 Go for the Region 2 out of the UK October 3, 2008
I would have to say that I'm very grateful to Andy Mckinney and others for letting us know that the Region 1; American/Canadian version had altered music tracks. I for one prefer to be able to watch my old TV programmes exactly like they were originally broadcast. Not some rework so that the studios can pocket extra cash. It's like we're already being ripped off as it is.
I received my region 2 copy from Amazon UK today and it was wonderful. They kept the feel and flavour of the original Happy Days. It was a great test for my new multi-region Pioneer DVD player that I just received a week previously. If anyone wants to be able to watch what they want and how they want it, I highly recommend a multi-region DVD Player. [...]
Cheers!
 WHAT A JOKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! August 12, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
You have got to be kidding me! releasing happy days without its origional music??? no sale for me... ill have to live with the fond memories i grew up with rather than this cheap garbage. paramount you suck big time.
same thing with the 90120 series they did the same thing. id buy both these series if they didnt ruin them by changing them, paramount please remaster these and give us the version we all grew up with. id surely pay a few more bucks for that.
Want the original music? Buy the REGION 2 VERSION!!! June 17, 2008
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
Yes, believe it or not, the Region 2 version of the Season 2 set has the original music INTACT! Why, you may ask? Probably has to do with different copyright laws outside the US border, I would imagine. So, if you have a region-free player and can play PAL-formatted discs (usually no problem if you're region-free), this is the best solution!
 Funny show May 29, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The series is great. Though it has been almost 30 years since I have seen any of these episodes, my ears could not help but sense the music has been altered. The background music was fitting to that era, it just does not sound like the original music at times. Nonetheless, the series has been thoroughly enjoyable for our whole family! Once again, a plug for the excellent service of Amazon.com. The ordering and delivery were excellent. Amazon has been a very reliable internet store. I am glad that they are offering these DVD series. I have had some negative experiences with some internet stores. But, buying directly through the Amazon store has been great and I will be back as I continue to build our classic TV library.
5 Stars for the episodes - 1 Star for Messing With the Original Music = 3 Stars May 14, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This, as the Amazon review states, was when Happy Days hit its stride. And there still was a feel of realism to the show - not the silliness that took over in just a couple years after when the show was filmed before a live audience on a sound stage. And it was still based in the 1950's. Again, in just a couple of seasons into the future, the '50's seemed to have been cast aside and all of a sudden we had 1970's hair (Suzie Quatro's shag comes to mind, among others) and attitudes, and the episodes were based mainly around Fonzie instead of the whole cast. He seemed to end up in every scene in future seasons.
That's why I like these earlier episodes of Happy Days the best (the first two seasons) - it was still a quality show that centered around the exploits of Richie Cunningham and his family and friends instead of just Fonzie.
Although I would love to own these DVD's, I cannot purchase them. Basing my reason solely on the reviews stating that the original music has been edited out, I won't buy them until this has been corrected (did they do the same thing to season 1 ?). It's a shame that this cannot be rectified. I mean, isn't that the whole point of buying TV shows on DVD - to get the whole show uncut?
Once this mess has been taken care of, I will get the first two seasons (and maybe season three, although that was the beginning of the end in my eyes).
Until then, I guess I will have to be satisfied to watch them whenever I can on broadcast or cable TV.
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