Cast of ‘Cheers’ reunites 30 years after show's finale

Excuse me, where is your bathroom? Next to my room, at the end of the hallway, welcome back from the first episode to the last applause. It was a staple of television and homes across the country and really around the world. Can you believe it's been 30

years

since that?

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for Mark the Milestone, some of the

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and creators of Beloved

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s reunited as part of the ATX TV Festival in Austin, Texas, that's cool, but before that big onstage reunion, Ted Danson, John Ratzenberger and George were and director Jimmy Burrows sat down with Oh, a Legend. in his own time, Harry Smith, how wonderful, how wonderful, you know, he's one of those.

I have the best job. Yes Yes. Just a couple of months ago we were sitting with Carol Burnett going over the history of television, a very similar experience with these guys, how is this magic created? Just take a look at 11 Seasons. We like millions of others. They felt welcome as customers at a bar in downtown Boston. The left. What is the expiration date of these referrals? The love. We have some songs. That topic. afternoon everyone, good afternoon everyone, hey harry, how are you doing? Harry, I don't know what I'm supposed to do after that, sure, we'll give you a straight line, sit down today, start drinking well, I didn't have a quick line, actor George Went.

I always did, what's life like in the fast lane? Normie, who beats me. I can't find the on-ramp, so as a device, although on the

show

it was a blessing or a curse, you know, it was very easy for me because I just went. Oh, amazing joke, amazing joke, amazing joke. John Ratzenberger often sat next to the mill, as Cliff Romans had an elaborate system of the Aqueduct series. The Postman, a character he created after failing to audition for him. You can see my eight by ten already floating in the trash can. This guy left and I just remember saying, do you have a bar?

Do you know something? I entered ransenberg were part of a gesture group along with Kelsey Grammer, Ria Perlman and Woody Harrelson, who made Mary while lascivious retired relief pitcher Ted Danson and aspiring poet Shelly Long fell in and out of love, I dislike you, are you as excited as me? And I got Sam largely because I worked well with Shelley and Shelley was just stunning, I think he's that character that we assumed you had. To be a jock you had to be a womanizer, that's all true, no, really, I took you to your first baseball game, first baseball game on television, Thursday nights at nine, do not disturb, applause, There are many episodes that became instant classics.

I've never witnessed such silly softness, oh my God, yeah, I don't think I've ever laughed harder, yeah. Dead on Thanksgiving Day, there were some personal grudges that were played out. The

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changes broke our hearts. The sudden death of beloved coach Nick colasanto Shelly. A long time after I left the show After Five Seasons I was certainly worried, oh I just lost my dance partner Shelly so this will work, but the applause just kept getting better. The late Kirsty Alley, who died in December, played Rebecca Howe, she looked nothing like Diane because I'm Rebecca Howe. I'm the manager of Cheers, she was the funniest person who lived on the verge of completely dissolving into tears.

Cheers was smarter than most comedies we knew. Safe jokes about Schopenhauer and Kierkegaard and Palm de Tear and they were never topical. The public approved of a loyalist. Legion, I didn't really realize until we went to Boston like fifth year and there they were going to have a big parade for us and whatever you're thinking, great, who's going to show up on a Wednesday afternoon, it was a Sea of ​​Faces heads as far as you could see and that's what really made me special. In later

years

there were fewer rehearsals and more nonsense at the beginning.

You could hide behind the pillars if you knew where the cameras were and so in the middle of that person trying to do it. his monologue almost half of America tuned in to the

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in 1993. 90 million viewers would almost hear a pin drop when Sam closed the bar for the last time when Nick died, call it something Mickey died when we came back the next year he he We had had a famous sepia photograph of Geronimo and we wanted it on set and I love the little straightening gesture because it was a nod to Nick, sorry, we're closed to celebrate 30 years since the last episode we had.

I ordered the bartender to make some Screaming Vikings and I'd just like to say that for the record Cheers, Cheers, how funny that the Screaming Viking was a made-up drink, part of a chicken coop to kick out a bartender who had taken over Sam's Spot, in a big part of it because Demont is in Austin, our great producer Caroline Gottlieb found a box downstairs to do that was great when you walked in and they said, Harry Potter, do you remember that ending? Yes it was. I was actually the designated reporter for all NBC affiliates, so we got started. doing live takes of oh wow oh my God from four in the afternoon until 1 in the morning and it was a big deal because they were going to be live on The Tonight Show they were screaming drunk, they had been sitting for hours and there was a certain worrying that they wouldn't make it down the stairs.

Lena was next to the bull and Finch and they did it, but it was a bit touch and go, but wow, what an ending, half the country, 90 million, that's crazy. never happen again, seems unlikely, right, but honestly, that Charles brothers couple, so smart, Jim Burroughs, who we interviewed, six eight months ago, when they made the deal to do this, no contracts, yeah, just They said we did this right, Frazier didn't come anymore. Also to survive Shelley Long leaving, oh my god, Kirstie Alley came in, no one thought she would survive the casting of that is also a phenomenal part of the phenomenon.

I watched it again during the pandemic, yeah, and it was like God joking, hey, Harry, you should do it. that you're right, I don't think I can because I don't think it's that iconic, I like that applause, guys, applause, that was great, very cool, yeah, underwear, hey, thanks for watching, don't miss the show today every weekday at 11 a.m. Eastern 8 Pacific on our broadcast channel today all day to watch, visit today.com all day or click the link here