July 16, 2025 • 11 mins
The icon joins us to talk about overcoming dyslexia, the end of "Barry" (no spoilers), and coming to Omaha for "An Evening With Henry Winkler" with the Team Jack Foundation on August 7th.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Scott VORGIEZ and Evening with Henry Winkler is coming up
here in Omaha on Thursday, August seventh at the Scott
Conference Center, one of the great brand new or fairly
new Uno properties there at a Sarmon Village sixty fourth
and Pine in midtown Omaha. This is a fundraiser for
the Team Jack Foundation and you get all the details
(00:21):
including tickets at Team Jack Foundation dot org. Now, as
I said a moment ago, when you hear Henry Winkler,
some people immediately think of the funds. Some people think
of movies like Night Shift or The Water Boy. I
like to think of Arrested Development or one of my
(00:41):
favorite TV series, Barry. Bill Hayter plays Barry and worked
with Henry Winkler on that show.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
People always like, what's it like working Henry Winkler, And
it really is all about the cake that he brings
the set. Oh, he just brings bunk cake And like, Henry,
you're losing your mind in this scene and you're on
the verge and he's like, and then after that, can
I give the crew of the bunk case.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
It's a pleasure to welcome on to the program. Boy,
I really Hope News Radio eleven ten kfab welcomes back
to the show, Henry Winkler. Good morning, Henry, and good
morning to you. When I woke up this morning, I thought,
how can I waste a colossal amount of Henry Winkler's
time today? And I think that we're doing it. I'm
so sorry about the misfiring here over the last several minutes.
(01:28):
It's great to have you back on the show, and
we'll look forward to having you here in Omaha for
this event with the Team Jack Foundation. We'll talk more
about that in a moment. First of all, I'm sorry.
What have you been doing for the last temnist We've
been trying to get you on the show.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
I have been making you a bunk cake?
Speaker 1 (01:47):
Is that true? What Bill Hater says there that you
just show up at movie and TV sets with cake
for everybody.
Speaker 3 (01:54):
You know what, I have to say that in this house,
a great more waste chocolatey bun cake is created and
it is a pleasure to share it with the crew
who takes such good care of you for fourteen hours
a day.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
And well, it sounds like and you them. You're constantly
listed as one of the nicest guys in Hollywood. Do
you accept that label or do you say, no, it's
not true. I owe a lot of people money and
I like slapping around kids. I mean, do you appreciate
being known as one of the nicest guys in Hollywood.
Speaker 3 (02:31):
I'll tell you what I appreciate. I appreciate that I'm
still at the table, and it makes me so joyful
that I get to go to work every day. And
I don't think of myself as nice. I think of
myself as grateful.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
And You've got a lot to be grateful for, and it's.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
All part of you.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Your fairly new autobiography which came out about a year
and a half or so ago, called Bean Henry, the
Funds and Beyond. And we'll get a chance to get
a glimpse into a little bit of this for an
evening with Henry Winkler for the Team Jack Foundation. What
does an evening with Henry Winkler look like here as
it pertains to what's happening in Omaha on August seventh.
Speaker 3 (03:15):
Well, the great thing is because I'm on an elevated stage,
I looked.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
Taller, nice, so that is, and I.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
Dress pretty well and then I tell stories. I tell
stories about how I was told I would never achieve.
People were convinced that nothing would happen. And I'm standing
here tonight talking to you. That is the overall umbrella
(03:44):
of what I say.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
Well, you grew up at a time where someone like
you who had dyslexia, which no one really knew what
that was. You grew up at a time where if
you go into school with a learning disability like that,
people just think you're dumb.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
Yes, that is true, and that's what they thought. But
here it is. When you see a child who's having
a problem, you don't have to know what it is.
You can find that out. You don't have to know
how to solve it. You will find that out. What
you can do is see that there is something going
(04:21):
on and then approach the child with kindness, because, believe me,
the child knows they he or she has a problem.
Tried god, you know what I mean. And we are embarrassed,
we are scared, we are we compensate. I did it
(04:45):
with humor, and I would just blurt out in the
middle of class and make the class laugh. And that's
where the children's books came from. My journey as a
dyslexic student.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
You've written dozens of children's books about a kid with
dyslexia who goes through all kinds of different adventures. And
I know that you have people all the time who
want to tell you about Oh, I love you in this,
I love you in that. I'm guessing that hearing from
kids who grew up with your books or parents who
have introduced these books to their kids with learning disabilities,
(05:18):
That's got to be one of those things that makes
you more grateful than maybe anything else.
