# Spinoffs from Happy Days **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 31, 2000, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoffs-from-happy-days/27587 "2000-07-31T19:11:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KimKatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@KimKatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KimKatt)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoffs-from-happy-days/27587/1 "2000-07-31T19:11:50Z")
Remember Happy Days? You know, Richie, The Fonz, the whole Cunningham clan? Trivia question for ya: How many spinoffs were there from that show? 1. Mork and Mindy 2. Joanie loves Chachi (sp?) 3. Laverne and Shirley Were there any others? We’ll accept spinoffs of spinoffs… ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoffs-from-happy-days/27587/2 "2000-07-31T19:13:33Z")
I think there was a spinoff of Mork and Mindy, staring Jonathan Winters, but I could be mistaken. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoffs-from-happy-days/27587/3 "2000-07-31T19:20:36Z")
The IMDb also lists the following: Blansky’s Beauties Out of the Blue Fonz and the Happy Days Gang none of which are even a glimmer in my memory. But try yourself on this one, what show did Happy Days spin off from? ---
**Author:** ![JoeyHemlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ba0ec/32.png) [@JoeyHemlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeyHemlock)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoffs-from-happy-days/27587/4 "2000-07-31T19:22:28Z")
According to IMDB: “Laverne & Shirley” (1976) “Blansky’s Beauties” (1977) “Mork & Mindy” (1978) “Out of the Blue” (1979) “Fonz and the Happy Days Gang” (1980) “Joanie Loves Chachi” (1982) and M&M shows: “Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour, The” (1982) Did you know that Joanie Loves Chachi is the highest rated TV show in Korean history? Some specualate that it’s because “Chachi” sounds a lot like the korean word for penis. See [http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/joanie.htm](http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/joanie.htm). ---
**Author:** ![KimKatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@KimKatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KimKatt)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoffs-from-happy-days/27587/5 "2000-07-31T19:22:28Z")
You’ve got my office mate severely wracking his brain now… ---
**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoffs-from-happy-days/27587/6 "2000-07-31T19:27:44Z")
Love, American Style ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoffs-from-happy-days/27587/7 "2000-07-31T19:34:46Z")
In addition to the above: Fonz and the Happy Days Gang (an animated series) Blansky’s Beauties (Pat Morita in an “Arnold-like” role; the main character was supposed to Howard Cunningham’s cousin) Out of the Blue - I’m not sure what the connection between this and Happy Days is other than that Robin Williams appeared in an episode as Mork. I don’t think there was a Mork and Mindy spinoff, at least not with Jonathan Winters. Also of note, Happy Days is officially a spinoff of Love American Style, but Happy Days was always conceived as a separate project but Michael Eisner (one of the co-developers of the original idea) couldn’t get the green light from ABC. Eisner managed to get the pilot run as part of Love American Style in the hopes of swinging a deal from that but it wasn’t until the success of American Grafitti that everything finally came together. ---
**Author:** ![KimKatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@KimKatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KimKatt)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoffs-from-happy-days/27587/8 "2000-07-31T19:35:00Z")
Oh, he owes me huge now. Him and a friend have been trying (for what reason, I chose not to get into) to figure these things out all weekend. Here, I get an answer in 20 minutes. Love this place. Thanks, all 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JoeyHemlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ba0ec/32.png) [@JoeyHemlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeyHemlock)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoffs-from-happy-days/27587/9 "2000-07-31T19:35:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JoeyHemlock \* > \*\*Did you know that Joanie Loves Chachi is the highest rated TV show in Korean history? Some specualate that it’s because “Chachi” sounds a lot like the korean word for penis. See [http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/joanie.htm](http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/joanie.htm). \*\* Tip of the Day: Read your links before posting them. I guess JLC _wasn’t_ the most popular show in Korean history. I misread this the first time I read it. Also, the link was broken (period added at the end of the URL). The one above is fixed. ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoffs-from-happy-days/27587/10 "2000-07-31T19:52:53Z")
**monster** answered correctly, with “Love, American Style,” but do you know the name of the segment? Anyone…Beuller? “Love and the Happy Day.” I am actually embarassed that I know this, and can offer no reasonable explanation for possession of such a useless piece of trivia.