I am sure by now everyone has seen this photo that has been making the rounds while I was away. But I just had to post it because I LOVE it! In December 1973, Julian came to visit his Dad for the first time in many years. May Pang encouraged John to reconnect with his son and so Julian and Cynthia came over for a visit. The problem was that John didn't really know what to do with young Julian. So he took him to Disneyland several times and he tried to do some tourist type things such as go to Paramount Studios where they stumbled upon the taping of the T.V. Show "Happy Days."
What is so interesting about this (besides the fact that "Happy Days" was awesome and that I had a Fonzie record as a kid), is that "Happy Days" had not been on television yet. And while Ron Howard might have been recognized for his previous T.V. shows or movies (The Andy Griffen Show and the Music Man come to mind), the Fonz was not a cultural icon and no one would have known that it was to become a popular show. They were just touring the set and posed with some cast members. John might have been interested in the show because it was set in the 1950's in America, but really they were no bodies meeting John Lennon! A few years later Henry Winkler (still playing the part of the Fonz) met Paul McCartney. That story is in the film "Beatles Stories." I wonder why he didn't mention meeting John in 1973?