Fonzie considered suicide - Happy Days

[@Shadomancer]

"A see thru father is better than none at all."

[@robertschreiber8099]

Mine are both gone.(father, and step father) Out of my life. But, I have had some good friends, who have guided, in my lifes journey. Sometimes, those ghosts try, and haunt me.

[@geekdivaherself]

@@robertschreiber8099 I wish you and your friend-family well, and unwanted ghosts be gone!

[@linkbiff1054]

"At least Hamlet's father drops in every once in awhile." Another golden line.

[@JohnBlack2345]

my first time seeing this scene. wonderful. those two were such a pair together.

[@chrism.4600]

Henry Winkler was way ahead of his time as the fonz, what a great Actor!!

[@GAMELAUNDRY]

Yes Chris totally agree!!!

[@ingodwetrust225]

I couldn't agree more with you on that. You are spot on!!!!! He is truly a legend. God bless you man.❤

[@geekdivaherself]

And the writers, too.

[@krisjones74]

He defined what it meant to be cool for generations, and Henry Winkler the actor is nothing like that.

[@genericgeorge]

Great scene. One of my favourites from the series. Ron Howard is wonderful here as well.

[@citygirl5705]

If you think this is good, his speech in the scene after this to the audience is awesome.

[@genericgeorge]

Just listen to what The Fonz says : You better dig what you got now, cause you aint gonna have it forever

[@geekdivaherself]

Dr. Seuss said not to cry because something's gone but smile because it happened. But of course you got to cry when you got to cry, but you can still try to shorten the time till you're back being in your Happy Days again.

[@markfoster1520]

I've seen Happy Days for decades.....can't recall this one! Would like to know how the play ends.

[@TheOneAndOnLEE.]

@@geekdivaherself Vision said something like that to Ultron at the end of Avengers AOU. I wonder if that’s where they got the line.

[@geekdivaherself]

@@TheOneAndOnLEE. I wonder! Thanks for bringing that up!

[@faithfulskeptic530]

I wonder if this is one of the first television shows to deal with this subject in Prime Time.

[@retrohero8622]

Tom and Jerry dealt with that subject too.

[@WinslowLeach1974]

@@retrohero8622 And both over a girl (girl mouse and girl cat of course). That was a very heavy ending to that particular cartoon.

[@darkarpatron]

Holy shit, that was sobering. I think this might be one of my favourite scenes with Fonzie.

[@finster1968]

Wow….I missed this episode when I was a kid. Pretty deep. Fonz looks about 10 years younger here without his leather jacket and seems like a lost teenager. To the deadbeat moms and dads: Please stop having children unless you plan to grow up first. Thank you.

[@debbiecopello1583]

Well if Texas continues….

[@finster1968]

@@debbiecopello1583 - Says the LA population which has an average of two failed marriages and three illegitimate children themselves. All before they declare themselves non-binary along with the kids.

[@nealwhaley63]

I think everyone ponders whether to be or not to be at least once, even if it’s just for a few minutes.

[@cjhs2006]

I Get Why Somebody Like me Would Wanna Kill Myself,But I Never Thought a Dude Like Fonzie Thought About Doing That Too

[@charlesdunn9222]

Some people have a lot more to them than what’s on the surface

[@markbailey1970]

Jesus that’s good acting

[@ministerbarrythomas6603]

That's Henry Winkler. Not Yeshua HaMaschiah, the Son of God. And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

[@genericgeorge]

@@ministerbarrythomas6603 Amen

[@ministerbarrythomas6603]

@@genericgeorge 😉

[@brettjohnson536]

@@ministerbarrythomas6603 The fuck has that got to do with anything?

[@ItsAsparageese]

@@ministerbarrythomas6603 Pipe tf down. I have no problem with religion and religious people but obnoxious judgmental garbage like your comment is unnecessary insufferable snobby trash & it makes people hate you. Plus it's blatantly unbiblical performative arrogant egocentric bs, you hypocrite. Pick a lane

[@stevenbaer4979]

In a way Fonz is right a see thru father is better than none. Yo Fonz suicide isn't cool.

