All language subtitles for happy_days_s011e04_welcome_home_1

Monday, Monday, happy days. Tuesday,
Wednesday, happy days.

Thursday, Friday, happy days.

The weekend comes, a cycle hums, ready
to race to you.

These days are ours.

Bye -bye.

Bye -bye.

These days are ours.

Share them with me.

These days are ours.

Happy and free.

These happy days are yours and mine.
These happy days are yours and mine.

days.

Oh, Howard, would you give me two
dollars for the boy who mows the lawn?

dollars? What happened to the kid who
used to do it for a quarter?

He's a doctor now.

Dad, Dad, as long as you have old Betsy
out, can I have $10 to buy a blouse? No.

All right, then. Can I have $10 to buy
books?

I want a receipt.

And if you two are here, where is that
big redhead?

How are you? How are you? How are you?

How are you? How are you?

How are you? How are you?

How are you? How are you? How are you?
How are you? How are you?

How are you?

How are you?

How are you? How are you?

How are you?

But you weren't getting discharged for
another three months.

Yeah, well, I threatened to re -up, so
they let me out early.

In any case, it's good to see you.

Yeah, and it's nice to see that some
things are exactly the way you remember

them. Ralph,

if you're out of the Army, where's
Richie? Yeah.

Oh, well, you know how the Army tends to
make little mistakes?

Yeah, like Korea.

Well, they've done it again.

I'm afraid Richie had to stay back
and...

Let's all sit down and talk one at a
time. Me first.

Listen, Fonzie's closing down Arnold's
so all the guys can come over, we can

have a little reunion, and I know it's
our first night back and everything, but

do you mind if I win? Oh, honey, of
course not. I know how you've looked

to this. Oh, thanks.

You know something?

Your mother is the greatest.

Oh. Get out, Fonzie!

Get out, Fonzie!

Hey, Rich, you remember Bill Selkirk, my
old lodge brother?

The Peeping Tom?

No, no, that's Bill Sussman.

Bill is an editor now for the Milwaukee
Journal, and he's always known how you

wanted to write there. What do you say I
try and get you an interview, huh? Oh,

honey, that's great.

Thanks, Dad.

Yeah, great. Well, listen, I'll think
about taking you up on that sometime.

Oh, well, okay, but don't take too long,
huh?

Oh, and hurry up. Mom's got dinner
ready. Okay. All right, partner, back to

stable, huh?

Get in, bossy!

Yeah.

Honey, I'll go help your mom with
dinner. Isn't this great? Our first day

and you've practically got a job
already.

Yeah. Yeah. Great.

Great.

Writing for the journal.

Just what I always wanted.

Or used to want.

I got a question here. Am I overdressed?
Always.

Is this all the guys you got for this
party, huh?

Oh, come on, Roger. Let's go round up
the gang. All right. We're going to make

this the biggest party since Roger got
drunk and proposed to a mannequin.

I didn't propose.

We just danced.

Well, what are we waiting for, huh?

We got a lot of catching up to do.

Sure do. Sit down in our old spot. All
right. This spot. I remember.

missed him. Oh, right. Sorry.

I'm telling you something right now.

This is great.

Oh, yeah. This is G -R -E -A -T. Yeah.

Great. Just great.

Really great.

We sure have been through a lot

together, huh? Oh,

Yeah.

Well, now you're in a divvy, huh?

What are you going to do? You're still
going to open that chattering teeth

factory?

I've been talking it over with Dad. He
loves me. He says anything I want to do

with my life is great, as long as I
become an optometrist and go into

with him.

An optometrist?

Well, when you think about it, it's what
I've always wanted. I mean, you've got

easy hours and big bucks.

You get your hands on one fuzzy eye
chart, and you're a millionaire.

But now, you always told your father you
wanted to be a comedian.

Ah, that was just to scare him. Kids owe
that to their folks.

But now, now I'm a grown -up.

Tomorrow, Dad's buying me one of those
new Mustangs, and I'm driving up to

Madison to start optometry school.

But you just got home.

I know, but it's time for me to move on.
If Dad doesn't give me the car. Well,

there's no reason to ask Richie where
he's going. He's staying right here with

me.

Congratulations. Lori Beth told me about
that interview you got with the

Milwaukee Journal, huh? What interview?

Oh, well, it's nothing concrete.

Well, anyway, you're staying right here,
aren't you? That's great, eh?

You're going eyeball college? I see.

I propose a toast.

This is more like just you and me, like
old times, huh, Richie? Yeah.

You know, Richie, I heard a guy say once
that if you got one true friend in your

life, you're very lucky.

I'm very lucky, and I'm very glad you're
home.

Are you?

Bunch, that's what I wanted to talk to
you about.

I want to go to California.

Hey, that's a great idea.

Take a vacation.

Relax. Everybody should do that. Knock
your socks off.

No, I mean to live.

Forever. Why would anybody want to do
that?

Fonz, there's something that I want to
do even more than work on a newspaper.

You can't do that here in Milwaukee.

Look, I haven't even told Lori Beth
about this, but one of my jobs in the

was to be the projectionist at the Bass
Theater.

You want to be a projectionist?

Fine. We show movies every week. You
understand?

Yeah. Well, one week I saw the audience
totally entranced by On the Waterfront.

That's when I knew what I wanted to do.
You want to be a longshoreman?

All right, look. It's okay. It's okay.
I'll talk to the union. I'll get you in.

I'll get you a hook, a wool cap. I want
to write movies.

And you can't do that here in Milwaukee?

No.

