Happy Days (1974–1984): Season 1, Episode 12 - In the Name of Love - full transcript

Richie is smitten after the most popular girl in school asks him to kiss her while he's tutoring her in English.

(♪ "Rock Around the Clock"
by Bill Haley and the Comets)

♪ One, two, three
o'clock, four o'clock rock

♪ Five, six, seven
o'clock, eight o'clock rock

♪ Nine, ten, 11
o'clock, 12 o'clock rock

♪ We're gonna rock
around the clock tonight

♪ Put your glad
rags on, join me, hon

♪ We'll have some fun
when the clock strikes one

♪ We're gonna rock
around the clock tonight

♪ We're gonna rock,
rock, rock till broad daylight

♪ We're gonna rock, gonna
rock around the clock tonight

♪ When the clock
strikes two, three, and four



♪ If the band slows
down, we'll yell for more

♪ We're gonna rock
around the clock tonight

♪ We're gonna rock,
rock, rock till broad daylight

♪ We're gonna rock, gonna
rock around the clock tonight

(♪ guitar solo)

♪ When the chimes
ring five, six, and seven

♪ We'll be right
in seventh heaven

♪ We're gonna rock
around the clock tonight

♪ We're gonna rock,
rock, rock, till broad daylight

♪ We're gonna rock, gonna
rock around the clock tonight

♪ When the clock strikes
twelve, we'll cool off then

♪ Start a-rockin'
'round the clock again

♪ We're gonna rock
around the clock tonight

♪ We're gonna rock,
rock, rock till broad daylight



♪ We're gonna rock, gonna
rock around the clock tonight ♪

(♪ "How High the Moon"
by Les Paul and Mary Ford)

♪ Somewhere there's
heaven, how high the moon

♪ There is no moon above
when love is far away, too ♪

Potsie, I'll lend you
the money for a soda.

Oh, no. I love ketchup freezes.

I'm in love! I'm in love!

I'm in l-o-v-e with
a wonderful girl.

Again?

Who is it this time?
Uh, Carol Rensko?

Carol Rensko? She's old
hat. We broke up Wednesday.

This time, it's the real thing.

Cindy Shellinberger.

Ci... You can't be
in love with her! I am!

Right, Rich? I told you at lunch.
I said those very words, didn't I?

I guess so. It was kind of hard to
tell. You had a lot of food in your mouth.

Well, I saw her first! Yeah? Well,
I saw her in the principal's office

when I was getti"
my late slip! Yeah?

Well, I saw her last year
when we played Wycliffe High.

She was the
homecoming queen. Yeah.

I was in love with
her then, only I forgot

about it until she
transferred to Jefferson.

Listen, guys, from
what I've heard about

Cindy, you both better
just forget about her.

Why? I'm cute! My aunt Blanche
once told me I was cute as a bug's ear!

Yeah, well, with Cindy, I
don't think cute matters.

Not only was she Wycliffe's homecoming
queen, but she was also the prom queen,

and last Arbor Day, she
was picked as "Miss Sapling."

Oh, yeah. And I
heard she's older.

Yeah, she missed some school 'cause she
was traveling through Europe with the army.

She's a Wac? No,
no, her father's a major.

There she is.

She waved at me. Unh-unh! Three
out of five fingers were wavin' at me!

Hi. I'm Cindy Shellinberger. You're
Richie Cunningham, aren't you?

Yeah, he's Richie Cunningham.
You probably don't remember me, Hi.

But you and I met this morning...
Uh, Mr. Shandler says I'm a little behind

in English and Biology.
He said you might help me.

He did? Yeah.

So is it OK if I come over to
your house to study tonight?

We're busy moving
in at my house.

Welcome to the
neighborhood, Miss Sapling.

Thanks. Uh, is it OK?

Oh... sure. Sure. Why not?

Potsie Weber. Um, I
was getting a late slip...

Well, great. I'll see
you at 8:00, then.

Nice talking to you,
Richie. Um, bye, whoever.

(Ralph) That's the breaks.

Nowadays, it just doesn't
pay to be cute as a bug's ear.

♪ Down, down, down,
down, down dee doobie

♪ Down down down
down, down dee doobie

♪ Down down down
down, down dee doobie

♪ Sha sha la la ♪ Sha sha la

Richard.

Why are you so
nervous? Me, nervous?

