Winkler graduated from Yale in 1970 and then began working in New York. It was a one month trip to California in 1973 that landed him the Happy Days audition, but he didn’t see himself in the role.

(CNN) — As part of the Television Academy’s first-ever Televerse festival last weekend, a truly meta thing happened: Henry Winkler, perennial star of “Happy Days” and an Emmy-winner for his work on ...