List of Happy Days episodes
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This article is a list of episodes of the 1974–1984 ABC
situation comedy
series, Happy Days
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Situation comedy
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series, Happy Days
Happy Days
Happy Days is an American television sitcom that originally aired from January 15, 1974, to September 24, 1984, on ABC. Created by Garry Marshall, the series presents an idealized vision of life in mid-1950s to mid-1960s America....
. The original airdates are listed.
Season 1 (1974)
| Episode # | | Air date | | Title | | Written by | | Directed by | | Overview |
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| 01 | January 15, 1974 | "All the Way" | Garry Marshall Garry Marshall Garry Kent Marshall is an American actor, director, writer and producer. His notable credits include creating Happy Days and The Odd Couple and directing Nothing In Common, Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride, Valentine's Day, and The Princess Diaries.-Early life:Marshall was born in the New York City... and Rob Reiner Rob Reiner Robert "Rob" Reiner is an American actor, director, producer, writer, and political activist.As an actor, Reiner first came to national prominence as Archie and Edith Bunker's son-in-law, Michael "Meathead" Stivic, on All in the Family. That role earned him two Emmy Awards during the 1970s... & Phil Mishkin |
Mel Ferber Mel Ferber Mel Ferber was a television director and producer, who oversaw the live two-hour TV presentation of Wonderful Town and the pilot for 60 Minutes and other shows. Ferber was an executive producer of Good Morning America... |
Richie has a date, arranged by Potsie, with Mary Lou Milligan, a girl with a "reputation" around town. Richie doesn't get far with her but leads Fonzie and others to believe he did. |
| 02 | January 22, 1974 | "The Lemon" | Dick Bensfield & Perry Grant | Jerry Paris Jerry Paris Jerry Paris was an American actor and director best known for playing Jerry Helper, the dentist and next door neighbor of Rob and Laura Petrie, on The Dick Van Dyke Show.-Life and career:... |
Richie and Potsie spend their hard-earned savings on their first car to try to attract girls. But although the car looks impressive, it soon becomes apparent that it's not the most roadworthy of vehicles. |
| 03 | January 29, 1974 | "Richie's Cup Runneth Over" | William Bickley & Bob Brunner | Jerry Paris | Richie gets drunk at a stag party. |
| 04 | February 5, 1974 | "Guess Who's Coming to Visit?" | Lowell Ganz Lowell Ganz Lowell Ganz is an American screenwriter, television writer, and television producer. He is the long-time writing partner of Babaloo Mandel.-Life and career:... & Mark Rothman Mark Rothman Mark Rothman is a noted and credited writer best known for having been involved with the creation and production of Laverne and Shirley. He was also the head writer and show runner of numerous other shows including Happy Days and The Odd Couple.He has written many screenplays and several plays,... |
Jerry Paris | Richie sneaks out to watch Fonzie compete in a drag race. |
| 05 | February 12, 1974 | "Hardware Jungle" | Frank Buxton Frank Buxton Frank Buxton is an American actor, television writer and director. His first credit was host and producer of the ABC television documentary series, Discovery, which he hosted from 1962 to 1966.... & Michael Leeson |
Jerry Paris | Richie has to miss a rock concert to take care of his dad's hardware store. |
| 06 | February 19, 1974 | "The Deadly Dares" | Steve Zacharias | Herb Wallerstein | Richie and Potsie want to become members of a local gang called The Demons. But before being accepted as full-fledged members, they must perform The Six Deadly Dares. |
| 07 | February 26, 1974 | "Fonzie Drops In" | William Bickley & Bob Brunner | Mel Ferber | The Fonz decides to drop back in and re-enroll at high school. After rearranging the seating plan to his satisfaction, he asks Richie to do his homework and cheat for him. |
| 08 | March 5, 1974 | "The Skin Game" | William Bickley | Mel Ferber | Richie and Potsie go to see a stripper named Bubbles McCall (Barbara Rhoades Barbara Rhoades Barbara Rhoades is an American actress, known primarily for her comedy and mystery roles, especially as lady bandit Penelope "Bad Penny" Cushings in The Shakiest Gun in the West... ). |
| 09 | March 12, 1974 | "Breaking Up is Hard to Do" | William Bickley | Jerry Paris | Richie and his girlfriend Arlene (Laurette Spang) decide to split up. It's too late to secure new dates for the upcoming high school prom, so they end up going together as friends. |
| 10 | March 26, 1974 | "Give the Band a Hand" | Dick Bensfield & Perry Grant | Jerry Paris | Richie and the boys form a band to raise money, but Potsie loses it all in a poker game and Howard has to win it back. |
| 11 | April 2, 1974 | "Because She's There" | Jack Winter | Peter Baldwin Peter Baldwin Peter Baldwin is a British actor best known for his role of Derek Wilton in the UK soap opera Coronation Street.-Career:... |
For a fancy dress party, Potsie sets Richie up on a blind date with Phyllis (Diana Canova), who towers over him. |
| 12 | April 9, 1974 | "In the Name of Love" | Jack Winter | Don Weis | Potsie and Ralph are in love with Cindy Shellenberger, a pretty new girl in school, who asks Richie to study with her. |
| 13 | April 16, 1974 | "Great Expectations" | Bob Brunner & Michael Leeson (teleplay) Peggy Elliott & Ed Scharlach (story) |
Jerry Paris | Richie meets a beatnik named Deidre at the movies and gets caught up in her lifestyle. |
| 14 | April 23, 1974 | "The Best Man" | Joel Kane | Jerry Paris | Howard lets a black army buddy have his wedding at the Cunningham home, and faces prejudice from their neighbors. |
| 15 | April 30, 1974 | "Knock Around the Block" | Ben Joelson & Art Baer | Jerry Paris | Richie and the gang try to get Potsie's bike back from the gang that stole it. |
| 16 | May 7, 1974 | "Be the First on Your Block" | Richard Morgan | Jerry Paris | Howard decides to buy a bomb shelter, but when Richie tells his friends, problems quickly arise when each assumes they will have a spot reserved in the shelter for them too, should the need arise. |
Season 2 (1974–1975)
| Episode # | | Air date | | Title | | Written by | | Directed by | | Overview |
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| 17 | September 10, 1974 | "Richie Moves Out" | Ben Joelson & Art Baer | Jerry Paris | Richie feels that he doesn't have enough privacy living at home, so he decides to move in with Chuck. But he soon discovers that bachelor life is not all it's cracked up to be. |
| 18 | September 17, 1974 | "Richie's Car" | Bob Brunner & Michael Leeson | Jerry Paris | With his dating style being cramped by Howard driving him everywhere, Richie convinces his father to buy a second family car that he can use on weekends. He persuades Howard to buy a car that Fonzie is selling, but his amorous plans hit a roadblock when he hears that it is stolen. |
| 19 | September 24, 1974 | "Who's Sorry Now" | Michael Leeson | Jerry Paris | Arlene is back in town, and Richie goes on a date with her. But very soon, Arlene thinks that Richie wants to go steady with her, and Richie tries to find a way to put her off. (The flashbacks used in this episode are scenes from the unaired pilot that was part of Love, American Style Love, American Style Love, American Style is an hour-long TV anthology produced by Paramount Television and originally aired between September 1969 and January 1974... in 1972.) |
| 20 | October 1, 1974 | "You Go to My Head" | Phil Mishkin | Jerry London | Richie finds that he has a problem asking girls out. He reads a book about abnormal psychology and begins to think that there's something really wrong with him, and seeks the help of a psychiatrist. |
| 21 | October 8, 1974 | "R.O.T.C." | Mickey Rose | Jerry Paris | Richie is chosen to be put in charge of his R.O.T.C. Army cadet force at Jefferson High, but he has a battle on his hands to pull his pals, including Potsie and Ralph, into shape, and finds out that command and friendship are two very different things. |
| 22 | October 29, 1974 | "Haunted" | Dave Ketchum & Bruce Shelly | Garry Marshall | It's trick-or-treat time when the gang indulge in frightening frolics as Ralph plans to hold his annual Halloween Halloween Hallowe'en , also known as Halloween or All Hallows' Eve, is a yearly holiday observed around the world on October 31, the night before All Saints' Day... party at the old Simpson house, which is said to be haunted by the ghost of the headless "Old Lady Simpson". Richie must confront his own fears about the ghost. |
| 23 | November 12, 1974 | "Wish Upon a Star" | Dick Bensfield & Perry Grant | Herb Wallerstein | Richie wins a date to the school dance with Hollywood starlet Cindy Shea. But what on earth will his girlfriend say? And is Richie really cut out for a life of glitz and glamour? Guest star: Cheryl Ladd Cheryl Ladd Cheryl Ladd is an American actress, singer and author. Ladd is best known for her role as Kris Munroe in the television series Charlie's Angels, hired amid a swirl of publicity prior to its second season in 1977 to replace the departing Farrah Fawcett-Majors... . |
| 24 | November 19, 1974 | "Not With My Sister, You Don't" | Dick Bensfield & Perry Grant | Jerry Paris | Marion and Howard are apprehensive about Joanie's first date. Their worries deepen when they learn that her date is Fonzie's young cousin Spike. After a talk about the birds and the bees, Richie is instructed to use his own date to keep an eye on his little sister. |
| 25 | November 26, 1974 | "Big Money" | Jerry Rannow & Greg Strangis | Jerry Paris | Richie is selected to be a contestant on television game show Big Money. After the time runs out and his is invited back for the next show, his friends and family all try to help him brush up on his general knowledge—but then he is given an envelope by the host with all of the answers. Will Richie follow his conscience or take the money and run? |
| 26 | December 3, 1974 | "A Star is Bored" | Bobby Boswell | Jerry Paris | Richie, Potsie and Ralph plan to mount a production of "Hamlet" to raise money for baseball uniforms. When they are unable to get a celebrity to play the lead role, they persuade the Fonz to take the part. |
| 27 | December 17, 1974 | "Guess Who's Coming to Christmas" | Bill Idelson Bill Idelson Bill Idelson was an actor and scriptwriter best known for his teenage role as Rush Gook on the radio comedy Vic and Sade and his later, recurring television role on The Dick Van Dyke Show in the 1960s, before making a distinguished third career as a television writer, director and producer.... |
Frank Buxton | The gang are looking forward to spending Christmas with their families, but Richie discovers that Fonzie will be spending his all alone. Final appearance of Chuck Cunningham. |
| 28 | January 7, 1975 | "Open House" | Bill James | Jerry Paris | While Richie's parents are away, Richie and Potsie unexpectedly find themselves playing host to three stranded young women whose car has broken down. |
| 29 | January 14, 1975 | "Fonzie's Getting Married" | Mark Rothman & Lowell Ganz | Jerry Paris | In the first episode shot before a live audience, the Fonz suddenly announces that he is getting married, and Howard recognizes the girl as a stripper he saw at a hardware convention in Chicago. |
| 30 | January 21, 1975 | "The Cunningham Caper" | Michael Weinberger Michael Weinberger Michael Weinberger is an American writer whose television credits include Three's Company, Saved by the Bell, Growing Pains, and Who's the Boss? He is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post and the author of A Message from Jakie .Weinberger is a graduate of the University of Michigan and the... & James Ritz |
George Tyne | Richie stays at home sick while the rest of the family take in a movie at the theatre. But then he hears noises downstairs, and finds himself face to face with a burglar, who forces him to help gather up the family's valuables. |
| 31 | January 28, 1975 | "The Not Making of a President" | Lloyd Garver & Ken Hecht | Jerry Paris | It is election time, and Richie decides exactly which candidate to support—the one a cute blonde girl is campaigning for. But Richie becomes a victim of politics when his campaign efforts for Adlai Stevenson fall on the wrong side of Howard's political views. Meanwhile, Fonzie supports Dwight Eisenhower. |