[@jackb348]

It’s a personal choice and if one decides to off themselves, then so be it. People give a lot of lip service about this but the truth is most of the time you are completely alone and life can be overwhelming. Death isn’t so bad and in cases such as what Robin Williams dealt with (Lewy body dementia), it may be a better solution. So sit on it you clueless clown, you obviously haven’t been there.

[@KingNexusMOCs]

@@jackb348 What a stupid thing to say. Dude stfu

[@turtleboy991]

Rest assured, they do think that, Fonzie. They do. Anyone who says they hasn't is either lying or they just haven't been dealt that hard of a blow from life yet, which isn't necessarily bad, just not a lot to go on. I, for one, know what it's like. It's the kind of question you seem to ask yourself a lot, even when you're grown

[@debbiecopello1583]

BS I have been through TONS of bad stuff in my life and NEVER once have I thought like that! Sad u got thumbs up for that.

[@finster1968]

@@debbiecopello1583 - It’s called being supportive. There’s nothing sad about the thumbs up. It means “I feel you and/or I’ve been there. If you’ve got nothing nice to stay, then move along and stop being such a troll.

[@gameroftheyear1000]

@@debbiecopello1583 unless you’ve been dealt life with a silver spoon in you mouth or had a silver enema up your ass then most people have at one time or another during a hardship of some sort have thought about it at least once, even if in passing.

[@ItsAsparageese]

@@debbiecopello1583 I'm also hardwired not to have any propensity toward suicidality, but that doesn't change the fact that a slight injury or other alteration to my physiology could change that in an instant, including the kinds of damage that are often done by trauma. There's no need, no purpose, and no excuse to be so arrogantly and cruelly dismissive of other people's experiences. Far, FAR more people have experienced despair than those who haven't. Your choice to take such a nasty, vicious, needlessly defensive tone suggests that you've got some pain you're failing to confront within yourself. I'm sorry for you and I hope you're on a better path now toward healing yourself instead of lashing out like that.

[@jacklowe3429]

One of the best Happy Days episodes. Fine performances all around.

[@raygordonteacheschess5501]

Very potent scene to have Fonzie blindsided by a memory like that. He's still cool and tough, just went through a rough spot. Much better than marketing it as a "very special episode" that almost always wasn't.

[@wacobob56dad]

The Fonz was very cool the first 2 seasons. After that he became a superhero.

[@66edoug]

I honestly thought this was clickbait. I didn't grasp it when I watched it a hundred years ago.

[@glennporter6378]

Me too! But didn't Fonzie say in other episodes that his father left when he was 2 instead of 12?

[@66edoug]

@@glennporter6378 I can't remember but I remember him saying that before his father left he gave him a locked box without a key, He had to ride over it with his tricycle to break it open. Fonzie definitely wasn't riding a tricycle at 12.

[@glennporter6378]

@@66edoug Yes of course you can do anything if it's in the script LOL. They also wrote big brother Chuck out of the script

[@66edoug]

@@glennporter6378 Yeah, that's true. 😀

[@glennporter6378]

@@66edoug Yes that was strange but I guess it sends the message not to take TV too seriously

[@eowyn1964]

Winkler did sooooo much with the character of Fonzie. He gave Fonzarelli some depth. And this episode exposed a few viewers to Shakespeare.

[@carlosnava560]

In a clip about the Xmas present from his father, he says his father left him when he was 3 years old. Here he says 12 years old.

[@Noahthegamer809]

maybe he forgot when he left cause he could've meant between ages 3-12

[@JulsLittleBeirutAnarchy]

😢 "To be or not to be." Happy Days ironically showed deep thoughts that weren't always happy.

[@johndeannuntis9291]

When fonzie was a real hood

[@alie_smith]

I'm 24, I have always watched Happy Days but somehow missed this part, I guess it didn't mean as much to me when I was younger. I just watched this episode again and had to come on here and save this clip. Just think, a show from the 70s has a message in an episode of it that can speak to generation after generation. I applaud Henry's work in this and I appreciate the fact that they discussed this topic. A beautiful beautiful way to spread suicide awareness. ❤️

[@jaywilson4520]

Wow, that was incredibly deep, poignant material for Happy Days to get into. This was before the show shifted intto what it became, obviously, and it was still finding itself.

