My sister wrote a letter to Fonzie asking him to come to her birthday party when she was about 10 years old and Happy Days was red hot on TV. He wrote back and said "I'm sorry I can't make it to your birthday Jenny. But I would like to wish you a very Happy birthday. " signed "THE FONZ". How nice is that? Henry Winkler is awesome.

@chiefscheider

3 жыл бұрын

That's so cool. Do you know if she still has it?

@paulalong3159

3 жыл бұрын

The good people at the "Carol Burnett show" were kind like that. In jr. High school I wrote to Carol and she was kind enough to write back. We were putting on a variety show & she allowed us to use scripts of Eunice & Ed which of course later became "Mama's Family" The gals on "Designing Women" were great too about writing back.

@jondunmore4268

3 жыл бұрын

Woulda been nicer if he went to her birthday party, tho.

@pika23

3 жыл бұрын

My 2 ND grade teacher wrote Fonz for her book auction and he sent a pic to raffle. This was like 12 years before I had her

@alexfinns6162

3 жыл бұрын

Yea

Ron Howard married Cheryl Alley in 1975 and they are still married. That’s awesome!

@TS-qq7vr

4 жыл бұрын

Hence the name that inspired the joke for the semi-fictitious Ron Howard on Arrested Development. His fictitious daughter, "Rebel Alley", was named for the place she was conceived like all of Ron's kids. For example his real daughter Dallas.

@marywall1837

2 жыл бұрын

Awwwwwww that’s sweet.

@user-ht1xu4gv2u

Ай бұрын

​@@TS-qq7vropies first time in MAYBERRY

@TELEVISIONARCHIVES

5 күн бұрын

People forget that Henry Winkler actually separated from his wife and they were in the midst of getting a divorce and they called it off. This was reported in TV guide

Henry Winkler is a genuine class act.

@musicfanhawk4523

Жыл бұрын

He is!!

@spy1965

3 ай бұрын

And then there's Maude

Ron Howard: one of the unique child actors that didn't go astray.

@dickreckard5026

Жыл бұрын

You can tell that he's really plugged in to the business end even this early on.

@coolfinetime

9 ай бұрын

​@@dickreckard5026how he was handsome that times.

@WrvrUgoThrUR

9 ай бұрын

His brother as well

@RicciBilotta

6 күн бұрын

Unlike child stars, Ronnie wasn't forced into doing something that he didn't want to do. He loved acting.

@StephenDoty84

3 күн бұрын

OK, enough about Danny Bonaduce already.

Ron Howard says Fonzie "is such an important character." He had no idea how true that would become.

@bufnyfan1

2 жыл бұрын

The writers of Happy Days wanted to develop the relationship between Richie and Potsie-and also with Richie's brother Chuck--Fonzie was just a "bit" character (he didn't even wear a leather jacket as ABC thought this would make him look like a "hood") However, Fonzie became hugely popular and then the writers focused on his relationship with Richie. Chuck ultimately was phased out altogether. The late Gary Marshall has said that people would always ask him what happened to Chuck-and his pat answer was that he took a basketball scholarship at the University of Outer Mongolia

Henry Winkler is one of the nicest actors in Hollywood or anywhere else. Mr. Winkler has been incredibly grateful for his success and has remained grounded and humble despite his notoriety. There was a story that while doing a made for TV movie in a small town near Kingston, Ontario, Canada he was having breakfast at a small restaurant near the set. He was so grateful to the people he met that he got up and washed the dishes in the kitchen--he told the manager that it was the least he could do to repay back everyone he had met

@TheStu55

5 жыл бұрын

The truth of the story is that he washed the dishes because he claimed he left his wallet back at the hotel. It was either that or go to jail.

@caccarooch562

4 жыл бұрын

Are either of you from Kingston? What restaurant was it? I am from Toronto.

@jessickalush3305

2 жыл бұрын

He just hasn't been the same since his playbook was stolen.

@sherri419

2 жыл бұрын

I read that when Henry auditioned for it he played Fonzie like Stallone (he had been in Lords of Flatbush with Stallone), and it obviously worked bc he got the part. i.redd.it/qyo75b3kxnz51.jpg

@Mark-sd7fc

2 жыл бұрын

Tom Hanks must be a real jerk

Shout out to Mike Douglass. He had one of the best talk shows of that era. He was very down to earth.

Ron Howard didn't just play Richie, he was Richie.

@homespunhomefragrance5659

4 жыл бұрын

Hugo Stiglitz I agree. He was so perfect for that role. His real life personality is very similar to Ricky’s.

