Hitting appliances could work when they used vacuum tubes (valves), like 50's radios and TVs. Knocking an old defective valve could cause it to reconnect and work properly for a little while. When transistors took over from valves, that trick didn't work anymore.
I so wanted to be the Fonz when I was a little kid in the 70's. He was iconic. The act of banging on something with your fist to get it to work was an popular action of the era, and still lives in today.
And even though the Fonz is the coolest guy you'll ever know, Henry Winkler is in fact the nicest, most social guy I have ever met in my life. I met him at a convention back in July, and he was so friendly with everyone that he was meeting them in front of his booth instead sitting behind the table at his booth. When it was my turn, I was getting my phone ready, he walked right up to me with his hand out saying, "Hi there! I'm Henry Winkler!" I look up and I'm all blushing and giggling as we shake hands and chat up a storm. He shows me all the picture for me to pick for him to sign, and his book 'I Never Met an Idiot on the River', and had his arm around my shoulder the whole time like he was an old friend of mine. I'll just never forget that moment.
I met him too. He's a SUPER Nice guy. I was waiting on really long line to see him. He snuck up behind me and tapped me on the shoulder and said hello. What caught me off guard was everyone was trying to look at the front of the line and he ambushed us from the back of the line as he greeted everyone one on one. Nicest man you'll ever want to meet.
I hardly had to wait at all. There was no line at all. Just only one other guy ahead of me at the booth and Henry was just talking to him. I was standing at the middle of the waiting area just getting my phone ready while he was talking not noticing that they probably were saying their goodbyes and all. And boom. There he was with his hand out to me.
One thing to know about Henry Winkler is he was a major theater nerd - his interpretation of the character one of those escapes. From his wikipedia entry: According to Winkler, "The Fonz was everybody I wasn't. He was everybody I wanted to be."
+Lord Starr and His Crazy World of Trigger Happy Gin Drinkers They thought he'd look like a "hood". He could wear the leather jacket if he was with his motorcycle. That's why there were scenes with him fixing his bike inside Arnolds or inside Richie's house.
Fun fact: That iconic scene of him pulling his comb out and not using it wasn't actually in the script. It happened because Henry Winkler got so into his character that he decided that his character never combed his hair. The directors didn't want this, but decided the scene was too god to leave out.
@@user-hx7mi7ml8u The dude never had to adjust his hair. No open hostile hand got to it, nor any strong wind with a bit of good product and some good mediterranean hair. Maybe Mrs. C could tussle a bit but Arthur continued on his crusade, to protect all righteousness and enjoy the fruits of your labors in that regard....
It's so hard to explain to younger people how cool Fonzie was. We only had 13 TV channels and all other media was just as limited. You have to take the top 5 coolest people today to equal The Fonz
Honestly, he did this role so well, he really just nailed it all over the place. It is really incredible to watch him...and they gave him so many great lines. Incredible!
I also remember when I was little a little friend of mine was pretending to be Fonz and he banged the coke machine. For whatever reason, a soda happened to come out. He thought he was sooooooo cool!
Hmm, let's see here: -Remarkably smooth and charismatic -Always knows exactly what to say -Is able to make things happen seemingly by magic -Can reliably make said things happen at will, in ways he can predict -Is able to do so powerfully enough to shut down or restart power for a whole building, or make a jukebox play a specific song, a vending machine dispense a specific drink -Can compel babes to dance with him with just a snap of the fingers -Completely removed hostility from a situation with one simple *suggestion* -Frequently refers to his ability to do these things as a gift, and explicitly NOT a trick There's no two ways around it. Fonzie is a sorcerer.
@@matthewboyd68 I hear you, but a Bard's magic is derived from songs and performance. All Fonzie has to do to make stuff happen with his gift is be charismatic and/or bang on things. Most bardley thing he does is come up with a one liner.
Henry Winkler is a LIVING LEGEND. His Fonzie character was so cool and FUN to watch that even if James Dean, Marlon Brando, and Paul Newman all walked into Arnold's diner together, The Fonz would still be the coolest and most charismatic badass in that room. Thanks Henry!!!
Lmao!! When he told the animals to "cool it!"..freaking priceless! Classic Arthur Fonzarelli! Long live the Fonz! Happy Days was great! Too bad they dont know how to make sitcoms anymore..wonder what the hell happened?
@martindx1961 - I'll tell you what happened. People today are too easily offended by the foreshadowing that leads up to the lesson taught. Today's snowflake viewers would be calling for the show to be banned just for the "Whites Only" sign before they even saw that Fonzie knocked it down. The trouble is, the same people that want to erase history because they are so offended by it, don't realize that those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
The Fonz was always a hero of me and my brother growing up in the 70's. Fonzie always did the right thing and never backed down from anything or anyone. He was always a gentleman. Everyone I knew wanted to like him.
I saw him at a grilled cheese truck one time. I was too nervous to say anything, but I smiled and nodded at him and he smiled and nodded back. Twas awesome
OMG, I'm so happy I stumbled on this. I was born in the late 90's so I never saw this stuff. This guy is a freaking wizard. I love that they make fun of it several times.
Back in the 70s growing up, the Fonz was the one that every kid in school wanted to be, including me, everyone would walk into the classroom saying "aaaay, I'm the Fonz and I'm cool". In today's society though, I think the kids prefer cool gangs rather than cool, stand out individuals and Fonze was of course, very much an individual who stood out. Yes, he had plenty of friends but at the same time, he cut above them all of them as this unique person who was someone they could never be, although, ironically, the character was supposed to have once belonged to a gang and then what they did with the character was to make him the central figure. This is probably why the kids of today wouldn't like this in the same way we did, they would generally much rather have a TV show about a group of cool guys rather than one cool guy, like a gang of Fonzies rather than one on his own.
In real life, Henry Winkler is very cool because of the type of person he is, he's not like many other celebrities, he seems such a nice guy and seems very hunble and he seems to appreciate his fans and doesnt act like he is better than them just because hes a celebrity, now that is cool.
Totally agree. Fonzie always seemed larger than life at the time. I don't know how I couldn't have noticed that he was so much shorter than even many of the women.
Actually they were looking for a blond blue eyed tall James Dean type but Henry Winkler walked in a nailed the part he just was THE FONZ from the word go and they hired him
Does anyone remember an episode in which Fonzie did the limbo? It may have been a contest. It was the episode that hooked me, but I haven't seen it since.
2025 but I just got to 4:41, saw the "Whites only" sign and OOF that's a BIG "It was a different time" reminder. I do seem to recall at least Fonz was cool with minorities and in some cases stood up for them (like in that scene) but I'm hoping that my old brain hasn't just blocked out the bad stuff...
The Fonz is probably why we all started hitting televisions to fix the reception.
Hitting appliances could work when they used vacuum tubes (valves), like 50's radios and TVs. Knocking an old defective valve could cause it to reconnect and work properly for a little while. When transistors took over from valves, that trick didn't work anymore.
@@dopplerdog6817 bring back valves
Yup.
and sometimes it's work !
😂😂✌️❤️for real ..
I so wanted to be the Fonz when I was a little kid in the 70's. He was iconic. The act of banging on something with your fist to get it to work was an popular action of the era, and still lives in today.
Well i can confirm it works with most computers.
The power of the Fonz lives on in us all.
*****
i've never watched an episode in my life and yet i know The Fonz is awesome.
*****
:⊃
ozweepay THEN WHY WONT THIS THING TURN ON, OWW MY FIST HURTS.
And even though the Fonz is the coolest guy you'll ever know, Henry Winkler is in fact the nicest, most social guy I have ever met in my life. I met him at a convention back in July, and he was so friendly with everyone that he was meeting them in front of his booth instead sitting behind the table at his booth. When it was my turn, I was getting my phone ready, he walked right up to me with his hand out saying, "Hi there! I'm Henry Winkler!" I look up and I'm all blushing and giggling as we shake hands and chat up a storm. He shows me all the picture for me to pick for him to sign, and his book 'I Never Met an Idiot on the River', and had his arm around my shoulder the whole time like he was an old friend of mine. I'll just never forget that moment.
I met him too. He's a SUPER Nice guy. I was waiting on really long line to see him. He snuck up behind me and tapped me on the shoulder and said hello. What caught me off guard was everyone was trying to look at the front of the line and he ambushed us from the back of the line as he greeted everyone one on one. Nicest man you'll ever want to meet.
