Henry Winkler New Tv Series
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In the four decades since he stormed into America's pop-culture consciousness as Arthur 'The Fonz' Fonzarelli on TV's 'Happy Days,' Henry Winkler has seen and done a lot. He has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He has won two Golden Globes and two Daytime Emmys.
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He has been appointed an Honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth. And ranking right up there with those career highlights, he says, was a certain night he spent in New Orleans in February 1977. 'You know, I was the king of Bacchus,' Winkler said, calling recently to chat about his still-thriving acting career and his upcoming appearance at Wizard World Comic Con at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. 'So I'm coming back triumphant.' That visit was 40 years ago, and he's been back to New Orleans a number of time since, including riding in Bacchus again two years later when his 'Happy Days' co-star Ron Howard reigned.
(Winkler even has his own local culinary tradition: 'Oh, -- we take that sandwich back with us on the plane,' he said.) Still, that first visit stands out, and for a number of reasons. He arrived in town on Feb. 18, 1977, the Friday before his Bacchus ride.
It was a time in which Winkler was at the height of his 'Happy Days' fame, with his face adorning T-shirts, lunchboxes, posters, toys, trading cards, bed sheets and all manner of other pop-culture paraphernalia. The city went nuts. Making his way through New Orleans International Airport with his parents in tow, he was greeted by a crush of fans, as well as an assemblage of krewe dignitaries who brought along a police escort for their new monarch. The then-31-year-old Winkler proved to be a generous king from the moment he stepped foot off the plane for what would be a jam-packed visit. A photo taken at the airport, and which ran on the front page of the next day's Times-Picayune, shows a beaming Winkler clutching a handful of Bacchus doubloons -- each embossed with his likeness -- just before showering them down upon his well-wishers. 'I remember the warmth of the people,' Winkler said. 'I remember my doubloons.