Opening theme of Love American Style

Love, American Style was an hour-long television anthology which originally aired between September 1969 and January 1974. For the 1971 and 1972 seasons it was a part of an ABC Friday prime-time lineup that included Brady Bunch, The Partridge Family, Room 222, and The Odd Couple. Image File history File linksMetadata Love_american_style. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Love_american_style. ... An anthology, literally a garland or collection of flowers, is a collection of literary works, originally of poems, but in recent years its usage has broadened to be applied to collections of short stories and comic strips. ... See also: 1968 in television, other events of 1969, 1970 in television and the list of years in television. For the American network television schedule, please see 1969-70 American network television schedule. ... See also: 1973 in television, other events of 1974, 1975 in television and the list of years in television. For the American network television schedule, please see 1974-75 American network television schedule. ... This was the television schedule on all three networks for the fall season beginning in September 1971. ... This was the television schedule on all three networks for the fall season beginning in September 1972. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is a television and radio network in the United States. ... Prime Time is the major news analysis, current affairs and politics programme broadcast on Radio Telifís Éireann in Ireland. ... The Brady Bunch was a US television situation comedy, based around a large family. ... The opening titles, featuring animated partridge hatchlings, was created by artist Sandy Dvore. ... Room 222 was an ABC situation comedy/drama TV series that aired from September 17, 1969 to January 11, 1974. ... The Odd Couple was a 1965 play by Neil Simon. ...

Each week, the show featured different stories of romance, usually with a comedic spin. All episodes were unrelated, featuring different characters, stories and locations. The show often featured the same actors playing different characters in many episodes. In addition a large and ornate brass bed was a recurring prop in many episodes. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

The show may be best known for its February 1972 episode "Love and the Happy Days" which became the pilot for the popular TV series Happy Days. That episode was written by Garry Marshall and featured Ron Howard (as Richie), Marion Ross (as Richie's mother), Anson Williams (as Potsie, Richie's friend), among others. Roles played in the episode by Harold Gould (Howard the father), Susan Neher (Joanie, Richie's sister), and Ric Carrott (Chuck, Richie's brother) were played by other actors in the spin-off. See also: 1971 in television, other events of 1972, 1973 in television and the list of years in television. For the American network television schedule, please see 1972-73 American network television schedule. ... A television pilot is the first episode of an intended television series. ... Happy Days was a popular American television sitcom that originally aired between 1974 and 1984 on the ABC television network. ... Garry Kent Marshall (born November 13, 1934) is an American actor/director/writer/producer. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Marion Ross (born October 25, 1928) is an American actress. ... Anson Williams is an actor and director born on September 25, 1952 in Los Angeles, California. ... Harold V. Goldstein (born December 10, 1923 in Schenectady, New York) known as Harold Gould, is an American actor who has spent his career in movies and television. ... A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new organization or entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a new company formed from a university research group. ...

The theme song was sung by the family pop group The Cowsills for the first season. A new version done by The Charles Fox Singers starting in the second season carried on for the remainder of the series, as well as on all episodes in syndication. For Popular music (music that is popular, rather than of a specific genre or style), see Popular music. ... The Cowsills were a band specializing in what would later be defined as Pop or Bubblegum Rock. ...

Occurrences in pop culture

• It is featured in the movie Dick.
• The rock group Far had a song titled "Love, American Style" on the album, Tin Cans With Strings To You.
• The rock group The Mr. T Experience had a song titled "Love, American Style" on the album, Big Black Bugs Bleed Blue Blood, which contains a brief riff from the show's theme song.
• The movie The Running Man featured a future television studio as part of the set, where posters heralding "Death, American Style" were meant to reflect the cruel, twisted future.
• On That '70s Show, the character Kitty Forman baked three different kinds of fruit pie, to which she remarked, "It's like the opening of Love, American Style in pie!"
• The theme tune was featured in an episode of the American animated series Duckman along with a well executed parody of the opening credits.
• The series was parodied in a host segment during an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000.
• It is referenced to in The Steve Harvey Show, where character Romeo Santana advices his teacher to "let me hip you to Love, Dominican Style."
• Parodied as "Sexual Intercourse, American Syle" in Channel102.net's April 2006 primetime line-up.

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External link

• Love, American Style at the Internet Movie Database
• Love, American Style (Happy Days Pilot Episode)