Ted Danson Says Cast Wanted to Kick Woody Harrelson’s ‘Ass’ On ‘Cheers’ Set

Woody Harrelson turned public enemy primary when he walked onto the “Cheers” set, and everybody wished to “kick his ass” … so says the present’s star, Ted Danson.

Ted and Woody sat down for an interview on the “Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend Podcast” to debate “Cheers” … and, they dove into Woody becoming a member of the present throughout season 4 as the brand new bartender — additionally named Woody.

Ted says nobody actually had an issue with Woody … besides he occurred to be about 10 years youthful than the remainder of the solid — and, they determined to attempt to knock the man down just a few pegs.

TD says they weren’t hazing Woody however the entire solid “wanted to kick his ass in anything we could find.” Principally, WH had a goal on his again as quickly as he began sprucing glasses on the present.

Danson says the solid first tried to beat him in basketball — a plan any fan of “White Men Can’t Jump” will inform you backfired. They tried arm wrestling and even common wrestling too. No such luck.

The “Cheers” workforce even traded within the bodily for the psychological — difficult Woody to chess — however could not beat him there both. In the long run, they stopped difficult him to video games … and determined to simply prank him as a substitute.

Ted says from then on, anybody who had a imply prank thought determined to apply it to Woody … which, once more, Danson says wasn’t hazing however sounds rather a lot prefer it to us.

Clearly, no onerous emotions between Woody and Ted on the very least … ‘trigger the 2 are doing a podcast collectively recounting their experiences on “Cheers” known as “Where Everybody Knows Your Name” — so the 2 nonetheless get alongside properly.