I like "Happy Days", but tonight's episode (this one) was just plain bad. Instead of taking the premise of Valentine's Day and using it to explore an actual plot or any sort of humorous story, the writers decided to take a day off with the worst song and dance show I've seen (although most of them are about equal). No matter which way you look at it, there's absolutely no real quality in any of the half-hour show, even if you do like the type of cheesy bullcrap they put on display; a disappointing excuse for a holiday episode which really lacks any backbone or originality.
"Be My Valentine" (unoriginal title too) starts off promising, with Richie, Potsie and Ralph giving their girlfriends cards. Joanie doesn't get one though, because her date (Binky) was getting a job. It was all looking to be an interesting premise, but then Joanie starts imagining every single couple she knows (including her own parents) doing a song and dance routine together on a stage setup with red lights. I was hoping there would be more to it than this, but it just kept going. The worst one was having Chachie (who is still a kid) dancing with a bunch of grown women in leotards - and that was where I realized just how bad this was getting. I was even hoping after the commercial break in the middle the story would come into play, but that ended up not being the case, with just more of the same, albeit a few funny bits. The two exceptions which were okay were Fonzie and his girls, and Marion and Howard who actually had a clever song. The rest were poor to truly horrid, and the fact that this is all the episode consisted of is just sad. I know the writers could have come up with something more resembling a narrative, but they were simply lazy. Oh well, at least this is the exception episode, as the other "Happy Days" episodes I've seen were pretty good.
"Be My Valentine" (unoriginal title too) starts off promising, with Richie, Potsie and Ralph giving their girlfriends cards. Joanie doesn't get one though, because her date (Binky) was getting a job. It was all looking to be an interesting premise, but then Joanie starts imagining every single couple she knows (including her own parents) doing a song and dance routine together on a stage setup with red lights. I was hoping there would be more to it than this, but it just kept going. The worst one was having Chachie (who is still a kid) dancing with a bunch of grown women in leotards - and that was where I realized just how bad this was getting. I was even hoping after the commercial break in the middle the story would come into play, but that ended up not being the case, with just more of the same, albeit a few funny bits. The two exceptions which were okay were Fonzie and his girls, and Marion and Howard who actually had a clever song. The rest were poor to truly horrid, and the fact that this is all the episode consisted of is just sad. I know the writers could have come up with something more resembling a narrative, but they were simply lazy. Oh well, at least this is the exception episode, as the other "Happy Days" episodes I've seen were pretty good.
