Happy Days (1974–1984): Season 6, Episode 4 - Fonzie's Blindness - full transcript

♪ 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.

Oh, boy.

- Hi, Al.
- Hi, Rich. Busy, busy, busy.

- Good.
- Money, money, money.

Oh, right.

Oh, what a... Okay,
what are you gonna have?

I'll have, uh, uh...

- uh, ham and egg on toast. Yeah.
- Oh, good.

Clarence, Adam
and Eve on a raft!

Well, Rich, notice
anything different, huh?

You're in pain.

Any fool can see that.

What else?

I'll give you a hint.

Muscles.

Yeah, we tried out for
the weightlifting team.

No one's gonna throw
sand in our face anymore.

That's right.

Dumbbells, barbells,
curls, presses.

Just look at this bicep, Rich.

You'll have to take my
word for it. It's like iron.

- Let's sit down, Malph.
- Right.

Rich, could you
duck down a minute?

Thanks.

That's right.

Fonz, I'm sorry.

Fonz, are-are you all right?

Hey, I'm fine. I'm fine.

Everything's cool. I'm okay.

Come on, come on! Clear the
way! Give him some air, will you?

Fonz, I'm sorry.
I didn't see you.

Hey, Al, just calm
yourself, will you?

Right, right. I'll be calm.

All right, just resume
your festivities.

I'm cool.

All right, look, Cunningham...

I'm-I'm here, Fonz.

See, I knew that. I knew that.

- All right.
- Look, I-I think you should sit down

and just... and just
rest for a second, okay?

Yeah. Okay.

- Yeah, just for a minute.
- I am.

Look out, Fonz!

- Fonz, you almost sat on the floor.
- Yeah.

Everything is just a little
blurry right now, you know?

Uh, maybe-maybe
just as a precaution

you should see a doctor, Fonz.

A doctor? I really hurt him.

Look, I ain't going
to see no doctor.

If I need a doctor,
I go to a doctor.

What I need is some
tender loving care, you know?

And, uh, Helen here is
just the one to give it to me.

Fonz...

Rich, get me to a
doctor right now.

Marion, would you
please sit down and relax?

I'm so worried about Arthur.

I mean, the boys should've
been back from the doctor by now.

Well, he's gonna be just fine.

Richie said he just got
a bump on the head.

- Oh, Fonzie, you okay?
- Oh, oh.

- How is your bump?
- Well, what did the doctor say?

Hey, the doctor said it
was nothing, you know?

My orbs are having a little
trouble making out shapes.

Uh... there's nothing wrong
with your shape, Mrs. C.

Fonzie, that's my Dad.

Hey, I knew that. I knew that.

Nothing wrong with
your shape either, huh?

Tell me, do those glasses work?

Oh, yeah, this is my idea.

I figured I'd give my
eyes a rest, you know?

I mean, what I need now
is I need to be very comfy.

That's it, just nice and comfy.

That was... that was good, Fonz.

Well, dinner's ready.

- I'll go carve the lamb.
- All right.

I'll bring you a tray, Arthur.

Oh, no, Mrs. C., I'm
eating with the family.

I can make it. I
know my way around.

- Oh, sure, Fonz. Yeah, you got it.
- Oh, sure, Fonz. Sure. Yeah.

- Uh, Fonzie... -Fonz.
- Uh, uh, uh, Fonz. -Uh, Fonz.

Got you, got you, got you.

I'm right here.

The vegetables look outstanding.

I'm ready.

Okay.

Now, I thought we
would start the meal

with a nice healthful
glass of carrot juice.

Oh. Carrot juice?

Richard.

Right, carrot juice.
Good for the eyesight.

This is to my favorite
middle class American family.

Hey, this is great
stuff, Mrs. C.

I can see... I can
see better already.

- The gravy! Well, that's...
- Oh.

- That was a really nice toast...
- Thank you.

- Arthur.
- Hmm. -Yeah.

Hey, listen, uh,
if nobody minds,

I'm gonna help myself
to some veggies, all right?

Oh, why don't you just let
me get them for you, Fonz?

- I want to get 'em myself, Rich.
- I... Well, I could reach 'em...

There we go.

Hey, how am I doing?

- Great.
- Great.

Yeah. I don't got a
problem. Anybody else now?

- Oh, no.
- Oh, yeah.

Boy, you're really hungry, huh?

- Long time between feedings?
- Uh-huh.

Okay, lamb is all carved.

- Oh.
- Ah, great.

Richie, would you like
to give some to Fonz?

Sure. Can I, uh, serve
you some lamb, Fonz?

I'd rather do it myself, huh?

I think I hit a bone here.

You did, Fonzie.

Uh, would you just go for
a piece to the left, please?

Just, uh, up and over.

- Oh.
- How'd I do, huh?

I got it, see?

I told you I had no problem.

More lamb, Fonz?

No, I think I had sufficient.

- Thanks.
- Okay.

Mrs. C, this is a most
memorable meal.

It was for me, too, Fonz.

For all of us, Fonzie.

Is-is it all right now if I
just kind of clear the table?

- Oh, we'll-we'll take care of the dishes.
- No. -No.

No, Mom promised
that I could do them.

- Yes.
- Boy, am I lucky.

Oh, there's my date.

Fonzie, you've got a date?

- Yeah.
- Now, listen, Fonz, maybe

you should just
stay with us tonight.

Hey, hey, I handpicked
this one myself.

Is-is this chick
dressed all in white?

Yeah, she is.

It's the right one. All right.

I'll see you later. Whoa.

Another day, another dollar.

Of course, I'm not working,

so nobody's actually
giving me a dollar,

but you know what I'm saying.

Yeah.

Yeah, it's just a great
day to be alive, isn't it?

Yeah.

Well, you ready to
start off the morning

with a good hearty breakfast?

I'm not hungry.

Oh. Well, that-that happens.

I think I'm gonna get a bite.

Uh, tell you what, I'll bring
you back some coffee.

- How's that sound?
- Don't leave here.

Why not?

I'm scared.

Fonzie... scared?

Richie...

I'm blind.

Al, listen, did you know

that Rich was
bringing the Fonz over?

And this is his first
time out since...

I know, Ralph, but if I only
knew there was a chance

that Fonzie'd be able to see
again, an outside chance even.

Well, there is. My
dad explained it to me.

Now, listen, what
Fonzie's got is optic neuritis.

And with treatments...
he could get his sight back.

Ralph, that's wonderful news.

But then again, it
could be permanent.

All right, all right,
listen up. It's Fonzie!

All right.

Well, how does it feel to be
back at Arnold's, huh, Fonz?

Yeah, everything's
just exactly the same.

Oh, why don't we sit down here

and have a soda
or something, huh?

Just-just right over here,

just at our regular,
old, normal booth.

There it is, Fonz.

Good. There you go.

Hi, Fonz.

Hey. Al?

How you doing, Al?

Yeah, it's me, Al, your friend.

The man who made you blind.

Al, Al, Al, listen up.

It's not your fault.

I've been taking my chance
for years by eating here.

- Al?
- Yeah, Fonz?

I want you to do
something for me.

I'd do anything, Fonz.

Do you want me to
leave town? I'll do it.

You want me to
adopt you? I'll do it.

- Al...
- Do you want me to shut up? I'll do it!

Come here.

I want you to forgive
yourself, see, 'cause I have.

You understand?

Thanks, Fonz.

If I only could.

Fonz, ready to, uh, talk
to some more friends, huh?

No.

Look, uh, Potsie and
Ralph are over here.

You just stay right
here. I'll get them.

Hey, come on, guys. Come
on, talk to the Fonz, okay?

He's right over here. He
really wants to talk to you.

Oh, say hi to the Fonz
for me, Rich, okay?

Say hi to him yourself.
He's right here.

Hi, Fonz.

Uh...

you see the new
Playboy centerfold?

It wasn't very good, you know.

Uh, fat staples
covered everything.

Uh, hey, Ralph, all right,
look, tell Fonzie a joke.

I mean, you've
always got a good one.

Yeah, yeah, come on here.

- Yeah, come on.
- So true. So true.

Okay, all right, all right.

Here's an oldie, but a goodie.

Oh, good. A goodie, okay.

All right, what's
this? What's this?

You give up?

That's a spider doing
pushups, huh? Uh...

That's not really a funny joke.

I-I didn't ever like
that that much.

- Cunningham?
- Yeah, Fonz?

- You here?
- I'm right here.

- Get me out of here.
- Oh, no, you don't want to leave yet.

Take me home, huh?

Uh, Fonz, you know what
this place needs to liven it up?

No.

Is just, uh, a little music.

- Right?
- Right, right. I don't have any change.

So-so why don't you
do the jukebox bit?

- Oh, yeah, Fonz, do the jukebox.
- Yeah, Fonz, you can do that.

- Yeah, I can do that.
- He's gonna do it!

- I can do that.
- All right, Fonz.

All right, Fonzie!

- I'll get you over there.
- Hey, hey, hey, hey.

I can find it. I can find it.

- All right.
- It's all right.

Right. Y-You're
doing great, Fonz.

- Hey, hey.
- He-He's gonna do it now.

All right, here you go, Fonz.

- No one does it like you, Fonz.
- The tap. That's right.

All right. Hey.

I could do this blindfolded.

That's right.

♪ Shaboom, shaboom... ♪

- Cunningham? Cunningham?
- Yeah.

- Yeah, Fonz.
- Get me out of here!

- All right.
- Fonz...

- Cunningham!
- I got you.

You said it was gonna be
the same. You lied to me!

- It's gonna be fine.
- It's not the same.

- Fonzie, trust me, please!
- It's not the same!

Would you like some
potatoes, Arthur?

Oh, yes, thanks
very much, Mrs. C.

Richard, how did the
game come out today?

I hate touch football.

You lost, huh?

You could say that.

The game was called
on account of humiliation.

Joanie, you're not
sitting down yet, are you?

Oh. No, Fonz.

Could you find my knife,
put a little butter on it, please?

Oh. I'll just butter
your roll, Fonz.

Thanks.

You know, I remember when
I played intramural sports.

There was one game

- in touch football...
- Is there any salt on the table?

Fonzie, why don't you
just reach out for it?

It's right in front of you
and a little bit to the right.

What were you saying, Dad?

What do you want salted, Fonzie?

Well, two shakes on the spuds,

one on the succotash.

Oh, never mind,
everything tastes the same

when you're blind, anyway.

Aw, come on, Fonz. Now,
you know that's not true.

So just go ahead, please,
try and eat something, okay?

Well, I guess you're right.

Someone help me with my fork.

- Of course.
- No, Mom, no.

Doctor said Fonzie's got
to start doing some things

for himself now.

Yeah, that's great.

The doctor says he's
treating me, I'm still blind.

Well, he's trying,
Fonz. Why don't you?

Look, your fork...
It's right here.

Everything's in
its normal place.

And the food... We
talked about that, right?

I mean, the vegetables
up here at ten o'clock,

the meat's at two
o'clock and the potatoes

are right down
here at six o'clock.

Now, it's all arranged
for you, Fonz.

Ten o'clock, two
o'clock, six o'clock.

It's easy for you; you can see.

This is ridiculous, Fonzie!

I mean, you used to say

you could put an entire
engine together blindfolded.

- That's true.
- Now you can't find your fork?

Richard, now, let's not
upset Arthur's dinner.

Yeah, Richie.

Fonzie, last week
you were trying.

I mean, you-you
couldn't see then,

but you were independent.

It's different; now
it's permanent.

We don't know that
for certain, Fonzie.

Dad, there's a very good
chance he may never see again.

Cut it out, Richie.

Please, Richard.

Arthur needs time to learn
how to do things for himself.

So when's he gonna start, Mom?

He'll start when he
makes the adjustment.

Right now, he needs our help.

Help is fine.

But he's just
got to try himself!

And you can do it, Fonz.

Look, there's a saying:

"When the going gets
tough, the tough get going."

Well, that's just a
very cute expression

when you're playing
silly intramural games.

This is life. And this
conversation is over.

Finis. The end. You understand?

Joanie, would you help
me upstairs, please?

- I'm a little too upset to eat.
- Help me!

Salt me, pick up my fork.

Fonzie, I never thought I
would ever say this to you...

but you're a coward.

You call me a coward?

Yeah, you want
me to help myself?

- Yes!
- All right, I'll help myself. There!

That's what happens when
I help myself! You see that?!

I'm useless! I'm blind!

You may be blind, Fonz,
but let me tell you something.

It's your decision
to be useless.

Okay, Fonz, in the first panel,

Dagwood is stretched
out on the couch sleeping.

Is he dreaming about
sawing a log in half

or are there just a bunch
of "Zs" over his head?

Oh, just "Zs." I-It's
the Katzenjammer Kids

- who saw the logs.
- Yeah. Right, right, right.

- Okay, the next panel...
- Fonzie?

- Yeah?
- It's me.

So what?

Keep going. What
else happens there?

- Okay. He gets up...
- Joanie, uh,

I'd like to be alone
with Fonzie, please,

if you don't mind.

Is it okay, Fonzie?

Yeah.

All right. I'll be
right downstairs,

and when you're ready to
do the crossword puzzle,

I'll be there, okay?

Yeah.

You be nice.

Well, Fonz, I just, uh,
brought you a present.

Yeah? You're trying to
make up, I ain't buying it.

Well, wait till you find
out what it is, Fonz.

I think you're gonna like it.

We went to a lot of
trouble to get it for you.

What do you mean "we"?

Who else is in my room here?

It's...

It's nobody, right, Biff?

Right, Duke.

Come on.

Is that Ralph and Potsie?

Fonz, please don't hit us.

We didn't mean to do it.

I'm telling you,
Richie made me do it.

- We're pawns.
- Pawns?

We're dead men! Let's
get out of here, Malph!

No names, Potsie!

What's going on here,
Rich? What's happening here?

Well, we thought, uh, you'd
like to have your motorcycle

- up here with you.
- Heyyy.

My bike doesn't
go clackety-clack.

Yeah, well, it,
uh... it does now.

See you around.

I hate your guts,
Cunningham! You hear me?!

I hate your guts!

How could they do this to you?

How could you
do this to me, huh?

I thought I was
your favorite person.

My bike.

Carburetor.

Hello, little carburetor.

Wait a minute.

Yeah.

You two parts shouldn't be...

There you go. You
should be together, huh?

Doesn't that feel better?

Yeah.

All right, look, don't go away.

I'm just gonna get my toolbox.

I'll be right back.

Is that you?

It's me.

Well?

Well, it's, uh...

it's terrific.

Yeah.

It's a great
expression, you know?

When the, uh, going gets
tough, the tough get going.

Yeah, it is. You know, I...

wish I'd said it.

You did.

Thanks.

I've been doing a lot
of thinking, you know?

Maybe I'm wasting
a lot of time here.

I mean, I got a whole life
ahead of me, you know?

I got hands to
work, lips to play.

I-I'd like my jacket.

- Would you get me my jacket, please?
- Got it. You got it.

All right.

This is the Fonz talking now.

- Here's your jacket.
- Thanks.

I feel better already.

- Yeah, well, you look great.
- Yeah.

I think now I'm
in business here.

Thanks.

I'm still very scared, you know.

I know. I know, Fonz. But
you're not gonna be alone.

There are a lot of
organizations in Milwaukee

that are gonna...
are gonna help you.

Well, maybe I can
get a seeing eye chick.

As long as she ain't a dog.

Yeah, right.

Well, I'm sure you're gonna
have plenty of volunteers.

And... and if you need us...

well, then you got a
family downstairs that...

loves you very much.

Hey.

What do you say, you and
me, we go down to Arnold's?

- That's an idea.
- Yeah? You like that idea?

All right, look, uh, the door
is right over here, Fonz.

I know where the door is.

I've been-been finding
it for three years now.

- Oh, right.
- Huh? Look at that.

I got the door, right? Huh?

Door's open.

You're a terrific buddy.

Thanks.

This is, uh...

very hard for me to say.

Well-well, then, listen, you
don't have to say it, Fonz.

Yes, I do.

No, you don't
have to say it. You...

Well... go ahead.

Cunningham...

Yeah, Fonz.

If you ever touch my bike again,

I'm gonna disconnect
your freckles.

Aw, you didn't have
to say that, Fonz.

You got a deal.

All right. Let's go.

All right.

Oh, I'm so proud of Arthur.

The instructor said
he's learning so fast,

he's already getting
around with his cane.

And girls, too.

He had a lot of
catching up to do.

Well, he closed Inspiration
Point to the public.

Oh, Richard.

Arthur!

- Hi, Fonz. -Hi, Fonz.
- Hey, folks.

Nice to see you, Mrs. C.

Well, it's nice to
see you, Arthur.

Hey, Joanie, you look great.

Oh, Fonz, I-I look a mess.

I think pink looks
very good on you.

Arthur, you can see!

- Fonzie!
- Yeah. Yeah. I can see!

I mean, look, I was
going to the doctor, right,

for a regular treatment, and
he starts playing with my eyes,

you know? And all
of a sudden, bang,

I could see shapes
and colors, you know?

Oh, what beautiful colors.

- Now, everything is still a
little fuzzy, -RICHIE: Yeah.

But he says that,
uh, if I continue to go

and I go for my treatments,
in just a few days,

- I should be back to normal, you know?
- Oh.

- 100%.
- Oh.

What a relief.

You want to talk about
relief, you ought to see Al.

He's still draped over
the pinball machine.

- Oh, wait till I tell everybody.
- Oh. Oh, I have to tell Jenny.

Everybody wants to
know what happened.

Wait a minute! Wait a minute!
Everybody, come back here.

I want to say something.

Yeah.

What I want to say
is that, uh, well...

I think he wants to say...

I know what I want to say.

First of all, I want
to say thanks.

Second of all...

I want to say that
I'm very happy

that you're all
a part of my life.

Oh, Arthur. -Aw.

To the stairway.

- To the stairway.
- Fonz, Fonz.

- What?
- We already toasted the stairway.

We've done the whole house.

Let me tell you something,
you've been in darkness like me

for a week, everything
looks fabuloso.

- Arthur's right. Let's keep on toasting.
- Right.

To the doorbell.

Oh.

To the doorbell.

I'll get it.

I got it.

Hey, Rich...

All right, Fonz,
don't kill them.

Uh, they meant very well.

I understand. I
understand, Mr. C.

All right, I'll be gentle.

- Don't say a word, all right?
- Well...

Let them in. Let them in.

- Let them in?
- Let them in.

- Hi, guys. Come on in.
- Hey, Rich.

- Hello, Warren.
- Mrs. C.

- Mr. C., Joanie.
- Mrs. C.

Hey, everybody. Hey, Fonz.

Fonz, Fonz, have we
got a surprise for you.

Hey, that's great 'cause I
got a surprise for you, too.

Oh. Come on, Fonz,
ours first, all right?

All right, all right, go first.

All right, Fonz...

we took your bike apart again!

More therapy.

Yep.

My turn?

- Sure.
- Sure.

Richie, why don't you toss
me one of those oranges

on the table over there.

Oh, sure, Fonz.

Here you go.

Thanks.

Hey, Fonz, that's
really terrific.

Thank you.

Whoop. Whoop.

Whoop.

Potsie, he can see! He can see!

Let's get out of here!
Let's get out of here!

It was all Duke's idea.

♪ 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! ♪