Some of the best Fonzie scenes. Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli. I don't have all the episodes so I cut the best scenes and spliced together what I could. If anyone has more they'd like to share, contribute or add, please let me know, Thanks!
Hitting appliances could work when they used vacuum tubes (valves), like 50's radios and TVs. Knocking an old defective valve could cause it to reconnect and work properly for a little while. When transistors took over from valves, that trick didn't work anymore.
And even though the Fonz is the coolest guy you'll ever know, Henry Winkler is in fact the nicest, most social guy I have ever met in my life. I met him at a convention back in July, and he was so friendly with everyone that he was meeting them in front of his booth instead sitting behind the table at his booth. When it was my turn, I was getting my phone ready, he walked right up to me with his hand out saying, "Hi there! I'm Henry Winkler!" I look up and I'm all blushing and giggling as we shake hands and chat up a storm. He shows me all the picture for me to pick for him to sign, and his book 'I Never Met an Idiot on the River', and had his arm around my shoulder the whole time like he was an old friend of mine. I'll just never forget that moment.
I met him too. He's a SUPER Nice guy. I was waiting on really long line to see him. He snuck up behind me and tapped me on the shoulder and said hello. What caught me off guard was everyone was trying to look at the front of the line and he ambushed us from the back of the line as he greeted everyone one on one. Nicest man you'll ever want to meet.
I hardly had to wait at all. There was no line at all. Just only one other guy ahead of me at the booth and Henry was just talking to him. I was standing at the middle of the waiting area just getting my phone ready while he was talking not noticing that they probably were saying their goodbyes and all. And boom. There he was with his hand out to me.
One thing to know about Henry Winkler is he was a major theater nerd - his interpretation of the character one of those escapes. From his wikipedia entry: According to Winkler, "The Fonz was everybody I wasn't. He was everybody I wanted to be."
+Lord Starr and His Crazy World of Trigger Happy Gin Drinkers They thought he'd look like a "hood". He could wear the leather jacket if he was with his motorcycle. That's why there were scenes with him fixing his bike inside Arnolds or inside Richie's house.
I so wanted to be the Fonz when I was a little kid in the 70's. He was iconic. The act of banging on something with your fist to get it to work was an popular action of the era, and still lives in today.
Fun fact: That iconic scene of him pulling his comb out and not using it wasn't actually in the script. It happened because Henry Winkler got so into his character that he decided that his character never combed his hair. The directors didn't want this, but decided the scene was too god to leave out.
It's so hard to explain to younger people how cool Fonzie was. We only had 13 TV channels and all other media was just as limited. You have to take the top 5 coolest people today to equal The Fonz
Honestly, he did this role so well, he really just nailed it all over the place. It is really incredible to watch him...and they gave him so many great lines. Incredible!
Hmm, let's see here: -Remarkably smooth and charismatic -Always knows exactly what to say -Is able to make things happen seemingly by magic -Can reliably make said things happen at will, in ways he can predict -Is able to do so powerfully enough to shut down or restart power for a whole building, or make a jukebox play a specific song, a vending machine dispense a specific drink -Can compel babes to dance with him with just a snap of the fingers -Completely removed hostility from a situation with one simple *suggestion* -Frequently refers to his ability to do these things as a gift, and explicitly NOT a trick There's no two ways around it. Fonzie is a sorcerer.
@@matthewboyd68 I hear you, but a Bard's magic is derived from songs and performance. All Fonzie has to do to make stuff happen with his gift is be charismatic and/or bang on things. Most bardley thing he does is come up with a one liner.
I also remember when I was little a little friend of mine was pretending to be Fonz and he banged the coke machine. For whatever reason, a soda happened to come out. He thought he was sooooooo cool!
The Fonz was always a hero of me and my brother growing up in the 70's. Fonzie always did the right thing and never backed down from anything or anyone. He was always a gentleman. Everyone I knew wanted to like him.
