Seeing Ron and Erin say goodbye was truly touching. You can tell that they really looked at each other as family. Growing up together on the show. Getting older together on camera in front of millions playing brother and sister. Such an incredible moment in the show. And sad to see a big part of the show (Ron Howard) leave. There was no acting in those tears. They truly loved and respected each other as co worker and maybe even like family. Rest in peace Erin Moran.
WELL MAYBE, THAT THERE SON IS GETTING OLDER AND TIME FOR HIM TO MOVE ON WITH HIS LIFE IM SURE HIS FAMILY WILL MISS HIM, BUTS THATS LIFE AND HIS FAMILY WILL GET USED TO NOT SEEING HIM ANYMORE 😥😢😭, AND SOMEDAY WHEN HE GETS MARRIED TO A WIFE THAT HE LOVES, THEYLL HAVE THERE OWN KIDS 🧒
@@carriefischer9552 what are you talking about? Do you realize this was a television show and Richie was already married with kids? Or were you talking about Fonz?
Oh! When I saw this I assumed it was the final episode! Just realised this was a few years before the end. I was only little when this show was on TV so I mostly remember watching reruns (out of sequence).
09kfactor I totally agree -- for me this was really when the show ended. The Richie-Fonzie relationship was really what made it all work for me. Even today I get a lump in my throat watching this scene.
Yep as I said in the post above. Post Richie Happy Days was ok but I just found it a bit creepy that Fonzie was still hanging out with high school kids.
09kfactor, It should have been the finale for a show that in the first 2 years really touched on Americana in the 1950's following that it became the "Fonzie" show. This was a very touching end of Richie's tenure on the show and in many ways is an excellent example of "The passing of time" !!!
Well I guess when you start acting at 3 yrs old continually your whole life and Your father and grandfather are both acomplished directors, actors as well, it's meant to be I guess. Now it's even gone further with Ron's daughter Bryce's success as an actress.
This wasn't just Richie and Fonzie saying goodbye, it was also Ron Howard and Henry Winkler saying goodbye to each other. I remember this episode as a kid. I cried like a baby then, I'm crying even more now.
Just read Ron (and Clint) Howard's book The Boys. Towards the end of the book, Ron describes the day he called Henry to tell him that he was not coming back to the show because he was going forward to be a director. Henry's response was "You'll do great. Go with God."
See my post above. Happy Days had it's moments after Ron Howard left but they really should of ended it then. Fonzie & Ralph hanging out @ Arnolds / Big Al's got a little weird & Potsie never fit in with either the adults or teen crowds.
Oh for goodness sakes pull on your big girl panties. I'll give you one point. It was the beginning of the end for the show. It shoul;d have been the end.
Even a cool guy like Fonzie isn't ashamed to say "I love you" and nearly cry in front of his best friend..that shows just how much he really cared for Richie.
for all the criticism that this show became unrealistic and silly and elevated Fonzie to the cult status of superhero, there were some really tender and powerfully emotional moments to this show. This was one of them.
I always remembered how Fonzie took the letter out of Richie's hand and held it against his heart. Today men can't show love for one another on TV or else it means they are gay
@@gretchennelson9965 John and Paul who? It's all men not just some. Now I am wondering if women show affection for each other if people automatically think they are lesbian or if women can get away with it. Well at least now men can hug each other which they didn't used to be able to do without being called gay.
@@lmw27if I agree very moving scene.I can only think of a more moving scene,and that was the scene on fresh prince of bel air when will smith and James Avery hug.during that scene when will is supposed to go on the road with his dad played by Ben Vereen.
This is where they should have ended the show, not with Joanie and Chachi's Wedding. This was a more fitting end as the series began with Richie and The Fonz and it should have ended there. Even this two part episode resolved Ralph Malph's character arc and had a fitting scene with Richie, Ralph, Potsie and The Fonz in Arnolds. Having Ron Howard come back for the wedding was anti-climatic.
The Fonz was always a tough guy with heart. We saw him ask God to save Richie after his accident. And he was emotional then. But here, he tells Richie he loves him. Wow. This scene gets me every time I watch it. This character has evolved from an outsider, to brother. I'm sure that if Richie needed Fonz to lay down his life for him, he would.
Ronnie I will never forget you or Henry. You and your cast (Family) were a special part of my life as I was growing up and I always thought of you as one of the good guys. Don't Go😅
This was the best episode. That last scene when Richie say goodbye to his family and fonzie gets me every time. I miss this show. (Thank God for the reruns and dvd)
I knew my dad would pass away someday because of his poor and declining health 7-24-20. I thought I would be prepared emotionally, but it still hit me really hard when he died. What Mr. Cunningham said was exactly what happened to me.
My father passed 7-14-20 and this was one of his favorite shows among many others (Mash, Cheers, Hawaii Five-O) watching these clips make me feel like those old days with him💯🙏
Never tire of this scene, and this was the greatest goodbye Happy Days that final season. Honestly can't think of a more genuine friendship that existed between Ron Howard & Henry Winkler. Thank you for posting this?
