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Monday, Monday, happy days. Tuesday, Wednesday, happy days. Thursday, Friday,

happy days.

The weekend comes, we're back home, ready to race to you.

These days are ours.

Oh, happy days.

These days are ours.

Oh, baby.

Goodbye, gray sky, hello, blue.

There's nothing can hold me when I hold you.

It's all right, it can't be wrong.

Rockin' and rollin' all week long.

Sunday, Monday, happy days.

Tuesday, Wednesday, happy days.

Thursday, Friday, happy days.

Saturday, what a day.

Rubin' all week with you.

No, no, no, no. This is very important.

You know that expressway they've been working on? Yeah. Yeah, well, they're

planning an off -ramp at the end of East Boulevard.

Yeah. The off -ramp is going to go right through Inspiration Point.

Now,

what's

all the excitement about?

Expressway, Al.

Ah, that's exciting.

What? Well, bigger roads means more cars. More cars means more people. More

people means more customers. More customers.

Early retirement.

Al, Al, you don't understand.

The expressway goes right through Inspiration Point. Yeah.

Well, there goes my early retirement.

The important thing to remember here is we are not licked.

You hear that, everybody?

We're not licked yet.

All right, guess what we're going to do. We're going after the big guy, the head

guy, in charge of this dastardly plan.

We're going after the head guy.

Tell us, Fonz. Give us the word. All right.

Fonz is known as the East Boulevard Business Association.

Let's get him.

Yeah, we don't have to get them. We just have to get the guy on top.

Howard Cunningham.

Another Howard Cunningham? What a coincidence.

Bitch, it's no coincidence.

No coincidence?

My Howard Cunningham?

Yours.

Mine and theirs.

My Howard Cunningham?

My dad? My dad who bounced me on his knee when I was a little baby? You know,

gave me my very first basketball.

My dad.

You know something? When my cartoon fell out, he put it under my pillow. The

next morning I woke up and I got a nickel.

condition to talk to dad when he gets home the way you're acting talk to him

should i talk to him he is ruining my life because joni in this country every

man is innocent until he's proven guilty and besides see i don't think dad even

knows that the off -ramp is going to ruin inspiration point i only started

up there six months ago cut down in my prime

was considering it. No, Dad, it's not that.

It's something really simple, you know?

You know that simple little expressway and that simple little off -ramp that

they're planning to build?

So, Richard, what's your point?

Well, see, I told him that I didn't think you knew anything about the fact

the off -ramp is going to totally ruin Inspiration Point.

What? He's ruining my life. Howard, Howard.

Mom, see, now you're acting like everyone else.

Dad is innocent until he's proven guilty, and I wish both of you would

in mind.

Richard, I did know the off -ramp was going through Inspiration Point.

He's guilty.

Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty.

Wait a minute.

Wait. Will you just wait a minute?

these years. Look, if you cared so much about it, why didn't you show up at the

planning commission hearing?

Well, what commission?

I don't know anything about the planning commission. Well, there were notices in

the paper. Well, I guess we didn't see them, because if I would, I would have

gone down there. You're ruining my life. I am not ruining your life. Besides, I

told all of you about the off -ramp right here one night at dinner time.

You're not easy to understand when your mouth is full of food, Howard.

I don't think you said anything.

Hold it.

Hold it.

I did. Richard, you were sitting right there talking about some future dance at

the fraternity house, and Joni, you were trying to decide what shade lipstick to

use, and Marion, you were concerned about the price of ground round.

Well, Dad, you should have made us listen. Yeah. Really, you should have.

not easy in this family.

Oh, come on, Dad. Besides that, off -ramp means a lot of business for East

Boulevard.

Well, it's going to mean an increase in traffic of 5 .3 % in the business

district.

Marion.

Joanie.

Well, there's nothing I can do about it. The bulldozers start today.

Bulldoze? Yep.

Bulldozer?

Now I see that you're discussing what is on everybody else's lips.

There's only one question to be answered here.

Mr. T, are you going to put a stop to this? All right, now hold it.

Just hold it.

I will not be bullied in my own house.

Well then, will you be begged?

It's too late, Fonzie.

It is never.

Too deep. Okay, tell that to the bulldozers.

Ow.

All right, what's the plan? All right, there's a planning commission meeting

right now.

You go down there and you keep it going until I can think of something. All

right, all right. Well, how do I stall? I mean, what should I say?

Are you kidding? Just ramble on like you always do.

Get on the phone. You get an army together.

Consider it done.

Mr. C, you hold the fort.

I'm on my way.

Geronimo.

You know, Marion, not all families agree about everything.

Well, that's true, Howard.

Good. What's for lunch?

Make your own lunch. This is war, bucko.

I have come to speak about

a subject which is very close to my heart. Nay, close to many hearts.

I've come to speak about...

Progress, sir, which, when allowed to run amok, can be very, very dangerous.

Progress must be tempered with sanity.

And what about the squirrels? And what about the fauna? And what about the

flora? Young man, we have a slight problem here.

We don't know what you're talking about.

Sir, you see, I am here representing a group of citizens who would like you to

stop those bulldozers. As it states in the Constitution... Young man, I

admire... your enthusiasm. I'd like to see the young people of this town show

interest, but it's too late.

That concludes our meeting for this week.

I have not yet yielded the floor, Mr. Chairman.

In 1776,

a small group of... Commissioner, we got trouble.

What trouble?

Well, our bulldozers on the East Boulevard off -ramp are all shut down.

Shut down?

All right.

Some ding -a -ling has chained himself to a tree right in the middle of the

access.

Was this ding -a -ling, I mean, this person wearing a leather jacket?

Yeah. Boots?

Yeah. Surrounded by a lot of girls? Yeah.

You know who he is, huh? No.

Another ding -a -ling.

If the commission's going to see us this afternoon, let's hit them with all

we've got.

Well, I've been rehearsing my presentation all morning, but, you know,

it's just not working right, this speech. It's got to be more dramatic.

Hey, what if we would actually dramatize the thing?

Yeah. Yeah, you know, I'm beginning to feel like I'm in a Mickey Rooney movie.

Rich, don't attack that. You got Arnold's, please?

What do you think of this, huh?

Business trends since 1936.

Yeah, yeah, that's excellent. You know, I think it might be a little too

technical, but... Hey, wait a minute.

Cut that upper part out in the shape of a moon, will you? It'll work into my new

plan beautifully. You got it. Hey, it's going good.

It's going good. Rich, everyone in the room sign this petition. What next?

Oh, great, Joanie. All right, all right. Down to Jefferson High School, because

I bet you can get four or five hundred other signatures down there. Oh, yeah,

what a great...

Yeah, correct.

Don't you mix business and pleasure.

We're cooking. We're really rolling. We're really rolling. Okay, Rich, check

this. Pretty nifty, huh?

Oh, yeah.

Excellent sign.

How's Patsy coming with his sign?

Someone asked.

You know how slow he is?

He cooked dinner last night. It took him an hour and a half to make minute rice.

So the sign's not ready yet, huh?

Come look.

He's been painting for over an hour. Over an hour? What's he supposed to say?

Stop Howard Cunningham.

Finished yet, Pat?

Just about.

There.

S?

That's all you've got is an S?

It's going to take you a month to finish at the rate you're going, Patsy. Don't

bug me, Malcolm. I'm an artist. I've got to go at my own pace.

No time for temperament, Ralph. Take it easy. That's a very nice S. Thank you.

I'll go cook some rice.

Report. Things are going very well. We're going to be ready.

All right, good.

Hey, man, fine.

You've got to tell me what happened.

First, I chained myself to a tree. Hey, that's showing them. They cut down that

tree. Yes, it is.

I dare you. Pour that cement.

Ah. And make my appointment with the chiseler.

Yes,

Bernice, I love my husband. I love my children. I'm not going to take sides.

I'm not going to tell you.

The old windbag?

That's what she calls you.

Marion, are you with me on this or not? I'm with you 100%. Good.

50 % now and 50 % later if the facts bear you out.

Let me tell you, there's a thousand others out there ready to take my place.

Oh, this whole thing is getting out of hand. Come on, Marion. We've got to get

down to that. Sign a petition before you leave, will you? What petition?

Well, you know.

Don't want to stop you.

Chanchi, would you do me a favor? Sure. Leave. Sure.

it if you were our son.

I certainly would, Mary, and then I could disown him.

Sweetheart, you understand what I'm trying to do here, don't you?

Well, I understand, dear.

I mean, that off -ramp is going to mean more business for the store.

I'm thinking about our future.

I know that, dear.

Kids will find another place to park.

After all, Inspiration Point is not the only dark spot in town. Well, that's

true, dear.

want to be recognized.

You just said you were with me. I am. I'm going in the car.

Well, that's something.

And I'm going to scrunch down the back seat.

And don't look back at me.

And these figures indicate that the East Boulevard off -ramp is going to bring

much more traffic into our business district.

And the greater the flow of traffic, the greater profits.

Now, I think that's, to all of us, very stimulating, huh?

Well, at any rate, Mr. Chairman, as head of the East Boulevard Businessmen's

Association, I strongly support this offering.

Thank you very much.

And thank you for restating your position, Mr. Cunningham. Now to state

for the opposition, Richard Cunningham.

Be sure to stand up straight, dear. Yeah.

Come on.

Two,

four, six, eight. What's a girl without a date? We don't want to sit in love.

Fritzie is our only hope. Yay!

