MonsieurMeowgi t1_ja9dqqh wrote on February 27, 2023 at 8:26 PM

Reminds me of a joke I heard, Henry Winkler was getting on a plane when the stewardess asked him if he'd like some headphones and he said, I sure would, and it's pronounced "Fonz."

Not_Henry_Winkler t1_ja9jqpu wrote on February 27, 2023 at 9:03 PM

I’ll have to remember that one.

RodneyPonk t1_ja9tjyb wrote on February 27, 2023 at 10:05 PM

could someone explain? I have no idea who the fonz is, other than he was played by Winkler

edit: answered, thanks

sanciscoyo t1_ja9v7hr wrote on February 27, 2023 at 10:16 PM

Fonz is pronounced “fawns,” so the joke is that he heard “would you like some headphones?” And he corrected her pronunciation, meaning he interpreted it as “would you like some head, fonz?”

BitOneZero t1_jaa5jql wrote on February 27, 2023 at 11:27 PM

> I have no idea who the fonz is

Someone already answered the rhyming part, but since you don't know the show...

Happy Days was the name of the show and started in 1974 and went on for 11 years/seasons. It was kind of "the 1950's / early 1960's show", depicting a rose-colored view of the 1950's high school scene. Probably connected to George Lucas' 1973 film American Graffiti in spirit, which depicted early 1960's "hanging out" lifestyle - and also had Ron Howard as an actor in it. You could probably throw in Grease the theater play in 1971 as an inspiration/trend of this 1970's glorification of 1950's culture.

Fonz was always doing the stereotype of cool and had plenty of girls while the mainstream kids in the story went to him for advice and lessons about things parents and school don't teach you.

RodneyPonk t1_jaaf5lm wrote on February 28, 2023 at 12:35 AM

I'm a Zoomer, so most of your middle paragraph is going right over my head haha. I appreciate the explanation though :)