A date which will live in infamy… https://t.co/kZAjwQ1iu8
— Jon Hein (@jonhein) September 20, 2023
Last Wednesday (Sept. 20) marked an anniversary of perfectamundo proportions. On Sept. 20, 1977, Henry Winkler‘s Arthur Fonzarelli leapt over sharks on water skis in the Happy Days Season 5 episode entitled “Hollywood: Part 3,” the final installment of a three-part episode.
However, it wasn’t until a fan of the Fonz recalled the scene with his friends in the 80s that it launched a ripple effect. At that time, Jon Hein was a student at the University of Michigan, where he and his friends were “talking about when [their] favorite shows started to go downhill.”
[It’s a pretty cool story, pardon the pun, as Winkler has decided to embrace the fun of it. — Ed]
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