That's my little sister.

She gets a little carried away.

Mr. Chairman, commissioners, and concerned citizens, in order to...

illustrate our case, we have prepared for you a short dramatization.

Would everyone take their places, please?

Four, three, two, one. We deserve to have some fun. One, two, three, four.

Please, please, do not close the door.

She wrote those tears herself.

Oh, thank you. I'll tell her you like them.

I could put you to your puppies if you... Oh,

I see that everyone is ready.

Act one.

Our hero and heroine. Ah, what a lovely couple.

As they drive up to Inspiration Point.

Find a nice spot.

And park the car.

Isn't this a lovely scene?

Just two people enjoying a little innocent romance.

Build an expressway, break a heart. The guilt is on your head.

Thank you.

Glory, that kiss is good, Rich.

Mr. Chairman, this is ridiculous.

If the young people need a place to go, I propose we build them a club.

No, this, Mr. Cunningham.

We realize that you young people like Inspiration Point. Mr. Chairman, I'd

to speak as someone who's not so young. Yeah, yeah, he's not so young.

I proceed.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Now, it's true Inspiration Point is a place of trees, stones, and flowers.

But it's also a place of romance.

A place of dreaming and planning for the future.

A place where two people... could share beauty and truth together.

Now, I personally, Mr. Chairman, have never been to Inspiration Point.

But it's good to know that it's there if I ever need it.

And I really need it.

The only ones who care about saving inspiration. Point where you're just all

wet.

Romance is not dead among the middle -aged.

I may just be a mother, but I'm also all woman.

That's my mother talking.

Well, Mr. Chairman, as these two impromptu speakers indicate, why, I

that the citizens of this town...

All right, Fonzie. What happened?

Not too good on the front, what's happening here.

Oh, well, I think it's going well.

I take it you're the young man who's been disrupting the boulders.

I cannot tell a lie. I am the disruptee.

I heard about the tree.

They came at me with chainsaws.

And the challenge.

Concrete. But...

What is this?

Well, I chain myself to a, you know, a rock.

Well, Franz, maybe you should have chained yourself to a, you know,

big like Logan's Boulder or something.

This was Logan's Boulder.

But Logan's Boulder is bigger than this whole room, and this is so... Mr.

Chairman, this is a man who will not give up.

Well, the senior Mr.

Cunningham has made quite a good case, and despite your heroic efforts, we

must... Pay consideration to our businessmen.

Mr. Chairman, the businessmen... Oh,

good, good, good, Mom.

Uh, sir, do you think I can call a witness onto the stand?

Why not? We've done everything else.

Fonz, uh, you're off.

Cut. Give me a chance.

to the stand Howard Cunningham.

What? Howard C.

Cunningham.

Boy, if this is your idea of a joke, Richard.

State your name, please.

Cunningham. Speak up, please.

Howard C.

Cunningham.

Mr. Cunningham, do you have a family?

I have a lovely wife, a beautiful... daughter and a smart aleck son.

Could you please tell us how you came to buy your house?

Oh, come on, Richard. You've heard this story a million times.

Please, dad.

Well, we found this house and we weren't quite sure whether we could buy it.

Your mother was excited about it and I didn't know whether I could afford it,

we just went and talked it over. Where?

Where what?

Where did you go to talk it over?

Well, we drove up to... Up to where, Dad?

Inspiration Point.

Where?

Inspiration Point.

I rest my case, Dad.

Mr. Chairman, may I say something?

Well, up until a few minutes ago, I thought that that off -ramp was the most

important thing in my life.

I've just been reminded, and pretty cleverly, I would say, that there are

in life much more dear to me than business.

You know, Charlie, you used to take your wife up to Inspiration Point when you

were courting her.

And, Phil, you were telling me just the other day what a great time you and your

kids had up there on the Fourth of July picnic.

Well, so it's just a place to go.

But it's ours, and it belongs to this community, and I like it, and I say

save Inspiration Point, huh?

Way to go, Howard.

I like it, too. Let's save Inspiration Point.

Thank you, thank you.

That last song is dedicated to the hero of the day, Howard Cunningham.

Come on, Dad, to the bow.

And to further honor our hero of the day and his lovely wife, Marion, your

soda's on the house.

And Howard, so are your 12 Sundays.

Just kidding, just kidding. I know he only eats four like I do.

Howard, you really are a hero.

Marion, I didn't do anything special. No, you did.

How many people would give up a profit of 5 .3 %?

Well, Marion, you've always given me 100%. Oh, Howard.

Well,

Howard, where is everybody? I don't know.

My favorite fella. Oh, and my favorite gal.

Don't you feel terrific about what you did? Pretty good, Fonz.

Where did everybody go?

Inspiration point. You gave it back to us.

And trust me, Mr. C, we know how to use it.

Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye.