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The creator of Happy Days said that it would be difficult to write a comedy about modern teenagers
Would those days still be happy if they were happening in the 1970s?
Let's be honest: Were the so-called "good old days" actually that good? Or has enough time passed that you remember everything from your youth with rose-colored glasses?
Alternatively, what if life was just objectively better back then? We're not here to judge the past, but if you were looking to set a teenage comedy surrounding a specific decade, it seems that Garry Marshall would highly recommend the fifties.
Marshall is best known for creating shows like Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley. These were shows that, when they premiered, were set in the 1950s, when diners ruled the Earth and Elvis Presley was at the top of the charts.
During an interview with The Idaho Statesman, Marshall explained that he had his own bit of nostalgia for the fifties.
"I enjoy the trivia and nostalgia of that period," said Marshall. "It was not so long ago, yet the mores and values of life have changed so much more than in any other period. Looking back, it was such a fun period for growing up and for the family."
However, the time period wasn't just a taste preference. To Marshall, there was no way he could write a series about modern adolescence and keep it funny.
"To do a story about teenagers today, it would be hard to do a comedy," said Marshall.
True, it seemed that teenagers in the seventies had more to worry about than those in the fifties. Marshall argued that while the scenarios of Happy Days could have happened in any sitcom, it was the characters that truly made it special.
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