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They're Closing Inspiration Point
Happy Days Season 7 | Episode 13 aired 11 December 1979
The gang is stunned to find out that Howard knew about the planning commission's decision to route one of the new expressway's off-ramps right through make-out mecca, Inspiration Point.
They're Closing Inspiration Point. Source: Getty Images, as if that were not painfully obvious.
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