because he had done the odd couple. >> garry marshall always said, you know, a lot of people do important television like the resays. >> "happy days" is built around the family originally. >> doesn't richard look nice tonight? >> he's got stinky stuff on his hair. >> is that what the smell is? i thought the milk was sour. >> the fonz was a background char acter and luckily he had to lines per episode. >> but not a lot of people were watching abc. they were a distant third place. >> remember, in the early '70s, abc made a big mistake not picking up "all in the family". >> abc decided to really reinvent itself. they brought fred silverman from cbs and said let go after the young people. >> under fred silverman, it decided fonzi needs to be