I'm Black, and I grew up watching "Happy Days." I thought Fonzie was very cool, and he was also very tough!

Out of all the Happy days episodes , I never saw this one . Until today May 2024..

Henry winkler has a home in the uk not far from me in Richmond. He spends a LOT of time going round schools helping kids to read and has special programs to help kids. He’s a wonderful human being with a heart of gold.

I’m a 54 year old black man, loved this show, decades ahead of its time. Fonzie backed down from NOBODY, and had ALL the ladies. How could u NOT love him?

"He's paying so he can't leave" 😂😂😂. That was a terrific comeback.

I’m a 64 year old black man who grew up watching this show. I’m a Henry winkler fan too this day because of his potrayel of The Fonz. The Fonz was the coolest dude I know and he had values. That’s why I’m still a fan of Happy Days. Heyyyyy 🤙🏻

Winkler is the type of hero we need right now, and it doesn't even have to be as The Fonz.

53 year old black man I grew up loving this show

70 years later and we still have foolish people

Al's passionate soliloquy deserved more than it got from the live audience.

50 years later and still people haven't learned hatred doesn't win love peace and understanding wins 😢

This should be titled "Al and Fonzie Fight Racism at a Southern Diner".

The Fonz was so cool he treated everyone with respect and looked out for everyone

Fonzie said he was a Black, Jew, and Protestant lover -- (his Italian-American character was Catholic) -- all the people his character was not ... he was the COOLEST civil rights champion ...

"He's the biggest lover in Milwaukee!" 🤣

I am a 55 year old white fella fae fife and this episode kinda cemented all the things my parents taught me - cut us we bleed red we are all jock tamsons bairns ✊🏼👍thanks for sharing

I'm black and just turned 50. I've loved the fonz since I was a kid. I've love Henry Winkler and all the TV shows he has done and social issues he puts or has been a part of on his tv shows

The Fonz was a fair and standup guy, and didn’t put with nonsense. That’s what made him so cool!

Go May! Tough women, and good men, rising up and showing kindness & tolerance is what's needed everywhere globally right now. Peace.

And this is why my 38-year-old self has had a crush and will always crush on The Fonz. 😍

Till this day, the Fonz is still the Fonz. The man does lots of charities.

He's paying he can't leave!! Awesome

I was too young to realize what a difference some of my favorite shows were trying to make back then. I only remember loving and adoring The Fonz and this show. 🙏🏾❤️💐

Wow , didn’t even realize that they tackled this on the show. Kudos to them . I’m a black man and grew up on this show….Love the Fonz and wanted to be just like him. Ayeee

"We don't serve colors here" Fonz-"Well.thats convenient because we didn't order any" That's an awesome racism comeback!!

"That's him over there, Jack". "I can tell, Ned". Possibly one of the funniest and most sarcastic jokes ever. Great writing. Old school great writing.

That's our Fonz. I'm unsure of what year was being portrayed on the show, but putting signs up like that in many states was still legal until July 2nd, 1964.

Mae putting her foot down and sticking up for her beliefs and Fonzi knocking the sign off was a cherry on top!

Perfect blend of comedy handling a touchy issue without getting overly preachy. I'm telling ya, 70's sitcoms knew how to do it. All In The Family is a another example of this.

They're right over there sheriff. I can see that." LOL

I remember watching Happy Days when I was a kid - Fonz was cool but also the good guy with solid values 👍

Happy Days was definitely one of the best shows back in the day and the Fonz was the coolest and sometimes funniest!😂😂😂❤❤

Very good! ☺️ I know in real life it was way tougher than this, but I like this simple portrayal of how ridiculous racism is.

When dude pushed Fonzie, and his response…. OHHHHH NOOOO ! Was PRICELESS ! 🤣

Yay! Way to go Fonz! Henry Winkler is a very underrated actor. I watch his version of A Christmas Carol every year.... Great stuff,always brings back great memories! He seems like a very genuine human being!

Loved this episode. Racism is wrong. We are all human beings. We are all one race- the human race. Act like it.

The Fonz is the true spirit of America.

Fonzerelli was "The Man" back in the day! 👍👍👍

"He's paying he can't leave" had me dying laughing 😂

I remember this episode it really shaped how I viewed people and the world.Thank you Mr.Marshal and all who worked to Make Happy Days for America and the world.

I grew up on the FONZ and Happy Days nothing but love❤🎉

Punching the wall and the sign drops lol.

Love it. My cousin spent his life acting like the Fonz. He passed a couple months ago. This really made me laugh.

That wasn't the Fonze fighting racism. That was AL doing the fighting.

I always loved Fonz. Still do even though his hair is Grey like mine. Henry you always will be THE FONZ HEYYYYY.❤❤❤

Fond memories of this show:). Once again, Fonzie with the wisdom.

I've seen Mr. Henry Winkler on talk show interviews . He is such a warm intelligent man . Love him to pieces

No swearing. No violence. Just debate.

When Fonz bellowed "oh no", everybody knew that now he had to throw down. Hilarious.

that is amazing. and to punch the sign

I remember this in my younger years. I'm a 64 year old woman and had a hard time with racism. I wasn't raised around it when my dad was in the Air Force. In 1973 he retired and we came to Georgia and I was hit in the face with it. I thought it was wrong back then and I still feel it is wrong now. We should all love another period. If you can't do that then you just need to keep it to yourself and live and let live. ❤❤❤❤❤

He’s the Fonz for a reason

I worked with the actor playing the sheriff on a show years ago called :Not Like Everyone Else", he's a really nice guy...

The Fonz was and still is, the coolest. I’m 51. When I was 6 years old, my Dad taught me something that I’ll never forget. He taught me to never judge another person by the color of their skin. I’ve been color blind ever since. Throughout my life, I’ve had just as many black, latino and asian friends, as I have white friends. It’s a shame that the younger generation is ruining all of the progress we’ve made to end racism in this country.

You never know how your compassion and charity might encourage another. ❤

In the whole history of Happy Days, that sheriff had one of the funniest lines ever.

The Fonz, an icon of the civil rights movement.

Still till this day when this episode aired we still have injustices like this happening. 😢

😮 never seen this one before.... thank you, Fonzi, Al and the waitress...👍👍👏👏👏

God they don't make shows like this anymore. Im an 80s kid but this brings back nostalgia

OH, there's Fonzie's black friend we never saw before or after that episode.

Yes I've never seen it either. Excellent. I have just finished reading his autobiography, he is an amazing man. He has achieved so much in his life.

That, "I can tell, Ned," was delivered perfectly! 🤣

This is what made the Fonz so cool.

And Fonz knocks down the sign as he leaves, love it!!

I was just a little girl when I started watching Happy Days!! I was in love with the Fonze!! I never saw this episode though!!🙆🏾‍♀️🤷🏿‍♀️

Thanks for sharing and for reminding me why I wanted to be the Fonz when I was 12. Great clip.

I'm Black and my heritage is Irish, Cherokee & Jamaican; still Black but with Fascination heritage and I also use to watch Happy Days and love watching the Fonzie take on all types of Bad Guys and yes He was a Cool Dude and I've learn a lot from him that fighting doesn't get no where, unless you was in the Military like me who had to fight for America interest: Desert Storm.

I'm colour blind is such a cool fucking line. Fun fact, during WW2 - when the Yanks came to England to train, a lot of them couldn't understand why us Brits were serving 'coloured people' without issue in our pubs and cafes, and some white American officers tried to make us adhere to American racism, so in a few select cases, the pubs banned the white Officers and served the black guys, because the black guys were much more respectful to the English.

Well done Fonzie, that dropping sign really put a wrap to the scene. Now i am closing this comment myself by singing happy days in my head, cheers 😊

I forgot about this episode, but then it started coming back to me. One of the best shows on TV...being that it was based in the 50's it made sense to touch on the serious issues happening outside of Al's diner.... there was another episode that featured an African American basketball player that got sick and nobody was willing to help him except Ritchie and the fonz.

Nice trip down memory lane. Fonzie was my favourite TV character when I was a kid.

I am a 60' baby. This is why every time I go to a restroom/ restaurant....I THANK my Ancestors!!!!!🙏🏾

When she started pouring the coffee I shed a tear…

I am colour-blind. Some years ago, when I was a teacher, a group of my students were chatting with me after a lesson. This is something that happened a lot because they knew that if they needed to talk about something, then they would get the truth from me. During this particular conversation, one student said, "You really are colour-blind." I probably pulled a face, thinking that it was going to become the usual, "What's this colour?" She quickly went on, "What I mean is, you are blind to our colour." She was black. The group had other black students, a Korean, a Chinese, several South Asian, and some white. I looked and saw them all nodding in agreement. Apparently, my reputation in the school was that I was interested in the person, not their colour or religion. I was surprised. My surprise turned to horror when they started to describe the behaviour of a lot of my colleagues. They were out and out racists. I'd not realised because teaching is a strangely isolated career. You rarely ever know what is going on in the room next-door. It shocked me most because I was one of the older members of staff. Younger staff ought to have shown less prejudice, but they didn't. It made me consider my upbringing. We lived with my Grandma. Her house was a veritable United Nations. Anyone was welcome, and so, as a child, I assumed that is how life was. As I grew up, I saw racism in action, which saddened me, but I never lost my Grandma's lessons, hence the conversation with my students. I still do not understand racism, or indeed, prejudice of any kind. Perhaps I do not agree with some things happening in the world today, but I recognise that others can hold views different to my own. However, when those views deliberately hurt or harm another person, i simply cannot understand. This is a very powerful scene. Hopefully, some who saw it when first aired were given food for thought.

This is the only Happy Days episode I remember from my childhood. Strong message.

And that's why we love the Fonz

That was my all time favorite show when i was growing up.

I cant believe this was in an episode. I always did like the Fonze, now even more now that i know this show took it there. Salute!

Bloody fantastic message. I am 76yo, lilly white, with Black, Asian, Arabic and Indigenous Australian relatives. Every one of them has equal ranking in my family regardless of skin colour. Heck many of them are smarter than me. My tolerance level for racial or colour discrimination has a negative sign in front of it.

The Fonz ruled...loved this episode.

Aaah what a show, I was a kid in the 70s loved the Fonz, Peace and love to all 😊

"Well thats convenient cuz we didn't order any." 😂

It’s crazy that segregation was the law in so many states until just 60 years ago. I have black neighbors who grew up in that era and they remember it well. I can’t imagine what that was like.

My Man The Fonz.. Yessir.. Happy Days Was a Great Show and Always Tried to Drive Home The Right Message 😎👊💯💯

Best line..."I can tell, Ned". Lmao!!!

Aw..I used to watch this show, but never seen this episode...wow!..😉👏🏿

It's true he's the biggest lover in Milwaukee!!

Not the biggest fan of Happy Days but dammit The Fonz is one of my personal heroes.

I grew up watching the Fonz too and this is very timely 👌

i miss the wholesome shows i grew up in the 1970s and was a teenager in the mid to late 80s i miss those shows

I love this show, definitely were happy days 😁😜

All the shows back in the day were not only funny but had a positive social message. I actually attending the taping where Robin Williams made his first appearance as Mork prior to the show Mork & Mindy.

Great episode! Impressed it was filmed when it was. It actually has meaning and a message 👍🏼 ayyyyyy 👍🏼

I swear I didn't tear up when May poured the coffee....

Thanks, Fonz! When I was younger I used to put my cousin's black silver adorned leather jacket on and stand in front of the mirror with my arms outstretched and say, "Ayyyyy!" I always knew you were one of the good guys - you and your alter ego, Henry Winkler ❤ 👍

I’ve never seen this episode! Powerful message from Al. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

This series was the Bomb when i was a child! I loved the Fonz!

I remember watching that as a kid I loved Arthur Fonzerelli. He was my hero stood for goodness fairness. What’s right is right love that show since I was seven years old 53 years old now.

I was born in '86, and by the time I was like 6 7, I used to love watching re runs of Happy Days.