Bye Bye Blackbeard (Happy Days Gang)

This article is about The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang episode. For The Robonic Stooges short, see Bye Bye Blackbeard.

Bye Bye Blackbeard
Blackbeard arrives to claim the treasure right after Richie and his friends.
Premiere date	November 29, 1980
Run time	25:56
Starring	Henry Winkler Ron Howard Donny Most Didi Conn Frank Welker
Director(s)	Gordon Hunt
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"Bye Bye Blackbeard" is the fourth episode of The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang season one. It aired on November 29, 1980 on ABC. It was directed by Gordon Hunt.

The gang risk being thrown overboard when they land on the infamous Blackbeard the pirate's ship. When they find another prisoner, they help her break free and find some long lost treasure before he does.

Characters

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Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Cupcake	Didi Conn
The Fonz	Henry Winkler
Ralph Malph	Donny Most
Richie Cunningham	Ron Howard
Mr. Cool	Frank Welker
Blackbeard	Unavailable
Mad Dog	Unavailable
Lucy Primrose	Unavailable
Parrot	Unavailable
Uncle Horatio	Frank Welker

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Wisconsin (mentioned)
      • • Milwaukee (mentioned)
    • Skull Mountain
    • Alaska
  • England
    • London
  • Spain

Objects

• Timeband

Vehicles

• Cupcake's time machine ship
• Blackbeard's pirate ship
• S.S. Titanic (mentioned)

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: November 29, 1980 on ABC

Behind the scenes

• The episode is inspired by the 1883 novel Treasure Island.
• Richie talks about the Disney animated film Pinocchio, when Pinocchio and Geppetto get stuck in a whale.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

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.