The BEST episodes written by Fred Fox, Jr.

Grandma Goody (Cat Burglar)
star
8.43
7 votes

#1 - Grandma Goody (Cat Burglar)

Hong Kong Phooey - Season 1 - Episode 5

This time, cats are being stolen all over town (including Spot) -- and Grandma Goody is not what she seems, as Hong Kong Phooey finds out in a bubble-filled climax. It's also Sergeant Flint's birthday, so Rosemary ask Penry to purchase a few things for his surprise birthday party.

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The Penthouse Burglaries
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8.38
8 votes

#2 - The Penthouse Burglaries

Hong Kong Phooey - Season 1 - Episode 7

A gorilla robbing penthouses? Hong Kong Phooey and Spot go bananas trying to solve this crime. Penry is giving the Police Station walls a new coat of paint.

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The Substitute Son
star
8.29
32 votes

#3 - The Substitute Son

Family Matters - Season 6 - Episode 14

The transformation machine turns Urkel into a karate master who defends Laura's honor at a rough longshoreman's bar; Waldo becomes Carl's substitute son when Eddie starts taking his father for granted.

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Number One with a Bullet
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8.26
38 votes

#4 - Number One with a Bullet

Family Matters - Season 4 - Episode 5

Carl and Urkel are hospital roommates and Urkel, as usual, is a pain -until he gets the opportunity to save Carl's hide.

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All the Wrong Moves
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8.21
59 votes

#5 - All the Wrong Moves

Family Matters - Season 5 - Episode 10

At the drive-in movie, Laura's new boyfriend (Kevin Mambo) has trouble getting the message that no really means no; and at home, Carl just doesn't get it when his insults drive Harriette to retaliate.

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Dark and Stormy Night
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8.08
67 votes

#6 - Dark and Stormy Night

Family Matters - Season 6 - Episode 6

On a dark and stormy Halloween night Winslows play Pass the Ghost Story, in which Carl and Harriette are 19th-century vampires licking their chops over the wayfaring Sir Steven (Urkel).

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Hot Rods to Heck
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7.96
31 votes

#7 - Hot Rods to Heck

Family Matters - Season 7 - Episode 7

When Laura's emotions go into overdrive for drag racer Curtis, Urkel soups up the Isetta and challenges the daredevil to a race. In an effort to distract Laura from Curtis Williams, a flirtatious high school senior, Steve challenges him to a car race. Steve converts his wimpy little car into a powerful racing machine. Meanwhile, Eddie has annoyed Carl ever since he moved back home. After Eddie's friends keep coming over and making noise, Carl tells Eddie to respect the others in the house.

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Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall
star
7.86
7 votes

#8 - Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall

Hong Kong Phooey - Season 1 - Episode 15

Mirrors are being stolen and used to fool people into thinking they are taller, smaller, skinnier and fatter. Hong Kong Phooey must battle them in the house of mirrors.

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Car Thieves
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7.60
95 votes

#9 - Car Thieves

Hong Kong Phooey - Season 1 - Episode 1

A stolen car ring is operating in town, and it's up to Hong Kong Phooey to break through the ring's sneaky secrets and stop them in their fiendish tracks. Meanwhile, Sarge is expecting the Commissioner to stop by, so he wants Penry to have the police station cleaned up before he arrives.

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Just One Date
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7.55
76 votes

#10 - Just One Date

Family Matters - Season 4 - Episode 8

Urkel resorts to desperate measures to win a date with Laura by sitting on the roof and refusing to come down even though a blizzard is fast approaching Chicago.

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Grandmama
star
7.54
69 votes

#11 - Grandmama

Family Matters - Season 5 - Episode 7

The NBA's Larry Johnson plays Grandmama (his TV-ad alter ego), who becomes Urkel's new partner in a city basketball competition after Eddie dumps Urkel for star player Kenny.

