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When Sitcom showed the 1950s Garry Marshall Hiraeth Taith “Happy Days” for the first time on ABC in 1974, no one who participated could predict that the series would run for 11 seasons and spawn alien comedy that launched Robin Williams’ acting career. But the show, which had the very good fortune from premiering a year after “American Graffiti” took advantage of baby wit for their di -hid childhood, all -ages catchy TV viewers thanks to a great extent to the preternatural cool of Arthur “Fonzie” Fonzie “Fonzie” Fonzie “Fonzie” Fonzie “Fonzie” Fonzie.
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After “Happy Days” took a Nedive score in his second season (due to some time Shenanigans slot of CBS, who tried to kill a Marshall show by installing the extremely popular “Maude” Spinoff “GOOD TIMES”), ABC actually tried Retool the series as “Fonzie’s Happy Days,” would have disturbed the show’s cozy ensemble (and cost the star of the Ron Howard network). Fortunately, the score dramatically improved to the point where “Happy Days” became a world -class series on television in his fourth season. And this was all because of the extended dynamics of the family who found Loner Fonzie became the third son of Howard and Marion Cunningham (Tom Bosley and Marion Ross).
As “Happy Days” extended past the all -important fifth season (which usually sets out a show over 100 episodes, making it viable for syndication), that sense of family stretched to his cast and crew. “Happy Days” was one of those wonderful series where almost everyone involved in making it seemed to come forward. Howard and Winkler, in particular, formed a strong bond over their seven seasons together. (The first left the show to focus on his career afterwards.) So, when the series wrapped in 1984, Winkler, looking to take a meaningful souvenir home from the show that made it a star, zeroed in on a piece of the set that has ever seen viewers.
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Henry Winkler took a shelf with a decade worth of sentimental value at home
You might think Winkler would have wanted to save his black leather jacket (he did, but his auction off in 2021)His motorcycle, or maybe that pair of Waterskis helped to launch it over a shark tank. He may hang on those but when appearing on his daughter’s podcast “What in the Winkler?!” Alongside his friend and former Cast Howard, the Fonzie once and the future revealed that he kept … shelf?
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As Winkler said to his daughter, “When Ron and I did ‘happy days, there was a shelf outside Arnold’s.” This shelf was actually behind the specific entrance to Drive-in Arnold, where Richie (Howard), Fonzie, Potssie (Anson Williams), and Ralph (largest wave) often assembled. On the podcast, Howard knew exactly what Winkler was talking. “And we put our coffee cups or water bottles on it as we go through the rocking doors before we make our access,” the director added “EDTV”.
“At the end of ‘happy days,’ I took that shelf,” Winkler confirmed. Howard, calling Winkler’s decision “approved” so smart. ” It’s a cool idea. Viewers remember all the costume and set wear, but for the cast of the show, here are the moments they spent waiting for their queue before they burst through Arnold’s rocking doors for a roaring audience approval that they will cherish forever. That’s the stuff. That was very insightful and, not surprising, cool, Mr Winkler.
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