Ted Danson
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Podcast Appearances
I'm sorry. I barely heard what you were saying because I loved watching the first question of a podcast as you're trying to formulate how do we get him talking. Sorry. You're very good at it, Will. No, thank you. You're very good.
I'm sorry. I barely heard what you were saying because I loved watching the first question of a podcast as you're trying to formulate how do we get him talking. Sorry. You're very good at it, Will. No, thank you. You're very good.
I'm sorry. I barely heard what you were saying because I loved watching the first question of a podcast as you're trying to formulate how do we get him talking. Sorry. You're very good at it, Will. No, thank you. You're very good.
Wow. I was doing a last-second replacement on Taxi. Wow. And I was there, and Jimmy and Les and Glenn had an office down the way at Paramount, and they were working on Cheers. And Jimmy had... remembered me from... Was it Best of the West? Do you remember that Western sitcom? Yeah. Anyway, I auditioned for it, didn't get it, and he remembered me and called me down and...
Wow. I was doing a last-second replacement on Taxi. Wow. And I was there, and Jimmy and Les and Glenn had an office down the way at Paramount, and they were working on Cheers. And Jimmy had... remembered me from... Was it Best of the West? Do you remember that Western sitcom? Yeah. Anyway, I auditioned for it, didn't get it, and he remembered me and called me down and...
Wow. I was doing a last-second replacement on Taxi. Wow. And I was there, and Jimmy and Les and Glenn had an office down the way at Paramount, and they were working on Cheers. And Jimmy had... remembered me from... Was it Best of the West? Do you remember that Western sitcom? Yeah. Anyway, I auditioned for it, didn't get it, and he remembered me and called me down and...
I guess we had a conversation before I got the script and then read it. And then I auditioned two or three times and they said to me, okay, don't take another job without letting us know. And I went, oh, so you're saying it's my part? No, just don't take another job. Yeah.
I guess we had a conversation before I got the script and then read it. And then I auditioned two or three times and they said to me, okay, don't take another job without letting us know. And I went, oh, so you're saying it's my part? No, just don't take another job. Yeah.
I guess we had a conversation before I got the script and then read it. And then I auditioned two or three times and they said to me, okay, don't take another job without letting us know. And I went, oh, so you're saying it's my part? No, just don't take another job. Yeah.
And I went out the back door and literally up the front door, coming up the stairs to the front door of the office was like every actor in L.A. I think I got cheers because of Shelley Long because she just, she really nailed that part right out of the bat. Yeah, brilliant. She was amazing. And we got teamed up together when we auditioned. We had to audition as couples.
And I went out the back door and literally up the front door, coming up the stairs to the front door of the office was like every actor in L.A. I think I got cheers because of Shelley Long because she just, she really nailed that part right out of the bat. Yeah, brilliant. She was amazing. And we got teamed up together when we auditioned. We had to audition as couples.
And I went out the back door and literally up the front door, coming up the stairs to the front door of the office was like every actor in L.A. I think I got cheers because of Shelley Long because she just, she really nailed that part right out of the bat. Yeah, brilliant. She was amazing. And we got teamed up together when we auditioned. We had to audition as couples.
I mean, I am always, always the worst. My first reaction to Shelley while we were auditioning was, oh, no, no, that's a bad, bad idea. Oh, really? Horrible? Yes, horrible. Why? Why? I just, I don't know. We're so different. Our styles, our approach, our everything is really different, which is why I think it worked because it was like this fair fight.