Happy daysHenry Winkler has said that he called Paul McCartney dozens of times after the Beatle gave him his number, but the musician never answered.

The actor, 78, said he once ran into the music legend in New York and Macca eventually gave him his number, suggesting they get in touch. Although Winkler called the number repeatedly for an entire day, he was never able to reach McCartney.

Winkler made the comment on the October 1 episode of the Fake doctors, real friends with Zach and Donald podcast, where he also asked McCartney to call him back if he was listening.

The actor, who rose to fame as Arthur “Fonzie” Fonzarelli in the sitcom Happy days—told the hosts that he had met the most Beatles during his career. “I’ve met every Beatle except George (Harrison),” he said.

Winkler added, “I was walking down the street with my wife in New York City, and Paul McCartney was coming the other way, and he said, ‘The Fonz!’

“We were talking. A woman came out of a store and gave us each a rose. Another woman came up and said, ‘Hey, do you mind if I stand here for a moment?’ He said, ‘We’re in the middle of a conversation.'”

“Then he gave me a phone number and said, ‘Let’s get in touch.’ And I called that number every ten minutes for 24 hours,” Winkler continued, adding, “Never answered.”

“So if he’s listening, I’d like to say, ‘I’m a really good guy. Can you call me back because I’d like to have lunch,'” the star said.

Happy daysstarring Ron Howard as Richie Cunningham, started in the 1970s and became a huge hit, with Winkler as one of its breakout stars. During his chat on the podcast, the hosts said that at one point there was even talk of changing the name of the show to Fonzie’s Happy Days because there was so much buzz around his character.

Winkler said he asked them not to do it because “it would be such a slap in the face to everyone else.”

Newsweek has contacted representatives for Winkler, McCartney and Howard via email for comment.

When asked if the focus on Fonzi ever bothered Howard, Winkler responded, “I think he was signed on as the star of the show, and we drove home in his VW – the original little bug. We drove home from the set .We drove home.” were doing one of those two-part openings, and I said, “Okay, Ron, we need to talk about this.”

“And he said, ‘Look, it hurt my feelings. But you didn’t do anything. You have no attitude. It’s good for the show. You didn’t try to outdo anyone.'”

Winkler added, “But that was the only time we ever talked about it, and he still looks like my brother.”