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   Your Name to The True Melissa   
   Re: 6 Most Popular Side Characters That    
   14 Jan 26 13:45:07   
   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2026-01-13 22:05:50 +0000, The True Melissa said:   
      
   > Verily, in article <10k6e6b$3f1f4$1@dont-email.me>, did   
   > YourName@YourISP.com deliver unto us this message:   
   >>   
   >> On 2026-01-13 15:12:46 +0000, The True Melissa said:   
   >>> Verily, in article <10k5lm0$36lro$1@dont-email.me>, did   
   >>> no_offline_contact@example.com deliver unto us this message:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I'm surprised that they missed Fonzie (Henry Winkler) in Happy Days.   
   >>>> That one seems particularly obvious to me as an example of a minor   
   >>>> character that became THE central character.   
   >>>   
   >>> I was in elementary school at the time, and we called the whole show   
   >>> Fonzie ("Are you going to watch Fonzie tonight?").   
   >>   
   >> There was an spin-off animated series called "The Fonz and the Happy   
   >> Days Gang". It lasted two seasons. :-)   
   >   
   > Animated spinoffs are always execreble.   
      
   I didn't say it was a good spin-off.  ;-)   
      
      
      
   > Did they add an animal? They usually add a dog for some reason.   
      
   Yep, a sort-of-talking dog called "Mr. Cool". They also weirdly added   
   an alien space pilot from the 25th century named "Cupcake".   :-\   
      
       "Arthur "The Fonz" Fonzarelli, Richie Cunningham, and Ralph Malph   
        find themselves lost in time with their new friend, Cupcake, an   
        alien from the future."   
          
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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