1981: HENRY WINKLER on HAPPY DAYS and THE FONZ | Pebble Mill | Comedy Icons | BBC Archive
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- Taking time out from his holidays in the UK, Henry Winkler met with Tony Bilbow to discuss his role as The Fonz on iconic American show Happy Days (1974-1984), as well as his other creative endeavours and his foresight on matters relating to disability and on-screen representation.
Clip taken from Pebble Mill, originally broadcast on BBC One, Tuesday 14 April, 1981.
WARNING: This video contains some language that is of its time and may be considered offensive.
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Oh the days of respectful, honest interactions between an interviewer and their guest. 👍
Oh yeah, the whole show was about respect, decency, morals. Marion seemed happy and when she wanted to branch out she did. Seriously, it's okay to treat others nicely.
Henry Winkler is a well-spoken person. Seems like a heck of a guy.
Henry Winkler .. total class
This man has always been a class act.
1981: HENRY WINKLER on HAPPY DAYS and THE FONZ | Pebble Mill | Comedy Icons | BBC Archive 1458pm 19.7.24 his office was a bog, though.... was a toilet, for the american audience amongst us. doesn't say much about his discernment regards the moment where wheeling and dealing is concerned....
@@JJONNYREPP - Gibberish!
@@analogueman123456787 Comments on ‘1981: HENRY WINKLER on HAPPY DAYS and THE FONZ | Pebble Mill | Comedy Icons | BBC Archive’ 0845am 20.7.24 exactly what was... "gibberish"?
A very interesting and intelligent interview unlike what we see on television today.
The Fonz is a very good actor.
His development of the character Henry Winkler is very believable.
Wonderful stuff. Two men engaged in a genuine, intelligent conversation. So much has been lost. 😢
Good to note at time of writing that the interviewer Tony Bilbow is still with us, 92 years young! 🎉
96, if Wikipedia is to be believed.
It's an extraordinary deconstruction by an actor that we took for granted. Oh, he's just the Fonz. This says something completely different. He knew the assignment.
Awe he's awesome I met him at a bike show got my picture taken with him 👍🩵I ll cherish that moment forever ❗️❗️❗️
Henry Winkler..what a lovely, eloquent guy. I knew about his acting career of course but didn't know his academic background... wonder if that's what drew him to play Coach Klein in The Waterboy.
He is also responsible for Mcgyver.
Found "Nightshift" on TH-cam recently, staring Henry and Michael Keaton, I'd forgotten what a good movie that was
WOW! Seriously good human being, a person ahead of his time.
And he took time out of his personal trip to conduct the interview as well as all the amazing things you all have already said. What an amazing man, Mr Winkler.
Great fella, these interviews are superb and show how far we have regressed since the 70s and 80s in terms of being able to speak eloquently , concisely and politely but still getting a point over.
These days such interviews wouldnt take place, or be held with people who sat there like painted lumps wanting to talk about nothing.
Superb archive.
1981: HENRY WINKLER on HAPPY DAYS and THE FONZ | Pebble Mill | Comedy Icons | BBC Archive 1500pm 19.7.24 liked the fonz, though..... i enjoyed how he got the record player to work...
Henry must have been one of the first people in a prominent position in production to recognizing that it's so important to raise awareness of people that are physically challenged, we are all the same inside at the end of the day. 🙏..🇺🇲🇬🇧😁
So articulate. So classy
I remember Suzi Quatro played Leather Tuscadero in the show.❤
Always loved Henry Winkler. Great guy..
He also took inspiration from Sylvester Stallone for the Fonz. They good friends too.
The Lords of Flatbush
@@dangaAgadanga Yeah absolutely
Henry is just an intelligent man, very thoughtful and measured in what he says.
Always loved Henry such a humble kind man loved him as the fonz no one else could have played him ❤❤❤😃👍
Great man! always admired the Fonz,but even more Henry Winkler 🫶
Wonderful interview. My pops would say heyyy and it was years after his passing that I realized it was from the Fonz. Peace from Wisconsin.
Henry Winkler is smart and intelligent person and his role as the Fonz was truly remarkable. I don’t think I ever missed one episode of happy days because I always wanted to see the Fonz.
Happy days , happy memories. Class act and loveable guy
Henry Wrinkler always the great humanitarian
What a great interview.
Really shows the difference between the character and Henry..........
The *COOLEST GUY IN TELEVISION HISTORY, FACT.*
A Real Legend,
Nice down 2 earth fella,
Henry Winkler is a big Leeds United fan
I only watched "Happy Days" because of The Fonz. Heyyyyyy! 😎👍🏽
Great upload!!!!!
Henry is the kind of Role model missing from society
I felt it was so nice that the Cunningham’s gave the Fonz a family life that he never had.