| 32 | February 11, 1975 | "Cruisin'" | Ron Friedman Ron Friedman Ron Friedman is a productive screenwriter most famous for his work on such successful television shows as G.I. Joe, Gilligan's Island, The Transformers and the Marvel Action Hour shows Iron Man and Fantastic Four.... |
Jerry Paris | With Marion having dented Richie's car, he, Potsie and Ralph are forced to use Howard's DeSoto DeSoto (automobile) The DeSoto was a brand of automobile based in the United States, manufactured and marketed by the Chrysler Corporation from 1928 to 1961. The DeSoto logo featured a stylized image of Hernando de Soto... to go cruising for girls for an upcoming dance. But the girls that they meet are connected to street gang The Dragons, who challenge them to a drag race. Guest Star: The Brady Bunch's Maureen McCormick Maureen McCormick Maureen Denise McCormick is an American actress, celebrity and recording artist. She is most widely known as a child actress who played Marcia Brady in the television series The Brady Bunch from 1969 to 1974.- Early life and career :... |
| 33 | February 18, 1975 | "The Howdy Doody Show" | Bob Brunner | Jerry Paris | Facing a deadline for the school newspaper, Richie tries to get a photo of Clarabell the Clown Clarabell the Clown Clarabell the Clown was the mute partner of Howdy Doody.Three actors played Clarabell. The first was Bob Keeshan, who later became Captain Kangaroo. Keeshan was succeeded by Robert "Nick" Nicholson, who also played the character of J. Cornelius Cobb on The Howdy Doody Show. Lew Anderson was the... from The Howdy Doody Show Howdy Doody Howdy Doody is an American children's television program that was created and produced by E. Roger Muir and telecast on NBC in the United States from 1947 until 1960. It was a pioneer in children's television programming and set the pattern for many similar shows... without make-up. To gain access to the set, Richie plans to get Ralph to enter a Howdy Doody look-alike contest the show is conducting. |
| 34 | February 25, 1975 | "Get a Job" | Bill Idelson | Jerry Paris | To earn some money, Richie, Potsie and Ralph advertise as handymen, and agree to fix the fence of an attractive young divorceé. Ralph and Potsie each fancy their chances with the woman, but after they have left, she asks Richie to have dinner with her. |
| 35 | March 4, 1975 | "Fonzie Joins the Band" | Ben Joelson & Art Baer | Frank Buxton | Fonzie joins Richie's band to impress women, but can only play the bongos. |
| 36 | March 11, 1975 | "Fish and Fins" | Phil Mishkin | Jerry Paris | No one believes Richie when he says he knows a member of the group Johnny Fish & The Fins (Flash Cadillac and The Continental Kids Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids Flash Cadillac and the Continental Kids, now known as Flash Cadillac, are an American retro rock 'n' roll band. They are best known for their portrayal of the group Herbie and the Heartbeats in the film American Graffiti, to which they contributed three songs: cover versions of "At the Hop" and... ). |
| 37 | March 18, 1975 | "Richie's Flip Side" | Greg Strangis & Jerry Rannow | Herb Wallerstein | Fame goes to Richie's head when he becomes a disc jockey. |
| 38 | April 29, 1975 | "Kiss Me Sickly" | Michael Weinberger & James Ritz (teleplay) Paul Lichtman & Howard Storm Howard Storm (director) Howard Storm is an American film, television director and actor.Storm's acting credits include The New Dick Van Dyke Show, Rhoda, Sanford and Son among other series.... |
George Tyne | Richie makes out with Fonzie's girlfriend, and fears he may have contracted mono Infectious mononucleosis Infectious mononucleosis is an infectious, widespread viral... . |
| 39 | May 6, 1975 | "Goin' to Chicago" | Frank Buxton | George Tyne | Richie, Potsie and Ralph go on a trip to Chicago with the school choir. Not wanting to stay in their hotel room all night, Ralph convinces them to sneak out and see a comedy show at a burlesque house. Guest star: George Furth George Furth George Furth was an American librettist, playwright, and actor.-Biography:Furth was born George Schweinfurth in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Evelyn and George Schweinfurth... |
Season 3 (1975–1976)
| Episode # | | Air date | | Title | | Written by | | Directed by | | Overview |
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| 40 | September 9, 1975 | "Fonzie Moves In" | Mark Rothman & Lowell Ganz | Jerry Paris | Howard's hardware store begins facing competition. Now increasingly concerned about finances, he decides to rent the room above their garage to generate some extra income. Howard looks around for a suitable tenant, and is aghast when Richie rents it to Fonzie. Howard is certain that he's unsuitable and plans to kick him out.
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| 41 | September 16, 1975 | "The Motorcycle" | William Bickley & Michael Warren | Jerry Paris | Fonzie is devastated when he discovers that someone has wrecked his beloved motorcycle, leaving it scattered in pieces. Vengeance is vowed, and soon a plan is hatched to track down the culprit—but why is Ralph acting so concerned? |
| 42 | September 23, 1975 | "Fearless Fonzarelli" (Part 1) | Michael Weinberger | Jerry Paris | Worried that he is losing his edge, Fonzie decides to attempt to break a record and jump 14 garbage cans on his motorcycle. The stunt will be televised on the TV show 'You Wanted to See It'.
Pat Morita Noriyuki "Pat" Morita was an American actor of Japanese descent who was well-known for playing the roles of Matsuo "Arnold" Takahashi on Happy Days and Mr. Miyagi in the The Karate Kid movie series, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1984.-Early life:Pat... appears as Arnold for the first time in this episode. You Asked For It You Asked for It is a popular human-interest show created and hosted by Art Baker. Initially titled The Art Baker Show, the program originally aired on American television between 1950 and 1959... , and starred that show's original host Jack Smith Jack Smith -In sport:*Jack Smith , 19th century footballer in 1892–1895*Jack Smith , English player with Wolverhampton Wanderers and others* Jack Smith , English international footballer... . Evel Knievel Evel Knievel , born Robert Craig Knievel, was an American daredevil and entertainer. In his career he attempted over 75 ramp-to-ramp motorcycle jumps between 1965 and 1980, and in 1974, a failed jump across Snake River Canyon in the Skycycle X-2, a steam-powered rocket... phenomenon of the 1970s. |
| 43 | September 30, 1975 | "Fearless Fonzarelli" (Part 2) | Bob Brunner | Jerry Paris | Fonzie is successful in his bike jump, but crashes into Arnold's restaurant, injuring his leg. He faces surgery to repair torn cartilage in his knee, and makes himself at home on the Cunninghams' sofa. |
| 44 | October 7, 1975 | "The Other Richie Cunningham" | Perry Grant & Dick Bensfield | Jerry Paris | Howard is possibly about to close a big business deal for his hardware store, and asks Richie to take the client's daughter on a date. But Richie already has a big date planned, so he asks Potsie to take his place and pretend to be him. Chaos ensues. |
| 45 | October 14, 1975 | "Richie Fights Back" | Arthur Silver | Jerry Paris | After being humiliated in front of his date by local hoodlums Frankie and Rocco, Richie turns to the Fonz for advice, and soon decides that he wants to learn jujitsu to defend and stand up for himself. |
| 46 | October 21, 1975 | "Jailhouse Rock" | Bob Brunner | Art Fisher | Officer Kirk imposes a 10 p.m. curfew after some unruly kids break a window at the school. Richie and his friends plan to demonstrate against the strict curfew, but things don't go according to plan.
Ed Peck Ed Peck was an American actor.Peck was born in New York, United States, and was active in television and in films from 1951 to 1983.... makes his first appearance as Officer Kirk in this episode. |
| 47 | October 28, 1975 | "Howard's 45th Fiasco" | Frank Buxton | Jerry Paris | It is Howard's birthday but he is down about it, feeling he hasn't achieved very much in his life. Everyone decides to put on a 'This Is Your Life This Is Your Life This Is Your Life is an American television documentary series broadcast on NBC, originally hosted by its producer, Ralph Edwards from 1952 to 1961. In the show, the host surprises a guest, and proceeds to take them through their life in front of an audience including friends and family.Edwards... '-type show for him, but it makes him even more depressed, and he considers running off to Tahiti Tahiti Tahiti is the largest island in the Windward group of French Polynesia, located in the archipelago of the Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is the economic, cultural and political centre of French Polynesia. The island was formed from volcanic activity and is high and mountainous... . |
| 48 | November 4, 1975 | "Fonzie the Flatfoot" | Marty Nadler (teleplay) Arthur Silver (story) |
Jerry Paris | With rumours of a possible fight between the Fonz's former gang The Falcons, and their rivals The Dragons, Officer Kirk asks Howard to persuade Fonzie to become a Special Officer to keep the peace. |
| 49 | November 11, 1975 | "A Date With Fonzie" | Mark Rothman & Lowell Ganz | Jerry Paris | Richie is having trouble meeting women. After a little help from Fonzie ends in yet another failed attempt, the Fonz thinks he's found the perfect girls for a double date—Laverne and Shirley.
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| 50 | November 13, 1975 | "Fonzie the Salesman" | David W. Duclon | Jerry Paris | When the garage is taken over by an eccentric new owner, Fonzie does not agree with the new work conditions, and quits. He is unable to find another job as a mechanic, but after a pep talk from Howard, vows to find another career, and takes a job selling encyclopedia Encyclopedia An encyclopedia is a type of reference work, a compendium holding a summary of information from either all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge.... s door-to-door. |
| 51 | November 18, 1975 | "Three on a Porch" | Bobby Boswell & Tiffany York | Jerry Paris | Richie, Potsie and Ralph think they have rented a cabin at Lake Whitefish for the Easter holidays, but find instead that they have only rented the porch of the place. Nevertheless, they decide to stay and pose as rich Tunisia Tunisia Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area... n businessmen when they discover that their neighbors are three attractive young women. |
| 52 | November 25, 1975 | "Fonzie's New Friend" | Sid Arthur & Artie Laing | Jerry Paris | The Fonz has struck up a friendship with Sticks Downey, a new youth in the area, and has enlisted him to play drums with the band at Richie's upcoming Hawaii Hawaii Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of... an luau Luau A luau is a Hawaiian feast. It may feature food, such as poi, kalua pig, poke, lomi salmon, opihi, haupia, and beer; and entertainment, such as Hawaiian music and hula... . But prejudices arise when Sticks turns out to be black. |
| 53 | December 2, 1975 | "They Call It Potsie Love" | Marty Nadler | Jerry Paris | After Potsie sings Joanie a song at Arnold's (to brush up on his singing skills), Joanie develops a crush on Potsie and starts writing him anonymous "secret admirer" love letters. But as always, the course of love never runs smoothly. |
| 54 | December 16, 1975 | "Tell it to the Marines" | Sid Arthur & Artie Laing | Jerry Paris | After being jilted by his girlfriend, Ralph becomes convinced that he's useless and not sophisticated enough to ever keep a girl interested in him, and threatens to join the Marines. |
| 55 | January 6, 1976 | "Dance Contest" | Bob Howard | Norm Gray | Marion, tired of the monotony of everyday house chores, tries to get Howard to enter a televised dance contest with her. When he refuses, she secretly enlists Fonzie to be her partner, but Howard soon becomes suspicious that she is seeing another man. |
| 56 | January 13, 1976 | "Second Anniversary Show" | Bob Brunner & Arthur Silver | Jerry Paris | On Fonzie's birthday, the gang gets together to remember their "happy days".
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| 57 | January 20, 1976 | "Football Frolics" | James Ritz | Jerry Paris | Richie, Potsie and Ralph need some money to buy some tickets to a big football game from Arnold. When Howard refuses to loan them the money, Ralph comes up with the idea of volume babysitting to raise the funds.
