Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond by Henry WinklerMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
I was in grade school when Happy Days was first run, must see TV. Every Wednesday, you would hear comments about what happened, but much more often you'd hear a catchphrase from the show - usually Fonzie's 'Heyyyy". Jumping the Shark was just another cool episode for us, interesting because it took place away from Al's Diner or the Cunningham home and featured a motorcycle jump, like Evel Knievel, hero of the elementary-aged bicycle set. Happy Days defined must watch TV. And Fonzie was king. I wanted to read this to hear about those days for Winkler, and what happened after. The book reads mostly like you'd expect, with stories about his family and his career. This one, compared to other celebrity memoirs I've read, seemed to be a little more closely tied to ongoing counseling for Winkler. He portrays his family as quite bad folks over and over. While Winkler seems a gentle, goofy guy, he was too overbearing about how rough he had it growing up well off with confusing parents. It strikes a false cord in what I found otherwise to be an interesting entertainment life story. Overall, I liked the story, and I really enjoyed Winkler's narration of his book. He comes across as a regular guy who is a little attention-needy. And I may just have to watch Barry, he makes a good case to give it a try.
I received a pre-release download of the audiobook from the publisher in exchange for a review.
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