A lot goes into the making of a long-lasting sitcom and Happy Days is no exception. The fun-loving half-hour show set in the 1950’s midwest ran for 11 seasons from 1974 to 1984, airing 255 episodes, ...

A food historian and an official Wisconsin Master Food Preserver, Ward happily rewatched the 11 seasons of "Happy Days" (1974-1984) and pored through transcripts to create the dozens of recipes in ...

Explore items in the Smithsonian's collections related to 1974. In January, the television sitcom Happy Days premiered on the ABC network. On March 1, a grand jury in Washington, D.C., indicted ...