It was very different seeing Wendt playing a serious role. But he nailed his role and was fantasticI love the Henry Fonda version of "12 Angry Men." I bet a live performance of that classic would be wonderful.
There was a stretch where NBC Thursday nights were REAL Must Watch television. The greatest lineup in TV history.Cheers holds a special place in my heart because Thursday nights were the nights that my sister and I watched TV with just my mom as my dad's business was open every Thursday night.
Completely. Not nearly as many options, no social media, no Internet. Those Thursday and Friday night lineups were gold... The Cosby Show, Family Ties, Cheers, Night Court. Then on Friday nights Dukes of Hazzard, Dallas, Knots Landing (I think that was Friday?). MASH and Falcon's Crest were in there too somewhere. Great TV.I grew up when Cheers was big, TV was a different experience then, Cheers was appointment TV for my parents so I usually watched too. It's the first show I can really remember watching. I was even Cliff one year for Halloween. Probably some nostalgia but it was a really good show, some great actors, well written and the jokes still land today. The last scene with Sam straightening up Coach's picture of Geronimo still gets me.
Did you ever meet any of the others? Rhea Perlman, Frazier, John Ratzenberger, etc?Nope, but all good guesses. Not really fair of me, so I'll just give it up. Keene Curtis
Yes. I met them all. Rhea was very nice. John and Kelsey were fairly brief, but not rude. Let's put it this way. It was 'their' Christmas party so I felt blessed to have met anyone that night. It was those three that went out of their way to make a perfect stranger feel more welcome. Heck, not even my date spent much time with me that night.Did you ever meet any of the others? Rhea Perlman, Frazier, John Ratzenberger, etc?
It was different because most people didn't have the ability to record TV (at least early in the Cheers run) and if you wanted to see the show...you had to be in front of the TV when it aired. Otherwise you waited until summer to catch that episode when it was rerun. People would go to school/work and talk about the big shows the day after they aired...it was great! Not convenient...but fun! At times lives revolved around the TV schedule...I grew up when Cheers was big, TV was a different experience then, Cheers was appointment TV for my parents so I usually watched too. It's the first show I can really remember watching. I was even Cliff one year for Halloween. Probably some nostalgia but it was a really good show, some great actors, well written and the jokes still land today. The last scene with Sam straightening up Coach's picture of Geronimo still gets me.
Wow.... I don't remember this guy at all. I need to go back and watch the show again. Was he a customer?Nope, but all good guesses. Not really fair of me, so I'll just give it up. Keene Curtis
Owned the restaraunt upstairs...Melville's...took on more prominent role in the later years of the series...I think?Wow.... I don't remember this guy at all. I need to go back and watch the show again. Was he a customer?
At times lives revolved around the TV schedule...
Oh yeah.... Forgot about that. Truth be told, I really don't watch tv or movies much anymore. I read books more (about 50-60 novels a year). Thanks for the clarification.Owned the restaraunt upstairs...Melville's...took on more prominent role in the later years of the series...I think?
I wish I read more...I hardly read...I need to get back to reading...Oh yeah.... Forgot about that. Truth be told, I really don't watch tv or movies much anymore. I read books more (about 50-60 novels a year). Thanks for the clarification.
Did Danny come to the party with Rhea?Yes. I met them all. Rhea was very nice. John and Kelsey were fairly brief, but not rude. Let's put it this way. It was 'their' Christmas party so I felt blessed to have met anyone that night. It was those three that went out of their way to make a perfect stranger feel more welcome. Heck, not even my date spent much time with me that night.