Happy Days: Season 7

1979 · 25 episodes

What Season 7 of Happy Days

Milwaukee, 1950s. Richie Cunningham lives with his parents, Howard and Marion, and his sister Joanie, while he tries to find his place between high school, the gang, and what is expected of him. His parents want to see him grow up without losing his way. The arrival of Fonzie, a motorcycle mechanic in a leather jacket who dropped out of school, upsets the balance of the neighborhood. The episodes take the characters on a trip to Pinewood Lake that ends in a shotgun wedding, a deal Chachi makes with the devil, a newspaper job for Richie, and a burlesque show Howard puts on for his lodge. Marion, for her part, has to deal with unwanted advances from her theater director.

25episodes

Sep 11, 1979premiered

May 6, 1980latest episode

10.4 hrtotal runtime

Season 7 Episodes

7x01 Shotgun Wedding (I)
Sep 11, 1979 · 25 min
The Cunninghams and Fonzie go on vacation to Lake Pinewood. Richie and Fonzie get together with two lonely milkmaids, and, when their father catches them in his barn with his daughters, he says they will have to get married.The crossover continues on Laverne & Shirley S05E01 Shotgun Wedding (II).
Directed by Jerry Paris · Starring Lynda Goodfriend, Vicki Frederick, Penny Marshall, Cindy Williams
7x02 Chachi Sells His Soul
Sep 18, 1979 · 25 min
Wanting to be treated more like an adult, Chachi sells his soul to the devil. In order to get him out of it, Fonzie has to go 24 hours without receiving a kiss from a girl.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Starring Lynda Goodfriend, Richard Levin
7x03 Fonz Meets Kat
Sep 25, 1979 · 25 min
The merchant seamen are in town, and with them is Rico, a sworn enemy of Fonzie. Fonzie is primed to fight, but Father Delvecchio makes him promise not to.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Writing: David Ketchum · Starring: David Ketchum, Lynda Goodfriend
7x04 Marion Goes to Jail
Oct 2, 1979 · 25 min
Marion forgets to set the parking brake in her car, and it rolls down a hill and through the wall at Arnold's. To show Howard that she is a responsible person, she goes to court to take full responsibility for her actions. She phones Fonzie at Arnold's and says she is in jail.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Starring Marcia Lewis, Ed Peck
7x05 Richie's Job
Oct 9, 1979 · 25 min
Wanting to have some money of his own, Richie gets a job loading papers for The Milwaukee Journal. A man named Frank, who works in the same department, doesn't like Richie right from the start.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Starring Ted Gehring
7x06 Richie Falls in Love
Oct 23, 1979 · 25 min
Angry with Lori Beth about her wanting him to wear a Humpty Dumpty costume for a Homecoming parade, Richie goes to a bar to be alone. He meets a young woman there and finds they work in complementary fields. The woman asks Richie to go with her on a trip to Venice, and he accepts.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Starring: Jenny Sullivan, Lynda Goodfriend
7x07 Fonzie's a Thespian
Oct 30, 1979 · 25 min
Marion is a star in a community theatre play, and her director/co-star begins to make unwelcome advances toward her.
Directing: Jerry Paris
7x08 Burlesque
Nov 6, 1979 · 25 min
Howard puts on a burlesque show for his Leopard Lodge with the hope that it will earn him the honor of being the Grand Poobah. The show is in jeopardy of being halted when the girls hired for the show are snowed-in in Buffalo, New York.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Writing: David Ketchum · Starring: David Ketchum, Lynda Goodfriend
7x09 Joanie Busts Out
Nov 13, 1979 · 25 min
In a somewhat rebellious move after Howard and Marion won't let her go to Chicago for a concert, Joanie decides to become a model. However, she is unaware that the studio shoots nudes.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Starring: Rhonda Shear, G.W. Bailey
7x10 King Richard's Big Night
Nov 20, 1979 · 25 min
Richie is chosen the 1961 Delta Gamma King and acts like a jerk after receiving the honor. However, nobody knows that the reason he acts the way he does is a result of someone slipping a pill into his ginger ale. The next day, everyone is angry with Richie, but he is confused because he doesn't remember anything that happened after being crowned king.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Starring Lynda Goodfriend
7x11 Fonzie Versus the She Devils
Nov 27, 1979 · 25 min
