Happy Days (1974–1984): Season 6, Episode 19 - Stolen Melodies - full transcript

The Fonz makes an appearance on popular dance show "National Sock Hop" to accuse host Skip Oliver of stealing Leather Tuscadero's new song," Moonlight Love", from her audition tape and giving it to not-so-hot rockers, Freddie and the Red Hots, to jump-start the band's stalled career.

♪ Sunday, Monday, happy days ♪

♪ Tuesday, Wednesday,
happy days ♪

♪ Thursday, Friday, happy days ♪

♪ The weekend
comes, my cycle hums ♪

♪ Ready to race to you ♪

♪ These days are ours ♪

- ♪ Happy and free ♪
- ♪ Oh, happy days ♪

♪ These days are ours ♪

- ♪ Share them with me ♪
- ♪ Oh, baby ♪

♪ Good-bye, gray
sky, hello, blue ♪

♪ There's nothing can
hold me when I hold you ♪



♪ It feels so right
it can't be wrong ♪

♪ Rocking and
rolling all week long ♪

♪ Sunday, Monday, happy days ♪

♪ Tuesday, Wednesday,
happy days ♪

♪ Thursday, Friday, happy days ♪

♪ Saturday, what a day ♪

♪ Groovin' all week with you ♪

♪ These days are ours ♪

- ♪ Share them with me ♪
- ♪ Oh, happy days ♪

♪ These days are ours ♪

- ♪ Happy and free ♪
- ♪ Oh, baby ♪

♪ These happy days
are yours and mine ♪

♪ These happy days are yours ♪

♪ And mine, Happy Days! ♪



Happy Days is filmed
before a studio audience.

Who's that in the men's room?

Leather.

Oh, hi, Al.

What are you doing in here?

I've got to make a tape.

Another girl?

Well, Rich told me
you said it was okay.

Sure, I said it was okay.

I didn't know it was
going to be co-ed.

Hi, Al.

Thank goodness, a guy!

Hi, Al.

Al, Al, Al, Al, Al.

Boy, you hear those
acoustics in here?

- Okay, we've got the equipment.
- Oh. -Set up, guys.

- We'll get it set up in no time.
- Oh, there. -Hi, guys.

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. ♪

Pots, I already
heard the acoustics.

Yeah, we should
play here all the time.

Yeah.

No! Not even once.

I can't have ladies
in the men's room!

- Have you got the plug, Ralph?
- Right here.

- Thank you.
- That's why we got signs on the door.

Now, who is this?

So, this is Maxine.
She can stay.

She's my groupie.

He's got a groupie.

I can't even get a
girl to type my papers.

It's hard to type when
you're on her lap.

I'm sorry, guys. Look,
this just isn't gonna work.

I'm just gonna have
to put my foot down.

Come on, now, I'm serious.

There's rules, regulations.

- Al, would you like to, uh, join us?
- Yeah?

You mean, uh, sit in
and jam with you guys?

Yeah.

Hubba, hubba. Yeah!

- Yeah.
- Okay, guys, come on, let's get ready.

Leather Tuscadero,
"Moonlight Love."

Demonstration tape, take one.

- Hey.
- One, two.

Take two.

Hey, I got a
terrific idea, guys.

Arnold Burgers for
everybody, okay?

- All right, all right. -Yeah.
- Yeah, that's great.

- Good. Thanks.
- All right!

Right. Great guy.
Okay, take two.

One, two, a one, two, three.

- ♪ Come on, baby ♪
- ♪ Ooh, bop, bop ♪

- ♪ Let's do the twist ♪
- ♪ Ooh, bop, bop ♪

- ♪ Come on, baby... ♪
- Oh, Joanie, turn that down.

I have such a cold, I... I
can't even hear myself think.

No, no, no. Mom, in a minute.

They're introducing a new dance.

- It's on National Sock Hop.
- ♪ And go like this... ♪

Another dance craze?
That's the third one this month.

Mom, the other
two were just fads.

The twist is here to stay.

- Come on, try it.
- Oh, please, dear.

I mean, you don't see
any mothers doing that.

♪ Just like this... ♪

Well, that looks kind of fun.

- Yeah.
- Kind of fun.

Just pretend you're drying
yourself off with a towel.

