Happy Days: Good Eats (Impossible)
(A fictional crossover episode — “Fan Fiction Friday”)
Scene opens on the burned remains of Arnold’s Drive-In. Smoke curls from a blackened jukebox shell. The Fonz stands in his leather jacket, looking grim but unshaken.
HOWARD: (narrating, voice only) "Happy Days is filmed before a live studio audience."
FONZIE: (snaps fingers) "Yo, Al! Looks like the old joint could use a little... tune-up."
AL: "Fonzie, she’s gone! Kaput! I can’t even find the spatula!"
RITCHIE: "I called in some help. He’s from the Food Network — guy knows his way around a rebuild."
Enter Alton Brown, clipboard in hand, surveying the wreckage with a calm smile.
RALPH MALPH: "Wait, wait — I thought this was that Robert Irvine guy’s gig!"
ALTON: (grinning) "He’s busy fixing a submarine galley. You’ve got me instead — think of this as Good Eats: The Impossible Reboot."
POTSIE: "So what’s the plan, Mr. Science-of-Food?"
ALTON: "First, we rebuild the heart — the kitchen. Al, show me your classics. Where can we use a kitchen?"
RITCHIE: "I'm sure my mom won't mind at our house, but we have to clean up when we're done."
The screen fills with a bright blue checkerboard pattern. A familiar guitar riff plays — “bomp-bomp-BOMP!” — and the squares swipe across the screen… revealing the warm glow of the Cunningham kitchen. Pots clatter, Alton is already measuring flour, and Marion looks on with cautious optimism.
Montage: Al flips burgers. Fries sizzle. Onion rings hit golden perfection. Alton samples each with exaggerated care.
ALTON: "These are magnificent. We keep the holy trinity — burger, fries, onion rings — but let’s expand: bacon, mushrooms, maybe avocado?"
RITCHIE: "Avocado? In Milwaukee?"
ALTON: "Trust me. It’s the future — fat, flavor, and flair."
Each character taste-tests new items. Some are hits; others are disasters. A pineapple burger earns a “whoa” from Fonzie, while Ralph’s suggestion for spaghetti sandwiches earns nothing but groans.
RALPH MALPH: (still chewing) "I still got it!"
FONZIE: (something sparks and fizzles nearby) "No you don’t. But I got this."
Fonzie smacks the fryer with his trademark punch — it sputters, then hums to life.
AL: "Heyyyy! It works!"
ALTON: "Physics meets charisma. I love it."
Later, the gang sits in the half-finished diner, chrome gleaming, neon flickering back to life.
RITCHIE: "You did it, Alton. Arnold’s is back."
ALTON: "We all did. And next week, we tackle the menu engineering — calorie maps, prep timing, the works."
A tall, athletic teenager dribbles a basketball past the window. Everyone goes silent.
ALTON: (squinting) "Huh. I always wondered what happened to Chuck."
AL: "Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!"
Fade out under laughter and ending music "Sunday, Monday, Happy Days! Tuesday, Wednesday, Happy Days!..."
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