Arthur “Fonzie” Fonzarelli was a minor, recurring character throughout the show’s 16-episode first season. In her 2018 memoir, My Days: Happy and Otherwise, series star Marion Ross recalled how small Winkler’s role was. “As we began shooting the first episodes of Happy Days, if I ever felt as if my role was small, I would just look at poor Henry. He hardly had any lines. They would just have him strut into the bathroom at Arnold’s Drive-In, take a look at himself in the mirror, see that his hair was perfect, put his comb away, and walk out,” she wrote. “That was about it.”
In an interview with TV Line, Winkler reflected on the episode in which a lonely Fonzie spends Christmas with the Cunningham family. The actor, who was featured in nearly every scene, said the “emotional” episode started "turning the tide for the character of Fonzie.”
Viewers saw a softer side of the Fonz as he fixed the Cunningham Christmas lights and a malfunctioning Santa before reading “The Night Before Christmas” to the family. Another poignant scene showed the soft spot he had for Mrs. C. (Ross) as he let her “get away with” giving him orders to stay for Christmas.
Fonzie Became So Popular That the Show’s Name Was Almost Changed
By Season 3, Fonzie moved into an apartment over the Cunninghams’ garage and became a main focus on the show. The Fonzie character was so popular that producers toyed with changing the name of the series to Fonzie’s Happy Days.
Winkler also urged producers not to make the change. He told The New York Times, “They came to me at ABC and they wanted to change the title to Fonzie’s Happy Days. I said, ‘If you do that, it is an insult to everybody I’m working with.” Why fix something that isn’t broken? We are really good. I live in the family, and that’s why I’m successful. I’m asking you, if you never listen to me again, leave it alone.’”
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