I hardly had to wait at all. There was no line at all. Just only one other guy ahead of me at the booth and Henry was just talking to him. I was standing at the middle of the waiting area just getting my phone ready while he was talking not noticing that they probably were saying their goodbyes and all. And boom. There he was with his hand out to me.
JohnSilverfan01
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One thing to know about Henry Winkler is he was a major theater nerd - his interpretation of the character one of those escapes. From his wikipedia entry: According to Winkler, "The Fonz was everybody I wasn't. He was everybody I wanted to be."
Amazing! Glad you got to have such a wonderful moment.
i always liked the fact that the fonz stood up for civil rights. the fonz was that dude foreal.
Jarobi Trice 👍🏼
+TwilightVomit
Don't let them hear U say that.
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He was a cool guy, it has to be said, If things didnt work, he would bang his fist and get instant results, stuff would work again !
he didnt like nature much, i bet he supports fracking
No wonder Peter Griffin started the Church of the Fonz
Or that Doctor on friends who was obsessed with fonzie
+Taylor T that is exactly why I came here, I'm watching the one where phoebe gives birth 😆
Taylor T you know who I always liked? Mork.
I'm here because of that 70s show :D wondered who Fonzie is when I was watching friends too, though.
"We shall trust in our lord and savior Arthur Fonzarellis." - Peter Griffin
This was my hero growing up.
Didn't expect to see you here.
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@@kaiserwenli3721 .......why?
Damn you are oldddd
@@Arany-Csillag Lol I was a 90's kid who didn't have cable.
fun fact: the Fonz wasn't allowed to wear leather jackets at first cuz the producers thought he'd look too "criminal."
+Lord Starr and His Crazy World of Trigger Happy Gin Drinkers They thought he'd look like a "hood". He could wear the leather jacket if he was with his motorcycle. That's why there were scenes with him fixing his bike inside Arnolds or inside Richie's house.
Metatron that’s true. I read that too. Even back in the 70’s they were worried about his character being too menacing. Funny lol
man those times were shit
They probably thought that he was one of the Greasers. ;)
@@linnycrocus6023 us greasers are always ready to fight the soc's
My dad told me that Fonz could fix things just by hitting them but I had to see to believe
apparently, it's a gift.
Ha. My dad told me that the Fonz was a cool motherfucker.
jmeowcoverage
squiggy would say...."ha! I'll see it when I believe it!"
(from Laverne and Shirley)
It works in real life too .It's just a matter of confidence!
Stuart Lee and persistence
All right, just as a nineties kid with no recollection of this show . . . Fonz is a badass.
+Anthony Clay (Steel Accord) Same here. lol
As a millennial with no recollection of this show... Fonz is a badass!
As a nineties kid who watched so much of this show when I was younger... Fonz is a badass
Same!!!! :D
Fonz is THE badass ahah
Its a gift.
It sure is
Ended racism with one hit
Fonz is a Boss , the way he knocked down that whites only sign
oh yes
And society has gotten so much better ever since
The one man who could really kill Thanos.
one hit and it start signing Elvis, it's a gift.
With a single hit that infinity gauntlet would just stop working
Eyyyyyy
Fonz with the infinity gauntlet: One snap could summon all the pretty girls in the universe to his side.
The Fonz snaps first and the stones are rendered inert.
Fun fact: That iconic scene of him pulling his comb out and not using it wasn't actually in the script. It happened because Henry Winkler got so into his character that he decided that his character never combed his hair. The directors didn't want this, but decided the scene was too god to leave out.
It was a "pure fonzie" moment!
Yes, I’m listening to his autobiography now and he tells this story. ❤
It’s not that his character “never” combed his hair,” but he thought he looked so good already, that he didn’t actually need to then. 😀
@@user-hx7mi7ml8u The dude never had to adjust his hair. No open hostile hand got to it, nor any strong wind with a bit of good product and some good mediterranean hair. Maybe Mrs. C could tussle a bit but Arthur continued on his crusade, to protect all righteousness and enjoy the fruits of your labors in that regard....