@TS-qq7vr

4 жыл бұрын

Opie Cunningham

@kshinokevin

3 жыл бұрын

Opie ("the Andy Griffith Show") Cunningham ("Happy Days")

@marshamariner7897

2 жыл бұрын

And Opie Taylor

@Zzsmuf

2 жыл бұрын

Him and Henry were a team.

I loved how Ron Howard had Henry Winkler play the lawyer on Arrested Development. The best was when he was checking out his hair in the mirror like the Fonz and gave himself a smile. Every Happy Days fan knew what that was. A great nod.

@Fakeaorta

4 ай бұрын

And the part when he was walking and jumped over a shark was a fun nod.

@StephenDoty84

3 күн бұрын

The odd thing about that was in the original script on Happy Days it said for the Fonz to go comb his hair in the mirror. Fonzie refused to do it, saying it was too cliched and uncool as if his hair was defective. So Fonz took out a comb and said "ayyy" as if it was fine. He argued that it was too cheap and cliched, beneath the Fonz , to comb his hair like a greaser in a movie. That's how invested Henry was in protecting his character's image. The director agreed with him too.

When I first heard Henry Winkler's voice as himself and not as The Fonz, I almost died. My first understanding of acting,,freaked me out!

@chayes954r

6 жыл бұрын

Joe April ...soooo true, me too!

@chloegilbert647

6 жыл бұрын

I, too, was soooo disappointed.

@tryithere

6 жыл бұрын

In real life, he is just about the opposite of Fonzie.

@DexterHaven

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, me too. My first freakout was hearing Jerry Lewis play all the different uncles in "The Family Jewels." He was like 8 different people.

@Woozler554

4 жыл бұрын

That means he is a very good actor.

Henry Winkler signed to me an autograph right after he was leaving The Tower Records in West Side Manhattan in 1989. A very down to earth guy!

@DexterHaven

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, a couple of years after that incident, I met Andre Agassi in a breakfast joint and he signed an autograph for me -- another genuine, nice guy.

Happy Days were really HAPPY DAYS during the show’s reign, magical god I am so grateful.

41 years ago! Damn, where does the time go? (I loved this show back in the day)

@kirk1968

8 жыл бұрын

Right?? Crazy how time flies, what a time that was.

@chuckjones5379

Ай бұрын

50 now 😢

Fascinating glimpse of three young men at the very beginning of their stardom (Ron Howard was already there).

The Happy Days cast and the Pointer Sisters together. It's a small world.

@gmh471

20 күн бұрын

Ick. The Pointer Sisters. Low class skanks. You can hear it through this entire interview.

These guys are so down to earth and a pure class act! The values back in these days are so amazing compared to the values in our world today.

@dlullrich6803

5 ай бұрын

That’s what I was thinking. Also, they make the world today look very crazy. What the hell happened to people as if I don’t know

It is so odd seeing Ron, Henry, Anson and Don with their 1970's look before 1977. Credit to the "Happy Days" behind the scenes crew who gave them that 1950's look that began to disappear from the show sometime during the fourth season.

it was great seeing this. I STILL watch happy days every week . I cant get enough of this show. its one of those FEEL GOOD old school shows. I think it was one of thee BEST tv shows EVER created. I'm so glad I grew up in THIS era

"everyone has happiness right in their back yard: amily, friends, God, love and nature" - Anson

These guys are legends imagine going through life without “happy days” huge fan

@StephenDoty84

3 күн бұрын

Without the Fonz, the show was going nowhere; Ron seemed like he knew that in this when he said how they lucky they were to land Henry. The producers expected Ron to be the star. Note even close.

Hard to believe that it’s been a half a century since this was aired

interesting......even at that young age Ron Howard could talk show business like and old pro. Actually he had probably already been in "the business" for 15 years at the time of this interview

Did everyone catch that quote by Anson - Happiness is in your own backyard. Family, friends, God, Love and Nature

@TS-qq7vr

4 жыл бұрын

I thought he was being risqué with the girls to his left who obviously wanted him to check out their backyard in the dressing room.

@lovetogarden247

4 жыл бұрын

Yes I did and Mike Douglas seemed to cut him off. Was it because he mentioned God? I thought it was rude.

@gregsimmons694

20 күн бұрын

Jesus saves sinners!... God bless you

@fc7424

16 күн бұрын

I noticed he said that.Very wise for a 21 year old.

I swear Ron is the same in real life as richie. That's why he's so loved.

