Ted Danson Struggled to Play Sam Malone on Cheers
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- Ted Danson talks about watching pig racing with Seth's son Ashe, his experience at the 2018 Emmy Awards and why he struggled to play Sam Malone on Cheers.
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Ted Danson Struggled to Play Sam Malone on Cheers- Late Night with Seth Meyers
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Danson underrates himself. "Sam Malone" was one of the best acted characters in sitcom history. Even as he was being a hound dog, you could still see his compassion and basic decency. It takes good writers, but also a great actor to capture and embody that kind of complexity.
It could also be Ted Danson's basic decency coming through while acting the hound dog.
There’s no contradiction between being a wonanizer and being a nice guy. Sam’s womanizing was practically a running joke. Like Dean Martin being a drunk. If anything, it made him more lovable. But when he was involved with Diane, he didn’t cheat on her. He didn’t hurt her.
Absolutely
Lies again? Singapore American Map
Cheers was good in spite of Ted Danson. Always a schmuck, cheesy, flimsy. Not even believable as a retired major league baseball player. Cheers succeeded anyway although it was mediocre at best.
Are you kidding me! He plays the most confident guy so well, you’d never known he was insecure in life.
Insecure?
You mean, just a regular guy....
I'd say at best he's just being "humble" -- You don't go through life being charismatic, attractive PLUS chose a career in the dramatic arts while still some how being shy and insecure. No way was May-Day Malone a fraud it was ego -centric casting and Danson had the right ego and talent for the part at the time.
Weeelll...what's great about Sam and Diane is, Diane loves Sam because Sam seems to think she's as smart as she thinks she is. Sam loves Diane because Diane seems to think Sam is as handsome as he thinks he is. BUT--we, the audience, can see that Sam's success in dating is not primarily because of his looks. It's primarily because of his rather frantic efforts at seduction, which come from an insecurity about his looks, etc.
ACTING!!
Like a good actor lol
Like him or not, this man has 3 solid and successful sitcoms to his name. That's not an easy feat.
He also wore blackface.
@@GruppeSechs A lifetime of amazing accomplishments on the screen but you focus on one single event to sour you on the guy. Kinda sad really. 'he wore blackface' is translated as 'he's a racist'. Well, did you know he was dating Whoopi Goldberg at the time? And the event was a friars club roast for her? Looking at the pics from the event she seemed to enjoy it. Hard to frame him as racist when viewed in context. But I have no doubt you will find a way to keep the butthurt going.
@@avi8r66 What accomplishments? He's an actor. I wasn't aware that made people immune to scrutiny. And why yes, I was aware of that. How do you think I found out about it, magic? Are you aware that he and Whoopi separated right after that incident? What a coincidence! Maybe her laughing was just awkward or she broke up with him over the bad press the stunt caused.
The fact you're this defensive over a true statement for people who may not have known about it is the only thing that's 'butthurt' here, pumpkin. So many kneejerk assumptions formed based on a single factual statement. Sorry your celebratory comment hits a little different after my reply that everyone can see.
@@avi8r66 can you pedocrats please be consistent in how the rules you make up are applied?
@@avi8r66 Lmao “He was dating a Black woman, so he can’t be racist”
I love the guy but cmon, he did a bad thing once and you can accept it, rather than shove it under a rug and act like it “wasn’t that bad”
Wow. Ted Danson is TWO DAYS older than me! We're both 71, both white haired. Unfortunately, I'm a lady who LOOKS 71, whereas Ted is a gorgeous man who looks 15 years younger. Unfair! I'm binge watching Cheers this week, such fun! I didn't watch the show when it aired on NBC. I was raising two toddlers when the show started, and I was dead on my feet by 9pm when Cheers aired. But I'm having a blast now, finding the laughter therapeutic during some senior life challenges. How refreshing to see the real Ted!
David Miatke I love both shows but yeah, Becker is great. Would love to buy a Becker dvd box set with all the extras but, to my knowledge, it has never been made that way. Anyway, have a great weekend.
Are you Carla Tortelli?
Becker fan here too. A cast of goofball characters with cranky Dr. Becker being driven nuts by his patients, ex-wives and Linda. Watch it every night. Hilarious.
I'm re-watching cheers in between shifts at the moment. It hasn't aged at all and is giving some light relief in a difficult time. Great show
I will be 70 this month . I don’t look or feel that old . I sure wish I could look at life the way you do . Nice to read you are a happy person . Maybe someday I will be happy . I pray for that to come true some day.🤷♂️🙏👍
We should all age as well as Ted.
