What was the occupation of Cliff Clavin in the American TV sitcom ?Cheers??
"Miller's character approaches a subject and says, ""My name is Michael Anthony, and I have been authorized to give you one million dollars!"" The man tears up the check, saying, ""My name is Mike Todd, and ""I don't need it!"""" In the sitcom ""Cheers"", the episode ""How to Marry a Mailman"" opens with Norm Peterson and Cliff Clavin explaining ""The Millionaire"" and its premise to multi-millionaire Robin Colcord in an effort to get Colcord to give them a million dollars. The 1983-84 ABC-TV series ""Lottery!"" also explored sudden wealth and its impacts upon its beneficiaries, as did the NBC-TV shows"
"Cliff Clavin Clifford C. ""Cliff"" Clavin, Jr. (born 1947 or 1949), is a fictional character on the American television show ""Cheers"" co-created (and played) by John Ratzenberger. A postal worker, he is the bar's know-it-all and was a contestant on the game show ""Jeopardy!"" Cliff was not originally scripted in the series' pilot episode, ""Give Me a Ring Sometime"", but the producers decided to add a know-it-all character and Ratzenberger helped flesh it out. The actor made guest appearances as Cliff on The Tortellis, ""St. Elsewhere"", ""Wings"" and ""Frasier"". The original script for the 1982 pilot, ""Give Me a Ring"
"What Is... Cliff Clavin? ""What Is... Cliff Clavin?"" is an eighth season episode of the American television series ""Cheers"". It was directed by Andy Ackerman rather than James Burrowswho directed 243 out of 273 episodes of the showand originally aired January 18, 1990 on NBC. In this episode, Cliff Clavin (John Ratzenberger) appears on the game show ""Jeopardy!"" and game show host Alex Trebek guest stars as himself. Cliff racks up an insurmountable lead during the game, only to lose it all in the final round. The episode received praise from critics for its concept and its guest star. Cliff"
"International, Inc.""). At one hearing, it ruled that ""federal copyright law"" did not necessarily override the California Celebrities Rights Act. At another, the 9th Circuit ordered a jury trial on the basis of publicity rights. The case resulted in an undisclosed 2001 settlement by the company. Cliff Clavin Clifford C. ""Cliff"" Clavin, Jr. (born 1947 or 1949), is a fictional character on the American television show ""Cheers"" co-created (and played) by John Ratzenberger. A postal worker, he is the bar's know-it-all and was a contestant on the game show ""Jeopardy!"" Cliff was not originally scripted in the series' pilot episode,"
"of Carla, who tries to kill him with a spear gun. Norm Peterson attends the retirement party of Cliff Clavin in ""Cheerful Goodbyes"". He meets up with Frasier at the party, and gets along famously with Martin as a fellow beer drinker. Frasier telephones Norm in the episode ""Three Dates and a Break Up"". Carla Tortelli was a waitress at Cheers. She appears in the episode ""Cheerful Goodbyes"" at Cliff Clavin's retirement party, ecstatic that Cliff is finally leaving Boston. She flies into a psychotic rage when Cliff announces he has decided to stay, thanks in part to Frasier. She"
"left Cliff and his mother years earlier when Cliff was still a child. Cliff later realizes that his father is a fraudster and a fugitive from justice, and will run off again. Cliff does not want to turn his father in; Cliff Sr. disappears, leaving his son devastated. In the 1993 series finale, Cliff finally receives a promotion. In ""The Show Where Sam Shows Up"" (1995), an episode of the ""Cheers"" spinoff ""Frasier"", Sam (Ted Danson) tells Frasier that Cliff has not left home since he read an article about flesh-eating bacteria; however, Sam then discovers that Cliff is one"
"He and Frasier reminisce about their past days at Cheers, but the more time they spend together, the more they realise they have nothing in common but memories. Realizing that, they part as friends, agreeing to meet once every five or ten (Frasier emphasizes ten) years. Cliff Clavin was in a season nine episode called ""Cheerful Goodbyes"" where Frasier returns to Boston for a convention and unwittingly stumbles on Cliff's retirement party, with Frasier too diplomatic to admit he had not come for the party. In a farewell speech, Frasier inadvertently convinces Cliff to stay in Boston, to the outrage"
"Sam's offer to be the bar's waitress to start over. In the original script the employees were the principal characters, and Norm and Cliff were not included. Later revisions added Norm and Cliff, and scenes were restructured and rewritten. Originally, ""Cheers"" set would be a hotel, but it was ultimately changed to a bar. Ratings were low when the episode first aired, but were moderately successful in reruns. It has been critically praised over the years, and earned its writers awards for Best Writing in 1983. As owner Sam Malone opens the Cheers bar, a professor Sumner Sloane (Michael McGuire)"
"book ""Brainiac"", noted that ""Jeopardy!""-related sitcom episodes had become common at the time. On the first episode of ""Jeopardy!"" season 31, which aired on September 15, 2014, ""Jeopardy!"" champion Elizabeth Williams echoed Cliff Clavin's answer in her response to the Final Jeopardy clue. Williams's $600 wager combined with her opponents' incorrect responses allowed Williams to triumph that day, nonetheless. The episode inspired the term ""Clavin's Rule"" in reference to maximizing all the winnings at the final round and losing them all. What Is... Cliff Clavin? ""What Is... Cliff Clavin?"" is an eighth season episode of the American television series ""Cheers""."
