Henry Winkler as “The Fonz” in Happy Days

As an accompaniment to the “Where Are They Now?” feature on the TV show “Happy Days,” here is a scene from a 1982 episode called “A Little Case of Revenge.” It features a young unknown actor called Tom Hanks, who plays a karate expert, “Dwayne Twichell”:

Dr. Dwayne Twichell: Well, I figured you’d be hanging out in this dump, Geek face!

Fonzie: That’s me. I know, I know, you’re losing pins, pins and needles. You know, you’re like a little gnat. Now, I went to a Mozart

concert, you know, and I’m… I’m having a nice quiet evening with some friends, one of which you are not.

Dr. Dwayne Twichell: I can respect that. Nice coat.

Fonzie: Thank you.

Dr. Dwayne Twichell: Nice material.

Fonzie: Thank you.

Dr. Dwayne Twichell: Looks real sharp. Just one thing wrong with it, though. You might want to keep these, in case you ever want to wipe your nose on your sleeve.

Ashley Pfister: All right, that’s enough. Now, why don’t you just knock it off, you scum bucket! I mean, can’t you tell a gentleman when you see one?

Dr. Dwayne Twichell: I don’t see any gentlemen, but I do know a sexy lady when I see one. You should ever want to go out with a real man, here’s my hotel room key. Use it!

Ashley Pfister: Fonzie!

Fonzie: Yeah.

Ashley Pfister: Now!

Fonzie: Thank you.

Dr. Dwayne Twichell: Are you ready to face oblivion?

Fonzie: I’m ready for you and him… I had so many good times on that side of the table.

Dr. Dwayne Twichell: Table! You’re next, sister! This really isn’t fair, you know. I mean, how’s a guy supposed to get revenge, if you won’t fight? Now, what’s the matter, come on, are you afraid to take a punch?

Fonzie: I tell you what I’m going to do. You’re right, I have been avoiding this, I’m just going to stand here, you give me your best

punch, right?

Dr. Dwayne Twichell: Oh, yeah, sure you’re just going to stand there, let me take a shot? My Momma didn’t raise no Stoopnagle…

Fonzie: Whatever you say, I gave you my word.

Roger Phillips: Fonzie, Fonzie, that’s not the plan!

Fonzie: When you see Shane, then we’ll talk.

Ashley Pfister: Fonzie!

Roger Phillips: Ashley, don’t! Just remember him the way he was.

Dr. Dwayne Twichell: I did it! I did it! So much for the great Arthur Fonzarelli! Hah hah! 17 years I’ve waited for this moment! The yoke has finally been lifted, I feel satisfied! Oh, it feels so good!

Fonzie: I believe it is my turn.

Dr. Dwayne Twichell: A joke, it’s all just a joke. Look, maybe I deserved to be pushed off that swing. I was an obnoxious kid, hey, I’m an obnoxious adult!

Fonzie: You know what you did? You stood up to the Fonz. I like that. You got guts.

Dr. Dwayne Twichell: I do?

Fonzie: Yeah. You nearly got killed, but you got guts.

Dr. Dwayne Twichell: You mean, for all these years you haven’t thought that I was a coward?

Fonzie: This may come as a shock to you, but for all these years I haven’t given you a thought.

Dr. Dwayne Twichell: Boy, my momma did raise a Stoopnagle!

Fonzie: You know, we were eight years old. Kids do stupid things, you know? You can’t live my revenge alone. Remember The Searchers, you see The Searchers?

Dr. Dwayne Twichell: No.

Fonzie: Doesn’t anybody go to the movies any more?

Ashley Pfister: Oh, Fonzie, are you all right? I was so proud of you!

Roger Phillips: Proud of you too, Fonz, and, by the way, I saw The Searchers.

Dr. Dwayne Twichell: Please!

Fonzie:  Please join me at… what once was my table, OK? I’m very sorry you spent 17 years tormenting yourself.

Dr. Dwayne Twichell: Yeah, well, you live and learn, I guess. So, how have you been keeping yourself busy these years?

Fonzie: Well, I own half of this place, I teach a school, I own a garage. How about you, what do you do?

Dr. Dwayne Twichell: I’m a psychiatrist.

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