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Richie Almost Dies

Comedy

25

Jan 30, 1978

What begins as a humorous escapade with a motorcycle turns into a tragic vigil for the Cunninghams and their friends.

Full Episodes

Season 5, 12 episodes

The Apartment,

Personality quirks begin to fray nerves after best friends Richie, Ralph, and Potsie rent an apartment together.

25m Oct 31, 1977

Hard Cover,

Richie and Fonzie must think fast to outwit a tough housemother after they're caught past curfew in the college girls' dormitory.

25m Sep 26, 1977

Hollywood Part 2,

Soon after getting the bad news that the studio deemed his James Dean impression obsolete, and gave Richie's wholesome good looks a contract instead, the Fonz finds a bigger fish to fry.

25m Sep 12, 1977

Hollywood Part 3,

Richie must choose either a 5-year Hollywood contract or college in Milwaukee while the Fonz accepts the California Kid's challenge to perform a dangerous water ski jump...over a shark!

25m Sep 19, 1977

Fonsilectomy,

Forced to spend the night in the hospital's children's ward, Fonzie worries more about who will be making time with his girl at the Halloween party than the tonsillectomy he's scheduled for the next morning.

25m Oct 24, 1977

My Cousin the Cheat,

Fonzie is furious with his rebellious cousin, Chachi Arcola, after Chachi cheats on a school test using answers stolen from a tutoring session with Joanie Cunningham.

25m Oct 3, 1977

Nose is for News,

To prove to his college journalism professor that he has what it takes to be a good investigative reporter, Richie gets down and dirty to expose who's behind an illegal garbage collection scheme.

25m Dec 12, 1977

My Fair Fonzie,

Snobby Cynthia Holmes schemes with her obnoxious cousin, Skippy, to make the Fonz look foolish at a country club soirée.

25m Nov 21, 1977

Bye Bye Blackball,

Richie, Ralph, and Potsie endure the harassment of "hell week" to prove themselves worthy to enter their college fraternity, Phi Kappa Nu.

25m Nov 28, 1977

Joanie's First Kiss,

Sophomore Joanie Cunningham gets basic back-seat defense tips from Richie and Fonzie before her first "car date" with a senior boy, and then cramps her older brother's style when she and her date show up at his college "make-out" party.

25m Jan 16, 1978

Richie Almost Dies,

What begins as a humorous escapade with a motorcycle turns into a tragic vigil for the Cunninghams and their friends.

25m Jan 30, 1978

Do You Want to Dance,

Fonzie's latest romantic interest, a ballet teacher, is secretly yearning to turn professional and dance with the greats in New York. Fonzie, however, has trouble accepting that she may forgo their relationship to pursue her dreams of fame.

25m May 8, 1978