‘Who Killed the Fonz?’ Introduces a Shocking ‘Happy Days’ Mystery
Wonder what ever happened to cooler-than-cool Arthur “The Fonz” Fonzarelli from the 1950s-era sitcom Happy Days?
We’d like to think the unforgettable Henry Winkler character still strikes up the jukebox at Arnold’s Drive-In with a rap of his fist — but according to Who Killed the Fonz? (Simon & Schuster), a new novel by James Boice, those days are over.
It’s 1984, and Richard Cunningham (Ron Howard in the series), a moderately successful Hollywood screenwriter, returns home to Milwaukee “the day he learned his best friend from childhood was dead,” Boice writes.
But then he finds out that Fonzie’s fatal accident — his motorcycle crashed into a bridge guardrail — may have been murder. And where is the body?
While searching for answers with help from pals Potsie Weber and Ralph Malph (Anson Williams and Don Most), Richie revisits landmarks from his youth (like make-out hub Inspiration Point) and recalls familiar TV moments (Fonzie’s first Christmas Eve with then Cunninghams), deepening not just his relationship with the leather-jacketed ladies’ man but also our own.
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Who reads this drivel?
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you did 😉
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Lol thatguy preposterous
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C'mon Hollywood, make a movie about what happened to the Fonz.
Have him become mayor; Ralph runs his campaign. Richy does the PR. POTSEY gets involved in a scandal.
Joanie is the hs school principal and hides the records with Potsey.
The water supply I tainted...the Fonz runs on the issue..
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Project much?
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You must be hoping he was but never gonna happen! NEVER
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A better fit for Fonzie's character is that he is a gay. All of those years of womanizing was him trying to convince himself that he wasn't gay because how could a "tough guy", like himself, be attracted to men instead of woman.
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