@musicfanhawk4523

Жыл бұрын

He is not the same as Richie

Ron Howard quite the promoter. Henry Winkler - just a kind, soft-spoken, and grateful person for his age.

@TJ-kk5zf

3 жыл бұрын

Henry admitted at one point he was a real jerk

@alexfinns6162

3 жыл бұрын

@@TJ-kk5zf ok?

@lorimiller4301

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah he got a big head from being the Fonz and it got to him. That's why he never did the Fonz voice after the show.

Those ladies really smeared those boys up with lipstick! LOL!

@rjam1974

14 күн бұрын

The Pointer Sisters

It's so funny how they come out and start giving lots of kisses to the Pointer Sisters..lol

Really cool that they take questions from the audience. Would be great to see that on modern talk shows.

Ron Howard is such a professional about the business, in a good way. Should be no surprise since he was born into it and been getting paid for it since he was a kid. So now he owns his own corner of Hollywood along with his buddies Spielberg and Lucas.

Family Friends God Love and Nature.. wow. what a different time. what beautiful wonderful people.

@gregsimmons694

20 күн бұрын

Jesus saves sinners! God bless you

This is fascinating. I’m now older than all four of these guys were here, and the maturity and thought that they put into each answer is just amazing.

With the original Pointer sisters

The quality of the video from 1974 or 1975 is incredible, it looks better than a lot of videos from the 90s and 2000s. This looks like it was shot yesterday. This must have been uploaded from a master tape video.

All so young and Handsome!! I love all 4 of them and always loved Happy Days, had to watch every week!

Scary shit to think how fast time goes by, Henry 28 blimey!!! Hes over double that age now. Ive been watching the programme on you tube and thought to see some interviews of Henry Winkler, he seems such a lovely man.

@chelseahernandez4151

9 жыл бұрын

He's so nice! I spoke to him a few times on twitter.

@supersnoozy1

8 жыл бұрын

he seams it from what ive seen of him

@gregsimmons694

20 күн бұрын

Jesus saves sinners! God bless you

I love Happy Days! It's funny seeing them all in 70s clothes instead of 50s lol 😆

I like how he always does the Fonz voice, because he knows people really want to hear it on talk shows too.

Howard and Cheryl are still married from 1975-present day 2024.Both are the same age: 70.Thats amazing 👍

All of these guys are still alive in their 70's in 2024

@StephenDoty84

3 күн бұрын

Where's Chuck? ;) Richie's older brother in season one.

Henry is such a class act

@fluxcapacitor1621

2 жыл бұрын

Ayyyyy

Cheryl Alley, the girl that Ron Howard talks about knowing since High School and being in love with, is STILL with him to this day! Also, Henry Winkler and his wife, Stacey Weitzman, have been married since 1978!

@StephenDoty84

3 күн бұрын

I'm so glad Henry found love. He was betrayed by his German parents as a kid. He was no good at math and dyslexic but forced to study it all the time. He fell in love with a girl as a teen and wrote her lovely letters. He was disappointed she never wrote back. Years later he went through a desk in the house looking something, and he found the letters he wrote in their stamped envelopes -- they were NEVER mailed. He gave them to his parents to mail, and they agreed to, but stuffed them in a desk. When confronted, they said they thought she would distract him from his damn math homework! Disgusting parenting. Surprised Henry turned out as well adjusted as he did.

Back in the days of three Networks, if you were on a hit show you were like a Rock Star. When this aired, Happy Days still hadn't reached it's zenith yet.

I Produced The mIke Douglas Show and have enjoyed a 5o year relationship often working with these four wonderful and talented men. Hard to believe this was all so long ago...

@gregsimmons694

20 күн бұрын

God bless you! Jesus saves sinners

That woman in white looked absolutely taken aback when Henry Winkler talked about her.

About six months later, a warm welcome from an audience would be replaced with Beatlemania-like shrieks and Henry especially would become almost untouchable. I remember all this as a tween.

I remember watching Happy Days growing up. My brother had a friend that asked my mom if she watched Happy Days. She said that she had seen it. The friend said, well parents watch it because they want to know what the 50s was all about. 😂 We looked at him like he was crazy because of course our parents had lived through the 50s.

Such a wonderful video. Great show and such down to earth people.

Ron Howard - such a talented young guy in this clip. That is the kind of head of hair that lasts forever!

I had never thought much about Anson Williams as an actor. As a child I crushed on Don, and I liked Richie and Fonzie. As a group, the four of them seem like sincere young men. Anso sticks out for me as he speaks briefly of the responsibility of dealing with the young groupies. I am glad that all of these actors have had long, happy creative lives.

