Henry Winkler (‘Barry’)

The Last Laugh

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🗓️ 31 October 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Henry Winker (2023 Emmy nominee for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series) has repeatedly doubted himself throughout his long and storied career. From landing the coveted role of Arthur Fonzarelli on ‘Happy Days’ to winning his first Emmy Award for playing Gene Cousineau on Bill Hader’s ‘Barry,’ the beloved actor has struggled to overcome what only became known as “imposter syndrome” in recent years. “I invented the syndrome!” Winkler says in this episode. Winkler, who has just written a new memoir called ‘Being Henry: The Fonz… and Beyond,’ tells stories about his struggles to find work after The Fonz, explains how Adam Sandler helped revive his comedy career, reveals why he turned down hosting SNL, recalls his funniest line from ‘Arrested Development’ and so much more.

This episode was originally published on July 26th, 2022.

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0:00.0	This is the Last Laugh.
0:06.9	I'm Matt Wilstein from The Daily Beast.
0:09.5	We have finally arrived at the last episode in our series of reruns with this year's Emmy nominees,
0:16.1	and it's a big one.
0:18.3	I really cannot express how much joy it brought me to spend an hour with
0:23.1	Henry Winkler on this podcast. We talked last summer between the third and fourth seasons of
0:28.9	Barry, which has really become one of the two defining performances of Henry's long career.
0:35.1	He has been nominated for his role as Gene Kousenau, opposite Bill Hedars Berry, for each of the show's long career. He has been nominated for his role as Gene Kusinau, opposite Bill
0:38.9	Hedars Berry, for each of the show's four seasons, and won his first ever Emmy for the show's
0:44.5	premiere season more than 40 years after he was first nominated for playing the Fonz on Happy Days.
0:51.4	Henry also happens to have a new memoir out today called Being Henry, the Fonz, and Beyond.
0:57.7	So now really felt like the perfect moment to reshare this episode. We get into so many iconic
1:03.9	moments from his life and work in this conversation. And Henry was even kind enough to recreate
1:09.6	my favorite line of his from Arrested Development.
1:13.1	So stay tuned for that.
1:15.1	And please keep a close eye on this feed as we have some very exciting announcements coming up.
1:20.6	And we'll be back with all new episodes with some guests I can't quite believe we'll actually be here starting next month.
1:30.1	But for now, here's me with the legend himself, Henry Winkler. Well, I hope I'm not keeping you from the fish. I know you've been very
1:38.4	busy fishing this summer, and I don't want to take you away from it. Well, you know what? It is one of my favorite things in the world.
1:47.2	Yeah, well, it's become a favorite thing of everyone is looking at your photos on Twitter.
1:52.3	Yeah, one of the only adult books I've ever written is pictures that I've taken while fly fishing.
2:00.4	I love that. What's the title there? I've taken while fly fishing. I love that.
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