Travolta, 86, recently reunited with Baio on The Scott Baio Podcast, where they looked back on their days as a TV mother and son.
The episode, titled “Hello, Mrs. Arcola,” aired on Feb. 24, 1981, on ABC and featured a funny storyline about Chachi inviting his then-girlfriend Joanie (Erin Moran) over for dinner to meet his eccentric and sometimes embarrassing family.
“I was certainly [nervous],” Travolta recalled of her debut on the hit comedy series. “I did that, and it was a big success, that first time I did.”
'Happy Days' cast members in 'Hello, Mrs. Arcola.'Photo by ABC Photo Archives on Getty Images
“I came back, and then they picked me up,” she said. “I was going to be kind of a semi-regular, right? And we did the show, rehearsed it, and [director] Jerry Paris said to me, ‘What happened to you? You're not funny anymore.’"
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“He had some kind of issue where he would just turn. And mean, mean as a rattlesnake,” Baio recalled. “And you know, you didn't know what the hell was going on, but he would say things in front of the audience to actors, and I'd sit there go, ‘Is this man out of his mind?’”
Baio chimed in to add that there was another time that Paris insulted a child actress who had trouble playing a scene in which she was supposed to look sad.
Baio clarified that while Paris would sometimes say some crazy things, he was usually “sweet and fun.”
There’s no doubt that Paris was beloved by the Happy Days cast. Co-star Don Most once told the Pop Goes the Culture podcast that his character, Ralph Malph, was partly based on Paris. “Jerry was a funny guy and a wonderful director, and he loved to be on and be the comic,” Most said. “And I think a lot of Ralph’s personality came from Jerry.”
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Jerry Paris once explained his directorial methods
"As a director, you can participate in all the colorful things you couldn't do as a supporting actor," Paris once said, per MeTV. "If I have a skill, it's an ability to see the end of the road. I know how to get around problems.”
Paris also compared actors to children playing in a sandbox.
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