LOVED IT!. | FIRST TIME HEARING Weezer - Buddy Holly REACTION 

Spike Jonze directed this video. He put Weezer in a prop Happy Days set and used archived footage from the characters of the show and spliced it all together. The only Happy Days cast member who made a cameo in the actual video was Al who introduced them and asked if they tried the fish. Everyone else were old clips from the actual show. The genius part is you have a band from the 90's doing a video set in 50's from a TV show that aired in the 70s and that show was based in the 50s lol

Not only was that Fonzie, but everyone except Weezer were cast members of Happy Days. This video was cutting edge for its time because the director, Spike Jonze, took an episode of Happy Days and inserted Weezer's Performance into it. I know things like that can be done on a phone now, but back then it was a remarkable accomplishment.

They didn't get the cast of Happy Days to come into the video, they took actual footage of the show and superimposed themselves into it. Most of the cast is seen in this, but it's from actual footage from the show.

My son is 19 and Weezer is his favorite band. Not only is the lead singer, Rivers Cuomo, smart, but he graduated from Harvard. This was an actual episode of "Happy Days" that Weezer inserted themselves into. Some of the guys on the show had a band who would perform on the show, so they are kind of replacing them. Arnold was played by Pat Morita, later Mr. Migayi from "Karate Kid." You can see him laughing towards the end.

I was introduced to Weezer by Microsoft. Back in the mid 90's when Microsoft came out with the Beta of Windows 95 they included this Weezer video file and a couple of others on the installation CD to show off the new video capabilities of Windows 95. It was such a hit they kept in on all the production run versions of Windows 95. I've heard it a million times... still not tired of it.

You know who was in Happy Days? SUZI QUATRO!

Weezer is a "sleeper" group that is LOADED with great tunes. That is "The Fonz," aka Henry Winkler, who is agreeably the nicest person to ever work in Hollywood. His catch phrase was "AAAYYY!"

The actor who played "The Fonz" or "Fonzie" is Henry Winkler. They called him that because his name on the show was Arthur Fonzarelli. The person dancing when they had their back turned to the camera was a stand-in because they mixed episodes of Happy Days in with Weezer and they had to hire extras to dance. The guy who kept asking about the fish was Al, the owner of Arnold's. He wasn't the original owner. The asian man they showed for a few seconds was the original owner. This video brought such nostalgia for those who were familiar with the show. When I was younger, I would tune in every day to watch Laverne and Shirley and then Happy Days. Great memories.

First Buddy Holly, then "Buddy Holly". I see what you did there. LOVE WEEZER! Do "Say It Ain't So", "Pork and Beans", or their recent tribute to Eddie Van Halen, "The End of the Game". And having grown up on the show Happy Days, this really takes me back! FYI - what Weezer did here... they're a 90s band inserting themselves into a 70s sitcom that took place in the 50s. Masterful job.

Hash Pipe and Beverly Hills are also worth a listen. Amber, that was the 'Fonz' played by Henry Winkler. But it wasn't a cameo in the music video. Weezer dropped their footage into an actual scene from the TV show.

So that was an actual Happy Days episode that they superimposed Weezer in over the band on the show. The Fonz is one of the most iconic TV characters of all time, his leather jacket is hanging in the Smithsonian museum in DC. If you wanna try another iconic 90s rock band that you haven’t heard before try Green Day- Longview or welcome to paradise. You might know their song Time of your life cause it was played at most graduations for close to a decade

Happy Days was a tv series on ABC ran from 1974-1982 about a family growing up in the 50’s and 60’s one of my favorites as a child

Love Weezer. So many good song including this one. Also check out Undone (the sweater song), Say it ain't so, Beverly Hills, hash pipe, pork and beans and probably a few more I'm not thinking of now.

This name drops not only Buddy Holly but the line "and you're Mary Tyler Moore" references a super popular actress who had a long running series by the same name in the 70s that was groundbreaking in a lot ways but she always had a really wholesome image. It kills me how you guys miss all these pop culture references but Amber at least knew of Happy Days and the Fonz.

Weezer is awesome, check out The Sweater Song or Beverly Hills.

As someone who watched Happy Days as a kid, there's something surreal and charming about listening to two kids talking about the show almost like it's a myth.

Happy Days was a spinoff from one of George Lucas's first movies " American Graffiti " about his life growing up in the fifties in Modesto Ca . Harrison Fords first big movie.

When I was 11 in 1999, I use to watch Happy Days on Nick at Night. I use to write to a lot of celebrities but Henry Winkler who played Fonzie was the only one whoever wrote me back. He will always have special place in my ❤

Check out Kenny Wayne Shepherd for some ‘90s blues rock and a killer guitar solo. “Blue on Black”

Hi guys. Yes Amber that was The Fonz. aka Arthur Fonzarelli. They used actual footage from the TV show and put weezer into the shots.

Great pick. Great music video. Great tie-in to Buddy Holly. Weezer is awesome!🔥🤙

For more Weezer, definitely check out Beverly Hills or Hash Pipe. For other fun videos, do a reaction to something by Weird Al Yankovic. His songs are mostly parodies, but you want to pick one where you know the original. Madonna's "Like a Virgin" became "Like a Surgeon", and "Beat It" became "Eat It". For something more modern, he did a great parody of "Blurred Lines" called "Word Crimes" that you guys should love since you're teachers.

Those were ACTUAL episodes of Happy Days. Weezer used computer programs to remove the band from the show and insert themselves. Nicely done!

I’m just here to comment on how much I appreciate you guys dropping a Buddy Holly song & then the song “Buddy Holly”. Too good 😂

Amber, if you love quirky, give Barenaked Ladies a listen - so many great songs, but try "One Week" or "The Old Apartment" (They also do the theme song from the 'Big Bang Theory") They're very cool 😎

I had a Happy Days lunchbox as a kid (I wish I still had it). Still one of my all-time favorite shows. That was Henry Winkler as The Fonz, but they used archival footage from the show. The scene where Fonz is dancing is from the episode where he participated in a dance marathon with Joanie (Erin Morgan - RIP). I've always loved this video & thought it was pure genius.

“Happy Days” was great----until Ron “Richie” Howard left, I believe after Season 5. He was the heart of the show. Fonzie was the flash, but Richie really was the protagonist. The expression “jump the shark,” used to describe when a TV show or other phenomenon starts deteriorating, comes from the famous “Happy Days” episodes when they vacation in California (you gotta see the shark thing to believe it). However, the show didn’t go downhill after that, in my opinion, and it remained high in the ratings well after that. But when Howard left, it became the Fonzie and Chachi (Fonzie’s nephew or cousin) show, and they brought in lame new characters, and so the last five years were lackluster. However, the first five years of “Happy Days,” the film “Grease,” and “American Graffiti” are the holy trinity of the ‘50s nostalgia craze in the ‘70s (with Sha Na Na as the house band).

The Fonz is Henry Winkler. They didn’t get him to come back to make this video. Their editing is brilliant, they used scenes from the original TV series.

For this video they used several scenes from the actual sitcom and included the guys from Weezer with fx. That was the real Fonz interpreted by Henry Winkler. Other characters you see are “Richie Cunningham” (interpreted by Ron Howard the now famous director) and “Arnold Takahashi” (interpreted by Pat Morita aka Mr. Miyagi from The Karate Kid). You should react to some movie films and TV shows….you’ll have a lot of fun 😉

Actually they inserted themselves into Happy Days scenes. It's kinda cool how they did that.

AN ABSOLUTE MUST HEAR CLASSIC,, SMITH "BABY,, IT'S YOU"

This video was on the content disc that came with Windows 95. I probably watched it 600 times. Been a Weezer fan since.

Weezer did this on a set like Happy Days and there were clips from Happy Days spliced into this video, besides the Fonz "Heeeeyyy" there were several other actors, none were brought in for this video.

Weezer - The song _Beverly Hills_ is fun to listen to! Even has some cameos by a bunch of celebs. They have a ton of great songs though. Very underrated.

I’m a big Weezer fan! I’m an 11 year old girl and I’m obsessed! I also love Weezer, Everly Brothers and Righteous Brothers!

Happy Days was huge! They pieced together several episodes of the tv show to do this video. There are some pretty famous people that were a part of Happy Days in here as well. Fonzie was played by Henry Winkler. Ron Howard (actor, director, little Opie Taylor from Mayberry) was Richie Cunningham-the red headed teenager leaning on the jukebox. Well done, Wheezer!!

Happy Days was such a fun show! Fun fact, Weezer just did a cover of Metallica's Enter Sandman as part of the 30th anniversary of the black album. Lots of artists covered various songs from the album. 🙂

Love It! Please do Hash Pipe by Weezer. Banger of a song and fun video. Thanks for all you do and Merry Christmas! 🎅

My all time favorite song is The Sweater Song by Weezer cause such a fun song to listen to on the way home from a long day at work

You really should watch Happy Days. It began as a Richie Cunningham (Ron Howard) centric show with Fonzie as a minor character, but Henry Winkler brought so much to the role that he was pushed to the front to be as important as the Richie character. It was a sitcom from simpler times, set in even simpler times, but it still has a charm that few of its contempories have now.

There’s a TON of great Weezer, but the “musts” for them are “El Scorcho” and “My Name is Jonas”. El Scorcho is maybe the best “awkward nerd in love” anthem, and “Jonas” is like the catchiest alternative rock song ever written.

If you like 50's music, then you should definitely watch Happy Days! It not only gives you all the great tunes, but provides the backdrop for the times and inspiration for the songs.

Heya, they edited the band members into old episodes of Happy Days. The show was made in the 50's 60's and played daily through the 80's (I used to watch it as a kid). The Fonz's catch phrase, "Aaaa" usually with a finger gun. Girls fell before him...

Every single song on Weezer's Blue album is great. Put the album on repeat as you do anything around the house. Freakin' awesome. 👍

Great one! How about some ska? The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, the Impression that I Get.

Weezer's "Say It Ain't So" is straight-to-playlist. Better than Buddy Holly, as good as that is.

A 90's music video imitating a 70's TV show, that was portraying the 50's, being reacted to in 2022.

This is so cool! They edited the Happy Day's video, may be the members of Weezer, but all the other people are just from the Happy Days show, they inserted themselves I'm the video! It's so nostalgic, I grew up watching Happy Days. Fun reaction

I would argue that "Buddy Holly" is not Weezer's best song. it's in Top 10, but trying "Say It Ain’t So" or "Only in Dreams". My personal favs are "In The Garage" and "Pink Triangle". I love your videos. You two are so much fun to watch.

This is no where near the best song on this album, but it's damn good. Try "The Sweater Song", "Say it Ain't So", "The World has Turned and Left Me Here", "Only in Dreams" or "Waiting on You", which I believe is on Pinkerton or an EP.

This might be my favorite music video of all time! A classic in every sense of the word. Favorite moment: when the commercial break hits and then they come back ROCKIN! I love it!

Weezer got clips from Happy Days for the video, but they got the original actor who played Al in Happy Days to do the cameo at the beginning. That guy was "The Fonz" or "Fonzie" (Arthur Fonzarelli) - it's the actor Henry Winkler. He was the "Cool guy" who always got the girls at the end (just like in the video.) There are other big stars from Happy Days - the redhead by the jukebox is actor and director Ron Howard. Pat Morita was also in Happy Days, later famous for playing Mr. Miyagi in the Karate Kid movies. You may also want to check out Weezer's hit "Pork and Beans" - the video shows a LOT of early RU-vid stars whose clips ended up becoming memes.

Great reaction. You spotted Fonzie pretty quickly Amber! I'm still hoping that one of these Female Fridays you'll react to Carole King. She wrote 118 hit songs starting in 1960. She recorded an album performing her songs in 1971 ("Tapestry") and that hit #1 on the charts and for the five years from 1971 to 1976 she had 6 top ten albums. She had another top ten album in 2010 performing live with James Taylor. "I Feel the Earth Move" would be a great one to react to ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xgbvVpLBrOA.html

For Female Friday: Ronnie Spector - ‘Be My Baby’ Bette Midler - ‘From a Distance’ Toni Braxton - ‘Un-Break My Heart’ Whitney Houston - I Have Nothing’ Roberta Flack - ‘First Time Ever I Saw Your Face’ Other notables: Christopher Cross - ‘Sailing,’ Kayne Brown - ‘Worship You,’ Kool and The Gang - ‘Celebration,’ Dan Fogelberg - ‘Same Old Lang Syne’ Luther Vandross - ‘Dance With My Father’

As I recall, this video was included with the release of Windows 95 to show how great the program's audio and video capabilities were. Computer software sure has come a long in a quarter of a century. :-)

The Sweater Song and My Name is Jonas are my 2 favorite Weezer songs. Well worth a listen.

Hearing the electric guitar reminds me of back to the future when Marty was playing one at the dance and everyone was quite and was like what the hell lol

Hahaha they make me feel old. When i was a kid Happy Days was my favorite show, i couldn't miss an episode (and i'm an italian 51 years old guy...). When the Fonz (in Italy was only Fonzi) did that kind of russian dance it was legendary! Btw Weezer song is so cool and catchy.