"45 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time. In 2002, ""Cheers"" was ranked No. 18 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time. In 2013, the Writers Guild of America ranked it as the eighth best written TV series and ""TV Guide"" ranked it #11 on their list of the 60 Greatest Shows of All Time. Before the ""Cheers"" pilot ""Give Me a Ring Sometime"" was completed and aired in 1982, the series originally consisted of four employees in the first script. Neither Norm Peterson nor Cliff Clavin, regular customers of Cheers, were featured; later revisions added"
"that a know-it-all character be added; this led to the creation of another character, Cliff Clavin. One character who was cut from the pilot episode was an unpleasant, racist, wheelchair-bound old woman named Mrs. Littlefield, supposedly a regular customer of Cheers, who was intended to be a recurring character. Her lines were filmed as part of a rough cut of the pilot. However, the producers decided to cut the character out of the episode, as they found her character did not mesh with other characters or with the overall tone of the show. Nevertheless, the uncredited actress who played her"
"is well-respected in the community. Cliff is married to Clair Huxtable. Both Cliff and Clair attended the fictional historically black college Hillman College. Together, they have five children: Sondra, Denise, Theodore (Theo), Vanessa, and Rudith (Rudy). Cliff enjoys live jazz, has an extensive collection of albums, and tries to eat junk food whenever he can get away with it. Cliff is very eccentric and silly to most people around him, especially his family, however he is very kind-hearted and an extremely dedicated father with a strong sense of humor. Although he and his wife fostered a tight-knit, loving family, a"
"John Ratzenberger John Dezso Ratzenberger (born April 6, 1947) is an American actor, voice actor, and entrepreneur. He played Cliff Clavin in the TV show ""Cheers"", for which he earned two Emmy nominations, and plays voice roles in Pixar Animation Studios' films, including Hamm in the ""Toy Story"" franchise, The Underminer in ""The Incredibles"" franchise, and Mack in the ""Cars"" franchise. He is the only actor to appear in all of Pixar's feature films, and with minor appearances in major films such as ""Superman"" and ""The Empire Strikes Back"", he is one of the most successful actors of all time"
"Leeves, David Hyde Pierce, Peri Gilpin, and John Mahoney. The show was critically acclaimed, with the show itself and the cast winning thirty-seven Emmy Awards, a record at the time for a scripted series. It also won the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series for five consecutive years. Psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane (Grammer) returns to his home town of Seattle, Washington, following the end of his marriage and his life in Boston (as seen in ""Cheers""). His plans for a new life as a bachelor are challenged when he is obliged to take in his father, Martin (Mahoney), a retired Seattle"
"was decided that a former baseball player (Sam ""Mayday"" Malone) would be more believable. Dryer, however, would go on to play sportscaster Dave Richards, an old friend of Sam, in three episodes. The character of Cliff Clavin was created for John Ratzenberger after he auditioned for the role of Norm Peterson, which eventually went to George Wendt. While chatting with producers afterward, he asked if they were going to include a ""bar know-it-all"", the part which he eventually played. Alley joined the cast when Shelley Long left, and Woody Harrelson joined when Nicholas Colasanto died. Danson, Perlman and Wendt were"
"such as alcoholism, homosexuality, and adultery."" Social class was a subtext of the show. The ""upper class"" – represented by characters like Diane Chambers, Frasier Crane and Lilith Sternin – rubbed shoulders with middle and working-class characters — Sam Malone, Carla Tortelli, Norm Peterson and Cliff Clavin. An extreme example of this was the relationship between Woody Boyd and a millionaire's daughter, Kelly Gaines. Many viewers enjoyed ""Cheers"" in part because of this focus on character development in addition to plot development. Feminism and the role of women were also recurring themes throughout the show, with some critics seeing each"
"cases, recurring characters have been given spin-off series of their own, such as Dr. Frasier Crane who originally was a recurring character on ""Cheers"". Kelsey Grammer, along with fellow recurring actor John Ratzenberger were hired for seven episodes, to play Frasier Crane and Cliff Clavin respectively. Cliff was scheduled to recur during the 1982-1983 season, Frasier to recur during 1984-1985 season. Both actors were subsequently upgraded to the main cast, and Crane continued in his own series following the end of ""Cheers"". On sketch comedy programs, recurring characters are generally a staple. For example, in the sketch comedy series ""Your"