I'm working on it
we won't
It helps to be rich
He's so good looking
Or better!
He has always been a favorite of mine. We are watching Cheers again 40 years later and it is still funny and so well done.
I just finished the series. I'd forgotten how good the writing, the acting and the character development was.
Absolutely still a great hilarious television 📺 experience 🎉. I remember parents watching this as I was growing up. Loved to sing the song back then but also totally enjoyed watching it also. Btw i went to the Cheers bar in the Anchorage Alaska airport in the early 90’s. Couldn’t drink but got to have a soda 🥤 and take photos with the plastic cast they had set up 😊
@@chiefppq8584a❤
Best Sam moment is him curving that beer mug on the bar by sliding/ curving it.
lol his confidence was based on a stupid bottle top that jerk took from him and never gave it back..
Yess
'Hit the bricks pal' Cliff Clavin moments later
Yup.
The Sammy Slide
He’s 70 and still looks fine
His hair was always fake--a fact he's not shy about--so he never had to worry much about losing it...
@@MattMcIrvin I like how honest he was about that. Some just never admitted
@@MattMcIrvin I've met him. He and his wife used to live near us. The only part of his hair that's fake is the very top of the crown, where he wears a hairpiece (but only on TV).
Synergy: He looks Amazing and sounds amazing for 71. It's all working. He's blessed and I pray he stays This blessed. Keep it going!! 😊
@modern studies well he did admit it in the last series of Cheers (he actually pulls it off). A bit like the 'coming out' that Ellen did on her sitcom Ellen a few years later.
Art imitating life......
Ted Danson is an excellent actor, his Cheers years alone demonstrate his ability to subtly underplay an iconic character that still seems so real. A legacy to be proud of.
I was disappointed when he didn't win. His work in The Good Place is truly marvelous! He's sold that demon to me since episode 1.
He really is splendid on that show.
His best work is bored to death
@@michaelcavanaugh he's incredibly great in that but, respectfully, I very much disagree.
Rossy Sánchez 💛
It's the best TV show sin fifty years. Im almost frightened to watch it again Its so perfect. Michael Shur is a friggin genius.
4:36 for cheers talk...
yeah exactly lol
Christopher Snyder bless you
Thanks
Thank you
thank youuuuu I was looking for this comment
Diane: "What did the doctor say, Sam?"
Sam: "Same thing he always does.... Wow."
NORM!!
one of my favorite sam quotes.
@@hazard2366 " lock up your women, Sammy's back"
I busted up when I read this exchange in comment form. More validity that this show had top notch writing. 🐾
@@moisesmerino6954 ~ The bar: What'cha been up to, Norm?
Norm: My ideal body weight, if I were eleven feet tall.
XD!
nobody ever had better comedic timing than Danson as Sam Malone !
He was flawless.
He was the Best as Becker. He played that perfectly. Loved that show.
I absolutely love that show !!
Becker was great.
....and now I'm going to have to binge watch Cheers for the 5th time.
Emily Hart I love you for saying this
@@SalveRegina8 Since I posted this, I'm on season 6💓 Haha no lie
Emily Hart AWESOME. Do you have a favorite episode?
@@SalveRegina8 I love season 2 episode 1. I've watched it so many times, I lost count after 12😂😻
I keep watching Cheers Taxi Perfect Strangers and Seinfeld in a loop for about 10 years. I take breaks, but i always put a dvd to watch and then i feel more at home
You know whats better than Ted Danson? Ted Singin and Danson
No... just... no. Put that joke back in the jail cell and lock it away.
The Judge Judy avatars made it even better 🤣
I actually respect that
ooh what a feelin'
Ted Danson on the cielin'
😆😂
Ted Danson's second act has been even better than his first. He is an amazing actor who has transcended his role on cheers.
He looked so natural playing that character. He's a good actor
Re watching Cheers and it's just wonderful. 30 years on they're still giving me a warm fuzzy warm feeling..
I like seeing the host and the guest actually facing each other in posture, not just glancing at each other between larger moments of attention given to the audience.
Wow, what a sweet, sweet, man. So down to earth and humble and thoughtful - the way he turned the conversation away from himself and back to Seth's son? So awesome.
I want to mention that Danson was Gulliiver in a Hallmark presentation of Gulliver's Travels. This thing does not nearly get the recognition it deserves. It is hard to find, but check it out.
byron p My son loved that! Lol
You are right, he was brilliant!
