Advertisement

Wolf Files: Sitcom Finales

(Page 6 of 8)

But just as Sam agrees to move West with Diane, he realizes that the friends he's leaving behind at the bar are the closest thing he has to a family — and he can't go. He goes back, flicks off the bar lights and when someone tries to come in for a nightcap, he says, "Sorry, we're closed." Happy Days (1984):

Seven years after Fonzie literally and figuratively "jumped the shark," he attempted something much harder — adopting an 8-year-old boy.

In the Happy Days finale, Fonzie seeks to adopt an orphan. Meanwhile, Joanie and Chachi decide after a steamy date that it's time to tie the knot, propelling the short-lived spin-off Joanie Loves Syndication, or something like that. Cosby (1992): Cliff and Claire Huxtable literally dance off the air, waltzing off the set and out the studio door, as if to tell viewers, "Goodbye, this is the end."

Marketplace