"waitress Carla, bar tender Woody Boyd and manager Rebecca Howe work at the bar and deal with the patrons of the bar Norm Peterson, Cliff Clavin and Frasier Crane. The sitcom was the involved in the NBC Thursday night slot. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Cheers (season 9) The ninth season of ""Cheers"", an American television sitcom, originally aired on NBC in the United States between September 20, 1990, and May 3, 1991. The show was created by director James Burrows and writers Glen and Les Charles under production team Charles Burrows Charles Productions, in association with Paramount Television. Cheers is an award-winning sitcom"
"him in Cliff, the actor replied that although he was interested in fascinating facts the only part of Cliff in him was that they both wear white socks. Cliff appeared in 273 episodes of ""Cheers"" between 1982 and 1993. He also made guest appearances as an animated character (voiced by Ratzenberger) in ""The Simpsons"" episode ""Fear of Flying"", in The Tortellis episode ""Frankie Comes to Dinner, in the ""Wings"" episode """" and the ""Frasier"" episode ""Cheerful Goodbyes"". In 2014, Ratzenberger reprised his role as Cliff in the RadioShack Super Bowl XLVIII commercial ""The '80s Called"". Cliff is a postal worker,"
"Sam as a hostess/office manager. For the rest of the episode, to celebrate Sam's reclaiming the bar, a huge banner hung from the staircase, reading ""Under OLD Management""! Three men developed and created the ""Cheers"" television series: The Charles brothers—Glen and Les—and James Burrows, who identified themselves as ""two Mormons and a Jew."" They aimed at ""creating a show around a Spencer Tracy-Katharine Hepburn-type relationship"" between their two main characters, Sam Malone and Diane Chambers. Malone represents the average man, while Chambers represents class and sophistication. The show revolves around characters in a bar under ""humorous adult themes"" and ""situations."""
"that the federal copyright law does not trump the California Celebrities Rights Act. In another, the 9th Circuit ordered a jury trial on the basis of publicity rights. The case resulted in an undisclosed settlement in 2001 to the actors. Norm Peterson Hilary Norman Peterson is a character on the American television show ""Cheers"", portrayed by George Wendt. He is named Hilary after his grandfather. Norm appeared in all 275 episodes of ""Cheers"" between 1982–1993 and was initially the only customer featured in the main cast, later joined by Cliff Clavin, Frasier Crane, and Lilith Sternin. Along with Sam Malone"
"running gag throughout the series is his thwarted attempts to get the grown children to leave the house. Even when he succeeded at this, more issues would come, such as Sondra finally leaving to marry her husband Elvin, only to move into a squalid tenement (albeit with Cliff's full support as he and Clair struggled in the early years of their marriage), or Denise eloping with a Navy officer with a child from a prior marriage, and Cliff now acclimating to a blended family. Very playful, Cliff enjoys competition, often making bets with Clair over various things, such as the"
"with Norm Peterson ""superficial"" and unworthy of comparison with the relationship between Ralph Kramden (Jackie Gleason) and Ed Norton (Art Carney) on ""The Honeymooners"". According to an April 1–4, 1993 telephone survey of 1,011 people by the Times Mirror Center for the People and the Press (now the Pew Research Center), Sam Malone was voted a ""favorite character"" by twenty-six percent of respondents and Cliff Clavin by two percent. Choosing a character for a spinoff, 15 percent voted for Sam Malone, 29 percent opposed a character spinoff, and less than 10 percent voted for Cliff. Cliff's appearance on ""Jeopardy!"" in"
"(Robert Walden), a retired placekicker for the Philadelphia Eagles and owner of a sports bar called ""The Point After""; and the youngest brother, Cliff (Paul Regina), a sports journalism major and later, an aspiring chef. In the premiere episode, Cliff shocks his family when he runs away from the altar on his wedding day. Instead of getting married, Cliff reveals to his family that he is gay. The pilot and following episodes centered on the efforts of Joe and Lou coming to terms with Cliff's long-held secret of his true sexual orientation, with both coping in their own unique way."