This scene gets me every time. I have to go in a separate room so my kids dont think something is wrong when I cry. This wasnt acting. This was real emotions by true close friends.
Look at that beautiful piece of acting! Even Howard's "Richie" character believes in fourth dimensions, he smiles out to every inch of the audience who know they want to see him off with a good looking over...knowing that there are people out there who want to see him
This show had its ups and downs, this was definitely one of its ups. I cried the first time I saw it and every time I saw it in syndication. These two men always came through for each other and the show. I miss this show, and all of its cooky characters.
Seeing. Richie & Fonzie one last time together saying Goodbye was a sad 😥 to see Fonzie cry & hold back tears. It made me Cry . 2 best friends saying good bye..
Only twice on Happy Days was the Fonz actually punched. Once was by a Tom Hanks character and the other was by Richie in this episode. It shows the depth of Fonzie's love for Richie when he took that punch and didn't want to rumble. Anyone else who would have done that, I think, would have ended up "making medical history". The Tom Hanks character, though was also in a later season when Fonz had mellowed out and they ended up making peace, though. In an earlier season, no one dared lay a hand on Fonzie, period.
Only with Tom Tom, it was a kick not a punch 'cause Tom Tom the piper's son stole a pig and the way he run the pig was eat Tom was beat Tom went crying down the street. That was before Gary decided to kill the ratings by getting rid of Ashley Fister. There was also a third time where a fellow gang buddy wanted to hit him in the midsection so he let him, and it didn't phase him.
@@jasonirelan4487 I think that punch did faze him. He just didn't let him see it. After Rocko left (That was the fellow gang buddy, played by Ken Lerner). Fonzie kind of winced in pain.
@@jasonirelan4487 I think we're talking about two different incidents. I wasn't saying Fonzie wasn't still tough. The fact that all Fonzie did was wince, and I'm not even sure it was a wince. I just know he reacted in a way that showed that the punch fazed him more than he let on. But the fact that he wasn't rolling around on the floor grabbing his midsection screaming in pain after being punched like that showed how tough Fonzie was. A punch in the stomach in the right place can actually kill somebody. That's how the magician Harry Houdini died.
I'm sure that there was a "script" written, technically, but there truly was no acting in this scene. It truly was Tom, Erin, Marion, and of course Henry saying their goodbyes to Ron. I just heard Ron in an interview saying that the day he made the hard decision to leave the show when NBC offered him a contract to make TV movies (the condition being he remain exclusive to the network for a year.) He told the entire cast over the phone (the exception being Marion Ross and Anson Williams since they were on set with him making the Bette Davis movie Skyward) and, in his words, "all they did was wish me luck."
When Howard gives Richie a blank check reminds me so much of my Dad and what he did for all 3 of us. Gosh I'm so happy I grew up in a loving household and have the friendship and love.
I loved the first 5 or so years of this show. Loved it when Laverne and Shirley made visits and even Mork from Ork was on 2 episodes! I also remember Ralph mouths Pop was a dentist and funny as heck . I remember Tuesday nights Happy days, Laverne and Shirley, Threes company, Taxi then Heart to Heart. Great memories
HAPPY DAYS WAS AMAZING AND LOVE THE HAPPY DAYS FAMILY AND IT WILL B MISSED ❤ 💙 RON H. BECAME AMAZING PRODUCER 👏 LOVE U HENRY W. TOM B. AND EVERYONE ❤❤❤❤
And don't forget that when Mike and Gloria came home in the "Archie's Place" 'Thanksgiving Special,' Mike was out of work. And Archie told Mike that he would always be there for him. "What I'm saying is, while I'm alive, you and your family, you aint going to go hungry."
Fonz really was everything to Richie but you also know that Richie was everything to Fonzie! True friends for many many years! Friends like that for that long are hard to find these days
Been reading some of the comments, and I share the same sentiment. But when Richie was looking around the living room for the last time, I believe it was Ron Howard looking at the studio audience, for the last time, saying Goodbye. Been probably 39 years now, since that episode aired, and it still gets me emotional. ❤️ Great show, great actors!
Happy days had a lot of tear jerking moments in its 11 year rum, but Richie saying goodbye to his family and the fonz, is the top tear jerking moment ever.
If someone watches that, and doesn't feel themselves getting just a tad emotional, then you may need to check your pulse. Those few lines may have the Henry's best performance as The Fonz...awesome work by Ron and Henry.
This show is one of the best shows that was ever made it's very well directed scripted acted and it involved a lot of emotions this was a great time in my life
Yes, they did cuss a little bit in the later seasons. In the finale when the Fonz was not able to adopt at first, Howard said the H with your policies to the people at the adoption agency.
Ronnie the world as change so much and not for the better, it hurts to see it this way and that's why I come back to you and the Fonz and other programs that I grew up with just to keep sane. I'm so sorry about Erin. I miss the Cunningham"s they were one of my favorite TV families. Anita's reply💔💔💔💔💔