U can clearly see Ron is interested in film. The way he talks bout it. Directing was definitely in his plans. Thanks for posting. I never seen this b4.

I love Happy Days and Fonzie started my love of black leather jackets since I was 8 . I am now 56.

Great show! It's 2021 and I’m watching reruns! Such fun. I was a big fan then, and I still am now!

I remember watching Happy Days when I was growing up . I loved that show and that was something to talk about in school the next day . My whole class loved that show .

@fluxcapacitor1621

2 жыл бұрын

I still remember the day after Fearless Fonzarelli's big jump. Everybody was excited. We talked about it for a week in anticipation of the landing.

@Itelkner

Жыл бұрын

@@fluxcapacitor1621 Yeah, Fonzie's jump dominated school life that week. I remember. It was like it was happening in our own neighborhood.

I'd kiss the Pointer Sisters too if I were in their position. 😂😂😂

It's amazing Ron had such a beautiful head of hair.

@CrazyFunnyCats

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks👍😉

@greglawrence1314

8 жыл бұрын

He was already balding during his last few seasons on the show.

@tonycole6473

6 жыл бұрын

Now he is a hairless freak.

@manofiske3318

6 жыл бұрын

The hair-loss gene had already kicked in as of this taping of the "Douglas" show but the havoc it would wreak was not apparent to casual observers . You can see that he is beginning to work on his comb-over here but due to the volume of hair he still possesses it seems like he's simply decided to part his hair on the side. The follicles are withering as he speaks

@daveyboy_

4 жыл бұрын

Hollywood stress

Great interview! Lots of insight into the Happy Days series and their personal lives. Thanks for posting.

He is a lovely man Henry Wrinkler

@DexterHaven

5 жыл бұрын

Rinkler?

@bonnieriffle8371

Жыл бұрын

Winkler

The early Happy Days episodes were the best. 1974-1976.

The Fonz was always so cool and Happy Days was my favorite show. Henry Winkler is a awesome person as well Ron Howard 👍😀

49 years later, both Ron and Cheryl Howard are STILL married. 👏🏻 God bless 'em both. Also it always floored me how different Henry Winkler is from Fonzie. He's a Yale-educated, nerdy intellectual and just a really good man. Like Ron Howard, Henry Winkler is also long-term married, to Stacey Weitzman since 1978. 👏🏻

This is so great watching these old shows scene where the people have ended up nice see if they still kept in touch with their fellow classmates

Henry Wrinkler was in a very early 1970's movie about the 1950's with Sylvester Stallone in "The Lords Of Flatbush". He was very aware of portraying a 50's hoodlum. He looked just like Fronzie in the movie! The Lords of Flatbush (stylized onscreen as The Lord's of Flatbush) is a 1974 American drama film about street teenagers in leather jackets from the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. Directed by Martin Davidson and Stephen Verona, The Lords of Flatbush is a low-budget film starring Perry King, Henry Winkler and Sylvester Stallone. Stallone was also credited with writing additional dialogue.

@cooper482011

6 жыл бұрын

I have that movie in my DVD collection. I agree, Henry Winkler resembled his Fonz character in the movie. Great movie. It rivals one of my favorite movies called The Wanderers.

@shizuokaBLUES

5 жыл бұрын

Michael Cooper the wanderers is great , although it’s so corny and contrived. But something about it, it’s actually quite compelling. I’ll have to the check out Lords Of Flatbush. Thanks

@MotorcityBart

5 жыл бұрын

Henry went on record and said he based Arthur Fonzerelli off of Stallones character in Lords Of FlatBush.

@smokeybirdman

5 жыл бұрын

Interestingly Don most is from flatbush

4 perfect guys for the show Happy Days... all were great guys for the show

HOW COOL IS THAT GOOD FOR U RON HOWARD AND THE HAPPY DAYS GANG

LOVED these guys back then and MORE so today

This is awesome. I loved this show so much as a kid. I even had a Fonz poster on my bedroom door.

@slicksmith856

Ай бұрын

"I knew that"

Ron Howard was adorable!

I use to watch Happy Days in the late 70's to early 80's.The Fonze was the man.

I absolutely love this interview! I grew up watching happy days but in the 90s when they had all the reruns on Nick at night. Even to this day I’ll watch it time to time. Anywho Henry Wrinkler is still very grateful and so endearing till this day! He’s never had fame go to his head. I’m sure the actors are just as great but I haven’t watched too many interviews with them since I’m more of a Henry fan.

