Starring: Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Marion Ross, Tom Bosley, Erin Moran
To Beanie or Not to Beanie - S9-E12
Factual error: When Mr. And Mrs. Cunningham are talking to the Fonz in their bed about Joanie going to college, Mr. Cunningham is wearing a digital watch and those didn't exist in the 50s - 60s when the show takes place.
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: Richie and Joanie had an older brother named Chuck, who was played by two different actors, and who only appeared during the first season of the show, because the character of Chuck was written off the show. This plot plot has since absorbed into popular culture: known as "Chuck Cunningham Syndrome," it refers to a character's (either leading or supporting) unexplained disappearance from a series.
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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