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Cheers star Ted Danson says he ‘didn’t even realize’ hit sitcom had ended due to personal life chaos

Cheers star Ted Danson says he ‘didn’t even realize’ hit sitcom had ended due to personal life chaos

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Ted Danson doesn’t remember much about Cheers coming to an end. Danson, 78, starred on all 11 seasons of the hit sitcom as Sam Malone along with Kelsey Grammer, George Wendt, John Ratzenberger, Woody Harrelson and Rhea Perlman. He was one of the only cast members to appear in each of the show’s 273 episodes. During a recent conversation on his Where Everybody Knows Your Name podcast, Danson opened up about the state of his personal life as the show concluded. “People say, ‘What was it like? What did you do when she was over?’ I said, ‘I had f***ed up my life so much that I didn’t even realize Cheers was over,’” Danson said, adding he “barely knew myself.” “I wanted to stop being a liar,” he said. “I wanted to be emotionally mature. I wanted to change.” Ted Danson …

Kristen Bell and Ted Danson Still Forking Love Each Other

Kristen Bell and Ted Danson Still Forking Love Each Other

The Good Place had such a fun alternative vocabulary. Are there any Good Place-isms that still sneak into your head? Bell: There were so many alternative phrases that The Good Place invented that stuck—not just for us, but for everyone. People still come up to me and say— Danson: “What the fork?” Bell: And “mother forking shirt balls.” Danson: I love that most people that come up to me are 12-, 13-, 14-, 15-year-old boys and girls who have just discovered it. Every generation comes up, and they really do watch it because it’s funny. It’s about something. It’s silly. It has fart humor. It’s a lesson in ethics. No one talks to me about anything else more than they do about The Good Place. Bell: I’m very proud to be part of it. Out of the blue, I got this voicemail that says, “Hey Kristen, it’s Mike Schur. I have this project I’m thinking of, and I don’t know why, but I feel like it’s for you. Can you call me back?” And I …