Great sounds great music and great live band concert and show

As someone who grew up watching "Happy Days" in the 70's and 80's I always loved this video. It was really well done with how the clips from the show were used, it looked like it could have come from an episode of the show.

This song and the band got extra recognition globally as this music video was included on the Windows 95 CD-ROM back in ...well 1995.

His real name was Arthur Fonzarelli. But he was so cool it was just "the Fonz"... He was a greaser that had been in a gang, but no longer was although he still wore a leather jacket and blue jeans. He can make the jukebox play a song just by kicking it in the right spot. Many of the other cutaways were to real cast members of the Happy Days TV show.

Ok, to clarify because I didn't see if anyone else did already: This video is actual footage from the show that has been edited together for the video with the band inserted into the footage. It's not that they got Henry Winkler (Fonz) to be in their video. Though, I'm sure there was a lot of legalese that went on behind the scenes in order to use the footage.

Weezer digitally inserted themselves into a bunch of clips from the show (Diner scenes). The Fonz was played by Henry Winkler.

Henry Franklin Winkler (born October 30, 1945) is an American actor, comedian, author, executive producer, and director. Initially rising to fame as Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli on the American television series Happy Days, Winkler has distinguished himself as a character actor for roles such as Arthur Himbry in Scream, Coach Klein in Adam Sandler's The Waterboy, Dr. Henry Olson in The Practice, Dr. Stewart Barnes in Out of Practice, Barry Zuckerkorn in Arrested Development, Sy Mittleman in Childrens Hospital, Dr. Saperstein in Parks and Recreation, Eddie R. Lawson in Royal Pains, Fritz in Monsters at Work, Uncle Joe in The French Dispatch, and Gene Cousineau in Barry. He is the recipient of a number of accolades, including seven Primetime Emmy nominations (winning one), five Daytime Emmy nominations (winning two), six Golden Globe nominations (winning two), two Critics Choice Award nominations (winning one), and four Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations. As a child, Winkler struggled at P.S. 87 on West 78th Street, Manhattan and the McBurney School, where he was berated for his poor academic performance. He then studied theater at both Emerson College and the Yale School of Drama, spent a year and half with the Yale Repertory Theater, did regional theater and commercial work, and appeared in two independent films. After saving enough money, he traveled to California in September 1973 (on the advice of his agent) and won a small role on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. He also auditioned for Happy Days and won the part of Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli, a role he portrayed for the next ten years. During his time on Happy Days, Winkler was diagnosed as dyslexic. After the end of Happy Days, Winkler found himself typecast and moved into producing and directing. In this capacity, he was directly involved in the development of the original MacGyver and worked on programs such as Sightings and The Hollywood Squares. He also directed the theatrical releases Memories of Me with Billy Crystal and Cop and a Half with Burt Reynolds. In 2003, he drew upon his childhood struggles with school to co-write the Hank Zipzer series of children's books (about a dyslexic schoolboy) with children's literature author Lin Oliver. The series is based on Winkler's childhood, and set in the same New York schools that he attended. Winkler also appeared as Mr. Rock in the BBC adaptation of the series. Winkler and Oliver next created the prequel series Here's Hank, the Ghost Buddy series, and the Alien Superstar series. In 2016, he became a reality television star on the NBC series, Better Late Than Never. Winkler has been honored both for his role as "The Fonz" and for his work with dyslexia (through the Hank Zipzer books). In 1980, he donated one of Fonzie's leather jackets to the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. In 1981, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and in 2008, The Bronze Fonz was unveiled along the Milwaukee Riverwalk. In 2011, he was appointed an Honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth, was named one of the United Kingdom's Top 10 Literacy Heroes in 2013, and was awarded the Bill Rosendahl Public Service Award for Contributions to the Public Good for his children's books in 2019.

Yes, that was Arthur Fonzerelli (The Fonz, or Fonzie) and he did always say, "ayyyyyyyy." He was the epitome of cool....rode the motorcycle, wore the leather jacket, got all the girls (usually by just snapping his fingers), won every fight and could start the jukebox just by hitting it.

The absolute magic of visual effects. Incredible.

This album came out when I was in 8th grade, and, it's been in my regular rotation ever since. It's an all-time classic power-pop album.

This video was packaged on a CD-ROM disk with Windows 95 software back in the day. To the best of my knowledge, it was the first one. Back then, digitized video was not yet mainstream, and was still in its infancy. So getting to play this video on your computer was spectacular back then.

