Potsie interrupting breakfast...again.

According to legend, Williams was devastated when “Happy Days” went of the air and felt betrayed when creator Gary Marshall refused to craft a show around the Potsie character to be called “Just Potsie.”

Williams, who had stayed with the “Happy Days” series for far too long (after Richie Cunningham disappeared from the show) reportedly spiraled downward, first trying to make it as a singer on the hotel bar circuit, and appearing at parties and social engagements as Potsie for a nominal fee.

Over-the-counter drugs and inexpensive malt liquor became crutches for the fallen star as his desperation to remain pertinent to the world went unrealized.

Four divorces, and a whoring out of all of his “Happy Days” memorabilia later, it was rumored that Williams had died, alone and penniless— possibly under the weight of a passing train. Former cast-mates Donny Most (Ralph Malph) and Erin Moran (Joanie) even held a largely unattended memorial to lament the passing of what they called “a very gifted television personality.”

The memorial was fifteen years ago, and no one has thought about poor Anson since; that is until a researcher for the E! Television Network noticed an aged man in a thrift store on Milwaukee’s West Side while searching for a “Dukes of Hazzard” lunch box to feature in an upcoming episode of E!’s “True Hollywood Story.”

According to the E! employee, Williams was hesitant to admit to his identity, partly because he was trying to sell a pair of pants to get some extra booze money, but mainly (according to him) because he wanted to be left alone. After a promise of lunch and an extra ten dollars, Williams told his discoverer that he was living a quiet life filled with deep, transcendental thought and the appreciation of every day joys such as a windy night, the sound of grass growing, and condensed soups.

Despite the joy at finding Williams to be alive, there have been no attempts by the media or friends to contact the former television icon although Donny Most has promised to “look-up” his ressurected buddy if he is ever in the area.