Absolutely agree. I was skeptical that he could play the part at first, but he was absolutely amazing.
Remember the TV movie before he did Cheers? He played a Dad that sexually abused his daughter. He was NOT a nice guy in that. Took me awhile after THAT movie before I could watch him in anything else. Guess that would mean he played that character quite convincingly.
It's definitely the best adaptation of that novel I've ever seen by far. As as kid, I never knew there was more than the Lilliput part. I seem to remember it actually being kind of a big deal when it first aired. I guess miniseries were considered to be kind of passe the time, but Gulliver's Travels was successful enough that for a few years afterward, we had a number of fantasy-themed miniseries being produced on a fairly regular basis.
Ted Danson has aged amazingly well
No, this is how people are supposed to age. Sadly, people eat processed food carb GARBAGE all their lives and look like they're ready to die by the time they reach 50.
Yes he's a great actor
On one of the last shows of cheers he showed Carla that he was wearing a hairpiece .Was that legit and if so is he still wearing one ?
Maintaining a healthy body weight through life can help with that, which he has managed to do.
My wife and I were there for this show. We enjoyed seeing Seth again and the staff were all really good to us.
Kudos to the staff there for their help and support.
After the show we ate dinner at the Rainbow room/bar 65.
Very impressive !!
Still....a plug for the staff..they must really be on point.
@MorbidManMusic wondering the same. Don't these things normally just here people?
My wife is a stroke survivor and walks with a cane. The staff was definitely helpful to her and I. 🎉
Henry Winkler said he always felt out-of-place playing as cool a guy as Fonzie, and now Ted as Sam Malone: the two coolest characters from classic TV.
His show few years after Cheers called Becker a comedy about an inner city doctor was underrated
Yes!
Cheers and Becker two great shows, Ted Danson is a real talent 👏 👌
You are my people 🤗
Gotta feel pretty blessed to remember seeing cheers still on air. Amazing show, one of the best out there.
For eleven glorious seasons, this man WAS Sam Malone. Best series ever.
Being a huge huge Cheers fan I would never have known he was insecure in the role, never came across in his performance at all.
Excellent actor and an all time classic show
From England UK
I absolutely loved Ted Danson as John Becker!
God damn I love that show.
Me 2 that was such a good show
I love Becker's non-PC way of looking at and dealing with life. Great show.
I love that show I got to meet terry Farrell that played Reggie the dinner owner at a con in Louisville Kentucky this past year
George: I’m better than Ted Danson.
Jerry: You’re worse. You’re much worse.
Oh, Costanza!
Why him? Why not me?
Ted Danson makes 800,000 per episode.
I want the Ted Danson plane!
I grew up watching cheers with my mother in the early 90’s. I’m addicted to that show. I’d put it against any sitcom. It’s better than Friends and Seinfeld.
Cheers and Seinfeld speaking from a guy in England, are the most hilarious comedies ever made.
Frasier is pretty good too. The (American) Office also.
If he dyed his hair, he would like like 1980 all over again.
My boy Ted Danson. Sam Malone was the man.
It amazes me how different actors are from their characters.
Truth. Ed O’Neil as Al Bundy got me when I saw him interviewed for the first time.
He's so handsome and charismatic 💜💚
5:00 for Cheers talk
The title of this video should be renamed Ted Danson Attends a Pig Race
Dude, Seth's a little strange looking but I'd hardly call him a pig.
saw this interview a while back and suddenly it dawned on me that all my life doing dishes I've thrown a towel over my shoulder and I think I probably pick that up as a child watching cheers
Lol. I had this exact same epiphany about a year ago.
@@meeklet it's so nice to find someone with something that odd and Common
i started to watch cheers recently and now i'm in sixth season. this show is amazing.😍😍😍
I started watching it last year and I'm in season 3.
Ted: Of course we watch "The Good Place" (and LOVE it)! Great to see you back on a fantastic series again 😁💗
Ted Danson has been brilliant for years, but Bored to Death is the best thing he ever did. :)
Yes! I loved that show. His character was so interesting....
"Janet, she extends...!"
loved him in "Becker"
Can't agree with the "best thing ever" part, but boy was that show funny. Heheh
Cheers, he should have won more than 2 Emmys for that role and he was robbed of the Emmy for Season 1 of Damages
The moment in the good place when he flipped the towel onto his shoulder had me in the feels. God my dad would have loved that scene :)
Damn he's charming.
