tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post6464786775189054714..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: The night the last CHEERS airedBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-7146645446841599972010-08-16T19:27:39.426-07:002010-08-16T19:27:39.426-07:00Sadly, I am too late to see this.
I didn't se...Sadly, I am too late to see this.<br /><br />I didn't see it the night it aired, either.<br /><br />At the time, we were living on the north shore (Salem, I'm fairly sure - it seemed as if it were Lynn but we only lived there one year, and I've already forgotten what year the finale was. okay, now that I know - Salem)<br /><br />We heard about it later but pretty much, we just didn't stay up to see the Tonight Show. Ho Hum.<br />Oops.Pamela Jayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06135379188588301400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-43449507823750170512008-05-13T23:48:00.000-07:002008-05-13T23:48:00.000-07:00Here's a clip I found, enjoy!http://www.dailymotio...Here's a clip I found, enjoy!<BR/><BR/>http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4i9dSuzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667332171842594950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-80449663526123956062008-04-29T07:59:00.000-07:002008-04-29T07:59:00.000-07:00Hi KenI remember the final episode of Cheers being...Hi Ken<BR/><BR/>I remember the final episode of Cheers being broadcast in the UK only a few days after it's US showing.<BR/><BR/>I watched Cheers from episode one -as an 8 year old - and never missed a beat and you bet I was there to say goodbye in '93.<BR/><BR/>As I recall, as the minutes ticked by, I felt a real sense of sadness kick in, and by the end of the show, and it's little message, I realised that this TV show hs become a part of my life.<BR/><BR/>I still miss it.<BR/><BR/>Thank you, Ken.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-56187353421373779932008-04-02T18:16:00.000-07:002008-04-02T18:16:00.000-07:00"You were a successful deejay, you've written and ..."You were a successful deejay, you've written and directed some of the most successful TV shows in history, you've done Major League Baseball play-by-play and now you're hooked up on Dodger Talk."<BR/><BR/>And you still find the time to write inspirational notes to yourself...;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-71057544241253629662008-04-01T23:48:00.000-07:002008-04-01T23:48:00.000-07:00Hail to all of thee. I have interviewed three Chee...Hail to all of thee. <BR/><BR/>I have interviewed three Cheers writers and one of it's directors and would 'do' them all if I had the chance. I tried reaching David Lloyd, but he doesn't do that sort of thing. Instead I got a postcard with a very nice quote regarding the last Cheers episode: "If Ted Danson hadn't decided he wanted to do something else, we all could have made some good money for two more years." But than he wouldn't have written those great Frasier episodes. You gotta love that man.Ger Apeldoornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03633862833036214748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-65888681864276911152008-04-01T22:11:00.000-07:002008-04-01T22:11:00.000-07:00Hey Puddles,I agree this was nice. But don’t thin...Hey Puddles,<BR/>I agree this was nice. But don’t think of it as a Prince of the City Moment, think of it as a Sarah Jessica Parker Sex <I>and</I> the City moment. <BR/><BR/>I remember when a bar about a quarter mile away in Park Square named <I>Three</I> Cheers,” suddenly popped up with the same font. I think Tom Kershaw had Richard Villerino throw Paramount lawyers at them until the awning came down like within a week.<BR/><BR/>I still have: 3 Cheers ashtrays, 2 matchboxes, 1 shotglass and about 2,000 cocktail napkins (I don’t know what we're saving those for? Maybe in case Sherry Lansing drops in unexpected, I can run out to Hickory Farms, pick up a cheese log and make a really great impression?) Also one pristine, never worn, but yellowing, size large, long sleeved baseball style Cheers T-shirt (TM Hampshire House Corp./Paramount Pictures Corp.). I’m pretty sure you’d be an XL, but you can have it if you want. I’m not really a long-sleeved T-shirt kind of guy. Mostly because I’ve got the kind of arms that when I roll the sleeves up, they tend to roll right back down again on their own.<BR/><BR/>My personal Princey moment, just up the hill from the Bull & Finch, was being seen on television walking down a flight of stairs in front of Paul Newman. I I watched it with my wife and said, “Gee, I look a little self-conscious, don’t I?” She said, “Didn’t you notice nobody was looking at <I>you</I>.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-24620719253462330842008-04-01T20:52:00.000-07:002008-04-01T20:52:00.000-07:00Thanks yet again for sharing. Your stories about ...Thanks yet again for sharing. Your stories about your stories are treasures.<BR/><BR/>Could you please write of the feeling(s) you had when you realized you had made your final contribution to either Cheers or M*A*S*H? In this post, I'm guessing you had been done with the show for weeks, if not months by airtime. <BR/><BR/>For me, when the shows I was a part of wrapped their final meetings before actual production, I was at my saddest point. That was the point when my input was pretty much complete.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, again.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16319690044288756631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-81899071344333572542008-04-01T20:46:00.000-07:002008-04-01T20:46:00.000-07:00Ken:Do you think it can be again? Do you think we...Ken:<BR/><BR/>Do you think it can be again? Do you think we will have another Cheers, Taxi, Mary Tyler Moore run of good sitcoms?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-40789382261133644122008-04-01T17:23:00.000-07:002008-04-01T17:23:00.000-07:00Ken, I was just walking up Beacon Street yesterday...Ken, I was just walking up Beacon Street yesterday, and I noticed people taking pictures of the bar; they come from all around. You've given the panhandlers a place to hit up the unsuspecting tourists...so now they leave me alone. I appreciate that.Eric Weinsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09584879315449798212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-20206661644304117402008-04-01T12:36:00.000-07:002008-04-01T12:36:00.000-07:00Yes I do feel INCREDIBLY blessed.Yes I do feel INCREDIBLY blessed.By Ken Levinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-4781912569089501032008-04-01T12:26:00.000-07:002008-04-01T12:26:00.000-07:00Speaking of blessed guys,Frasier's "Room Service" ...Speaking of blessed guys,<BR/><BR/>Frasier's "Room Service" ran on Lifetime this morning. Makes me laugh hard every time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-62888326211335373762008-04-01T11:53:00.000-07:002008-04-01T11:53:00.000-07:00The Bull & Finch was one of my favorite hangouts w...The Bull & Finch was one of my favorite hangouts when I went to Emerson College in the late 70's. I loved Cheers, but I'll never forgive you guys for transforming a great neighborhood bar into a franchise of cheesy airport venues.<BR/><BR/>Bah!Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00648438549121320566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-78188600796810967492008-04-01T11:29:00.000-07:002008-04-01T11:29:00.000-07:00Wasn't the final "Letterman" opening- a re-use of ...Wasn't the final "Letterman" opening- a re-use of one of the openings for a Letterman anniversary show that aired in the "Cheers" slot- a couple years earlier?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-41449000598291879542008-04-01T11:27:00.000-07:002008-04-01T11:27:00.000-07:00"You were a successful deejay, you've written and ..."You were a successful deejay, you've written and directed some of the most successful TV shows in history, you've done Major League Baseball play-by-play and now you're hooked up on Dodger Talk."<BR/><BR/>What's the problem, Levine? Why can't you hold a job???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-19281247181647218272008-04-01T09:19:00.000-07:002008-04-01T09:19:00.000-07:00CHEERS for this - love the blogCHEERS for this - love the blogAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-76849529842503564962008-04-01T09:00:00.001-07:002008-04-01T09:00:00.001-07:00I saw the finale's original broadcast. By then I h...I saw the finale's original broadcast. By then I had become tired of all the various Rebecca plotlines, although I still enjoyed what happened with Carla, Cliff, Norm, and of course Frasier and Lilith. I agree that in the finale Shelley was not especially Diane-like. <BR/><BR/>Was it that episode, or the one the previous week, in which Sam showed Carla his toupee?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-37237305412939387962008-04-01T09:00:00.000-07:002008-04-01T09:00:00.000-07:00i think the Cheers last episode is one of the best...i think the Cheers last episode is one of the best final episodes ever. yeah, NBC hyped it into the stratosphere, but the quiet, melancholy ending seemed perfect to me--a bunch of witty people (and Woody) sitting around talking.<BR/><BR/>i thought Sam straightening the pic of Tcumseh was touching, and then just going into the darkness was spot-on perfect.