Happy Days was about a family... although the show was shot in the 70s, it was about a family in the 50s. I realized that kids were watching their parents grow up and the parents were watching themselves grow up. That was the key to the success of our show.

Among his early television appearances was in 1960 on the CBS summer replacement series Diagnosis: Unknown with Patrick O'Neal. Role in popular culture
In a 1993 episode of The Simpsons Homer claims to have been the son of Tom Bosley. Marge: That wasn't you that was "Happy Days"!
Homer: No they weren't all happy days.

Bosley is best known for portraying Howard Cunningham on the long-running ABC sitcom Happy Days and the titular character on the NBC/ABC series Father Dowling Mysteries. Thomas Edward "Tom" Bosley (October 1 1927 – October 19 2010) was an American actor. He originated the title role of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway musical Fiorello! earning the 1960 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical.