"Fearless Fonzarelli: Part 1"

This is the first of what would be many multi-part episodes, unlike the, well, more episodic first couple seasons, where they couldn't even keep, for instance, Potsie's weight consistent for episode to episode.  Not that there's anything like a show bible, but for the first time we're expected to carry over what happens in one week to the next.  In fact, we get a cliffhanger of Fonzie in mid-air, doing his Evel-Knievel-like jump over fourteen trash cans.  And, yes, the phrase "Jump the Trash" never caught on.

Actually, I am going with a C+ with this one, rather than my default B-, because of the gratuitous "punch Grace Kelly" joke, as well as the weirdness of Ralph wanting to see a human sacrifice.  (If he'd wanted to see something involving smut, that would be in character.)

Notes:

• Mindy Naud debuts her memorable Paula Petralunga character here (well, I at least remembered the name).
• Jack Smith plays himself, but the audience doesn't seem to recognize him (even though there was a revised version of You Asked for It in 1972), and he's certainly not a household name or face almost ninety years after he had an uncredited role as a Reporter in the original King Kong.
• But of course the most notable guest star is Pat Morita, as Arnold finally "coming out of the kitchen."  He'd do only twenty-five more episodes but he is indelible, doing so much with what could've just been a stereotypical role.  He even made me laugh a couple times, like with the Milwaukee Fried Chicken.