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Henry Winkler and William Shatner in 2018
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Don’t expect to see Henry Winkler<\/a> reprise Fonzie’s moves on Dancing With the Stars<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n Winkler, the actor who played the leather jacket-clad, thumbs up-giving Arthur “Fonzie” Fonzarelli on Happy Days<\/em><\/a>, received an offer from his close pal William Shatner on Thursday.<\/p>\n The pair were having a conversation on social media, after Winkler had referred to the Star Trek<\/em> actor as “SUPERMAN.”<\/p>\n “Henry! speaking of Superman,” replied Shatner, “I saw your repost of the Fonzie dance. I\u2019m sure you can still do that,” Shatner wrote<\/a>. “You want me to see if they have an opening on Dancing With The Stars <\/em>next season?”<\/p>\n Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our <\/em><\/strong>EW Dispatch newsletter<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Shatner is a friend of the reality competition’s former host Tom Bergeron.<\/p>\n But Winkler’s answer was clear.<\/p>\n “Love to you but NO dancing thank you,” said Winkler, 80.<\/p>\n As the Fonz, the actor was the breakout star of Happy Days<\/em>, which aired for 11 seasons between 1974 and 1984.<\/p>\n The character displayed some serious dance moves in a 1976 episode, “They Shoot Fonzies, Don’t They?”, in which he competed in a dance marathon. Winkler reposted<\/a> a clip of the episode on X on Wednesday with the comment, “Wow.”<\/p>\n He marveled at the footage showing Fonzie cutting a rug to the cheers of onlookers.<\/p>\n Although Winkler didn’t leap at Shatner’s offer, he proved back in January that he still has some of the moves as he made his way through the Spirit Tunnel<\/a> at The Jennifer Hudson Show<\/em>.<\/p>\n While his time on Happy Days<\/em> \u2014 for which he was nominated for three Emmys \u2014 is long behind him, Winkler has faced no shortage of work.<\/p>\n Just in the past few years, the veteran of movies such as The Waterboy<\/em> and Scream<\/em> has starred on Barry,<\/em> for which he won an Emmy in 2018 for his portrayal of acting teach Gene Cousineau; SpongeBob SquarePants<\/em>, on which he’s voiced multiple roles; and Maya Rudolph’s Loot<\/em>. He also hosts the History Channel series Hazardous History<\/em>, which debuts its second season April 19.<\/p>\n And Winkler has said that he doesn’t plan to stop working any time soon.<\/p>\n “People keep asking me, am I gonna retire or ‘have you retired?'” he said on the IMO<\/em> podcast<\/a>, hosted by former first lady Michelle Obama and her brother, Craig Robinson, in January. “And I think that is like the furthest thing from my imagination. I will retire when I am not able to do [this] more.”<\/p>\n He added of retirement, “I think that it is deadly<\/a>.”<\/p>\n Read the original article on Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n