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To Be or Not to Be (2)
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7.53
65 votes

#12 - To Be or Not to Be (2)

Family Matters - Season 6 - Episode 2

After a vengeful Myra tampers with Urkel's transformation chamber, Carl steps into it and steps out as an Urkel-like nerd.

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Tender Kisses
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7.49
76 votes

#13 - Tender Kisses

Family Matters - Season 4 - Episode 16

Eddie gets more than he bargained for when he and his pals sneak into R&B singer Tracie Spencer's hotel room in search of tickets to her concert; and Carl is in for a big surprise when he discovers Harriette's diary.

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Welcome Home (2)
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7.46
12 votes

#14 - Welcome Home (2)

Happy Days - Season 11 - Episode 5

Still upset about having given up on his dream as a screenwriter and having to pretend to be happy all of the time, Richie takes out his frustrations on everyone around him - including punching Fonzie in a bar.

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Miracle on Elm Street
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7.42
61 votes

#15 - Miracle on Elm Street

Family Matters - Season 6 - Episode 11

Richie brings home a homeless person on Christmas.

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Hi Yo Fonzie, Away
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7.40
9 votes

#16 - Hi Yo Fonzie, Away

Happy Days - Season 9 - Episode 17

The gang tries to get the Lone Ranger, Fonzie's idol, to appear at his birthday party. Meanwhile, Fonzie thinks about becoming a one-woman man.

A Pair of Ladies
star
7.37
86 votes

#17 - A Pair of Ladies

Family Matters - Season 3 - Episode 12

Rachel reluctantly hires a loudmouthed, pushy Harriette to help at the restaurant; and Urkel bets the ranch on Carl's cutthroat poker game at home with the guys.

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Boxcar Blues
star
7.31
156 votes

#18 - Boxcar Blues

Family Matters - Season 2 - Episode 6

Carl gets trapped inside a railroad boxcar with Steve and a cargo of cattle.

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Sink or Swim
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7.30
65 votes

#19 - Sink or Swim

Family Matters - Season 6 - Episode 8

It's no secret that Urkel is deathly afraid of the water and his heart sinks when he learns that he can't graduate from high school unless he can pass a pass a swimming test, so he asks Carl for lessons.

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Letting Go
star
7.29
7 votes

#20 - Letting Go

Happy Days - Season 10 - Episode 2

Joanie and Chachi come back to Milwaukee after spending the summer in Chicago. Joanie wants to move there to be with Chachi and to continue their music career. After telling Howard and Marion her plans, which include attending Northwestern University, Howard refuses to let her go.

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Words Hurt
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7.28
170 votes

#21 - Words Hurt

Family Matters - Season 3 - Episode 4

Sleepwalking Urkel undergoes hypnosis to uncover the cause of his anger: he thinks Carl hates his nerdy guts.

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Fast Eddie Winslow
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7.27
151 votes

#22 - Fast Eddie Winslow

Family Matters - Season 2 - Episode 12

Eddie is cornered by a tough pool hustler.

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Hot Stuff
star
7.27
15 votes

#23 - Hot Stuff

Happy Days - Season 7 - Episode 17

Chachi accidentally sets Arnold's on fire, and Fonzie, Potsie, and Ralph are trapped inside.

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Psycho Twins
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7.26
55 votes

#24 - Psycho Twins

Family Matters - Season 5 - Episode 18

Carl and Urkel end up in the ring with the World Wrestling Federation's Bushwhackers after Urkel creates a "snooze juice" that knocks out the wrestling team's original opponents.

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Mother and Child Reunion
star
7.22
9 votes

#25 - Mother and Child Reunion

Happy Days - Season 8 - Episode 21

Fonzie takes his auto shop class to an out-of-town junkyard and meets a waitress at a diner whom he thinks is his mother.

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Best Friends
star
7.22
72 votes

#26 - Best Friends

Family Matters - Season 5 - Episode 6

Harriette tries to fit in with Laura's friends but gets the cold shoulder from Laura. And Waldo's not so hot as Eddie's new hire at Mighty Weenie.

