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How to bronze the Fonz on August 19
Hang with the Fonz and the Bronze Fonz on August 19.  
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Published Aug. 1, 2008 at 2:16 p.m.
Tags: fonz, bronze fonz, happy days, culver's, riverwalk, potsie, henry winkler, fonzie

Officials have released all the "cool" details regarding the big Bronze the Fonz Day on Aug. 19. Highlights include a public event Downtown, a Fonzie baseball card give away at Miller Park, appearances by many of the "Happy Days" cast members and a parade on Wisconsin Avenue.

OnMilwaukee.com is an official sponsor and created bronzethefonz.com.

Bronze the Fonz activities planned for Aug. 19:

Public Celebration: Autographs to Benefit Boys & Girls Club Literacy Program

The Fonz will be officially bronzed on the RiverWalk on Tuesday, Aug. 19 when Henry Winkler and his cast mates from "Happy Days" and "Laverne & Shirley" return to Milwaukee for the day-long series of festivities.

The statue will reside on the east side of the Riverwalk on the south side of Wells Street.

From 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Culver's Frozen Custard will host a free public frozen custard social at the Peck Pavilion at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts downtown. There, Winkler and the other guests are scheduled to make an appearance.

Starting at 9 a.m., 100 limited edition bronze the Fonz commemorative posters will go on sale at $50 each at the Peck Pavilion with proceeds going to SPARK (Spheres of Proud Achievement in Reading for Kids). SPARK is a program coordinated by the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee in partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Because of time limitations, the cast will only be signing the first 100 posters sold. Additional posters at $20 each will be sold with proceeds going to SPARK.

Guests expected to attend the celebration include: Winkler, Marion Ross, Tom Bosley, Anson Williams, Erin Moran, Don Most, Cindy Williams, Penny Marshall, "Happy Days" creator Garry Marshall and producer Bob Boyett.

Joey Sorge, the new "Fonzie" and the star of the new "Happy Days" stage musical, will also perform a few numbers from the show at the public party. Performing with Sorge are Felicia Finley, Matt Merchant and Matt Walker. All fans attending the party will also receive a free bronze the Fonz baseball card compliments of the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. "Happy Days: A New Musical" comes to the Marcus Center Jan. 6-11, 2009.

Homecoming Parade
At 5:45 p.m. the entire cast, in vintage convertibles, will drive down Wisconsin Avenue (starting at Water Street) to Blue Mound Road and into Miller Park. The public is invited to line Wisconsin Avenue for the homecoming parade.

Play Ball!
The day-long celebration will conclude when Henry and his cast colleagues are honored at a pre-game ceremony at Miller Park prior to the Brewers-Astros game. The cast will throw out the first ball and Anson Williams, who portrayed "Potsie" on the show, will sing the National Anthem. A video tribute will be played on the scoreboard video screen.

A commemorative bronze the Fonz baseball card compliments of the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts will be given to every fan that attends the game.



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Arthur "The Fonz" Fonzarelli, the "Happy Day's" character portrayed by Henry Winkler was recently selected number 32 on Entertainment Weekly and TV Land's list of the top TV icons of all time. The show, "Happy Days" ran for 11 seasons on ABC starting in 1974 and was inspired by the real-life experiences and characters of Thomas Miller, who served as executive producer on the series and grew up in Milwaukee.

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Posted by luna69 on Aug. 18, 2008 at 11:38 p.m. (report)

We should be proud of the positive things that were represented in our home town, no matter how long ago. I think the positive role models that were represented with the show especially Fonzie who was a "bad guy" who does good...should be something that is forever represented.

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Posted by college_dave on Aug. 5, 2008 at 4:59 a.m. (report)

micar: Yes, you obviously are.

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Posted by JKrunken on Aug. 2, 2008 at 4:34 p.m. (report)

The egg is on the face of Milwaukee for not being able to have an intelligent discussion about public art. In the Mike Brenner flap people either made personal negative comments about him or defended the right to have a Fonzie statue; both points missed the bigger issue. Those who got upset about the Bronze Fonz did so in the attempt to start a dialogue about public art. But in todays climate you really cant have a dialogue about anything without people getting personal and thereby missing the point. We will have a Bronze Fonz, and that's just fine. But we still havent got much in the way of dynamic public art in this town or much interest in discussing it beyond the junior high level.

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Posted by micahr2001 on Aug. 2, 2008 at 12:01 a.m. (report)

While I have no problem with the statue (and think those opposed are quite uptight), this daily list of events is a little insane. I mean...a parade down Wisconsin Ave. for a TV show that hasn't aired in 25 years??? Am I missing something?

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