Ronald Reagan's Happy Days Cameo

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Anson Williams is running for mayor and got an endorsement from his Happy Days co-star Ronald Reagan.

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00:00Oh, hi, California. Oh, hi, California. Oh, hi. No, it's O-J-A-I. It is a beautiful area of

00:08California. Oh, hi, Mike. Oh, I'm sorry. It's Oh, hi, California. That's where I live. Yeah.

00:14Hey, look, I made some ambrosia for you. But Anson Williams, who played Potsy on Happy Days,

00:21is running. He announced his candidacy for the mayoral seat of Oh, hi, California. It is

00:28conceivable that blood pumping so long will be the new presidential anthem when he becomes

00:35elected. Of Oh, hi, California. Oh, when he becomes president of the United States. Oh, hi,

00:39pump your blood. So. Oh, hi, pump your blood. That could work. The right atrium's where the

00:53process begins. I mean, I love this episode. I just thought I'd say one. No, stop it. Is

01:01it because the song? Yeah. How could you not elect him as mayor? So the reason for the song

01:10is that the only way, the only, the only smarts that Potsy had was music because he was a singer

01:15and a terrible singer and he, uh, he had a decent voice. Uh, so he, the only way he could remember

01:22things for his, uh, this test, he had to take this anatomy test was to write a song about it.

01:27And that's how he did it. He passed the test. Uh, listen, this is, this is not the first time

01:31like a Fred Grandy from the love boat. Well, I have a list actually here, uh, Steve, if you

01:36like. Yeah, please. So president Ronald Reagan. That's right. Yeah. The actor. I was in a number

01:42of films and it wasn't on happy days though. No, I was supposed to play leather Tuscadero's

01:48dry cleaner. You lost that part, huh? I lost it. Can I get a sit on it? Cause everybody

01:54sit on it, Potsy. There you go. I still got it. Hey, you're doing all the catchphrases.

02:01Hey, by the way. Hey, bucko. Hey, bucko. Um, what were you, when they said sit on it, sit

02:08on what? Their genitals. That's what it means. Their genitals.

02:12That's what I assumed. I'm sorry. What? Their aroused genitals. Sit on it. You got

02:24about, you got a short window here. I'm in my seventies. Yeah. Casey, it was, it was a

02:32roundabout way. Yeah. Uh, to say that, you know, without being vulgar. That's what, uh,

02:37that's why it seemed so edgy at the time. So you had sit on it. Nibble on my bag. That

02:44was my catchphrase. Hey, Mr. C, nibble on my bag. Why don't you grab a quick nibble on

02:50my bag? Oh dear. Hey. Hey. All right, Casey, go through all the, all the catchphrases from

03:00the cast members at, uh, I still got it as Ralph Mouth. Yeah. Uh, sit on it. Uh, everybody

03:06said that. Everybody said that. But it was usually sit on it, Potsy. Potsy. Yeah. Uh,

03:10A. Right. Uh, whoa. Whoa. All right. What, what about, uh, Big Al? Big Al. Yep. Yep. Yep.

03:18Yep. Yep. Yep. Yep. Yep. I knew it. Uh, Mr. C had a, uh, did he have a, uh, um, wow. Wait,

03:26who was wow? I'm sure he did. Oh, that was, uh, Chachi. That was Chachi. Um, Aaron Moran

03:32was a, which she'd be, Joni would be sit on it as well. Yep. And Mr. C had to have

03:37have one. Nibble my bag. Nibble my bag. Both he and Reagan used that. All right. Well,

03:41anyway, uh, Potsy's running for mayor, uh, and he will be running against Ojai's current

03:47mayor, Betsy Sticks. Other candidates have to. Betsy Sticks? Until mid-July to enter the

03:51race. Wasn't there a character on Happy Days named Sticks? I don't know. Remember he was

03:55the, the, the, the black drummer and, and, uh, they were going to have a welcome Hawaii to

04:00the union party and people weren't going to attend because they're a racist. Oh, really?

04:05Until Ponzi stood up. Was that a one, one off episode character?

04:08Sticks? One or two episodes. A couple episodes maybe? Yeah. Yes. Uh, you know who'd know

04:11that? Craig Legans. Uh, so other William, although Williams announces candidacy to the Ojai community

04:18is yet to announce it via social media, but Henry Winkler, uh, has endorsed his old pal

04:22quote, retweeting a, uh, speculating tweet with you have my vote. Um, and following the 1984

04:29conclusion of Happy Days, Williams went on to act, produce, and direct many shows and films,

04:34including Star Trek Voyager, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Melrose Place,

04:37Beverly Hills, 90210, and several others. There we go. Preston's up on the screen. The, uh,

04:44life and death of John Bailey, who portrayed Sticks. Oh, he was a drummer for Richie's band.

04:49Right. In two episodes. There you go. Two episodes. Okay. Uh, by the way, not only, uh, would, uh,

04:55he joined the company of other actors, uh, besides, uh, president Ronald Reagan. That's right.

04:59Thank you, sir. Nibble my bag. Nibble my bag. Yes. Uh, but also Arnold Schwarzenegger. Yeah.

05:05He was, uh, governor of California. Why did you sit on it? Uh, and, uh, Sonny Bono.

05:10Up your nose with the rubber hose. The mayor of, wrong show. Oh. That was, uh, that was

05:15welcome back, Connor. Welcome back, Connor. Uh, Palm Springs mayor, Sonny Bono, and of course,

05:20uh, Clint Eastwood was the mayor of Carmel. Carmel. Isn't that wild? The mayor of Carmel was

05:25Clint Eastwood for a while? I was actually there when he was the mayor. Uh, I went to visit my

05:30uncle. Did you ever see him puttering around? I didn't see him anywhere. We were hoping so.

05:35Right. Called the hog's breath. Yeah. Hoping that maybe we would see him. I'd like your

05:38vote. Do you have any babies you need kissed? Alas, we did not see Clint Eastwood. Didn't

05:45mean interrupt. While we were there. But I'd like your vote. Now. It's not, it's not election

05:52day. Just sit down. Have a Shirley Temple. Sit on it. I still got it.

05:59You got it. You got it. You got it. You got it. You got it. You got it. You got it.

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