Comments on Movietone News: My afternoon with the Fonz

Ha! Love all this about the car. Brilliant. Those ...

2009-06-12T08:06:36.816+01:00

Ha! Love all this about the car. Brilliant. Those little tricksters!
How do you know these things???

Matthew, It's very cool that you got to meet H...

2009-06-12T04:47:25.303+01:00

Matthew,
It's very cool that you got to meet Henry Winkler. I got to hear him as a banquet speaker a few years back, but didn't get to meet him in person. Apparently, the model car kit you showed at the beginning of your post was a complete anachronism. It's based on a 1967 Pontiac GTO and Happy Days was set in the 50s. The car is actually the Monkeemobile, built for the Monkees TV series. Guess AMT thought they could get some more use of the tooling for the Monkeemobile model by adding a plastic figure of Fonzie and putting a new picture on the box. i don't believe the car actually appeared in Happy Days.

Damn! I forgot to ask him what it was like to jump...

2009-05-23T12:40:15.146+01:00

Damn! I forgot to ask him what it was like to jump a shark! I knew there was something else!

Matthew: What can one say? I think that the leathe...

2009-05-21T15:18:03.654+01:00

Matthew: What can one say? I think that the leather jacket is in the Smithsonian says it all. How many actors can claim that kind of icon status? Damn few. Sure, he jumped a shark, but he was also the king of cool. thumbs up! -- Mykal

This sounds like it was so much fun. Even if you ...

2009-05-19T14:01:00.000+01:00

This sounds like it was so much fun. Even if you did have to talk about children's books part of the time. Incidentally, I had no idea you worked in the children's book field. I just did a project for one of my classes involving children's books. :)

How would six and seven year olds in London know about Happy Days? Is it very popular over there? I'm pretty sure it doesn't even play on TV Land anymore over here. I've seen Fonzie's jacket at the Smithsonian. They have absolutely everything there!

btw- I gave you an award on my blog. :)

How neat is that?? Growing up watching Happy Days ...

2009-05-18T23:22:00.000+01:00

How neat is that?? Growing up watching Happy Days every week still remains a fond memory. Even as a young girl, I had a crush on the Fonz...or was it Popsie...or maybe Chachi? Oh well, regardless. Fabulous that you met Arthur Fonzarelli. Kudos Matthew and thank you for sharing and bringing a smile my way.

Sandra