I'm just having a
friend over to study.

What makes you think
I'm nervous? Little things,

like spending an hour
and a half to take a shower.

And now you're playing musical
chairs, and there's no music.

Well, it's just that I
have a lot on my mind.

Oh, Dad, listen, I'll be right
back. Don't touch these chairs.

Don't touch these
chairs, Marion.

Oh, Howard, Richard is acting
a little strange. I noticed that.

He kept writing the name
"Cindy" in his mashed potatoes.

'Course, we could
just be imagining it.

Now, he never has had
the appetite that Chuck has.

Marion, Argentina doesn't
have the appetite that Chuck has.

He's acting as if a girlfriend
were coming over. Well, I hope so.

I'd hate to think he wasted half a bottle
of my best aftershave lotion on Potsie.

(doorbell rings)

I'll get it! I'll get it!

It's my get!

Hey, Rich. Hi, Mr. C. Hi, Mrs.
C. Were you expecting Potsie?

No, Dad. Good boy.

Potsie, what are you
doing here? Oh, well, um...

Remember in English class today, Mrs.
Wallerstein read that poem on friendship?

"Be a friend, good and true,
and pay a visit long past due."

I saw you all day in school.
Oh, yeah, but I wanted to...

Potsie, listen. You
know who is coming over,

so why don't you go visit some
other good and true friend, OK?

Some best friend.
(doorbell rings)

Dad! I know.
It's still your get.

Good night, Potsie.

Let me just see
you-know-who, and I'll leave.

(sighs) Oh.

Hi. Hi.

Oh, well, Mom, Dad...
This must be you-know-who.

I'm Cindy Shellinberger.
Well, come in, please.

Hi, Mr. Cunningham.
Hi, Mrs. Cunningham.

Oh, hello, Cindy. Hi!

I didn't know Potsie was
going to study with us.

He's not. He was just leaving.

He was right between "good"
and "night." Oh, uh, right, right.

Bye, Cindy. Bye, true friend!

Oh, uh, don't do
anything I wouldn't do!

Well... Uh, let's get
down to studying.

Do you always study in the
living room? Well, no, uh...

Would you rather
study in the dining room?

Well, where do you
usually study? My room.

Well, that's OK with me.
Where is it? Upstairs?

We're going up to my
room now... to study.

You know, I don't think I was
that nervous on our honeymoon.

I'd call it a tie, dear.

This is it. M-My room.

It's nice. Yeah.

Oh! I love James Dean!

Oh, yeah. Yeah, he's cool.

You know, th-there
are many ways to study.

We could study with me
sitting over there next to you,

or with you sitting
over here next to me.

Or we could both sit on
the floor, kind of face-to-face.

Whichever you'd prefer.
You're the teacher.

Right. I-I'm the teacher.

Well...

I could sit this chair next
to the... where you're sitting.

That sounds OK to me.

Oh.

Now... what would
you like to start on first?

I never knew there were so many
decisions involved in studying.

How about English? Good choice.

Don't you think
we'll need a book?

Oh, right, a book.

Sure. English book...
There. English book.

OK.

Hi, Richie. Good night, Joanie.

♪ Richie and Cindy sitting
in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g ♪

Kids.

Well, uh... Why don't
we start on Evangeline?

Or would you rather
work on The Raven first?

Doesn't matter.
They're both depressing.

Right, well... Hi, kids.
How's the studying?

Oh, hi, Dad. Fine, fine.

Learning a lot. Good.

You know, it's much nicer
studying with someone.

You know, this helps me, too.

And since we're
studying together,

it sort of gives us a chance
to get to know each other...

Would you like to kiss me?

I beg your pardon?

I asked if you'd
like to kiss me.

Well... sure...

if you think it's
the thing to do.

Yeah.

OK. Kiss away.

Here I go.

Now, tell me the difference
between a simile and a metaphor.

(♪ dreamy music)

How long did you kiss her?

I mean, if it was
just a peck, like this:

That doesn't mean a
thing. It was long enough.

Rich, you're crazy if you don't ask her
to go steady. Oh, I don't know, Potsie.

Look, you've been with
her every night for a week,

and every night she
let you kiss her, right?

Well... yeah.

OK. Rich, the lips
mean somethin'.

Maybe you're right,
but... if I'm gonna ask her,

I gotta have the right
setting, you know?

