Oh pleased day.
Ron Howard and Henry Winkler reunited with their “Happy Days” co-stars Anson Williams and Don Most for the primary time in 50 years at Metal Metropolis Con in Pittsburgh on Saturday.
The foursome participated in a panel dialogue in entrance of an viewers of followers of the beloved sitcom.
“I’m just emotional here,” stated Winkler, 79, in a video from the occasion. “This is the first time that we have appeared this way in 50 years.”
After the viewers cheered, Howard, 71, joked, “It feels like 50 minutes.”
“We’re having so much fun hanging, and this is sort of our great excuse to come together, so thank you,” the filmmaker added. “It’s just been a great show.”
In “Happy Days,” Howard performed Richie Cunningham and Winkler performed Richie’s buddy, Fonzie.
Richie’s different friends, Potsie and Ralph, had been portrayed by Williams, 75, and Most, 71, respectively.
On the panel, Winkler stated of the present’s creator, “First of all, Garry Marshall was, like, a brilliant creator, a great writer. They chose a wonderful cast — some of them, unfortunately, are no longer on the earth with us — but we played together, we stayed together, and we worked hard together.”
“I say that was a huge key,” added Howard. “The show evolved as, really, an ensemble. So that idea of we were like a family, well, okay, maybe not a family, but we were a unit, we were a community, and also, I think for us, it was kind of like our coming of age story. We were just growing up through this process.”
The “Happy Days” actors who’ve handed away embrace Tom Bosley (Howard), Erin Moran (Joanie), Pat Morita (Arnold) and Al Molinaro (Al). Marion Ross, Scott Baio, Lynda Goodfriend, Cathy Silvers, Ted McGinley and Linda Purl additionally starred within the present.
The sequence premiered on ABC on January 15, 1974. It spanned 11 seasons, with a complete of 255 half-hour episodes earlier than concluding on July 19, 1984.
Three a long time after the present ended, the forged reunited in 2004 for the “Happy Days 30th Anniversary Reunion” on the rebuilt set of the long-lasting drive-in Arnold’s. The two-hour ABC particular aired on Feb. 3, 2005.
Extra lately, Howard and Winkler appeared in a “Happy Days” reunion on the 2024 Emmy Awards. They did a candy skit on a recreated set of Arnold’s Drive-In and chatted across the jukebox identical to their characters did on the present.
Earlier than Metal Metropolis Con, Winkler did an interview with the Pittsburgh Put up-Gazette the place he talked about how grateful he’s for “Happy Days.”
“I loved doing that show. What that show gave me in my life, on every level, the warmth that I receive walking through the world because of that character,” the actor stated.
He added: “For 50 years, people have come up to me everywhere in the world and metaphysically embraced me.”
