Favorite Happy Days Spin-off Show?

[VintageMike]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtW6wS3z97Q

Had to do it!

[ratchet]

Laverne and Shirley...

[UnderdogDJLSW]

Laverne & Shirley for me, too. I had forgotten all about that Fonz cartoon. Now I have to go wash my eyes out.

[The Toyroom]

For what it's worth Wiki shows it as a spinoff of Welcome Back Kotter.

Couldn't be a HD spinoff because Pat Morita wasn't Arnold in Mr T & Tina.

I think people may get confused where Mr. T & Tina came from because Pat Morita's characters shared similiar names. On "Happy Days" he was Matsuo "Arnold" Takahashi and on "Kotter/Mr.T" he was Taro Takahashi.

And on "Sanford and Son" he was Ah Chu

[The Toyroom]

If I had to rate them....

1) Laverne & Shirley
2) Mork and Mindy
3) Joanie Loves Chachi
4) Blansky's Beauties
5) Who's Watching the Kids (which I think was a quasi-spinoff/retooling of Blansky's?)
6) Out of the Blue

[The Toyroom]

Sheesh, Happy Days had MORE spinoffs than 'All in the Family'..

Actually "AITF" spun-off:

1) Maude
2) Good Times (by way of Maude)
3) The Jeffersons
4) Archie Bunker's Place
5) Gloria
6) 704 Hauser Street

So about the same as "HD"

[kryptosmaster]

Actually "AITF" spun-off:

1) Maude
2) Good Times (by way of Maude)
3) The Jeffersons
4) Archie Bunker's Place
5) Gloria
6) 704 Hauser Street

So about the same as "HD"

Well if you're going to count Good Times then you have to count Checking In...Florence the maid's spinoff from The Jeffersons.

Rich

[The Toyroom]

^ Forgot about that one...

[fallensaviour]

Mork and mindy...Na nu na nu!!!

[starsky]

laverne and shirley, saturday morning happy days cartoon was pretty cool too.

[Goblin19]

Laverne and Shirley. Never really cared for Mork and Mindy.

[GreenLantern9999]

Na-Nu Na-Nu Mork and Mindy!

[megoapesnut]

Come one, where is the love for Joanie Loves Chachi!

[david_b]

Actually "AITF" spun-off:

1) Maude
2) Good Times (by way of Maude)
3) The Jeffersons
4) Archie Bunker's Place
5) Gloria
6) 704 Hauser Street

So about the same as "HD"

You're right.. Didn't have the time at work to ponder 'Gloria', 'Hauser', "Checking In" or the animated "Happy Days" cartoon.

The jury may be out on "Archie Bunker's Place"..: Same sets/writers/cast/characters (with exception of departing Reiner, Struthers, and gaining the young girl), but new name, replacing the 'parent series' as opposed to 'spawning' from it.

Is it still technically a spin-off? I suppose it is. Sort of like "Happy Days" being renamed "Fonzie's Happy Days" until Winkler vetoed it, or "Baa Baa Black Sheep" to "Black Sheep Squadron".

Just curious..

david_b

[jwyblejr]

I would say yes on Archie Bunker's Place.It was more of a spin-off for Archie. At least that's how I see it.