Nowadays, it seems like a quaint notion that a television series might stay on the air long enough to run out of ideas. But almost fifty years ago, even a successful show like Happy Days wasn't immune ...
It’s one of the most infamous moments in television history. On the Sept. 20, 1977 episode of ABC’s hit sitcom Happy Days, Fonzie, the lovable tough guy portrayed by Henry Winkler, strapped on water ...
These days, it’s common parlance for TV fans to talk about a show “jumping the shark” when it starts declining in quality, usually due to some unexpected plot point or storyline. The origins of the ...
Having car trouble? Maybe The Fonz can help! On the Oct. 25 episode of The Drew Barrymore Show, Henry Winkler joined host Drew Barrymore for a chat, which included a round of “Fast Five” questions ...
Fans say a TV show has “jumped the shark” when it has become irredeemably outlandish. The term, after all, comes from the 1977 episode of Happy Days in which Henry Winkler’s Fonzie jumps over a shark ...
It’s more than just midnight reruns of classic sitcoms that keep audiences up at night; a dark fan theory may finally explain one of television’s wildest unsolved mysteries, more than 50 years later.
Richie and Fonzie are back together again. On a re-created set of the show’s famed Arnold’s Drive-In, Winkler and Howard noted that they did not get brought onstage by the show’s beloved theme song.
Without naming names, Henry Winkler has said he worked with an actor who was so mean that he told the Happy Days star he'd "rip" his head off. Winkler played the cool greaser Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli ...