Happy Days: Season 3

1975 · 23 episodes · ★ 5.0

What Season 3 of Happy Days

Milwaukee, 1950s. Richie Cunningham lives with his parents, Howard and Marion, and his little sister, Joanie. Between high school and the gang, the boy carries doubts about love and the future, while his parents try to help him grow up without losing his way. Richie rents the room over the garage to Fonzie, and the neighborhood is thrown into turmoil. Fonzie, a motorcycle mechanic who dropped out of school, fears losing his cool and takes on dangerous jumps on his motorcycle. Howard faces competition for his hardware store, and Marion, tired of routine, decides to enter a televised dance contest.

23episodes

Sep 9, 1975premiered

Mar 2, 1976Latest episode

9.6 hrtotal runtime

Season 3 Episodes

3x01 Fonzie Moves In
Sep 9, 1975 · 25 min
With Howard's hardware store about to face new competition, the Cunninghams decide they need to rent the room above their garage to generate extra income. Howard is shocked when Richie rents it to Fonzie.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Writing: Mark Rothman, Lowell Ganz · Starring: Lillian Bronson, Hillary Horan
3x02 Motorcycle
Sep 16, 1975 · 25 min
Fonzie finds his his bike in pieces, and the search is on to find out who did it.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Starring: Hillary Horan
3x03 Fearless Fonzarelli (1)
Sep 23, 1975 · 25 min
Worried that he's losing his cool, Fonzie attempts to jump 14 garbage cans on his motorcycle. The stunt will be televised on You Wanted to See It.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Written by Michael Weinberger · Starring Joseph Bova, Pat Morita, Hillary Horan
3x04 Fearless Fonzarelli (2)
Sep 30, 1975 · 25 min
Fonzie crashes after a successful attempt to jump 14 garbage cans on his motorcycle and faces surgery to remove torn cartilage in his knee.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Starring: Peter Hobbs, Pat Morita, Peggy Doyle, Hillary Horan
3x05 The Other Richie Cunningham
Oct 7, 1975 · 25 min
Needing to make a good impression for a prospective business deal, Howard asks Richie to take the ""Prince of Porcelain's"" daughter out on a date. Richie, however, already has big plans and asks Potsie to take his place and pretend to be him.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Starring Sherry Hursey
3x06 Richie Fights Back
Oct 14, 1975 · 25 min
After being embarrassed at Arnold's by a couple of hoods, Richie wants to take a jujitsu class to learn how to defend and stand up for himself.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Starring Jeff Conaway, Pat Morita, Hillary Horan
3x07 Jailhouse Rock
Oct 21, 1975 · 25 min
Because the high school was vandalized, Officer Kirk imposes a curfew. Richie suggests that they demonstrate against the curfew, get arrested, and fight it in the courts. While Richie, Potsie, and Ralph are in the restroom at Arnold's discussing their plans, the lights go out, and they discover they are locked inside after Arnold closes up for the night.
Directing: Art Fisher · Writing: Bob Brunner · Starring: Ed Peck, Hillary Horan
3x08 Howard's 45th Fiasco
Oct 28, 1975 · 25 min
At his 45th birthday, Howard realizes that his life has been very dull up to this point, and he attempts to run away to Tahiti.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Writing: Frank Buxton · Starring: Pat Morita, Mary Treen
3x09 Fonzie the Flatfoot
Nov 4, 1975 · 25 min
Fonzie poses as a police officer in order to stop a rumble between two rival gangs.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Starring: Ed Peck
3x10 A Date with Fonzie
Nov 11, 1975 · 25 min
With Richie in a dating slump, Fonzie sets Richie and himself up on a double date with two of his girls, Laverne and Shirley.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Writing: Mark Rothman, Lowell Ganz · Starring: Penny Marshall, Cindy Williams, Hillary Horan
3x11 Three on a Porch
Nov 18, 1975 · 25 min
With nothing to do for the Easter holiday, Richie, Potsie, and Ralph decide to rent a cabin at Lake Whitefish. They pretend to be adult businessmen in order to secure the cabin and get girls.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Starring: Anne Lockhart, Sandy Kenyon, Robin Mattson, Hillary Horan
3x12 Fonzie's New Friend
Nov 25, 1975 · 25 min
Fonzie provides a drummer, who is black, to play with the band at Richie's party.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Starring: Jack Baker, Pat Morita, Carol Williams, Kathy O'Dare
3x13 They Call It Potsie Love
Dec 2, 1975 · 25 min
Joanie develops a crush on Potsie after he sings to her at Arnold's.
Directing: Jerry Paris
3x14 Tell It to the Marines
Dec 16, 1975 · 25 min
Convinced that no girl could be attracted to him and that he's useless, Ralph threatens to enlist with the Marines.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Starring: Amy Irving, Hillary Horan
3x15 Dance Contest
Jan 6, 1976 · 25 min
Marion, tired of the monotony of everyday house chores, decides to enter a televised dance contest. When Howard won't participate with her, she secretly enlists the help of Fonzie. Arnold unwittingly tells Howard that Marion has been at Arnold's early in the morning with another man, and Howard becomes suspicious.
Directed by Norm Gray · Written by Bob Howard · Starring Rance Howard, Pat Morita
3x16 Fonzie the Salesman
Jan 13, 1976 · 25 min
When his garage gets a new owner, Fonzie decides to quit. He is unable to find another job as a head mechanic, but, with Howard as his inspiration, vows to find his true calling.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Writing: David W. Duclon · Starring: Dick Van Patten, Richard Stahl
3x17 Football Frolics
Jan 20, 1976 · 25 min
Needing money to get tickets to a big football game, Richie, Potsie, and Ralph decide to babysit 15 children on the night of Mardi Gras.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Starring Kristoff St. John, Pat Morita, Penny Marshall, Cindy Williams
3x18 Fonzie the Superstar
Jan 27, 1976 · 25 min
With Potsie away, the guys try to get Fonzie to take his place as the band's singer for the Senior Dance.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Starring: Jack Baker, Pat Morita, Penny Marshall, Cindy Williams
3x19 Two Angry Men
Feb 3, 1976 · 25 min
Fonzie takes Howard to court after Fonzie's pigeon cage falls through the roof of his apartment during a blizzard. Fonzie claims the weight of the snow caused the roof to collapse while Howard claims it was the pigeon cage.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Starring: June Lockhart, Lloyd Kino, Pat Morita, Hillary Horan
3x20 Beauty Contest
Feb 10, 1976 · 25 min
Richie, Potsie, and Ralph stage a beauty contest at Arnold's in order to meet girls. They plan to enter a plant into the contest who won't accept the prizes when chosen as the winner. Richie is uneasy about this but reconsiders when a cheerleader he's interested in enters.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Starring: Pat Morita
3x21 Bringing Up Spike
Feb 17, 1976 · 25 min
Spike is an accomplice during a burglary at Arnold's, and it is up to Fonzie to set him straight.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Starring Clint Howard, Pat Morita
3x22 A Sight for Sore Eyes
Feb 24, 1976 · 25 min
Fonzie is forced to wear glasses after Ralph's father discovers he has astigmatism.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Written by David W. Duclon · Starring Jack Dodson, Pat Morita, Hillary Horan
3x23 Arnold's Wedding Season Finale
Mar 2, 1976 · 25 min
Arnold asks Fonzie to be the best man at his wedding, but Fonzie is resistant to the idea because of the "Fonzarelli curse." Arnold's fiance calls the wedding off when she thinks she'd be holding back Arnold's career.
Directing: Frank Buxton · Starring: Pat Morita, Hillary Horan