Happy Days (season 1)
| Happy Days (season 1) | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | January 15 – May 7, 1974 |
| Season chronology | |
This is a list of episodes from the first season of Happy Days.
The pilot for the series was aired on February 25, 1972, as part of an episode of Love, American Style in a segment titled Love and the Television Set. For syndication reruns, this was retitled Love and the Happy Days. The part of sister Joanie was played by 12-year-old Susan Neher. Father Howard was played by Harold Gould, and brother Chuck (/Charles) was played by Ric Carrott. The plot centers around how the Cunninghams buy their first television set, an expensive rare novelty in the 1950s, and Potsie convinces Richie to use that as an enticement to get a girl to agree to a date, which she does but in the end Richie gets crushed. His father uses his wisdom of experience to console him. Howard is so entranced by his new TV that he sits alone in the living room watching nothing but a test pattern and tone.
The season aired Tuesdays at 8:00-8:30 pm (EST).
Potsie fixes Richie up with Mary Lou Milligan, a girl with a "reputation" around town. Richie doesn't get far with her but leads Fonzie and the others to believe he did.
Richie sneaks out of the house to watch Fonzie compete in a drag race.
Richie and Potsie want to become members of a local gang called the Demons. But before being accepted as full-fledged members, they must perform the "six deadly dares".
Richie and the boys form a band to raise money, but Potsie loses it all in a poker game and Howard has to win it back for him.
Howard lets a black army buddy have his wedding at the Cunningham home, and faces racial prejudice from their neighbors.
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