Please welcome the man, the legend, Henry Winkler!
KIT: Woo hoo!
Great to see you, Henry.
I'm very happy to be on this set.
You're family here, Henry.
That's what we say.
You know what?
I actually feel like it.
You know what?
I actually feel like it.
And speaking of family, I'm sitting at home
and I get a text from my mom in Raleigh, North Carolina--
- Yes? - --and put up this picture.
And she's like, look who I'm with.
- Yes? - --and put up this picture.
And she's like, look who I'm with.
How were you with my mom in Raleigh, North Carolina
at the Umstead Hotel?
HENRY: I was on a book tour and your mom came up and said,
I'm Kit's mom.
KIT: I'm so sorry.
And she now has reserved a seat here in LA next to my wife
at The Grove in December.
- I'm coming. - That's great.
- Yes, you are. - I'm hosting.
You said yes to be
is unbelievable.
It's going to be
And, oh, Henry.
That's going be so cool.
Congratulations on the book, Henry.
I'm sure it is a fantastic rea.
And I love the title,
I can't imagine how wild it was at the peak of its popularity--
speaking of Happy Days, of course.
I can't imagine how wild it was at the peak of its popularity--
speaking of Happy Days, of course.
But I got to just deviate for a quick second.
In watching the recent Stallone documentary,
it was so cool to see how much love he gave you.
Because when you all had worked on Lords of Flatbush together,
you were at the peak and he was just coming out.
And you went and you picked him up--
Well, his car broke down.
--and I like when you dropped him off at Yucca.
Yeah, that's right. His car broke down.
His car broke down.
So I went to pick him up with his first wife
Sasha and his bull mastiff.
Took up the entire backseat.
MARIO: Right, huge.
And drooled so much, I had to get a snorkel in order
to get in there.
But there are so many stories like that.
You are that guy if you have that one
friend you need to call.
I love that you were there for him.
I thought it was so cool.
And then you must have been blown away
when Rocky just blew up.
That must have just tripped you out.
But you know what?
It didn't, because I knew he was a writer.
And he is so funny.
He is genuinely funny and very articulate.
He just talks out of the side of his mouth, but oh my God.
And Tulsa King, he's in Tulsa King.
MARIO: I love that. I got to watch that, too.
Yeah.
I call him after every episode.
Yeah.
I call him after every episode.
MARIO: Oh, that's awesome.
What other actor or actress has stayed with your
or called you and
I feel like there's a long lis.
You know what?
That is such a good question.
I don't know.
I don't have an answer to that.
But when they call, then I go.
So getting back to the title--
I'm waiting for Robert De Niro to call.
To call. You'll be there.
Do you think he watches?
KIT: Yes.
Great, Bob, any time, I'm here for you.
I'm waiting for that role together.
Yeah, really.
The Fonz and Beyond--
--Being Henry.
Tell us about the time you had to use the Fonz
voice to get through a crowd.
Dallas.
We're at the flagship store of Neiman Marcus.
Ron, Don Most, Anson Williams, myself, we are there
and we're meeting fans.
Because we're now promoting this new show, Happy Days.
and we're meeting fans.
Because we're now promoting this new show, Happy Days.
25,000 people showed up, and they
stood between us and our car.
MARIO: Uh-oh.
Don Most, a wonderful friend of mine.
Just saw him in Boulder.
He was a little nervous and said, how are we
going to get out of here?
There were so many of them and just us!
I said, I promise you, we will.
And I didn't the Fonz voice ever off the set.
And it came to me.
I just said (FONZ VOICE) all right.
Hey, listen up.
You're going to part like the Red Sea
and you're not going to touch us.
And juhhh.
MARIO: Wow!
And we walked to the car, got in the car,
and drove to the hotel.
That voice still works!
By the way, in hearing that voice, not to circle
back, but did you a sort of a little bit off of Stallone
from working with him on Lords of Flatbush?
Well, you know what?
I was in that movie.
So my character also had a New York accent, more
than I do, coming from New Yor.
But Stallone was so inventive, that in the beginning
I would think, "what would Sly do?"
KIT: I love that. MARIO: Wow, that's awesome.
I love this.
And Henry, what was your life like when Happy Days ended?
The Fonz was so iconic, so you.
What was that period of life like for you?
Well, I saw it.
He was so big, and he was so big in so many countries,
that I would go from mountain top to mountain top.
But you cannot beat the system.
And I didn't have a plan B. I had just
lived my plan for 10 years.
And I did not know what I was going to do next.
And it was my lawyer, Skip Brittenham, who said,
you know what?
I'm going to start a production company for you.
And I said, well, I can't do that.
I'm dyslexic.
I know nothing about it.
He said, you'll learn.
And I met two men who were my partners for a while,
and we couldn't find anything to really bring to ABC.
And the third, John Rich, we brought--
MacGyver is the first show.
Wow.
A little show called MacGyver.
You were one of the first, at least
from what I can remember as far as actors who really
take advantage and parlay that
production companies.
And then MacGyver,
I think I was a guest a couple of times
actually on Hollywood Squares-- - Yes.
I think I was a guest a couple of times
actually on Hollywood Squares-- - Yes.
- --you produced that. - With Michael Leavitt.
MARIO: Yes. That was so much fun!
We had so much fun.
And if you pick the nine perfect squares,
then I had to bring a change of underwear.
[laughter]
Because literally, it was so fun.
That was fun.
That was awesome on that show.
Henry, on that show, I just remember all the guests
you had on. Everybody loves you.
Henry, on that show, I just remember all the guests
you had on. Everybody loves you.
We were talking in the top of this show about Adam
Sandler with his Hanukkah song.
What do you have in your pocke?
And I'm telling you, this is random
that I have a picture of Adam in 1994 when I met him.
I love that it's a Polaroid.
A Polaroid!
Being in the Hanukkah song.
That's how I met him.
I called him.
My oldest son Jed worked for the management
company that was with Adam, and I got his number.
And I said, thank you for putting me
in the Hanukkah song.
And a little while later he said,
would you like to be in The Water Boy?
KIT: Oh. That's the best!
Oh, that's awesome.
We interviewed Adam, actually, this weekend,
and here's what he had to say about you.
We interviewed Adam, actually, this weekend,
and here's what he had to say about you.
Henry knows I love him.
Henry knows he's one of the best friends
anybody could ever have.
KIT: Aw.
I met him many years ago.
For the first maybe 30 times I saw him,
all I can think
And then I started thinking about just Henry.
And he's just a warm human being that you can count on
to always make you feel good.
Aw.
That's awesome.
Oh, Henry!
Wow.
Yeah, it's such nice sentiment.
Yeah, that's awesome to hear right there.
KIT: We got that for you.
MARIO: You've had such an impact on so many people, Henr.
I have to say that what I really
love is when you see somebody that you like,
and you see a performance that moves you,
you've got to let them know.
Henry writes handwritten notes to all of those people.