Ron Howard and Cindy Williams were famous for their roles in two famous TV series .
Despite its minor box office success , its gross was nowhere near as high as American Graffiti '' 's gross , even though Ron Howard and especially Cindy Williams were more well known ( due to their starring roles in the TV hits Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley ) in 1979 than they had been in 1973 .
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