Episode
Happy Days: Hello, Mrs. Arcola
Overview
Because she's never been to his house or met his mother, Joanie thinks that Chachi is ashamed of her. Fonzie invites the Cunninghams over to the Arcola's for dinner on Chachi's behalf. Fonzie surmizes that Chachi is embarrassed of his mother and uncle and of the fact that they're poor.
Details
- Series
- Happy Days
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 14
- Air date
- 1981-02-24
Episode context
Hello, Mrs. Arcola is Episode 14 in Season 8 of Happy Days. It aired on 1981-02-24.
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