A Happy Days spinoff that a lot of people don't know about because it was

[Brian Damage]

Yeah, I wish it would've lasted a little longer.

[TVFactFan]

Originally posted by Dr. Thong
They already had the show in the can - putting Blansky on HD was merely a crossover to promote her show. Now, take the characters of Laverne & Shirley. They appeared on HD and the response to their characters was so strong, they put together a show for them. That was a legitimate spinoff. Same with Mork. Those two were conceived as guest appearances.

Anyone can say what they want, but Blansky's Beauties was not a Happy Days spinoff and that's my final word on the matter.

How can be a crossver and Blansky Beauties did not start on ABC yet? Usually a crossover is when a character appears on a set of another show as their original character while their show is already in existence.

[OneWayFilms]

Originally Posted by webuster

wasn't Mork and Mindy also set in the 70's? And Fonzie was in the pilot- so unless mork is a good time traveller, how did it happen? Maybe I haven't seen the episode that explains that- I dunno- I've only seen Mork's first happy days appearance/

Morks' appearance on Happy Days was explained as a time travel experience. Once he got his new show (Mork & Minday).....it WAS brought into modern time. I believe Mork made a reference to his experience in the past (his time on Happy Days).

As for Blanskies Beauties.....Nancy's character was introduced first on Happy Days and then a week later, Blanskies Beauties aired.

All rules claim that if a character branches out from one show into their own show as the same character...it's a spin-off of the original show. In other words....an extension of the original show....just like Laverne & Shirley and Mork & Mindy. All characters are a part of the same universe and can crossover at any point.

HOWEVER....since Blanskies Beauties had some of the same ACTORS from Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley, they did NOT play the same characters. Scott Baio did NOT play Chachi and Eddie Mekka did NOT play Carmine.

This is why the show is so often debated as to whether it's a spinoff or not.


I remember the show airing on tv, and I watched it. It was HORRIBLE. I gave up.....but it WAS promoted as a spin off.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by OneWayFilms

Morks' appearance on Happy Days was explained as a time travel experience. Once he got his new show (Mork & Minday).....it WAS brought into modern time. I believe Mork made a reference to his experience in the past (his time on Happy Days).

As for Blanskies Beauties.....Nancy's character was introduced first on Happy Days and then a week later, Blanskies Beauties aired.

All rules claim that if a character branches out from one show into their own show as the same character...it's a spin-off of the original show. In other words....an extension of the original show....just like Laverne & Shirley and Mork & Mindy. All characters are a part of the same universe and can crossover at any point.

HOWEVER....since Blanskies Beauties had some of the same ACTORS from Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley, they did NOT play the same characters. Scott Baio did NOT play Chachi and Eddie Mekka did NOT play Carmine.

This is why the show is so often debated as to whether it's a spinoff or not.


I remember the show airing on tv, and I watched it. It was HORRIBLE. I gave up.....but it WAS promoted as a spin off.

I just found out years later that Laverne appeared as herself as a guest star on Blansky Beauties. Of course the episode is not in existence

[Dr. Thong]

Originally Posted by OneWayFilms

Morks' appearance on Happy Days was explained as a time travel experience. Once he got his new show (Mork & Minday).....it WAS brought into modern time. I believe Mork made a reference to his experience in the past (his time on Happy Days).

As for Blanskies Beauties.....Nancy's character was introduced first on Happy Days and then a week later, Blanskies Beauties aired.

All rules claim that if a character branches out from one show into their own show as the same character...it's a spin-off of the original show. In other words....an extension of the original show....just like Laverne & Shirley and Mork & Mindy. All characters are a part of the same universe and can crossover at any point.

HOWEVER....since Blanskies Beauties had some of the same ACTORS from Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley, they did NOT play the same characters. Scott Baio did NOT play Chachi and Eddie Mekka did NOT play Carmine.

This is why the show is so often debated as to whether it's a spinoff or not.


I remember the show airing on tv, and I watched it. It was HORRIBLE. I gave up.....but it WAS promoted as a spin off.

Scott Baio would not have played Chachi on Blansky's Beauties because the character didn't exist yet. Chachi was created AFTER Blansky's Beauties had been cancelled.

