Henry Winkler’s Role On South Park Wasn’t His Only Time Playing A Monster – Looper

In Season 2, Episode 7 of “South Park,” the boys are menaced by The Scary Monster as their school bus teeters on the edge of a cliff. Unless you have an uncanny ear for monster growls, you might not notice that the Scary Monster is voiced by none other than Arthur Fonzarelli himself, but a look at Winkler’s IMDb credits reveals the truth.

One of the show’s “Rashomon”-style flashbacks depicts a scene that isn’t even from “South Park.” In typically absurd fashion, the kids remember when Fonzie “jumped the shark” on the show “Happy Days,” an infamous TV moment that spawned a still-popular figure of speech referring to how good shows go bad and the exact moment when it happens. But in another typical “South Park” twist, Winkler doesn’t voice Fonzie for the flashback (show co-creator Trey Parker voices him), but instead simply grunts and growls as the Scary Monster in the episode.

“City on the Edge of Forever” hit Comedy Central in 1998, but Winkler has had quite the career renaissance since then. He most notably appears as acting teacher Gene Cousineau on the HBO original series “Barry,” which Winkler says is the best project he’s ever been involved with (via Den of Geek). In a way, that only makes his nearly anonymous cameo in an early “South Park” episode even funnier. And true Winkler devotees already know that the “South Park” episode is not the only time he’s voiced an animated monster.