- ♪ My daddy is sleepin' ♪
- ♪ Ooh, bop, bop ♪

- ♪ And Mama ain't around ♪
- ♪ Ooh, bop, bop ♪

- ♪ Yeah, Daddy just sleepin' ♪
- ♪ Ooh, bop, bop ♪

- ♪ And Mama ain't around ♪
- ♪ Ooh, bop, bop ♪

♪ We're gonna twister,
twister, twister... ♪

Come on, Daddy-o, let's twist.

That reminds me, Marion.

The store needs
a new paint shaker.

♪ Round and round
and round and round ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh-ooh, yeah ♪

♪ Round and round
and round and round ♪

- ♪ Just like this ♪
- ♪ Round and round... ♪

Hey, everybody. Oh.
Oh, this is embarrassing.

Oh. I'm sorry you
have to see 'em like this.

- Don't turn it off.
- Oh, no.

Oh, Richard, we're
doing the twist.

All right, all right, but I
just have to turn it down.

I'm interrupting Chubby Checker

for this very important
announcement.

We just recorded
Leather's new song.

Oh, that's wonderful.

Oh, I bet it'll be a
gold record in no time.

Yeah, but first we have to find

a recording company
who will buy it.

Oh, Leather, I'm sure there's
one company who'll buy it.

The... the owner
is such a nice man.

He puts his dog's
picture on all the records.

The little dog just sits
there with his ear cocked

just like he's listening
to the music, you know?

- Marion!
- Oh, yes.

Well, go on, Leather.

Well, well, it's
just not that easy

to get a recording
contract today.

You need a really big break.

Oh, I bet you could
get on Sok Hop.

Sure, it's great. You
get to travel to Chicago.

You get to meet Skip
Oliver, the Dean of Teens.

You know, I tried
that show once.

I couldn't even
get past the guard.

Oh, you shouldn't give
up so easily, Leather.

After all, there's more
than one way to skin a cat.

- Oh.
- How?

I don't know why I said that.

Well, we just got to find
somebody who can help us.

You know, uh, somebody
who can pull some strings for us.

- Someone with some clout.
- Mm-hmm.

Hey!

How you doing?

How's everybody?
How do you feel, Mrs. C?

Much better.

All right.

You're all staring.

Sok Hop.

So I said to the bus driver,

"Do you go to the loop?"

He said, "No, I go beep-beep."

Even in Chicago, I got it!

♪ You make me happy,
I admit it and it's true ♪

- ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ -♪ And
that is why I won't lie to you ♪

♪ Oh, no ♪ -♪ One last
thing before I clear the door ♪

♪ Oh, baby, baby I can't
stand you anymore ♪

♪ Can't stand you,
stand you no more ♪

♪ Oh, baby, baby, ow! ♪

♪ Can't stand you anymore ♪

♪ Can't stand you,
stand you no more. ♪

Freddie, Freddie, take it...

Take it from the Dean of Teens,

the King of Pop,
the Ace of Rock.

You still got the sound,
but your material is outdated.

Outdated?

♪ Oh, baby, baby, oh! ♪

♪ I can't stand you anymore. ♪

It's a classic love song.

Freddie, the beat is beat.

Now, look, get some new
songs and come back, huh?

I'll see you. Good luck.

Fat chance.

Outdated? What does
that old fogey know?

He went to high
school with my mother.

You guys blew it!

Come on.

Hey, it looks
different than on TV.

Yeah, it's smaller.

TV! TV! This is it, guys!

Would you cool it?

All right, look,
th-there's Mr. Oliver.

There you are.

Now, let-let's just try to
act mature, okay, guys?

Oh, don't worry,
Rich. Don't worry.

Don't...

Ralphie, Ralphie, Ralphie.

Well, they-they were
for the ride home.

Mm.

- Come on.
- Yeah, right. -All right.

Mr. Oliver?

How do you do? I'm-I'm
Richard Cunningham.

- Yeah, an autograph? Sure.
- Uh...

I bet you never wash that again.

Mr. Oliver, we're
here for our audition.

- Audition?
- Oh, yeah, yeah.

Our friend Arthur Fonzarelli
arranged it through your maid.

- You're the ones.
- Yeah, yeah.

You know, she won't
vacuum until I give you a shot.

That's great. Great, yeah.

Well, great. Uh, so,
when do we set up?

You don't. I'll
live with the dust.

Nobody intimidates
the Dean of Teens.

But it was nice talking to me.

Hey, uh, ho-hold up
a sec, Skippy, baby.

Hey, you don't want to blow a
golden opportunity here, do you?

See I do all Leather's P.R.

- Hmm.
- Let's, uh, run this up the flagpole,

see if anybody salutes.

Big media campaign, right?

I mean, flyers falling
out of airplanes,

billboards, you know, buttons.

An appearance on The
Ed Sullivan Show, huh?

- Hey.
- Yeah.

- Hey, now, that's a great idea.
- Sure.

Uh, how much are
you going to pay me?

I'm talking fame, not bucks.

Nice try.

Run it down the
flagpole. Nobody saluted.

Well, time for plan three.

Right. I grovel and
weep at his feet.

No. Look, Fonzie told me
what to do if this guy said no.

Now watch.

Well...

Oh, Skip baby, you
know, I can't believe

I'm standing next to
the Dean of Teens,

the Ace of Rock, and the
King of Pop in the flesh.

Look, I'm getting goose bumps.

- Hey, I like this boy. Yeah.
- Yeah.

- Yeah, when do we audition?
- You got three minutes.

- Oh.
- Yeah, let's set up. Thanks.

- No problem.
- Thanks.

- Oh, hey, Rich, Rich?
- Huh?

Oh, come on. Can't
you wait three minutes?

Okay, guys, just like
we did it in rehearsal.

♪ Well, I've tried everything ♪

♪ And you're driving
me out of my mind ♪

♪ Ooh, bop, bop ♪

♪ Well, I used all my tricks ♪

♪ Tonight I'm gonna
make you mine ♪

♪ Ooh, bop, bop ♪

♪ Oh, when you kiss me ♪

♪ I know you just
can't resist me ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ A moonlight love ♪

♪ You got me all shook up ♪

♪ When you turned
down every date ♪

♪ Ooh, bop, bop ♪

♪ But I'll change your tune ♪

♪ Tonight we're
gonna make romance ♪

♪ Ooh, bop, bop ♪

♪ Oh, when you kiss me ♪

♪ I know you can't resist me ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ Oh, moonlight love ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

♪ But now the move is over ♪

♪ You kiss me once or twice ♪

- ♪ Shooby doo wah ♪
- Ooh!

♪ Shooby doo wah ♪

♪ And now you
know how it feels ♪

♪ To feel a little paradise ♪

♪ Shooby doo wah,
shooby doo wah ♪

♪ Oh, when you kiss me ♪

♪ I know you can't resist me ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ Ooh, a moonlight love ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ A moonlight love ♪

♪ Doo wah. ♪

That was clean and on the beam!

- Oh. All right. -Yay.
- Did you write that yourself?

- Yeah.
- You bet your white bucks she did.

Here's her tape, too.

Okay, so when can
we be on your show?

- You can't.
- Huh?

If you're not on the charts,
you're not on Sok Hop.

Oh.

You know, basketball is
the best way in the world

to cheer yourself up.

Well, Leather, we certainly
showed them a thing

or two about basketball.

Where did you get
that hook shot, Mrs. C?

Well, it's family tradition.

Mother Kelp taught
me. It's all in the wrist.

Oh.

Wish I had a teammate
who could dribble.

Where does it
say in the rule book

that you can't dribble
with two hands? Huh?

Page one.

Jukebox shipment.
Leather's song.

"Moonlight Love."

Oh, I'm winded.

Al, le-let me see this. Uh...

""Moonlight Love"

music and lyrics by
Freddie and the Red Hots."

What?

My song's been stolen!

You... I want to talk to you.

That dance you wrote
for me special, huh?

My legs love it! Hey.

Why is everybody's face
lower than a midget ant?

Fonzie, someone
stole Leather's song.

Had to be Skip Oliver, too.

Yeah, imagine.

Skip Oliver a thief.

Well, just a second
now, Leather.

You know, that's a
pretty strong accusation.

Dad, we auditioned for him.

I mean, I handed the
tape to Skip Oliver myself.

All right, that's
all I got to hear.

Sok Hop, Chicago, 4:00 o'clock,
get your instruments, be there!

Wait. Fonz, wh-what are
you gonna do to Skip Oliver?

He's such a good neighbor.

Grandmother Kelp
gave this ball to me.

♪ Oh, stop what you're doing ♪

♪ Look at what you've done ♪

♪ Listen to my
heart cry for you ♪

♪ Cry for you, cry
for you cry for you ♪

- ♪ Stop all you're foolin' ♪
- ♪ Doo wah, doo wah ♪

- ♪ Oh, look what you've begun ♪
- ♪ Doo wah, doo wah ♪

♪ Listen to my
heart sigh for you ♪

♪ Ha, ha, ha. ♪

This is Skip Oliver,
your Dean of Teens.

Hi, everybody!

Hey, take off your shoes
and roll up the carpets,

because right now we are
going to have ourselves a...

sock hop!

Where's the Fonz?

I don't know. He said
he'd be here at 4:00.

And let's start things off right
now with a spotlight dance!

Oh!

Everybody swim!

Oh! Oh, Howard, Ri...
Richard is on television!

Joanie, what do you call
that dance he's doing?

The swim, Mom, but
the way Richie's doing it,

it looks more like
he's drowning.

Richard is on
national television!

- What?
- Seen him.

Well, I don't see him.

Oh, yeah, there he is.

- Oh!
- Gee, he needs a haircut.

Come on, everybody swim.

♪♪

Hey, hey, hey, welcome back

to the second half of
the National Sock Hop.

My guests, Freddie and the
Red Hots will be up shortly,

but right now, gang, come
on, let's all take a stroll!

Yeah!

♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh... ♪

Where's Fonzie?
It's getting late.

I don't know, but he
better get here soon.

I'm missing Sok Hop on TV.

Maybe he got
stuck in a traffic jam.

- Nah, he always jumps 'em.
- He jumps traffic jams?

Here he comes.

Fonz. -RALPH: All right, Fonz.

Oh, Fonzie.

♪ Ooh... ♪

♪ Ah, ah, ah ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh... ♪

You got any last words?

We're on TV.

Strange choice of last words.

Uh, why don't we

take a look at some
of those dancing feet?

Okay, the camera's off us now.

Leather Tuscadero... she
auditioned for you right here.

She did?

That's right. You
glommed her song from her.

And you gave it to, uh,
Freddie and the Red Hots.

I did? W-Why would
I do a thing like that?

I'm asking the same question.

Look at this. Look at this, huh?

I'm looking at a
blank face here.

You don't know anything
about this, do you?

I don't. Actually, uh,
I'm not very bright.

Hey, uh, I made a little

commotion here, right?

This afternoon, I'm
gonna make it up to you.

I'm gonna let you
put Leather Tuscadero

right on this stage, huh?

- That's a great idea. Thanks.
- I know, I know.

Wait a minute. I can't do that.

I've already announced
Freddie and the Red Hots.

Hey, hey, hey,
the man is a thief.

Yeah, you're right,
and he'll never be back

in this show again, but
I can't cancel them now.

He's got a new dance,
and I promised the kids.

I can dig it, I can dig it.

You know, I'll tell you
something Skippy, huh?

You look great for your age.

Whatever it is.

Fellow teenagers,

are you ashamed
to leave the house

because of unsightly blemishes?

Fonz,

everything's all set, huh?

Wrong. We're breaking camp.

We're going on a hike?

Will you just follow me?

Oh.

You know, in this crazy,
mixed up, beautiful business

that I'm fortunate
enough to be a giant in,

acts come and go,

but the biggest stars
continue to shine.

Which makes today's guest
one of the brightest guys I know.

The heavyweight
champs of rock and roll,

Freddie and the Red Hots!

Hey, hey, hey.

God bless you, man.

You stole "Moonlight
Love." You're finished.

Let me, uh... let me tell you
something about this man

who is truly a
recording artiste.

It all began in 1954 when,
uh, Freddie was discovered

singing in a hotel
in the Catskills.

From there, he recorded
a string of classic wax.

Unforgettable hits like

"Memory Lane", "Lover's Lane",

"Come Back, Elaine",

and many, many, many more.

And now, in this second
decade of performing,

this musical pioneer is still
blazing trails in rock and roll.

You're a thief. Get lost.

Yeah, I stole the song.

What are you gonna
do about it, punk?

You don't go around
calling people punks.

Why not? I'm not getting pushed
around by any two-bit hood.

You care to wager?

And here they are with a new
dance, the moonlight stomp,

the ever popular...

