Milwaukee Bronzes the Fonz

Travel Blog  •  Joanna Kakissis  •  01.28.08 | 9:37 AM ET

image“Happy Days” locale Milwaukee will debut a life-sized, $85,000 statue of leather-clad Arthur “Fonzie” Fonzarelli this fall, the AP reports. Thumbs up cookies for all! Some gallerists were down on the idea, saying the bronze Fonz would perpetuate “low-brow stereotypes about Wisconsin.” Lighten up, people! Tune in for potential eye-rolling, however, if Brooklyn goes for a monument to a pregnant Chachi.

Photo by swanksalot via Flickr (Creative Commons).

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Joanna Kakissis's writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Boston Globe and The Washington Post, among other publications. A contributor to the World Hum blog, she's currently a Ted Scripps fellow in environmental journalism at the University of Colorado in Boulder.


3 Comments for Milwaukee Bronzes the Fonz

Sophie 01.28.08 | 11:57 AM ET

Imagine my distress a couple of years ago when I mentioned Fonzie to a young woman in her 20s and she had no idea what I was talking about. If a statue will help keep our pop culture icons alive for future generations, then they’re worth every cent. We need a statue of Archie Andrews in Riverdale, too.

Jerry Haines 01.28.08 | 7:05 PM ET

Springfield has statues of the Simpsons.  If only we could find out which state it’s in….

Michael Yessis 01.28.08 | 7:24 PM ET

A monument to a pregnant Chachi? Now that would really draw a crowd.

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