I worked for Mr. Winkler on a film, and I met him once. He is the kindest and most decent man I’ve ever met in Hollywood. (And Spielberg). Hollywood can be very hard on people. The high pay makes people cut throat.
This is such a moving discussion. I didn’t know about Henry’s background. Even as a music educator (and MOT) , I had never heard that beautiful speech of Kennedy’s. Thank you for doing this piece.
And today, June 04, 2023 marks the eve of RFK's assassination (he passed away some hours later) on June 05,1968. I was a teenager. It still makes me tremendously sad. Thank you Mr Schmidt and Mr Winkler. (I have lot of respect for Ron Howard too, for his excellence in professional works) 🙏from London 🧘
Wow Steve thank you so much for having Mr.Winkle on! I miss him in his acting seeing his antics. This video is such a wonderful treat. Its one of the best experiences to me whenever I can hear stories told. Particularly stores of what ppl have experienced coming from coming to our great country. To me these stories embody what it means being an American n how blessed we are here. Thank you so much. Loved this video!
Absolutely LOVE this interview. Have always been a fan of Henry Winkler. NOW I am even more impressed. Thank you Steve and Please tell Henry he is the Greatest, The Best and Always has Been. I really admire him.🙂👏👏👏👏👏💙❤
What an excellent presentation. I always thought of Henry Winkler as a lightweight comedian. I was wrong. There is depth to this man, and I admire his honesty regarding his limitations, as well as those of his parents. I see him very differently, now.
This hit home for me. I didn’t know Winkler and I had similar upbringings. My father also was a German refugee of the Holocaust who channeled that into being excessively strict. Years later he actually apologized to me. Now that I’m older I can better understand why he was the way he was. My brother and I see now with hindsight he suffered from PTSD.
Just as an aside...no reflection on being German or from Germany... There's an excellent book called "The Shoemaker". By Flora Rheta Schreiber. True account / analysis of upbringing. I shan't expand on this more, here. It's worth reading. Multiple times. It unnerved me, when I first read it, about forty years ago. (I had a strict upbringing too. Unfortunately. And now I make sure I do not repeat the awfulness I was subjected to.) 🧘🎶🙏
What a GREAT interview with Henry Winkler! You ask the best questions. Was fascinated and saddened by the Kennedy video. The idiocy, profound ignorance of our present leaders made my brain explode. I KNEW, of course, just took a face plant in it…
Thank you Steve for an Amazing Amazing Interview with Henry it was all Inspiring. I could relate so much with Children with Learning Disabilities. My Son had Problems with Reading. But I was determined to find Help for him. I had him tested it was Expensive but it was worth Every Penny. They told me he’d Never be able to Read and I Proved them all wrong. He Reads Everything today. Never Never give up on your Kids. Be their Advocate Fight for them Every Step of the Way. It’s Important to understand that not all Children learn the same way. Their Brains are Wired Different. Pain and Struggle can be Avoided. Thanks Steve 😘
I have such compassion for Henry's learning disability. My father could have been his. My brother had dyslexia and my father, who had been a teacher for 42 years, made his life a living hell. All because it made him look bad, not what it was doing to my brother! And I, too, became a totally different kind of parent because of what I had experienced as a child. Such a good interview! Thank you.
Steve, this is one of the best interviews anywhere. Henry is a living inspiration to so many. He is a billboard for success not only as an actor, but as a human being. Well done.
I got through Dr Snyder’s Bloodlands this summer. He’s a Yale professor and this book (award winning) was what happened between Moscow and Berlin during the war years. Henry just talking about his uncle is making me weep. The personal stories from that book changed me forever. It was they most difficult book in my life. I associate Henry with comedy. This is not what i expected.
Great show! As a 73 year old who lived through the 60’s I know exactly what President Kennedy was talking about. There was a lot of change for the good and a lot more freedom for artistic expression. It wasn’t without its difficulties however. Thank you for a great show…
The Fonz, the man who exuded coolness by being sincerely cool. No need to tell us, he simply showed us. Fonz was the heart of our 1970s, he was our spiritual anchor to simply holding coolness in our hearts. Coolness by kindness and wisdom. Henry Winkler will always be the Fonz for us. ❤
Henry Winkler is a treasure! And Steve, you are more so a treasure for bringing these views into focus. We can never, EVER forget what happened across Europe in the 30s and 40s. Because if we forget, we are doomed to repeat it!! I love, appreciate, and gain such strength from you both! Thank you both sincerely!
I`m very impressed by his humble compassion for the desperate pilgrim risking Life and Limb , seeking refuge in our Great Country . Just hearing that brought me to tears . a kind and honorable Gentleman .
After watching him on “Happy Days”… I found him to be a limited actor… I was VERY wrong… He is a wonderful creative versatile actor… children’s book author… and kind man….I have SO MUCH admiration for him…. He certainly deserves any honors bestowed on him…
This is just wonderful - his upbringing was horrendous but he soldiered through his disability and became a wonderful human being. I never met him, but was good friends with his sister for several years. She was immensely proud of him and what he accomplished under these circumstances. Great interview Steve, I expected nothing less.
Wow! The only thing I knew about Henry was The fonz. I’m so glad to know more. What a great man. Learning about his dyslexia and writing children book was insightful. Parents can be so cruel at times. We need to be ourselves not what our parents tell us to be.
