Starring: Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Marion Ross, Tom Bosley, Erin Moran
Factual error: A guy dancing at Arnold's is wearing red Nike sneakers with a white swoosh. Nike was founded as Blue Ribbon Sports in 1964, and the Nike name and swoosh were not created until 1971.
Ralph's Family Problem - S7-E25
Factual error: Fonzie takes Ralph on a motorcycle ride to make Ralph feel better, but they are roaming through hilly areas. There are no hills in or near Milwaukee.
Factual error: The show is set in the fifties but Fonzie has a Mustang hubcap on the wall of his garage. The first Mustang came out in 1964.
The Fonz: You're dreaming about a girl you've never met?
Richie Cunningham: Come on, Fonz, haven't you ever dreamed?
The Fonz: Hey I'm not the dreamer! I'm the dreamee.
Trivia: In Season 5, in the 3 part special (episodes 89-91) the whole gang heads to Hollywood. It is here that Fonzie jumps over a caged shark on water skiis. Today a TV show is said to have "jumped the shark" when it has passed its peak and fans feel a significant drop in quality. The phrase was popularized by the website www.jumptheshark.com.
Question: In season one, whatever happened to Chuck Cunningham? He was only in a few episodes.
Answer: He was written off the series, never to be mentioned again as if he never existed. As a matter of fact, according to the final episode, he never did exist.
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