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re: The Fonze, Potsie and Ralph
Posted on 7/28/24 at 10:42 pm to Split2874
Posted on 7/28/24 at 10:42 pm to Split2874
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It is so funny is how opposite the Fonze is from Henry
The Fonze was always for the underdog. Henry Winkler is said to be one of the nicest people in show business. So maybe not so different.
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Posted on 7/28/24 at 10:56 pm to Scoob
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I can't think of another casting in any show, where an unknown guy comes in and takes the entire show over like that.
The only guy I can think of who is sorta close….but still not in the same ball park…was Steve Urkel. He was of course never the cultural icon that Fonzie was, and that show was nowhere near as popular as Happy Days.
Posted on 7/29/24 at 5:45 am to lsusa
Fonzie wasn't supposed to have that big of a role in the show. When he appeared on screen he got such a following, and 50k pieces of fan mail, that the producers were going to change the show title to "Fonzies Happy Days"
Posted on 7/29/24 at 6:22 am to SouthEasternKaiju
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Happy Days first aired in 1974. I had no idea that it ran up into 1984! I think after 5 seasons, most of those who had started watching it grew out of it and moved on.
The show jumped the shark.
Posted on 7/29/24 at 7:05 am to Scoob
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I can't think of another casting in any show, where an unknown guy comes in and takes the entire show over like that.
Poochie.
Posted on 7/29/24 at 9:18 am to Handsome Pete
quote:He was typecast for almost a decade and didn't get any great offers. Then his friend Ron Howard cast him in Night Shift, which helped, then Adam Sandler started putting him in his films, which put him on the comeback road for good.
Winkler went on to have a great career as a character actor, totally different from Fonzie.
Posted on 7/29/24 at 9:28 am to Fewer Kilometers
And his greatest contribution, the production of MacGyver!
Posted on 7/29/24 at 9:36 am to Master of Sinanju
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The Fonze had the upper hand on everything, except the word "love."
You forgot the word "Wrong".
Posted on 7/29/24 at 9:48 am to gumbo2176
quote:didnt he always wear those black dress boots on happy days with the heels?
Didn't realize Winkler was so short.
Posted on 7/29/24 at 10:20 am to hawgfaninc
The Fonz was a prank. "Let's see what happens if we give a 30 y/o dropout magic powers and have him manage the lives of high schoolers from his office in a diner bathroom." Major hit! Run that baby!
Posted on 7/29/24 at 10:50 am to cypresstiger
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Season 3 was the best, then 4&5. After that, nope.
I liked the first couple of seasons when the Fonz was a hood of few words and Richie and his pals were getting into mischief.
When they started filming in front of a live audience the characters became more charicatures and it devolved into each character trying to come up with catchphrases. Irritating. And that damn Anson Williams couldn't deliver a joke without almost breaking character by grinning like a baboon. Just watch him. It's pathetic.
Posted on 7/29/24 at 11:13 am to Mizz-SEC
Anyone else remember the Fonz cartoon from the early 80s, The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang?
This was one of the cartoons my family would tape record and send to us when we lived in Dubai. Loved this show.
Wolfman Jack did the opening narration
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The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang was a short-lived animated spin-off of Happy Days produced by Hanna-Barbera for ABC. Fonz, Richie and Ralph, plus talking dog Mr. Cool and Cupcake, a girl from the future with magic powers, who travelled through time. Yes, it was real, and it went on for two seasons, from November 1980 to November 1981.
This was one of the cartoons my family would tape record and send to us when we lived in Dubai. Loved this show.
Wolfman Jack did the opening narration
Posted on 7/29/24 at 11:20 am to Mizz-SEC
quote:For me, the show jumped the shark as soon as they took Fonzie out of the windbreaker and put him in the leather jacket. Whenever Garry Marshall switched to filming in front of live audiences, his shows suffered. The actors start to shout punchlines and you have ridiculous applause pauses whenever someone popular appears on stage. It was the same with The Odd Couple.
I liked the first couple of seasons when the Fonz was a hood of few words and Richie and his pals were getting into mischief.
Posted on 7/29/24 at 11:51 am to Fewer Kilometers
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For me, the show jumped the shark as soon as they took Fonzie out of the windbreaker and put him in the leather jacket. Whenever Garry Marshall switched to filming in front of live audiences, his shows suffered. The actors start to shout punchlines and you have ridiculous applause pauses whenever someone popular appears on stage.
I hated how they destroyed Howard's character from an understanding father with sage advice into an angry shouter. Sad.
Posted on 7/29/24 at 1:22 pm to CAD703X
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didnt he always wear those black dress boots on happy days with the heels?
That's how I remember it. Biker type boots, jeans, leather jacket
Posted on 7/29/24 at 4:12 pm to hawgfaninc
How come they looked so much younger and healthier when they were filming Happy Days?
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