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| 58 | January 27, 1976 | "Fonzie the Superstar" | Arthur Silver & Barry Rubinowitz | Jerry Paris | With Potsie away, the band has no singer for the Saturday Senior Dance, until Ralph says that the Fonz could fill in. When Fonzie finds out, he is less than pleased and, worried that he is no Elvis, he may actually not be good at something for once. |
| 59 | February 3, 1976 | "Two Angry Men" | Marty Nadler | Jerry Paris | When a blizzard Blizzard A blizzard is a severe snowstorm characterized by strong winds. By definition, the difference between blizzard and a snowstorm is the strength of the wind. To be a blizzard, a snow storm must have winds in excess of with blowing or drifting snow which reduces visibility to 400 meters or ¼ mile or... hits the Milwaukee, the weight of Fonzie's new pigeon coop, combined with that of the snow, causes the roof to cave in. Howard and the Fonz argue over who should pay for the damage, and end up facing each other in court. |
| 60 | February 10, 1976 | "Beauty Contest" | William Bickley & Michael Warren | Jerry Paris | Richie, Potsie and Ralph sponsor a beauty contest as a scheme to meet beautiful girls, but since the prizes don't exist, they have to find a winner who won't accept them. |
| 61 | February 17, 1976 | "Bringing Up Spike" | Joe Glauberg | Jerry Paris | Fonzie finds himself playing father figure when his young cousin Spike comes to stay, but soon regrets not following Howard's advice about laying down ground rules when Spike is caught as one of a group of thieves stealing from the cash register at Arnold's. |
| 62 | February 24, 1976 | "A Sight for Sore Eyes" | David W. Duclon | Jerry Paris | Fonzie is horrified when Ralph's optometrist father tells him that he must wear glasses to prevent the headaches he has been experiencing. The Fonz thinks glasses are uncool, and refuses to wear them, so his friends try to make him see the light. |
| 63 | March 2, 1976 | "Arnold's Wedding" | Bob Brunner | Frank Buxton | Arnold announces that he is to marry his pen pal Pen pal Pen pals are people who regularly write to each other, particularly via postal mail.-Purposes:A penpal relationship is often used to practice reading and writing in a foreign language, to improve literacy, to learn more about other countries and life-styles, and to make friendships... , a woman from Japan, and asks Fonzie to be his best man. But the Fonz is convinced that the Fonzarelli Curse will strike, after the previous two weddings he attended ended in disaster, and it starts to seem that the wedding may indeed be doomed when Arnold's bride has second thoughts. |
Season 4 (1976–1977)
| Episode # | | Air date | | Title | | Written by | | Directed by | | Overview |
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| 64 | September 21, 1976 | "Fonzie Loves Pinky" (Parts 1 & 2) | Arthur Silver | Jerry Paris | The Fonz's old flame Pinky Tuscadero (Roz Kelly Roz Kelly Roz Kelly is an American actress, perhaps best known for playing Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli's girlfriend Carol "Pinky" Tuscadero on the hit television series Happy Days.-Before Happy Days:... ) returns, and the pair start to get very close. Fonzie is planning to compete in an upcoming demolition derby, but when his co-driver is injured before the event, Pinky is angry that he insists that it is no place for a woman and chooses Ralph over her to be the replacement. To make matters worse, the ruthless Mallachi brothers intend to win the derby, using any dirty trick necessary—including their famous "Mallachi Crunch".
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| 65 | September 28, 1976 | "Fonzie Loves Pinky" (Part 3) | Joe Glauberg | Jerry Paris | With Pinky injured and out of the demolition derby thanks to the "Mallachi Crunch", the Fonz is left in the ring by himself. But he has more than just beating the Mallachis on his mind—he wants to marry Pinky.
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| 66 | October 5, 1976 | "A Mind of His Own" | Jack Winter | Jerry Paris | When the Fonz gets in his eighth fight in a week, Howard suggests that he go to see a psychologist (Bill Idelson), who comes up with an unusual way for Fonzie to vent his aggression. |
| 67 | October 19, 1976 | "Fonzie the Father" | Marty Nadler | Jerry Paris | With the rest of the Cunningham family going away on vacation, Richie plans a party. But when heavily pregnant Louisa, the wife of an old friend of Fonzie's, arrives on the scene, he and the Fonz find themselves minding an expectant house-guest. |
| 68 | October 26, 1976 | "Fonzie's Hero" | Barry Rubinowitz (teleplay) Steven Dworman (story) |
Jerry Paris | After Potsie rescues the Fonz from a fire at the garage, Fonzie tells his savior that he can have anything he wants. Potsie wants one thing: for the Fonz to be his best friend, and to do everything with him, including rollerskating. |
| 69 | November 9, 1976 | "A Place of His Own" | Bill Idelson | Jerry Paris | With Richie, Ralph and Potsie all cramming into Richie's car, each with his respective date, Richie feels it is cramping his chances romantically, so he and the Fonz come up with a scheme for him to use Fonzie's apartment for an evening to try to woo an art student.
Conrad Janis Conrad Janis is an American jazz musician and also a theatre, film, and television actor. In the fall of 1953, he played eldest son Edward in the Ezio Pinza situation comedy Bonino on NBC... , who would go on to play Mindy's father Fred McConnell (a somewhat similar character) in the Happy Days spin-off Mork and Mindy Mork and Mindy Mork & Mindy is an American science fiction sitcom broadcast from 1978 until 1982 on ABC. The series starred Robin Williams as Mork, an alien who comes to Earth from the planet Ork in a small, one-man egg-shaped spaceship. Pam Dawber co-starred as Mindy McConnell, his human friend and roommate... . |
| 70 | November 16, 1976 | "They Shoot Fonzies, Don't They?" | Steve Zacharias | Jerry Paris | When Joanie is cut from the cheerleading squad, she persuades the Fonz to be her partner in a dance marathon to win a bet with Jill (Charlene Tilton Charlene Tilton Charlene L. Tilton is an American actress and singer. She is best known for playing Lucy Ewing in the television series Dallas.-Career:... ), the head cheerleader. But after Fonzie's bike breaks down and he has to push it 12 miles home, will he be able to summon the stamina to see the marathon through? |
| 71 | November 23, 1976 | "The Muck-rakers" | Alan Mandel & Charles Shyer Charles Shyer Charles Richard Shyer is an American film director, writer and producer. Shyer's films are predominantly comedies, often with a romantic-comedy overtone... |
Jerry Paris | When Potsie breaks a tooth eating meatloaf at the school cafeteria, Richie goes undercover to conduct an investigation for the school newspaper on the poor kitchen conditions, with a little help from the Fonz. But when Richie's story is a big success, he plans to do a follow-up report—including how it happened that Fonzie is afraid of liver. After Richie refuses the Fonz's request that he not mention it in the report, the two fall out and stop talking to each other. |
| 72 | November 30, 1976 | "AKA The Fonz" | Brian Levant Brian Levant Brian Michael Levant is an American television and film director, writer and producer.Levant was born in Highland Park, Illinois. He started his career in 1977 as a writer for the TV series "The Jeffersons"... |
Jerry Paris | Officer Kirk has been appointed acting Sheriff, and his first task is to run what he considers to be hoodlums out of town—and Fonzie is on his list. Kirk starts to make life very awkward for Fonzie's friends as they try to find a solution to the situation. |
| 73 | December 7, 1976 | "Richie Branches Out" | James Ritz | Jerry Paris | It is a couple of weeks before Christmas, and Richie has fallen in love with a girl on a cola advertising poster. The gang pretend to be filming a commercial in order for Richie to try to meet her. |
| 74 | January 4, 1977 | "Fonzie's Old Lady" | Marty Nadler | Jerry Paris | Richie discovers that the Fonz is dating an attractive older woman (Diana Hyland Diana Hyland Diana Hyland was an American actress best known for her television appearances and occasional films.-Career:Hyland made her acting debut in 1955 in an episode of Robert Montgomery Presents... ). What Fonzie doesn't know is that the woman is married. |
| 75 | January 11, 1977 | "Time Capsule" | Dave Ketchum & Tony Di Marco | Jerry Paris | Richie, Potsie and Ralph are designing a time capsule for a project, and put it in a vault at Howard's hardware store. However, when the three go to visit the capsule with their girlfriends, they find themselves, and Fonzie, locked in. It's Friday—and the vault will not be opened until Monday.
Lynda Goodfriend Lynda Goodfriend is an American actress who is best remembered as Lori Beth Cunningham , Richie's girlfriend and later to become his wife on the TV sitcom, Happy Days. Prior to that, she played Ethel "Sunshine" Akalino on the short-lived series Blansky's Beauties... . She later goes to the prom with Ralph. Lynda Goodfriend would go on to play Richie's regular girlfriend (and later his wife) Lori-Beth, starting in the fifth season. |
| 76 | January 18, 1977 | "The Book of Records" | Michael Weinberger & Yvette Weinberger | Jerry Paris | In a scheme to win free publicity for Arnold's, Al offers a $100 prize for anyone who can get into the Magilla Book of Records, and the gang all come up with various ideas of records to break. Meanwhile, Fonzie tries to find work for his well-meaning but clumsy cousin Angie, but he fails at every job. Perhaps there is a record that Angie can break! |
| 77 | January 25, 1977 | "A Shot in the Dark" | Fred Fox Jr. (teleplay) Steve Zacharias (story) |
Jerry Paris | During a big basketball game, the star player is injured and Richie is put into the game to replace him. After he scores the winning basket, he becomes an overnight local hero and a big hit with the girls. But plans are afoot from the opposition to see that he doesn't follow up his success in the forthcoming game.
Life Savers Life Savers is an American brand of ring-shaped mints and artificially fruit-flavored hard candy. The candy is known for its distinctive packaging, coming in aluminum foil rolls.... commercials airing during that era. Directed by: Jerry Paris |
| 78 | February 1, 1977 | "Marion Rebels" | Dixie Brown Grossman | Jerry Paris | Marion is frustrated by her life as a housewife and falls out with Howard. Encouraged by Fonzie, she lands a job working as a waitress at Arnold's. But after she insults Al's menu and interferes with people's orders, Fonzie calls a meeting and insists something is done about it. |
| 79 | February 4, 1977 | "Third Anniversary Show" | Bob Brunner & Arthur Silver | Jerry Paris | Richie, Joanie and the gang prepare to throw a party for Marion in honor of her and Howard's anniversary.
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| 80 | February 8, 1977 | "Graduation" (Part 1) | Calvin Kelly | Jerry Paris | Marion lets slip to Richie, Potsie and Ralph that Fonzie has been going to night school to be able to graduate along with his friends. Fonzie is upset with Marion for letting his secret out, but that turns out to be the least of the group's worries when the principal delivers some shocking news.
Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... Hot 100 chart in April, 1977) |
| 81 | February 15, 1977 | "Graduation" (Part 2) | William Bickley & Michael Warren | Jerry Paris | The gang study through the night in order to re-take their exam and graduate. But Fonzie gets some disappointing news when he finds that, as a night-school student, he won't be able to participate in the presentation ceremony.
Pat Morita Noriyuki "Pat" Morita was an American actor of Japanese descent who was well-known for playing the roles of Matsuo "Arnold" Takahashi on Happy Days and Mr. Miyagi in the The Karate Kid movie series, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1984.-Early life:Pat... (Arnold) returns to make a special guest appearance in this episode. |
| 82 | February 22, 1977 | "The Physical" | Dave Ketchum & Tony Di Marco | Jerry Paris | Richie, Potsie and Ralph each receive letters instructing them to attend a physical to evaluate them for the Army draft. They are surprised when Fonzie is called up too—but he is more interested in the physical nurse than doing push-ups.
Warren Berlinger Warren Berlinger is an American character actor, with both Broadway runs and over a thousand television appearances to his credit.-Personal life:... and Linda Kaye Henning Linda Kaye Henning Linda Kaye Henning is an American actress who starred on the 1960s sitcom Petticoat Junction.-Early life:Henning was born in Los Angeles, California. The television producer Paul Henning, is her father, and her mother is Ruth Henning. In her youth, Linda Kaye Henning was a student of the ballet... |
| 83 | March 1, 1977 | "Joanie's Weird Boyfriend" | Bob Brunner | Jerry Paris | Feeling that she is always being treated like a little kid, Joanie jumps at the chance when she is invited to be initiated into a troublesome gang called the Red Devils. But does she know what she is getting herself into? |
| 84 | March 8, 1977 | "Fonz-How, Inc." | Joe Glauberg | Jerry Paris | Howard has come up with the idea for a "Garbage Gulper" trash compactor, and Fonzie is convinced to become his partner and help construct the prototype. They have high hopes for the invention, but will the world of big business prove to be as lucrative as they hope? |
| 85 | March 15, 1977 | "Spunky Come Home" | Arthur Silver & Fred Fox Jr. | Jerry Paris | Fonzie has a pet dog named Spunky to keep him company. But Ralph and Potsie accidentally let Spunky escape, and make up a story about the dog being stolen to cover their mistake. |
| 86 | March 22, 1977 | "The Last of the Big Time Malphs" | Joe Glauberg | Jerry Paris | Ralph is taking huge bets on an upcoming sporting event whose outcome he feels certain of. But when the results are in, and they are the opposite of what he predicted, he is left owing a lot of people some serious money—including a local thug named Bruiser. |
| 87 | March 29, 1977 | "Fonzie's Baptism" | William Bickley & Michael Warren | Jerry Paris | After nearly being killed in a stock-car race, the Fonz questions his mortality. Al suggests that he go to see his brother, a priest, for guidance, leading Fonzie to decide to be baptized.