Speaker 3 (05:24):
You know what I am telling you. I that is
the truth. When parents or children come up to me
and they my child read for the first time and
laughed out loud, or the kid says, oh my, how
did you know me so well? I'm telling you, my
heart jumps out of my body.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
We are with Henry Winkler here on the show here,
and we're so anxious to have you in Omaha for
this event on Thursday, August seventh. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:56):
I don't mean to interrupt you, but I have been
there now. This will be my fourth or fifth time.
The first time I was there for the opening of
the Children's Museum. Because of the Anni family, who are
wonderful friends, and so I get to visit with old friends,
(06:17):
make new ones, and be in this wonderful city that
has always been so supportive to me.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Well, we're big fans of yours here. And speaking of
being there for kids, you know the Team Jack Foundation.
I don't know how much you've had a chance to
really immerse yourself in the culture of this organization, what
it means to our state and kids with the brain
tumors here throughout the area. Yeah, your being here is
going to raise a lot of money for a very
(06:45):
important cause.
Speaker 3 (06:47):
But you know what, that is a great reason to come.
Aside from all the other things I mentioned. We are
wonderful and when you see Amricans just helping fellow Americans,
it is an amazing good feeling that watches over you.
(07:11):
And children who are vulnerable at the beginning of their
journey in this life and they need someone to guide
them through whatever the emergency is going on in their life.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
Well, I get a chance to be on stage with you,
and you're if you're nervous about well, you're up on
the stage there, raised stage, so you look taller. I'm
only about three seven, so you're going to be so
much taller. Than me. You're going to tower over me
on the stage, But I'm anxious to be on stage
with you and be there for Team Jack Foundation and
(07:49):
kind of help moderate the Q and A that evening.
We want people, we want people to be a part
of this. Visit Teamjackfoundation dot org. That's Teamjackfoundation dot org
to joined Henry Winkler for this wonderful fundraising evening on Thursday,
August seventh. Now, I've got just one question for you
this morning about yes, your career, because I mean the
(08:10):
very end of Barry I was just mouth wide open.
What did you think about your character, the evolution of
how your character in the TV series Barry and that
whole crazy thing came together without spoiling it for anyone
who hasn't seen it yet, what did you think about
(08:32):
being a part of that show?
Speaker 3 (08:34):
Well, first of all, it was one of my most
favorite experiences. Bill Hayter and Alec Berg are brilliant creators.
They never revealed what was happening. Toward the end of
the last year, Bill came to me and he said, hey,
(08:55):
want to know what happens? I said, sure, he told me,
and I went into the corner and had an avocado
toast and shook like a leaf because now I had
to keep that a secret for the next months. Because
I couldn't say a word about what they had planned.
(09:16):
I never knew what was coming. All I did was
keep my head down, bring in a bun cake, and
do the best job I could.
Speaker 1 (09:24):
I believe that last episode is called Oh Wow.
Speaker 3 (09:28):
And it's and believe me that I was oh wow.
Speaker 1 (09:32):
Yeah, it was such an incredible series. Well, you've made
me gasp, you've made me laugh in just recently here Barry,
an arrested development. I still think you're lying from arrested Development,
where you're talking to a hooker in the street is
one of the funniest things I've ever heard in television history.
And I'll look forward to having you to talk more
(09:53):
about this and so much else from your career and
your life for an evening with Henry Winkler Teamjackfoundation dot org.
Henry will see you here back in Omaha on Thursday,
August seventh. I am so sorry for so sorry for
wasting your entire morning, but I hope it was fun
for us. I hope it was okay for you as well.
Speaker 3 (10:12):
I'm I'm so glad that we're chatting.
Speaker 1 (10:15):
Thank you so much, Henry, I appreciate your time. We'll
talk to you soon. That is Henry Winkler here on
news radio eleven ten KFAB. This is going to be
a really fun night for an incredible cause. Teamjackfoundation dot
org is the website and we'll see you there at
Uno Scott Conference Center at Starbon Village, sixty fourth and
(10:35):
Pine on Thursday, August seventh. Your MC for the evening
is Mitch Holtis, the voice of the Kansas City Chiefs,
who was on with us a couple of days ago,
and I get a chance to be a part of
the evening by moderating the Q and A with mister Winkler.
With you who joins us that evening. Visit Teamjack Foundation
(10:56):
dot org for details about an evening with Henry Winkler
Thursday August seventh.
