was the only one who left in 1980? So if Ralph Malph was still on the show do you think you would have enjoyed the eps little more during the 1980-84 era?

Potsie just wasn't the same without Ralph and Richie so I don't think having just two of them would make it the same either. I think you need all three of them for it to work right.

i definately think the show would've been better with Malph, they could never replace Richie but it wouldve helped.

Richie was the cental character originally and even when Fonzie became the breakout character, much of the show's storylines relied on the Fonzie/Richie friendship dynamic to power them.

It might have been a little better with Ralph, but they still would have shifted the focus to Joanie and Chachi and if Roger was still there...well, we all know what happened when he came along.:rolleyes:

i don't think it would have been better probly just the same

i don't really think if he stayed and richie still left that things would have been
any different as far as potsie by that point he could have left and it still wouldn't have made any differance.without richie the whole focal point had to change.so thats why it focused on joannie and chachi.

I have to say, I don't know how "Happy Days" survived 11 years anyway. When Ron Howard left, the show died. It REALLY died. He really was the central focus of the show. The early 1980s episodes were just so horrible. The show should have ended when Howard left.

Potsie just wasn't the same without Ralph and Richie so I don't think having just two of them would make it the same either. I think you need all three of them for it to work right.
Potsie became more of an imbicile than ever. In the beginning he was not all that smart, but they really did a lobotomy on his character...of course this is where the Chachi character was growing up and i guess it was better to dumb down Potsie...:rolleyes:

Even with Ron and Donny, the seventh season evidenced signs of age for the show. There was a weak episode where Fonzie went against the devil (Melvin Scratch) for Chachi's soul. Personally, I would've let Scratch take Chachi, but that's just me.

When Ron and Donny left in 1980, the show ended. It was basically on life support for the next four years. They should have pulled the plug, but the actors and crew wanted to work, so they did what they had to do to keep it going.

Sometimes it's better to leave a party a little early than to be the last one there once all is said and done.

Even with Ron and Donny, the seventh season evidenced signs of age for the show. There was a weak episode where Fonzie went against the devil (Melvin Scratch) for Chachi's soul. Personally, I would've let Scratch take Chachi, but that's just me.

When Ron and Donny left in 1980, the show ended. It was basically on life support for the next four years. They should have pulled the plug, but the actors and crew wanted to work, so they did what they had to do to keep it going.

Sometimes it's better to leave a party a little early than to be the last one there once all is said and done.

Agreed

I think the Potsie character should have been written out because since his friends were gone there was no need to see him on the show

I think the Potsie character should have been written out because since his friends were gone there was no need to see him on the show
Potsie was really useless after Richie and Ralph left. I don't even know why he stayed.

Potsie was really useless after Richie and Ralph left. I don't even know why he stayed.

He was just completely lost. Many of the gags they wrote for him seemed out of place and a desperate attempt to give him a few lines.

He was just completely lost. Many of the gags they wrote for him seemed out of place and a desperate attempt to give him a few lines.
and the one show he should have been in was the last episode and he wasn't there.

no ralph or potsie

and the one show he should have been in was the last episode and he wasn't there.

Yeah, I never understood that myself. Was Anson Williams so busy he couldn't have shown up to end the series that gave him a career??:confused:

Maybe he wasn't invited.

why i don't know but anything is possible