 Richie also harbored an enormous ambition as a writer.He first wrote for the "Jefferson High Bugle", and then later became a cub reporter for the "Milwaukee Journal", although in the first-season episode "Because She's There" he told his blind date, Phyllis, that he wanted to eventually go to law school and become a lawyer.Throughout the series' run, Richie remained best friends with Fonzie, Ralph Malph, and Potsie Weber.