That was original show that they (WEEZER) spliced themselves in flawlessly. It was more than one episode that you saw there compiled into one with Weezer in place of Ritchie Cunningham et.al..

The entire Blue Album is epic!!! Thank you for the great upload once again!!!

I will tell you that i loved this song when I heard it and I thought “one hit wonder.” They are elite!

“Say it Ain’t So” one of their best, if not their best!

Yep, that’s the Fonz, Aurthur Fonzarelli. Those are all the Happy Days actors. Neat how Weezer superimposed themselves into an episode of Happy Days!

Thats from the original tv show , they just placed the band on the old show. The Fonze is old and with grey hair.

Al was the only cast member to come in and help make the video, he is older but looks the same in the 90s as he did during the show in 70s

Classic Weezer tune. Undone, the sweater song should be right up your alley if you haven't already heard it.

I used to lay on my bed and listen to this on my mix tapes when I was child. Yes a cassette tape with the ribbon stuff and everything.

Happy Days was absolutely adorable, also, it launched Robin Williams t.v career as the final season's character Mork, got a spinoff series, Mork and Mindy, another huge icon of the 70's

I met Henry "The Fonz" Winkler at a little 50`s themed diner in Manchester, UK called "Starvin Marvins"back in 1999, I worked in a cocktail bar next door called JW Johnsons, we used to take our breaks in "Starvins" and eat hot-dogs and drink cola floats, all delivered by waitresses dressed in period correct uniforms and on roller skates...he was such a nice guy, had a long chat with him and got an autograph on my work shirt...still have it stashed away somewhere...

That's him when you see him from the front by himself, as it's a clip from the show. When you see him from the back in front of the band, it's a stand-in. They cut in scenes of other actors from Happy Days. It was a lot of skillful editing.

Weezer “Say it ain’t so” was our college house party song in 1995. Please listen to that next! ❤️

One of my all time favorite bands. Great vocal harmonies and catchy riffs … what can be better?

It's cute that Amber actually thought they got Henry Winkler to be in the video. The only original actor who was really there was Al played by Al Molinaro. Everyone else was shoehorned in from clips of the show. You guys would have a blast watching the "Keep fishing" video. It's Weezer and the muppets!!!!

'Say it ain't so' definitely one of Weezers best tunes.

Al at the end is SUCH a perfect ending lol

There are a number of callbacks in this song/video Happy Days - a TV show from the 70’s set in the 50’s Buddy Holly - the late great singer Mary Tyler Moore - a comedic acting genius who co-starred in a sitcom in the 60’s and had her own show in the 70’s. The Fonz’s catchphrase was “Hey” and gave a thumbs up. He was played by Henry Winkler who is a great actor and director. Ritchie Cunnigham was played by superstar actor/director Ron Howard.

If you were a child of the 70s, you probably watched A LOT of Happy Days, and so the nostalgia factor when this came out was profound.

wheeze really underrating band there so great live play so good

It's very clever editing, they have supper imposed Weezer in to old footage of Happy days and im happy to say i remember happy Days the first time around. Back in the day we all wanted to be as cool as the Fonze lol.

That guitar lick is the rick roll for guitarists. Edit: also Stairway to Heaven and Smoke on the Water can be on that list too.

Happy Days is fun! Yes, Fonzie’s move was to put both thumbs up 👍 and say, “Ayyyyyyyy”.

That is the happiest reaction I've ever seen for a long time

Keep Fishin' is another Weezer song that takes place on a beloved tv show,. For it, they are on the original Muppet Show.

As others have mentioned, it was archived footage that they used. The biggest stars in the video were actor/director Ron Howard and Henry Winkler. Some of the old cast members brought a lawsuit for the use of their images, but those two didn't file in the suit.

Ron Howard was one of the main characters in Happy Days, now he's a world renowned movie director

This was a 90s band performing nostalgia about a 70s show which was nostalgia about the 50s.

The only cameo by an actual Happy Days actor was Al at the beginning and end. All the rest were clips from the show or body doubles. The video was directed by Spike Jonze, who made many famous music videos before he went on to make feature films.

Amber, your right, that is The Fonz. And yes, we girls were all in love with him. He would put his arms out, and say hayyyyyyy.

Actually, that was special effects and editing of scenes from Happy Days with members of Weezer in it. They were the same type of effects used in Forrest Gump. "The Fonz" was played by Henry Winker. Also, you will notice Tom Bosley and Marion Ross (who later played Red Forman's mother on That 70s Show).