Episode
Happy Days: Home Movies (1)
Overview
Joanie prepares some home movies to send to Richie. She mentions that she and Chachi have had their problems over the summer. In the movies, Lori Beth announces that she's going to have a baby, Al's mother visits for the entire summer, Howard is consumed with Braves baseball, and Fonzie and his former gang, the Falcons, get ready to settle old scores with a rival gang.
Details
- Series
- Happy Days
- Season
- Season 9
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 1981-10-06
Episode context
Home Movies (1) is Episode 1 in Season 9 of Happy Days. It aired on 1981-10-06.
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