Bascomb ES Students SkypeTM with Henry The Fonz Winkler Bascomb Elementary School students enjoyed a special SkypeTM video-conference session with actor and childrens book author Henry Winkler. Henry Winkler is known by many for his years as the TV character The Fonz on the show Happy Days.The third- through fifth-grade students were part of an international audience talking with Mr. Winkler and his co-author. Bascomb ES received special attention from him when he noticed one of the students - Kennedy Morris-Gibbs, a fourth-grader in Suzy Gebharts class - had brought a The Fonz doll to school.