Not sure why this show is listed as a spinoff of Happy Days - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TVFactFan · 07-14-2026, 12:36 AM

It was a crossover with Happy Days since the Pinky guest star as her Happy Days character. And the show came from the same creators of Happy Days and Laverne and Shirley. No character from happy days was spinned off from HD and given their own show. And since the show had the same creators as HD and L&S, it was two crossovers. One in the opening episode and the other when Laverne appeared later in the season. Defintely not a spinoff

opus · 07-14-2026, 01:08 AM

I thought it was because the character Nancy Walker played was on Happy Days the week before Blanskys Beauties first aired.

TVFactFan · 07-14-2026, 02:02 AM

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I thought it was because the character Nancy Walker played was on Happy Days the week before Blanskys Beauties first aired.

I was trying to find the episode...3rd anniversary show so I can watch it and of course its not available on Pluto. And all the newspapers Im reading is not promoting it as a spinoff. Just a new show.

is there any talk of las vegas on that anniversary show? lol

TVFactFan · 07-14-2026, 02:05 AM

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I thought it was because the character Nancy Walker played was on Happy Days the week before Blanskys Beauties first aired.

Even in the promo it dont say.......Howard Cunningham's cousin is the den mother to 12 show girls.

opus · 07-14-2026, 11:09 AM

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Even in the promo it dont say.......Howard Cunningham's cousin is the den mother to 12 show girls.

I’ve seen the Happy Days episode but it’s been so long I don’t remember exactly what happens in it.

stevea · 07-14-2026, 11:24 AM

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Blansky's Beauties is an American sitcom television series and ostensible spin-off of Happy Days that aired on ABC from February 12 to June 27, 1977. The title character was played by Nancy Walker, introduced on an episode of Happy Days, then set in the early 1960s, then jumping to her life in Las Vegas in 1977 for this new series.

Was this why Nancy Walker left Rhoda, then returned a season later?

TVFactFan · 07-14-2026, 06:39 PM

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Was this why Nancy Walker left Rhoda, then returned a season later?

No she has 2 failed shows in the same season. She left rhoda for the nancy walker show in fall of 76 and it was cancelled in December. Then ABC gave her another show that started 2 months later in feb of 1977 and cancelled in may

BestTVever · 07-14-2026, 07:05 PM

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No she has 2 failed shows in the same season. She left rhoda for the nancy walker show in fall of 76 and it was cancelled in December. Then ABC gave her another show that started 2 months later in feb of 1977 and cancelled in may

Then she was in 10 more paper towel commercials

BestTVever · 07-14-2026, 07:08 PM

Its a stretch to call this a spin off but technically it is. But the time difference with the shows was more than a 70's trip. Happy Days was set in the 1950s yet this show was current time. Then they had that trippy episode where Laverne from Laverne and Shirley goes in a time machine to go to the show.
Seriously folks that was nuts.

Don't worry after the series was cancelled Chachi came in the same time machine to the 1950s and Happy Days and he brought his 1977 hair cut!

TVFactFan · 07-14-2026, 07:14 PM

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Its a stretch to call this a spin off but technically it is. But the time difference with the shows was more than a 70's trip. Happy Days was set in the 1950s yet this show was current time. Then they had that trippy episode where Laverne from Laverne and Shirley goes in a time machine to go to the show.
Seriously folks that was nuts.

Don't worry after the series was cancelled Chachi came in the same time machine to the 1950s and Happy Days and he brought his 1977 hair cut!

going to buy season 4 of HD so I can watch it this weekend

stevea · 07-14-2026, 08:54 PM

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Then she was in 10 more paper towel commercials

The quicker picker upper became her claim to fame.

icecream · 07-15-2026, 12:03 AM

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It was a crossover with Happy Days since the Pinky guest star as her Happy Days character. And the show came from the same creators of Happy Days and Laverne and Shirley. No character from happy days was spinned off from HD and given their own show. And since the show had the same creators as HD and L&S, it was two crossovers. One in the opening episode and the other when Laverne appeared later in the season. Defintely not a spinoff

I had made a thread about Happy Days spin-offs almost 2 decades ago. You yourself said Howard's cousin appeared on Happy Days, then was given her own show.

https://sitcomsonline.com/boards/sho...d.php?t=248198

TVFactFan · 07-15-2026, 12:13 AM

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I had made a thread about Happy Days spin-offs almost 2 decades ago. You yourself said Howard's cousin appeared on Happy Days, then was given her own show.

https://sitcomsonline.com/boards/sho...d.php?t=248198

I have to watch it again and see why the media didnt call it a spinoff

opus · 07-15-2026, 12:37 AM

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Then they had that trippy episode where Laverne from Laverne and Shirley goes in a time machine to go to the show.
Seriously folks that was nuts.

That one I saw recently because a poster here had a copy of it and sent it to you if you asked. It was a flashback Nancy had about meeting Laverne. Laverne didn’t go to the future.

BestTVever · 07-15-2026, 04:45 AM

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That one I saw recently because a poster here had a copy of it and sent it to you if you asked. It was a flashback Nancy had about meeting Laverne. Laverne didn’t go to the future.

Ok thanks for reminding me. It was a flashback

But what about her meeting the Cunninghams in the 1950s on Happy Days that led to the spin off? Time machine?

Correct me if I am wrong but this was the lamest attempt at a spin off. Did they not bring her to Happy Days for an episode or two just to spin her off?

BTW, I was watching clips of it last night on youtube. The southern model from Arkansas was so overacting. Today it would be alleged she was making fun of people from the south. Many of the shows rejects like Richie's girlfriend Mary Beth came from this awful show. IMHO Happy Days would have been better without Chachi.

07-14-2026, 12:36 AM	#1
TVFactFan Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 99,119	Not sure why this show is listed as a spinoff of Happy Days It was a crossover with Happy Days since the Pinky guest star as her Happy Days character. And the show came from the same creators of Happy Days and Laverne and Shirley. No character from happy days was spinned off from HD and given their own show. And since the show had the same creators as HD and L&S, it was two crossovers. One in the opening episode and the other when Laverne appeared later in the season. Defintely not a spinoff Attached Images

07-14-2026, 01:08 AM	#2
opus VB Forum Superstar Join Date: May 16, 2015 Location: VB Galaxy Posts: 32,680	I thought it was because the character Nancy Walker played was on Happy Days the week before Blanskys Beauties first aired.

07-14-2026, 07:08 PM	#9
BestTVever Member Senior Member Join Date: Jan 29, 2021 Location: Miami Posts: 1,939	Its a stretch to call this a spin off but technically it is. But the time difference with the shows was more than a 70's trip. Happy Days was set in the 1950s yet this show was current time. Then they had that trippy episode where Laverne from Laverne and Shirley goes in a time machine to go to the show. Seriously folks that was nuts. Don't worry after the series was cancelled Chachi came in the same time machine to the 1950s and Happy Days and he brought his 1977 hair cut!