Happy Days | |
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Season 7 | |
No. of episodes | 25 |
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Original network | ABC |
Original release | September 11, 1979 (1979-09-11) – May 6, 1980 (1980-05-06) |
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This is a list of episodes from the seventh season of Happy Days.
The season aired Tuesdays at 8:00–8:30 pm (EST).[1][2]
No. overall | No.in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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143 | 1 | "Shotgun Wedding: Part 1"[3] | Jerry Paris | Fred Fox, Jr. | September 11, 1979 (1979-09-11) | |
The gang visits a farm, where Richie and Fonzie romance the very strict farmer's daughters and get themselves in a jam. | ||||||
144 | 2 | "Chachi Sells His Soul" | Jerry Paris | Walter Kempley | September 18, 1979 (1979-09-18) | |
Feeling that the guys treat him like a kid, Chachi falls asleep in a booth at Arnold's, and has a dream that he sells his soul to the devil's nephew. | ||||||
145 | 3 | "Fonzie Meets Kat" | Jerry Paris | Dave Ketchum & Tony Di Marco | September 25, 1979 (1979-09-25) | |
The gang needs 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). | ||||||
146 | 4 | "Marion Goes to Jail" | Jerry Paris | Barbara Berkowitz | October 2, 1979 (1979-10-02) | |
Marion crashes Howard's beloved DeSoto into Arnold's and ends up behind bars. Meanwhile, Al tries to find a way to keep the cold out of Arnold's. | ||||||
147 | 5 | "Richie's Job" | Jerry Paris | Terry Hart | October 9, 1979 (1979-10-09) | |
In hopes of working his way up the corporate ladder as a writer, Richie takes a loading dock job at the local newspaper and learns about life on the other side. | ||||||
148 | 6 | "Richie Falls in Love" | Jerry Paris | Ria Nepus | October 23, 1979 (1979-10-23) | |
Richie decides he needs to grow up, and tries to fulfill that decision by romancing an older woman.
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149 | 7 | "Fonzie's a Thespian" | Jerry Paris | Holly White | October 30, 1979 (1979-10-30) | |
When Marion needs a male lead in her community production of "The Rainmaker," only Fonzie can fit the bill. | ||||||
150 | 8 | "Burlesque" | Jerry Paris | Dave Ketchum & Tony Di Marco | November 6, 1979 (1979-11-06) | |
When the performers don't show up for Howard's Leopard Lodge Fundraiser, the gang must step in and take over the show.
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151 | 9 | "Joanie Busts Out" | Jerry Paris | Beverly Bloomberg | November 13, 1979 (1979-11-13) | |
Chachi gets a job as a photographer's assistant, and panics when he finds out that Joanie will be one of the models appearing without clothes. Guest starring: Rhonda Shear. Absent: Al Molinaro as Al Delvecchio. | ||||||
152 | 10 | "King Richard's Big Night" | Jerry Paris | James P. Dunne | November 20, 1979 (1979-11-20) | |
At a college party, Richie is crowned King of the Delta Gammas, but loses control after a troublemaking frat boy nicknamed Bullfrog slips a Mickey Finn into his drink behind his back. After his friends turn against him because of his behavior at the party, Richie seeks Fonzie's help to expose Bullfrog and bust him for getting Richie in trouble. | ||||||
153 | 11 | "Fonzie vs. The She-Devils" | Jerry Paris | Sam Greenbaum | November 27, 1979 (1979-11-27) | |
Richie, Potsie, and Ralph go to a party with a girl biker gang, and discover that they have kidnapped Chachi and are planning to shave his head. Fonzie comes to the rescue posing as a nerd.
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154 | 12 | "The Mechanic" | Jerry Paris | Fred Fox, Jr. | December 4, 1979 (1979-12-04) | |
Fonzie's new assistant at the garage is handicapped and uses a wheelchair, and has a very bad attitude about it.
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155 | 13 | "They're Closing Inspiration Point" | Jerry Paris | Beverly Bloomberg | December 11, 1979 (1979-12-11) | |
The gang protests to save Inspiration Point from development—and it turns out that Howard is behind the development project.
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156 | 14 | "Here Comes the Bride Again" | Jerry Paris | Bob Howard | December 18, 1979 (1979-12-18) | |
Howard and Marion decide to renew their wedding vows. | ||||||
157 | 15 | "Ah, Wilderness" | Jerry Paris | Barry Rubinowitz | January 8, 1980 (1980-01-08) | |
Richie's promise to show the gang a great time in the outdoors does not go according to plan. | ||||||
158 | 16 | "Joanie's Dilemma" | Jerry Paris | April Kelly | January 15, 1980 (1980-01-15) | |
Joanie debates whether or not to visit Inspiration Point's "Alamo" with her new boyfriend. | ||||||
159 | 17 | "Hot Stuff" | Jerry Paris | Fred Fox, Jr. | January 22, 1980 (1980-01-22) | |
When Chachi is left in charge of closing Arnold's for the night, he gets distracted after he finally (after years of trying) convinces Joanie to go on a date with him. Overwhelmed with joy, Chachi inadvertently leaves his apron on a hot grill as he leaves Arnold's, causing the restaurant to go up in flames. As the blaze spreads, Fonzie, Potsie, and Ralph get trapped in the restroom, but are rescued by Richie and Lori Beth who use their car to break open the gated window. The next day, as the gang surveys the completely destroyed Arnold's, Chachi admits that it was his irresponsibility that caused the disaster, which infuriates Fonzie. However, in the end, Fonzie offers his life savings to Al, volunteering to become Al's business partner as they set out to rebuild a more modern Arnold's. | ||||||
160 | 18 | "The New Arnold's" | Jerry Paris | Holly White | January 29, 1980 (1980-01-29) | |
With insurance money and Fonzie's life savings now in hand, Al begins to rebuild Arnold's, and considers Fonzie as a business partner. (In fact, Al and Fonzie name the new drive-in "Fonzie's & Big Al's" for a while before reverting it back to "Arnold's".) But being partners in the newly rebuilt restaurant is harder than they expected. | ||||||
161 | 19 | "The Hucksters" | Jerry Paris | Mark Rothman | February 5, 1980 (1980-02-05) | |
Howard explores television advertising to boost business for the hardware store. | ||||||
162 | 20 | "Allison" | Jerry Paris | Harriett Weiss & Patt Shea | February 12, 1980 (1980-02-12) | |
Fonzie dates a deaf girl (Linda Bove), and Richie thinks he is leading her on. Even so, Fonzie thinks she may be "the one."
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163 | 21 | "Fools Rush In" | Jerry Paris | Beverly Bloomberg | February 26, 1980 (1980-02-26) | |
Joanie and Chachi finally go on their first date, but the kids whom Joanie is babysitting that night keep getting in the way.
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164 | 22 | "Father & Son" | Jerry Paris | Fred Fox, Jr. | March 4, 1980 (1980-03-04) | |
Howard decides he wants to get to know Richie better, and takes him along on a Lodge weekend in Chicago.
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165 | 23 | "A Potsie is Born" | Jerry Paris | Ria Nepus | March 11, 1980 (1980-03-11) | |
Potsie is offered a lucrative singing contract by a manipulative promoter (Pat Crowley), and the fame goes to his head. | ||||||
166 | 24 | "The Roaring Twenties" | Jerry Paris | Dave Ketchum & Tony Di Marco | March 25, 1980 (1980-03-25) | |
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. | ||||||
167 | 25 | "Ralph's Family Problem" | Jerry Paris | Dave Ketchum & Tony Di Marco | May 6, 1980 (1980-05-06) | |
Ralph is shocked to learn his parents are divorcing. |
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