Happy Days season 11 The Spirit Is Willing - Metacritic

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TV-14
ABC
Apr 24, 1984
30 m

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ABC
Apr 24, 1984
30 m

Happy Days

Summary One of the most successful series of the 1970s is Happy Days, which is set in the late 1950s, early 1960s in Milwaukee, the heart of middle-class America. Happy Days tells the story of the Cunninghams, one of America's most beloved TV families played by Tom Bosley (Howard), Erin Moran (Joanie), Marion Ross (Marion), and Ron Howard (Richi...

Directed By: Jerry Paris

Written By: Garry Marshall, Larry Strawther

TV-14
ABC
Apr 24, 1984
30 m

TV-14
ABC
Apr 24, 1984
30 m

S11 • Episode 14

The Spirit Is Willing

Air Date: Apr 24, 1984

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Summary One of the most successful series of the 1970s is Happy Days, which is set in the late 1950s, early 1960s in Milwaukee, the heart of middle-class America. Happy Days tells the story of the Cunninghams, one of America's most beloved TV families played by Tom Bosley (Howard), Erin Moran (Joanie), Marion Ross (Marion), and Ron Howard (Richi...

Created By: Garry Marshall

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Episode 1 • Sep 27, 1983

Because It's There

Episode 2 • Oct 4, 1983

The Ballad of Joanie and Chachi

With too many things occupying Joanie's time, Chachi feels left out. Together, they seek a solution to the problem but they both have very different ideas about a new direction for their relationship.

Episode 3 • Oct 18, 1983

Where the Guys Are

After tricking Fonzie into going to a single's camp to help him get over losing steady girlfriend Ashley, Potsie, Chachi and Roger get suckered into a sauna by three con-girls.

Episode 4 • Oct 25, 1983

Welcome Home: Part 1

Richie, Lori Beth and Ralph come home. But things are bittersweet for Richie, whose plans are different than what everyone else wants for the Cunningham lad.

Episode 5 • Nov 1, 1983

Welcome Home: Part 2

Richie struggles with his emotions as everyone - particularly his mother, Marion - rejects his dream of being a Hollywood screenwriter.

Episode 6 • Nov 8, 1983 • 30 m

Chachi trains to fight in the city boxing tournament to prove to Fonzie that he's not a kid anymore.

Episode 7 • Nov 22, 1983

Vocational Education

It seems like a bad fit when Yale-educated Roger Phillips is hired over street-savvy Fonzie as the new principal of the George S. Patton Vocational High School, known for it's rampant juvenile delinquency.

Episode 8 • Dec 6, 1983

Fonzie gets a surprise visit from a half-brother he never knew he had; but, although the two share the same name, they soon find that they don't have much in common...or do they?

Episode 9 • Dec 13, 1983

You Get What You Pay For

Howard decides the house needs a second bathroom. Fonzie offers a way to have it installed and save Howard money as well.

Episode 10 • Jan 10, 1984

Joanie encounters trouble when she accepts a student teaching job at Patton High.

Episode 11 • Jan 17, 1984

The People vs. the Fonz

His friends are baffled when Fonzie refuses to speak in his own defense after he is accused of manhandling a student and brought before the school board's disciplinary court.

Episode 12 • Jan 24, 1984

Like Mother, Like Daughter

Howard's fear that wife Marion's former college boyfriend will sweep her off her feet when he comes to the Cunninghams for dinner turns to shock when the man instead shows interest in...daughter Joanie!

Episode 13 • Jan 31, 1984

Fonzie tries to help his cousin unleash his inborn "Fonzarelli Power" when Chachi decides to start dating again after his break-up with long-time steady, Joanie Cunningham.

Episode 14 • Apr 24, 1984 • 30 m

The Spirit Is Willing

Fonzie begins restoring a wrecked 1955 Chevrolet convertible, unaware it comes with more than just broken seats, a broken engine and a rusted shell. It comes with a beautiful young woman, to whom there's more than meets the eye.

Episode 15 • May 1, 1984 • 30 m

Fonzie Moves Out

A real estate agent barging into his apartment with a client in tow is a surprised Fonzie's first clue that he may soon be hunting for a new home.

Episode 16 • May 8, 1984

Passages: Part 1

Joanie says "yes" when Chachi pops the question and Fonzie finds that being single is a major snag when he decides to adopt Danny, his little brother from the Big Brother program.

