Storyline
The series is set in the early to mid-1960s and follows 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 at a time when theProduction
''Joanie Loves Chachi'' was the first Miller-Boyett (and only Garry Marshall-produced) sitcom developed by Thomas L. Miller and Robert L. Boyett, and was created by Lowell Ganz, Mark Rothman and Garry Marshall. This is the only Garry Marshall/Miller-Boyett sitcom that does not have Charles Fox and/orAll the ''Happy Days'' people had written the first four episodes, when the show got picked up for series, but then they left to go back to ''Happy Days'', and we were stuck with new writers who didn’t know us. So that was a problem. And then some of the people on the show had chemical issues, and ''that'' was a problem. It was just on and on and on, and it just sort of all crumbled and fell apart. In retrospect, if given the choice again, I would not have done that show. That was just the wrong idea. If I had to do it all over again, I would’ve waited ’til ''Happy Days'' was over until I did anything else. mphasis in original/blockquote>
Cast
Episodes
Season 1 (1982)
Season 2 (1982–1983)
Home media
On February 4, 2014,CBS DVD CBS Home Entertainment (formerly CBS Video Enterprises, Inc., MGM/CBS Home Video, CBS/Fox Video and CBS Video, currently branded as CBS DVD for DVD releases and CBS Blu-ray for Blu-ray releases) is a home entertainment company owned by Paramoun ...(distributed by Paramount) released ''Joanie Loves Chachi - The Complete Series'' on DVD in Region 1.
Reception
The show debuted as amid-season replacement In American network television scheduling, a mid-season replacement is a television show that premieres in the second half of the traditional television season, usually between December and May. Mid-season replacements usually take place after a ...and initially attracted high ratings, benefiting from two factors: it aired immediately following its parent series, ''Happy Days'', and had onlyrerun A rerun or repeat is a rebroadcast of an episode of a radio or television program. There are two types of reruns – those that occur during a hiatus, and those that occur when a program is syndicated. Variations In the United Kingdom, the word ...s competing for its time slot. The ratings plummeted in Season 2 with a move to Thursday nights, which put ''Joanie Loves Chachi'' up against ''The A-Team ''The A-Team'' is an American action-adventure television series that ran on NBC from January 1983 to March 1987 about former members of a fictitious United States Army Special Forces unit. The four members of the team were tried by court ma ...'', and it was pulled from the schedule by the year's end. The characters were rolled back into ''Happy Days'' for that program's final season. ABC determined that the show was losing too much of its lead-in, suggesting low appeal if the show were moved. In 2010,TV Guide Network The American cable and satellite television network Pop was originally launched in 1981 as a barker channel service providing a display of localized channel and program listings for cable television providers. Later on, the service, branded Prev ...listed the show at #17 on its list of ''25 Biggest TV Blunders''.
US TV Ratings
In popular media
The show is referenced inThe Dead Milkmen The Dead Milkmen is an American punk rock band formed in 1983 in Philadelphia. Their original lineup consisted of vocalist and keyboardist Rodney Linderman ("Rodney Anonymous"), guitarist and vocalist Joe Genaro ("Joe Jack Talcum"), bassist Da ...song, "Swordfish" from their debut album '' Big Lizard in My Backyard'', released 1 June 1985. The second verse includes the line, "I believe in Joanie Loves Crotchie". In the pilot episode of '' Friends'', taped on 4 May 1994, Rachel Green is watching theHappy Days ''Happy Days'' is an American television sitcom that aired first-run on the ABC network from January 15, 1974, to July 19, 1984, with a total of 255 half-hour episodes spanning 11 seasons. Created by Garry Marshall, it was one of the most su ...episode of the main characters’ wedding after she breaks up with her fiancé Barry. She says, "See! But Joanie loved Chachi! That's the difference!" On the Beastie Boys track " Get It Together", released on 17 March 1994, guest vocalist Q-Tip likens band member Ad Rock's close relationship with his then-wife Ione Skye to that of "Chachi and Joanie"; Ad Rock himself then replies, in rhyme, "'Cause she's the cheese and I'm the macaroni!" In the series ''Cybill ''Cybill'' is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre, which aired on CBS from January 2, 1995, to July 13, 1998. Starring Cybill Shepherd, the show revolves around the life of Cybill Sheridan, a twice-divorced single mother of tw ...'', starringCybill Shepherd Cybill Lynne Shepherd (born February 18, 1950) is an American actress and former model. Her film debut and breakthrough role came as Jacy Farrow in Peter Bogdanovich's coming-of-age drama ''The Last Picture Show'' (1971) alongside Jeff Bridges. ...as a character with her own first name is a failing actress, she frequently refers to her role on ''Joanie Loves Chachi'' although the actress did not appear on the show. The show is referenced in the film '' A Night at the Roxbury'' (1998) where the owner of the Roxbury opens a bottle of wine from 1980, a woman says "1980, a good year" then Butabi says "Yeah, that was when ''Joanie Loves Chachi'' premiered" another woman named Cambi says "Yeah, yeah, ''Joanie Loves Chachi'', but does Chachi give a flyin' f**k bout Joanie?". The show was referenced twice on '' Family Guy'', in the episode "Death Has a Shadow" (1999) a clip of the show was seen on ''TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes ''TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes'' is an American television series. Debuting as a weekly series, new episodes have been broadcast as infrequent specials during most of its run. It premiered on NBC in 1984, moved to ABC in 1998, and was revived i ...'', where Baio (as Chachi) tries to recite the tongue-twister "Susie Sells by the Sea Shore" and gets mauled by a bear. In the episode "Save the Clam" (2013), the guys are stuck at Peter Griffin's house drinking while watching an episode of ''"Joanie Loves Chris Brown"'' on television. The show is referenced in the Bloodhound Gang song, "Yummy Down on This", from their third studio album, ''Hooray for Boobies ''Hooray for Boobies'' is the third studio album by American alternative rock and rap band Bloodhound Gang. It was released on October 4, 1999, in the United Kingdom and on February 29, 2000, in the United States. Produced by Jimmy Pop and Richar ...'' (released on 29 October 2000). In 2002, an episode of the nostalgic documentary series '' I Love the 80s'' mentioned "''Joanie Loves Chachi''" as a topic. In the film '' DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story'' (2004) when White Goodman (played byBen Stiller Benjamin Edward Meara Stiller (born November 30, 1965) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He is the son of the comedians and actors Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. Stiller was a member of a group of comedic actors colloquially known ...) hits Justin with a dodgeball, he says "Joanie loves Chachi!" InJason Mraz Jason Thomas Mraz (; born June 23, 1977) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He rose to prominence with the release of his debut studio album, ''Waiting for My Rocket to Come'' (2002), which spawned the single " The Remedy (I Won't ...'s 2018 song "Unlonely", Mraz references Chachi and Joanie in the line, "We could keep it sweet like Chachi and Joanie".
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