[@matthewbaquero]

deep stuff here

[@marcellodifranco9672]

I just watched a clip where Fonz says he hasn't saw his dad since the age of 3. Now it's 12. WHICH ONE IS IT FONZIE? ARE YOU REALLY EVEN A PERSON?!

[@user-bi6po6zj1f]

Maybe he lied about 12-does need to keep his cool, hes done it more than once to keep a facade about his personal life.

[@j.woodbury412]

No. He's an alien from the planet Venus. He meant 3 Venusian years, which equals 12 earth years. How else do you explain his supernatural powers and his ability to attract women?

[@theseeker7711]

It was cool because his character was the definition of the cool guy.The respect of others the women but he still felt this.Very humanizing.You never know anybody’s deal.It always irks me when someone thinks someone’s life is so good because they have money or whatever the F,none of that matters if you are messed up inside and the issues you feel aren’t exactly going to effect someone else the way they effect you,it’s very selfish thinking

[@michaelceraaaaa]

Damn. That hit deep Winkler 😔🖐

[@edoardofiorani7247]

Never give UP!

[@fingerscrossed2453]

Ayyy!

[@lexxdiamondz]

"JUMP" ~ Van Halen

[@ministerbarrythomas6603]

Henry Winkler is AWESOME actor.

[@johnkeros5855]

You were so good Fonz!!

[@jimredskye7858]

Ritchie looks cool and wasted here

[@nickos3]

More like, "UNHAPPY DAYS"

[@kingjulian.r5748]

Thought his father ran off when he was 3 years old

[@eddiemaiden2012]

It was 4

[@NikkyElso]

Maybe he had Gay dads and one ran off when he was 3 and one when he was 12?

[@korinnab.2318]

These old shows weren't great at having plot continuity

[@billwehadababyitsaboy8308]

Every season the fans father took off at a different age when he was two when he was four now when he was 12

[@chrissgchriss]

They retconned this in Happy Days The Next Generation - by revealing that Fonz had 3 Biologic Fathers.

[@DreamEngine707]

This is the best episode if the show and if you disagree I am more than willing to discuss why. Sidenote: as someone who has indeed thought about the “To be or not to be stuff” this scene made me cry

[@rmartin7558]

Good stuff.

[@nickos3]

Name of the tv show "HAPPY DAYS"

[@texasrockshillcountry6574]

Wow...deep.

[@ministerbarrythomas6603]

not Deep, Real!

[@daveallman3981]

Charlene Tilton.was in this episode. Yum!

[@kathyw3466]

On another episode Fonzie meets his Dad and explains to the Cunninghams that his Dad left when he was 3 . Here he says 12. Sloppy writing .

[@LBF522]

Sitcoms were not good at consistent writing.

[@thomasmartin4281]

Too bad Chuck wasn’t there to call him out on it

[@geekdivaherself]

Yes, sitcom writing being periodic was very difficult back then, unlike today when writers have the advantage of a fandom-created Wiki to check what an earlier episode said. But it's really easy to retcon this, because in truth adults who have been abused or abandoned as kids will misremember dates and events periodically. We could also say that his father left when he was three, came back for a short visit when he was 12 and then left again. So then he hasn't seen his father since he was 12 but he was abandoned when he was three.

[@thomasmartin4281]

@@geekdivaherself it’s also a generational thing. People could just watch the show and not overthink it. I remember as a kid being told “hey...it’s a movie” when asking too many questions

[@geekdivaherself]

@@thomasmartin4281 Yeah, you're right. I'm in my early 50s, and I remember the same thing.

[@geminiking9726]

I like watching these shows now that I am older and can critique. In the episode kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKjFhoykqLmjb7c his father shows up at his door (meanwhile, he does not realize it is him) and he tells the guy at the door at 1:00 his dad left him at 3 years old. In this episode at 0:53 he says his dad left at 12.

[@peacefultranquility186]

In another episode his father left when he was 3 years old. Fonzy can't keep his story straight. Lol.

[@j.woodbury412]

I think it depends on what the script for that episode says.