Thursday, February 23, 2012

Wild About Fonzie

Gather around children and let me tell you the tale of The Fonz! He was a man of the '50s by way of the '70s who could start a jukebox with one touch of his mighty fist and summon any women to his side with a snap of his fingers. The Fonz even jumped a shark (oh yes he did)!

Inevitably, The Fonz would find himself facing a Houdini challenge. This happened on December 5, 1978, in episode #129 of Happy Days Season 6 called, "The Magic Show". The guest star was James The Amazing Randi. But it was Fonzie (of course!) who would perform Houdini's Milk Can escape. Did he make it?

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4 comments:

  1. melboFebruary 23, 2012 at 9:40 AM

    Was this before or after he jumped the shark? Hilarious!

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  2. John CoxFebruary 23, 2012 at 5:55 PM

    Ha! He jumped the shark in the opener of Season 5, so this was after. Hey, had he not jumped the shark, maybe the expression would be "doing the Milk Can." ;)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping_the_shark

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  3. michael griffinFebruary 24, 2012 at 10:43 AM

    I remember watching this and i remember cringing when the gimick was exposed on this show yikes

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  4. Beth S.February 28, 2012 at 10:59 AM

    Haha, this is awesome! And I had no idea "jumping the shark" came from "Happy Days". (Before my time, I guess).

    ... It's amazing how many shows fall into that tendency too, once they've been on the air a long enough time. Perhaps the worst offender was "ER"---it just got completely silly in the end. Seems to happen to a lot of situational shows, like hospital dramas.

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