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1980 American animated television series
The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang
is an American
animated
science fiction
comedy
series produced by
Hanna-Barbera Productions
and
Paramount Television
and originally broadcast during the
Saturday morning
schedule on
ABC
from November 8, 1980, until November 28, 1981.
[1]
It is a
spin-off
of the live-action sitcom
Happy Days
.
[2]
Premise
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Henry Winkler
(
The Fonz/ "Fonzie"
),
Ron Howard
(
Richie Cunningham
), and
Donny Most
(
Ralph Malph
) all reprised their respective roles for
The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang
.
[3]
The series focuses on Fonzie, joined by an
anthropomorphic
dog named Mr. Cool, and his friends as they are visited by Cupcake, a girl from the future who pilots a malfunctioning
time machine
. After Fonzie repairs the machine, a subsequent accident causes the group to become missing in time. The series focuses on Fonzie and his friends as they land in various periods in time, attempting to return to their own.
[4]
The introduction to the series was narrated by
Wolfman Jack
.
Twenty-four episodes were produced. After the series ended, the characters of Fonzie and Mr. Cool were introduced in the series
Laverne & Shirley in the Army
, which premiered October 10, 1981. The series was subsequently renamed
Laverne & Shirley with The Fonz
and depicted Fonzie working in the motorpool as the chief mechanic. That series ran until September 3, 1983. Both series were syndicated with an animated spin-off of the series
Mork & Mindy
as
Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour
.
Cast
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Home media
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On November 5, 2019, the complete series was released as a made-on-demand DVD-R by
CBS Home Entertainment
and
Paramount Home Entertainment
.
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Episodes
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Season 1 (1980?81)
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Season 2 (1981)
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See also
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References
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