Happy Days Confectionery

“I found my thrills…”

When Happy Days burst on to Australian TV screens in 1975 nobody could resist the lovable geekiness of Richie, the wisecracking mouth of Ralph or pure dumb nerdiness of Potsie. Everything 50’s was cool again; the cars, the clothes and of course the tunes.

Standing above all though was one Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli, AKA The Fonz, AKA Fonzie. This James Dean / Marlon Brando ‘Rebel above the Garage’ superstar of the show could clear a stall with a look, start a tune with a fist, and defeat aliens with a single thumb and an “Aaaayyyyyyy”.
Fonzie rode a motorbike and had a way with the ladies, a jacket that meant business and hair that had its own management. Little Aussie kids couldn’t get enough of the show and the Fonz in particular, so of course he was afforded the greatest honour this country could bestow upon foreigners in the 70’s, an eponymous snack food. As if that wasn’t enough, the show itself was canonised antipodean style with it’s own ice cream.

I remember Fonzies as a cheesy snack similar to Cheetos, complete with all that great yellow snack-dust that clings to jumpers, fingers and mum’s back seat. The Streets Happy Days Ice Cream I can’t specifically recall, so one of you guys will have to help me out with memories of that. The sticker above was a Milk Bar premium, I’m not sure if Happy Days were ever sold in multi-packs. The Fonzies stickers were most likely given away the same way, there are a number of others out there, I’ll add a third example soon.
Henry Winkler (who played the Fonz) continues to appear in film and television to this day, while Ron Howard (Richie Cunningham) never really kicked on as far as I know…

Cheers!

Will

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8 responses to “Happy Days Confectionery”

  1. Michelle Avatar
    Michelle

    The Fonzies stickers came in the Fonzies bag. I remember my cousins had them stuck to their wardrobe.

  2. Will Avatar
    Will

    Cool! So they were actualy inside the bags? Weird.

    Thanks for your recollection. 🙂

    Cheers!
    Will

  3. Michelle Avatar
    Michelle

    Yep. I had a Potsie and Fonz one stuck on my my school bag 🙂

  4. Darian Zam Avatar

    I’m trying to find out who made the snacks. I am pretty sure it was General Foods in Australia and Bluebird in New Zealand – the companies that both produced Twisties respectively. Any ideas?

    1. tol11toys Avatar
      tol11toys

      Good question, I haven’t seen a packet since the 70’s so can’t be sure, but they did tatse a lot like cheetos rather than twisties. Who made / makes cheetos?

  5. Darian Zam Avatar

    I remember them but can’t remember what they tasted like. Frito-Lay make Cheetos; but Smith’s/General Foods, who made Twisties in Australia, wasn’t acquired by Frito-Lay until the late 1990s.

  6. Matt gower Avatar
    Matt gower

    I have one of the stickers from the packets still

  7. Gano Avatar

    Hi, I have more than one sticker of the Fonzies…and I have only a photo of the Happy Days ice ceram wrapper

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