Al Molinaro Albert Francis "Al" Molinaro is an actor in television and films, most notably as Al Delvecchio, the owner of Arnold's on Happy Days and its spin-off show Joanie Loves Chachi, Murray the Cop on The Odd Couple television series, as well as starring in commercials for On-Cor frozen dinners... ). Marion refers to Richie as the first child, ignoring the existence of Chuck who appeared in eleven episodes of the first two seasons. |
Season 5 (1977–1978)
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| 88 | September 13, 1977 | "Hollywood" (Parts 1 & 2) | Joe Glauberg & Walter Kempley | Jerry Paris | A couple of Hollywood talent scouts look for mechanic Fonzie when their limousine Limousine A limousine is a luxury sedan or saloon car, especially one with a lengthened wheelbase or driven by a chauffeur. The chassis of a limousine may have been extended by the manufacturer or by an independent coachbuilder. These are called "stretch" limousines and are traditionally black or white.... breaks down while passing through Milwaukee, and when they find him they like the look of him. Thinking that he could be the next James Dean James Dean James Byron Dean was an American film actor. He is a cultural icon, best embodied in the title of his most celebrated film, Rebel Without a Cause , in which he starred as troubled Los Angeles teenager Jim Stark... , they invite him to Hollywood for a film audition. With Potsie and Ralph eager to impress the scouts too, Fonzie invites them and the Cunningham family to join him on his trip to Hollywood. But his big screen test is not all that the Fonz has to concern himself with—he also has a water skiing Water skiing thumb|right|A slalom skier making a turn on a slalom waterski.Waterskiing is a sport where an individual is pulled behind a boat or a cable ski installation on a body of water, skimming the surface.-History:... challenge with obnoxious local hero The California Kid to contend with.
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| 89 | September 20, 1977 | "Hollywood" (Part 3) | Fred Fox Jr. | Jerry Paris | The California Kid has challenged the Fonz to jump a great white shark, being held just offshore, on water skis, convinced that he will be too scared and back out. But Fonzie is too proud to back down and accepts the challenge. Meanwhile, Richie—after wowing the talent scout at Fonzie's audition—struggles to make a decision about the film contract that he has been offered.
Jumping the shark Jumping the shark is an idiom used to describe the moment in the evolution of a television show when it begins a decline in quality that is beyond recovery.... " to indicate the point at which a television series begins to decline in quality or loses its earlier appeal. |
| 90 | September 27, 1977 | "Hard Cover" | Brian Levant | Jerry Paris | Concerned about the lack of action in his love life, Richie asks Fonzie for some dating advice. The Fonz suggests that they go to the college library to meet sophisticated girls, where Richie meets the attractive Lori Beth. But when they go back to her dorm, Richie learns that the hall's doors are locked at 10 p.m. sharp, and he is now locked in for the night. If he is discovered, Lori Beth will be expelled.
Lynda Goodfriend Lynda Goodfriend is an American actress who is best remembered as Lori Beth Cunningham , Richie's girlfriend and later to become his wife on the TV sitcom, Happy Days. Prior to that, she played Ethel "Sunshine" Akalino on the short-lived series Blansky's Beauties... as Lori Beth Allen, Richie's girlfriend and future wife. (Goodfriend had previously appeared as a different character, Kim, in the previous season). |
| 91 | October 4, 1977 | "My Cousin the Cheat" | Walter Kempley | Jerry Paris | When Chachi gets in trouble with the truant officer for skipping school, Fonzie tells his young cousin that if he gets good grades he can have a part-time job at the garage, as an incentive to stay in school. But the idea backfires when Chachi decides to cheat on an exam, tricking the answers out of Joanie. When the Fonz finds out, he is enraged. |
| 92 | October 25, 1977 | "Fonsillectomy" | Marty Nadler | Jerry Paris | Fonzie is ill, and the doctor says he must go into the hospital the next day to have his tonsils removed, meaning that he will miss the Cunninghams' Halloween party. The Fonz does not take the news well; worse still, the only available room in the hospital is on the children's ward. |
| 93 | November 1, 1977 | "The Apartment" | Dixie Brown Grossman | Jerry Paris | Richie, Potsie and Ralph rent an apartment owned by Chachi's mother. Despite its run-down condition, they are all excited to have a place of their own. But things turn sour when Potsie and Ralph continually argue, leaving Richie desperately trying to keep the peace.
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| 94 | November 8, 1977 | "Fonzie and Leather Tuscadero" (Part 1) | Bob Brunner | Jerry Paris | Pinky's sister Leather Tuscadero (Suzi Quatro Suzi Quatro Susan Kay "Suzi" Quatro is an American singer-songwriter, bass player, and actor.She scored a string of hit singles in the 1970s that found greater success in Europe and Australia than in her homeland, and had a recurring role on the popular American sitcom Happy Days.-Music:Quatro began her... ), a reformed thief, comes to town with her band The Suedes to audition for a gig at Arnold's. Fonzie is wary of her after having his heart broken by Pinky, not to mention that Leather once stole his wallet and comb. But that is the least of Leather's worries; Officer Kirk threatens to close the place down if Al hires any ex-cons. |
| 95 | November 15, 1977 | "Fonzie and Leather Tuscadero" (Part 2) | Bob Brunner | Jerry Paris | Leather & The Suedes are about to go on tour, beginning in San Francisco. Joanie, who has been singing with the group, is determined to go with them. But when her parents veto her plan, she runs away, determined to join the group anyway. |
| 96 | November 22, 1977 | "My Fair Fonzie" | Warren S. Murray | Jerry Paris | A rich socialite (Morgan Fairchild Morgan Fairchild Morgan Fairchild is an American actress. She achieved prominence during the late 1970s and early 1980s with continuing roles in several television series, in which she usually conveyed a glamorous image. Fairchild has also performed in live theater and played guest roles in television comedies... ) and her snobbish cousin invite the Fonz to a posh yacht-club dinner party, intending to make a fool out of him in front of everyone. But Al overhears the scheme, and thanks to a crash course in etiquette Etiquette Etiquette is a code of behavior that delineates expectations for social behavior according to contemporary conventional norms within a society, social class, or group... by the Cunninghams, Fonzie turns the tables on them. |
| 97 | November 29, 1977 | "Bye Bye Blackball" | Barry Rubinowitz | Jerry Paris | Richie, Potsie and Ralph are desperate to join the best fraternity Fraternities and sororities Fraternities and sororities are fraternal social organizations for undergraduate students. In Latin, the term refers mainly to such organizations at colleges and universities in the United States, although it is also applied to analogous European groups also known as corporations... on campus, but first they have to survive the Hell Week initiations. They are prepared to go through anything, but will Richie choose the fraternity over loyalty to his friends? |
| 98 | December 6, 1977 | "Requiem for a Malph" | Steve Zacharias | Jerry Paris | Ralph is in love with Kitty, a beautiful young woman, who is in an unhappy relationship with the football team's star fullback, Rebel E. Lee. When Rebel finds out about the pair's relationship, he is furious with Ralph. Instead of a fight, Fonzie arranges a boxing match between the pair to settle the dispute. But there's one problem: Ralph cannot box to save his life. |
| 99 | December 13, 1977 | "Nose for News" | Walter Kempley | Jerry Paris | After getting a 'D' on a paper for his investigative reporting class, Richie decides to search for a big story to help improve his grade. Perhaps Howard's battle with the sanitation department that is trying to force him to pay a weekly surcharge is the big story he needs! |
| 100 | January 3, 1978 | "Grandpa's Visit" | George F. Slavin | Jerry Paris | Howard's 65-year-old father, Sean "Cap" Cunningham (Danny Thomas Danny Thomas Danny Thomas was an American nightclub comedian and television and film actor, best known for starring in the television sitcom Make Room for Daddy . He was also the founder of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital... ), a police detective recently forced into retirement, comes to visit the family, but announces that he is already bored with retirement and plans to look for a job. Will he find a job that suits him? Al Molinaro Albert Francis "Al" Molinaro is an actor in television and films, most notably as Al Delvecchio, the owner of Arnold's on Happy Days and its spin-off show Joanie Loves Chachi, Murray the Cop on The Odd Couple television series, as well as starring in commercials for On-Cor frozen dinners... (Al) and Scott Baio Scott Baio Scott Vincent James Baio is an American actor and television director, best known for his roles as Chachi Arcola on the sitcom Happy Days and its spin-off, Joanie Loves Chachi, and as the title character on the sitcom Charles in Charge.... (Chachi) are added to the opening credits. |
| 101 | January 10, 1978 | "Potsie Gets Pinned" | Fred Fox Jr. | Jerry Paris | Potsie falls in love with Jennifer Jerome, a girl in a kissing booth. After just one date, Potsie decides that he wants to marry her. The rest of the gang are unsure it's right for Potsie and persuade Howard to have a talk with him, who suggests that they get "pinned" instead. (These two were later married in real life) |
| 102 | January 17, 1978 | "Joanie's First Kiss" | Barbara O'Keefe | Jerry Paris | Joanie is asked out on a date by David O'Dooley, a hunky senior who owns a car. Howard is against the date, and when he reluctantly agrees, Richie and the Fonz advise her on how to fend off any unwanted advances. Will all this lead to Joanie's first kiss? |
| 103 | January 24, 1978 | "Marion's Misgivings" | Fred Maio | Jerry Paris | After a friend of the family leaves his wife for a younger woman, Marion begins to worry that Howard might do the same to her, and decides to try to prove to him that she's still young at heart—but goes completely over the top, Salome-style. |
| 104 | January 31, 1978 | "Richie Almost Dies" | Marty Nadler | Jerry Paris | Richie has bought a motorcycle; his parents are very unhappy about it, but he convinces them that all will be okay. He is then involved in a very serious accident on the bike, which leaves him in a coma. As the rest of the gang anxiously await news, Fonzie holds a bedside vigil to try to help pull his friend though.