Are you serious? He's probably the most mundane celebrity in existence.
Brian Pulling, what him on Finding Your Roots. He’s thoughtful, highly intelligent, a superb human being.
He's still working in his Dream job at 71, Tony!! He's charming, professional and smart! You have to give respect to someone still getting what they want every day, in an industry that is so shallow, full of ageism and every "ism" you can think of! Don't be jealous because Ted Danson is Excelling at life. He's Ted Danson... ffs!🤦 🤣🤣✌️🤘
I just finished Cheers for the first time ever and can’t believe Ted Danson is this adorable in real life ❤️
Actually, Sam "Mayday" Malone cut more citrus than cleaned glasses.
He and Woody were always cutting limes and lemons. We noticed that watching it over and over on Netflix
That is the bartender life. I have cut probably a million limes and lemons
I was hoping someone else would say this!
4:11 THAT WAS A MICHAEL LAUGH
Freiser took a shot of whiskey after he was left at the alter by Diane in Italy, I can't think of any other instance where someone(main cast) drinks anything but beer, other than that one.
One of my favorite jokes was Diane taking forever to make a Bloody Mary and saying "Wow, this is has a lot of ingredients!" Sam: "Yeah, that's why we make 5 gallons before we open - what are you doing?" Carla: "Aw man! I wanted to see her try to make gin!"
I was thinking that of that joke too, but I thought it was Woody.
and a screaming Viking.
Maria Bas, Yes! I was going to mention the Screaming Viking, the drink which got Sam his job back as I recall, by fooling ‘the perfect bartender’ into quitting. “Do you like your cucumber bruised?”
*Frasier*
I love Bill Hader, one of my 5 favorite actors working today, but Ted Danson should have won the Emmy this year
Everybody talks about Friends and it is my favourite show, but Cheers is where it all started!
Kyle Price yes and we can’t go past Family Ties and Happy Days before that
The Keatons >The Seavers
Frasier is better though.
It was great to see him behind the bar again too in the Nick Offerman movie Hearts Beat Loud 💓💓💓
It has been a VERY long time since I was consistently entertained by a sit-com. Then came Good Place.
I have always liked Ted Danson .... good man.
Shows you what a great actor he is because he sure had me convinced
Love him..(Ted Danson)♡♡
I miss Cheers. But I'm glad it ended when it did, on a high. Not dragging empty season after empty season when the joke had already worn thin, and had gone from a beloved favourite to a dreary shadow of what it had once been (Yeah, I'm looking at *you* Big Bang Theory).
Cheers has one less season then then BBT admittedly I stopped watching that show after the 4 season but it hasn't been on for THAT long.
I agree with you about sit-coms going out on top. That said, I could look at Kaley Cuoco for eons longer than either Shelly Long or Kirstie Alley.
Big Bang Theory has always sucked huge donkey dicks.
Show did decline after Shelley Long left, but not a jump-the-shark fall.
KesselRunner606 The shade of it all! Plus, we got the beloved Frasier for (11?) yrs after that. ❤️
It amazes me because he made it look so easy and natural! Still my favourite Show.
I love cheers and a good place but I think I will always prefer him as Becker
I love Becker. But my favorite was him in Bored to Death.
Becker was fucking awesome.
Yes, really enjoyed "Becker".
He’s been consistently brilliant for years - Cheers, Becker, CSI, Bored to Death and now The Good Place. He’s always been a winner. :)
In my house if you say Pepper Becker...there will be laughter.
Anyone remember him in Saving Private Ryan ?
Paratrooper stuck in a French village...great short role in that one.
No, but I remember him from Creepshow, which was right before his first season of Cheers.
@@finster1968 And Body Heat
Two of the most sweet men on TV!
Yes. This interview is just so wholesome.
Sweetest
He's a good TV actor. He's smart too.
Guy was smooth and confident haha. Never would have known.
Ted Danson is forking perfect in "The Good Place". Some of my favorite moments are all his observations on how weird and contradictory humans are, because he's usually right. "Kissing is gross. You just... mash your food-holes together. It's not FOR that." xD
cheers, the world's best TV series
If you ever pay attention to Cheers, Sam really makes the drinks that certain customers ask for. He did make a Manhattan and even added the cherry to the drink , all while saying lines. My favorite show ever.
Ted Danson looks just like Max Headroom. Now THAT would be a hot re-make.
He could face the audience a tad more, but the camera zooms in on him for TV viewers. Nice cool happy normal man. Love him.
