"My Fair Fonzie"

I have a problem with the basic premise of this episode, although there are aspects I like, so I'm going with a C+.  It has potential with Morgan Fairchild as Cynthia Holmes, a snobbish young woman who is less sympathetic than her Susan Taylor character on the first season of Mork & Mindy, and even her scheming for revenge with her cousin might've worked, although the title makes it sound more like it'll be a Pygmalion plot.  But I just couldn't buy that they would invite a "low-class" person to their party and snub him in such an over-the-top way.  The stuff with Juanita the waitress was nice, and the Richie/Lori Beth and Howard/Marion couples have some sweet moments.

A few notes:

• I remember disliking LB's shorter hairdo at the time and I still feel that way.
• Richie, Ralph, and Potsie are in the R.O.T.C., despite their unhappiness in the Junior R.O.T.C.
• They're continuing the thing of Chachi being a shady salesman, which was thankfully dropped in later seasons.
• Warren S. Murray had written a couple Blansky's but this is his only script for HD.  His most interesting credit to me is "The Newlywed Game" script for The Brady Brides.