Speaker 2 (11:02):
Scott Voices mornings nine to eleven our News Radio eleven
ten KFAB
Scott VORGIEZ and Evening with Henry Winkler is coming up
here in Omaha on Thursday, August seventh at the Scott
Conference Center, one of the great brand new or fairly
new Uno properties there at a Sarmon Village sixty fourth
and Pine in midtown Omaha. This is a fundraiser for
the Team Jack Foundation and you get all the details
(00:21):
including tickets at Team Jack Foundation dot org. Now, as
I said a moment ago, when you hear Henry Winkler,
some people immediately think of the funds. Some people think
of movies like Night Shift or The Water Boy. I
like to think of Arrested Development or one of my
(00:41):
favorite TV series, Barry. Bill Hayter plays Barry and worked
with Henry Winkler on that show.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
People always like, what's it like working Henry Winkler, And
it really is all about the cake that he brings
the set. Oh, he just brings bunk cake And like, Henry,
you're losing your mind in this scene and you're on
the verge and he's like, and then after that, can
I give the crew of the bunk case.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
It's a pleasure to welcome on to the program. Boy,
I really Hope News Radio eleven ten kfab welcomes back
to the show, Henry Winkler. Good morning, Henry, and good
morning to you. When I woke up this morning, I thought,
how can I waste a colossal amount of Henry Winkler's
time today? And I think that we're doing it. I'm
so sorry about the misfiring here over the last several minutes.
(01:28):
It's great to have you back on the show, and
we'll look forward to having you here in Omaha for
this event with the Team Jack Foundation. We'll talk more
about that in a moment. First of all, I'm sorry.
What have you been doing for the last temnist We've
been trying to get you on the show.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
I have been making you a bunk cake?
Speaker 1 (01:47):
Is that true? What Bill Hater says there that you
just show up at movie and TV sets with cake
for everybody.
Speaker 3 (01:54):
You know what, I have to say that in this house,
a great more waste chocolatey bun cake is created and
it is a pleasure to share it with the crew
who takes such good care of you for fourteen hours
a day.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
And well, it sounds like and you them. You're constantly
listed as one of the nicest guys in Hollywood. Do
you accept that label or do you say, no, it's
not true. I owe a lot of people money and
I like slapping around kids. I mean, do you appreciate
being known as one of the nicest guys in Hollywood.
Speaker 3 (02:31):
I'll tell you what I appreciate. I appreciate that I'm
still at the table, and it makes me so joyful
that I get to go to work every day. And
I don't think of myself as nice. I think of
myself as grateful.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
And You've got a lot to be grateful for, and it's.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
All part of you.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Your fairly new autobiography which came out about a year
and a half or so ago, called Bean Henry, the
Funds and Beyond. And we'll get a chance to get
a glimpse into a little bit of this for an
evening with Henry Winkler for the Team Jack Foundation. What
does an evening with Henry Winkler look like here as
it pertains to what's happening in Omaha on August seventh.
Speaker 3 (03:15):
Well, the great thing is because I'm on an elevated stage,
I looked.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
Taller, nice, so that is, and I.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
Dress pretty well and then I tell stories. I tell
stories about how I was told I would never achieve.
People were convinced that nothing would happen. And I'm standing
here tonight talking to you. That is the overall umbrella
(03:44):
of what I say.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
Well, you grew up at a time where someone like
you who had dyslexia, which no one really knew what
that was. You grew up at a time where if
you go into school with a learning disability like that,
people just think you're dumb.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
Yes, that is true, and that's what they thought. But
here it is. When you see a child who's having
a problem, you don't have to know what it is.
You can find that out. You don't have to know
how to solve it. You will find that out. What
you can do is see that there is something going
(04:21):
on and then approach the child with kindness, because, believe me,
the child knows they he or she has a problem.
Tried god, you know what I mean. And we are embarrassed,
we are scared, we are we compensate. I did it
(04:45):
with humor, and I would just blurt out in the
middle of class and make the class laugh. And that's
where the children's books came from. My journey as a
dyslexic student.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
You've written dozens of children's books about a kid with
dyslexia who goes through all kinds of different adventures. And
I know that you have people all the time who
want to tell you about Oh, I love you in this,
I love you in that. I'm guessing that hearing from
kids who grew up with your books or parents who
have introduced these books to their kids with learning disabilities,
(05:18):
That's got to be one of those things that makes
you more grateful than maybe anything else.
Speaker 3 (05:24):
You know what I am telling you. I that is
the truth. When parents or children come up to me
and they my child read for the first time and
laughed out loud, or the kid says, oh my, how
did you know me so well? I'm telling you, my
heart jumps out of my body.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
We are with Henry Winkler here on the show here,
and we're so anxious to have you in Omaha for
this event on Thursday, August seventh. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:56):
I don't mean to interrupt you, but I have been
there now. This will be my fourth or fifth time.
The first time I was there for the opening of
the Children's Museum. Because of the Anni family, who are
wonderful friends, and so I get to visit with old friends,
(06:17):
make new ones, and be in this wonderful city that
has always been so supportive to me.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Well, we're big fans of yours here. And speaking of
being there for kids, you know the Team Jack Foundation.
I don't know how much you've had a chance to
really immerse yourself in the culture of this organization, what
it means to our state and kids with the brain
tumors here throughout the area. Yeah, your being here is
going to raise a lot of money for a very
(06:45):
important cause.
Speaker 3 (06:47):
But you know what, that is a great reason to come.
Aside from all the other things I mentioned. We are
wonderful and when you see Amricans just helping fellow Americans,
it is an amazing good feeling that watches over you.
(07:11):
And children who are vulnerable at the beginning of their
journey in this life and they need someone to guide
them through whatever the emergency is going on in their life.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
Well, I get a chance to be on stage with you,
and you're if you're nervous about well, you're up on
the stage there, raised stage, so you look taller. I'm
only about three seven, so you're going to be so
much taller. Than me. You're going to tower over me
on the stage, But I'm anxious to be on stage
with you and be there for Team Jack Foundation and
(07:49):
kind of help moderate the Q and A that evening.
We want people, we want people to be a part
of this. Visit Teamjackfoundation dot org. That's Teamjackfoundation dot org
to joined Henry Winkler for this wonderful fundraising evening on Thursday,
August seventh. Now, I've got just one question for you
this morning about yes, your career, because I mean the
(08:10):
very end of Barry I was just mouth wide open.
What did you think about your character, the evolution of
how your character in the TV series Barry and that
whole crazy thing came together without spoiling it for anyone
who hasn't seen it yet, what did you think about
(08:32):
being a part of that show?
Speaker 3 (08:34):
Well, first of all, it was one of my most
favorite experiences. Bill Hayter and Alec Berg are brilliant creators.
They never revealed what was happening. Toward the end of
the last year, Bill came to me and he said, hey,
(08:55):
want to know what happens? I said, sure, he told me,
and I went into the corner and had an avocado
toast and shook like a leaf because now I had
to keep that a secret for the next months. Because
I couldn't say a word about what they had planned.
(09:16):
I never knew what was coming. All I did was
keep my head down, bring in a bun cake, and
do the best job I could.
Speaker 1 (09:24):
I believe that last episode is called Oh Wow.
Speaker 3 (09:28):
And it's and believe me that I was oh wow.
Speaker 1 (09:32):
Yeah, it was such an incredible series. Well, you've made
me gasp, you've made me laugh in just recently here Barry,
an arrested development. I still think you're lying from arrested Development,
where you're talking to a hooker in the street is
one of the funniest things I've ever heard in television history.
And I'll look forward to having you to talk more
(09:53):
about this and so much else from your career and
your life for an evening with Henry Winkler Teamjackfoundation dot org.
Henry will see you here back in Omaha on Thursday,
August seventh. I am so sorry for so sorry for
wasting your entire morning, but I hope it was fun
for us. I hope it was okay for you as well.
Speaker 3 (10:12):
I'm I'm so glad that we're chatting.
Speaker 1 (10:15):
Thank you so much, Henry, I appreciate your time. We'll
talk to you soon. That is Henry Winkler here on
news radio eleven ten KFAB. This is going to be
a really fun night for an incredible cause. Teamjackfoundation dot
org is the website and we'll see you there at
Uno Scott Conference Center at Starbon Village, sixty fourth and
(10:35):
Pine on Thursday, August seventh. Your MC for the evening
is Mitch Holtis, the voice of the Kansas City Chiefs,
who was on with us a couple of days ago,
and I get a chance to be a part of
the evening by moderating the Q and A with mister Winkler.
With you who joins us that evening. Visit Teamjack Foundation
(10:56):
dot org for details about an evening with Henry Winkler
Thursday August seventh.
Speaker 2 (11:02):
Scott Voices mornings nine to eleven our News Radio eleven
ten KFAB
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