Ted Dansonis getting candid about what people can expect in his new podcast with his formerCheerscostarWoody Harrelson.
TheGood Placealum, who was honored with the Pell Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts at the WaterFire Arts Center in Providence, Rhode Island, on Monday, told PEOPLE at the event that he had a blast creating the new project with his friend.
“We both had so much fun,” raved Danson, 75. “I get to hang out with my buddy, Woody.”
He said on the podcast, which is set to debut in October, the pair will not onlylook back onCheers, but will also branch out to other topics they deem important.
“We get to reminisce and share and catch up with each other, which is alone enough, but we also have met many people between us who we can talk to and find out what they’re doing, including Senator[John] Kerrywho had a small [role] inCheersand we can talk to him about climate change,” the actor explained. “We can really go anywhere with it.”
Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson onCheers.Paramount Tv/Kobal/Shutterstock
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Danson said he and Harrelson, 61, have recorded at least six podcast episodes so far and plan to do more after Harrelson, who is currently filming for a movie, wraps up work.
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Danson and several cast members, includingGeorge WendtandJohn Ratzenberger, opened up about what it was like filming the show at the event and even disclosed what was really in the pub pint glasses of the popular NBC sitcom, which was set at the show’s titular bar in Boston.
“It was Near Beer, and it was non-alcoholic beer, and they wanted it to be draft,” recalled Wendt, 74, who played Norm Peterson. “So it was warm and flat, and the prop man put salt into it. So it waswarm, flat, salty, non-alcoholic beer."
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Wendt and Ratzenburger, 76, also discussed finding alast-minute welcome giftfor the lateKirstie Alleywhen she joined the show — which happened to be a shotgun.
“Going past all these places and we go past Big 5 Sporting Goods, and John goes, ‘You wanna buy her a shotgun?’ " said Wendt, prompting laughter from the audience.
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“And, like you, I laughed for about 5 minutes,” he continued. “And then immediately pulled into the parking lot, and we bought her a freakin’ shotgun.”
Cheersaired for 11 seasons from 1982 to 1993. Its spinoffFrasier— centering on the popularCheerscharacter Dr. Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer) — was also a hit, running from 1993 until 2004.
WhileCheershas not yet been rebooted, aFrasierrevival is on the way.
source: people.com
