"R.C. and L.B. Forever"

While I of course wish that Richie was actually at his own wedding, this is probably the best episode of the season, for what it's worth, with some actual laughs, emotions, and energy.  So B-.

Notes:

• Richie's middle initial is, as it was before, J., so shouldn't it be "R.J. and L.B. Forever," or maybe "R.J.C. and L.B.A. Forever"?
• Potsie gets to sing at the wedding.
• Ralph not only dances with Richie at shindigs on base, but he tried to go AWOL by sending himself home to his mother.
• Richie was supposed to have to stay in Greenland for a year when this first came up months ago, but now it's going to be another year.
• Howard shoots down the idea of Chachi marrying Joanie, but he later tells his high school senior that she's "next."  And, yes, three seasons later, Howard would play father of the bride.
• Jenny has a catcher's mitt to catch the bouquet, so she still hopes to marry young, despite the "marriage" with Fonzie.
• LB's parents are David and Emily, who have been in Africa, for unknown reasons.  They've never actually met Richie, which makes Chachi not introducing Joanie to his mother for a year seem minor.  (And think of poor Chuck's spouse, if any, who probably remains forever unknown to Howard and Marion.)
• Bill Morey is given funnier, Catch-22-light material as Army Captain John Slaughter than he would get as the nameless Priest in the infamous "Monastery" episode of Laverne & Shirley a couple years later.