By one role. Henry winkler was the fonz, the cool dude at the centre of the us tv show happy days which was a worldwide hit in the 70s and 80s. The show portrayed an innocent, untroubled 1950s america. It was a far cry from winklers own childhood which was clouded by undiagnosed dyslexia. How did a troubled kid come to be a symbol of sunny optimism, and what happened to the idealised america of happy days . Henry winkler, welcome to hardtalk. I am happy to be here. Let me take you back to 1974, the first airing of the show happy days, which was to become a massive hit. Did you have a gut instinct when you first played the fonz that this was going to happen . No. I was hired as a fringe character with six lines. I would work one day a week. I would sit in my apartment most of the rest of the week because i couldnt play during a work week but i had no work because i only worked one day a week. And then remember, we did it with one camera. Like a little movie. We shot 12 slows. We were nu
Good afternoon. This is not my microphone. Im not used to it. Thank you for joining us for the program who will discuss her book in american story. Im the programming and Outreach Coordinator here at the public library. At this time i would like to ask that you turn off or silence all of your electronic devices. Also, at the end of the program, we will have time for a question and answer and then be available under a skylight to autograph books. We do still have a few available if you are interested in purchasing a book. Also with the qanda, i just want to make sure we are going to be on our best behavior. [laughter] shes here to talk about her book. She is not a politician. And you will get to ask questions like i said you will raise your hand, i will bring you the microphone and please dont Start Talking until i have the microphone right in front of your face. As i said they are 27 they will be available to purchase after the program. They are 27 that can be cash or checks made out t
Good afternoon. This is not my microphone. Im not used to it. Thank you for joining us for the program who will discuss her book in american story. Im the programming and Outreach Coordinator here at the public library. At this time i would like to ask that you turn off or silence all of your electronic devices. Also, at the end of the program, we will have time for a question and answer and then be available under a skylight to autograph books. We do still have a few available if you are interested in purchasing a book. Also with the qanda, i just want to make sure we are going to be on our best behavior. [laughter] shes here to talk about her book. She is not a politician. And you will get to ask questions like i said you will raise your hand, i will bring you the microphone and please dont Start Talking until i have the microphone right in front of your face. As i said they are 27 they will be available to purchase after the program. They are 27 that can be cash or checks made out t
Good afternoon. This is not my microphone. Im not used to it. Thank you for joining us for the program who will discuss her book in american story. Im the programming and Outreach Coordinator here at the public library. At this time i would like to ask that you turn off or silence all of your electronic devices. Also, at the end of the program, we will have time for a question and answer and then be available under a skylight to autograph books. We do still have a few available if you are interested in purchasing a book. Also with the qanda, i just want to make sure we are going to be on our best behavior. [laughter] shes here to talk about her book. She is not a politician. And you will get to ask questions like i said you will raise your hand, i will bring you the microphone and please dont Start Talking until i have the microphone right in front of your face. As i said they are 27 they will be available to purchase after the program. They are 27 that can be cash or checks made out t
Its tuesday, august 22. Im pam cook. Im dave clark. Lets talk about the tuesday weather. Steve paulson is over here in his office. Better than yesterday. A little warmer but there are clouds coming off the sierra. Most of this is focused where the east bay and north toward lake county. Good thunderstorms have been rumbling off the Sacramento Valley and heading toward mendocino and lake county. That is a lie near stockton heading back toward Discovery Bay and rio vista. Its close. You may get a few sprinkles. There has been bigger thunderstorm activity as it heads into the Sacramento Valley. That is taking aim at lake county and mendocino county. The bulk of this is moving north. Not much of a delta breeze. Yesterday it was up to 30 miles an hour. 50s, 60s for the temperatures. Much cooler in the santa cruz mountains. Mid 60s in saratoga and campbell. You can see the cloud cover streaming across. We saw that yesterday afternoon. Clouds and rain in the sugiura with thunderstorms in the a