>> Stephen: NOW, LET ME JUST GET THIS OUT OF THE WAY--
>> STEPHEN, I AM VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE.
>> Stephen: I AM SO HAPPY THAT YOU ARE HERE!
>> JON IS WEARING LEATHER.
I HAVE WORN LEATHER ONCE OR TWICE.
>> Stephen: YES, YOU HAVE.
>> YOU LOOK GOOD.
>> Jon: YOU GOTTA HAVE A VIBE, YOU KNOW?
TV TIME, BABY.
>> TV TIME!
>> Stephen: HE'S BEEN CALLED THE BLACK FONZIE.
>> IS THAT TRUE?
>> Stephen: YES.
>> Jon: HEEEEY!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WELL, LET ME
JUST-- IF YOU DON'T MIND.
I KNOW WE'RE HERE TO INTERVIEW, BUT I HAVE TO FAN AT YOU JUST
SLIGHTLY.
IF ONLY FOR BARRY ZUCKERKORN I WOULD BE A FAN.
BUT I WAS, YOU KNOW, A SCHOOL KID DURING "HAPPY DAYS."
I NEVER MISSED "HAPPY DAYS."
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) MY SCHOOL-- MY SCHOOL, MY SCHOOL
WOULD HAVE "HAPPY DAYS" DAY, LIKE AT SCHOOL.
AND YOU COULD COME DRESSED AS SOMEBODY FROM "HAPPY DAYS."
>> IS THAT TRUE?
>> Stephen: EVERYBODY WOULD COME DRESSED-- AND IT WAS SO
HUGE.
YOU HAD TO KNOW HOW BIG IT WAS, OF COURSE.
>> I DID, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD IT AT YOUR SCHOOL.
>> Stephen: AND EVERYONE CAME DRESSED AS FONZIE.
NO OFFENSE TO RON HOWARD.
>> OF COURSE, NOT.
>> Stephen: RICHIE CUNNINGHAM.
HE'S ON THE SHOW NEXT WEEK.
>> THAT TRUE.
>> Stephen: YEAH, HE'S ON NEXT WEEK.
>> OH, WOW, GIVE HIM MY REGARDS YEAH, HE'S MY FRIEND.
>> Stephen: OH, GOOD, GOOD TO HEAR THAT.
YOU KEPT IT UP OVER THE YEARS.
>> I DID.
>> Stephen: BUT EVERYBODY WANTED TO BE FONZIE.
I WAS FONZIE, OBVIOUSLY?
>> I WAS NOT THE FONZ IN REAL LIFE.
>> Stephen: NEVER?
>> NEVER.
EVER.
I WOULD-- IN HIGH SCHOOL, IN AUGUST, IN NEW YORK, IT IS
MUGGY.
IT IS HOT.
>> Stephen: SURE, SURE.
>> AND I WOULD HAVE TO WEAR A WINTER OVERCOAT WHEN I CALLED A
GIRL.
I WOULD-- I WOULD SHAKE LIKE A BOWL OF JELLO BEFORE IT WENT IN
THE REFRIGERATOR.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: YOU'D BE SO NERVOUS YOU COULDN'T TALK--
>> HONEST TO GOD.
>> Stephen: DID THAT CHANGE WHEN YOU BECAME THE FONZ?
>> ONLY ON CAMERA.
>> Stephen: REALLY?
>> YES.
>> Stephen: BUT WOMEN ON THE STREET, THEY MUST HAVE SEEN YOU
AND SAID THAT GUY IS COOL.
THERE'S THE FONZ.
>> YES, THEY WANTED MY SOCKS WITHOUT EVER TAKING OFF MY
SHOES.
>> Stephen: IS THAT A-- IS THAT A METAPHOR, HENRY WINKLER?
BECAUSE THAT SURE SOUNDS LIKE A METAPHOR.
>> PEOPLE WERE VERY HAPPY TO SEE ME.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: OH, WOW.
