Garry Marshall
Director
Happy Days (1974)
Season 5
In 1950s Milwaukee the Cunningham family must contend with Fonzie, a motorcycle riding Casanova.
Released Jan. 15, 1974
Episode 30 min
7+
Keywords: tmdb.sitcom, tmdb.1950s, imdb.cult-classic, imdb.laugh-track, imdb.hardware-store, imdb.motorcycle-stunt, imdb.famous-opening-theme + 43 more, imdb.rebelliousness, imdb.problem-solving, imdb.peer-pressure, imdb.advice, imdb.cult-tv, imdb.drive-in-restaurant, imdb.title-spoken-by-character, imdb.actor-shares-first-name-with-character, imdb.1950s, imdb.milwaukee-wisconsin, imdb.family-relationships, imdb.growing-up, imdb.biker, imdb.1960s, imdb.greaser, imdb.wisconsin, imdb.college, imdb.marriage, imdb.rock-n-roll, imdb.jukebox, imdb.high-school, imdb.dance, imdb.basketball, imdb.shark, imdb.library, imdb.nostalgia, imdb.dating, imdb.mother-son-relationship, imdb.mother-daughter-relationship, imdb.sitcom, imdb.brother-sister-relationship, imdb.motorcycle, imdb.leather-jacket, imdb.father-son-relationship, imdb.sitcom-comedy, awards.emmy-award-winner, awards.emmy-award-nominated, awards.golden-globe-winner, awards.golden-globe-nominated, imdb.upper-midwest, imdb.arthur-fonzie-fonzarelli-character, imdb.great-lakes-region, imdb.american-midwest
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Production Companies: Miller-Milkis Productions
Network: ABC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S5E1 - Hollywood (1)
A Hollywood talent scout, needing a mechanic for his limousine, sees Fonzie at Arnold's and thinks he could be the next James Dean. The Cunninghams, Potsie, and Ralph go to Hollywood with Fonzie for his screen test.
Sept. 13, 1977, midnight
S5E2 - Hollywood (2)
Fonzie takes his screen test with Richie as his reading partner. The director loves Fonzie, but the studio is more impressed with Richie and offers him a contract.
Sept. 13, 1977, midnight
S5E3 - Hollywood (3)
Fonzie faces jumping a caged shark on water skis, and Richie decides whether or not he wants to sign the Paramount Pictures contract he was offered.
Sept. 20, 1977, midnight
S5E4 - Hard Cover
Facing a dating slump, Fonzie suggests that Richie go to the library to meet girls. Richie meets Lori Beth Allen at the library who invites him to her dorm room.
Sept. 27, 1977, midnight
S5E5 - My Cousin, the Cheat
After Chachi is caught by a truant officer, Fonzie and Richie arrange for Joanie to tutor him. He gets caught cheating on a test and, as a result, gets suspended from school and gets in hot water with Fonzie.
Oct. 4, 1977, midnight
S5E6 - Fonsillectomy
Fonzie has to have his tonsils removed and will miss a big Halloween party.
Oct. 25, 1977, midnight
S5E7 - The Apartment
Richie, Potsie, and Ralph get an apartment of their own.
Nov. 1, 1977, midnight
S5E8 - Fonzie and Leather Tuscadero (1)
Pinky Tuscadero's younger sister, Leather, comes to Milwaukee looking for a gig. Al gives her and her group a job at Arnold's after a successful audtion, but Officer Kirk threatens to shut the place down after learning of Leather's troubled past.
Nov. 8, 1977, midnight
S5E9 - Fonzie and Leather Tuscadero (2)
After Howard refuses to let Joanie go on tour with Leather, she follows through with her threat to run away from home.
Nov. 15, 1977, midnight
S5E10 - My Fair Fonzie
Fonzie is invited to a socialite dinner party, but the people who invite him do so thinking Fonzie will make a fool of himself.
Nov. 22, 1977, midnight
S5E11 - Bye Bye Blackball
Richie, Potsie, and Ralph want to join the best fraternity on campus, but they have to survive ""Hell Week"" first.
Nov. 29, 1977, midnight
S5E12 - Requiem for a Malph
Ralph is caught with the girl of the football team's star fullback, Rebel E. Lee. Instead of a fight, Fonzie arranges a boxing match between Rebel and Ralph to settle their dispute.
Dec. 6, 1977, midnight
S5E13 - Nose for News
After getting a ""D"" on a paper for his investigative reporting class, Richie decides to do a story about the corrupt sanitation department that is forcing Howard to pay a weekly surcharge.
Dec. 13, 1977, midnight
S5E14 - Grandpa's Visit
Howard's father comes for a visit after being forceably retired as a captain of detectives due to his age. Not wanting to sit around, he gets a job at Fonzie's garage. After one day, Fonzie, not having the heart to do it himself, asks Howard to fire his father.
Jan. 3, 1978, midnight
S5E15 - Potsie Gets Pinned
After one date with Jennifer Jerome, Potsie wants to ask her to marry him. Howard suggests that they get pinned instead, but, after asking her, Potsie suddenly backs out.
Jan. 10, 1978, midnight
S5E16 - Joanie's First Kiss
Joanie is set to go on her first car date, so Fonzie and Richie show her how to counter any advances her date may make toward her. Joanie says she may not want to counter his advances and would like to experience her first kiss.
Jan. 17, 1978, midnight
S5E17 - Marion's Misgivings
When Marion's friend is dumped by her husband for a younger woman, Marion begins to think that Howard may do the same to her.
Jan. 24, 1978, midnight
S5E18 - Richie Almost Dies
Lori Beth reports that Richie isn't moving after they crash his new motorcycle.
Jan. 31, 1978, midnight
S5E19 - Spunkless Spunky
Fonzie's dog, Spunky, appears depressed and distant. After a visit to the veterinarian, it is determined that Spunky's problem is mental.
Feb. 7, 1978, midnight
S5E20 - Be My Valentine
Joanie daydreams about the gang singing romantic Valentine's Day songs.
Feb. 14, 1978, midnight
S5E21 - Our Gang
Richie tells Chachi the story of how he met Fonzie in order to convince him that joining a gang is a mistake.
Feb. 21, 1978, midnight
S5E22 - My Favorite Orkan
An alien, Mork from Ork, comes to earth looking for someone average, or humdrum, to study and picks Richie.
Feb. 28, 1978, midnight
S5E23 - Do You Want to Dance?
Fonzie's girlfriend is a moderately successful ballet teacher, but Fonzie has trouble accepting that she may be happier as a professional performer in New York.
May 9, 1978, midnight
S5E24 - Second Wind
Al is to receive a man-of-the-year award from the Sons of Italy, but he doesn't have a date. Fonzie sets him up with a meter maid, and she agrees to go with him to the banquet.
May 16, 1978, midnight
S5E25 - Rules to Date By
Richie and Lori Beth have a fight and break up before going on a weekend trip where the band is backing up Leather and the Suedes. Meanwhile, Howard and Marion argue about women's rights.
May 23, 1978, midnight
S5E26 - Fonzie for the Defense
Fonzie and Howard are picked for jury duty. The case appears cut and dry, but Fonzie isn't so sure. Meanwhile, Richie, Potsie, and Ralph practice for a fraternity festival, and Marion is to hold a paint sale at the hardware store in Howard's absence.
May 30, 1978, midnight
Network: ABC
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 2460 min.
Released: Jan. 15, 1974
Last Air Date: Sept. 24, 1984, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-G
Common sense age: 7+
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