Despite making audiences laugh for years as Ralph Malph on the hit sitcom Happy Days, Don Most confessed that joining the cast of the series was a definite adjustment, as he had little experience with comedy.

"It was tough," said Most during an interview with the Edmonton Journal. "I'm not a comedian by any means."

But Happy Days combined comedy with a heaping ton of nostalgia, an emotion that Most understood well. "There's something about the simplicity, the innocence of the age," said Most of the 1950s. "The language is quirky. And the music is so infectious...People just light up - lots of younger kids and teenagers too. It is, I guess, an escape from everyday travel. And I became associated with a sitcom that was immensely successful, and on the other side of the coin, hindered from moving on for a while."

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Of course, when Most took on the role of Ralph Malph, he had no idea that he'd be associated with Happy Days for the rest of his life. But after the success of the series, Most longed to break free from the cast his character had bound him in, fearing that he might be typecast for the rest of his life.

"I told my agent to turn down TV sitcoms," said Most. "And I came close to a breakthrough that didn't quite happen."

Luckily, Most's career wasn't over; far from it. "I started doing more and more theatre," said the actor. "And that was a lifesaver...a lot of actors love the connection with a live audience, and the intensity of sustaining a show for two and a half hours."