Happy Days: The Complete Second
Season finds Garry
Marshall’s immortal, 1970s sitcom hitting its stride
with 23 episodes that continue to be built around
Milwaukee native Richie Cunningham (Ron Howard) and
his family and friends. But there’s also a clear
strengthening of one of the show’s eventual, major
elements: the close, if unlikely, friendship between
Richie and Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli (Henry
Winkler). As always, Richie is angling for a way to
grow up faster, often getting in over his head. In "Richie
Moves Out," the red-haired teen tires of trying to
kiss his girlfriend in the goldfish bowl of his
house, so he agrees to live with his older brother
while finishing high school and holding down a job.
The result: there’s no time for making out when one
is that busy. A similar scheme backfires in "Richie’s
Car," when the Fonz converts a racing vehicle into a
family-friendly, second car for the Cunninghams,
only to find after the fact that it’s probably
stolen. "Fonzie Joins the Band" sees Richie having
to stand up to, and disappoint, his greaser pal when
non-musical Fonzie presumes to join Richie’s band in
exchange for outfitting them in slick tuxedoes.
Fonzie looks surprisingly downhearted, too, in "Richie’s
Flip Side," in which straight-arrow, young
Cunningham gets a job as a disc jockey and develops
an unbearable ego. In "Goin’ to Chicago," Richie,
Potsie (Anson Williams) and Ralph (Don Most) go on
an overnight field trip to the Windy City and
discover that stepping into the adult world (they
visit a nightclub and end up with a whoppping check
they can’t pay) takes some preparation and
experience they don’t yet have. Tom Bosley and
Marion Ross still look, in retrospect, as wonderful
in the roles of Richie’s parents as they did in the
early ‘70s. --Tom Keogh
Season 2 (1974-1975)
23 episodes
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Title
Overview
17
September 10, 1974
020
"Richie Moves Out"
Richie feels that he doesn't have enough
privacy living at home, so he decides to move in with older
bother Chuck. But he soon discovers that bachelor life is
not all it's cracked up to be.
18
September 17, 1974
"Richie's Car"
With his dating style being cramped by
Howard driving him everywhere, Richie convinces his father
to buy a second family car that he can use at weekends.
Richie persuades Howard to buy a car that Fonzie is selling,
but his amorous plans hit the skids when he hears that it is
stolen.
19
September 24, 1974
"Who's Sorry Now"
Arlene, a girl from Richie's past is back
in town, and Richie goes on a date with her. But very soon,
Arlene thinks that Richie wants to go steady with her, and
Richie tries to find a way to put her off.
Note:
The flashbacks used in this episode are scenes from the
unscreened pilot that was part of
Love, American Style in 1972.
20
October 1, 1974
"You Go to My Head"
Richie finds that he has a problem asking
girls out. He reads a book about abnormal psychology and
begins to think that there's something really wrong with
him, and seeks the help of a psychiatrist.
21
October 8, 1974
"R.O.T.C."
Richie is chosen to be put in charge of
his R.O.T.C. army cadet force at Jefferson High, but he has
a battle on his hands to pull his pals, including Potsie and
Ralph, into shape, and finds out that Command and friendship
are two very different things.
22
October 29, 1974
"Haunted"
It's trick-or-treat time when the gang
indulge in frightening frolics as Ralph plans to hold his
annual
Halloween party at the old Simpson house, which is said
to be haunted by the ghost of the headless "Old Lady
Simpson". Richie must confront his own fears about the
ghost.
23
November 12, 1974
"Wish Upon a Star"
Richie wins a date to the school dance
with Hollywood starlet Cindy Shea. But what on earth will
his girlfriend say? And is Richie really cut out for a life
of glitz and glamour? Guest star:
Cheryl Ladd.
24
November 19, 1974
"Not With My Sister, You Don't"
Marion and Howard are apprehensive about
Joanie's first date. Their worries deepen when they learn
that her date is Fonzie's young cousin, Spike. After a talk
about the birds and the bees, Richie is instructed to use
his own date to keep an eye on his sister.
Note:
This episode introduces Danny Butch as Fonzie's
similarly dressed and mannered young cousin, Raymond
"Spike" Fonzarelli. Although he went on to make several
return appearances, the character was never felt to
completely catch on, and was reworked into that of
Chachi in the fourth season.
25
November 26, 1974
"Big Money"
Richie is selected to be a contestant on
television game show 'Big Money'. After the time runs out
and his is invited back for the next show, his friends and
family all try to help him brush up on his general knowledge
- but then he is given an envelope by the host with all of
the answers. Will Richie follow his conscience, or take the
money and run?
Note: This episode is based upon
a real-life case of a game show being fixed in the
1950s.