[Dude111]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

A Happy Days spinoff that a lot of people don't know about because it was the shortest spinoff.

Ah man it must have been really bad!

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by Dude111

Ah man it must have been really bad!

Here is one episode

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_dm5dnbnNo&t=1117s

[TMC]

Originally Posted by OneWayFilms

Morks' appearance on Happy Days was explained as a time travel experience. Once he got his new show (Mork & Minday).....it WAS brought into modern time. I believe Mork made a reference to his experience in the past (his time on Happy Days).

As for Blanskies Beauties.....Nancy's character was introduced first on Happy Days and then a week later, Blanskies Beauties aired.

All rules claim that if a character branches out from one show into their own show as the same character...it's a spin-off of the original show. In other words....an extension of the original show....just like Laverne & Shirley and Mork & Mindy. All characters are a part of the same universe and can crossover at any point.

HOWEVER....since Blanskies Beauties had some of the same ACTORS from Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley, they did NOT play the same characters. Scott Baio did NOT play Chachi and Eddie Mekka did NOT play Carmine.

This is why the show is so often debated as to whether it's a spinoff or not.


I remember the show airing on tv, and I watched it. It was HORRIBLE. I gave up.....but it WAS promoted as a spin off.

Can anybody help explain to me why Blansky's Beauties wasn't set in the 1950s like Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley, even though both shows were meant to be connected? Maybe, Garry Marshall didn't want to be pigeonholed as a guy who only made period piece sitcoms, hence why Blansky's Beauties was set in the then present day of 1977. But as I said in a previous post, trying to make sense of the timeline between the three shows doesn't make a lick of sense. Blansky's Beauties simply couldn't explain away the time discrepancies like Mork & Mindy was able to do with its blatant sci-fi bent.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by TMC

Can anybody help explain to me why Blansky's Beauties wasn't set in the 1950s like Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley, even though both shows were meant to be connected? Maybe, Garry Marshall didn't want to be pigeonholed as a guy who only made period piece sitcoms, hence why Blansky's Beauties was set in the then present day of 1977. But as I said in a previous post, trying to make sense of the timeline between the three shows doesn't make a lick of sense. Blansky's Beauties simply couldn't explain away the time discrepancies like Mork & Mindy was able to do with its blatant sci-fi bent.

Happy Days didnt exist in the Blansky Beauties universe since it was supposed to be in the future. The crossover with Laverne and Shirley was Nancy remembering her travels to Milwaukee 20 years in the past when she met Laverne.

[TMC]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

Happy Days didnt exist in the Blansky Beauties universe since it was supposed to be in the future. The crossover with Laverne and Shirley was Nancy remembering her travels to Milwaukee 20 years in the past when she met Laverne.

Blansky's Beauties did exist in the Happy Days universe and vice versa. Nancy Walker appeared as Nancy Blansky on Happy Days. She was explained as being Howard Cunningham's cousin. Also, Pat Morita was on Blansky's Beauties as presumably, his character on Happy Days, Arnold.

Blansky's Beauties would've been in the Happy Days universe by default anyway since Laverne & Shirley, was of course, spun-off from Happy Days. In other words, without Happy Days, there wouldn't have been Laverne & Shirley to begin with.

[Dude111]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

Here is one episode

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_dm5dnbnNo&t=1117s

Muchos Gracious Solomon!!

[Dr. Thong]

Originally Posted by TMC

Can anybody help explain to me why Blansky's Beauties wasn't set in the 1950s like Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley, even though both shows were meant to be connected? Maybe, Garry Marshall didn't want to be pigeonholed as a guy who only made period piece sitcoms, hence why Blansky's Beauties was set in the then present day of 1977. But as I said in a previous post, trying to make sense of the timeline between the three shows doesn't make a lick of sense. Blansky's Beauties simply couldn't explain away the time discrepancies like Mork & Mindy was able to do with its blatant sci-fi bent.

How do we know that Blansky's Beauties didn't have a sci-fi bent?

Maybe Garry Marshall was plotting his own "Marshall-Verse" and we just never saw the plans and outlines for it!

Nahh!