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| 105 | February 7, 1978 | "Spunkless Spunky" | James Ritz | Jerry Paris | Fonzie's dog Spunky seems to be depressed. After a visit to the veterinarian Veterinarian A veterinary physician, colloquially called a vet, shortened from veterinarian or veterinary surgeon , is a professional who treats disease, disorder and injury in animals.... , it is suggested that Spunky's problem is mental. Dr. Joyce Brothers (guest starring as herself) comes to take a look at him. (Spunky seems to have changed gender between seasons!) |
| 106 | February 14, 1978 | "Be My Valentine" | Fred Maio | Jerry Paris | It is Valentine's Day, and at Arnold's, as the gang exchange cards and gifts, Joanie daydreams about the romantic songs that they could sing to each other. Guest Star: The Brady Bunch's Christopher Knight Christopher Knight Christopher Anton Knight is an American actor best known for playing Peter Brady on the 1970s series, The Brady Bunch. He has since gone on to become a successful businessman and enjoyed a semi-resurgence in the public eye with television appearances in the 2000s. His father, Edward Knight, was... |
| 107 | February 21, 1978 | "Our Gang" | Brian Levant | Jerry Paris | When Chachi arrives at Arnold's wearing a gang jacket, Richie tells him the story of how he first met the Fonz, who was involved with a gang, to try to illustrate to Chachi that gangs are nothing but trouble. |
| 108 | February 28, 1978 | "My Favorite Orkan" | Joe Glauberg | Jerry Paris | Mork (Robin Williams Robin Williams Robin McLaurin Williams is an American actor and comedian. Rising to fame with his role as the alien Mork in the TV series Mork and Mindy, and later stand-up comedy work, Williams has performed in many feature films since 1980. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance... ), an alien from the planet Ork, arrives on Earth and tries to take Richie back to his native planet as an example of an average "humdrum" human, but Fonzie stands in his way. Mork and Mindy Mork & Mindy is an American science fiction sitcom broadcast from 1978 until 1982 on ABC. The series starred Robin Williams as Mork, an alien who comes to Earth from the planet Ork in a small, one-man egg-shaped spaceship. Pam Dawber co-starred as Mindy McConnell, his human friend and roommate... ), an extension of the final scene was added, with Mork, outside of the Cunninghams' house (after having knocked on the door) communicating with Orson, who sent him on another mission to 1978, setting the scene for Mork and Mindy. |
| 109 | March 23, 1978 | "Fourth Anniversary Special" | Bob Brunner & Samuro Mitsubi | Jerry Paris | Lori Beth has to write a report on the average middle-class American family, and interviews various characters about their memories of Richie and his parents. But Richie is concerned that she is trying to find out about his previous girlfriends. |
| 110 | May 9, 1978 | "Do You Want to Dance?" | Fred Fox Jr. | Jerry Paris | Fonzie has fallen in love with his girlfriend, a moderately successful ballet dancer, but must face the fact that the girl may be happier dancing professionally in New York. |
| 111 | May 16, 1978 | "Second Wind" | Brian Levant | Jerry Paris | Al is to receive the Man of the Year award from The Sons of Italy, but he doesn't have a date. Fonzie sets him up with Anna, a meter maid Parking attendant A parking enforcement officer or parking attendant and sometimes parking inspector is a member of a traffic control department or agency who issues tickets for parking violations. Where parking meters are used, they may be known as a meter attendant or a traffic warden... , and Al quickly falls in love with her. |
| 112 | May 23, 1978 | "Rules to Date By" | Joe Glauberg | Jerry Paris | When Richie gets jealous of Lori Beth's friendships with other men, they argue and break up, but agree to go on a weekend trip where the band is performing with Leather & The Suedes. However, it doesn't put an end to their squabbling. |
| 113 | May 30, 1978 | "Fonzie for the Defense" | Dave Ketchum & Tony Di Marco | Jerry Paris | Howard and Fonzie are called up for jury duty. The case involves a black biker who is accused of stealing an old lady's purse, and seems to be a very open-and-shut case. Fonzie, however, is the only one who is certain that the young man is "not guilty-amundo", and must convince the rest of the jury. |
Season 6 (1978–1979)
| Episode # | | Air date | | Title | | Written by | | Directed by | | Overview |
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| 114 | September 12, 1978 | "Westward Ho" (parts 1 & 2) | Walter Kempley | Jerry Paris | The dude ranch Dude ranch The guest ranch, also known as a dude ranch, is a type of ranch oriented towards visitors or tourism. It is considered a form of agritourism.-History:... run by Marion's Uncle Ben is in desperate need of financial aid. The Cunningham family sets off for Colorado Colorado Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains... to come to the rescue, with Potsie, Ralph, Al and Fonzie all in tow, and must try to come up with enough money in five days to save the ranch from crooked neighbor H. R. Buchanan, who is set to take control of the ranch. The gang enter the 7th Annual Bar A Rodeo to try to win the prize money.
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| 115 | September 19, 1978 | "Westward Ho" (Part 3) | Fred Fox Jr. | Jerry Paris | With the deadline looming, the gang are still trying to raise enough money to save Uncle Ben's Colorado ranch. In a desperate last-ditch effort—and trying to reassert his coolness—Fonzie volunteers to try to ride a killer bull for a $1000 prize.
Television syndication In broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast radio shows and television shows by multiple radio stations and television stations, without going through a broadcast network, though the process of syndication may conjure up structures like those of a network itself, by its very... , this episode and the second part are aired as three parts. |
| 116 | September 26, 1978 | "Fonzie's Blindness" | Ron Leavitt Ron Leavitt Ron Leavitt was the co-creator of the American television show Married... with Children... & Richard Rosenstock |
Jerry Paris | When Al accidentally strikes him on the head with a metal tray, Fonzie loses his sight. With the possibility of his blindness being permanent, Fonzie struggles to come to terms with it, but Richie is determined to make his friend face the situation and revive his morale. |
| 117 | October 5, 1978 | "Casanova Cunningham" | Bob Brunner | Jerry Paris | Richie concocts a cover story to tell Lori Beth when he's actually escorting a baton twirler to the fraternity dance. Does this spell the end of their relationship? |
| 118 | October 10, 1978 | "Kid Stuff" | Fred Fox Jr. | Jerry Paris | Fonzie has developed a very close bond with Bobby, the young son of his latest flame Peggy. But when the woman tells the Fonz that she plans to try to patch up the relationship with her estranged husband (Bruce Weitz Bruce Weitz Bruce Peter Weitz is an American actor. He is perhaps best-known for his role as Sgt. Michael "Mick" Belker in the 1980s TV series Hill Street Blues for which he won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 1984.-Early life:Weitz was born in Norwalk, Connecticut, the son... ), Fonzie must face not being able to see the boy anymore. |
| 119 | October 17, 1978 | "Sweet Sixteen" | Brian Levant | Jerry Paris | A party is planned for Joanie's 16th birthday. Everyone except Marion is pleased that she intends to go with local football star Tip Corrigan, until Joanie finds that he is a liar and a cheat. With the big party looming, will she be able to find her dream date in time? |
| 120 | October 24, 1978 | "Fearless Malph" | Walter Kempley | Jerry Paris | When Richie begins a writing project on people's phobias, he, Potsie and Ralph go to visit an eccentric Austrian professor to try to cure Ralph's numerous neuroses. When the professor predicts an imminent tornado Tornado A tornado is a violent, dangerous, rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. They are often referred to as a twister or a cyclone, although the word cyclone is used in meteorology in a wider... , Ralph panics—until the professor hypnotizes him, bringing out a completely different side of Ralph's personality. |
| 121 | October 31, 1978 | "The Evil Eye" | Allen Goldstein | Jerry Paris | A Halloween episode. Al is cowering in terror at a curse he believes he has received from an old lady, so at Fonzie's suggestion, Richie, Ralph and Potsie arrange a mock 'exorcism Exorcism Exorcism is the religious practice of evicting demons or other spiritual entities from a person or place which they are believed to have possessed... ' to banish Al's demons. |
| 122 | November 7, 1978 | "The Claw Meets the Fonz" | Susanne Gayle Harris | Jerry Paris | Al is thinking about taking on a partner to create an Arnold's franchise, but a gangster and his henchmen try to intimidate Al into signing them up as partners whether he likes it or not. Fonzie and the gang try to come up with a plan to put the goons out of business. |
| 123 | November 14, 1978 | "The Fonz is Allergic to Girls" | Mary-David Sheiner & Sheila Judis Weisberg | Jerry Paris | Fonzie becomes convinced that he has an allergic reaction to the opposite sex, and decides that he is going to have to stop dating and give up his life as a ladies' man, and hands over his legendary little black book to Chachi. Richie tries to find a cure to help his friend get back to normal.
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| 124 | November 21, 1978 | "The First Thanksgiving" | Bob Howard | Jerry Paris | Upset when the family are set on watching football on television at Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Day is a holiday celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada. Thanksgiving is celebrated each year on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. In Canada, Thanksgiving falls on the same day as Columbus Day in the... instead of celebrating in a more traditional manner, Marion tells the story of the first Thanksgiving (with the cast playing various characters). |
| 125 | November 28, 1978 | "The Kissing Bandit" | Beverly Bloomberg | Jerry Paris | After Richie is arrested for being the "kissing bandit", the Fonz helps him set a trap to expose the real culprit. |
| 126 | December 5, 1978 | "The Magic Show" | Don Safran | Jerry Paris | Howard and Al have a big magic act booked for their lodge meeting. But when the magician is injured, who will be able to take his place? |
| 127 | December 12, 1978 | "Richie Gets Framed" | Fred Maio | Jerry Paris | Richie is running for student council president, but is unwittingly photographed in a compromising position at a massage parlor. Ralph and Potsie devise a plan to get the potentially damaging photo back from Richie's election rival—but are they doing the right thing? |
| 128 | December 19, 1978 | "Christmas Time" | Beverly Bloomberg | Jerry Paris | It is the festive season, and Fonzie refuses to accept a Christmas gift that has arrived from his estranged father. |
| 129 | January 16, 1979 | "Smokin' Ain't Cool" | Michael Loman | Jerry Paris | When Joanie takes up smoking in order to keep in with a club called The Magnets, both Richie and Howard try and fail to convince her to stop. Will the Fonz be able to make her see the stupidity of her habit? |
| 130 | January 23, 1979 | "Ralph vs. Potsie" | Michael Loman | Jerry Paris | Richie, in the guise of a magazine agony aunt Advice column An advice column is a column in a magazine or newspaper written by an advice columnist . The image presented was originally of an older woman providing comforting advice and maternal wisdom, hence the name "aunt"... , gives Ralph and Potsie some bad advice, which results in the pair falling out and dividing their apartment in half. |
| 131 | February 2, 1979 | "Stolen Melodies" | Brian Levant | Jerry Paris | Leather Tuscadero and the band audition for a popular television music show. They are turned down, whereupon their song is stolen and performed by another band. The gang hatch a plan to put things right. |
| 132 | February 6, 1979 | "Married Strangers" | Bob Howard | Jerry Paris | It is Howard and Marion's 23rd wedding anniversary, but what should be a happy event is spoiled by the pair falling out. Richie and Joanie have arranged for them to go away on a second honeymoon, but will it be enough to turn the situation around? |
| 133 | February 13, 1979 | "Marion: Fairy Godmother" | Fred Maio | Jerry Paris | Leather and Ralph, both lonely and longing for love, agree to go on a date with each other to a big upcoming party. Leather is concerned that her image puts men off, and asks Marion for some lessons in how to be a lady. Meanwhile, Ralph tries hard to lose his joker image.
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| 134 | February 20, 1979 | "Fonzie's Funeral" (Part 1) | Michael Loman | Jerry Paris | Fonzie finds a stack of $100 bills in a hearse that he is repairing, and turns it in to the police, unaware that he is treading on the toes of local crime lord The Candyman, who vows to get even. |
| 135 | February 27, 1979 | "Fonzie's Funeral" (Part 2) | Michael Loman | Jerry Paris | With the Fonz thought to be dead by The Candyman and his goons, and Ralph and Potsie kidnapped, Richie and company devise a plan to put the criminals out of business.
Pat Morita Noriyuki "Pat" Morita was an American actor of Japanese descent who was well-known for playing the roles of Matsuo "Arnold" Takahashi on Happy Days and Mr. Miyagi in the The Karate Kid movie series, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1984.-Early life:Pat... ) and a number of Laverne & Shirley Laverne & Shirley Laverne & Shirley is an American television situation comedy that ran on ABC from January 26, 1976, to May 10, 1983... cast members, who attend Fonzie's "funeral". |
| 136 | March 6, 1979 | "Mork Returns" (a.k.a. "Fifth Anniversary Show") | Walter Kempley | Jerry Paris | Mork returns from 1979 to re-visit Richie, this time to learn about the human concept of friendship in the 1950s from Richie's memories, which are shown via flashbacks to classic moments from a number of episodes. |
| 137 | March 13, 1979 | "The Duel" | Fred Fox Jr. | Jerry Paris | A French fencing champion comes to stay with the Cunninghams, and offends many with his rude attitude. But when he insults America—and Joanie—the Fonz reveals that he is a "black belt" in fencing. |
| 138 | May 8, 1979 | "Chachi's Incredo-Wax" | Dave Ketchum & Tony Di Marco | Jerry Paris | Chachi is tricked by a con man into buying a wax spray that turns out to be corrosive, damaging Al's tables, Potsie's hair, and—worst of all—Fonzie's motorcycle seat. Richie and the Fonz plan to get even with the fraudster. |
| 139 | May 15, 1979 | "Potsie Quits School" | David Reo (teleplay) James P. Dunne (story) |
Jerry Paris | Worried about a big upcoming exam, and not helped by his ferocious lecturer, Potsie dramatically quits school. Fonzie comes up with an unorthodox way of helping him, to try to persuade him to take the exam.