Unknowingly, Richie, Potsie, and Ralph are invited to a party hosted by the She Devils gang in which the Devil who brings in the biggest nerd wins a $100 prize. After Richie discovers the purpose of the party, he and the guys head for the door. However, several Devils come in carrying a sack containing a guy who jilted the sister of the gang's leader. The guy is Chachi.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Starring Sarah Rush, Georganne LaPiere, Karen Arthur
7x12 The Mechanic
Dec 4, 1979 · 25 min
A wheelchair-bound man, injured by a drunk driver, answers Fonzie's wanted advertisement for Bronko's Auto Repairing and is hired. He drives Fonzie crazy and is rude to everyone he comes into contact with.
Directing: Jerry Paris
7x13 They're Closing Inspiration Point
Dec 11, 1979 · 25 min
Milwaukee's East Boulevard Business Association, led by Howard, wants to build an expressway off-ramp through Inspiration Point. Everyone does their best to stop the construction and save Inspiration Point.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Starring: Lynda Goodfriend, Le Tari
7x14 Here Comes the Bride Again
Dec 18, 1979 · 25 min
After initially being reluctant to go through with it, Howard agrees to have a second wedding where he and Marion will renew their vows.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Written by Bob Howard · Starring Ray Goulding, Rance Howard, Bob Elliott
7x15 Ah, Wilderness
Jan 8, 1980 · 25 min
The guys and their girls go on a camping trip for their Spring vacation. Under Richie's leadership, everything seems to go wrong and nobody has a good time.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Starring Julie Brown, Lynda Goodfriend
7x16 Joanie's Dilemma
Jan 15, 1980 · 25 min
Joanie is unsure about whether or not she wants to go with her boyfriend to The Alamo, a special section of Inspiration Point.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Written by April Kelly · Starring Michael Dudikoff
7x17 Hot Stuff
Jan 22, 1980 · 25 min
Chachi accidentally sets Arnold's on fire, and Fonzie, Potsie, and Ralph are trapped inside.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Starring Lynda Goodfriend
7x18 The New Arnold's
Jan 29, 1980 · 25 min
As 50/50 partners, Fonzie and Al are at odds about various aspects of the new Arnold's and threaten to not build it at all.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Starring Lynda Goodfriend
7x19 The Hucksters
Feb 5, 1980 · 25 min
After hearing from a former employee about the wonders of television advertising, Howard thinks it will help his hardware store. He hires someone to handle the advertisement who guarantees a 40 percent increase in business in exchange for complete control of the project.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Writing: Mark Rothman · Starring: Sparky Marcus, Hank Aaron, Warren Berlinger
7x20 Allison
Feb 12, 1980 · 25 min
Fonzie meets a deaf woman at the electric company office where he is attempting to straighten out a billing error for Howard. He gives Richie the indication that this girl may be the one.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Written by Harriett Weiss, Patt Shea · Starring Linda Bove, Richard Masur
7x21 Fools Rush In
Feb 26, 1980 · 25 min
Joanie thinks Chachi is losing interest in her, and Chachi thinks Joanie isn't taking him seriously. On the advice of Lori Beth, Joanie invites Chachi over for dinner on a night where she is babysitting Potsie's cousins. Chachi tells Al that he's finally going to make his move with Joanie.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Starring Heidi Bohay, Scott Marshall, Lynda Goodfriend, Kathleen Marshall
7x22 Father & Son
Mar 4, 1980 · 25 min
Richie goes to a Leopard Lodge convention with Howard in Chicago despite wanting to go to a Bears game with Potsie and Ralph.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Starring: David Ketchum, Clint Howard
7x23 A Potsie Is Born
Mar 11, 1980 · 25 min
Potsie secures an audition as a singer for a local club. The potential success goes to his head, and he treats those around him as inferiors.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Starring Pat Crowley, Lynda Goodfriend, Arthur Batanides
7x24 The Roaring Twenties
Mar 25, 1980 · 25 min
Howard's Uncle Joe, after reading Richie's report on the 1920s, tells him a story about what really happened during Prohibition.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Writing: David Ketchum · Starring: David Ketchum, Lynda Goodfriend, Pat O'Brien
7x25 Ralph's Family Problem Season Finale
May 6, 1980 · 25 min
Ralph's parents are getting a divorce, and Ralph becomes depressed.Meanwhile, Marion practices for her upcoming role as the witch in a Hansel & Gretel play.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Written by David Ketchum · Starring David Ketchum, Lynda Goodfriend, Jack Dodson