Secrets From 'Happy Days' That Producers Kept Hidden For Years

New Kid

After shooting The Lords of Flatbush, Winkler was still majorly unknown but was able to get an audition for a new show. Despite being the opposite of what the producers had in mind, they instantly fell in love with the short goofball character. As Winkler once said in an interview, "The Fonz was everybody I wasn't. He was everybody I wanted to be."

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The More You Know

  • Family Matters: The infamous theme song "As Days Go By" wasn't always the theme song. "What A Wonderful World" was used in the pilot (though it has been replaced with "As Days Go By" in syndicated versions of the show).
  • Phil Harris of Deadliest Catch was the first person to die on a reality TV show; he suffered a stroke on his crab-fishing boat while filming.
  • HBO added a gun to the title of “The Sopranos” because they were worried people would think it was a show about singing.
  • TV viewership grew exponentially during its Golden Age
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