"Hard Cover"



I vaguely recalled this episode as I watched it, although I would've guessed that Fonzie would've dated the librarian rather than Lori Beth's roommate (whom we would never see again).  And, yes, we've got Richie making out a lot with his future wife, and him dressing in drag with Fonzie.  So the first B- of the season.

Notes:
  • The tag with Marion & Howard as Laurel & Hardy is cute.
  • Richie references Some Like It Hot, which came out in March of 1959, so that works.
  • Richie has just started college but is already worried he can't date college girls, at least not in time for the homecoming dance.  (We don't actually get to see Richie and L.B. attend.)
  • This episode was my main introduction to panty raids.
  • Disc Jockey Harvey L. Kahn would be Dickie and a Narrator on Laverne & Shirley.
  • Librarian Susan Cotton was Miss Radcliff earlier in '77.
  • Marcia Lewis, who's [dorm] Mother Dunbar, would be a Matron in '79.
  • By this point, 23-year-old Lynda Goodfriend was another Blansky's survivor.  She would do over seventy episodes as Lori Beth Allen.  I don't know if Richie not recognizing her from Driver's Ed is lampshading over the fact that she'd appeared as Kim in his high school days.
  • No Al or Chachi this time, but the episode is set in the Pfister Memorial Library, Lori Beth's dorm room, and the Cunningham living room.
  • Fonzie getting a library card apparently was very influential in real life, from what I recall.

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