They're all so lovely and humble.

Whatta BLAST from the past. Just fabulous.

the 70's wow I'm 44 years old now

I liked Mike's show more than Merv's. Thanks for posting.

I love happy days and all the guys. A nice clean show. I've loved Ron since The Andy Griffith Show. I also love the last season theme song, doo wop style. Nice going.

I just loved happy days great memorries

Wow, I’m only young, but this is my fav show and they are all so well spoken here! I wish I grew up when this was on air!

@DaGubah501

3 жыл бұрын

Just keep your life simple & practical & you’re there. The 70s were still that way because technology hadn’t yet taken to much of our personal time up, now it’s simple: people simply spending more time with machines than people so it’s awkward.

@itsoldsoulagain

2 жыл бұрын

@@DaGubah501 thank you!!💕

"Danny Most" - nice job there, Mark....

The Mike Douglas show was awesome!

Great interview🎉

Can't believe it's almost 50 Years ago ugh. Time marches on Goes quick great times back then ....

Henry winkler so mature for his age

@abelincoln5698

4 жыл бұрын

he was 30

@PioneerGrrrl

3 жыл бұрын

@@abelincoln5698 I believe he was the oldest--Howard had the most industry experience but he was the oldest re age.

@Mortthemoose

Жыл бұрын

He was 28!!

What a beautiful energy those four young men had !!!

Kissing strangers on the lips! Can you imagine how silly people would get over this today????

@benbone2559

Ай бұрын

Yes. Hence why it doesn't happen anymore.

Captain Kirk and The Fonz were my favorite TV stars when I was a kid, it's so cool to see both actors thriving in the 2020's.

I wish there were shows like "Happy Days" again--Television has become a complete farce-disgusting reality shows/no quality shows etc

@bufnyfan1

3 жыл бұрын

@Big Smoke The only "taste" you have is in your MOUTH

@mikekrause3671

2 жыл бұрын

some quality shows but most are on cable now, or whatever.... you have to really look. but far as regular broadcast netwerk tv ,yeah, they have gotten real lazy. There is no originality and no memorable characters on any of them , like the '50's through the '80s./'90's. had.

@bufnyfan1

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikekrause3671 Now they are rehashing the old "Wonder Years" this time with a black child--they did the same thing with the original "Odd Couple" series from the 70's-Hollywood simply has no originality anymore--why can't they come up with some good writers and new/original story lines

@shaunigothictv1003

2 жыл бұрын

@@bufnyfan1 Agreed David Depravity is whatbTV has become. I want more wholesome family shows like happy days, wonder years and the cosby show.

This was wonderful!

All of these guys seem so nice!

those first few years of this show are epic

Awesome interview. Wow.

Such a great show. Watched every week! They don't make shows like this anymore, unfortunately!

This is so efin cool,happy days and the great pointer sisters! I'm getting goosebumps;

It's interesting to watch these late night shows from the older days when you might not have been of age to see them. This show aired the same year I was born in and I only started watching Happy Days when I was 7 or something. It's funny to hear Henry Winkler say about kids back then that they have more information now, and it made me think about today and how much more information we have. Even without the help of online sources, I found myself writing on a blog once about how I grew up watching Happy Days, and after I stopped writing I would wonder why I was kept thinking of West Side Story lol I didn't know Henry Winkler had ever been in it. It was even more surprising to learn that when I saw a documentary of how Ron Howard met his wife, I realized that she beared a striking resemblance to my own mother. It was a little strange just to watch it lol But it was a nice story all the same.

It was sn episode of 'Love American Style' that helped lanuch Happy Days as well as the miovie 'American Geafitti.'

Wow, they were all cute 😊

The language is so respectful!

Happy days sitcom was a decent and respectful show with great talent in it and I have to admit that the fonz was my favorite male actor and Henry Winkler is cute 😍 😀 😊

Cast of Happy Days with The Pointer Sisters. I’m here for it!

Interesting To see The Cast Right Near The Beginning Of The Shows Run

happy days was taped in hollywood but known to be a part of wisconsin and were proud of that here. in milwaukee theres a bronze statue of the fonz.

No, we don't film in front of a live audience... One season later it would be, and it took much ,then eventually all of the show's original appeal.

@gregoryholt2994

5 жыл бұрын

So true..my opinion is season's 1 and 2 were the best..because it was a T V show..filmed in front of a live audience turned it onto a stage play..lost a lot of its charm..but somehow managed to go on for quite a few years..