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John Ratzenberger played 'Cheers' regular Cliff Clavin for 11 years and he would've gone on longer had others not decided it was time to end the show.

When 'Cheers' was ending, Bebe Neuwirth reflected on some of the heavy moments in Lilith's life she got to play on the TV comedy.

'Cheers' hoped to land Richard Burton for an episode and went so far as to write a role for him. Alas, they ended up having to cast someone else when Burton passed.

The 'Night Court' revival still has the classic theme song. However, the new modern version was composed by John Larroquette's musician son.

'Cheers' is one of NBC's greatest legacy shows. Before it became that, the network considered changing the show's now-famous title.

Melsisa Rauch speaks to Showbiz Cheat Sheet about her 'Night Court' 'newboot' including her new character, the return of John Larroquette and the mystery of Bull.

The creators of 'Cheers' asked Lucille Ball to play Diane (Shelley Long)'s mother in their first season. As a veteran to the new kids on the block, Ball did not let them down gently.

'Cheers' writer Ken Levine reminisced about Kirstie Alley after her death, and shared how she acknowledged the Shelley Long sized elephant in the room on her first day.

'Cheers' writer Ken Levine doesn't think much of guest star Wade Boggs, but his outrageous comments gave him an inside joke with Kirstie Alley.

'Cheers' writer Ken Levine reveals the show was almost pressured by NBC to add another character to help sagging ratings. Here's who he would've been.

'Cheers' writer Ken Levine co-wrote an episode that was supposed to guest star Larry Bird. When Bird bailed, they had to find a replacement and rewrite the script accordingly.

'Groundhog Day' director Harold Ramis once responded to religious groups who stood outside theaters showing the film in 1993 holding signs.

Sam Malone (Ted Danson) had a subtle behavior for 11 seasons of 'Cheers'. Writer Ken Levine explained how they came up with Sam's habit of cutting lemons all day.

'Cheers' writer Ken Levine discussed writing jokes about Kirstie Alley's breasts, with her permission, of course.

'Cheers' was the bar 'where everybody knows your name' but the creators first thought of two other locations for their show before the bar.

'Cheers' star Ted Danson reflected on his character, Sam Malone, upon the series finale and determined he'd been playing a rather unhappy characters by season 11.

'Cheers' poured nonalcoholic beer on the set, but they didn't make taps for nonalcoholic beer. George Wendt reveals the prop team's inventive concoction to give 'Cheers' a beer tap.

Debbie Allen and Jasmine Guy reveal how 'A Different World' could have continued as a Whitley/Dwayne spinoff, but Guy had reasons not to continue.

'Cheers' creators Les Charles, James Burrows and writer Ken Levine reveal which episode they actually filmed last after the actual series finale.

'Cheers' star George Wendt discusses his interactions with fans, who know his name isn't really Norm, but because of the show they may still shout out 'Norm.'