Hey, how about the lake? No. You
see, everybody goes up to the lake.

I need a special place.

Why don't we ask the Fonz?
He knows all the great places.

Hey, Fonz! Let's go.

I don't remember
sendin' out invitations.

Fonzie, we need the
advice of a worldly person,

and you're the most
worldly person around here.

I'm not the most worldly...
but I'm in the top two.

Well, uh, Rich here
needs a little help.

He needs a special place
to talk to this girl tonight.

Well, I guess a worldly
man's gotta share with others.

I'll tell ya where to
go. You two, scram.

We wanna hear the
place, Fonz! Yeah!

Hey, what am I doin'
here, givin' a lecture?

The drive-in movie.
The drive-in movie?

Everybody goes to the drive-in movie.
You know, it's not romantic enough.

Now, I was thinking...
Hey! I haven't finished yet!

Oh, well, go ahead and
finish, Fonzie. Thank you.

You go to the Half
Moon Drive-In movie,

you park in row "L,"
seventh stall in from the left.

It's romantic? The
car speaker is busted.

There's nothing to do in
that stall but be romantic.

Unless, of course,
you can lip-read. Yeah.

Thanks, Fonzie.

Fonzie... how did you know
that that speaker's busted?

You did it.

You didn't do it.

You're not telling
me. Thanks, Fonzie.

Bright boy.

♪ Sha la la la, sha la la la

♪ Down, down, down,
down, down dee doobie

♪ Down, down, down,
down, down dee doobie

♪ Sha la la la ♪ Sha sha la ♪

Nope. It's dead.

Oh, that's OK. I'll tell
you what's happening.

I've seen this
picture five times.

No kidding. I love
monster movies.

Cindy, I'd really like to talk
to you about something. Sure.

We've been seeing quite a bit of each
other lately - every night now for a week.

And I've really enjoyed
studying with you, Richie.

Really? Mm-hmm.

I think you're
very special, too.

I like the way you kiss.

Cindy? I've been
thinking about the future...

Is this row "K"?
No, this isn't row "K."

You don't have to bite my head
off. I have feelings too, you know.

Sorry. Listen, on your way in,

did you happen to see a red
station wagon with seven kids

and a very nervous woman
named Lillian? No, I don't think so.

I must be walking
around in circles.

I'm sorry I bothered you. I don't
like to bother people. It's OK!

Lillian! Lillian!

(man) Lillian's not here!
Tell me if you hear me, Lillian!

(shouting/horns blaring)

Cindy? Mm-hmm?

I would like you to
go steady with me.

Steady? You and me?

Well, yeah.

You need two
people to go steady.

Going steady.
I'm very flattered.

Then you will? No. I can't.

I don't understand.

Well, I never go steady unless I
hear the Platters singing "My Prayer."

I'll turn on the radio! No,
Richie, you don't understand.

Uh, some girls know when
they're in love when they hear bells.

When I fall in love, I hear the
Platters singing "My Prayer."

That probably sounds
crazy to you. Oh, no, no.

I think it's because my first steady used
to hum it in my ear when we were necking.

Why did you let me kiss you
if you didn't want to go steady?

Because whenever I study with boys,
all they think about is how to kiss me.

So I give them one kiss, and then
we can concentrate on the books.

It's sort of a study system. Ah.

Still friends. OK, Richie?

Yeah. Sure. Still friends.

Richard, my advice
to you is to keep trying.

Some girls may start out thinking of you
as a friend, but if you keep after them,

sooner or later,
they'll come around.

Your mother was that way.

When I first met her, she
was crazy about some guy

with a Stutz Bearcat
and a raccoon coat.

But after a while, I won out.

Listen to your father, Richard.

He did a lot of silly, crazy
things before I came around.

Marion, I never did
any silly, crazy things.

What about the time you
wrote "I love you" in red paint

on the sidewalk in
front of my house?

Well, there was nothing
silly or crazy about that.

And he didn't just
write "I love you."

He did it symbolically -
with an eye and a heart

and a little drawing of a sheep.

Well, I understand the
eye, and the heart is for love,

but, uh, how does
the sheep fit in?

I didn't understand it
myself for a couple of days.

Then I finally remembered that
a female sheep is called a ewe.

E-w-e. "Eye love ewe."

