Ayyyyy!
Arthur Fonzarelli, or ‘The Fonz’ from the classic television series, “Happy Days,” will be immortalized in bronze in the city of Milwaukee.
The City hopes that tourists will be drawn to the city to see the statue of the pop culture icon. Visit Milwaukee, a non-profit group for tourism in the city has raised $45,000 of the $85,000 it needs to have the sculpture commissioned. They say they are on schedule to reveal the statue sometime in 2008.
Happy Days co-creator Garry Marshall and Henry Winkler, who played The Fonz, have both approved the project. Winkler seemed both shocked and thrilled about the statue. He said,
“It’s an honor, but it is so bizarre to think there should be a statue. I wasn’t sure it was something that could happen to me.”
Winkler added that he loves the idea and that he will come to town for the dedication.
“If it helps the city, a city that has been so supportive and warm to me over the years, then I am so OK with it.”
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How in the hell is a stature of a fictional character from a TV show that ended over 20 years ago going to draw tourists?!
Wife: Honey, are we still going to take the kids to Disney World this year?
Husband: I don’t know dear. They do have that statue of The Fonz in Milwaukee.
Wife: Who? Where? What’s a fonz?