"Westward Ho!," Part 3

So the Tuesday Night Line-Up on ABC was back to "normal."  The Colorado adventure concluded, Shirley Feeney thought she was a stripper, and Janet Wood went to a nude beach to shake up her image.  Yeah, Fonzie making out with Thunder in a hay wagon seems relatively mild.  This is after Richie remembers he's going steady and "has an arrangement" with Lori Beth and then Thunder tells him she likes Fonzie, although nothing in the previous two parts (written by a different writer) suggests this.  (Unless she's won over by the bull-riding.)  I do like the Howard/Marion moments.  But it is irritating that Marion has to keep reporting what Uncle Ben says, including in a telegram at the end.  So C.

The only note I have is that in the tag Richie says he hasn't seen LB in two weeks.  Presumably this was another summer vacation.

In between Parts 2 and 3, Mork & Mindy premiered, with boosts from the Fonz and Laverne, so I've reviewed that over at my L&S blog.  Here I'll just add that Fonzie having an intergalactic reputation with women is undercut and then supported by this three-parter.