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Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)

John Ratzenberger

Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)

Team Coco

Society & Culture

4.82.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

It’s a reunion as John Ratzenberger (aka Cliff Clavin) drops in on his Cheers colleagues Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson! John shares about how he pitched his know-it-all Cheers character, being on crew at the original Woodstock, his perspective on the now legendary hooky boat ride, and various near-death experiences.  Like watching your podcasts? Visit http://youtube.com/teamcoco to see full episodes.

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0:00.0

And I remember thinking, tomorrow's papers are going to say Cliff kills cast of cheers.

0:05.7

Right.

0:18.6

Welcome back to where everybody knows your name with me, Ted Danson, and Woody Harrelson,

0:22.8

sometimes. Big day to day, Woody's with me for this episode, and we're talking with a

0:27.7

treasured cheers colleague, John Ratsenberger, who played the male carrier, Cliff Clavin, on all 11

0:34.3

seasons of Cheers. John is a bright and talented guy who's led such an interesting life beyond acting,

0:41.1

and I'm very grateful that Woody and I got to share this time with him after so many years.

0:46.6

So without further ado, let's welcome our longtime friend, Johnny.

0:54.0

Okay, Emmy nominee, a voice actor in 22 Pixar movies, a storied act.

1:01.0

Please don't interrupt.

1:01.9

This is you.

1:02.5

I just realized that.

1:03.9

That's all you talk about Woody.

1:05.1

No, no, no.

1:05.8

A storied acting career in TV and films spanning nearly five decades. Perhaps his most famous role was on

1:14.1

Cheers as the garrulous. You can quarrel the word garrulous, male carrier, Cliff Clavin.

1:20.9

Please welcome to the show, our longtime friend, Johnny, John Ratsenbert.

1:26.5

Gentlemen, so good to see you again, once again. Great to see you, dude.

1:31.3

I want to come back here every day now. I get such a fuzzy feeling, warm and fuzzy.

1:37.0

Wait till we get going. I haven't seen it. Like, I literally, you're the only person from Cheers I haven't

1:43.5

seen since the day we wrapped.

1:45.7

I've been trying to avoid you. Yeah, that's what I was going to ask.

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