List of Happy Days Episodes - Season 4 (1976/77)

Season 4 (1976/77)

Episode # Air date Title Written by Directed by Overview
64 September 21, 1976 "Fonzie Loves Pinky" (Parts 1 & 2) Arthur Silver Jerry Paris The Fonz's old flame Pinky Tuscadero (Roz Kelly) returns, and the pair start to get very close. Fonzie is planning to compete in an upcoming demolition derby, but when his co-driver is injured before the event, Pinky is angry that he insists that it is no place for a woman and chooses Ralph over her to be the replacement. To make matters worse, the ruthless Malachi brothers (Ken Lerner and Michael Pataki) intend to win the derby, using any dirty trick necessary—including their famous "Mallachi Crunch".
  • Note: This episode marks the first appearance of Al (Al Molinaro), taking over from Arnold as the owner of Arnold's Drive-In.
65 September 28, 1976 "Fonzie Loves Pinky" (Part 3) Joe Glauberg Jerry Paris With Pinky injured and out of the demolition derby thanks to the "Mallachi Crunch", the Fonz is left in the ring by himself. But he has more than just beating the Mallachis on his mind—he wants to marry Pinky.
  • Note: Pinky (Roz Kelly) was promoted as being Fonzie's new long-term girlfriend, but due to disagreements between her and the producers, this became the character's only appearance in the series.
66 October 5, 1976 "A Mind of His Own" Jack Winter Jerry Paris When the Fonz gets in his eighth fight in a week, Howard suggests that he go to see a psychologist (Bill Idelson), who comes up with an unusual way for Fonzie to vent his aggression.
67 October 19, 1976 "Fonzie the Father" Marty Nadler Jerry Paris With the rest of the Cunningham family going away on vacation, Richie plans a party. But when heavily pregnant Louisa, the wife of an old friend of Fonzie's, arrives on the scene, he and the Fonz find themselves minding an expectant house-guest.
68 October 26, 1976 "Fonzie's Hero" Barry Rubinowitz (teleplay)
Steven Dworman (story)		 Jerry Paris After Potsie rescues the Fonz from a fire at the garage, Fonzie tells his savior that he can have anything he wants. Potsie wants one thing: for the Fonz to be his best friend, and to do everything with him, including rollerskating.
69 November 9, 1976 "A Place of His Own" Bill Idelson Jerry Paris With Richie, Ralph and Potsie all cramming into Richie's car, each with his respective date, Richie feels it is cramping his chances romantically, so he and the Fonz come up with a scheme for him to use Fonzie's apartment for an evening to try to woo an art student.
  • Note: The girl's father, Mr. Kendall, is played by Conrad Janis, who would go on to play Mindy's father Fred McConnell (a somewhat similar character) in the Happy Days spin-off Mork and Mindy.
70 November 16, 1976 "They Shoot Fonzies, Don't They?" Steve Zacharias Jerry Paris When Joanie is cut from the cheerleading squad, she persuades the Fonz to be her partner in a dance marathon to win a bet with Jill (Charlene Tilton), the head cheerleader. But after Fonzie's bike breaks down and he has to push it 12 miles home, will he be able to summon the stamina to see the marathon through?
71 November 23, 1976 "The Muckrakers" Alan Mandel & Charles Shyer Jerry Paris When Potsie breaks a tooth eating meatloaf at the school cafeteria, Richie goes undercover to conduct an investigation for the school newspaper on the poor kitchen conditions, with a little help from the Fonz. But when Richie's story is a big success, he plans to do a follow-up report—including how it happened that Fonzie is afraid of liver. After Richie refuses the Fonz's request that he not mention it in the report, the two fall out and stop talking to each other.
72 November 30, 1976 "AKA The Fonz" Brian Levant Jerry Paris Officer Kirk has been appointed acting Sheriff, and his first task is to run what he considers to be hoodlums out of town—and Fonzie is on his list. Kirk starts to make life very awkward for Fonzie's friends as they try to find a solution to the situation.
73 December 7, 1976 "Richie Branches Out" James Ritz Jerry Paris A couple of weeks before Christmas, Richie falls in love with a girl on a cola advertising poster. The gang pretend to be filming a commercial in order for Richie to try to meet her.
74 January 4, 1977 "Fonzie's Old Lady" Marty Nadler Jerry Paris Richie discovers that the Fonz is dating an attractive older woman (Diana Hyland). What Fonzie doesn't know is that the woman is married.
75 January 11, 1977 "Time Capsule" Dave Ketchum & Tony Di Marco Jerry Paris Richie, Potsie and Ralph are designing a time capsule for a project, and put it in a vault at Howard's hardware store. However, when the three go to visit the capsule with their girlfriends, they find themselves, and Fonzie, locked in. It's Friday—and the vault will not be opened until Monday.
