I just got an Email from Don Most, where he answered the Question why Ralph wasn't in the final Episode.

I wasn't asked.


:( :( :( :(

Wow, that's unbelievable. I would never have expected something like that from Garry Marshall.

it really is too bad, you would think that they would've made more of an effort to get EVERYONE back for such an important episode

Are you seriouss? That's ridiculous to not have Don in the mix for one last time....

Wow..

Yeah they should have asked him.

Was Potsie in it? I forgot.

Wow..

Yeah they should have asked him.

Was Potsie in it? I forgot.
Potsie wasn't in it . He probably wasn't asked either and he was techically still on the show although he only appeared in about 4 or 5 episodes that season.

Well I'm not surprised, Don had been gone for 5 years so they probably just forgot about him especially since he left the show on his own.

Well I'm not surprised, Don had been gone for 5 years so they probably just forgot about him especially since he left the show on his own.
He was on earlier in the season when Richie came back so I'm shocked they didn't ask him back again....at least for an appearance at that wedding.

He was on earlier in the season when Richie came back so I'm shocked they didn't ask him back again....at least for an appearance at that wedding.


Oh that's right, he returned in the two eps I been searching for since 2002, Welcome Home Part 1 and 2. Two Great Eps

Iris,

Was Don on bad terms with he producers towards the end of the show?

may only guess is that it was an attempt to save money. As a former cast member Don would have rightfully deserved more than a usual guest star.

Potise's absence may have been tied to Ralph's. Viewers would have wondered where Ralph was even more if Potise was there.

Its a shame, whatever the actual reasons. They should have been at the wedding. THey would not have needed dialogue. Just being seen would have been enough.

Was Don on bad terms with he producers towards the end of the show?

I can't say.
I only got the Answer I've quoted. And I'm still shocked about it.

I don't know if they needed to be at the wedding, I mean how close were Potsie and Ralph to Joanie and Chachi? Fonzie was there because he was related to Chachi and Richie was there because he was Joanie's Brother. Why would Ralph and Potsie need to be there?-lol It would make more sense for them to be at a wedding for Richie or Fonzie but not Joanie and Chachi.

True. But even when they weren't that close, they were Friends somehow, so I'm sure that Joanie and Chachie would have invited Ralph and Potsie...

someone got married in the finale? Who? I'd stopped watching it after it became "The Fonzie show".

Joanie and Chachi got married in the final episode. I'm suprised they didn't have Potsie sing a song at the wedding!

Thanks iris for getting THE question answered. It's hard to believe.

Ditto, thank you for getting to the bottom of that. Surprising I think.