When Gari Marshall's nostalgia in the 1950s, "Happy Days" premiered at the ABC in 1974, no one could predict that the series would last 11 seasons and trigger someone else's Sitkom that began Robin Williams' acting career. But the show, which was very good luck at its premiere one year after "American graffiti", tapped in babies' wit of babies for their carefree childhood, hung television viewers of all ages greatly thanks to early cool cool "Fonzi".

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After "Happy Days" took a rating in its second season (due to CBS's shenanigans slot that tried to kill Marshall's show by putting the wildly popular "Mauude" Spinoff good times), ABC actually tried to Re -pulled the series as "Happy Days of Fonzy", that would disrupt the pleasant ensemble vibration of the show (and cost the Starwarr's Network Ron Howard). Fortunately, the ratings have dramatically improved to the point that "happy days" have become the highest ranked TV series in its fourth season. And it was all because of the expanded family dynamics that Laner Fonzi found to become a third son for Howard and Marion Cunningham (Tom Bosley and Marion Ross).

As the "happy days" stretched over all the important fifth season (which usually set up a show over 100 episodes, making it sustainable for union), that sense of family has expanded to its team and crew. "Happy Days" was one of those blessed series where almost all involved in making it seemed to come together. Especially Howard and Winkler have formed a strong relationship during their seven seasons together. (The former left the show to focus on his directing career after that.) So, when the series ended in 1984, Winkler, demanding that he take a significant memorandum from the show made by a Starwar, zero on a set of viewers never saw it.

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You might think Winkler would like to save His black leather jacket (he did, but at auction turned off in 2021)His motorcycle, or maybe that pair of Waterskis that helped launch it through a shark tank. It is possible to hang on them, but as he appears on his daughter's podcast "What in Winkler?!" In addition to his friend and former Howard team, the future Fonzi once revealed that he kept ... a shelf?

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As Winkler told her daughter: "When Ron and I made" happy days ", there was a shelf outside of Arnold." This shelf actually stood behind the set of Arnold's entrance, where Richie (Howard), Fonzy, Potsa (Anson Williams) and Ralph. At podcast, Howard knew exactly what Winkler was talking about. "And we put our cups of coffee or water bottles on it as we passed through the doors for the swing before we made the entrance," Director EDTV added.

"At the end of" Happy Days ", I took that shelf," Winkler confirmed. Howard approved it, calling Winkler's decision "so smart". It's a cool idea. Viewers remember all the suits and dressing, but for the role of the show, these are the moments they have been waiting for their sign before they burst through the swinging doors of Arnold to grousing audiences that will nurture them forever. That's working. It was very smart and, surprisingly, cool, M -Winkler.

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