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Michelle Obama and brother Craig Robinson welcomed Henry Winkler as a guest on their podcast, IMO with Michelle Obama & Craig Robinson
The former First Lady, 61, talked about her early crush on Winkler as The Fonz on Happy Days
Winkler played Arthur Fonzarelli, a.k.a. Fonzie or "The Fonz" on Happy Days from 1974 to 1984
Michelle Obamahas admitted The Fonz was an early crush!
Speaking withHenry WinkleronIMO with Michelle Obama & Craig Robinson, the former First Lady, 61, opened up about having a crush on the actor's character,Arthur Fonzarelli, a.k.a. Fonzieor "The Fonz" onHappy Days.
"Let me tell you who The Fonz was, at least to me. First of all sexy," she began.
Winkler blushes and jokes, "I'm sitting differently in my chair right now.
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"Now what did I know about sexy at... I can't do the math, but I was young... preteen," she continued. "I saw on the screen the coolest ... you read tall!"
"I did! People would say, 'Oh my God, I thought you were taller,' " Winkler laughed.
"You read 6'3". Think an even cooler version ofJohn Travolta, before John Travolta. Thick, black, luscious Italian hair. Who knew?"
Obama remembered the Fonz in both a khaki jacket and a black leather jacket, and Winkler explained the change.
"[The khaki jacket] was the first jacket, you're right. Very hard to be cool in cloth," Winkler laughed. "Gary Marshall went to ABC and with the network, the network was in the bottom. It was the third network and there were only three at that time on television. And he said, 'You know, he could be very hurt if he rides his bike and he knocks over in cloth.' They said, 'When he's in a scene with his bike, he can wear the leather.' "
"I remember that change because I think it did something to me. I was like, 'Woo!' " she concluded.
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