‘Cheers’ Stars Remember Quitting Jobs to Climb the Mushroom

The leading men of Happiness they revealed that they stopped filming for one day to find mushrooms together.

Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson again George Wendtwho played Sam Malone, Woody Boyd and Norm Peterson, respectively, in the popular comedy series of the 80s, recalled the experience of the Wednesday, August 14, episode of the podcast “When Everyone Knows Your Name”.

Hosted by Danson, 76, and Harrelson, 63, the podcast brought Wendt, 75, on a trip down memory lane, leading to the group’s fondest reminiscences of their “good day,” as Danson calls it, and more. Happiness costars.

“John had just bought a boat,” Wendt began, apparently referring to the fourth Happiness actor, John Ratzenbergerwho played Cliff Clavin. “And he was eager to show it off, so we cooked up this little getaway.”

Danson then explained that when everyone got together on the boat, he and Harrelson were already “stoned.”

“So, we get on the boat,” Danson recalled. “Kelsey [Grammer] soon he had been up all night playing cards, went down to the cellar, and fell asleep all the way. He was fast asleep. Woody turns to me and goes, ‘Have you ever had mushrooms?’ And I go, ‘No. No, I never have.’ And he said, ‘Well, this is going to be a good time. There is nothing we can do. We’re going on a boat.’ We hadn’t had breakfast, so I was very hungry and I ate what I thought was an incredible amount of mushrooms, and then I thought, ‘Oh, okay.’

But things took a turn for the worse when slow waves from a Mexican storm pushed the boat into a large oil slick off the coast of Southern California.

“So people who don’t eat mushrooms will get very sick,” Danson said. “But I’m sitting there getting really worried and whatever it is – stoned or whatever in the mushrooms – and I’m looking at you, Woody, and you’re laying on the bed, and I’m thinking, ‘Oh. , he’s used to this chilling thing. I’m panicking. I’m having trouble breathing. I’m going to go upstairs. ‘”

Eventually, Wendt was able to settle Danson down by spending 45 minutes “staring” Reduce Your Enthusiasm star every minute or so to remind him to breathe.

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Danson attributes his subsequent safety to Wendt, whom he called his “savior.” Wendt added that he has never tried the mushrooms himself.

Happiness ran for 11 seasons from 1982 to 1993 on NBC and is widely considered the greatest TV series in history, winning 28 Emmy Awards.

The show also spawned two spinoffs: Tortellis again Frasier. Grammer, 68, is back to play Frasier reboot, which premiered in October 2023 on Paramount+