Look Back At The Happier Days With The Happy Days of Garry Marshall

The screen-writer behind favourites such as Happy Days and Mork and Mindy gets a star-studded tribute from ABC

Binge-watchers, leave your Netflix and Prime aside, and watch ABC’s two-hour ‘The Happy Days of Garry Marshall,’ an emotional tribute to this television and film genius, who passed away back in 2016.

Stars such as Anne Hathaway, Julia Roberts, and Ron Howard come together to celebrate Marshall’s life, the man behind hit TVs sitcom shows such as Mork & Mindy and Laverne & Shirley. 

Highlights

• ABC pays a tribute to Garry Marshall with a heart-warming documentary
• Television viewers are binging on The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
• Celebrities and fans get emotional over the life of Garry Marshall

This celebration of Garry Marshall’s life, beautifully directed by John Scheinfeld, will make you shed tears, smile, and laugh – the same emotions that Marshall used to invoke in his audience. 

Winning awards and accolades was never the goal for Marshall. He made sure that his audience felt warmth and happiness on watching his creations. The celebs who had worked with him in these sitcoms and films gave heartfelt tributes to the late artist. They spoke about him in vivid detail and Marshall’s family was also a part of this narrative. 

In a time when television viewing has taken a backseat, the show has grabbed a lot of attention.But with things finally moving forward, the broadcast networks are working hard to keep the ball rolling.

And as a result of that work, there has been a huge surge in searches for this show online in the US. Especially if it’s feel-good content, because we can use some of it these days. Some quality pandemic content, anyone? 

What you can take away from The Happy Days of Garry Marshall

There’s a lot this documentary has to offer that goes beyond mere entertainment. This celebration of Garry Marshall’s life and his accomplishments will leave you inspired.

You will find yourself completely engaged by the interviews with his family, and the celebrities he has worked with. You’ll also learn about his works that have left a mark on the industry for years to come from Marshall’s own words in his past interviews.

Alex Reif, a blogger on the Laughing Place website has this to say about the documentary, “What audiences will take away is that Garry Marshall was an incredible person with a lot of quirks that made him extremely lovable. Everyone loved working with him and he made his sets feel like a family, bringing back the same crew members on each project. Similar to interviews with people who worked with Walt Disney, nearly all of the interviews tear up at some point during The Happy Days of Garry Marshall, and audiences likely will, too.”

He was a beloved personality who found admiration from both the audiences and celebrities alike.

On Entertainment Tonight, Anne Hathaway shared her experience from the Princess Diaries days, a film directed by Marshall, “I had no idea what I was doing. I was just doing my best. And Garry crafted that performance to be the best it possibly could be. And that’s how I was introduced to the world. The Princess Diaries changed my life.”

Do we need any more reasons to watch this lovely documentary? If you haven’t watched it yet, hop on board for this emotional ride.