It's so hard to explain to younger people how cool Fonzie was. We only had 13 TV channels and all other media was just as limited.
You have to take the top 5 coolest people today to equal The Fonz
Only THIRTEEN TV CHANNELS ! What a harsh life you had. Who are the top 5 coolest people nowadays ?
Facts
Truth!!!
Try 4 TV channels (UK)
This looks very dated in 2023
Honestly, he did this role so well, he really just nailed it all over the place. It is really incredible to watch him...and they gave him so many great lines. Incredible!
"When I was born, I was eight."
fonzie is like elvis or chuck norris, always the cool guy with endless charisma
Always found it ironic because Henry Wrinkler went on to play a bunch of nerds and losers.
elvis and chuck both suck.
@@reginaldfairfield lol
Was a better world back then..I was a 70's child and to watch these clips brings a tear to my eye. The fonz was the man..Great memories.
The Fonz was my childhood idol, later I realised just how nice Henry Winkler is... They are both absolute legends.
Ok, Phoebe Buffay's gynecologist brought me here..
SAME!! I just paused the video and searched him up and got here lol
Eternal Muser Bruh SAME lmaoo,
Eternal Muser fonzie dated triplets
Wait during which scene and episode do they make the reference.. cus I'm here from the 70's show
Me too!
I almost fell out of my chair when he made all those animals shut up. ROFL!!!!
+blockmasterscott Woah!
I remember when I was little I thought it was so cool that Fonz could do that!
I also remember when I was little a little friend of mine was pretending to be Fonz and he banged the coke machine. For whatever reason, a soda happened to come out. He thought he was sooooooo cool!
@elizabethohlmuller1483
Haha, that must been hilarious and your friend probably will remember that to forever!
Only one person was allowed to call Fonzie by his first name... that was Mrs Cunningham. Everyone else called him Fonzie
Don't forget...Al's twin brother,the priest also called him,'Arthur'.😊
Fonzi had a crush on Mrs C.
@@markweyant7779 and vice versa 😉
Becouse fonz fuck with mrs c.
@@julianjv7325 because Mrs. C was like a mother to him
Hmm, let's see here:
-Remarkably smooth and charismatic
-Always knows exactly what to say
-Is able to make things happen seemingly by magic
-Can reliably make said things happen at will, in ways he can predict
-Is able to do so powerfully enough to shut down or restart power for a whole building, or make a jukebox play a specific song, a vending machine dispense a specific drink
-Can compel babes to dance with him with just a snap of the fingers
-Completely removed hostility from a situation with one simple *suggestion*
-Frequently refers to his ability to do these things as a gift, and explicitly NOT a trick
There's no two ways around it. Fonzie is a sorcerer.
Or if you're going by D&D rules a Bard. Ironically his character is friends with one in the Legend of Vox Machina.
@@matthewboyd68 I hear you, but a Bard's magic is derived from songs and performance. All Fonzie has to do to make stuff happen with his gift is be charismatic and/or bang on things. Most bardley thing he does is come up with a one liner.
There were Italian kids in my school so much like The Fonz. I had such a huge crush on one of them.
I always enjoyed watching this show. He was my favorite. I'm only in my late 20s but loved the classics
It was the Fonz who invented 'Cool'!
Nope, that was Miles Davis !
No, but he perfected it
@@dielaughing73 Exactly. Unlike others who people would say 'invented cool', Fonzie did it without the use of drugs.
Elvis
@@corycg9624 Elvis did drugs. So not cool.
Tunnel snakes rule
Who would win the tunnel snakes or the atom cats.
@furry slayer tunnel snakes rule.
The Kings of Freeside would beat both of them.
@@christianyttrie5764 Tunnel snakes of course because they rule
Henry Winkler is a LIVING LEGEND. His Fonzie character was so cool and FUN to watch that even if James Dean, Marlon Brando, and Paul Newman all walked into Arnold's diner together, The Fonz would still be the coolest and most charismatic badass in that room. Thanks Henry!!!
That's the absolute truth of it!
Just amazing how Henry Winkler can play a character that he’s actually the 100% opposite of in real life. ( as he admits) big fan!!
