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mae
11-12-2010, 05:57 AM
Happy Days (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Days)
vs.
Taxi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxi_%28TV_series%29)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3CARIi1yys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvn-tBeLpCk

Jean
11-12-2010, 06:07 AM
never seen...

mae
11-12-2010, 06:09 AM
never seen...

Happy Days is tons of fun, which is what I voted for. Taxi wasn't too shabby either, but HD is classic.

Jean
11-12-2010, 06:31 AM
I want me some tons of fun

::makes mental note::

mae
11-12-2010, 06:40 AM
Plus how can you not enjoy that theme song?

candy
11-12-2010, 10:14 AM
THE FONZ

NUFF SAID:P

alkanto
11-12-2010, 10:24 AM
Happy Days! :D

yet another show I grew up on, watching Nick@Nite with my dad

fernandito
11-12-2010, 10:30 AM
The Fonz alone is reason enough to vote for Happy Days. :D

jhanic
11-13-2010, 07:55 AM
Taxi has been a long-time favorite of mine.

John

pathoftheturtle
11-14-2010, 12:29 PM
Happy Days was America longing for the days before the 60s. That 70s Show succeeded once we got to longing for the days after the 60s.



Happy Days is tons of fun...I want me some tons of fun

::makes mental note::I dunnno... you said you didn't care for America Graffiti. They lightened the tone, (further) and conventialized it for this show. Brain candy. Fonzie was supposed to be a minor character, but he was played to the hilt by Winkler and became a pop phenomenon.

Taxi is more textured and adult, although it too is still just a sitcom, usually requiring some skill at suspending disbelief. They had a number of good actors, though.

mae
11-14-2010, 12:32 PM
Path, I love your historical comments :couple:

Jean
11-15-2010, 05:49 AM
I dunnno... you said you didn't care for America Graffiti.

as you said,


My standards for TV are much lower than for other media.

I am not sure I can wholeheartedly second this, because I hardly have any real experience with TV; but I am sure my standards for TV are different than those for films

turtlex
11-15-2010, 10:37 AM
Darn this is tough.
Went with Happy Days.
I think it's better, plus - it's the reason we have the phrase "Jumped The Shark" ... plus again, Pinky Tuscadaro.

ladysai
11-15-2010, 05:32 PM
This was a tough choice.
I always enjoyed Taxi. Such wonderful oddball characters!
But, the Fonz was plastered on my walls, and Happy Days was a dear part of my childhood--on one of the three channels we could get, not on Nick at Nite!
Gotta go with the Cunnighams, et al; and Happy Days.

pathoftheturtle
11-16-2010, 12:11 PM
...it's the reason we have the phrase "Jumped The Shark" ...But... but... that's not a good thing. Can you justify voting for a show by its dumbness having become proverbial?

turtlex
11-17-2010, 05:55 AM
...it's the reason we have the phrase "Jumped The Shark" ...But... but... that's not a good thing. Can you justify voting for a show by its dumbness having become proverbial?

You make a good point, but all in all - Happy Days was a great and fun show. It might have gone on a little long, but for more seasons than not - it was good. And iconic - Fonz!

It only "jumped the shark" towards the end ... and thus coining that phrase, actually helped us as a society! ( heee, I'm kidding ).

And, Taxi - that went on too long, too. So, I looked at both and went with Happy Days.

pathoftheturtle
11-17-2010, 10:52 AM
re: Taxi going on too long -- Rev. Jim was in no way as iconic as the Fonz, but still a great character in his own way. :lol:

I concede that Happy Days was a good show, but I did vote the other way. Oh, well. :)

turtlex
11-17-2010, 11:01 AM
Oh, man, Rev Jim was the best thing about Taxi !!!! I agree there!

pathoftheturtle
11-17-2010, 11:22 AM
After Latka, he was... although Danny DeVito still deserved his applause.

turtlex
11-17-2010, 01:09 PM
Devito was a great foil, for sure. I thought Latka was rediculous, then and now. He's part of the reason I so easily took Happy Days.

pathoftheturtle
11-17-2010, 01:23 PM
...I thought Latka was rediculous, then and now. He's part of the reason I so easily took Happy Days.Which, I repeat, was also ridiculous now and then.

mae
11-17-2010, 01:23 PM
Is it sad that I'm watching that HD clip over and over for the song?

mae
11-19-2010, 06:06 AM
Happy Days is moving on to Round 2, having received 18 votes (66.67%).