Thursday, May 21, 2026

From Primetime to Daytime: A primer on racism (Happy Days, 1982)

 From season 9 of Happy Days:

Fonzie (Henry Winkler) & Al DelVecchio (Al Molinaro) take a trip to Alabama, and discover just how much racism is prevalent in the South in the early 60's. In a speech, Al reveals he'd been in the restaurant business for some 25 years, meaning he'd started in the late 30's!

"Southern Crossing", first shown in January 1982, was the 2nd episode of the series to address racism, the first having aired nearly 7 years earlier.

Al's speech is the climax of this clip.


Would that certain people in today's society would learn this lesson.

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