Potsie - Did he Sit On It?

Potsie, Oh you DREN......

No, but Ralph Malph did!

Anson William Heimlich is the nephew of Dr. Heimlich, famous for "The Heimlich Maneuver."

Sit on what?

A chair, Rose

Kiss my ass....

He's an All American boy.

I heard that he was bi. He was in a band and was fucking groupies one day but also having sex with some guy in his band. Old, old rumor.

Asshole.

Wha'cha Talkin' About Potsie?

His name was originally Twatsy but they decided to change it right before they started filming.

Lucy was going to play Twatsy, but Gary Morton talked her out of it.

It was too bad because the Twatsy character was going to start a band and she had such a lovely singing voice.

Cousin of the guy who invented the heimlich maneuver.

Well did he?

Yes, and when his family caught us, they blamed me and told the Cunninghams who threw me out of the house and struck my name from existence forever!

I thought he was extremely cute on HD. Everything I’ve read about him suggests he’s a major entitled asshole.

He can't be worse than Scott the rapey homophobe Baio.

The Fonz fucked the hell out of him because The Potz was A Putz. Common knowledge.

Did anyone ever confirm what the "it" was one was supposed to sit upon as demanded on the show? I know it was a national catchphrase in the 70's but was the beginning of vulgarity on tv or...?

Interesting Anson and Donny weren’t in the last episode of Happy Days.

R19 I always assumed “sit on it” was akin to telling someone to shut up.

I think it was a TV-friendly way of saying shove it up your ass.

I always assumed "sit on it" meant you were essentially telling someone to sit on your middle finger. Maybe that's because the kids on the playground used to give the middle finger and say "sit on it." So to me, it always meant you were telling someone to shove something up their ass. Shut up makes far more sense in retrospect.

[quote]Anson William Heimlich is the nephew of Dr. Heimlich, famous for "The Heimlich Maneuver."

So maybe his catchphrase should've been "choke on it!"

Fingering is a prelude to ass-fucking. Every gay man knows that.

[quote] Interesting Anson and Donny weren’t in the last episode of Happy Days.

Hadn't Donny Most left long before the ending?

R25, that's probably why I thought that.

[quote]Shut up makes far more sense in retrospect.

That's too generic, unless followed by "honky."

He had a nice singing voice, I recall. I'm surprised he didn't do some musicals in summer stock or on the Kenley circuit during summer breaks from the show and after HD's run. I met someone who told me that Marion Ross was something of a diva, though.

So wait, did Anson Williams die and I’m just missing it?

Marion Ross a diva? Do tell more r29

Someone I met years ago told me that his father had been appearing Ms. Ross in summer stock and that she wasn't easy to get along with. I mean, it's also possible that it was the guy's father who was the diva, but I remembered the story anyway.

Hello, grey skies...

Goodbye, blue.

I think he does pretty well directing on TV (for decades).

Theme song for this thread.

If you're still alive, then you're in better shape than Erin Moran, so I'll concede him that.

R21, Ruth Brown explains it

Well did he or didn’t he?

I think he sat on it.

Wow...70 years old and he doesn't have a grey hair.

Afterr Happy Days he became a singer. There was gossip that he was bi nad fucking both groopies and his drummer.

I was an actor on a cable show. He directed a few episodes. He was a nice guy. Passionate about his work. Good with the crew. No complaints.

Was he considered for Danny Zuko?

Mack the Knife, performed by Anson Williams and Dolly Parton:

...by Donny Most:

I was young in the 1970s and I thought Anson Williams was the cutest boy on the show, and I loved his singing voice. I had a crush on him. Then they did an episode where they all went to California so the Fonz could jump the shark, and all the boys were all wearing bathing suits on the beach. When I saw Potsie's sad chest, my fantasies wilted. He has a cute face, but no muscle tone, and his nipples were cross eyed. And I am a shallow and superficial homo who puts too much interest in physical appearance.

He was a favorite of Merv Griffin, often guesting on Griffin's talk show.

He was often a guest on The Gong Show. Once, a drag queen came on doing Lily Tomlin's Ernestine. Anson gonged him and when asked why he said "I love Anita Bryant".

Anson Williams made white bread seem exciting.