List of Happy Days Episodes - Season 8 (1980/81)

Season 8 (1980/81)

Episode # Air date Title Written by Directed by Overview
165 November 11, 1980 "No Tell Motel" Lesa Kite & Cindy Begel Jerry Paris Joanie and Chachi sneak off without permission to a Beach Boys concert in Chicago. But they get in over their heads when Chachi's car breaks down and they get stuck in a motel together.
  • Note First appearance of Cathy Silvers as Joanie's friend Jenny Piccalo, who had only been referred to, previously. She was introduced onscreen to help build up Joanie's role after Richie left.
166 November 18, 1980 "Live and Learn" Fred Fox Jr. Jerry Paris Fonzie becomes a shop teacher at Jefferson High School and has to adjust to being an authority figure. He also experiments with growing a beard.
  • Note This was actually the first episode produced for the season, establishing Fonzie as the sole star with the departure of Ron Howard.
167 November 25, 1980 "Dreams Can Come True" Ria Nepus Jerry Paris Marion becomes a contestant on a game show in order to help Lori Beth win a trip to Greenland to marry Richie.
168 December 2, 1980 "Hello, Roger" William Bickley & Michael Warren Jerry Paris Richie's cousin moves in and goes to work with Fonzie at the high school.
  • Note: First appearance of Ted McGinley as Roger Phillips, Howard and Marion Cunningham's nephew.
169 December 9, 1980 "Joanie Gets Wheels" Dave Ketchum & Tony Di Marco Jerry Paris Tired of being a pedestrian on dates, Joanie disobeys Howard and buys a car of her own, only to find out that hiding a car is too difficult to handle.
  • Note: When Howard and Marion go to see the film "The Music Man," Marion claims the little red-haired boy in the movie poster reminds her of Richie. This was an inside joke, since as an 8-year-old, Ron Howard starred in the movie, and is actually the boy on the poster.
170 December 16, 1980 "White Christmas" Holly White & Stephanie Garman Jerry Paris A bickering Howard and Joanie are snowed in at the hardware store.
171 December 30, 1980 "And the Winner Is ..." Bosco McGowan Jerry Paris Fonzie and another teacher compete for "Teacher of the Year."
172 January 6, 1981 "If You Only Knew Rosa" Ria Nepus Jerry Paris After twenty years, Al reunites with his great lost love.
173 January 13, 1981 "The Sixth Sense" Fred Fox Jr. Jerry Paris When Fonzie wrecks his motorcycle, Joanie, Chachi, and Jenny Piccalo steal Fonzie's money to buy him a new one for his birthday.
174 January 27, 1981 "It Only Hurts When I Smile" Barry Rubinowitz Jerry Paris Fonzie has a toothache but refuses to go to the dentist.
175 February 3, 1981 "Welcome to My Nightmare" Mark Rothman Jerry Paris Fonzie dreams that a mad scientist (Dick Gautier) has stolen his cool.
176 February 10, 1981 "Broadway It's Not" James P. Dunne & Barry O'Brien Jerry Paris Chachi gets jealous when he sees Joanie kissing her co-star in the school play, leading to a falling out between them.
  • Note: In the school play, Scott Baio & Erin Moran perform "You Look at Me", which later became the theme song of Joanie Loves Chachi.
177 February 17, 1981 "Bride and Gloom" Mel Sherer & Steve Grant Jerry Paris Joanie recruits Fonzie to be Jenny's date to a masquerade ball, where the couple dresses as a bride and groom. But after staging a mock wedding ceremony with a ship captain dressed as a priest, the pair learns they may have actually gotten married.
178 February 24, 1981 "Hello, Mrs. Arcola" William Bickley & Michael Warren Jerry Paris Ashamed of his eccentric family and being poor, Chachi refuses to invite Joanie over. Joanie begins to think he is ashamed of her, so Fonz comes to the rescue: He invites the Cunninghams to get together for dinner with Chachi's mother.
179 March 3, 1981 "Fonzie Gets Shot" Bob Howard Jerry Paris In a Rashomon takeoff, when Fonzie is injured during a camping trip, everyone has a different version of what happened.
180 March 17, 1981 "Potsie on His Own" Holly White Jerry Paris Fonzie tries to find out how Potsie is making extra money.
181 April 7, 1981 "Tall Story" Barry Rubinowitz Jerry Paris Chachi tries to recruit an epileptic to play basketball for the high school team.
182 April 14, 1981 "Scholarship" Mark Rothman Jerry Paris Chachi is offered a sports scholarship from a Florida college, but Fonzie suspects it is not bona fide.
183 May 5, 1981 "R.C. & L.B Forever" Fred Fox Jr. Jerry Paris Richie and Lori Beth finally get married...over the telephone.
184 May 12, 1981 "Howard's Bowling Buddy" Bob Howard Jerry Paris Marion is jealous of Howard's new female bowling partner.
185 May 19, 1981 "Mother and Child Reunion" Fred Fox Jr. & Babaloo Mandel Jerry Paris Fonzie takes his auto-shop students on a field trip and meets a woman (Janis Paige) who may be his long-lost mother.
186 May 26, 1981 "American Musical" James P. Dunne & Elizabeth Bradley Jerry Paris Fonzie helps Chachi study American history, illustrated by dream sequences featuring seven educational musical numbers.

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