Episode
Happy Days: Big Money
Overview
As a game-show contestant, Richie wins $3200 before time runs out for that week's show. After the show, he is given an envelope by the show's host that contains the answer to the $5000 question.
Details
- Series
- Happy Days
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 9
- Air date
- 1974-11-26
Episode context
Big Money is Episode 9 in Season 2 of Happy Days. It aired on 1974-11-26.
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Episode 8: Not with My Sister, You Don't
Spike, Fonzie's little cousin, takes Joanie out on her first date. Richie and his date act as Joanie and Spike's chaperones and discover them missing at the movie theater.
Episode 10: A Star Is Bored
Richie, Potsie, and Ralph need new uniforms for their baseball team and want to get a big celebrity to play the title role in their upcomming fundraiser production of Hamlet. When they can't get a big name to play the part, Fonzie agrees to do it.
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