Do You Remember the ‘Happy Days’ Episode Where Fonzie Cried?

Happy Days ran for 255 episodes over 11 seasons, but there’s one that stood out in creator Garry Marshall‘s memory as being the most heartfelt: the episode where Richie Cunningham nearly lost his life, and the Fonz was moved to tears.

“Happy Days tried all these different types of shows,” Marshall said in a 2009 interview with the Television Academy’s Archive of American Television series, “culminating with the best one, which I guess was our most emotional show.”