Actor Henry Winkler finally wins an Emmy after waiting 42 years

More than four decades after he was nominated for his first Emmy Award in 1976, actor Henry Winkler, 72, at last got to take home a winged statuette of his own on Monday night. The honor, for best supporting actor in a comedy series, was earned by Winkler's performance as Gene Cousineau on HBO's Barry. He had been nominated six previous times.

The Happy Days actor joked that he wrote his speech "43 years ago" and noted ecstatically, "If you stay at the table long enough, the chips come to you, and tonight I got to clear the table."

The speech ended as all acceptance speeches should — by shouting at his children to go to bed. Watch below. Jeva Lange

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