Bronze Fonz

It’s the Fonz! How much better does it get to see the immortalization of an icon! It’s the part of MKE that makes this city great. I used to watch Happy Days when I was a kid and knowing it is my city that catapulted the Fonz into the history books is just plain awesome! Go Milwaukee, Go!

It’s a bronze statue of the Fonz. Not much to say. It’s nice. It’s on the fantastic River Walk. You can take your picture with it. On a nice day, there’s a lovely view and lots of other sculptures to view on the Walk.

I’m writing a review more so because I’m amused that a statue could have so many reviews.
It’s a statue. It’s there…
Or is it?
Begin to ask yourself these deeper questions.

Didn’t watch Happy Days, but this statue just screams fun.
Took so many photos with it, and had some overall good fun.
Most people don’t know about the bronze font, but they should!

I first flew into this bad boy in 2009 after leaving the Train concert at Summerfest in a drunken stupor. Now I’ll never leave downtown without taking a pit stop.
Humans, just so you can relate, taking a dump on here is like when you go to Japan and take a dump on one of those funny toilets. It’s very liberating.
When the Fonz used to say «Sit on It» from his office in the bathroom at Arnold’s, I always thought there was a H in between the S and the I. My fault, TV’s are hard to hear from storefront windows.
To whomever took pictures on here with their hands on ol’ Fonzie’s shoulders might want to wash them with bleach. Both the left and the right were the sites of numerous mega dumps. AYYYEEE!!!
Fellow gulls and pigeons, if there is a line of tourists in front of this bathroom, fly above them and let a few go. It’ll clear up the line in no time.

Aaaayyyyyee. I see this guy at least once a week! A Milwaukee must see!

Who doesn’t love Arthur Fonazarelli? When I told a coworker I was going to Milwaukee he told me that I had to go visit the bronze fonz. So my friends and I made our way down to the Riverwalk and finally found him after remembering he was across the river from Rockbottom. It was a little disheartening knowing that none of the locals knew where he was, which made us question if he really did exist. We wen, we took our picture and then we left, he’s really more like a zombie Fonz than anything. Hey, when you’re a tourist you’re always looking for something fun to do.

Is it cheesy? Yes. But you know what? I LOVE cheesy! It’s what makes life fun!
If you’re gonna be a tourist, BE A TOURIST! Go see all the stuff that a city is known for even though the locals are «so over it, already»! I live here and I HAD to see this thing when it was first erected. I take out-​of-​towners to see it and I direct people who are new in town to check it out. When I asked friends and family who have never been here, «What comes to mind when I say Milwaukee?», the top responses were beer, the Brewers and Happy Days/​Fonzie/​Laverne and Shirley, so you know this thing is something the people will come to see; and if it brings more business downtown, that’s a good thing, right?
So, raise your glass or, rather, your thumbs to the Bronze Fonz and celebrate him in all his cheesy glory. And to the haters? Sit on it!
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It’s a statue, and it’s still standing — so I gave it three stars because it’s doing its job properly.

It’s kinda cheesy.
Nice location.
Unilocal wants me to write more but this is a rare case where I don’t need a lotta words to make my point.

Grew up with Happy Days. So while in Milwaukee had to stop by and say Aaay. I knew he would be a Chicago Hawks fan!

I never knew of the Bronze fonz until recently, so we had to take a picture. We went up to milwaukee for a bachelor party and had the everyone gather around, took a few photos, and not to long after we got there another group came up. Must see!

A total must when visiting Milwaukee!

Stumbled upon The Fonz when I was showing my parents around. A random statue of the Fonz but you can’t help but to whip out the camera with a thumbs up and a smile. I suppose they did this since Happy Days was supposed to be set Milwaukee. Ayyyyyy!

SOMEONE HAS VANDALIZED THE FONZ!
We showed up on October 7, 2014 and there was red marker or paint on his white shirt. This was very upsetting. Was it the work of an embittered Leather Tuscadero?
Anyway, it’s a statue. Of Fonzie. Show up, snap your picture and move along…

We’ve been to Milwaukee countless times but somehow this statue eluded us. Not today. I put this one on our path between the Pabst Mansion tour and North Old World 3^rd Street. Since it was raining and cold we illegally parked on the side street and I rushed over for one quick shot. Glad to finally scratch this one off my list.

My friend and I were having a gay ol’ time chilling out in the way comfy cushioned outdoor seating by the Bronze Fonz. The sun was blazing down on us, we were laughing at people taking pictures with the statue, and of course waiting for own chance to take silly pix with the statue.
While relaxing and basking in the sunlight, I saw one of the most strange things my tiny eyeballs have ever laid their gaze upon. A gentleman walked up with a bag full of mostly donuts with some trash thrown in. My guess is they were scrapings of the day from some local bakery or a DD.
He then proceeded to dump out the entire bag which must have had at least 100 donuts and various other trash onto the pavement next to Bronze Fonz. He threw a bunch of donuts into the river — which made me cringe thinking about how horrible that was going to be for the seagulls and ducks. He spread them all around the pavement so they weren’t in one concentrated pile.
As he went through this ritual, everyone just stared in disbelief. He then took a few donuts, walked right up to Fonzie while a family was posing taking pictures, and stuck one donut on each of his upward pointing thumbs.
For his final hurrah, he took one donut, placed it on a bench and stuck a feather in it as if it were some artistic creation.
Donuts were everywhere. My friend and I sat incredulously as did everyone else standing around. No one said a word to protest the actions and the entire area was now littered with actual litter & donuts. The man then walked away in silence.

DO NOT DISS THE FONZ. This is the Fonz, the coolest Dude in all of Dudeness. Show respect, dammit!
In case you didn’t know (I had to look it up), the TV show Happy Days which followed the adventures of the Cunningham family and their friend Arthur «The Fonz» Fonzarelli was set here in Milwaukee.

This is the most stupid and pointless hunk of junk.
I am ashamed that Milwaukee wasted so much money on this crap.

Yawn.
With all the real heroes in the history of Milwaukee, what purpose is served by a statue of a fictional character? This is a waste of bronze and of valuable river walk space.
William S. Harley or Arthur Davidson or Stephen Foster Briggs or Harold M. Stratton or Captain Pabst or Frederick Miller or Valentine Blatz are far more deserving than a piece of fiction. How about Ladish or Falk or Allis or maybe one of or all of the Mitchells? Hell, even Cyril Colnic or his daughter, Gretchen, could be preserved in metal. Come to think of it, metal would be most appropriate for Cyril.
I tip my hat to the statue of Gertie the Duck. Gertie was a real duck and she lived on a piling beneath the Wisconsin Avenue Bridge. She was a real celebrity in Milwaukee and even had a book written about her.
But «The Fonz» only exists on film. A statue of him? Pfthpfthpfth.