Saturday, January 17, 2009

Sara and Zoe meet Henry Winkler!

The cast of Happy Days were to give a short presentation right after the unveiling of the statue. Sara rushed from the unveiling to the amphitheatre and was the 70th in line to buy a Bronze the Fonz poster. Ends up that the the first 100 posters came with a card guaranteeing the chance to have all the cast sign the poster! They all sat at a long table, and Sara went down the line getting autographs. She brought Zoe along to capture the actors' attention, and it worked great. Check out this awesome picture I snapped of them talking to the real live Henry Winkler! He really liked Zoe a lot. I think this is the accomplishment of Sara's lifelong dream, and I wish I could have better captured the look on her face.


Here's a picture of Sara with her autographed poster. Someone just bid $245 for one of these signed posters on e-bay. Here's who signed it: Henry Winkler (Fonzie), Penny Marshall (Laverne), Cindy WIlliams (Shirley), Tom Bosley (Mr. Cunningham), Marion Ross (Mrs. Cunningham), Erin Moran (Joanie), Don Most (Ralph Malph), Anson Williams (Potsie), Gary Marshall (Happy Days Creator), and the show's producer Bob Boyett. We framed the thing and it sits proudly as the figure head of our little art gallery. Someday it'll be on Antiques Roadshow, getting appraised for much less than it would be worth if it only had Ron Howard's signature. Ron, if you're reading this, I'll buy you a cup-full of Kopps frozed custard if you'll come sign my poster.

2 comments:

Mike said...

WHAT? NO SCOTT BAIO EITHER?

Anna Rhodes said...

Wow that is pretty cool!