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“Happy Days” belongs to a special pantheon of beloved sitcoms that became cultural touchstones. Henry Winkler’s Arthur Fonzarelli is a good yardstick in that regard. If you ever needed proof that the legendary greaser transcended “Happy Days” \u2014 which was actually a spin-off of a forgotten sitcom<\/a> \u2014 to become an almost mythical pop culture figure, how about the time Winkler talked a teenage boy down from a ledge after the youngster demanded to speak to Fonzie?<\/p>\n During a 2019 appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,”<\/a> Winkler recalled how he was interrupted during “Happy Days” rehearsals to talk to the troubled teen. Asked what struck him as the most unbelievable moment from his career, the actor remembered the unlikely scenario. “I was on the set of ‘Happy Days,’ and there is a table, a standing table on wheels,” he explained. “The script supervisor uses it to follow the lines […] and there are two telephones. One is an outside line, and one is to the studio.” As Winkler remembered, those phones could be used to call creator Garry Marshall if there was a problem with the script, but on this occasion, one of the phones actually rang. Winkler continued:<\/p>\n “They say, ‘Henry, there’s a phone call for you. And I walked over to the phone and the man said, ‘Hi, my name is Sergeant Joe Brown’ […] and he was a state trooper from Illinois. And he said, ‘I’m sorry to bother you.’ I said, ‘No, that’s OK, sir. What is it?’ He said, ‘I have a 17-year-old kid on a ledge, and he is threatening to jump off. And he will only talk to you.'”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n While many would be daunted by such a request, Winkler actually found the nerve to take the call and ended up connecting with the teenager.<\/p>\n Read more: The 5 Funniest Mistakes That Made It Into Gilligan’s Island<\/a><\/p>\n\n
Fonzie saves a life<\/h2>\n