I always love a Henry Winkler interview. He is such a humble and sweet man. His interviews are usually him celebrating someone else. I grew up knowing the Fonz. The 1st time i saw him give an interview, post " Happy days" i was surprised he was nothing Fonz like. I absolutely loved him as Gene on Barry. The last few episodes was his best acting. Not spoiling the ending. It was a ending that was and wasn't expected. I wish we can have another season.
Henry Winkler, tremendous AND diverse actor. Many great performances not just Fonzi on Happy Days. Not likely to vote for him specifically in an election for public office cause the guy has seemed to be a bit too liberal on a number of issues. However being that I'm the great grandchild of 8 Roman Catholic Italians and have been trying to convert to Masorti Judaism (religion not political in nature) very much like Winkler, Adam Sandler, Sarah Silverman, Leonard Nimoy, and a number of others G-d's to honest truth I really do look up to him a lot ...
I was never a Happy Days fan, nor a Fonzi fan, but Henry Winkler is a true human being. His advocacy for young children and wounded children is something very special.
Wow that's really something, I lived in Plainfield NJ back in 73, then moved to Piscataway NJ..just want to say keep up the good work, we need people like you to go back in history and explain how things can and will repeat themselves..I was an Army Brat in living in Baumholder Germany when Kennedy was Assassinated my Dad and I where going to check his car at a mechanic shop outside the base and the German man was in tears, because of our President . I can remember when everybody cared about the truth and each other...O
Great conversation.Great to watch Kennedy film clips and his comments on the arts and how it contributes to society. Love Henry Winkler.Foz was the best👍
First of all, great interview Steve. I am so impressed by Henry Winkler and his life story. Much like Winkler I also grew up with a learning disability. The fact that he is still working harder than ever at 77 years old is a testament to his ethics. He is not content with retirement but keeps working. I have not seen Barry yet, but will put it on my list to watch (I love Bill Hader as well). I hope the network listens to him and puts Happy Days back in primetime. A whole new generation will learn about the show.
He and his family also welcomed Marlee Matlin into their home for a couple of years early in her career when she was going through a difficult time and needed a safe space to be. Mr Winkler is such a good soul.
I'm from Bremerton, WA, where the USS Missouri was "mothballed" at the shipyard. We could get so close to it near the water. It wasn't under very tight security.
I never watched Happy Days growing up so I did not know much about Henry. This was a fascinating episode and I learned so much. What an extraordinary man! I wonder if Henry is/was multilingual. 🤔 I’m going to follow up on my research and reading. Boy, German parents could indeed be strict sans humor. And you always had to be productive.
Fantastic interview on important background on still recent Jewish History and survivor psychology and the Greatest Generation. As a person of Jewish ancestry, ty 4 this. P.s. Have to disagree with you re Springsteen. But them perhaps you and Henry never saw The Who or The Tubes!
When speaking about America's billionaires, Schmidt said that lot of people wrongly equate wealth with intelligence. Who else immediately flashed on Mike Lindell when he said that?
Yes, wealth is Not equated with intelligence and furthermore wealth is Not equated with talent or skills. Look at it this way : wealth is like a derailed train wreck, or the roll of the dice, a strange confluence of elements that leads to wealth acquisition. No better example than Mike Lindell.
@@gilgemash I love watching the old reruns, is amazing the actors that were on the shows in their younger days. Richard Dreyfus was I think 16 or so when he appeared on bewitched. Just live the old stuff. The crap in nowadays isn’t worth having a TV.
So many good people yet we allow the empty and most disturbed to abuse us all in the name of politics. When I hear such a sane loving conversation as this it makes me sad that we can't have elected officials like this.
It is unfortunate for Henry that he seems unable to forgive his parents for their ignorance of dyslexia; it was not known then. True that they did not need to treat him badly, but sooo many parents and teachers disparaged and punished children because of a disorder that the children could not control. My parents also were very strict, and sometimes very insulting. Forgive them, Henry, because it serves no purpose to continue to be angry with them.
Thank you Mr. Schmidt and Mr. Winkler for a wonderful interview! However, when I looked for the movie “The City of God” there are 3 versions, 1997, 2002, & 2011. Which version was Mr. Winkler referring to?
I came here at 5 alone in orphanages but it took me 30 years to find a sister and brother and finding out as much as could but it was only what they wanted me to know but the fact is knowing then made me understand all my mistakes and was amazed how much the brain is remember for your first year of life and that's funny I learned I was delexic from my son's being disabled and yes I was called stupid My whole childhood until I learned how to learn my way
14:03 - Q : Grit 14:22 - A : I think the Grit is separate from the ambition 14:54 - Q : Take us back to YALE 15:12 - A : 16:59 - 17:13 - Q : Student questions reflect there planned lives 17:58 - You don’t know 18:53 - A : If you know what you want …
00:10 - Henry Frank Winkler 00:54 - F D R ? 01:24 - A : 02:10 - Better Late Than Never 02:35 - A : 03:41 - Q : 03:50 - A : Parents 04:39 - You know , it’s funny 05:22 - Q : As you look back 06:12 - A : 06:31 - A heard child is a powerful child 06:52 - Respect parent’s courage 07:07 - Long time to “get over treating me in a way that I could never live-up to 07:28 - Dyslexic 07:44 - A : 08:08 - Father’s calling you a dumb dog 08:11 - Really, they were lovely people 08:19 - I listen to my children , … I listen to my grandchildren 08:37 - Q : Author of 38 books 08:58 - You’re crazy . I couldn’t read 09:49 - Q : Dyslexia to who you had become 09:57 - 1st I was so Angry