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Season 7 (1979–1980)
| Episode # | | Air date | | Title | | Written by | | Directed by | | Overview |
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| 140 | September 11, 1979 | "Shotgun Wedding" | Fred Fox Jr. | Jerry Paris | Richie and Fonzie romance the daughters of a very strict farmer and get themselves in a jam.
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| 141 | September 18, 1979 | "Chachi Sells His Soul" | Walter Kempley | Jerry Paris | A lonely Chachi sells his soul for popularity, but Fonzie has to step in to outwit the Devil's nephew, Melvin Scratch. This episode featured Jimmy Brogan Jimmy Brogan Jimmy Brogan , sometimes credited as Jim Brogan, is an American stand-up comedian, writer and actor. He has made numerous standup appearances on the talk show circuit including The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson and Late Night with David Letterman. He was a writer on the Tonight Show with... as Random the Guardian Angel from the 1979 television series Out of the Blue Out of the Blue (1979 TV series) Out Of The Blue is an American fantasy sitcom that aired on ABC during the fall of 1979. It is chiefly notable as having featured a Mork & Mindy crossover, and for the controversy surrounding its status as a spin-off of Happy Days.... . |
| 142 | September 25, 1979 | "Fonzie Meets Kat" | Dave Ketchum & Tony Di Marco | Jerry Paris | The gang need help in a big bar fight, but Fonzie has vowed not to engage in violence for 24 hours. Fonzie meets the mysterious Kat Mandu (Deborah Pratt Deborah Pratt Deborah M. Pratt is an American actress, writer and television producer. She was a co-executive producer and a writer on the Quantum Leap TV series which was created by her then-husband, Donald Bellisario, and acted in television series including Quantum Leap, Magnum, P.I. and Airwolf... ) |
| 143 | October 2, 1979 | "Marion Goes to Jail" | Barbara Berkowitz | Jerry Paris | Marion crashes Howard's beloved DeSoto and ends up behind bars. |
| 144 | October 9, 1979 | "Richie's Job" | Terry Hart | Jerry Paris | Richie takes a job at the local newspaper and learns about life on the other side. |
| 145 | October 23, 1979 | "Richie Falls in Love" | Ria Nepus | Jerry Paris | Richie decides he needs to grow up, and has a romance with an older woman. |
| 146 | October 30, 1979 | "Fonzie's a Thespian" | Holly White | Jerry Paris | When Marion needs a male lead in her community production of "The Rainmaker", only Fonzie can fit the bill. |
| 147 | November 6, 1979 | "Burlesque" | Dave Ketchum & Tony Di Marco | Jerry Paris | When the performers don't show for a fundraising revue, the gang has to step in. |
| 148 | November 13, 1979 | "Joanie Busts Out" | Beverly Bloomberg | Jerry Paris | Chachi lands a job as a photographer's assistant, leading Richie to think Joanie may have taken up exotic modelling.
Rhonda Shear Rhonda Shear is an American television personality, comedienne, and actress.-Early life:Shear was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to a Jewish American family. She attended Loyola University, earning a B.A. in Communications... . |
| 149 | November 20, 1979 | "King Richard's Big Night" | James P. Dunne | Jerry Paris | Richie is slipped a Mickey Finn and loses control at a college party. |
| 150 | November 27, 1979 | "Fonzie vs. The She-Devils" | Sam Greenbaum | Jerry Paris | Fonzie has to save the guys from a girl gang who want to shave Chachi's head. |
| 151 | December 4, 1979 | "The Mechanic" | Fred Fox Jr. | Jerry Paris | Fonzie's new assistant at the garage uses a wheelchair—and has a very bad attitude. |
| 152 | December 11, 1979 | "They're Closing Inspiration Point" | Beverly Bloomberg | Jerry Paris | The gang protests to save Inspiration Point from development—and it turns out that Howard is the developer. |
| 153 | December 18, 1979 | "Here Comes the Bride Again" | Bob Howard | Jerry Paris | Howard and Marion decide to renew their wedding vows. Special guest stars: Bob and Ray Bob and Ray Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding were an American comedy team whose career spanned five decades. Their format was typically to satirize the medium in which they were performing, such as conducting radio or television interviews, with off-the-wall dialogue presented in a generally deadpan style as... . |
| 154 | January 8, 1980 | "Ah, Wilderness" | Barry Rubinowitz | Jerry Paris | Richie's promise to show the gang a great time in the outdoors does not go according to plan.
Julie Brown Julie Ann Brown is an American actress, comedienne, screen/television writer, singer-songwriter, television director. Brown is perhaps best known for her work in the 1980s, where she often played a quintessential valley girl character... . |
| 155 | January 15, 1980 | "Joanie's Dilemma" | April Kelly | Jerry Paris | Joanie debates whether or not to get hot and heavy with her new beau. |
| 156 | January 22, 1980 | "Hot Stuff" | Fred Fox Jr. | Jerry Paris | When Al takes off work early, he leaves Chachi in charge. But when he gets overexcited by Joanie finally accepting a date with him, Chachi forgets to turn off the grill, resulting in a fire that destroys the restaurant.
Garry Marshall Garry Kent Marshall is an American actor, director, writer and producer. His notable credits include creating Happy Days and The Odd Couple and directing Nothing In Common, Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride, Valentine's Day, and The Princess Diaries.-Early life:Marshall was born in the New York City... and Lowell Ganz Lowell Ganz Lowell Ganz is an American screenwriter, television writer, and television producer. He is the long-time writing partner of Babaloo Mandel.-Life and career:... that the old '50s-style Arnold's was no longer appealing enough to teen audiences; it was burned down so it could be replaced with a more modern 60s-style restaurant set to coincide with the turn of the decade from the 50s to the 60s. |
| 157 | January 29, 1980 | "The New Arnold's" | Holly White | Jerry Paris | With insurance money now in hand, Al begins to rebuild Arnold's, and takes on Fonzie as a business partner. But being partners in the newly rebuilt restaurant is harder than they expected.
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| 158 | February 5, 1980 | "The Hucksters" | Mark Rothman | Jerry Paris | Howard explores television advertising for the hardware store. Guest star: Hank Aaron as himself. |
| 159 | February 12, 1980 | "Allison" | Harriett Weiss & Patt Shea | Jerry Paris | Fonzie dates a deaf girl (Linda Bove Linda Bove Linda Bove is a deaf American actress who played the part of Linda the Librarian on the children's television program Sesame Street from 1971 to 2003.-Sesame Street:... ), and Richie thinks he is leading her on. Fonzie thinks she may be The One. |
| 160 | February 26, 1980 | "Fools Rush In" | Beverly Bloomberg | Jerry Paris | Joanie and Chachi are having trouble deciding where their relationship should go. |
| 161 | March 4, 1980 | "Father & Son" | Fred Fox Jr. | Jerry Paris | Howard decides he wants to get to know Richie better, and takes him along on a Lodge weekend in Chicago. |
| 162 | March 11, 1980 | "A Potsie is Born" | Ria Nepus | Jerry Paris | Potsie is offered a lucrative singing contract by a manipulative promoter (Pat Crowley Pat Crowley Patricia "Pat" Crowley is an American film and television actress.Crowley was often confused with her acting contemporary Kathleen Crowley, who appeared as guest leading lady in different episodes of many of the same television series and is not related.Pat Crowley appeared in The Untouchables... ), and the fame goes to his head. |
| 163 | March 25, 1980 | "The Roaring Twenties" | Dave Ketchum & Tony Di Marco | Jerry Paris | Richie asks his great-uncle to review his report on the 1920s. In turn, he spins for Richie a tale of the family's activities during Prohibition Prohibition Prohibition of alcohol, often referred to simply as prohibition, is the practice of prohibiting the manufacture, transportation, import, export, sale, and consumption of alcohol and alcoholic beverages. The term can also apply to the periods in the histories of the countries during which the... . |
| 164 | May 6, 1980 | "Ralph's Family Problem" | Dave Ketchum & Tony Di Marco | Jerry Paris | Ralph is shocked to learn his parents are divorcing.
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Season 8 (1980–1981)
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| 165 | November 11, 1980 | "No Tell Motel" | Lesa Kite & Cindy Begel | Jerry Paris | Howard and Marion receive a letter from Richie, who is in Greenland. Meanwhile, Joanie and Chachi sneak off without permission to a Beach Boys concert in Chicago.
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| 166 | November 18, 1980 | "Live and Learn" | Fred Fox Jr. | Jerry Paris | Fonzie becomes a shop teacher at Jefferson High School and has to adjust to being an authority figure. He also experiments with growing a beard.
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| 167 | November 25, 1980 | "Dreams Can Come True" | Ria Nepus | Jerry Paris | Marion becomes a contestant on a game show in order to help Lori Beth win a trip to Greenland to marry Richie. |
| 168 | December 2, 1980 | "Hello, Roger" | William Bickley & Michael Warren | Jerry Paris | Richie's cousin moves in and goes to work with Fonzie at the high school.
Ted McGinley Theodore Martin "Ted" McGinley is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Jefferson D'Arcy on the television series Married... with Children and as Charley Shanowski on the ABC sitcom Hope & Faith... as Roger Phillips, Howard and Marion Cunningham's nephew. |
| 169 | December 9, 1980 | "Joanie Gets Wheels" | Dave Ketchum & Tony Di Marco | Jerry Paris | Joanie buys a car but has to keep it a secret from Howard.
The Music Man (1962 film) The Music Man is a 1962 musical film starring Robert Preston as Harold Hill and Shirley Jones as Marian Paroo. The film is based on the 1957 Broadway musical of the same name by Meredith Willson... ," Marion claims the little red-haired boy in the movie poster reminds her of Richie. This was an inside joke, since as an 8-year-old, Ron Howard Ron Howard Ronald William "Ron" Howard is an American actor, director, and producer. He came to prominence as a child actor, playing Opie Taylor in the sitcom The Andy Griffith Show for eight years, and later the teenaged Richie Cunningham in the sitcom Happy Days for six years... starred in the movie, and is actually the boy on the poster. |
| 170 | December 16, 1980 | "White Christmas" | Holly White & Stephanie Garman | Jerry Paris | A bickering Howard and Joanie are snowed in at the hardware store. |
| 171 | December 30, 1980 | "And the Winner Is ..." | Bosco McGowan | Jerry Paris | Fonzie and another teacher compete for "Teacher of the Year." |
| 172 | January 6, 1981 | "If You Only Knew Rosa" | Ria Nepus | Jerry Paris | After twenty years, Al reunites with his great lost love. |
| 173 | January 13, 1981 | "The Sixth Sense" | Fred Fox Jr. | Jerry Paris | Fonzie thinks he's been robbed, but his friends are actually getting him a new motorcycle. |
| 174 | January 27, 1981 | "It Only Hurts When I Smile" | Barry Rubinowitz | Jerry Paris | Fonzie has a toothache but refuses to go to the dentist. |
| 175 | February 3, 1981 | "Welcome to My Nightmare" | Mark Rothman | Jerry Paris | Fonzie dreams that a mad scientist (Dick Gautier) has stolen his cool. |
| 176 | February 10, 1981 | "Broadway It's Not" | James P. Dunne & Barry O'Brien | Jerry Paris | Chachi gets jealous when he sees Joanie kissing her co-star in the school play.
