Joanie Loves Chachi
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| Joanie Loves Chachi | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Running time | 30 minutes per episode |
| Creator(s) | Lowell Ganz |
| Starring | Erin Moran Scott Baio Al Molinaro Ellen Travolta Art Metrano |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Original channel | ABC |
| Original run | March 23, 1982–May 24, 1983 |
| No. of episodes | 17 |
| IMDb profile | |
Joanie Loves Chachi was an American TV spin-off of the popular American sitcom Happy Days that was originally broadcast on ABC from March 23, 1982 to September 13, 1983. It starred Erin Moran and Scott Baio as the titular Joanie Cunningham and Chachi Arcola. The series followed the exploits of Joanie and Chachi as they moved to Chicago and tried to make it on their own with a rock band and a music career. It mixed the traditional elements of a sitcom with musical performances on each show by Baio and Moran.
The format didn't gel with viewers, and the series only lasted for one season before the characters were rolled back into Happy Days for that program's final season. The series also starred Ellen Travolta as Louisa Delvecchio, Chachi's mother, and Al Molinaro as Al Delvecchio, Chachi's stepfather, who opened a restaurant in which Chachi and Joanie performed most of their music.
A popular urban legend holds that Joanie Loves Chachi was very popular in Korea because chachi is Korean for penis (effectively changing the title to Joanie Loves Penis). The Urban Legends Reference Pages web site has expressed doubts about this claim, reporting that the series was shown in Korea only on the American Forces Korea Network, in English without subtitles and directed toward an American audience. [1]
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