All right, just tell me. Tell me
honestly. Honestly, what do you think?

If you want to move family away from
everybody that loves you, it's no sweat

my back. You're shot.

Thanks for your support. Sure.

Hey, Lenny.

I just bet my friend you got a
birthmark. Let's find out where.

That's enough, pal. You want me to call
the manager?

You're shot, Hans.

Yeah, any sec.

Hey, hold, hold, hold, hold, hold.

This woman don't want to spend time with
you. I understand why. You smell.

Spit it out, greaseball.

Hey, onion face, you want me to go teach
you a lesson or what? Try it!

Rich,

isn't that my job?

I'm going to teach you he's a writer.

Hey, Joanie.

Got some homework, huh? Mm -hmm.

Want me to give you a hand?

That's sweet, big brother, but I'm
taking some pretty complicated courses.

a lot more out of this if you do it
yourself.

Can't do it, can you, Rich? You know,
I've waited a lot of years for this

moment. Oh, yeah?

I'd like to see you put a rifle back
together blindfolded.

Oh, good. Rich, you're here.

Marion! Listen, where's Laurie Best? She
should hear this, too. Oh, well, she

took little Richie down to the mall.

We promised to Mighty Mouse slippers.

He saw my pair and he just went crazy.

Listen,

you remember me telling you about Bill
Selkirk, the editor for the Milwaukee

Journal? Yeah. Well, I had lunch with
him, and I gave him some of the articles

you wrote while you were at college and
for the Stars and Stripes. Dad, I really

wish you wouldn't have done that. No,
no, he loved the stuff, and I always

thought he was a jerk.

Well, I was just hoping for an
interview, but something even better

Monday morning, you start work as a
staff reporter.

Oh, Richard, I am so...

Thank you, but look, I'm not sure that's
exactly what I want to do. Or is this

what you've always wanted to do?

Well, look, I've been thinking about it,
and I don't know, I might prefer

moving to California and becoming a
screenwriter.

A tree climber? You want to be a tree
climber?

No, a screenwriter.

You know, in the movies.

What do you think, huh?

The movies?

Richard, that isn't exactly the kind of
thing I expected from you.

No, we thought you would say something
sensible, something, you know,

responsible, something... Something
predictable, right?

Something safe?

Good old Richie.

Good old right down the middle Richie.

Don't eat before you swim, Richie.

You see? You see, this is exactly why I
didn't tell you about it. So you're

going to throw away a wonderful
opportunity for some half -baked pipe

Why are you doing this? He is a grown
man.

Then why doesn't he start thinking like
one? I don't have to listen to this.

When you're in this house, you listen to
your parents.

I might be in my parents' house, but I
don't have these feet nailed to any

floorboards. And if I want to take my
family to California, I'm going to do

and there's nothing you can do to stop
me.

Well, you handled that one real...

of young people going out to Hollywood
every year thinking that they can break

into the movies.

Yeah, there are, but I'm a little bit
different, Dad.

Because I've been working on my ideas. I
want you to see something.

Look at this.

I wrote these scripts, and I've got
connections, too.

A guy I was stationed with, his brother
lives in California, and he said he'd

listen to any idea I have, and he writes
for Leave It to Beaver.

Look, until you sell your first script,
how do you expect to support your

family? We managed to save some money.
Oh. How much?

About $600.

Richard, $600.

You're going to have to pay that much to
the hospital when Lori Beth delivers.

That much?

In the Army, all that stuff was free.

Well, everything costs a fortune these
days.

Those little Mighty Mouse slippers that
Richie went to buy, they cost...

No. Look, son, I know exactly how you
feel.

When I was in the Army, I had a dream,
too.

You know how much I loved baseball.

When I got discharged, I wanted to go to
umpire college.

Then I came back down to Earth and
realized that I had to do what was best

Mother and for you. And I've never
regretted it.

Hey. Dollars for Mighty Mouse slippers.

So this guy at the journal, he really
liked my stuff, huh? He flipped.

It's a respected paper.

It's right up there with the New York
Times.

Start Monday?

Nine o 'clock, $120 a week, a medical
plan, and two weeks paid vacation.

And our whole family would be together.

I'll do it.

Oh, thank you. I'm so happy. Ah, that's
my son talking.

Now, I'll tell you what. Let's all get
ready, and as soon as Laurie Beth gets

here, we'll go out and celebrate. It's
my treat.

Oh, no, Howard, I've already started
dinner.

Better yet.

How lucky can a guy get, huh?

to do this once more for old time's
sake.

Boy, this used to be a lot easier.

I got to tell you something.

My dad just got me a job down at the
journal and I took it.

What are you talking about?

What about Hollywood?

The thing you've been boring me to death
about for the past year.

Oh, come on, Ralph. What do you think?
I've got to go out there and get into

movies just like that?

No, I've got to be much more realistic
and responsible than that. I got a

to think about.

And I've been writing for newspapers
since I was 14 years old. I'm a damn

reporter.

This is the best thing that ever
happened to me.

Hey, hey, I understand.

When it comes down to it, we're both
doing the same thing.

Exactly what our dads want us to.

Only I got a new car out of it.

Well, I'm going to head up to Madison.

Send my love to everyone, Rich. I guess
I'll be seeing you a lot sooner than I

thought. Hey, Ralph.

Three years in the army.

I never could have made it without you.

You're the greatest, Rich.

Hey, Rich.

You know, I just got back from Africa.

I was playing cards with the natives.

Zulus? No, I won!

I still got it.

These happy days are yours and mine.