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6. Many of the Character Names Came From Gary Marshall’s Real Life

A lot of the character names on the show came from real people that the show’s creator/producer Gary Marshall had grown up with. Fonzie’s name was originally supposed to be “Arthur Masciarelli”, after Marshall’s original surname, but “the Fonz” sounded better than “the Mash.”

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