<BR/><BR/>but of course that wasn't really the final Cheers, since the whole cast (and bar!) appeared in the cold opening to Letterman's last NBC show a month later.rob!https://www.blogger.com/profile/17556471244882205031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-29482508341454063002008-04-01T08:20:00.000-07:002008-04-01T08:20:00.000-07:00All these years later, I still think Cheers is the...All these years later, I still think Cheers is the best sitcom of all time. I especially loved that last season when you seemed to pull out all the stops and just go with total anarchy, from the "Did Cliff Kill Ma Clavin"? episode to Carla's fling with John Allen Hill. And of course the much awaited return of Nick Tortelli.<BR/><BR/>I watched that finale in repeats a while back, spread out over three nights, of course. Not to pick on her, but Shelley Long seemed really off. Like a dinner theatre actress playing Shelley Long playing Diane Chambers (especially noticeable after watching some earlier episodes and realizing how good she was the first five years). Was she uncomfortable being back in a place where she was, um, less than beloved? Or was she just out of practice playing the part?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-65475753496185991692008-04-01T07:28:00.000-07:002008-04-01T07:28:00.000-07:00Although you were gone from the show for several y...Although you were gone from the show for several years, any similar stories about the M*A*S*H finale from a decade earlier (other than that little idea of putting several of the characters back together at a Midwestern military hospital?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-65278072040063953482008-04-01T06:43:00.000-07:002008-04-01T06:43:00.000-07:00Here's a sincere question. It's something I've tho...Here's a sincere question. It's something I've thought about a lot.<BR/><BR/>You were a successful deejay, you've written and directed some of the most successful TV shows in history, you've done Major League Baseball play-by-play and now you're hooked up on Dodger Talk.<BR/><BR/>Ken, your enormous and varied talents are obvious. But do you ever feel you are blessed beyond all reason?<BR/><BR/>Respectfully...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-63504754660470287262008-04-01T06:39:00.000-07:002008-04-01T06:39:00.000-07:00Hi,Just found your blog and think it's great. Abou...Hi,Just found your blog and think it's great. <BR/>About The Big Puddle to End All Ego - these natural acts of man, weather and animals always seem to impose on my personal narrative when big thigs happen, good or bad. Like when I failed my driving test after being asked to reverse around the corner, hitting the curb and squaking that I must have "killed a cat, I've killed a cat - Oh God I've killed a cat"... "That was the curb, Miss Brown"<BR/>After he gave me my big Failed sheet with all teh crosses on it I had to get into the passenger seat to be driven home by a qualified driver and promptly stepped in dog poo. Could have been another disgruntled failuire who encourage their dog to do do at the DVDL (department of vehicle drivers licences)- but then again it may have just been kismet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-30005125091321162402008-04-01T06:33:00.000-07:002008-04-01T06:33:00.000-07:00so...i tried to find the Tonight Show on youtube a...so...i tried to find the Tonight Show on youtube and failed. anyone have tips for me?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-70382686867915413752008-04-01T05:15:00.000-07:002008-04-01T05:15:00.000-07:00Out in the video collector's circuit is the raw sa...Out in the video collector's circuit is the raw satellite feed of that TONIGHT SHOW broadcast.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-25489381430965126162008-04-01T04:51:00.000-07:002008-04-01T04:51:00.000-07:00Or was it one of those wool, non-waterproof coats?...Or was it one of those wool, non-waterproof coats? In which case, nevermind.Alan Sepinwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-87459393333401927202008-04-01T04:44:00.000-07:002008-04-01T04:44:00.000-07:00Hail to thee, Prince of the City.And yet, at least...<I>Hail to thee, Prince of the City.</I><BR/><BR/>And yet, at least you were wearing that trenchcoat. The normal way the universe works is that you would have been in a t-shirt and jeans, and if you had a coat or an umbrella or something else, there would have been no water-related mishaps.<BR/><BR/>I loved everything about that finale night, both the episode itself -- still one of the few great finales for a great series -- and the drunken Leno trainwreck.Alan Sepinwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.com