I only know Ted from A Good Place, and im watching Cheers for the first time on Netflix. I never would have known they were the same person if i didnt look it up
Michael is some of the best work of his already amazing career
I recall the episode where sam was heading to a “funeral” in Vermont. However Diane could read his deepest thoughts....
Cause carla tipped her off
Carla: Well I thought that you said Sam was coming tonight Diane
Diane: He is Carla, he's probably just coming around the corner, right down the stairs at this moment
Carla(sarcastically):Oh well then , I should hurry right over there and greet him, open the door for my boss on his return, hello there Sam!...and Sam walks in and Carla's face falls off...one of the greatest scenes in the show
@@sgs1313 , reading this i sure remember that episode. Funny as hell.
If you want a great example of his acting range check him out as Lowenstein in Body Heat... an early 1980s film noire with Kathleen Turner... her first film role.
Ah, the droll, tapdancing Lowenstein. Wonderful!
I just now realized Sam from cheers is the same person as michael from the good place. Those are 2 of my favorite shows
He was great in Fargo Season 2.
LOL I just posted the exact same comment before I saw yours.
The scene where he questions the three guys on the road is freakin' intense. You're fairly sure he's going to live, because he's Ted Danson, but you're not *entirely* sure. And his character isn't sure either lol
I do the towel over the shoulder thing all the time. It’s useful. Thanks, Ted. 🐾
Me & my family watched cheers when I was a kid, loved it then & now!!
Loved cheers. Every late Friday night UK.
Ted Danson and Zach Galifianakis stoned in the car, panicking at the sight of Jason Schwartzman being assaulted in Bored to Death is one of the funniest scenes I've seen
Kind of weird how Ted sits almost like their isn't an audience watching.
Judging by the thickness of his glasses, he might not know they're there.
After the number of years he was pretending to not notice the Cheers studio audience, he’s had extensive practice.
I actually like it better. It seems more natural, just a chat between friends, versus being “on” for the audience.
I haven't ever seen The Good Place and had no idea that it was doing so well. He's had 4 hit shows, including his stint on CSI (not a fan of that one personally). George Costanza was right to envy him. Ted has the magic touch. [Crap, now I have that stupid Transformers song in my head.]
It's doing okay for itself in ratings, but it's been widely acclaimed by critics. Like, the first 6 episodes are pretty good, and then the 7th and 8th episodes are some of the best episodes of TV ever in my opinion.
He's also been good on Curb Your Enthusiasm playing himself for years.
"The Magic Touch" is a KISS song.....Gene Simmons.
Sure, it was forty years ago, but....
You mean 5 hit TV shows that he has been the lead in-You shouldn't miss out 90's + 2000's hit TV show: Becker
It's the Midas Touch 86 Midnight Star whats wrong with chu
I think Ted's best character was Dr. John Becker. He was hilarious with that show.
Never saw it.
@@spaceghost8995 Then you missed a great show
Such an amazing actor
Always great..... awesome in Becker !
i cant imagine ted playing anyone else other than sam malone at this point lol
Look up the US Sitcom 'Becker' just stunning! And hilarious!!!
Loved him in Fargo series 2 (but that’s possibly the greatest series of all time)
For anyone wondering, they don't get to the bit that you came to see until 4:47
I liked him when he played drums in the rock band Police.
Binge watched Taxi into Cheers. It's like the same show. Meant in the best way possible.
Give them gals a dose of VITAMIN SAMMY!! I love how that show really pushed the boundaries yet was clean adult (DIRTY!) humor!!
What a class act! No wonder Ted & Mary are the fav. star couple of millions of people!
Happy 75th birthday 🎉🥳🎊🎂🍾⭐️ Ted Danson
I loved Cheers. But Ted? He married my crush, and I can't let that go.
Me too. Ever since seeing her in "Time After Time" with Malcolm McDowell!
When he was married to Mary Steenburgen he came to class reunions with her and he was just as friendly and cool as could be while she was always a snob.
That's funny
They’re still married.
He looks like the type of guy who would donate money to build an entire wing of a museum and have them put “anonymous donation” on it but then go around and brag to everyone it was him that donated the money.
What a guy
Becker ensemble was a real laugh. When Bob got Jake that dog...lol (One Angry Man episode).
I met him just before this aired, he really only has 100 hairs on his head, his comb back is amazing.
Take a shot of tequila every time a talk show host says "uhh" "uhh" between sentences. They all got it from Letterman. "Uhh".
He's great in Curb, too.