The Fonz was my hero in Happy Days, loved The Fonz and all the cast in the show,
Legendary Show !!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉 ❤
By far the most iconic character ever on TV
The Fonz was the coolest! He was always my hero! The james Dean of sitcom television!
Cool it let's see Tarzan do that
Haha I remember that when I was kid, I was blown away
Lmao!! When he told the animals to "cool it!"..freaking priceless! Classic Arthur Fonzarelli! Long live the Fonz! Happy Days was great! Too bad they dont know how to make sitcoms anymore..wonder what the hell happened?
@martindx1961 - I'll tell you what happened. People today are too easily offended by the foreshadowing that leads up to the lesson taught. Today's snowflake viewers would be calling for the show to be banned just for the "Whites Only" sign before they even saw that Fonzie knocked it down. The trouble is, the same people that want to erase history because they are so offended by it, don't realize that those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
James Collier
I just think people don't have the attention span anymore. They would rather get entertained by memes
Liberalism
Congrats on your Emmy Henry.
The Fonz was always a hero of me and my brother growing up in the 70's. Fonzie always did the right thing and never backed down from anything or anyone. He was always a gentleman. Everyone I knew wanted to like him.
The Fonz is surely best character of all TV's history!
I have never seen this show or actually seen anything with fonzy. His joke being that hes just so cool he defies all logic is so funny EVERY time
As the father peter griffin once said......
"Let us AYYYYYY
👍👍"
Ben Taylor ayyyyyy
Ayyyyyy
Ayyyyyy
Thanks for including my favorite!
Fonzie was sleeping outside and shut down all the sounds of nature with, "Cool it!"
The Fonz...inspired as hybrid of James Dean, Montgomery Clift, Elvis Presley and Steve Mcqueen...the apex of cool.
I think early Marlon Brando as well.
After reading how difficult his childhood was, it was nice to watch him act in such confident way.
I’ve been hearing mention of Fonzie more and more recently but I’ve never actually seen him before. Now I get why he’s so popular
One of the ALL-TIME greatest characters in the history of TV, When you think of Happy Days you immediately think of THE FONZ!!!!
Henry Winkler will always be Known as Arthur Fonzarelli...Ayyy
He's charisma stat is so high he can persuade anything
Fonzie, my hero. Growing up I had the Fonzie lunchbox with thermos and I still have a Fonzie mug.
Fun fact: the Fonz took acting classes at Gene Cousineau's theater in LA.
No he is Kusino! 😠
fonzie is so iconic that everybody in italy knows who he is, from the older to the younger generations.
"Put your head on my shoulderrrr, whisper in my earr, baaabyyyy"
I saw him at a grilled cheese truck one time. I was too nervous to say anything, but I smiled and nodded at him and he smiled and nodded back. Twas awesome
OMG, I'm so happy I stumbled on this. I was born in the late 90's so I never saw this stuff. This guy is a freaking wizard. I love that they make fun of it several times.
Back in the 70s growing up, the Fonz was the one that every kid in school wanted to be, including me, everyone would walk into the classroom saying "aaaay, I'm the Fonz and I'm cool". In today's society though, I think the kids prefer cool gangs rather than cool, stand out individuals and Fonze was of course, very much an individual who stood out.
Yes, he had plenty of friends but at the same time, he cut above them all of them as this unique person who was someone they could never be, although, ironically, the character was supposed to have once belonged to a gang and then what they did with the character was to make him the central figure.
This is probably why the kids of today wouldn't like this in the same way we did, they would generally much rather have a TV show about a group of cool guys rather than one cool guy, like a gang of Fonzies rather than one on his own.
I missed that. Will be looking for all the shows. 🙂
the fonz is still cool
Elizabeth Cantu he lost his mojo when he acted in Adam Sandler’s movie The Waterboy
Arthur Fonzarelli was the man
In real life, Henry Winkler is very cool because of the type of person he is, he's not like many other celebrities, he seems such a nice guy and seems very hunble and he seems to appreciate his fans and doesnt act like he is better than them just because hes a celebrity, now that is cool.
Beautiful show
I never noticed it but he was sooo tiny
Totally agree. Fonzie always seemed larger than life at the time. I don't know how I couldn't have noticed that he was so much shorter than even many of the women.
