When the family comes down with the flu, Dr. B is left to run the household. He holds it together until everyone recovers, despite juggling responsibilities and taking Katherine to a surreal birthday party. And then . . . he coughs. Henry Winkler guest stars.

Henry Winkler - the Spiritual Side of Hollywood - Henry Winkler

James Woods tells of Henry Winkler being fired early in his career.

May 9: Actor, director and author Henry Winkler provides TODAY's Natalie Morales with highlights from his new Hank Zipzer children's book, "The Life of Me (Enter at Your Own Risk)."

The Fonz, Happy Days

This low-budget independent film by novice directors Stephen F. Verona and Martin Davidson is a slice-of-life elegy from the leather-jacket, bobby-soxer era of 1957, set in a Brooklyn high school. The film stands out for the appearance of up-and-coming actors (circa 1974) Sylvester Stallone, Henry Winkler, and Perry King (even Armand Assante has a bit role). Stallone, Winkler, King, and Paul Mace are members of a local neighbor social club called The Lords of Flatbush, and they spend their time exercising their hormones, hot-wiring a car, playing pool, and quaffing egg creams at the local candy store. The film finally focuses its interest on two of the lords. Chico (Perry King), owns a motorcycle and wheels over to see Jane Bradshaw (Susan Blakely), the daughter of an army colonel who, despite Chico's motorcycle, gives him the brush-off. Then there is the muscle-headed Stanley Rosiello (Sylvester Stallone), who, like Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront, loves pigeons. He also loves Frannie (Maria Smith), with