Happy Days: Fearless Fonzarelli (1)

Air Date

Tuesday September 23, 1975

Production Code

60533-043

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  8.7 Great

  Worried that he is losing his cool, Fonzie plans to break a record and jump over 14 garbage cans on his motorcycle... hide show

  This episode maybe isn't the most hilarious offering of the series, but it is a good one, and one of the most notable.
  
  Worried that he is loosing his cool, Fonzie decides to atempt 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'. The Fonz's usual magic touch not working on things is amusing, and there is some real tension around his big jump.
  
  This would probably have worked better as a single episode, but with such a big event, they probably wanted to milk it and extend it into a two-parter.

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• Stars

  • Anson Williams Warren "Potsie" Weber
  • Erin Moran Joanie Louise Cunningham
  • Donny Most Ralph Malph
  • Ron Howard Richard J. Cunningham
  • Marion Ross Marion Kelp Cunningham
  • Tom Bosley Howard C. Cunningham
  • Henry Winkler Arthur Herbert "Fonzie" Fonzarelli

• Guest Cast

  • Melinda Naud Roberta
  • Joseph Bova Burt
  • Jack Smith Himself

• Directors

  • Jerry Paris Director

• Writers

  • Mike Weinberger Writer

• Recurring Roles

  • Pat Morita Arnold
Episode Cast and Crew Details

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• The show You Wanted to See It is a fictional show based on the real-life ABC show You Asked For It. Jack Smith was the host of the show on ABC from 1958-1959 and in syndication from 1971-1977.
  
  At the time of this episode, it was 1956 in Happy Days time. Art Baker was the host of You Asked For It from 1950-1958. Smith wasn't hosting the show at the time of this episode, so this may be the reason as to why they didn't just use the name of the real show on Happy Days. Also, they couldn't use Baker because he had died nine years earlier. [edit]
• Melinda Naud is credited as "Mindy Naud." [edit]
• Pat Morita makes his first appearance as Matsumo "Arnold" Takahashi. [edit]

• Fonzie: I'm losing my cool.
  Richie: No, you're probably just having a slump. Everybody goes through slumps. I mean, even Mantle and Mays, those guys go five or six games...
  Fonzie: Hey, hey, hey! I'm not talking about grown men chasing little balls around a field. I'm talking about the Fonz losing his cool! [edit]
• Richie: (referring to the television) Why don't you fix the horizontal? Everybody looks short and fat.
  Howard: I like it that way. [edit]

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