"Two Angry Men"




The title characters are Howard and Fonzie, who sue each other after a blizzard causes Fonzie's pigeon coop to crash down through the roof and into Fonzie's apartment.  I didn't think this was as funny or insightful as it could be, and I have to agree with Howard wondering why he ends up paying $200, the local "kids" will pay the other $200, and the Fonz pays nothing.  Still, there are some moments I like, such as Richie feeling torn when he has to testify against both men.  I'm going with a C+.

Notes:
  • Seeing pigeons cuddle makes Marion frisky.
  • Joanie still believes in Santa Claus.
  • Fonzie claims he was on his own at the age of six.
  • Richie is, this probably won't surprise you, seventeen.
  • Bob W. Hoffman's final HD role is as Ernie.
  • I assume Lloyd Kino's character name as Arnold's repairman cousin, Marvin Lee, is a play on Lee Marvin; he would be Mr. Wang on Mork & Mindy three years later, which Robin Williams must've had a field day with.
  • Bailiff Robert Ball would be Curly, and he was the Butler on the Laverne & Shirley premiere the previous week.
  • Yes, that's June Lockhart as Judge MacBride, then very recognizable from Lassie, Lost in Space, etc., and still alive as of this writing, at age 95!
  • Joe Glauberg would write nine more episodes, including the introduction of Mork from Ork.  (He'd also do one Blansky's Beauties script.)
  • Fonzie could be seen the following Sunday throwing a bachelor party at the Pizza Bowl, because Laverne will apparently do anything he wants. And later canon would indicate that he's from that side of town.

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