Joanie Loves Chachi Opening Theme

Joanie Loves Chachi is an American television spin-off of the popular American sitcom Happy Days that was originally broadcast on ABC from March 23, 1982 to September 13, 1983. It stars Scott Baio and Erin Moran as the titular Chachi Arcola and Joanie Cunningham, respectively.

The series 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. It mixed the traditional elements of a sitcom with musical performances on each show by Baio and Moran. In fact, the beginning credit sequence of the show had them singing to each other. Their backup band consists of a spaced-out drummer named Bingo and Chachi's blase cousins Mario and Annette.

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. Actress Winifred Freedman played Rico's daughter, Annette, Chachi's cousin, and bandmate.

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• scott baio
• erin moran
• retro tv
• classic tv
• 70s
• vintage
• retro
• fonzie
• happy days

[wolfey7]

This gives me the body shivers...

[ToddLovesErinM]

I loved this show. I have a few of the episodes on vhs tape, that I taped off of Nick-At-Nite when it was on. I wish I could find the whole series on DVD. Erin is the 1st actress I had a crush on. I have never met her, bu would love to one day. Even now she is just as beautiful as she was back during JLC.

[krazylegs1966]

Laverne and Shirley this was not.

[Beautifulmusiclistnr]

I remember in an episode of Joanie Loves Chachi, Chachi is writing lyrics for this song, and he sings it to Joanie ans asks for her opinion. He says "You make me shout. You make me shout. You make me shout". Then, Joanie said "I like the way you make shout rhyme with shout". LOL Also, by the time they made the show "Joanie Loved Chachi", Joanie no longer loved Chachi! LOL Scott and Erin had already broken up by then.

[ivegotalongdong]

What a TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE show. there are just no words to describe how awful it was. Ellen Travolta - the female version of Tem McGinley

[viddykiddy18]

You know, this makes me wonder... Was Joanie lip-syncing or was she really singing?

[haroof]

@wolfey7 Same...and not in a good way.

[ravenel2]

Very lucky for them that little Joanie turned out to be a fantastic singer.

[LeastLikedCritic75]

Scott Baio said, Joanie Loves Chachi became a one joke.

[islandstyl24x]

I remember working in South Korea and the locals there used to tell me how much they loved this show because of the title. Chachi in Korean translates to penis. Joanie loves Penis.

[westfield90]

I miss these days of TV.

[Ceaaa22]

@Aeolis7 My favourite bad timeline scene from Happy Days was Howard Cunningham wearing a digital watch in " 1959. "