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High Hopes
star
7.20
143 votes

#27 - High Hopes

Family Matters - Season 2 - Episode 17

In a hot-air balloon, Carl tries to overcome his fear of heights. Harriette and Rachel clash over a car won in a contest.

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Dog Day Halloween
star
7.20
158 votes

#28 - Dog Day Halloween

Family Matters - Season 2 - Episode 7

Steve and Laura are held hostage during a Halloween bank robbery.

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Busted
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7.19
137 votes

#29 - Busted

Family Matters - Season 2 - Episode 19

When Eddie cracks up the family car, Steve suggests raising repair money at an illegal gambling hangout.

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R. C. & L. B. Forever
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7.18
10 votes

#30 - R. C. & L. B. Forever

Happy Days - Season 8 - Episode 19

Richie and Lori Beth want to get married, but Lori Beth cannot go to Richie's base until they're already married. Roger suggests that they have a ceremony in which a proxy stands in for Richie because he can't be there in person. Fonzie volunteers to be the proxy.

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Finding the Words
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7.12
134 votes

#31 - Finding the Words

Family Matters - Season 2 - Episode 22

A charming, mysterious figure, claiming to be a family friend from the past, comes to visit - and turns out to be Harriet and Rachel's long-lost father.

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Little Case of Revenge
star
7.11
9 votes

#32 - Little Case of Revenge

Happy Days - Season 10 - Episode 5

Fonzie receives a good citizenship award from the Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce, but the ceremony is interrupted by a disgruntled childhood classmate of the Fonz who's been waiting 17 years for his revenge. They agree to settle their differences, but Ashley asks Fonzie to promise not to fight.

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Kid Stuff
star
7.11
46 votes

#33 - Kid Stuff

Happy Days - Season 6 - Episode 6

Fonzie and his girlfriend's son are getting along together as if they were father and son, but his girlfriend reveals that she and her estranged husband are getting back together.

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Brain Over Brawn
star
7.11
199 votes

#34 - Brain Over Brawn

Family Matters - Season 3 - Episode 2

Urkel's future hangs in the balance during a rope-climbing contest pitting brains against brawn to win Laura's affections.

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Passages (2)
star
7.10
10 votes

#35 - Passages (2)

Happy Days - Season 11 - Episode 17

Fonzie's adoption request is reconsidered after a stern talk by Howard to the adoptions administrator. Meanwhile, Joanie and Chachi continue to prepare for their wedding.

The Mechanic
star
7.09
11 votes

#36 - The Mechanic

Happy Days - Season 7 - Episode 12

A wheelchair-bound man, injured by a drunk driver, answers Fonzie's want advertisement for Bronko's Auto Repairing and is hired. He drives Fonzie crazy and is rude to everyone he comes into contact with.

Live and Learn
star
7.07
14 votes

#37 - Live and Learn

Happy Days - Season 8 - Episode 2

Fonzie is given the job as teacher of auto mechanics at Jefferson High School. He gets frustrated when his students don't pick everything up as quickly as he did when he was a kid.

Spunky Come Home
star
7.07
57 votes

#38 - Spunky Come Home

Happy Days - Season 4 - Episode 22

Fonzie gets a dog, and she escapes when Ralph and Potsie accidentally leave the gate open. Ralph tells Fonzie that the dog, Spunky, was stolen.

Dudes
star
7.03
96 votes

#39 - Dudes

Family Matters - Season 3 - Episode 24

Laura sees red when Urkel, Eddie and Waldo appear on Dudes, a TV dating show that Laura claims is sexist; Carl's birthday gets little attention from his family.

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The Great Choo Choo Robbery
star
7.00
3 votes

#40 - The Great Choo Choo Robbery

Hong Kong Phooey - Season 1 - Episode 25

Someone is robbing trains and Rhinestone Jim Shady is the suspect. Hong Kong Phooey must track him down and stop him. Penry in the meantime, is growing plants to use for a soup.

