This is definitely an episode that would've felt very different with a highly vocal 1970s studio audience, particularly during Richie's date with the divorcee. I like that the episode questions the "hot to trot" stereotype, but it does feel odd that it's not a bigger deal that he's having a romantic dinner with a woman ten years his senior (28 to his 18), no matter what her marital status.
The divorced woman is played by Leslie Charleson, who would later be best known as Dr. Monica Quartermaine, a role it looks like she's still playing on General Hospital after over 40 years. And note that Fonzie seems very curious about Richie's date, which I don't think would fit with his later characterization.
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