Episode
Happy Days: Tall Story
Overview
Chachi discovers a great basketball player who recently transferred to Jefferson High. However, he initially holds back when performing for Roger and, suddenly, changes his mind about being on the team when his father orders him home in the middle of a practice.
Details
- Series
- Happy Days
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 17
- Air date
- 1981-04-07
Episode context
Tall Story is Episode 17 in Season 8 of Happy Days. It aired on 1981-04-07.
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Episode 16: Potsie on His Own
Potsie falls behind on his rent and is forced to move back in with his parents. However, after learning that Lori Beth's roommate likes men who live alone, Potsie has to stay in his apartment. He tells Fonzie that he can get quick cash but won't say how.
Episode 18: Scholarship
Desperate to get Chachi on the school's basketball team, a scout for Eastern Florida University offers him a scholarship and several other superfluous perks - including a cheerleading scholarship for Joanie. Fonzie is extremely excited for Chachi, but Howard and Roger think the scholarships are too good to be true.
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Episode 19: R. C. & L. B. Forever
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Episode 14: Hello, Mrs. Arcola
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.
Episode 20: Howard's Bowling Buddy
Marion hurts her back before a big bowling game, but Howard finds a new partner in the lovely Fern Flagg. He had told Marion that she was an old spinster woman. Marion and Fern meet each other, and Marion is furious at Howard for lying to her about Fern's appearance.
Meanwhile, Jenny receives a product in the mail called the Ajax Bust Builder.
Episode 13: Bride & Gloom
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Episode 21: Mother and Child Reunion
Fonzie takes his auto shop class to an out-of-town junkyard and meets a waitress at a diner whom he thinks is his mother.
Episode 12: Broadway It's Not
Chachi becomes jealous after seeing a kissing scene involving Joanie and another actor during rehearsals for a school musical. Fonzie also considers quitting as director.
Episode 22: American Musical
Chachi struggles with an essay on the causes, hardships, and influences of immigration until Fonzie tells him several stories in a series of musical vignettes.
Episode 11: Welcome to My Nightmare
After a day of everyone asking favors of him, Fonzie has a nightmare about a mad scientist draining his cool.
Episode 10: It Only Hurts When I Smile
Fonzie comes down with a terrible toothache but refuses to see a dentist. Meanwhile, Howard is upset about Joanie's choice of attire for a wedding she's attending.