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Excuse Me, May I Cut In?
star
7.00
10 votes

#41 - Excuse Me, May I Cut In?

Laverne & Shirley - Season 2 - Episode 4

Laverne and Shirley's tv breaks down, and when the contest offering a prize of a new color set arises Shirley acts nice to Richie Cunningham so that he'll ask her and Laverne to the dance, but also the real reason is that they want Richie to ask his friend Potsie Weber, who happens to be the school's best dancer, to partner Laverne. Potsie gets injured and can't dance so Laverne teams up with Richie at the last minute to win the TV. When back at the flat, the girls have to come clean about them just wanting the TV, but the guys are so nice about it that they get a little of what they were hoping for anyways.

Turn Around and You're Home
star
7.00
7 votes

#42 - Turn Around and You're Home

Happy Days - Season 10 - Episode 21

After deciding to quit the band, Joanie moves back in with Howard and Marion to enroll in a teaching program at the University of Wisconsin. Chachi tries to convince her to stay with him in Chicago after he isn't willing to go with her back to Milwaukee.

Westward Ho (3)
star
6.98
43 votes

#43 - Westward Ho (3)

Happy Days - Season 6 - Episode 3

Richie is able to stop the out-of-control horses that are pulling a wagon Joanie is in. With the deadline looming, the gang is still short $1017.38 for H. R. Buchanan's note, so Fonzie volunteers to ride a killer bull for a $1000 prize.

Shotgun Wedding
star
6.96
49 votes

#44 - Shotgun Wedding

Happy Days - Season 7 - Episode 1

The Cunninghams and Fonzie go on vacation to Lake Pinewood. Richie and Fonzie get together with two lonely milkmaids, and, when their father catches them in his barn with his daughters, he says they will have to get married.

The Sixth Sense
star
6.92
12 votes

#45 - The Sixth Sense

Happy Days - Season 8 - Episode 9

Chachi tells Fonzie that his motorcycle has seen better days, but Fonzie refuses to junk it. He finally decides to get a new bike after crashing his old one but has to save his money a little longer. Joanie suggests to Chachi that they all pool their money with Fonzie's to surprise him with a new bike for his birthday. Meanwhile, Arnold's has a new cook, but Fonzie's sixth sense tells him that something isn't right about him.

Welcome Home (1)
star
6.92
12 votes

#46 - Welcome Home (1)

Happy Days - Season 11 - Episode 4

Richie (with Lori Beth and Richie Jr.) and Ralph return from the army. Howard is able to get Richie an interview with The Milwaukee Journal, but Richie doesn't appear to be interested.

Kiss Me, Teach
star
6.90
10 votes

#47 - Kiss Me, Teach

Happy Days - Season 11 - Episode 10

Joanie accepts an assistant teaching position at Patton High and immediately encounters trouble when a student has a crush on her.

Paris Vacation (3)
star
6.89
90 votes

#48 - Paris Vacation (3)

Family Matters - Season 8 - Episode 3

In the final part of the Paris trilogy, Carl comes to the rescue and saves Steve and the Winslows head back home... all except for Stefan.

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The Duel
star
6.87
40 votes

#49 - The Duel

Happy Days - Season 6 - Episode 24

A fencing champion from France visits UWM for an exhibition. After he insults Joanie and America, Richie challenges the champion to a duel.

A Touch of Classical
star
6.78
9 votes

#50 - A Touch of Classical

Happy Days - Season 9 - Episode 16

Initially furious that the music teacher, Cynthia Brannigan, hires the Boston Conservatory Orchestra for the annual Jefferson High concert, Fonzie changes his tune when he realizes that famous composer Tchaikovsky was very much like himself. Fonzie decides to get the entire Jefferson High gang to like classical music.