Anson Williams

Anson Williams joins me to talk about drowsy driving and his invention Alert Drops; his uncle Henry Heimlich and getting his Heimlich maneuver on the Merv Griffin Show; the shooting on Alec Baldwin's set; his famous McDonald's commercial; Happy Days v. Good Times ratings battle; favorite episodes of Happy Days ("Fonzie's Friend", "And they Called it Potsie Love"); the difficulty of performing Pumps Your Blood; his 1977 hit "Deeply"; the theme to Laverne & Shirley; Milwaukee & the Bronze Fonz; being nominated for a Golden Globe; Henry Winkler winning an Emmy for Barry after many years of not getting one for Happy Days; dating Susan Ford (Gerald Ford's daughter); his autobiography Singing to a Bullfrog; his teenage mentor, Willie Turner; teenage groupies; Harvest Time; Hollywood Squares at the Hollywood Museum; guesting on Hollywood Squares; $10,000 Pyramid, and the Magnificent Marble Machine; directing career of 300 television episodes; The Secret Life of the American Teen with Shailene Woodley; Harvest Times; and his variety show pilot Anson & Lorrie.