“Happy Days” for the first time reunited in 50 years: “feels like 50 minutes”

April 5 icons “Happy Days” Henry WinklerAnson Williams, Ron HowardAnd Don most of all gave up the first public performance together, performing on stage in Steel City City in Pittsburgh for a panel discussion that was part of the trip down the memory alley, part of the heart tribute, and the man who gathered them together.

The moment was not lost on the Winkler, which reflected Fonzarelli’s iconic Arthur on the hit.

“This is the first time we appeared in 50 years,” he said during the panel, for a video shared on the official Instagram page.

Howard, sitting next to him, couldn’t help but in return. “It feels like 50 minutes. It is done,” he admitted. “We hang so much fun, and it is like our great excuse to come together, so thank you.”

The crowd answered warmly when the group launched a session of questions and answers, filled with laughter, memories and stories from the many classic series that took place from 1974 to 1984.

Established in Milooki in the middle of the century, “happy days” followed the daily life of the Koninghem family, their friends and their gloriously steep neighbor voni. What started as a nostalgic site has become a cultural attraction, span, phrases and a constant sense of Americana.

“First of all, Harry Marshal was, for example, a brilliant creator, a great writer,” Winkler mused. “They chose a wonderful acting composition, some of them, unfortunately, no longer on earth, but we played together, we stayed together and we worked a lot together. No one thought they were better than anyone else.”

Howard expanded these sentiments, remembering how the acting staff entered something deeper than colleagues.

“I say it was a huge key. The show developed as, in fact, the ensemble. So, the idea that we were like a family, well, maybe not a family, but we were a unit, we were a community,” he continued. “And also, I think, it was like our age. We just grew through this process.”

“It was a life experience that, unlike everything else I knew,” said Howard. “And we had a great chemistry. We worked fun with the beginning, and it never failed us.”

Although four remained privately for many years, appearing together in public, it was rare.

Ahead the panel, Winkler said Pittsburgh Post-Gazette How much the moment was. “We were together. We see, talk to each other, support each other,” he said. “But this is the first time we are together in public conditions.”

“You play together, you stay together. And they chose very well. They chose beautiful people to be participants in this group, and we always stayed nearby.”

Although this may not have been a great reward, “Happy Days” really earned their share in industry recognition.

The show received several nominations at the Prime during the run during the run, and in 1978, director Jerry Paris won Amy for a great director for the comedy series for a touching and joking episode “Baptism of Fonts”.

The series was also nominated for an outstanding comedy series in 1978. His acting awards also received awards, and Winkler received several nominations for the leading actor in the comedy series, while Tom Bosley and Marion Ross were nominated in support of categories.

Earlier this year, Howard, Williams and the most reunited in the Orlando Megacon. While Winkler was absent, Howard reflected on what made “happy days” such strong success. He confessed that he had not seen the episode for a long time, while waiting at the airport, he was re -adjusted.

What he felt surprised him.

“Because I know why the show was a hit: it was good. And we were good,” he said. “We were as united as the ensemble.

Decades after the loans rolled up, the “Happy Days” acting continues to embody the spirit of the show, modest, heartfelt and forever connected from the moment they were divided under the lights and behind the scenes.