King for a Day (Happy Days Gang)


 * This article is about The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang episode. For other TV series with episodes sharing that name, see King for a Day.

"King for a Day" is the first episode of The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang season one. It aired on November 8, 1980 on ABC. It was written by Duane Poole and Tom Swale, and directed by George Gordon, Carl Urbano, and Rudy Zamora.

In the first adventure in trying to get back to 1957, Fonzie and his friends are taken back to 1,000,000 BC, where a superstitious tribe have made Ralph their king before sacrificing him to their fire god.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Ralph Malph
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Donny Most
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Cupcake
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Didi Conn
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Richie Cunningham
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Ron Howard
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mr. Cool
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| The Fonz
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Henry Winkler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Brontosaurus
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bruta
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Rock
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Brontosaurus
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bruta
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Rock
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Rock
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Florida (mentioned)
 * Miami Beach (mentioned)
 * Wisconsin (mentioned)
 * Milwaukee (mentioned)

Objects

 * Timeband

Vehicles

 * Cupcake's time machine ship

Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: November 8, 1980 on ABC

Behind the scenes

 * At the beginning of his search for Richie and Ralph, Mr. Cool dresses like Sherlock Holmes.

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * November 5, 2019: CBS Home Entertainment releases The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang: The Complete Animated Series on DVD.