All language subtitles for happy_days_s07e13_theyre_closing_inspiration_point

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.