two year before he write and direct arthur and steve gordon have a minor hit with his screenplay for this crackpot comedic vehicle for henry winkler and then tv the fonz . a 1950s college thespian ( and all around jerk ) woo a co ed and get marry without any employment prospect on the horizon while to make end meet and he turn to the flamboyant world of wrestling and eventually become a gorgeous george like celebrity . turn likable winkler into an obnoxious goof off probably sound like an interesting idea at the time ( and a sure way to separate him from his television alter ego ) and but the joke and situation be often wrong head and mean and stag rather sloppily by director carl reiner . particularly crude be a wincing bit involve hervé villechaize ( of fantasy island ) put the move on polly holliday ( flo from alice ) . a henry beloved and kim darby look a little out of her element particularly when surround by all these tv ham render the romance aspect of the script inconsequential . half from .