Because It's There

Season 11, Episode 1, Aired
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Fonzie finds a note he wrote as a child containing a list of things to accomplish in the next twenty years. On the list is one goal he hasn't yet accomplished: climb Suicide Hill on a motorcycle. The problem is that he's already tried it and failed.moreless
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  • Well, not the shark this time, but the Grand Canyon.

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    By tvking1, Apr 26, 2011 Report Abuse
    In "Because It's There", the overhyped Fonzie, "SuperFonz", feels he may be a mere mortal if he doesn't accomplish something he promised himself as a child that he would: climb Suicide Hill on his motorcycle. So, against the advice of the Cunninghams, he sets out to do it. Chachi isn't crazy about it either, but comes to understand his cousins burning desire to reestablish himself on Mount Olympus in the company of his fellow immortals, and accompanies him on Suicide Hill. Mission accomplished. Hail Fonzie! It could've occurred to the producers and writers to have Fonzie realize that he doesn't have to do this to be a man. Perhaps he could've gone riding to this mountain one morning, looked up, and realized that it really isn't important, but no. You see, he's SuperFonz. So he absolutely has to do this, showing young people watching this that they, too, must do things that are deadly but aren't really necessary just to prove something. I wonder if the guys who tried and died climbing Mount Hood during the winter saw this episode and took their cue from it.moreless

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    • Season 11 Cast Opening Credits Sequence: Henry Winkler Marion Ross Scott Baio Erin Moran Anson Williams Ted McGinley Tom Bosley Edit
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    • The theme song is redone with Bobby Arvon supplying the lead vocal and includes the addition of back-up female vocalists. A new jukebox is also displayed on the opening and closing credits. Edit

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