"Potsie Gets Pinned"

This is possibly the most mature portrayal of the male-female-relationship on the series thus far, with the girls, especially Lori Beth, having their own thoughts and feelings.  It also has the can't-lose scenario of Howard being pressured into giving Potsie advice, talking him down from a marriage proposal to pinning.  So a B.

Thoughts:

• This aired in January but, one, it's baseball season; two, everyone is dressed for Spring; and Howdy Doody has left the air, which happened in September of 1960.
• What did Chachi do to scare off two kissing-booth workers???  Goodfriend could probably withstand Baio hitting on her, after surviving Blansky's Beauties.
• Lorrie Mahaffey, who plays Southern belle Jennifer Jerome, obviously hit it off with Anson Williams, since they'd marry in May of '78, but divorce in '86.  She'd do five more episodes, and I like their duet here.
• I honestly can't remember Potsie thinking he's in love before, unlike Richie and Fonzie, or even Ralph, so it's understandable that he falls so hard and so fast.
• The boys are in a frat, and the girls are in a sorority, with ten members each.
• Despite the title, Potsie is the pinner, not the pinnee.
• I may be wrong, but this might be the first episode with Potsie's name in the title.
• When LB and Richie argue about his jealousy over her "loose lips," she calls him "Bucko" back.
• His nickname for her is "Sweet Knees" and hers for him is "Sizzle Lips," which I vaguely recall.