Editing Happy Days (section)

== Legacy ==
In 1978, actor [[Robin Williams]] made his screen debut during the fifth season of ''Happy Days,'' as the character "Mork" in the episode "[[My Favorite Orkan]]".<ref name="actors">{{Cite episode |title=Robin Williams |url=http://www.bravotv.com/Inside_the_Actors_Studio/guest/Robin_Williams |series=Inside the Actors Studio |network=Bravo |date=June 10, 2001 |season=7 |number=710 |credits=James Lipton (host) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070204093734/http://www.bravotv.com/Inside_the_Actors_Studio/guest/Robin_Williams |archive-date=February 4, 2007 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Sought after as a last-minute cast replacement for a departing actor, Williams impressed the producer with his quirky sense of humor when he sat on his head when asked to take a seat for the audition.<ref name="rmmsnbc14">Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/LdeZOJ6dn_8 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200229122155/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdeZOJ6dn_8 Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{Cite web |last=Maddow |first=Rachel |date=2014-08-12 |title=Henry Winkler Recalls Robin Williams' 'Happy Days' Debut |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdeZOJ6dn_8 |access-date=2021-10-31 |publisher=[[MSNBC]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Robin Williams Biography |url=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/robin-williams.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716212135/http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/robin-williams.html |archive-date=July 16, 2012 |access-date=September 27, 2012 |publisher=Biography Channel}}</ref> While portraying Mork on ''Happy Days'', Williams improvised much of his dialogue and physical comedy, speaking in a high, nasal voice, and he made the most of the script. The cast and crew, as well as TV network executives were deeply impressed with his performance. As such, the executives moved quickly to get the performer on contract just four days later before competitors could make their own offers.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=November 20, 2014 |title='Happy Days' Cast Reveals How Robin Williams Got Cast as a "Martian" in Show's "Worst Script" |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/happy-days-cast-reveals-how-750779 |url-status=live |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810042224/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/happy-days-cast-reveals-how-750779 |archive-date=August 10, 2018 |access-date=August 10, 2018}}</ref>

In 1980, the  [[National Museum of American History]], [[Smithsonian Institution]] asked Winkler to donate one of Fonzie's leather jackets.<ref name="donates">{{Cite web |title=Henry Winkler Donates his Jacket, NMHT |url=https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_sic_8645 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901060340/https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_sic_8645 |archive-date=September 1, 2021 |access-date=2021-08-31 |publisher=[[National Museum of American History]], [[Smithsonian Institution]]}}</ref><ref name="smithmag">{{Cite web |last=MacGregor |first=Jeff |date=September 2017 |title=Why 'Happy Days' — and the Fonz — Never Truly 'Jumped the Shark' |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/happy-days-fonz-jumped-the-shark-180964399/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831155746/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/happy-days-fonz-jumped-the-shark-180964399/ |archive-date=August 31, 2021 |access-date=2021-09-10 |website=[[Smithsonian (magazine)|Smithsonian]]}}</ref><ref name="exhibit">{{Cite news |last=Bumiller |first=Elizabeth |date=1980-02-14 |title=Exhibit A-a-a-a-y: 'The Fonz' |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1980/02/14/exhibit-a-a-a-a-y-the-fonz/d23c4b03-4277-48e7-968c-f24f3931cb4c/ |url-status=live |access-date=2021-08-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016101233/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1980/02/14/exhibit-a-a-a-a-y-the-fonz/d23c4b03-4277-48e7-968c-f24f3931cb4c/ |archive-date=October 16, 2021}}</ref>

In 1985, [[Jon Hein]] developed the phrase [[jumping the shark]] in response to the season 5 episode "[[Happy Days season 5#ep91|Hollywood: Part 3]]", written by Fred Fox Jr.,<ref name="Fox">{{Cite news |last=Fox |first=Fred Jr. |date=September 3, 2010 |title=First Person: In defense of 'Happy Days' 'Jump the Shark' episode |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-jump-the-shark-20100903,0,6800871.story |url-status=live |access-date=October 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100915113351/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-jump-the-shark-20100903,0,6800871.story |archive-date=September 15, 2010}}</ref> which aired on September 20, 1977. In this episode, Fonzie jumps over a shark while on water-skis.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hornaday |first=Ann |date=July 25, 2003 |title=A Few Pixels Short of a Personality |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2003/07/25/AR2005033117626_pf.html |url-status=live |access-date=April 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110223655/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2003/07/25/AR2005033117626_pf.html |archive-date=November 10, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Hollows |first1=Joanne |title=Feminism in Popular Culture |last2=Moseley |first2=Rachel |publisher=Berg Publishers |year=2006 |isbn=1845202236}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=McFedries |first=Paul |title=The Complete Idiot's Guide to Weird Word Origins |publisher=Alpha Books |year=2008 |isbn=978-1592577811}}</ref> The phrase is used to suggest that a creative outlet appears to be making a misguided attempt at generating new attention or publicity for something that is perceived to be once, but no longer, widely popular.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lenderman, Max |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ETul44nTQVsC |title=Experience the Message: How Experiential Marketing Is Changing the Brand World |date=January 5, 2010 |isbn=9781551991696 |page=267| publisher=McClelland & Stewart }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Lubans Jr., John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oNaMvElN7pQC |title="Leading from the Middle", and Other Contrarian Essays on Library Leadership |publisher=Libraries Unlimited |year=2010 |isbn=9781598845785 |page=76}} {{cite book | title=The Warmup Guy | author=Perlow, Bob | author2=Cummins, Richard John | year=2016 | publisher=Random House | url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=145562151X | page=30}}</ref> In a 2019 interview with [[NPR]], [[Terry Gross]] asked Winkler what it was "about that scene or that episode that came to signify when something's time is up{{snd}}when it's over?" Winkler responded: "You know what? I don't know. To them, the Fonz water skiing was just like the last straw. The only thing is it wasn't to the audience because we were number one for years after that. So it didn't much matter to anybody."<ref name="nevernpr">{{Cite web |last=Gross |first=Terry |date=2019-04-11 |title='I Never Had A Plan B': Henry Winkler On His Career, From The Fonz To 'Barry' |url=https://www.npr.org/transcripts/712178030 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916134140/https://www.npr.org/transcripts/712178030 |archive-date=September 16, 2021 |access-date=2021-09-16 |website=[[NPR]]}}</ref> In addition, he told [[TheWrap]] in 2018 that he is "not embarrassed" by the phrase. He stated that "newspapers would mention jumping the shark... and they would show a picture of me in my leather jacket and swim shorts water-skiing. And at that time I had great legs. So I thought, 'I don't care.' And we were number one for the next four or five years."<ref name="proud">{{Cite web |last=Pond |first=Steve |date=2018-08-21 |title='Barry' Star Henry Winkler on Why He's 'Very Proud' He Jumped That Shark – Twice (Video) |url=https://www.thewrap.com/henry-winkler-barry-fonzie-shark-jump-very-proud/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210930141545/https://www.thewrap.com/henry-winkler-barry-fonzie-shark-jump-very-proud/ |archive-date=September 30, 2021 |access-date=2021-08-30 |publisher=[[TheWrap]]}}</ref> As his character Barry Zuckerkorn (in the sitcom ''[[Arrested Development]]'') hopped over a shark in [[Motherboy XXX|Episode 13 of the second season]], Winkler also noted that there "was a book, there was a board game and it is an expression that is still used today ... [and] I'm very proud that I am the only actor, maybe in the world, that has jumped the shark twice{{snd}}once on ''Happy Days'', and once on ''Arrested Development''."<ref name=proud/>

In 1999 ''[[TV Guide]]'' ranked Fonzie as number 4 on its 50 Greatest TV Characters of All Time list.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780760756348/page/651 |title=TV Guide Guide to TV |publisher=Barnes and Noble |year=2004 |isbn=0-7607-5634-1 |page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780760756348/page/651 651] |url-access=registration}}</ref>

In a 2001 poll conducted by [[Channel 4]] in the UK, the Fonz was ranked 13th on their list of the [[100 Greatest (TV series)|100 Greatest TV Characters]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=100 Greatest TV Characters |url=http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/greatest/tv_characters/results.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531160558/http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/greatest/tv_characters/results.html |archive-date=31 May 2009 |access-date=26 May 2019 |publisher=[[Channel 4]]}}</ref>

In 2008, American artist Gerald P. Sawyer unveiled the [[Bronze Fonz]] (a public artwork) on the [[Milwaukee Riverwalk]] in downtown [[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]].<ref name="bbc">{{Cite news |date=August 20, 2008 |title=Henry Winkler unveils bronze Fonz |work=BBC |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7571811.stm |url-status=live |access-date=August 16, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828193208/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7571811.stm |archive-date=August 28, 2008}}</ref>

In December 2023, ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' ranked ''Happy Days'' number 87 on its list of the 100 greatest TV shows of all time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/lists/greatest-tv-shows-of-all-time/|title=The 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time|work=Variety|date=December 20, 2023}}</ref>