He is 5'6".
Danny C So was Al Pacino and he was so bad in The Godfather. Height does not necessarily make the man, although I do like my men tall,lol!
Actually they were looking for a blond blue eyed tall James Dean type but Henry Winkler walked in a nailed the part he just was THE FONZ from the word go and they hired him
Why you doggin
Up to this day, i think Fonz is still the best... None can be at the same level as him. Oh good ol' days
The guy was basically a miracle maker with the way he hit objects.
Could he remove a sword stuck in a stone? 🧐
When he tries to fix his hair but notice that they are already Ok, he deserves an Oscar for the interpretation 😂😂😂😂
I wish I could be like the fonz but sadly I can never amount to his coolness. :(
No one can sadly
+Prince Vegeta and a curs3
The Don if you believe you can then in many instances you can. Worked for me 🤷🏼♂️. Confidence man, confidence.
WHY ARE YOU LOCKED IN THE BATHROOM?
Best TV character of all time
Thanos: I am inevitable.
Fonzie: *comes closer to Thanos and hits his gloves. All the stones fell.*
And I am the Fonz, AAAYYY!!
No one. NO ONE. Had the essence of Confident Coolness like The Fonz!
Happy Days is best anime
John Mitchell
+FPSshooterguy115 He's not. He is making an ironic statement.
John Mitchell
..
You spelled Corey in the house wrong.
Binh Ho g
We need more people like Fonzie in the world.
The Fonz is the og rizzler
3:39 thats a hard ass line im not gona lie
What a gift, what a guy! X
Debbie Prentice Plz!!! Let me recommend 2 very important videos......
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I agree. AYYYE
Bam!! The Fonz like a Boss.
Fantastic fonzi
Never missed a episode ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
My god ^^ fonzy
When I was kid he was my hero . The first American tv show I have see in France .
Does anyone remember an episode in which Fonzie did the limbo? It may have been a contest. It was the episode that hooked me, but I haven't seen it since.
hey anyone out their watching this in 2024, im in my 60s now and used to love this, think back how we felt then, great times
Eyyyyyyy!
My daughter met Henry and said he is the sweetest man ever 💗..
He is like a magical repair man.
Nobody and I mean nobody was, is or will ever be as cool as the Fonz
"Step into my office." - The Fonz
The restroom being his "office".
😄
A great show in the late 1970's. I remember it was on in the late weekday mornings.
He has magic elbows and fingers
He is Dublin Ireland this week ;) . Was in the news here and all. Promoting a new book.
Heard the buzzing... Hotel was on fire.
@@bobdroidsky225 He probably touched something and caused it lol.
@@sharonec5419 "it's a gift" 😅
@@bobdroidsky225 🤣😅
1:12 anyone notice fonzie on the wall lol?
This is the nicest person I’ve ever worked with :) *subtle brag* haha
4:03 Fonzie: *It's not the song i want, dammit!* Bang!!
Funny he don't seem like an Elvis fan, yet he dresses like him.
I looked up to Fonzi as a kid, so smooth.
Henry seems like a true gentleman. Christopher Reeves was awesome in person and lucky to have hung out with him.
I remember those days! I was just a kid, yet i loved it!
Happy 70th birthday Henry Winkler
Perfect!
when I was a kid i always use to think that the Fonz had SuperPowers and i know i wasn't the only one Aaaaaahhhhh😎👍
I live in Mumbai, India and I'd rush home from school back in the 90s to watch Happy Days on Star World every weekday! I love this show.
Who’s here in 2024
Hopefully a lot
And now!
Me.
2025 but I just got to 4:41, saw the "Whites only" sign and OOF that's a BIG "It was a different time" reminder.
I do seem to recall at least Fonz was cool with minorities and in some cases stood up for them (like in that scene) but I'm hoping that my old brain hasn't just blocked out the bad stuff...
Barry from Arrested Development bought me here! What a legend Henry Winkler :D
Clean funny shows with substance.
Not sure how clean it was when so many of the jokes were sexual lol..!
One of the All Time Television GREATS.
That 70s show brought me here
Ballin On these hoe ass niggas lookin’ gooood
Same 👍🏻
me too!!
Me tooo