Happy Days: Season 6

1978 · 27 episodes

What Season 6 of Happy Days

Season 6 opens with the Milwaukee gang traveling to Colorado to help Uncle Ben, Marion's brother, at his dude ranch. They have five days to raise the money demanded by H. R. Buchanan, the neighbor holding a promissory note on the property, and they still have to keep the ranch running. Richie and his friends turn to a rodeo to raise funds, and Fonzie risks his neck on a bull. Back in the neighborhood, Richie lies to Lori Beth to cover up his date with a baton twirler, Joanie gets excited about the high school quarterback, and Al believes an old woman has cursed him. Meanwhile, Howard and Marion clash over a couples test from a magazine.

27episodes

Sep 12, 1978premiered

May 15, 1979latest episode

11.6 hrtotal runtime

Season 6 Episodes

6x01 Westward Ho (1)
Sep 12, 1978 · 25 min
The entire gang goes to Colorado to help Marion's Uncle Ben at his dude ranch. They have to come up with enough money in five days to pay off Ben's neighbor who holds a note on the ranch. They also will have to keep the ranch up and running.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Starring Jason Evers, Ruth Cox
6x02 Westward Ho (2)
Sep 12, 1978 · 25 min
The gang stages a rodeo in an attempt to raise money to pay off the note H. R. Buchanan holds on Marion's Uncle Ben's ranch.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Starring Jason Evers
6x03 Westward Ho (3)
Sep 19, 1978 · 25 min
Richie is able to stop the out-of-control horses that are pulling a wagon Joanie is in. With the deadline looming, the gang is still short $1017.38 for H. R. Buchanan's note, so Fonzie volunteers to ride a killer bull for a $1000 prize.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Starring Jason Evers
6x04 Fonzie's Blindness
Sep 26, 1978 · 25 min
Al accidentally hits Fonzie in the head with a serving tray, and he becomes blind as a result.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Written by Ron Leavitt
6x05 Casanova Cunningham
Oct 5, 1978 · 25 min
Richie makes up a story to tell Lori Beth when he's actually escorting a baton twirler to the fraternity dance.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Starring Lynda Goodfriend
6x06 Kid Stuff
Oct 10, 1978 · 25 min
Fonzie and his girlfriend's son are getting along together as if they were father and son, but his girlfriend reveals that she and her estranged husband are getting back together.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Starring Karen Austin, Bruce Weitz
6x07 Sweet Sixteen
Oct 17, 1978 · 25 min
Joanie thinks she's found true love in Jefferson High's star quarterback. However, she sees him sweet-talking another girl, breaks up with him, and is faced with not having a date for her sweet-sixteen party.
Directing: Jerry Paris
6x08 Fearless Malph
Oct 24, 1978 · 25 min
Richie is writing a story about fears and phobias, and he finds out that Ralph is afraid of nearly everything. While Richie, Potsie, and Ralph are visiting a professor whose specialty is fear, lab mice become agitated. The professor concludes that it is a sign that a tornado is coming.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Starring: Leon Askin
6x09 The Evil Eye
Oct 31, 1978 · 25 min
Al fears an old lady has cursed him.
Directing: Jerry Paris
6x10 The Claw Meets the Fonz
Nov 3, 1978 · 25 min
Al thinks about taking on an investment partner to create an Arnold's franchise. When Al suggests consulting an accountant and lawyer before they complete the deal, the man he's dealing with calls in his goons to threaten Al.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Writing: Susan Harris · Starring: Phillip Pine
6x11 The Fonz Is Allergic to Girls
Nov 14, 1978 · 25 min
Fonzie comes to think that he is allergic to girls.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Starring: Scott Baio
6x12 The First Thanksgiving
Nov 21, 1978 · 25 min
Upset that the rest of the family is watching a football game instead of helping her prepare the Thanksgiving dinner, Marion reminds them of the meaning of the holiday with the story of the first Thanksgiving.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Written by Bob Howard
6x13 The Kissing Bandit
Nov 28, 1978 · 25 min
Richie is falsely accused of being the Kissing Bandit.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Starring Ray Girardin
6x14 The Magic Show
Dec 5, 1978 · 25 min
Howard and Al are co-chairmen of a Leopard Lodge fund-raiser. When the magician/escape-artist they hired injures himself while attempting the milk-can escape, Fonzie suggests another magician, the Amazing Randi.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Starring: James Randi
6x15 Richie Gets Framed
Dec 12, 1978 · 25 min
Richie, who is running for class president, gets his picture taken at a massage parlor by his opponent. Richie thinks his campaign will be ruined if the picture gets out.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Starring: David Keith
6x16 Christmas Time
Dec 19, 1978 · 25 min
Fonzie receives a Christmas gift from his father but is reluctant about accepting and opening it. Meanwhile, Richie and Lori Beth argue about what they've spent on each other's gifts, and Joanie is upset at Howard for getting an artificial tree.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Starring Lynda Goodfriend, Eddie Fontaine
6x17 Smokin' Ain't Cool
Jan 16, 1979 · 25 min
Joanie starts smoking to fit in with a club she's recently joined. Howard initially forbids her to smoke but, eventually, allows her to make her own decision. He is disappointed to find her smoking again later that night.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Starring Michael Dudikoff
6x18 Ralph Versus Potsie
Jan 23, 1979 · 25 min
Richie temporarily takes over a local newspaper's advice column but only tells Fonzie about it. Potsie and Ralph, in an attempt to solve their continuous bickering problem, write in to Richie's column. Richie, via the column, suggests they literally draw a line down the center of the room and for Ralph to stay on one side and Potsie on the other.
Directing: Jerry Paris
6x19 Stolen Melodies
Feb 2, 1979 · 25 min
Leather and the band audition for a television music show and are turned down. Leather's song, however, is stolen and recorded by another band.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Starring Suzi Quatro
6x20 Married Strangers
Feb 6, 1979 · 25 min
It's their 23rd anniversary, and Howard and Marion are angry at each other over a rate-your-mate test they took in a magazine. Richie, Fonzie, and Joanie have arranged for them to take a second honeymoon. Marion angers Howard even further when she wants everything to be exactly the same as it was on their first honeymoon.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Writing: Bob Howard · Starring: Vito Scotti, Crane Jackson, Joy McConnochie
6x21 Marion, Fairy Godmother
Feb 13, 1979 · 25 min
Ralph asks Leather to the annual military ball. Ralph, under the advisement of Fonzie, learns to act like a serious gentleman, and Leather, under the advisement of Marion, learns to dress and act like an elegant lady.Meanwhile, Marion continuously beats Howard at various board and card games.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Starring Lynda Goodfriend, Suzi Quatro
6x22 Fonzie's Funeral (1)
Feb 20, 1979 · 25 min
Fonzie discovers thousands of dollars in counterfeit money hidden in a casket inside of a hearse he is working on. When he doesn't return from the funeral parlor after bringing back the hearse, the guys fear the worst.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Starring Richard Moll, Gino Conforti, Cliff Emmich
6x23 Fonzie's Funeral (2)
Feb 27, 1979 · 25 min
Fonzie survives an explosion at the garage triggered by the counterfeiters. The counterfeiters don't know that Fonzie has survived, so a phony funeral is staged at their funeral parlor to entrap them.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Starring Richard Moll, Eddie Mekka, Lynda Goodfriend, Gino Conforti
6x24 Mork Returns
Mar 6, 1979 · 25 min
Mork returns to 1950s Milwaukee to learn about relationships in this fifth anniversary retrospective episode.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Starring Robin Williams, Lynda Goodfriend
6x25 The Duel
Mar 13, 1979 · 25 min
A fencing champion from France visits UWM for an exhibition. After he insults Joanie and America, Richie challenges the champion to a duel.
Directing: Jerry Paris
6x26 Chachi's Incredo-Wax
May 8, 1979 · 25 min
Needing extra money, Chachi begins selling Incredo-Wax, a miracle product that will shine anything. Unfortunately, it has disastrous side effects and ruins everything it touches.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Writing: David Ketchum · Starring: David Ketchum, Lynda Goodfriend
6x27 Potsie Quits School Season Finale
May 15, 1979 · 45 min
Facing failing his anatomy final, Potsie threatens to quit school. Fonzie tells him to use music as a tool to help him with the exam.Meanwhile, Joanie and Howard are at odds over her less-than-stellar report card, and Fonzie needs a new pair of boots.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Starring: Lynda Goodfriend, Allan Rich