Oh! You did that, Dad?

Marion, do you have
to come up with that?

Grandpa didn't
like it very much.

I remember Howard looked so cute
with that turpentine can and scrub brush.

OK, OK, so I did
one silly, crazy thing...

Then there was the time he
took me home from school.

Oh, you're not going to
go into that now, are you?

What did he do, Mom?

Well, your father promised to
pick me up after school one day.

But his car wouldn't start,
so he carried me on his back.

You did that too, Dad? Well...

Eight blocks, at a full trot.

I was in better shape then.

And I was a little thinner.
You know, you're right.

You're right. I'm not
gonna give up on Cindy.

I am gonna fight for an un-platonic
relationship. Good for you, dear.

Your father once even sent me a five-pound
box of candy on Valentine's Day...

anonymously. He was a devil!

I never, ever sent you a
five-pound box of candy.

You didn't? No, I didn't.

Ohh!

Then I must have
married the wrong man.

(♪ Happy Days theme)

♪ Wah wah wah wah-ah
♪ Wah wah wah ♪

Oh! Fonzie! I didn't know
you were standing here.

Hey, I'm a big
fan of sidewalk art.

I don't get it. Oh, you see,

Cindy passes by this way every
day on her way home from school.

This is just sort of
a message to her.

I... love... sheep. No, "you."

"Eye love ewe."

A female sheep!

How do you tell?

Hi, Richie. Hi, Fonzie. Hey.

Oh, hi, Cindy. Hi.

Well, I was just
writing you a note.

Oh, how sweet!

But I don't get it.

Well, see you later, Richie.

See, it don't look
like a female sheep.

I've tried everything. I even
tried sending her a box of candy.

Did you try blowin' in her
ear? What good would that do?

Works on Sue Ellen Lisky.

"Hello" works on
Sue Ellen Lisky.

Hi, Richie. Hi, Cindy.

Hi, Cindy! I said
it first! Hi, Cindy!

I said, "Hi, Cindy" before you even
got out the "hi." You did not say...

It was a tie. You wanna
have a sudden-death playoff?

Richie, could I borrow your
biology book? I left mine in my locker.

Yeah, sure.

Can't give you my love, I might
as well give you my biology book.

Cindy? Do you think I'm cute?

Doesn't hurt to ask!

Well, sure, Ralph.

You remind of... of Red Buttons.

I remind her of Red
Buttons. Big deal!

Red Buttons? You always
reminded me of Howdy Doody!

(Ralph) I do? OK, then pay
back that dollar you owe me.

(Potsie) Definitely Red
Buttons. (Ralph) OK!

Here's the biology book,
Cindy. Thanks, Richie.

Looks like her mind was
occupied. You see what I mean?

She's talking to me, but she's
staring at the busboy. Why?

I think I know the key
that opens Cindy's heart.

Tell me!

(Richie) This is ridiculous,
because I'm not getting a tattoo!

(Ralph) Why not?
You love her, don't you?

(Richie) Well, yeah. (Potsie) You've
tried everything else, haven't you?

(Richie) Yeah, but...
(Potsie) Then try this.

(buzzing)

I always wanted to see
somebody get a tattoo.

(buzzing continues)

Will you tell me where you
marked down what this check is for?

You follow this purple arrow around
these three checks to the back of the stub!

Marion, Rothchild did not base the
system of banking on purple arrows!

And look at this one. Now, why have
you got the word "oops" written on it?

Oh, I made a mistake.
That check's no good.

Well, didn't you ever
hear of the word "void"?

Well, yes, but that's an ugly
word, and it makes me feel guilty.

Well, if you don't want me to have a
checking account, (Joanie) Hi, Mom!

I do want you to have a checking...
I won't have a checking account.

(door closes) Don't fight
in front of the children.

"Don't fight in front of the children.
Not too loud, the neighbors will hear us."

Why don't we just rent
a hotel room for fights?

Let me know when Richie comes
home. I wanna see his new arm.

Oh, what new arm?

He's getting a tattoo.
It's gonna be cool!

He's getting a what?

Mary Ellen Gilmarten,
my friend at the Little

Chipmunks, heard it
from her brother Buddy.

Anyway, he's down
at the tattoo parlor.

Oh, I rubbed baby
oil all over his body

for the first three whole years of his
life, and now they're going to mark it!

