The Cheers forged put younger newcomer Woody Harrelson to the take a look at when he got here on board however discovered he was simply too robust and good for it.
When Woody Harrelson got here onto Cheers, he had massive footwear to fill, serving as a alternative for Nicholas Colasanto and his character Coach following the actor’s loss of life previous to season 4. And his fellow bartenders and patrons didn’t take it straightforward on him, difficult him to duties each bodily and mentally.
As Ted Danson (Sam Malone) not too long ago recalled on Conan O’Brien’s podcast (by way of EW), having such a younger man on the set allowed for a few of his fellow forged members to place him to the take a look at. “Thirty-seven is if you understand you’re now not 25 or 24. So it was extra not like hazing him, we simply wished to kick his ass in something we may discover. We began with basketball and as you later came upon in life, he’s a very good basketball participant, so he kicked our asses there.” In different phrases, the white man may bounce! Following that, John Ratzenberg (Cheers barfly Cliff Calvin) had his personal bodily problem for Woody Harrelson…which he additionally misplaced.
From there, the Cheers boys opted to present chess a shot, which it turned out Woody Harrelson was additionally expert in. “To heck with this bodily stuff, we’re gonna beat him mentally. Killed us at chess. So that is all within the first week actually. So from then on it was like, for those who had some terrible imply prank to tug, you wouldn’t waste it on anybody else besides Woody.”
Along with beating down his forged, Woody Harrelson fared extremely nicely on Cheers, proving a pure match for the sitcom and making his mark on his first look. He later gained an Emmy for his work, the one one within the forged to win the Supporting Actor honor through the present’s 11-season run, another victory for Woody.
However regardless of all of the hazing — and Woody Harrelson skipping the Cheers reunion at this 12 months’s Primetime Emmy Awards — there is no such thing as a unhealthy blood between the core forged. Danson and Harrelson will even hop again on the barstools for a new podcast titled Where Everybody Knows Your Name.
Had been you a fan of Woody Harrelson on Cheers? How do you assume he did as a alternative character?
