Cheers: The Groom Wore Clearasil
08:20 am - 08:50 am, Saturday, December 20 on Channel 4 +1 (15)
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The Groom Wore Clearasil
Season 4, Episode 4
Carla asks Sam to talk her impetuous teenage son out of rushing into a premature marriage, while Cliff grows a potato that looks like former US president Richard Nixon
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Cast & Crew
Rhea Perlman
(Actor)
.. Carla Tortelli
Ted Danson
(Actor)
.. Sam Malone
John Ratzenberger
(Actor)
.. Cliff Clavin
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Did You Know..
Rhea Perlman
(Actor)
.. Carla Tortelli
Ted Danson
(Actor)
.. Sam Malone
Born:
December 29, 1947
in
San Diego, California
Best Known For:
Playing Sam Malone in Cheers.
Early-life:
Born Edward Bridge Danson III on December 29, 1947, in San Diego, California. As a youngster he was a local basketball star, but became interested in drama while attending Stanford University. Danson later transferred to the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, and not long after graduating was cast as an understudy in Tom Stoppard's stage production of The Real Inspector Hound. Deciding it was the career for him, Danson moved to LA to train at the Actors' Institute.
Career:
After numerous small TV and film roles, including parts in acclaimed dramas The Onion Field and Body Heat, Danson's big break came in 1982 when he was cast as retired baseball player and barkeeper Sam Malone in US sitcom Cheers. The show ran for more than a decade, and during that time, Danson received nine Emmy nominations, winning twice, and two Golden Globes. He went on to star in the successful sitcom Becker, which ran for six years. He's also starred in a number of films, including Three Men and a Baby and its sequel, Made in America, Saving Private Ryan and a highly acclaimed adaptation of Gulliver's Travels. More recent TV work includes roles in Damages, Bored to Death, and CSI.
Quote:
"I am the king of the faux pas. I call everybody by their wrong name, and I congratulate women who are not pregnant."
Trivia:
Danson enjoys tap dancing.
John Ratzenberger
(Actor)
.. Cliff Clavin
Born:
April 06, 1947
in
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Best Known For:
Playing Cliff Clavin in Cheers and voicing characters in Pixar films.
Early-life:
John Dezso Ratzenberger was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on April 6, 1947 to Bertha and Dezso. His father was of Austrian and Hungarian descent, while his mother had Polish ancestry. John moved to London in 1971.
Career:
Throughout the 1970s, Ratzenberger performed across the UK with Ray Hassett as comedy theatrical duo Sal's Meat Market. He made his film debut in The Ritz (1976). Minor roles followed in the likes of Superman (1978), The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Gandhi (1982). His big break came in 1982 when he began playing a postal worker in the hugely popular American sitcom Cheers. The show ran until 1993 and Ratzenberger picked up two Emmy nominations during the run. He made a guest appearance in Frasier as Cliff Clavin. He is also well known for voicing Pixar characters, including Hamm the Piggy Bank in the Toy Story series, Tom the construction worker in Up, and Earl in The Good Dinosaur.
Quote:
"On my visits back home, if they saw that I was getting a big head, they'd let me know right away."
Trivia:
In 1969, Ratzenberger was a tractor operator at the Woodstock Festival.
