Ron Howard and Henry Winkler reunite to celebrate at the 76th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards on September 15 Happy Days' 50th anniversary.
Howard and Winkler arrived at the show's iconic Arnold's Drive-In set, where Richy Cunningham (Howard) and the Fonz (Winkler) often gathered with their friends, in a recreation of the show's iconic Arnold's Drive-In. However, when the duo reconvened to present the evening's next award, they were a little upset to discover that the set's jukebox was not working.
“I have a solution,” Howard told Winkler. “You can do this,” he suggested, referring to one of the Fonz's signature moves.
“Oh, come on. First of all, I can't practice,” Winkler told his friend. “Second of all, this takes training.”
“You went to the Yale School of Drama, Henry,” Howard said to laughter from the crowd. “You know you can do it.” Winkler then strode over to the jukebox and slapped it hard, Happy Days The theme song blared from the speakers.
Neither Winkler nor Howard are strangers to the Emmy stage. Winkler has won three times for his performance Happy Daysand most recently won the award for best supporting actor in a comedy in 2018. Barry.
The celebrity audience looked quite excited Happy Days reunion, Emmys executive producer Jesse Collins told Diversity He said he was a little concerned Thursday that viewers would pick apart the details of the set. “I was wondering if you think we matched Jukebox. There's a whole conversation going on in Jukebox,” Collins teased.