Scott Baio Scott Vincent James Baio is an American actor and television director, best known for his roles as Chachi Arcola on the sitcom Happy Days and its spin-off, Joanie Loves Chachi, and as the title character on the sitcom Charles in Charge.... & Erin Moran Erin Moran Erin Marie Moran is an American actress, best known for the role of Joanie Cunningham on Happy Days and its spinoff Joanie Loves Chachi.-Early life:... perform "You Look at Me", which later became the theme song of Joanie Loves Chachi Joanie Loves Chachi Joanie Loves Chachi is an American television spin-off of the popular American sitcom Happy Days that was originally broadcast on ABC from March 23, 1982 to September 13, 1983... . |
| 177 | February 17, 1981 | "Bride and Gloom" | Mel Sherer & Steve Grant | Jerry Paris | Joanie recruits Fonzie to be Jenny's date to a masquerade ball, where the couple dresses as a bride and groom. But after staging a mock wedding ceremony with a ship captain dressed as a priest, the pair learns they may have actually gotten married. |
| 178 | February 24, 1981 | "Hello, Mrs. Arcola" | William Bickley & Michael Warren | Jerry Paris | The Cunninghams get together for dinner with Chachi's parents. |
| 179 | March 3, 1981 | "Fonzie Gets Shot" | Bob Howard | Jerry Paris | In a Rashomon Rashomon Rashomon may refer to:* Rashōmon, the former main city gate in two Japanese capital cities, Heijokyō and Heiankyō * Rashōmon , a short story by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa first published in 1915... takeoff, when Fonzie is injured during a camping trip, everyone has a different version of what happened. |
| 180 | March 17, 1981 | "Potsie on His Own" | Holly White | Jerry Paris | Fonzie tries to find out how Potsie is making extra money. |
| 181 | April 7, 1981 | "Tall Story" | Barry Rubinowitz | Jerry Paris | Chachi tries to recruit an epileptic to play basketball for the high school team. |
| 182 | April 14, 1981 | "Scholarship" | Mark Rothman | Jerry Paris | Chachi is offered a sports scholarship from a Florida college, but Fonzie suspects it is not bona fide. |
| 183 | May 5, 1981 | "R.C. & L.B Forever" | Fred Fox Jr. | Jerry Paris | Richie and Lori Beth finally marry—by telephone. |
| 184 | May 12, 1981 | "Howard's Bowling Buddy" | Bob Howard | Jerry Paris | Marion is jealous of Howard's new female bowling partner. |
| 185 | May 19, 1981 | "Mother and Child Reunion" | Fred Fox Jr. & Babaloo Mandel Babaloo Mandel Marc "Babaloo" Mandel is an American writer. His writing credits include the television series Happy Days and the movie Night Shift. He is the long-time writing partner of Lowell Ganz. Mandel was born in New York City, the son of a taxi driver... |
Jerry Paris | Fonzie takes his auto-shop students on a field trip and meets a woman (Janis Paige Janis Paige Janis Paige is an American film, musical theatre and television actress. Born Donna Mae Tjaden in Tacoma, Washington, she began singing in public from the age of five in local amateur shows... ) who may be his long-lost mother. |
| 186 | May 26, 1981 | "American Musical" | James P. Dunne & Elizabeth Bradley | Jerry Paris | Fonzie helps Chachi study American history, illustrated by dream sequences featuring seven educational musical numbers. |
Season 9 (1981–1982)
| Episode # | | Air date | | Title | | Written by | | Directed by | | Overview |
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| 187 | October 6, 1981 | "Home Movies" | Brian Levant & Fred Fox Jr. | Jerry Paris | Joanie sends Richie home movies telling of all the goings-on back home, including her relationship with Chachi and Fonzie's horrified realization that he's becoming a mature adult. |
| 188 | October 13, 1981 | "Not With My Mother, You Don't" | Bob Howard | Jerry Paris | Chachi's mother (Ellen Travolta Ellen Travolta Ellen Travolta is an American actress, the eldest sibling of John Travolta. She is probably best known for her portrayal of Louisa Arcola Delvecchio, the mother of Chachi Arcola in the 1950s-based sitcom Happy Days, and its unsuccessful spinoff, Joanie Loves Chachi... ) starts dating Al. |
| 189 | October 27, 1981 | "Another Night at Antoine's" | Mark Rothman | Jerry Paris | Chachi tells Joanie that he wants to date other girls, but it backfires on him as Joanie makes a date with another guy. |
| 190 | November 3, 1981 | "Little Baby Cunningham" | Babaloo Mandel & Fred Fox Jr. | Jerry Paris | Lori Beth calls on Fonzie to deliver hers and Richie's baby. |
| 191 | November 10, 1981 | "The Other Guy" | Nancy Churnin & Louise Bryant | Jerry Paris | Fonzie and Roger date the same girl. |
| 192 | November 17, 1981 | "Fonzie the Substitute" | Ralph Farquahr | Jerry Paris | Fonzie fills in for another teacher and causes trouble by raising the issue of sex education. |
| 193 | November 24, 1981 | "Just a Piccalo" | Mark Rothman | Jerry Paris | Jenny drags Joanie along to an initiation for a sorority: stealing a statue from Pfister Park. Both are arrested by Officer Kirk.
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| 194 | December 1, 1981 | "The Nun's Story" | Charlotte M. Dobbs | Jerry Paris | Fonzie inadvertently hits on a nun. |
| 195 | December 8, 1981 | "Baby, It's Cold Inside" | Cindy Begel & Lesa Kite | Jerry Paris | Joanie babysits her new nephew on her own, and the heater breaks down. |
| 196 | December 15, 1981 | "Hello, Tough Guy" | William Bickley & Michael Warren | Jerry Paris | Joanie and Chachi enlist Fonzie to help out Jenny's nerdy date. |
| 197 | January 5, 1982 | "To Beanie or Not to Beanie" | Holly White & Stephanie Garman | Jerry Paris | Joanie has to decide what college to attend. |
| 198 | January 12, 1982 | "Southern Crossing" | Richard Gurman (teleplay) Brian Levant (story) |
Jerry Paris | Fonzie and Al travel to Alabama to participate in civil rights activities with the Freedom Riders Freedom ride Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States to test the United States Supreme Court decisions Boynton v. Virginia and Morgan v. Virginia... . |
| 199 | January 19, 1982 | "Grandma Nussbaum" | James P. Dunne & Barry O'Brien | Jerry Paris | Fonzie is worried that living alone is beyond his grandmother's (Frances Bay Frances Bay Frances Bay was a U.S.-based Canadian character actress, best known for playing quirky, elderly women on film and television... ) ability, but she doesn't want to go to a rest home. |
| 200 | January 26, 1982 | "Poobah, Doo Dah" | Bosco McGowan | Jerry Paris | Al tries to get his cousin Frankie Avalon Frankie Avalon Frankie Avalon is an American actor, singer, playwright, and former teen idol.-Career:By the time he was 12, Avalon was on U.S. television playing his trumpet. As a teenager he played with Bobby Rydell in Rocco and the Saints... to perform at the annual lodge show. |
| 201 | February 2, 1982 | "A Touch of Classical" | Fred Fox Jr. & Rich Correll | Jerry Paris | After becoming fascinated by Tchaikovsky, Fonzie tries to get kids turned on to classical music. |
| 202 | February 9, 1982 | "Hi-Yo Fonzie, Away!" | Fred Fox Jr. & Rich Correll | Jerry Paris | The gang works to give Fonzie the birthday present of his life—a face-to-face meeting with his hero, the Lone Ranger. |
| 203 | February 16, 1982 | "Great Expectations" | Andrew M. Horowitz | Jerry Paris | Joanie and Chachi collaborate on a song. Potsie wants to join the Leopard Lodge. Marion gets the lead in a musical. |
| 204 | February 23, 1982 | "Hello, Flip" | Paula A. Roth | Jerry Paris | Roger's juvenile-delinquent brother Flip (Billy Warlock Billy Warlock Billy Warlock is an American actor best known for playing Eddie Kramer, a lifeguard on the original three seasons of Baywatch and in the reunion movie in 2003, as well as for numerous daytime roles, most notably Frankie Brady on Days of our Lives and A.J... ) comes to Milwaukee to straighten out his life. |
| 205 | March 2, 1982 | "Chachi's Future" | William Bickley & Michael Warren | Jerry Paris | Chachi decides to give up his dreams of rock stardom and take a more practical job. |
| 206 | March 16, 1982 | "Tell-Tale Tart" | Mel Sherer & Steve Grant | Jerry Paris | A jealous Jenny Piccalo spreads a vicious rumor that Fonzie got Joanie's new friend Mikki (Crystal Bernard Crystal Bernard Crystal Lynn Bernard is an American actress and singer, most widely known for her seven-year-long role on the situation comedy Wings. While her main work has been on television, she has appeared in some films, and also attempted to pursue a music career as a songwriter/performer.-Early... ) in trouble. |
| 207 | March 23, 1982 | "Love and Marriage" | Barry Rubinowitz | Jerry Paris | Al seeks permission to marry Chachi's mother.
Joanie Loves Chachi Joanie Loves Chachi is an American television spin-off of the popular American sitcom Happy Days that was originally broadcast on ABC from March 23, 1982 to September 13, 1983... , and the other, in syndication, where they appear to stay in Milwaukee. |
Season 10 (1982–1983)
| Episode # | | Air date | | Title | | Written by | | Directed by | | Overview |
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| 208 | September 28, 1982 | "A Woman Not Under the Influence" | William Bickley & Michael Warren | Jerry Paris | Fonzie finds love at first sight with a woman he sees on an escalator.
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| 209 | October 12, 1982 | "Letting Go" | Fred Fox Jr. & Brian Levant | Jerry Paris | Joanie wants to move to Chicago with Chachi and attend Northwestern University. |
| 210 | October 19, 1982 | "Empty Nest" | Paula A. Roth | Jerry Paris | Howard and Marion try to keep busy in their newly empty house. Fonzie decides to sell his half of Arnold's.
Pat Morita Noriyuki "Pat" Morita was an American actor of Japanese descent who was well-known for playing the roles of Matsuo "Arnold" Takahashi on Happy Days and Mr. Miyagi in the The Karate Kid movie series, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1984.-Early life:Pat... as Arnold, the original proprietor of Arnold's Drive-In Restaurant. Harriet Nelson Harriet Nelson was an American singer and actress. Nelson is best known for her role on the long-running sitcom The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.-Early life and career:... and Jane Wyatt Jane Wyatt Jane Waddington Wyatt was an American actress perhaps best known for her role as the housewife and mother on the television comedy Father Knows Best, and as Amanda Grayson, the human mother of Spock on the science fiction television series Star Trek... . |
| 211 | October 26, 1982 | "A Night at the Circus" | Joe Glauberg | Jerry Paris | Fonzie takes Heather to the circus. Howard's niece K.C. moves in.
Crystal Bernard Crystal Lynn Bernard is an American actress and singer, most widely known for her seven-year-long role on the situation comedy Wings. While her main work has been on television, she has appeared in some films, and also attempted to pursue a music career as a songwriter/performer.-Early... as K.C. |
| 212 | November 9, 1982 | "A Little Case of Revenge" | Fred Fox Jr. & Rich Correll | Jerry Paris | An old enemy (Special guest star Tom Hanks Tom Hanks Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks is an American actor, producer, writer, and director. Hanks worked in television and family-friendly comedies, gaining wide notice in 1988's Big, before achieving success as a dramatic actor in several notable roles, including Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia, the title... ) exacts revenge on Fonzie at an inopportune time. |
| 213 | November 16, 1982 | "Who Gives a Hootenanny?" | Ria Nepus | Jerry Paris | Joanie and Chachi have a chance to appear on TV playing folk music; Fonzie is upset that folk is usurping rock n' roll's place in people's hearts and minds. |
| 214 | November 23, 1982 | "Going Steady" | Richard Gurman | Jerry Paris | Fonzie declares his love for Ashley by asking her to go steady, but when an old girlfriend shows up needing some help, it causes problems. Howard gives K.C. driving lessons.
