The actors involved are Anson Williams, Don Most , Marion Ross and Erin Moran. (No Fonzie, I notice.) Sad to see that Marion has fallen on hard times.
I hope CBS do the right thing here and spread some of the gravy round.
I also notice that Ron Howard isn’t one of the plaintiffs. But then again, he’s probably got more money than everyone else in the cast combined.
Along with Henry Winkler, anyway.
Bu - bu - but why CBS? The show aired on ABC.
ETA: 
I think that’s a misprint. Erin Moran lost her home to foreclosure last year- it was written about a lot at the time- and I think they mixed up her and Marion Ross.
ETA: In thisit’s definitely attributed to Moran. And if her reality show appearances are any indication, Girl is seriously Interrupted.
I think CBS owns it now. Not sure how that works.
Marion Ross had pretty steady post Happy Days work, so if she’s broke-broke I’d be surprised. But Erin Moran has not so much post-Love Boat.
Almost none that isn’t reality show or with other HD alum.
Celebrity Fit Camp is apparently a stage in the celebrity foreclosure process: Screech, Willie Aames and Erin Moran all had them and that was just one season.
I realize a contract has to be honored.
But, the idea of actors cashing in thirty years later bugs me. They were highly paid when they were actually working. Now they get more.
Hey!! Maybe I should demand that my old bosses fork over money for those computer programs I wrote 15 years ago. I know some are still being used.
How about the contractor that built the houses in my neighborhood 40 years ago. Maybe he should get $$$ every time one of these houses resells. I bet the plumber that installed these pipes needs money too. Let’s give him some $$$$.
Actors and athletes. How did they get on this gravy train??? They are paid obscene amounts of money compared to people that really matter like doctors, teachers, farmers etc.
I think here lies your problem.
Some of the big time folks (at the time) get big time money. But plenty don’t, or not as much as you think, particularly back in those days. And for all those “big time folks”, there are plenty of second and third level actors that don’t get shit. Their only hope for a decent retirement is to get some long term residuals. So, I suspect the mechanism designed to help the peons also helps the big name folks to some extent as well.
Just my guess mind you.
The casino story suggests that their images are being used without their permission or any payment.
It’s not the residuals or that they were underpaid at the time, it’s that CBS continues to use these characters in money making ventures without giving the actors a cut of the profits.
Another side of this kind of thing was mentioned in Stephen Fry’s latest autobiography where two actors get paid megabucks for using their wildly popular characters in an advertisement - Stephen asked one of the actors if the writers (who created and sustained those wildly popular characters) were happy with their cut of the profits - the actor grew a little edgy and said he’d send them a crate of wine.
ETA: A crate of very good wine.
They have a good union.
Yes, but Happy Days spent many years in reruns, and may still be be showing daily in some parts.
I suspect that if they are losing their houses to forclosure, it ain’t the networks fault.
Did he mention any names?
Am I the only one who is amazed that Happy Days still makes money in merchandising and licensing?
The *Yes Minister *leads.
I read an article earlier today that said it was Erin Moran who’d lost her home. This is borne out by a Google search that turns up lots of references to it. Here’s a brief one from TMZ. Google doesn’t turn up anything on Marion Ross having lost her home other than references to today’s article, and Wiki has nothing on it either.
Yes. It’s in the contract.
Was it in your contract? If so, then yes, you should.
Was that in his contract? If so, then by all means, send him his cut when the house resells.
The other inaccuracy is the caption on the second photo, “Happier Days: The original cast members in the show which ran from 1974 to 1984 but its legacy still lives on today.” But the photo is from the later run of the show. It includes Ted McGinley and Scott Baio. I don’t think they’re from the original cast.