Hey, you're not
the ever popular.

Right again. Give me that
thing, I'll show you how to use it.

Which one's my camera?

Oh, uh, uh, this one here.

Yeah?

How you doing out there?

You want a new dance?
I got a new dance.

And it's gonna be
done by a friend of mine,

soon to be friend of yours.

That's right, Leather
Tuscadero, right now!

And I'll tell you something.

Leather is being backed up
by some more friends of mine,

band.

What dance is it gonna be?

It's called, do the Fonzie!

That's right. Here
we go. One, two.

One, two, three.

♪ Fonzie doesn't
dig on the cha-cha ♪

♪ Wah, uh, waddy, waddy ♪

♪ The twist and the
swim ain't his style ♪

♪ Ah, uh, waddy, waddy ♪

♪ Oh, his kind of dance
put the girls in a trance ♪

♪ Every time he
shakes and he smile ♪

♪ Just wind your gal in tight ♪

♪ And tease her back out ♪

♪ Shimmy up your leg and
everybody scream and shout ♪

♪ Do the Fonzie ♪

♪ Come on, do the
Fonzie with me ♪

♪ Do the Fonzie ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Come on, do the
Fonzie with me ♪

♪ Most enjoy the
fish and the mambo ♪

♪ Wah, uh, waddy, waddy ♪

♪ The jitterbug,
the Turkish delight ♪

♪ Wah, uh, waddy, waddy ♪

♪ Only a jerk would
would drive girls berserk ♪

♪ Oh, shaking the
Fonzie tonight ♪

♪ Just wind the gal in tight
and tease her back out ♪

♪ Oh, shimmy up your leg,
everybody scream and shout ♪

♪ Do the Fonzie ♪

♪ Come on, do the
Fonzie with me ♪

♪ Do the Fonzie ♪

♪ Come on, do the
Fonzie with me ♪

Whoa!

♪ Do the Fonzie ♪

♪ Oh, come on, do
the Fonzie with me ♪

- ♪ Oh, do the Fonzie ♪
- ♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Come on, do the
Fonzie with me. ♪

Whoa!

Oh, boy! Oh!

A new discovery for me!

Oh, and a bombastic new dance.

And, remember, you saw
it right here on Sok Hop!

And now I'd like to take
this opportunity to say that...

One more time.

♪ Do the Fonzie ♪

♪ Come on, do the
Fonzie with me ♪

♪ Oh, do the Fonzie ♪
- ♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Come on, do the
Fonzie with me ♪

Wow!

♪ Do the Fonzie ♪

♪ Come on, do the
Fonzie with me ♪

Everybody!

♪ Do the Fonzie ♪

- ♪ Yeah ♪
- ♪ Oh ♪

♪ Come on, do the
Fonzie with me. ♪

Yeah!

Hey, Mom, look at this.

- I'm here, dear.
- Oh, yeah, there you are.

Look at what Freddie
and the Red Hots

- did to their record.
- Oh.

Uh, "Moonlight Love",

music and lyrics by
Leather Tuscadero.

- Oh!
- And I got my first royalty check.

Oh, that's wonderful!

Well, you can keep that copy.

Oh, Rich, let's go to
Arnold's and celebrate. I'll buy.

Hey, great idea.

Uh, uh, how much you got
on your royalty check there?

Oh, six dollars and 98 cents.

Well, maybe I'll buy.

Yeah, come on.

- Hi.
- Oh, hi, Dad. See ya.

Oh, Howard, you're
home for lunch?

No.

Well, you mean...

you came home
for something else?

Mm-hmm.

I came home to practice
my dribbling, Marion.

Get out of my...
I got... Howard...

♪ These happy days
are yours and mine ♪

♪ These happy days are
yours and mine, Happy Days! ♪

♪ Good-bye, gray
sky, hello, blue ♪

♪ There's nothing can
hold me when I hold you ♪

♪ It feels so right,
it can't be wrong ♪

♪ Rockin' and
rollin' all week long ♪

♪ These days are ours ♪

- ♪ Happy and free ♪
- ♪ Oh, happy days ♪

♪ These days are ours ♪

- ♪ Share them with me ♪
- ♪ Oh, baby ♪

♪ These happy days
are yours and mine ♪

♪ These happy days are
yours and mine, Happy Days! ♪