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23 Episodes 1974 - 1975
Episode 1
Tue, Sep 10, 197430 mins
Richie Cunningham's dream of independence turns into a nightmare when he moves out of his parents' house and into older brother Chuck's apartment.

Episode 2
Tue, Sep 17, 197425 mins
Howard Cunningham agrees to buy one of Fonzie's overhauled dragsters as a second family car but Richie soon discovers that its red color may not be the only reason that the hotrod's hot.
Episode 3
Tue, Sep 24, 1974
Regretfully remembering his dismal date with Arlene Nestrock before her family moved to New York, Richie does a successful do-over when she comes back three years later and winds up going steady before he's ready.

Episode 4
Tue, Oct 1, 197430 mins
Shyness with a new girl, a bad James Dean impersonation, and a book on abnormal psychology combine to make Richie think he should see a psychiatrist.

Episode 5
Tue, Oct 8, 197425 mins
When the commanding officer of his high school ROTC group makes him squad leader, Richie finds that there's more to leadership than just shouting orders.

Episode 6
Tue, Oct 29, 197425 mins
Richie scoffs at kid sister Joanie's fear of the haunted Simpson house until he gets a glimpse of a ghostly figure inside one of its cobwebbed closets.
Episode 7
Tue, Nov 12, 197430 mins
Hollywood comes to Jefferson High when Richie wins a dance date with a beautiful movie star in a school raffle.
Episode 8
Tue, Nov 19, 197425 mins
When 12-year-old Joanie Cunningham is invited by Fonzie's leather-clad nephew, Spike, to go to a movie on her first real date, her parents and big brother Richie do what they do best ...worry!
Episode 9
Tue, Nov 26, 1974
The quiz show scandals of the 1950s are the center of this episode, in which Richie is a contestant on a locally produced quiz show named "Big Money." His ethics and conscience are put to the test when, after an early run of success, he realizes he has been given the answer to the grand-prize question.
Episode 10
Thu, Dec 5, 197425 mins
Fonzie plays Hamlet from the heart and puts "cool" in culture when Richie asks him to play the doomed Danish Prince in the annual Shakespeare festival play.
Episode 11
Tue, Dec 17, 197430 mins
The Cunninghams are looking forward to their usual family holidays together. However, Richie finds out that his friend Fonzie, despite being popular,is all alone at Christmas. He asks his parents if Fonzie can share their holiday, eventually they agree and Richie invites him, although he's reluctant at first.
Episode 12
Tue, Jan 7, 197525 mins
While Fonzie fixes their crippled car, Potsie convinces three stranded teen beauties to overnight at the Cunninghams while Richie's parents are out of town.
Episode 13
Tue, Jan 14, 1975
Howard Cunningham suspects that Fonzie's fiancée, Maureen, is really "The Lone Stripper", an exotic, masked dancer with a distinctive laugh.
Episode 14
Tue, Jan 21, 197530 mins
With his parents out for the evening, home-alone Richie recovers from the Asiatic flu, waits for his friends to sneak him pizza and a movie, and surprises a burglar in the living room.
Episode 15
Tue, Jan 28, 197525 mins
Much to his dad's dismay, Richie defies Cunningham Republican tradition and campaigns for the Democrats during the 1956 Eisenhower-Stevenson presidential race.
Episode 16
Tue, Feb 11, 197525 mins
Having to drive the Cunningham family car and a run-in with a gang stack the odds against Richie and his buddies after Bag Zombrowski challenges them to come up with dates by midnight or walk through popular Arnold's parking lot in their underwear.
Episode 17
Tue, Feb 18, 1975
Richie gets an in for an interview with famous children's entertainers Bob Smith and Howdy Doody when little sister Joanie appears on the television show to present the popular puppet with the Chipmunk of the Year Award. But Richie is later confronted with an ethical dilemma after Life magazine offers to buy his one-of-a-kind photo of clown Clarabelle caught without his makeup.
Episode 18
Tue, Feb 25, 197525 mins
Ralph and Potsie let their imaginations run wild while they help Richie Cunningham fix a fence for a beautiful divorcée, especially after she asks Richie to have dinner with her when the job is done.
Episode 19
Tue, Mar 4, 197530 mins
Fonzie promises to provide the tuxedos Richie and the guys need for their formal gig at the stuffy local Leopard Lodge dance, but only if they let him join the band and play a bongo solo.
Episode 20
Tue, Mar 11, 1975
Richie is called upon for a favor by an old friend from summer camp who is now the member of a successful rock'n'roll band called "Fish and The Fins". While they're in town he wants to use Richie's house for the band because they can't rehearse with groupies surrounding their hotel, but he must keep it quiet. Richie has already told people that he knows the leader, Rocky Rhodes, and guaranteed his friends free concert tickets--which end up being in the "rafters" so Richie's rep is on the line. Will Rocky be able to redeem Richard's reputation as an honest guy?
Episode 21
Tue, Mar 18, 197530 mins
Richie lets fame go to his head when he takes a turn as a disc jockey at the local radio station.

Episode 22
Tue, Apr 29, 197525 mins
Richie Cunningham's case of mononucleosis endangers more than just his health after the Fonz finds out who gave Richie the "kissing disease".
Episode 23
Tue, May 6, 1975
While in Chicago with their high school choir, Richie, Ralph and Potsie sneak by their chaperons, wind up on the wrong side of an unsympathetic downtown nightclub owner, and win the sympathy of a kind-hearted cocktail waitress.
