Both Laverne & Shirley and Happy Days shared the same timeline until they went to Hollywood. At the last season of Laverne & Shirley the New Year placecard said 1967 while on Happy Days it was 1964 because the next season of Happy Days it was 1965. This was second show that had a problem with its timeline. The first was MASH.
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Thread Topic "Chronology Problems"
by coreycitn63 »Fri Nov 21 2014 12:46:27Flag ▼
IMDb member since September 2014
When Laverne & Shirley ended in 1983 it was
1967 but when Happy Days ended in 1984 it was 1965.
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Response by (Me) happipuppi13
»Sat Nov 22 2014 15:39:55
IMDb member since April 2004
I've come across many people confused by this...including me.
Here's how it works. -
Happy Days timeline was 10 years straight.
(Including the pilot on "Love American Style"
episode called "Love and the Happy Day")they went from 1955 to 1965.
That's the easy part.
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The hard part - When Laverne & Shirely's 5th season ended,it was Spring 1962.
With the first show of Season 6,it became1964/1965 and
nearly 2 and 1/2 years in the lives of the characters had been skipped.
I was confused for years on that! I thought,
"How did a show that ran 8 Seasons pass (11 season) Happy Days' timeline?
I was relieved when I finally nailed it.
By the way...I put this fact in the trivia
section of Sesason 6 episode 1. "Not Quite New York".
Hope that cleared it up for you.
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LAtvGuy »Wed Dec 17 2014 16:08:37
Wow... So the show pulled a "Desperate
Housewives" move! Thanks for clarifying! I never knew that.
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by happipuppi13
»6 days ago (Thu Mar 26 2015 18:28:57) Flag ▼
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Thu Mar 26 2015 18:30:21
Very late reply from me but ...you're very welcome.
Forgot to mention - Cool Fonzie pic. by the way. My boyhood hero.
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As for M*A*S*H Corey ,the show goes back & forth between 1950 to
1953 (Korean War : Sunday June 25th,1950 – Wednesday July 27th,1953).
It never seems to be in any one year for a greatlength of time until I believe the last 4 seasons. The way i see it is, the war lasted 1127 days ,so 250 + days are represented in the series ,just not in chronological order.
Oh, and to clear up something else (and this is NOT directed at you Corey)
...the TV Show M*A*S*H 'did' last 11 years....the war on
the show did NOT last 11 years, it was 3 just like itn real life!
People who say, "The producers ,writers, (Or even just Alan Alda)
made the Korean War 10 years" really bug me with their ignorance & stupidity.
Okay..I;m done.
Go for it or just be a gopher!
(MR.) happipuppi13 🐕 *arf,man!*
On mash. They did have one episode that covered 1951. Charles became a baseball buff and the episode ends with a fairly famous moment in history. Always thought that was interesting cause the episode starts with potter giving a toast. Which means all the blake episodes took place in less than a six month period.
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