Happy Days: Season 9

1981 · 22 episodes

What Season 9 of Happy Days

The season opens with Joanie shooting home videos for Richie, who is far from Milwaukee. The footage reveals the changes in the family: Lori Beth announces she's expecting a baby, Al's mother spends the whole summer at home, and Howard becomes obsessed with the Braves. Fonzie and his former Falcons get ready to settle scores with a rival gang. Chachi and Joanie go through rough times, and when Al complains about his routine, Chachi suggests he ask his mother out on a date. Howard, meanwhile, isn't taking well to the idea of becoming a grandfather.

22episodes

Oct 6, 1981aired

Mar 23, 1982Latest episode

9.2 hrtotal runtime

Season 9 Episodes

9x01 Home Movies (1)
Oct 6, 1981 · 25 min
Joanie prepares some home movies to send to Richie. She mentions that she and Chachi have had their problems over the summer. In the movies, Lori Beth announces that she's going to have a baby, Al's mother visits for the entire summer, Howard is consumed with Braves baseball, and Fonzie and his former gang, the Falcons, get ready to settle old scores with a rival gang.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Starring: Cathy Silvers, Heidi Bohay, Teddi Siddall, Alice Nunn
9x02 Home Movies (2)
Oct 6, 1981 · 25 min
Fonzie's Falcons and their rival gang, the War Mongers, attempt to settle their old scores with a game of softball. The outcome is disputed, so they end up rumbling. Marion confronts Howard about his anxiety over becoming a grandfather, and Chachi continues to try to make up with Joanie.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Starring: Cathy Silvers, Heidi Bohay, Teddi Siddall, Alice Nunn
9x03 Not with My Mother You Don't
Oct 13, 1981 · 25 min
Al tells Chachi about his dull, mundane life, so Chachi suggests that he ask his mother out. He shows up at Arnold's the next night disheveled and tells Chachi that his mother is already seeing someone. Chachi is shocked and vows to get to the bottom of it.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Writing: Bob Howard · Starring: Ellen Travolta, Patricia Lentz
9x04 Another Night at Antoine's
Oct 27, 1981 · 25 min
Chachi tells Joanie that he wants to date other girls and soon realizes that he's made a big mistake. He tries to straighten things out with her, but she goes out on a dinner date with another guy.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Writing: Mark Rothman · Starring: Cathy Silvers
9x05 Little Baby Cunningham
Nov 3, 1981 · 25 min
Lori Beth asks Fonzie to be her coach in a new birthing method called natural childbirth. He's fully on board until he learns he has to be in the delivery room with her.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Starring: Ralph Wilcox, Cathy Silvers, Michael Byers, Lynn Hallowell
9x06 The Other Guy
Nov 10, 1981 · 25 min
Fonzie and Roger are dating the same girl but don't know it. Meanwhile, Joanie is upset that she and Chachi don't go out as much as they used to, and Howard and Marion argue about love letters he wrote to her.
Directing: Jerry Paris
9x07 Fonzie, the Substitute
Nov 17, 1981 · 25 min
Fonzie substitutes for Roger in his hygiene class, and, as a prank, the students hide the lesson plan and tell Fonzie they're learning about sex. Roger is later informed that he will be fired as a teacher as a result of Fonzie's teachings.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Starring: Cathy Silvers, Kevin Rodney Sullivan, Elizabeth Keifer
9x08 Just a Piccalo
Nov 24, 1981 · 25 min
In order for Jenny to join the Rondells, a popular club, she has to steal a statue from Pfister Park and bring it to their clubhouse. Joanie is there to help, and they are both caught by Officer Kirk.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Writing: Mark Rothman · Starring: Cathy Silvers, Phil Silvers, Tracie Savage, Ed Peck
9x09 No Thank You
Dec 1, 1981 · 25 min
Fonzie is rejected several times by a new teacher at Jefferson High. After he kisses her in a final attempt to win her over, she screams and runs out of the house. Roger talks to her and finds out that she is a nun.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Starring: Kevin Rodney Sullivan
9x10 Baby, It's Cold Inside
Dec 8, 1981 · 25 min
Joanie takes care of Richie Jr. for the weekend while Lori Beth visits Richie in Greenland, Howard and Marion go to New York on business, and Fonzie is away at a teacher's convention. Jenny invites several people over for a party against Joanie's wishes. On top of that, the boiler breaks down.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Starring: Cathy Silvers
