The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang | |
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Genre |
Science fiction Comedy |
Directed by |
George Gordon Ray Patterson Rudy Zamora |
Voices of |
Henry Winkler Ron Howard Donny Most Didi Conn Frank Welker |
Narrated by | Wolfman Jack |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 24 |
Production | |
Producer(s) |
William Hanna Joseph Barbera Don Jurwich Duane Poole Tom Swale |
Running time | 30 min. |
Production company(s) |
Hanna-Barbera Paramount Network Television |
Distributor | CBS Television Distribution |
Release | |
Original network | ABC |
Original release | November 8, 1980 | – September 18, 1982
Chronology | |
Followed by | Laverne & Shirley in the Army |
Related shows | Happy Days |
The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang is an American animated science fiction comedy series produced by Hanna-Barbera and Paramount Television and originally broadcast during the Saturday morning schedule on ABC from November 8, 1980 until September 18, 1982. It is a spin-off the television series Happy Days.
Henry Winkler (Fonzie), Ron Howard (Richie Cunningham) and Donny Most (Ralph Malph) all reprised their respective roles for The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang.
In this series, Fonzie was joined by an anthropomorphic dog named Mr. Cool. The series focuses on Fonzie and his friends as they are visited by Cupcake, a girl who 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 different periods in time, attempting to return to their own. 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 on 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.