Note: Fonzie is seen to have his
own garage for the first time (previously he had
worked in a larger garage with other mechanics). His
'office' of the men's room in Arnold's starts to
become more apparent too.
26
December 3, 1974
"A Star is Bored"
Richie, Potsie and Ralph plan to put on a
production of Hamlet to raise money for baseball uniforms.
When they are unable to get a celebrity to play the lead
role, they persuade the Fonz to take the part - but how will
he react to learning that he has to wear tights?
27
December 17, 1974
"Guess Who's Coming to Christmas"
The gang are looking forward to spending
Christmas with their families, but Richie discovers that
Fonzie will be spending his all alone. He convinces his
father to invite the Fonz for Christmas, but will they be
able to persuade proud Fonzie to accept the invitation?
Note: Two 'wrap around' of this
episode were later filmed for it to be shown as part
of later seasons, one with Arnold, and one with Al.
Some packages show the Al version in place of the
original as part of the second season.
Note: This is Chuck's final
appearance in the series, and the only episode in
which Chuck and Fonzie interact.
28
January 7, 1975
017
"Open House"
While his parents are away, Richie plans
to play, holding an all-night
poker game with Potsie and Ralph. But Richie and Potsie
unexpectedly find themselves playing host to three stranded
young women whose car has broken down, forcing them to stay
the night.
29
January 14, 1975
"Fonzie's Getting Married"
The Fonz suddenly announces that he is
getting married, and brings his bride-to-be to dinner at the
Cunningham house. But Howard recognises the girl as a
stripper he saw at a hardware convention in Chicago. How
will Fonzie take the news?
Note:
This episode was filmed before a live audience. It
proved successful and starting the next season,
every episode was filmed as such.
Note:
Fonzie performs the Fonzie Tap and the Fonzie
Finger-Snap for the first time.
30
January 21, 1975
"The Cunningham Caper"
Richie stays at home sick while the rest
of the family go to the cinema. But then he hears noises
downstairs, and finds himself face-to-face with a burglar,
who forces him to help collect up the family's valuables.
31
January 28, 1975
"The Not Making of a President"
It is election time, and Richie decides
exactly which candidate to support - the one a cute blonde
girl is campaigning for. But Richie becomes a victim of
politics when campaigning for
Adlai Stevenson falls on the wrong side of Howard's own
political views.
32
February 11, 1975
"Cruisin"
With Marion having dented Richie's car,
he, Potsie and Ralph are forced to use Howard's
DeSoto to go cruising for girls for an upcoming dance.
But the girls that they meet are connected to street gang
The Demons, who challenge them to a drag race. Guest Star:
Maureen McCormick
33
February 18, 1975
"The Howdy Doody Show"
Facing a deadline for the school paper,
Richie tries to get a photo of
Clarabell the Clown, from
The Howdy Doody Show, without make-up. To get on the
set, Richie plans to get Ralph to enter a Howdy Doody
look-alike contest the show is conducting.
To earn some money, Richie, Potsie and
Ralph advertise as odd-job men and agree to fix the fence of
an attractive young divorcee. Ralph and Potsie both fancy
their chances with the woman, but after they have left, she
asks Richie to have dinner with her.
35
March 4, 1975
"Fonzie Joins the Band"
Fonzie joins Richies band to impress
women but can only play bongoes
36
March 11, 1975
"Fish and Fins"
A childhood friend of Richie's is now in
a popular group, Johnny Fish and The Fins. Richie claims to
his friends that he knows him and, with Marion's help, gets
some free tickets. But the tickets turn out to be poor, and
nobody believes that Richie really has a friend in the band.
Then when the band come to hide out from fans at the
Cunningham house overnight, Richie can't tell anyone. Guest
stars:
Flash Cadillac and The Continental Kids as Johnny Fish
and the Fins.
37
March 18, 1975
"Richie's Flip Side"
Working as a cleaner at a local radio
station, Richie suddenly finds himself as a stand in
presenter when the star DJ storms out. With his natural
persona, Richie becomes a local sensation. But as his fame
grows, he starts to become big headed and ignore his
friends, not to mention dipping into his college funds to
buy fancy new clothes.
38
April 29, 1975
"Kiss Me, Sickly"
Fonzie asks Richie to watch after his
girl, Denise, while he's out of town at a demolition derby.
Denise feels like testing Richie's trustworthiness, and
despite his attempts to hold her off, eventually tempts him
into making out with her. Now Richie has to break the news
to the Fonz, and worse still, Richie thinks he may have
mono after kissing her.
39
May 6, 1975
"Goin' to Chicago"
Richie, Potsie and Ralph go on a trip to
Chicago with the school choir. Not wanting to stay in their
hotel room all night, Ralph convinces them to sneak out and
see a comedy show at a burlesque house - but it's no
laughing matter when they get the drinks bill!
