Neither Ron Howard, the Oscar-winning director who played Richie Cunningham, nor Henry Winkler, who played The Fonz, were part of the lawsuit.

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But they can't salvage the formulaic sports movie plot, the stereotypical Louisiana characters or the lame role of Henry "The Fonz" Winkler as an off-kilter coach.

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His phrase refers to the Happy Days episode in which the Fonz water-skied over a shark, sending the show into a downward spiral from which it never recovered.

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