Ok, I have no idea who "the Fonz" or "Fonzi" is

[UndertheOcean]

but he seems to have been an important historical fellow.

[lob1]

1. You never saw "Happy Days"?

The Fonz on Happy Days is the first person to jump the shark. That's where the expression came from.

[pokerfan]

3. the first shark jumping

[lob1]

4. That's it. I met him once. He's a very, very nice person.

[bluesbassman]

2. Heyyyyy!

[bdamomma]

18. so cute.

I loved how he use to hit the juke box and the music came on.

[Connonym]

5. So historical he has a statue and everything

[SOteric]

12. Okay, I want to know how

it is that in that photo, Ralphie looks like he's 70 years old and Mrs. C. still looks like she's in her early 40's.

[Connonym]

19. she's got a better plastic surgeon?

Isn't that a scary looking statue though?

[Jimbo S]

20. Quite a timely thread.

Got off work Tuesday, drove over and caught the parade as they went from downtown to Miller Park.

Wished I had better pictures, they drove by too quick.

[eshfemme]

6. Well he's a really well known character of TV history and TV watching is a national sport.

Note that Happy Days is also the sitcom that Ron Howard used to star in before becoming a famous director and his optimistic character, Opie, is the basis for the (sometimes derogatory) nickname Obama has of "Hopie."

[darmok167]

7. "Opie" was Ron's character on The Andy Griffith show...

...on Happy Days, Ron Howard play Richie Cunningham.

[eshfemme]

14. Oops, my bad. Sorry for the confusion.

[Beausoleil]

16. It can be confusing

Raheem Abdul Mohammed: Welcome to "Focus on Film." I'm Raheem Abdul Mohammed, and I'm very happy to have as a very special guest on my show tonight, Mr. Opie Cunningham himself, Ron Howard.

Ron Howard: Thank you. Well. Hello, Raheem, it's good to be here.

Raheem Abdul Mohammed: It's good to have you here, man. Look, tell me somethin'. What was it like workin' on the "Andy Griffith Show"?

Ron Howard: Well, I tell you those were great years, but I'd really rather talk about my directing career right now.

Raheem Abdul Mohammed: Yeah. But, look look look. Listen, man, tell me somethin'. How did the Fonz, right, every time he beat on the jukebox, how'd he make it come on all the time? And was you, um, Andy Taylor's son or was you Howard Cunningham's son?

Ron Howard: Look, look, Raheem, I'm not Opie Taylor and I'm not Richie Cunningham. I'm Ron Howard, I'm a grown man. You know I'm directing now? Did you see the new movie I have out, "Night Shift"?

Raheem Abdul Mohammed: Was there any black people in it?

Ron Howard: No.

Raheem Abdul Mohammed: I didn't see it, then. What was it about?

Ron Howard: Oh, well, it was, uh, the story about these two pimps.

Raheem Abdul Mohammed: It's the story about two pimps and wasn't no brothers in it? I don't know whether to say "Thank you" or punch you in your mouth, man.

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/82/82cfilm.phtml

[bertha katzenengel]

8. Oh, my god, am I getting old.

: old: :aged: :cane: :youdamnkidsgetoffmylawn:

[Q3JR4]

21. ...

:youdamnkidsgetoffmylawn: reminds me of .

Now we just need someone to edit it to add the "kids get off my lawn" thing.

Q3JR4.

[MrsBrady]

9. OMG! I'm not that old! n/t

[Marrah_G]

10. How can you not know who Fonzi is?

omfg I feel really old now.

[DarkTirade]

11. 'eyyyy.

[southpaw]

13. Take 3.5 minutes to watch this...

Fonzie is the guy in the white t-shirt who wins the dance-off!

Added bonus: you get to watch one of the last decent music videos ever made.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiIC5qcXeNU

[malta blue]

15. Use the google and interwebs young man

:wow:

[ET Awful]

17. Perhaps Peter Griffin can explain it to you

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Father,_the_Son,_and_the_Holy_Fonz

:P

[Q3JR4]

22. I think UndertheOcean's

lack of age is showing. :P

Q3JR4.


Edited to add:
Or, you know, his lack of television viewing habits.

[Left Brain]

23. W W F D ?