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 Scott Baio and Erin Moran as the titular Chachi Arcola and Joanie Cunningham. 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. A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... Lowell Ganz (born August 31, 1948 in New York, New York) is an American screenwriter, television writer, and television producer. ... Scott Vincent James Baio (born September 22, 1961 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor, who is perhaps best known for his work on the sitcoms Happy Days and Charles in Charge. ... Erin Moran (born October 18, 1960) is an American actress, best known for the role of Joanie Cunningham on Happy Days and its spinoff Joanie Loves Chachi. ... Al Molinaro was born on June 24, 1919 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. ... Ellen Travolta (born October 6, 1940 in Englewood, New Jersey) is an American actress, the eldest sibling of John Travolta. ... Art Metrano is an American actor, best known for his role as Capt. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... is the 82nd day of the year (83rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 144th day of the year (145th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... “TV” redirects here. ... A spin-off in television is a new series which contains either characters or theme elements from an old series. ... Happy Days is a popular American television sitcom that originally aired between 1974 and 1984 on the ABC television network. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... is the 82nd day of the year (83rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The year 1982 in television involved some significant events. ... is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... // February 8 - Minipops premieres on Channel 4 in the UK. Though a ratings success, it is canceled after the first series due to heavy media criticism. ... Scott Vincent James Baio (born September 22, 1961 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor, who is perhaps best known for his work on the sitcoms Happy Days and Charles in Charge. ... Erin Moran (born October 18, 1960) is an American actress, best known for the role of Joanie Cunningham on Happy Days and its spinoff Joanie Loves Chachi. ... Scott Baio as Chachi, on Happy Days Charles Chachi Arcola was a character played by Scott Baio on the sitcom Happy Days, and its spin-off Joanie Loves Chachi. ... Joanie Cunningham was a character on Happy Days . ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ...

The format didn't gel with viewers, and the series only lasted for two seasons (the first one being abbreviated) 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 (and formerly the owner of Arnold's Drive-In in Happy Days), who opened a restaurant in which Chachi and Joanie performed most of their music. Art Metrano played Chachi's uncle Rico Mastorelli, who was the band's manager and helped Joanie and Chachi advance in their careers. Ellen Travolta (born October 6, 1940 in Englewood, New Jersey) is an American actress, the eldest sibling of John Travolta. ... Al Molinaro was born on June 24, 1919 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. ... Art Metrano is an American actor, best known for his role as Capt. ...

In popular culture

• In the Scrubs episode "My Bed Banter & Beyond", Christopher Turk describes the idea of Elliot Reid and the Todd as a couple "worse than Joanie and Chachi". JD then replies: "Joanie Loves Chachi".
• In Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, when Justin Redman is preoccupied declaring his love to Amber Gonzalo, White Goodman hits him with a ball and mockingly shouts "Joanie loves Chachi".
• In the Angel episode "Conviction", talking on his cell phone Lorne proclaims: "Oh, sweetie, it's perfect! Yes, it's perfect. It's the project you've been waiting for. Yeah, it's "Joanie Loves Chachi" meets "The Sorrow and the Pity." It's "Joanie Loves Pity."
• In the Gilmore Girls episode "Girls in Bikinis, Boys Doin' the Twist", Paris accuses Rory of having a "Joanie loves Chachi moment" when she exchanges hellos with a boy on the balcony of their spring break motel.
• In The Pilot episode for Friends Rachel Green watches the wedding of Joanie and Chachi after leaving her fiance at the alter she exclaims "but Joanie loves Chachi thats the difference" between her wedding and theirs because she doesnt love Barry
• In the sitcom Roseanne after Becky and Mark elope and return home, Darlene says "Look, it's Joanie and Chachi!"

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Trivia

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• John Travolta's sister Ellen Travolta would later again play the mother character to Scott Baio. She went on to play Charles' widowed mother Lillian on the sitcom Charles in Charge from 1987 to 1990.
• Art Metrano would later be known to fans as Captain Mauser in Police Academy 2 and Police Academy 3. But in 1989, he left the film series after a serious fall at home seriously injured his spinal cord and left him disabled.
• An actress named Winifred Freedman played Annette Mastorelli, Rico's daughter and Chachi's cousin, who was also part of the band. She went on to play a girl's school student, Patty DuPunt Krauss, on the short-lived soap opera Rituals.
• A popular urban legend^{[citation needed]} holds that Joanie Loves Chachi was very popular in Korea because chachi supposedly 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] In addition, the Korean transliteration for chachi is 차치, which does not mean penis. However the Korean word for "penis" is jaji, which is spelled 자지 in Hangul.

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Main cast

Scott Vincent James Baio (born September 22, 1961 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor, who is perhaps best known for his work on the sitcoms Happy Days and Charles in Charge. ... Scott Baio as Chachi, on Happy Days Charles Chachi Arcola was a character played by Scott Baio on the sitcom Happy Days, and its spin-off Joanie Loves Chachi. ... Erin Moran (born October 18, 1960) is an American actress, best known for the role of Joanie Cunningham on Happy Days and its spinoff Joanie Loves Chachi. ... Joanie Cunningham was a character on Happy Days . ... Al Molinaro was born on June 24, 1919 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. ... Ellen Travolta (born October 6, 1940 in Englewood, New Jersey) is an American actress, the eldest sibling of John Travolta. ... Art Metrano is an American actor, best known for his role as Capt. ...

External links

• Joanie Loves Chachi at the Internet Movie Database
• Joanie Loves Chachi Online