"Fonsillectomy" was the sixth episode of the fifth season of Happy Days,also the 94th overall episode in the series. Written by Marty Nadler, the episode, which was directed by Jerry Paris, premiered on ABC-TV on October 25, 1977.
Synopsis[]
Forced to spend the night in the hospital's children's ward, Fonzie worries more about who will be making time with his girl at the Halloween party than the tonsillectomy he's scheduled for the next morning.
Storyline[]
Fonzie is ill, and the doctor says he must go into the hospital the next day to have his tonsils removed, meaning that he will miss the Cunninghams' Halloween party. Fonzie does not take the news well; and to add insult to injury, the only available room in the hospital is on the children's ward.
Trivia[]
- Notes:
- Tom Bosley's daughter Amy portrays one of the "trick-or-treaters," while two of director Garry Marshall's children appear as hospitalized children.
- The show takes place in the 60's but of the kid in the hospital room with the fonz is wearing a hulk face mask. The hulk comic didn't come out until the early 60's.
- Inaccuracies:
- Although the episode's plot is about Fonzie going to the hospital to have his tonsils removed; in the episode "Haunted," Fonzie mentions having his tonsils removed when he was a child.
Cast[]
Starring[]
- Ron Howard as Richie Cunningham
- Henry Winkler as Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli
- Tom Bosley as Howard Cunningham
- Marion Ross as Marion Cunningham
- Erin Moran as Joanie Cunningham
- Anson Williams as Potsie Weber
- Don Most as Ralph Malph
Guest starring/Recurring cast[]
- Donna Ponterotto as Nurse
- Scott Baio as Chachi
- Len Lawson as Dr. Stack
- Amy Baer as Trick or Treat Girl (as Amy Bosley)
- Ellen Kreamer as Candy Striper (as Ellen Meskimen)
- Gregg Forrest as Russell
- Kathleen Marshall as Allison (as Kathi Marshall)
- Scott Marshall as Patrick (as Scotti Marshall)