Henry Winkler is a LIVING LEGEND. His Fonzie character was so cool and FUN to watch that even if James Dean, Marlon Brando, and Paul Newman all walked into Arnold's diner together, The Fonz would still be the coolest and most charismatic badass in that room. Thanks Henry!!!
Back in the 70s growing up, the Fonz was the one that every kid in school wanted to be, including me, everyone would walk into the classroom saying "aaaay, I'm the Fonz and I'm cool". In today's society though, I think the kids prefer cool gangs rather than cool, stand out individuals and Fonze was of course, very much an individual who stood out. Yes, he had plenty of friends but at the same time, he cut above them all of them as this unique person who was someone they could never be, although, ironically, the character was supposed to have once belonged to a gang and then what they did with the character was to make him the central figure. This is probably why the kids of today wouldn't like this in the same way we did, they would generally much rather have a TV show about a group of cool guys rather than one cool guy, like a gang of Fonzies rather than one on his own.
Lmao!! When he told the animals to "cool it!"..freaking priceless! Classic Arthur Fonzarelli! Long live the Fonz! Happy Days was great! Too bad they dont know how to make sitcoms anymore..wonder what the hell happened?
@martindx1961 - I'll tell you what happened. People today are too easily offended by the foreshadowing that leads up to the lesson taught. Today's snowflake viewers would be calling for the show to be banned just for the "Whites Only" sign before they even saw that Fonzie knocked it down. The trouble is, the same people that want to erase history because they are so offended by it, don't realize that those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
In real life, Henry Winkler is very cool because of the type of person he is, he's not like many other celebrities, he seems such a nice guy and seems very hunble and he seems to appreciate his fans and doesnt act like he is better than them just because hes a celebrity, now that is cool.
Totally agree. Fonzie always seemed larger than life at the time. I don't know how I couldn't have noticed that he was so much shorter than even many of the women.
Actually they were looking for a blond blue eyed tall James Dean type but Henry Winkler walked in a nailed the part he just was THE FONZ from the word go and they hired him
I saw him at a grilled cheese truck one time. I was too nervous to say anything, but I smiled and nodded at him and he smiled and nodded back. Twas awesome
OMG, I'm so happy I stumbled on this. I was born in the late 90's so I never saw this stuff. This guy is a freaking wizard. I love that they make fun of it several times.
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I got to meet him yesterday at the SAG-AFTRA building! He was talking to a whole group of us! I got to take a picture with him, he’s such a nice guy, real gentleman
I bet hirohiko araki was too shy to admit that he used Fonzie as an inspiration for josuke higashikata and his stand Crazy Diamond in part 4 Diamond is Unbreakable Basically jouske is a Japanese fonzie
I'm 56 years old when Happy Days came on T.V. I was 14 and the 50's were the Big thing in the 70's. Even the Black Girls in School Loved the Fonz. I used to act Like the Fonz in the 9th grade. I paid 5 girls 2 Bucks each to come to my table during lunch time when I snapped my fingers. I wore the leather jacket and jeans. Everybody actually thought it was real. I had so many girls. Damn that was funny, even the teachers respected me. I got an A on a test where 50% of my answers were wrong! Lol!
I came here after watching him on Barry. I’ll admit knowing he has a master’s in theater from Yale I figured he was closer to that character in real life, but sounds like despite all his success he’s still a down to earth and cool cat, like his most famous role… even if he isn’t a motorcycle riding, ladies man, greaser 😎
My 15 year old just told me a story about a kid in his class named Fonzie and I went’ “Ayyyyy”, complete with the thumbs up and everything and he looked at me liked I was crazy! He said, “I don’t get it.” I’m like, “you’ve never heard of the Fonz?” And he said, “hey, that’s what my coach calls him.” So here I am doing my job as a good parent informing him of good ole American tv history and of what good tv used to be!
Does anyone remember an episode in which Fonzie did the limbo? It may have been a contest. It was the episode that hooked me, but I haven't seen it since.
