Happy Days (season 3)
| Happy Days (season 3) | |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ABC |
| Original run | September 9, 1975 – March 2, 1976 |
| Home video release | |
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DVD release | |
| Region 1 | November 27, 2007[1] |
This is a list of episodes from the third season of Happy Days.
Main Cast
- Ron Howard as Richie Cunningham
- Henry Winkler as Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli
- Marion Ross as Marion Cunningham
- Anson Williams as Warren "Potsie" Weber
- Don Most as Ralph Malph
- Erin Moran as Joanie Cunningham
- Tom Bosley as Howard Cunningham
Guest Cast
- Pat Morita as Mitsumo "Arnold" Takahashi
- Danny Butch as Raymond "Spike" Fonzarelli
- Jack Baker as "Sticks" Downey,
- Penny Marshall as Laverne De Fazio
- Cindy Williams as Shirley Feeney
- Jack Dodson as Dr. Mickey Malph,
- Ed Peck as Officer Kirk.
- Kristoff St. John as Booker Brown
- Beatrice Colen as Marsha Simms
Broadcast history
The season aired Tuesdays at 8:00-8:30 pm (EST).[2][3]
Episodes
- Season 3 consisted of 24 episodes.
- Erin Moran was promoted to opening titles, and Henry Winkler moved up two spots to second billing.
- Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Marion Ross, Anson Williams, Don Most, Erin Moran, and Tom Bosley appear in all episodes.
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No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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| 40 | 1 | "Fonzie Moves In" | Jerry Paris | Lowell Ganz & Mark Rothman | September 9, 1975 |
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Howard's hardware store begins facing competition. Now increasingly concerned about finances, Howard decides to rent the room above their garage to generate some extra income. He looks around for a suitable tenant, and is aghast when Richie rents it to Fonzie. Howard is certain that Fonzie's unsuitable and plans to kick him out. As of this episode, Happy Days permanently switched from a single-camera setup to a multi-camera setup with a live studio audience. To accommodate, the main sets were rebuilt - most notably, the interior of the Cunningham house. Fonzie's catchphrase "Sit on it" and his nickname for Joanie, "Shortcake", are first spoken. | |||||
| 41 | 2 | "The Motorcycle" | Jerry Paris | William S. Bickley & Michael Warren | September 16, 1975 |
| 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 | 3 | "Fearless Fonzarelli: Part 1" | Jerry Paris | Michael Weinberger | September 23, 1975 |
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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 appears as Arnold for the first time in this episode. You Wanted to See It was a takeoff on the 50s hit television show You Asked For It, and starred that show's original host Jack Smith. Fonzie's attempted motorcycle stunt is a reflection of the Evel Kneivel phenomenon. | |||||
| 43 | 4 | "Fearless Fonzarelli: Part 2" | Jerry Paris | Bob Brunner | September 30, 1975 |
| Fonzie is successful in his bike jump, but crashes into Arnold's chicken stand, injuring his leg. He faces surgery to repair a torn cartilage in his knee, and makes himself at home on the Cunninghams' sofa. | |||||
| 44 | 5 | "The Other Richie Cunningham" | Jerry Paris | Dick Bensfield & Perry Grant | October 7, 1975 |
| 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 | 6 | "Richie Fights Back" | Jerry Paris | Arthur Silver | October 14, 1975 |
| 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 | 7 | "Jailhouse Rock" | Arthur Fisher | Bob Brunner | October 21, 1975 |
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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 makes his first appearance as Officer Kirk in this episode. | |||||
| 47 | 8 | "Howard's 45th Fiasco" | Jerry Paris | Frank Buxton | October 28, 1975 |
| 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'-type show for him, but it makes him even more depressed, and he considers running off to Tahiti. | |||||
| 48 | 9 | "Fonzie the Flatfoot" | Jerry Paris | Teleplay by: Marty Nadler Story by: Arthur Silver | November 4, 1975 |
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With rumors of a possible fight between Fonzie'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. This episode marks the last official appearance of Marsha Simms (Beatrice Colen). She would later return for a 'flashback' scene in the season five episode "Our Gang". | |||||
| 49 | 10 | "A Date With Fonzie" | Jerry Paris | Lowell Ganz & Mark Rothman | November 11, 1975 |
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Richie is having trouble meeting women. After a little help from Fonzie ends in yet another failed attempt, Fonzie thinks he's found the perfect girls for a double date—Laverne and Shirley. This episode introduces Penny Marshall as Laverne DeFazio and Cindy Williams as Shirley Feeney. They would subsequently star in their own series from 1976 to 1983. | |||||
