The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang is an American animated science fiction comedy series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Paramount Television and originally broadcast during the Saturday morning schedule on ABC from November 8, 1980 until November 28, 1981. It is a spin-off of the live-action sitcom Happy Days. It has been described as a knock-off of Doctor Who, although the gang's time machine resembles a flying saucer rather than a police box.