  • Note: In this episode, Richie has a girlfriend named Kim, played by Lynda Goodfriend. She later goes to the prom with Ralph. Lynda Goodfriend would go on to play Richie's regular girlfriend (and later his wife) Lori-Beth, starting in the fifth season.
76 January 18, 1977 "The Book of Records" Michael Weinberger & Yvette Weinberger Jerry Paris In a scheme to win free publicity for Arnold's, Al offers a $100 prize for anyone who can get into the Magilla Book of Records, and the gang all come up with various ideas of records to break. Meanwhile, Fonzie tries to find work for his well-meaning but clumsy cousin Angie (Charles Galioto), but he fails at every job. Perhaps there is a record that Angie can break!
77 January 25, 1977 "A Shot in the Dark" Fred Fox Jr. (teleplay)
Steve Zacharias (story)		 Jerry Paris During a big basketball game, the star player is injured and Richie is put into the game to replace him. After he scores the winning basket, he becomes an overnight local hero and a big hit with the girls. But plans are afoot from the opposition to see that he doesn't follow up his success in the forthcoming game.
  • Note: The closing line of the episode is "Here, have a Life Saver. It'll make you feel better," a nod to the Life Savers commercials airing during that era.
78 February 1, 1977 "Marion Rebels" Dixie Brown Grossman Jerry Paris Marion is frustrated by her life as a housewife and falls out with Howard. Encouraged by Fonzie, she lands a job working as a waitress at Arnold's. But after she insults Al's menu and interferes with people's orders, Fonzie calls a meeting and insists something is done about it.
79 February 4, 1977 "Third Anniversary Show" Bob Brunner & Arthur Silver Jerry Paris Richie, Joanie and the gang prepare to throw a party for Marion in honor of her and Howard's anniversary.
  • Note: This episode features Nancy Walker as Nancy Blansky from the show Blansky's Beauties, to promote the show. She was introduced in this episode as Howard's cousin.
80 February 8, 1977 "Graduation" (Part 1) Calvin Kelly Jerry Paris Marion lets slip to Richie, Potsie and Ralph that Fonzie has been going to night school to be able to graduate along with his friends. Fonzie is upset with Marion for letting his secret out, but that turns out to be the least of the group's worries when the principal delivers some shocking news.
  • Featured song: "Deeply" by Anson Williams (reached #93 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in April, 1977)
81 February 15, 1977 "Graduation" (Part 2) William Bickley & Michael Warren Jerry Paris The gang study through the night in order to re-take their exam and graduate. But Fonzie gets some disappointing news when he finds that, as a night-school student, he won't be able to participate in the presentation ceremony.
  • Note: Pat Morita (Arnold) returns to make a special guest appearance in this episode.
  • Note: Final appearance of Spike (Danny Butch).
82 February 22, 1977 "The Physical" Dave Ketchum & Tony Di Marco Jerry Paris Richie, Potsie and Ralph each receive letters instructing them to attend a physical to evaluate them for the Army draft. They are surprised when Fonzie is called up too—but he is more interested in the physical nurse than doing push-ups.
  • Guest stars: Warren Berlinger and Linda Kaye Henning
83 March 1, 1977 "Joanie's Weird Boyfriend" Bob Brunner Jerry Paris Joanie is feeling like she's been treated like a little kid, she jumps at the chance when she is invited to be initiated into a troublesome gang called the Red Devils. But does she know what she has gotten herself into?
84 March 8, 1977 "Fonz-How, Inc." Joe Glauberg Jerry Paris Howard has come up with the idea for a "Garbage Gulper" trash compactor, and Fonzie is convinced to become his partner and help construct the prototype. They have high hopes for the invention, but will the world of big business prove to be as lucrative as they hope?
85 March 15, 1977 "Spunky Come Home" Arthur Silver & Fred Fox Jr. Jerry Paris Fonzie has a pet dog named Spunky to keep him company. But Ralph and Potsie accidentally let Spunky escape, and make up a story about the dog being stolen to cover their mistake.
86 March 22, 1977 "The Last of the Big Time Malphs" Joe Glauberg Jerry Paris Ralph is taking huge bets on an upcoming sporting event whose outcome he feels certain of. But when the results are in, and they are the opposite of what he predicted, he is left owing a lot of people some serious money—including a local thug named Bruiser.
87 March 29, 1977 "Fonzie's Baptism" William Bickley & Michael Warren Jerry Paris After nearly being killed in a stock-car race, the Fonz questions his mortality. Al suggests that he go to see his brother, a priest, for guidance, leading Fonzie to decide to be baptized.
  • Note: This episode introduces Al's twin brother Father Anthony (also played by Al Molinaro). Marion refers to Richie as the first child, ignoring the existence of Chuck who appeared in eleven episodes of the first two seasons.

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