Potsie shouldve gotten more girls
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Tjanssen411 — 11 years ago(July 25, 2014 10:28 PM)
Potsie 'mutated' for several reasons
Early on he was actually 'the cool one' of the 3 boys
as Fonzie took over the show he became Ralph's sidekick so he slowly became dumber than Ralph
Then when Richie and Ralph where gone they needed excuses to keep him around
so he was given a crappy home life to explain why he was still dropping in on the Cunninghams
above all of this you also have the issue of Williams apparently asking his Fans (or at least the ones who wrote him letters) to write the show and ask for Potsie to be allowed to sing more
odds are more than a few writers saw this as kind of a d!(K move and once they figured it out they decided to punish him by making him less and less cool -
faeria — 10 years ago(February 02, 2016 08:38 PM)
I think it was Ron Howard who said that Potsie, originally, was meant to be a sort of older and wiser character for Richie to look up to. Then, as Fonzie began to get more and more popular and take on that role, they had to do something with Potsie. Since his previous position no longer made sense, they appear to have decided to make him into more of a comic relief character (often paired with Ralph), which I always thought was a shame.
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jefgg — 13 years ago(March 29, 2013 05:54 PM)
Potsie was pretty much Richie's sidekick. And sidekicks don't usually get as many dates as main characters. After a couple seasons the writers turned Potsie into a real dope. Maybe that was why he was not more popular with girls.
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jefgg — 12 years ago(July 17, 2013 01:47 PM)
That happens on TV. By the fifth season of "The Brady Bunch" Jan was prettier than Marcia, but Jan had no dates. It didn't make much sense. I guess the writers deemed Jan the homely sister, which was very far from the truth.
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mamamiasweetpeaches — 10 years ago(January 10, 2016 02:01 PM)
That was a good episode! And that could have been a nice ending to the show, although the Chachi and Joanie wedding was very nice too.
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