The phrase "to jump the shark" comes from an episode of Happy Days when a water skiing Fonz (still wearing his leather jacket) jumped over a shark. The phrase means when a show has run out of ideas and comes up with a ridiculous, over the top and unbelievable story. Henry Winkler was a good water skier and actually did the water skiing in the scene except for the jump itself for safety reasons. Search for the scene and you will find it here on YT.
I remember the first time i saw/heard henry as himself it blew me away at how different he is than the character. Says a lot about his acting ability to be that convincing. Carroll O'Connor as archie bunker is another that is comparable.
The fonz was my hero growing up ❤
The Fonz.Henry Winkler awesome on and off the screen. 👍
The man is years ahead of his time ❤
The '50s "greaser" characters were very popular in 1970s America-John Travolta and Henry Winkler being the two most famous actors who helped to promote this.
Do you remember a Pepsi Cola advert from the 1970s which featured a similar Greaser?
That was a great piece Mr Couseneau
❤🎉👌
Loved him from the movie "Click".
Fonz for President 🎉🎉🎉🎉
I forgot about Pebble Mill.
I am glad Ron Howard said No when after 2 seasons they asked him if they could change the title, and consequently the direction of the show, to "The Fonz's Happy Days". I like the character of Fonzarelli, but the show works great as an ensemble. It would have been sad to see it turning into 'The Urkel Show' or 'The JJ Evans show', who both ruined their respective show.
Heeyyy! Happy dayz!
1981! The show was way past its popularity peak by then.
I have to admit I was never a fan of the series. My Sister was though, and one can't deny, it was incredibly popular in the UK in the second half of the Seventies.
Sit on it. Fonz is cool.
@@original.dwornboy - As with anything in life, to each his own.
Or perhaps you're suggesting everyone should only like what YOU like?
@@original.dwornboyEveryone is entitled to their opinion.
I personally found it unfunny, but others liked it, and I certainly wouldn't get abusive to those who did.
Cool!
Such a nerd in real life, god bless him
Very intelligent man. If that's being a nerd, so be it!
i wouldn't exactly say nerd. he's way different that the Fonz... but he's ....normal really.
@@mikekrause3671 Exactly, he's normal. Totally different to his acting role, that's a sign of a very good actor.
Hey Henry 👋 I hope you had a fantastic time at Royal Ascot 🐴. Did you pick any winners 🏆?
It's fascinating to think that in another timelinfe, Henry might've been a child psychologist.
Strange things when watching as a child I did not realise that this was based in the 1950’s
👍 ... aayyy.
This Tony bilbow guy (1928-) looks a lot like film guy Barry Norman (1933-2017)
@@decrux5767 Hobbits live to a ripe old age.
Tony Bilbow and Philip Jenkinson were British TV's resident film gurus before Barry Norman arrived.
Nostalgia just isn't what it used to be.
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
He’s so different to the Fonz.
Henry Winkler is even cooler than the Fonz.
He speaks for today he should be a perfect candidate for being president for the United States
He's pretty cool when he's not being the Fonze also.
Hey..
(cough, cough) I mean,
*Heyyy*
That was quite an interesting interview. Thanks.
Hheeeeyyyyyyyyyy!! Apparently he wasn't an originally cast main character in Happy Days, he was just brought in as a guest and he was asked back.
Fonzie jumped the shark
Sounds like he was describing the movie Irreconcilable Differences, but with a boy instead of Drew Barrymore as the kid.
He looks and sounds a little different out of character, but you can certainly tell it's him.
I bet that interviewer is 38. People aged quicker in those days
If only the interviews were like this today,they are now,all about self promotion,& boring.
Daytime TV is definitely not this intelligent any more
Henry winkler is as cool in real life not, just when he’d playing the Fonz
When Americans were intelligent.
hey ,we're not all stupid!🤔🙂
@@mikekrause3671ignore him he’s a career troll lol
saying 'challenged' instead of 'handicapped' would be classed as woke these days. These changes in vocabulary have been around a long long time
Happy days was great, but it lost its way and became almost a cartoonish sitcom
Was he a good guy irl?
A spin off of the movie American Graffiti
Wrong. The only similarities are that both were set in the 1950s and both starred Ron Howard.
@@original.dwornboy Let me elaborate. George Lucas saw the pilot of Happy Days which had not yet been picked up, which reflected very much his own youth experiences (cruising, hot rods) and cast Ron Howard in the Steve Bolander role in American Graffiti. So I’m afraid YOU’RE wrong, they are intrinsically connected. Happy Days went on to be made as a series.
Henry is probably the most underrated person in hollywood history. randy edelman should be googled.