Joanie Loves Chachi
| Joanie Loves Chachi | |
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by |
Lowell Ganz Mark Rothman Garry Marshall |
| Developed by |
Thomas L. Miller Robert L. Boyett |
| Written by | Cheryl Alu James Patrick Dunne Lowell Ganz Terry Hart Neil Rosen George Tricker |
| Directed by | Lowell Ganz John Tracy Tom Trbovich Joel Zwick |
| Starring |
Erin Moran Scott Baio Al Molinaro Ellen Travolta Art Metrano |
| Opening theme | "You Look at Me", performed by Scott Baio and Erin Moran |
| Composer(s) | Howard Pearl |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 17 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Lowell Ganz Robert L. Boyett Ronny Hallin Garry Marshall Edward K. Milkis Tom Miller |
| Producer(s) | James Patrick Dunne Fred Fox, Jr. |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 22–24 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Paramount Television Miller-Milkis-Boyett Productions Henderson Productions |
| Distributor | CBS Television Distribution |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | March 23, 1982 – May 24, 1983 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by |
Love, American Style Happy Days |
| Related shows |
Laverne & Shirley Blansky's Beauties Mork & Mindy Out of the Blue |
Joanie Loves Chachi is an American sitcom and a spin-off of Happy Days that aired on ABC from March 23, 1982 to May 24, 1983. It stars Erin Moran and Scott Baio as the title characters Joanie Cunningham and Chachi Arcola, respectively.
The series is set in the early to mid-1960s and follows the exploits of Joanie and Chachi as they moved to Chicago and tried to make it on their own with a rock band and a music career at a time the British Invasion was looming (one episode was titled "Beatlemania"). It mixed the traditional elements of a sitcom with musical performances on each show by Baio and Moran. In fact, the beginning credit sequence of the show had them singing to each other. Their backup band consists of a spaced-out drummer named Bingo and Chachi's blasé cousins Mario and Annette.
The series also starred Ellen Travolta as Louisa Delvecchio, Chachi's mother, and Al Molinaro as Al Delvecchio, Chachi's stepfather (and formerly the owner of Arnold's Drive-In in Happy Days), who opened a restaurant in which Chachi and Joanie performed most of their music. Art Metrano played Chachi's uncle Rico Mastorelli, who was the band's manager and helped Joanie and Chachi advance in their careers. Actress Winifred Freedman played Rico's daughter, Annette, Chachi's cousin, and bandmate.
Joanie Loves Chachi was the first Miller-Boyett (and only Garry Marshall-produced) sitcom developed by Tom Miller and Robert L. Boyett, and was created by Lowell Ganz, Mark Rothman, and Garry Marshall. Unlike other Garry Marshall/Miller-Boyett sitcoms, this is the only series that does not have Charles Fox and/or Norman Gimbel as the show's theme song/music cue composer.
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