"Because It's There"


It's September 27, 1983.  I'm a high school sophomore and I'm still tuning in to ABC on Tuesdays out of inertia and what's left of my loyalty.   Laverne & Shirley is gone and Happy Days has been shuffled to 8:30.  (Just Our Luck, about a modern genie, is on at 8:00.)  Three's Company is starting its eighth season at 9:00.

I don't remember what I felt that night specifically, if I noticed how they showed younger and current Joanie and Chachi in the opening credits, how poor Anson Williams got shuffled to just before Ted McGinley.  I do know that I have absolutely no memories of this episode.  (Although I do recall rolling my eyes later in the season when they tried to tell me J & C would've been Kinks fans.)  Anyway, this is a C-, because I just don't care about Fonzie trying another pointless stunt.

Notes:
  • It's allegedly been twenty years since Fonzie's mother abandoned him, but maybe he's rounding that off.
  • Harris Kal and Kevin Rodney Sullivan are back as Bobby and Tommy.  I have no idea if they're still in high school.
  • Moran's absence is noted onscreen.
  • The title here should not be confused with "Because She's There," which was a disappointing episode for back then but which I would rather watch, even to see Diana Canova disrespected again.

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