"Fonzie's Hero"

Little details came back to me watching this episode, like the sounds that Ralph's car makes.  Still, I think it's a C+ because why do we have to watch Fonzie try to skate, when we could've seen him at Potsie's family reunion?

Notes:

• This is the second episode to mention Jenny Piccolo, although she is not yet Joanie's unseen slutty friend (maybe because Joanie is still only fourteen).
• In contrast, it's the second episode in a row to mention the Aloha Pussycats, and then they actually show up!  (I had been remembering them all these years as the Aloha Sextuplets, maybe because Fonzie dates twins and triplets elsewhere.)
• Potsie envies Ralph's playful relationship with his dad, and Richie's dad even told Richie about sex, but Richie says, "He got most of it wrong."  (I'm almost positive Richie is still a virgin, so how does he know?  Did Fonzie tell him?  Or did he learn things in school?)
• Potsie wants Fonzie to be not just a pal but a father figure, which would be poignant on a better written episode.
• Garry's kids Scotti and Kathi play two of the kids that taunt Fonzie at the rink.
• The third kid is played by Amy Bosley, Tom's ten-year-old daughter, who would be a Trick or Treat Girl the next Fall.
• Ralph, by the way, tells a girl he's going to college in the fall, even though this aired in October.
• Continuing the family theme, this episode features Al's curvy niece, who I believe was named Gina, but the actress is uncredited.
• Twenty-year-old Steven Dworman wrote the story, which Barry Rubinowitz turned into a screenplay.  Dworman wouldn't have any other IMDB credits until the 21st century.
• Ron Howard would have better material to work with on Laverne & Shirley that night, for the episode "Excuse Me, May I Cut In?", and Anson Williams would also get some good moments.  In fact, if we accept that episode into HD canon (and I don't see why we wouldn't), then both boys are emphatically still virgins, excited by their double date with two "mature women."
• And on that episode, Richie is a senior and it's been eleven and a half months since his date with Shirley, meaning he's retconned into a junior on "A Date with Fonzie," I think.