50 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Your Favorite TV Shows

Remember those Happy Days scenes? Chrome on classic cars, milkshakes at Arnold’s, and rock ‘n’ roll crackling through the jukebox. There was a motorcycle’s thrill, the sweetness of a crush, and that iconic leather-jacketed wisdom. It was a simpler time, filled with greasy hair and a whole lot of “Heyyyys!”

With the exception of that one episode where Richie and his friends briefly consider the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, this show could not be further from the military. But in real life, Ron Howard (Richie) actually accepted a role in the show’s pilot due to having an exceptionally bad draft number for the military.