"Norm Peterson Hilary Norman Peterson is a character on the American television show ""Cheers"", portrayed by George Wendt. He is named Hilary after his grandfather. Norm appeared in all 275 episodes of ""Cheers"" between 1982–1993 and was initially the only customer featured in the main cast, later joined by Cliff Clavin, Frasier Crane, and Lilith Sternin. Along with Sam Malone and Carla Tortelli, Norm is one of only three characters to appear in every episode of ""Cheers"". He also made one guest appearance each in the three other sitcoms set in the ""Cheers"" universe: the ""Frasier"" episode ""Cheerful Goodbyes,"" the"
"position, and was quickly accepted by the staff and regulars. He also developed a ""big brother/little brother"" relationship with Sam Malone, the owner of Cheers. In the coming years, he filled the void left by Coach and eventually married the wealthy Kelly Gaines (Jackie Swanson), overcoming her father's objections to Woody's lowly station in life as well as conflicting religious views: he's Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, she's ""Evangelical Lutheran Church of America"" (The episode uses ""of"" but the denomination is ""in America""). In the final season, Frasier Crane orchestrated an experiment that went awry and resulted in Woody's election to the"
"Cheers (season 9) The ninth season of ""Cheers"", an American television sitcom, originally aired on NBC in the United States between September 20, 1990, and May 3, 1991. The show was created by director James Burrows and writers Glen and Les Charles under production team Charles Burrows Charles Productions, in association with Paramount Television. Cheers is an award-winning sitcom that started in 1982. After originally having low ratings for its first season the show became a part of mainstream culture. The sitcom is set in a Boston bar where Sam Malone, a retired baseball pitcher, works/owns. He along with cocktail"
"Diane Chambers Diane Chambers is a fictional character in the American television situation comedy show ""Cheers"", portrayed by Shelley Long and created by Glen and Les Charles. After her fiancé Sumner Sloan abandons her in the Cheers bar in the pilot episode, Diane works as a bar waitress. She has an on-off relationship with the womanizing bartender Sam Malone (Ted Danson) and a one-year relationship with Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer), who later becomes a main character of the series and ""Frasier"". When Long left the series during the fifth season, the producers wrote her character out. Since then, they added"
"the chemistry between him and Shelley Long. The character then evolved into a former relief pitcher for the baseball team Boston Red Sox. To prepare for the role, Danson attended a bartending school in Burbank, California. Fred Dryer later appeared as Dave Richards, one of Sam Malone's friends and a sports commentator, in ""Cheers"". Danson said: Sam is ""athletically handsome"" and a womanizer who casually dates and has sex with various women—including ""women who want to have fun"". However, his relationships invariably fail. Les Charles said that Sam was a ""straight man"" to Diane; after Shelley Long's departure, he became"
"tensions between Harry ""Rabbit"" Angstrom and his son Nelson. Cheers (season 11) The eleventh and final season of Cheers, an American television sitcom, originally aired on NBC in the United States between September 24, 1992, and May 20, 1993. In Episode 8, Norm brings a Barcalounger into the bar for thanksgiving dinner. Joey and Chandler from the hit NBC sitcom ""Friends"" owned a set of Barcalounger recliners, which were often used as a plot device within the show. Elaine and Jerry from the hit NBC sitcom ""Seinfeld"" made love on a Barcalounger recliner. In the ""Call Me Irresponsible"" episode of"
"Norm Peterson, the first onscreen customer to enter the bar and who ""[badgered] Diane rather than the other way around."" Show co-creator Les Charles stated that the character was based on a frequent customer he met in a bar when Charles was its bartender during college. Meanwhile, Ratzenberger suggested to the producers that a know-it-all character should be added, resulting in Cliff Clavin. Norm's entrance into the bar is a running gag on ""Cheers"", typically beginning with a greeting by Norm. This is followed by the bar crowd yelling his name (except Diane Chambers, who would follow with a more"
"of life for the everyday American. Although the lessons seem harsh, Cliff makes it clear that his instruction is an attempt to convince him that it is important to try his best. Cliff is troubled upon meeting Denise's (Lisa Bonet) latest admirer (Todd Hollowell) who is a former merchant marine and Turkish prisoner. Clair Huxtable, an attorney, and her children are having dinner at home. Clair is upset with Theo due to the poor grades on his recent report cards. His younger sister Vanessa was trying to get Theo in trouble for throwing food at her as well. Dr. Cliff"
"of the original TV series, the play was adapted by Erik Forrest Jackson. It is produced by Troika/Stageworks. The director was Matt Lenz. It starred Grayson Powell as ""Sam Malone,"" Jillian Louis as ""Diane Chambers,"" Barry Pearl as ""Ernie 'Coach' Pantusso,"" Sarah Sirotta as ""Carla Tortelli,"" Paul Vogt as ""Norm Peterson"", and Buzz Roddy as ""Cliff Clavin."" The production is scheduled to tour through 2017. Cheers Cheers is an American sitcom that ran on NBC from September 30, 1982, to May 20, 1993, with a total of 275 half-hour episodes for eleven seasons. The show was produced by Charles/Burrows/Charles Productions"