Arthur Fonzarelli

I have always been a Happy Days fan and probably watched every episode more than once over the years. The show aired from 1974-1984 which would have been from the time I was 7 to 17 years old...my prime years of watching family sitcoms. I fell in love with the Happy Days because of Arthur Fonzarelli and his younger cousin, Chachi. Anson Williams wasn’t all that bad, but the name “Potsie” just did’t ever settle well with me!! LOL I used to purchase Teen Beat and Tiger Beat magazines so I could pull out the posters of Scott Baio, who played Chachi, and tape them to my wall amongst many other teen heartthrobs at that time...Shaun Cassidy, Andy Gibb of the Bee Gees, Parker Stevenson, Leif Garrett, and Willie Aames to name a few.

Arthur Fonzarelli had a few nicknames such as “The Fonz” or “Fonzie”. We’ve even had a custodian who had the nickname of “Fonz” because he had really nice 80’s-style feathered hair! Fonzie was cool, he rode a motorcycle, he would never admit to being wrong, and he would always greet you with a “Heeeeyyyyyyy” and two thumbs up! The actor who played Fonzie is Henry Winkler.

Henry Winkler has performed in many movies...Waterboy, Click, and Holes (based on the book by Louis Sachar) to name a few. He also produced the 80’s favorite, MacGyver.

Not only was the Fonz an excellent actor, but he has also written books for children. If you’ve never picked up one of his books, try the Hank Zipzer series about a boy who has dyslexia. Winkler is also dyslexic, but he was not diagnosed until he was 31 years old!

Soooo, “Sit on it” guys and gals...and have a “Perfectamundo” kind of day!