>> BUT I WOULD NOT NECESSARILY GO ON THE STREET BECAUSE
SUFFICIENCY SO SCARY.
I HAD ALL MY FAN MAIL DELIVERED TO THE APARTMENT I WAS LIVING
IN, IN HOLLYWOOD, AND I ROWLAND READ IT, AND SOMETIMES ANSWER IT
ON THE BACK OF A SCRIPT, OF AN OLD SCRIPT OF "HAPPY DAYS."
>> Stephen: WOW.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: SO THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO GOT LETTERS FROM
YOU-- THAT'S COOL.
>> SOMETIMES I WOULD CALL THESE PEOPLE.
AND THEN I WOULD SPENT 20 MINUTES "NO, NO, I REALLY AM.
I READ YOUR LETTER AND I LIKED-- NO, NO, I REALLY--" AND THEN
FINALLY, I STOPPED CALLING.
>> Stephen: WELL YOU'RE PART OF-- YOU'RE NOT ONLY PART OF TV
HISTORY.
YOU'RE PART OF MODERN NOMENCLATURE BECAUSE-- WE HAVE
ALL HEARD THE TERM "JUMP THE SHARK."
SOMETHING HAS JUMPED THE SHARK.
PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW THAT IS ACTUALLY A REFERENCE TO YOUR
CHARACTER FONZIE ACTUALLY JUMPING A SHARK.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: HE USED TO JUMP HIS MOTORCYCLE AND JUMPED A
SHARK-- >> ON WATER SKIES.
>> Stephen: WAS IT THE HAWAII EPISODE?
>> WE WERE IN MALIBU BECAUSE RICHIE WENT TO HOLLYWOOD IN
ORDER TO BE A WRITER SO WE ALL WENT OUT THERE.
MY FATHER, A VERY SHORT GERMAN PERSON, SAID TO ME OVER AND OVER
AGAIN, "TELL GARY MARSHAL THAT YOU WATER SKI."
I SAID, "DAD, WHY WOULD I EVER SAY THAT TO THE MAN?"
"NO, NO, NO, SAY THIS TO HIM, YOU WATER SKI."
AND I SAID-- ONE TIME I SAID, "MY FATHER WANTS YOU TO KNOW I
WATER SKI," AND BA-BOOM!
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: WAS IT, LIKE, RIGHT, IS THAT WHEN HE SAID--
>> WELL, IT WAS A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER, BUT THERE WE WERE.
AND I DID ALL OF THE WATER SKIING EXCEPT FOR THE JUMP.
AND IF YOU WATCH THE EPISODE OF THE WATER SKIING, I LET GO, AND
I PULL UP ON THE BEACH, AND I STEP OUT OF SKIS.
AND I HAVE A BIG SMILE ON MY FACE.
SO HALF OF THAT IS WANT FONZ GOING, "HEY, I DID IT."
AND THE OTHER HALF IS HENRY GOING, "OH, MY GOD!
I DID IT."
>> Stephen: IT'S A FINE LINE.
>> IT IS A FINE LINE.
I WAS SCHIZOPHRENIC AT THAT MOMENT.
>> Stephen: YOU PLAYED, AS WE SAID, THE TERRIBLE LAWYER BARRY
ZUCKERKORN ON "ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT."
>> YES.
>> Stephen: SOME PEOPLE ARE SAYING WHEN THE MOVIE IS MADE OF
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, THAT YOU COULD PLAY MICHAEL COHEN.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
MICHAEL COHEN.
THERE YOU GO.
YEAH.
A LITTLE BIT.
I KIND OF SEE IT.
DO YOU THINK YOU'VE GOT A MICHAEL COHEN IN YOU?
LIKE, IF YOU WERE PLAYING MICHAEL COHEN--
>> LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING RIGHT NOW.
I AM WEARING A GUN ON MY ANKLE.
GET OVER HERE.
YOU NEED SOMETHING?
