“Happy Days” Notes

On the first “Happy Days” episode, at least the season 1, episode 1 half hour show that aired tonight on MeTV, the great Tom Bosley’s “Howard Cunningham” character likes Democrat Harry Truman better than Republican Dwight Eisenhower.

In a later episode Bosley/”Cunningham” is a big time Eisenhower supporter and lifelong Republican voter.

One of the first episode writers was Rob Reiner, probably married to Penny Marshall, Happy Days creator Gary K. Marshall’s sister, at the time (1974).