9x11 Hello, Tough Guy
Dec 15, 1981 · 25 min
Dateless for an upcoming concert, Jenny is set up with Eugene Belvin by Joanie and Chachi. They, along with Fonzie, try to make Eugene appeal to Jenny by making him seem more manly.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Starring: Cathy Silvers
9x12 To Beanie or Not to Beanie
Jan 5, 1982 · 25 min
Joanie has to decide where she wants to go to college: UCLA or the local UWM. She wants to go to UCLA, but Howard very much wants her to go to UWM, even offering her a new car as incentive. After much deliberation, Joanie announces that she's not going to college at all.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Starring: Cathy Silvers
9x13 Southern Crossing
Jan 12, 1982 · 25 min
After seeing reports on television, Al feels compelled to visit the South to take part in an upcoming freedom march. Fonzie, concerned for his friend's well-being, decides to go with him.Meanwhile, the Cunningham's television set is broken, and, while it is away being repaired, Howard suffers withdrawal symptoms.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Starring: Gary Grubbs, Al Fann
9x14 Grandma Nussbaum
Jan 19, 1982 · 25 min
Fonzie and Chachi's grandmother becomes very upset at them for suggesting that she move into a retirement home after they observe some signs of senility.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Writing: Barry O'Brien · Starring: Cathy Silvers, Frances Bay, Pat O'Brien
9x15 Poobah Doo Dah
Jan 26, 1982 · 25 min
Al is chosen to head the Leopard Lodge's annual Poobah Doo Dah when he says he can get his distant cousin, Frankie Avalon, to perform. However, as Al is auditioning other acts to round out the show, Avalon calls to say he can't make it.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Starring: David Ketchum, Cathy Silvers
9x16 A Touch of Classical
Feb 2, 1982 · 25 min
Initially furious that the music teacher, Cynthia Brannigan, hires the Boston Conservatory Orchestra for the annual Jefferson High concert, Fonzie changes his tune when he realizes that famous composer Tchaikovsky was very much like himself. Fonzie decides to get the entire Jefferson High gang to like classical music.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Writing: Richard Correll · Starring: Marla Pennington, Cathy Silvers
9x17 Hi Yo Fonzie, Away
Feb 9, 1982 · 25 min
The gang tries to get the Lone Ranger, Fonzie's idol, to appear at his birthday party. Meanwhile, Fonzie thinks about becoming a one-woman man.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Writing: Richard Correll · Starring: Marla Pennington, Cathy Silvers, John Hart, M.C. Gainey
9x18 Great Expectations
Feb 16, 1982 · 25 min
Roger seeks Fonzie's advice regarding his love life, Joanie and Chachi write a song for their band, Potsie tries to get into the Leopard Lodge, and Marion is the lead in her theater group's musical.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Starring: Teddi Siddall
9x19 Hello, Flip
Feb 23, 1982 · 25 min
Roger's family sends his brother, Flip, to Milwaukee with the hope that Roger can straighten him out. Roger entrusts Flip to pick up Marion after he attends a Fats Domino concert, but he skips the concert to hang out with some hoodlums and leaves Marion to walk home in the cold.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Starring: Cathy Silvers, Billy Warlock, Amy Gibson
9x20 Chachi's Future
Mar 2, 1982 · 25 min
After a day of fishing with Howard, Chachi gets to thinking about his future when he realizes that being a success in the music business is a long shot. He leaves the house determined not to come back until he finds a career that would be sufficient to support Joanie should they get married one day. He tries his luck at being a salesman.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Starring: Cathy Silvers, Danny Wells
9x21 Tell-Tale Tart
Mar 16, 1982 · 25 min
Jealous of Joanie's friendship with a new girl in school, Mikki, Jenny spreads a false rumor that Mikki is pregnant. As the rumor circulates, Fonzie is added to it as being the child's father.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Writing: Steve Granat · Starring: Crystal Bernard, Cathy Silvers, Dana Kimmell
9x22 Love and Marriage Season Finale
Mar 23, 1982 · 25 min
After a month of dating, Al wants to ask Chachi's mom to marry him. Being an old fashioned guy, Al asks Chachi's permission. He grants it but doesn't think she'll want to marry Al.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Starring: Cathy Silvers, Ellen Travolta