| 50 | 11 | "Three on a Porch" | Jerry Paris | Bobby Boswell & Tiffany York | November 18, 1975 |
| 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 Tunisian businessmen when they discover that their neighbors are three attractive young women. | |||||
| 51 | 12 | "Fonzie's New Friend" | Jerry Paris | Sid Arthur & Artie Laing | November 25, 1975 |
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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 Hawaiian luau. But racial prejudices arise when Sticks turns out to be black. "Bag" (Neil J. Schwartz) makes a rare appearance after being absent for several episodes. "Sticks" Downey (Jack Baker) makes his debut. | |||||
| 52 | 13 | "They Call It Potsie Love" | Jerry Paris | Marty Nadler | December 2, 1975 |
| After Potsie practices a song at Arnold's, serenading Joanie with "Put Your Head on My Shoulder", Joanie develops a crush on Potsie and starts writing him anonymous "secret admirer" love notes, taking the advice of Fonzie. Finally, Joanie arranges a meeting with Potsie at Arnold's at midnight, although Potsie sets his standards too high about who his mystery lover is. | |||||
| 53 | 14 | "Tell it to the Marines" | Jerry Paris | Sid Arthur & Artie Laing | December 16, 1975 |
| 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. | |||||
| 54 | 15 | "Dance Contest" | Norm Gray | Bob Howard | January 6, 1976 |
| 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. | |||||
| 55 | 16 | "The Second Anniversary Show" | Jerry Paris | Bob Brunner & Arthur Silver | January 12, 1976 |
| In the series' first clip show, the gang gets together on Fonzie's birthday to remember their "happy days". Recorded on videotape, not 35mm film. | |||||
| 56 | 17 | "Fonzie the Salesman" | Jerry Paris | Dave Duclon | January 13, 1976 |
| 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, he vows to find another career, and takes a job selling encyclopedias door-to-door. | |||||
| 57 | 18 | "Football Frolics" | Jerry Paris | James Ritz | January 20, 1976 |
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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. Laverne and Shirley arrive with a kid named "Booker Brown," who was portrayed by actor Kristoff St. John. | |||||
| 58 | 19 | "Fonzie the Superstar" | Jerry Paris | Arthur Silver & Barry Rubinowitz | January 27, 1976 |
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With Potsie away, the band has no singer for the Saturday Senior Dance, until Ralph says that Fonzie 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. Laverne and Shriley appear to sing backup with Fonzie for his rendition of "Heartbreak Hotel". Although set in the 50s, the costume Fonzie wears during his "Heartbreak Hotel" performance is an obvious reflection of the stage jumpsuits that Elvis Presley wore when touring and playing in Vegas in the 70s. This episode marks the final appearance of "Sticks" Downey (Jack Baker) | |||||
| 59 | 20 | "Two Angry Men" | Jerry Paris | Marty Nadler | February 3, 1976 |
| When a blizzard 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 Fonzie argue over who should pay for the damage, and end up facing each other in court. | |||||
| 60 | 21 | "Beauty Contest" | Jerry Paris | William S. Bickley & Michael Warren | February 10, 1976 |
| Tired of dating "average" girls, Richie, Potsie, and Ralph--with help from Fonzie--sponsor a beauty contest as a scheme to meet and become involved with more sophisticated girls; but trouble ensues when the fake winner doesn't show up, leaving the boys unable to deliver the promised, non-existent prize (a trip to Hollywood) to the actual winner. | |||||
| 61 | 22 | "Bringing Up Spike" | Jerry Paris | Joe Glauberg | February 17, 1976 |
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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. How Fonzie and Spike are related is further explained. Howard mistakenly thinks that Spike is Fonzie's nephew, as he always refers to Fonzie as "Uncle Fonzie". Fonzie explains that even though he is Spike's cousin, he serves as an uncle to Spike. | |||||
| 62 | 23 | "A Sight for Sore Eyes" | Jerry Paris | Dave Duclon | February 24, 1976 |
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Fonzie is horrified when Ralph's optometrist father tells him that he must wear glasses to prevent the headaches he has been experiencing. Fonzie thinks glasses are uncool and refuses to wear them, so his friends try to make him see the light. Ralph's father, Dr. Mickey Malph (Jack Dodson) makes his debut. | |||||
| 63 | 24 | "Arnold's Wedding" | Frank Buxton | Bob Brunner | March 2, 1976 |
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Arnold announces that he is to marry his pen pal, 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. This episode marks the final appearance of "Arnold" (Pat Morita) until appearing as a guest star in 1977 and 1979 before returning in season 10 as a recurring character after Al Molinaro departed in 1982. | |||||
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