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

  • Guiding Light' is the longest-running TV show
  • The Simpsons is one of the longest-running scripted television series in history, with 654 episodes so far. The show began in 1989 and is still going as of 2019
  • Morning talk shows made their debut in the ‘50s
  • Seinfeld: The show's composer slightly tweaked the opening theme music for every new episode.
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