people would say fonzie, i would say henry. then i realized, just shut up. i love him. he gave me the world. i enjoy him. people enjoy him. you were in a movie lord of the flat bush, which was so good. thanks. before rocky. two years before rocky came out. and before happy days. did you get a sense that stallone was going to have the run he would? yes. what i knew was, he was very smart. he lived in an apartment off of lexington avenue in new york. i went to visit him there. he painted his windows black so he would not know what time of day it was outside if he did not leave his apartment. so it would not influence his writing. he was constantly writing. he introduced me to billy joel.
welcome back to the show. what do you say about a guy who has played the iconic character, like the iconic character? even in really cool movies that came out later, they refer to this character. that s how big a deal he is. what does henry winkler feel like when he knows he s the fonz to a lot of people. howie, what do you think of him? he is not only is he iconic, he s the epitome of what viral became. when i saw the fonz, the next morning everybody was going hey. and everybody was buying a leather jacket. and everybody went to fix things by banging on it. he was the cool, the epitome of cool. he was the bad guy who was good, and that s why i like him. henry winkler, everybody. [ applause ] what a great introduction. thank you.
welcome back to the show. what do you say about a guy who has played the iconic character, like the iconic character? even in really cool movies that came out later, they refer to this character. that s how big a deal he is. what does henry winkler feel like when he knows he s the fonz to a lot of people. howie, what do you think of him? he is not only is he iconic, he s the epitome of what viral became. when i saw the fonz, the next morning everybody was going hey. and everybody was buying a leather jacket. and everybody went to fix things by banging on it. he was the cool, the epitome of cool. he was the bad guy who was good, and that s why i like him. henry winkler, everybody. [ applause ] what a great introduction. thank you.
those are great shoes. i was thinking the same thing about yours. i love color. what is this, you have books? i have books. i brought you books. this one is my only adult book. it is, i never met an idiot on the river. it s about i love to fly fish for trout, and we go to montana. so there are photographs in there that i took while i m fly fishing and things that i learned along the way. what is this one here? this one is a series of four. it s called ghost buddy. and this young man that s the fonz. well, the ghost sounds like the fonz. i don t know how that happened happen ed ed, but all of a sudden he came out that way. i would never get tired of hearing that.
i was given. but i did not like them. that s just the truth. and my children were able to say whatever was on their mind. max, the youngest, would stand up at the table, push his chair in. he said don t say anything till i m done. this is wrong, i don t agree with this. my curfew is way off. and then we would talk about it. does it bother you that you don t like your parents? i mourn, i mourn that other people talk about their parents with great affection. i don t know i don t know what they re talking about. and i wish i had that in my life. i do. in the wildest way, there s the fonz finding himself connected to a good family. wanting badly for mrs. c. to be his mother. that is true. in this great comedy, and fun