The entire cast spent a lot of time together and participated in softball events. And, I’d grown up sort of through the Hollywood television system, so for me to work with this guy who was so thoughtful, so creative, and yet so hilarious, was really an opportunity for me to learn and grow and we just clicked, you know.” UNITED STATES – AUGUST 11: HAPPY DAYS – “Get a Job” 2/25/75 Ron Howard, Henry Winkler (Photo by ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images) It was exciting for me to work with Henry because he was really a trained actor who attended Yale Drama School just a trained New York actor. “We were fast friends from the beginning. He gave me my first mitt I’d never played baseball before. We had a connection that you cannot describe in real life, and it was similar off-camera. “I think people gravitate to the Fonzie/Richie relationship because Ron and I are ten years apart. Winkler also discussed his friendship with Howard. UNITED STATES – JULY 10: HAPPY DAYS – Gallery – Season Two – 7/10/75 Fonzie (Henry Winkler) Richie (Ron Howard) Potsie (Anson WIlliams) and Ralph (Donny Most) (Photo by ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images) He was very funny and very idiosyncratic, and then he was very strict.” And Garry Marshall never took bad behavior from anybody. So, you have to hold on to yourself and then you’ve got friends like Ron who doesn’t take it all seriously. Winkler described this time, “It’s unnatural-the human condition does not prepare you for stardom. Winkler had a hard time dealing with his sudden fame, and Howard was able to provide some grounding for him. They were all hilarious but they all rang true and they were great lessons.”īoth Howard and Winkler told writer Stephanie Nolasco of Fox News how they felt about each other and their time on Happy Days. He really inspired us to learn because he said wanna wear many hats.” Howard also learned from his mentor, saying “Garry was a natural teacher and he loved collecting theories and axioms about life but also making a show. Williams said, “He really cared about us. In another article during that same event written by Zach Seemayer November 17, 2019], Williams and Howard both talked about the mentoring they received from Marshall. “We were so good at what we did because we respected each other and loved each other.” He went on to say “we made it look easy and it wasn’t.” In an article by Gina Vivinetto in Today on November 14, 2019, Donny Most discussed the cast. In 2019, the cast reunited to celebrate the life of Garry Marshall who passed away in 2016. It took a long time before he could shake that image and be considered for other types of acting roles. The only negative thing about Fonzie was the result he had on Winkler’s future acting career. Winkler picked up the call and gave the boy hope, convincing him not to take his life. It was from a teenage boy who was contemplating suicide. During one day of filming, a call came to Paramount Studios. On one of the episodes, The Fonz went to the library and checked out a book, saying “Everybody is allowed to read.” That week, library card registrations increased by 500%.
Marshall was asked if the show could do something to help kids realize how important reading was. When they said the right answer, his response was “correctamundo.”įonzie was adored by many kids, especially kids who needed some extra help or attention. This show had a slew of catchphrases, and one of them came from The Fonz whenever he was trying to get someone to answer a question correctly.
The cast also includes his younger sister Joanie (Erin Moran) and an older brother Chuck.
Marion is content to stay at home, except for a brief stint when she gets a job as a waitress at Arnold’s. Howard is a family man and is also loyal to his lodge. Richie’s family includes his father Howard (Tom Bosley) who owns a hardware store, and his mother Marion (Marion Ross). The plots revolved around the same types of problems most teens experienced in the fifties: dating, wanting to be popular, peer pressure, and similar experiences. Happy Days was described as relentlessly ordinary. Jerry Paris (Jerry Helper on The Dick Van Dyke Show) directed 237 of the episodes. The first two seasons, the show focused more on Richie Cunningham as he interacted with his friends and family. However, once George Lucas released American Graffiti in 1973, also starring Ron Howard, ABC took another look at the period show. Garry Marshall developed the pilot which first aired on Love American Style in 1972 as “Love and the Television Set.” The network wasn’t interested in turning the pilot into a show when it first came up.
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