Don't you worry, Marion. He
is not getting a tattoo! Howard!

Howard, what if they've already
marked something on him?

Then we'll write the
word "oops" over it!

♪ Ba ba ba Barbara Ann ♪

Well, how about that
schooner there, with the sails?

$50. Oh, $50 dollars!

$55 with cannons. We
only have five dollars.

Uh, we better not get one.
Well, you better get a fish.

But forget about the
sharks. Sharks cost ten.

You might try a mackerel.

I always sort of liked
fish, I guess, but...

If there's one mark
on this boy, I'm suing!

He was gonna try a mackerel!

Yeah, well, he better try going
home before I get very upset.

On second thought,
I'm already upset,

so I suggest you go home
anyway! I was just humoring them.

Dad... Look, I don't
want to hear about it.

You're not getting a tattoo!

That's right! Listen
to your father!

Hey, how 'bout you? No thanks!

♪ Boop boop boop boop

♪ Bee-oop oop bee-oop bee-ahh ♪

(Potsie) Not bad,
Rich. Not bad at all.

But I still think you should
have gotten an eagle.

Hey, I don't do
birds! I only do fish!

And if you don't stop movin', you're
gonna have a fish with a Mona Lisa smile.

I wanna look at it in
the mirror. Hold still!

If you move one more time, I'm
gonna draw my fist on your little nose!

Does it look real?

Will you cool it? I'm gonna
put a hook in its mouth.

(knock on door) (Marion)
Richie? What's going on in there?

Nothing, Mom. Uh,
we're just studying.

Why is your door locked?

Because, uh... we're
studying McCarthyism.

(♪ guitar)

Richie, thanks for
these bio notes.

You draw amoebas
much better than sheep.

Cindy... I know you
think of me as this nice,

sort-of-square honor student.

But there's another
side to me. There is?

I bet you didn't know I could
run a mile in under six minutes.

No, I didn't.

And I bet you never would have
guessed that I have one of these.

Hey! A tattoo!

Yeah. Tattoo.

A rugged fish! It's nice.

Richie, can I ask
you a question? Sure.

When the blood goes
into the right auricle,

how does it get back to
the left ventricle again?

Is that all you have to
say about my tattoo?

I thought the tattoo was the reason you
were staring at that busboy at Arnold's.

Oh, uh, well, he
could make his wiggle.

I thought it was,
you know, interesting.

But I'm not crazy about tattoos.

Cindy...

what can I do to make you
change your mind about me?

I don't want to be just friends.

Well, Richie, friendship is
one thing, but love is magic.

I don't know
what it's all about.

I just know that when Mr. Right
comes along, I'll be able to tell.

I know. You'll
hear the Platters.

Richie, look, give it time.
Maybe someday, it'll happen.

Meanwhile, can't we be friends?

Well...

I guess you can never
have enough friends.

Right.

Cindy?

I would like you to have a
memento of our relationship.

How sweet! What is it?

My tattoo.

♪ Sha la la la ♪

Dad, uh, Mom? Could I
talk to you for a second?

Sure, Richard. We'll see
you later, huh, Joanie?

Do I have to leave? Yes.

Where will I go? Well,
you might try school.

OK. Bye, sweetheart.

But you'll tell me later.
Won't you, Ma? No.

Oh, it's lousy being a kid.

Dad, tell me,

what would you have
done if, after all the

things you tried, Mom
still had not liked you.

Oh, gee, Richard, I don't know.

I suppose I would have
been pretty upset at first.

Well, after a while, I'd figure
that she wasn't interested in me,

and it was obvious that we
weren't right for each other.

Now, Mom, what would you have done
if Dad had just stopped goin' after you?

Yeah, Mom, I've often wondered
about that. What would you have done?

Oh, that's easy. I would have found out
who sent me that five-pound box of candy.

(♪ Happy Days theme)

(laughter)

That's one of her
better ones. Yeah.

♪ Happy days ♪

(♪ "Happy Days" by Charles Fox)

♪ Hello, sunshine goodbye, rain

♪ she's wearin' my
school ring on the chain

♪ She's my steady, I'm her man

♪ I'm gonna love her all I can

♪ This day is ours

♪ Won't you be mine?
These happy days

♪ This day is ours

♪ Oh, please be
mine those happy days

♪ Happy days ♪