lj01
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- Lyle
Regarding Happy Days, does anyone think it's really NOT the music-clearing? I've watched most of seasons 5-7 in the last few years in syndication - doesn't seem like music is a huge part of it (there is music, no doubt, but it's mostly incidental, none of it all that essential to the show or story - save for the maybe 3 episodes where Suzi Quatro shows up - and even for those the songs are sometimes original, such as "Do the Fonzie"...) It's not like the music is essential for the feel of the show (such as WKRP) - I don't think Potsie's singing of "Splish Splash" in whatever episode that was melds in with the storyline.
Maybe it's the lawsuits with the cast members in recent years, or maybe it's just not wanting to be a part of the inevitable "jump the shark" backlash - after all that's the next episode in the queue to be released (season 5 episode 1) and given that "jump the shark" has spurred a whole cottage industry, maybe it's just not worth it to the studio for the minimal amount of $ they would make to release it to be subject to ridicule of that nature once the episode(s) come out on DVD?
Maybe it's the lawsuits with the cast members in recent years, or maybe it's just not wanting to be a part of the inevitable "jump the shark" backlash - after all that's the next episode in the queue to be released (season 5 episode 1) and given that "jump the shark" has spurred a whole cottage industry, maybe it's just not worth it to the studio for the minimal amount of $ they would make to release it to be subject to ridicule of that nature once the episode(s) come out on DVD?