NakedMoleRat
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There wasn't much cable back in the 70's.
No, he'd be a woman who beat the crap out of half of the men and slept with the other half.
Was Fonzie A Loser?
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ScourgiousJinx
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Fonzie never really had a direct impact on me at all. When Happy Days came on the channel was changed most of the time. To me his biggest contribution to culture was "jumping the shark." No hate for him just indifference.
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Borrowing the words of Eric Draven... I have something to give you, I don't want it anymore....
If anything, we could actually say the show was a Fonzie success story.
He goes from high school dropout… who worked as a mechanic…. to owning his own garage… he goes back to get his high school diploma…. He becomes partner in the new rebuilt Al’s Diner, after the old one burns down… he meets a woman he falls in love with and leaves all his womanizing in the past…. he then goes to college and gets his teaching degree…. he gets his teaching job… and to cap it all off, he ends up adoption a young boy by the name of Danny.
I always took that adoption ending of his story to be the end-cap on his journey. Richie and all the others who he guided, had moved on and started their adult lives, and Fonz’s need for family would only make sense that he longed to be the father figure he never had.
So his story isn’t about a loser, but more about someone who struggled and overcame.
He goes from high school dropout… who worked as a mechanic…. to owning his own garage… he goes back to get his high school diploma…. He becomes partner in the new rebuilt Al’s Diner, after the old one burns down… he meets a woman he falls in love with and leaves all his womanizing in the past…. he then goes to college and gets his teaching degree…. he gets his teaching job… and to cap it all off, he ends up adoption a young boy by the name of Danny.
I always took that adoption ending of his story to be the end-cap on his journey. Richie and all the others who he guided, had moved on and started their adult lives, and Fonz’s need for family would only make sense that he longed to be the father figure he never had.
So his story isn’t about a loser, but more about someone who struggled and overcame.
Hate on Fonzie all you want, but don't you dare...DON'T YOU DARE...say an unkind word about Suzi Quatro! She's a rock god! She's The Wild One!
NakedMoleRat
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Who Is she?
NakedMoleRat
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To be honest, I’d forgotten about his success I haven’t watched an episode in over 20 years. All I remembered was ‘sit on it’.
So, from memory, at first glance, I was kind of on team loser until everyone reminded of what he’d transitioned into.
So, from memory, at first glance, I was kind of on team loser until everyone reminded of what he’d transitioned into.
Axlotl
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Axlotl
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Rock and roll badass.
We wouldn't have The Runaways and Joan Jett without her.
NakedMoleRat
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Who are they?
I do love me some Joan Jett. Way cooler than "Fonzie" that's for sure...
Axlotl
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I remember Leather Tuscadero, and her older sister Pinky Tuscadero.
NakedMoleRat
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I remember Pinky, used to hang out with The Brain.I remember Leather Tuscadero, and her older sister Pinky Tuscadero.
I was about 10 in Fonzie’s heyday so I re him vividly.
Was he “cool”? YUP!
Let‘s breaking down, shall we?
1. He rode a motorcycle.
2. He did a terrible Elvis impression and was loved for it.
3. he always wore a leather jacket.
4. He successfully pulled off an Evel Knevel stunt and was loved for it.
5. EVERY hot woman was at his beck and call at the snap of his fingers.
6. He battled an alien, won, and was loved for it.
7. He had his own cool apartment.
8. He had a tough guy reputation so NOBODY would dare mess with him.
9. He jumped a shark and was loved for it.
10. He had magical abilities far beyond those of mortal men.
I could keep going, but really, what’s the point?
Was he “cool”? YUP!
Let‘s breaking down, shall we?
1. He rode a motorcycle.
2. He did a terrible Elvis impression and was loved for it.
3. he always wore a leather jacket.
4. He successfully pulled off an Evel Knevel stunt and was loved for it.
5. EVERY hot woman was at his beck and call at the snap of his fingers.
6. He battled an alien, won, and was loved for it.
7. He had his own cool apartment.
8. He had a tough guy reputation so NOBODY would dare mess with him.
9. He jumped a shark and was loved for it.
10. He had magical abilities far beyond those of mortal men.
I could keep going, but really, what’s the point?
He was originally written as a 16 year old. When Winkler was cast (27) it was generally accepted as somewhere between 18-20
Even though in real life the actor is almost a decade older than the other actors, in TV world he’s supposed to be only a few years older than Richie.
He’s a high school drop out (and “bad kid”) who befriends Richie when Richie tries to help him go back to school. He ends up dropping out again, but stays friends with Richie. He works as a mechanic, eventually owns his own garage and is part owner of the diner.
enterprise0216
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Yeah I already watching for this to become available. Maybe the jukebox will pay a Happy Days theme or light up. If it doesn’t it’s fine I mean it’s the Fonz right!
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And finishes school, goes on to college and become a teacher.
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