Episode 17 • May 8, 1984

Passages: Part 2

Joanie primps and Chachi nervously paces as their family and friends gather on their wedding day, while Fonzie and Howard try to convince a by-the-book adoption administrator that some rules are meant to be broken.

Episode 18 • Jun 28, 1984

So How Was Your Weekend?

Howard's poker game with the guys unexpectedly takes a not-so-friendly turn and Marion struggles to please her overly-critical mother when the Cunninghams spend a rare week-end apart.

Episode 19 • Jul 5, 1984

Suffering from song-writer's block, broke Chachi is too embarrassed to tell his friends when he takes a job as a senior citizen dance instructor to make ends meet.

Episode 20 • Jul 12, 1984

Joanie tries to help an angry fifteen year old girl kick a drug habit that threatens to get her kicked out of school.

Episode 21 • Jul 19, 1984

Good News, Bad News

Chachi thinks his life is over when he is diagnosed with diabetes on the eve of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to tour with the Beach Boys.

Episode 22 • Sep 24, 1984

Fonzie, Roger and Chachi soon regret agreeing to help Howard Cunningham save his Grand Poobah position by becoming new Leopard Lodge recruits when they find out their pledge master is prankster Potsie "Sabu" Weber.

11 Seasons

Top Cast

Ron Howard

Richie Cunningham, Asst. DA Cecil Cunningham

Henry Winkler

Arthur 'Fonzie' Fonzarelli, Composer Peter Tchaikovsky, Dougie

Marion Ross

Marion Cunningham, Eddie's Wife, Lucretia

Tom Bosley

Howard Cunningham, Boris, Eddie

Erin Moran

Joanie Cunningham, Dancing Girl

Anson Williams

Potsie Weber, Pretty Boy

Don Most

Ralph Malph, Purvis

Al Molinaro

Al Delvecchio, Anthony, Father Delvecchio

Scott Baio

Chachi Arcola, Newsboy

Lynda Goodfriend

Lori Beth Allen, Kim, Ginger

Ted McGinley

Roger Phillips

Cathy Silvers

Jenny Piccalo

Hillary Horan

Girl Playing Drum, Girl Playing Drums, Girl in Red Scarf, Daphne, Girl in Red Jacket, Audience Member in Purple, Birdhouse Girl in Green, Brunette Prom Girl in Blue, Brunette in Blue and White, Brunette in Grey Skirt, Brunette in Orange Skirt, Brunette in Plaid Skirt, Brunette in Red Jacket, Brunette in White, Brunette in Yellow Jacket, Brunette in Yellow Top, Cheerleader on Fonzie's Left, Dancer in Red, Fonzie's Brunette - Green Skirt, Girl Dancing with Ralph, Girl in Maroon Scarf, Girl in Plaid Skirt, Girl in Red Skirt, Majorette, Nurse Elaine, Peggy, Short-Haired Brunette

Heather Warren

Girl in Yellow Jacket, Dancer in Orange, Blonde in Blue Skirt, Blonde in Blue Sweater, Blonde in Red Jacket, Blonde in Yellow Jacket, Blonde in Yellow Top, Cheerleader Behind Fonzie, Cheerleader with Pony Tail, Elizabeth, Fonzie's Blonde - Green Skirt, Fonzie's Girl, Fonzie's Girl in Blue, Fonzie's Girl in Red Sweater, Girl Dancing with Jimmy, Girl Wearing Beret, Girl in Black Top, Girl in Brown Shirt, Girl in Brown Skirt, Girl in Gold Top, Girl in Pink, Girl in Plaid Skirt, Girl in Solid Green Scarf, Girl in White Hat, Girl in Yellow Dress, Girl in Yellow Skirt, Girl with Mop, Girl with Pony Tails, Heather Warren, Middle Girl at Fonzie's, Prom Girl in Beige, Ramona

Linda Purl

Ashley Pfister, Gloria

Pat Morita

Arnold, Matsuo 'Arnold' Takahashi

Beatrice Colen

Marsha Simms, Marsha, Waitress

Harris Kal

Bobby

Crystal Bernard

K.C. Cunningham, Mikki

Billy Warlock

Leopold 'Flip' Phillips

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