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| 215 | November 30, 1982 | "Such a Nice Girl" | Nancy Steen Nancy Steen Nancy Steen American television producer, writer and actress.Steen began her career as an actress at Dudley Riggs' Brave New Workshop in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She then began appearing the television series Charlie's Angels, Taxi, Mork & Mindy and M*A*S*H.Her television producing and writing... & Neil Thompson. |
Jerry Paris | Melvin Belvin takes K.C. to Arnold's costume ball. |
| 216 | December 7, 1982 | "There's No Business Like No Business" | Paula A. Roth (teleplay) John B. Collins (story) |
Jerry Paris | Business is down at Cunningham's Hardware, leading Howard to consider some very difficult options, one of which includes closing the store for good. |
| 217 | December 14, 1982 | "All I Want for Christmas" | Pamela Ryan & Beverly Bloomberg | Jerry Paris | When Heather asks Santa to patch up the rift between her mother and grandparents, Fonzie decides to make her wish come true. |
| 218 | December 28, 1982 | "Since I Don't Have You" | Brian Levant | Jerry Paris | Roger's old flame (Wendy Schaal Wendy Schaal Wendy Schaal is an American actress and voice actress. She is best known as the voice of Francine Smith in the TV series American Dad!.-Personal life:... ) fans the fire when she returns to town. |
| 219 | January 4, 1983 | "Hello, Pfisters" | William Bickley & Michael Warren | Jerry Paris | Ashley introduces Fonzie to her estranged family. |
| 220 | January 11, 1983 | "I Drink, Therefore I Am" | Gary Murphy & Larry Strawther | Jerry Paris | Flip is a passenger in a car that is involved in a hit-and-run accident. The victim: Heather. |
| 221 | January 18, 1983 | "Prisoner of Love" | Robert Pekurny | Jerry Paris | K.C. dates a convict that is on work-release to Fonzie's garage. |
| 222 | January 25, 1983 | "Life is More Important Than Show Business" | Paula A. Roth | Jerry Paris | The Fonz gets a record producer interested in Joanie and Chachi's music, but he's less excited about their band.
Happy Days Happy Days is an American television sitcom that originally aired from January 15, 1974, to September 24, 1984, on ABC. Created by Garry Marshall, the series presents an idealized vision of life in mid-1950s to mid-1960s America.... spinoff Joanie Loves Chachi Joanie Loves Chachi Joanie Loves Chachi is an American television spin-off of the popular American sitcom Happy Days that was originally broadcast on ABC from March 23, 1982 to September 13, 1983... , including Derrel Maury, Winifred Freedman Winifred Freedman Winifred Freedman is an American actress and singer primarily known for her roles in television.She is perhaps best known for playing Annette Mastorelli, Chachi Arcola's cousin and bass guitar playing bandmate in Joanie Loves Chachi, the short-lived spin-off of Happy Days... and Robert Pierce Robert Pierce Robert Pierce is best known as the founder of the international charity organization World Vision in 1950... . |
| 223 | February 1, 1983 | "Nervous Romance" | Robert Keats | Jerry Paris | Fonzie and Ashley celebrate their six months together at the Cunningham's, looking back on their relationship via "flashback scenes" (most of which were not actually part of the episode where they met).
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| 224 | February 8, 1983 | "I'm Not at Liberty" | Pamela Ryan & Beverly Bloomberg | Jerry Paris | Fonzie, Potsie and Roger report for Army Reserve duty under Officer Kirk. |
| 225 | February 15, 1983 | "Wild Blue Yonder" | Richard Gurman & Larry Strawther | Jerry Paris | Fonzie and Roger take a trip in a small aircraft. |
| 226 | February 22, 1983 | "May the Best Man Win" | Richard Gurman | Jerry Paris | Fonzie becomes the center of attention at a the wedding of a friend (Peter Scolari Peter Scolari Peter Scolari is an American television, film and stage actor best known for his roles in the television shows Newhart, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show, and Bosom Buddies.-Career:... ). |
| 227 | March 1, 1983 | "Babysitting" | Paula A. Roth | Jerry Paris | Fonzie babysits Heather the night of a big fight on TV. Joanie and Chachi return to Milwaukee.
Erin Moran Erin Marie Moran is an American actress, best known for the role of Joanie Cunningham on Happy Days and its spinoff Joanie Loves Chachi.-Early life:... and Scott Baio Scott Baio Scott Vincent James Baio is an American actor and television director, best known for his roles as Chachi Arcola on the sitcom Happy Days and its spin-off, Joanie Loves Chachi, and as the title character on the sitcom Charles in Charge.... to the series, due to the impending cancellation of their spinoff series Joanie Loves Chachi Joanie Loves Chachi Joanie Loves Chachi is an American television spin-off of the popular American sitcom Happy Days that was originally broadcast on ABC from March 23, 1982 to September 13, 1983... . |
| 228 | March 15, 1983 | "Turn Around ... and You're Home" | Fred Fox Jr. & Rich Correll | Jerry Paris | Joanie decides to move back in with her parents. |
| 229 | March 22, 1983 | "Affairs of the Heart" | Neil Thompson & Nancy Steen | Jerry Paris | Jenny sets her sights on dating an Olympic swimmer. Meanwhile, Fonzie wants a pool. |
Season 11 (1983–1984)
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| 230 | September 27, 1983 | "Because It's There" | William Bickley & Michael Warren | Jerry Paris | Fonzie realizes he never accomplished a goal he set for himself as a child, and begins to lose his edge. Only after a pep talk from Chachi does he regain his confidence and set out to attain his goal once again.
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| 231 | October 4, 1983 | "The Ballad of Joanie and Chachi" | Richard Gurman | Jerry Paris | Chachi resents Joanie's busy college life and wants to settle down. Joanie decides that the pair won't be able to resolve their differences. |
| 232 | October 18, 1983 | "Where the Guys Are" | Nancy Steen & Neil Thompson | Jerry Paris | Roger, Potsie and Chachi trick Fonzie into going to a singles resort to help him get over his breakup with Ashley.
Rita Wilson -Early life:Wilson was born Margarita Ibrahimoff in Los Angeles, California.Her father, a Bulgarian who worked at a racetrack, was born in Greece. Before immigrating to the US, he had lived in Bulgaria and Turkey.... and Janine Turner Janine Turner Janine Turner is an American actress who starred on the prime time television show Northern Exposure from 1990 to 1995. From 2000 to 2002, she appeared on the Lifetime original series Strong Medicine... . |
| 233 | October 25, 1983 | "Welcome Home" (Part 1) | Fred Fox Jr. & Brian Levant | Jerry Paris | Richie and Ralph return, but after life in the Army they are unhappy about going back to their old lives.
Ron Howard Ronald William "Ron" Howard is an American actor, director, and producer. He came to prominence as a child actor, playing Opie Taylor in the sitcom The Andy Griffith Show for eight years, and later the teenaged Richie Cunningham in the sitcom Happy Days for six years... , Donny Most (billed as Donald Most) and Lynda Goodfriend Lynda Goodfriend Lynda Goodfriend is an American actress who is best remembered as Lori Beth Cunningham , Richie's girlfriend and later to become his wife on the TV sitcom, Happy Days. Prior to that, she played Ethel "Sunshine" Akalino on the short-lived series Blansky's Beauties... . |
| 234 | November 1, 1983 | "Welcome Home" (Part 2) | Fred Fox Jr. & Brian Levant | Jerry Paris | Fonzie encourages Richie to follow his dreams, and he leaves for Hollywood. |
| 235 | November 8, 1983 | "Glove Story" | Fred Fox Jr. & Rich Correll | Jerry Paris | Chachi, determined to win Fonzie's respect, enters a city boxing tournament without the Fonz's knowledge. |
| 236 | November 22, 1983 | "Vocational Education" | Brian Levant | Jerry Paris | Roger and Fonzie are hired as the new administrative team at George S. Patton Vocational High School, a school notorious for disciplinary problems. Their plans to reform the school are easier said than done.
Crispin Glover Crispin Hellion Glover is an American film actor, director and screenwriter, recording artist, publisher, and author. Glover is known for portraying eccentric people on screen such as George McFly in Back to the Future, Layne in River's Edge, unfriendly recluse Rubin Farr in Rubin and Ed, the... . |
| 237 | December 6, 1983 | "Arthur, Arthur" | Marc Flanagan & Craig Heller | Jerry Paris | Fonzie learns he has a long-lost brother (Michael Holden Michael Holden Major General Michael James Holden is a fictional character from the Lifetime television series Army Wives, portrayed by Brian McNamara.- Personal life :Michael has been married to Claudia Joy Holden for 20 years... ), who comes to Milwaukee with bad news. |
| 238 | December 13, 1983 | "You Get What You Pay For" | John B. Collins | Jerry Paris | When Howard is constantly forced out of the bathroom by the household's other inhabitants, he decides to build a second bathroom. He hires Fonzie as the contractor and the students of Patton High to do the work. Things don't go very well, to say the least. |
| 239 | January 10, 1984 | "Kiss Me, Teach" | Fred Fox Jr. | Jerry Paris | Joanie's first student teaching job at Patton High is more than she anticipated, particularly when the students refuse to learn. One student, however, seems interested... but has a sinister hidden agenda in mind for his teacher. |
| 240 | January 17, 1984 | "The People vs. The Fonz" | Richard Gurman | Jerry Paris | Fonzie allegedly strikes a student who is bullying another student. With Roger's help, he has to defend his actions at a school-board hearing. |
| 241 | January 24, 1984 | "Like Mother, Like Daughter" | Robert Pekurny | Jerry Paris | Howard gets jealous when Marion's old flame (Lyle Waggoner Lyle Waggoner Lyle Wesley Waggoner is an American actor and former model, best known for his work on The Carol Burnett Show from 1967 to 1974 and for playing the role of Steve Trevor in the Wonder Woman television series from 1975 to 1979... ) comes for a visit, but gets really upset when he dates Joanie. |
| 242 | January 31, 1984 | "Social Studies" | Paula A. Roth | Jerry Paris | With Joanie and Chachi officially broken up, Chachi starts to doubt his ability to ask girls out. The Fonz tries to help, telling him he has "Fonzarelli Power." |
| 243 | April 24, 1984 | "The Spirit is Willing" | Larry Strawther | Jerry Paris | Fonzie wishes things could be the way they were back in the '50s when he was younger. When he is restoring a mid-1950s Chevrolet, a young woman (Alexa Hamilton Alexa Hamilton Alexa Hamilton is an American actress. She appeared as a guest star in the fifth episode of the series The Greatest American Hero, 'Saturday on Sunset Boulevard', as the Italian heiress Theresa Chimerosa , in 1981... ) appears and shows him a sinister way that it can be 1955 forever. Dickey Lee Royden Dickey Lipscomb , known professionally as Dickey Lee , is an American pop/country singer and songwriter, best known for the 1960s teenage tragedy songs "Patches" and "Laurie ."-Career:Lee made his first recordings in his hometown of Memphis for Tampa... hit "Laurie (Strange Things Happen)," which itself is based on the urban legends known as the vanishing hitchhiker Vanishing hitchhiker The vanishing hitchhiker story is an urban legend in which people travelling by vehicle meet with or are accompanied by a hitchhiker who subsequently vanishes without explanation, often from a moving vehicle... and Resurrection Mary Resurrection Mary Resurrection Mary is a well-know Chicago area ghost story. Of the "vanishing hitchhiker" type, the story takes place outside Resurrection Cemetery in Justice, Illinois, a few miles southwest of Chicago.... . |
| 244 | May 1, 1984 | "Fonzie Moves Out" | Nancy Churnin | Jerry Paris | When it appears the Cunninghams are planning to sell their home (so Howard can accept a job as vice president of a hardware store chain based in New York state), Fonzie may have to leave, too. Fonzie eventually gets his own apartment and adjusts to his new life. |
| 245 | May 8, 1984 | "Passages" | Neil Thompson & Nancy Steen William Bickley & Michael Warren Brian Levant & Fred Fox Jr. |
Jerry Paris | Joanie and Chachi share their recent experiences with others, and realize that perhaps they were meant for each other. Meanwhile, Fonzie becomes a Big Brother to a young orphan named Danny (Danny Ponce), and decides to adopt him; however, Fonzie's dream may be derailed when he finds out about regulations prohibiting single parents from adopting.
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| 246 | June 28, 1984 | "So How Was Your Weekend?" | Paula A. Roth | Jerry Paris | Marion and Joanie spend a weekend with Marion's mother. |
| 247 | July 5, 1984 | "Low Notes" | Al Aidekman | Jerry Paris | Chachi gets a job as a ballroom dancing instructor. |
| 248 | July 12, 1984 | "School Dazed" | Roger Garrett | Jerry Paris | Joanie tries to help a drug-addicted student who betrays her trust. |
| 249 | July 19, 1984 | "Good News, Bad News" | William Bickley & Michael Warren | Jerry Paris | Chachi learns that he has diabetes. |
| 250 | September 24, 1984 | "Fonzie's Spots" | Nancy Churnin | Jerry Paris | Howard recruits new members for the Leopard Lodge. |