I WILL TAKE CARE OF IT FOR YOU.
( LAUGHTER ) YOU GIVE ME $130,000 UP FRONT,
BECAUSE I DON'T TRUST THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PAY ME BACK!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: DONE.
YOU GOT THE GIG.
SO WHAT'S BARRY ABOUT?
>> YOU KNOW WHAT I LOVE?
I LOVE WHEN YOU DO YOUR MIME.
YOU'RE SO GOOD AT MIME.
>> Stephen: OH, THE LITTLE OBJECT WORK OVER THERE
>> AND YOU... AND YOU-- YEAH.
AND WHAT ABOUT THIS.
RIGHT HERE.
>> Stephen: EXACTLY.
>> AND WE WATCH YOUR MONOLOGUE EVERY NIGHT BECAUSE IT IS LIKE
AN ANECDOTE FOR THE DAY.
ISN'T THAT TRUE.
>> Stephen: FOR US, TOO, FOR US, TOO, WE NEED TO DO IT.
>> IT IS SO SCARY AT THIS MOMENT.
I HAVE A VERY GOOD FRIEND, ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS IS A
PSYCHIATRIST.
AND HE SAID ALMOST EVERYONE OF HIS PATIENTS, THEIR STRESS LEVEL
HAS RISEN OFF THE CHART.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
>> SO WE THROCH YOUR MONOLOGUE AND LAUGH, AND IT... UNTIL THE
NEXT MORNING
>> Stephen: EXACTLY.
YOU KNOW WHO YOU SHOULD GO SEE?
>> WHO.
>> Stephen: DR. RONNY JACKSON.
HE'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE SO FINE.
>> DO YOU THINK HE KNOWS MY WEIGHT?
>> Stephen: YEAH, HE COULD GUESS.
HE COULD GUESS.
HE USED TO BE A CARNEY BARKER.
NOW ON "BARRY" YOU PLAY AN ACTING TEACHER.
>> I DO.
>> Stephen: BILL HADER IS AN ASSASSIN--
>> BILL HADER IS BRILLIANT.
>> Stephen: HE IS ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT
( APPLAUSE ).
>> IT'S TRUE.
NOW, I'VE WATCHED HIM, AND SO I HAD TO GO AND AUDITION.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
>> FOR BILL AND FOR HIS PARTNER, ALEC BERG, WHO IS A GENIUS
WRITER, A COMEDY WRITER.
AND MY SON DIRECTED ME IN THE-- IN-- FOR THE AUDITION.
AND SO I CALLED MY SON'S OFFICE.
I SAID TO HIS SECOND, "COULD I TALK TO MY SON?"
SHE SAID, "WHERE WOULD HE KNOW YOU FROM?"
I SAID THE FIRST 18 YEARS OF HIS LIFE, DOWN THE HALL.
AND THEN-- BUT HE DIRECTED ME.
I WENT IN.
I MET BILL.
I MADE BILL LAUGH.
I THOUGHT THIS WAS GREAT.
I WENT HOME.
I HAD TO COME BACK AGAIN.
I THEN HAD TO AUDITION FOR ALEC.
ALEC KEEPS EVERYTHING VERY CLOSE TO THE VEST.
HE'S VERY STRICT.
HE'S VERY-- EASE NORWEGIAN.
I MADE HIM SMILE.
>> Stephen: WOW.
>> I THINK THAT PUSHED IT OVER THE EDGE.
YES.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: DID YOU MENTION THAT YOU KNOW HOW TO WATER SKI.
PEOPLE-- PEOPLE ABSOLUTELY LOVE THAT.
>> IT'S FUNNY YOU SHOULD MENTION THAT.
NOT YET.
>> Stephen: KEEP THAT IN THE BACK POCKET.
>> I'VE GOT IT, I'VE GOT IT!
>> Stephen: WELL, HENRY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT WAS SO LOVELY TO MEET YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
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