“That was nuts because they came so close,” the actor behind Cliff Clavin said.
John Ratzenbergerrecalled an alarming encounter with aCheersfan during an interview with theStill Here Hollywoodpodcast.
“There was one audience member I remember just watching,” the actor behind Cliff Clavin remembered.
John Ratzenberger on ‘Cheers’; John Ratzenberger in 2020.Credit:Gary Null/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty; Rich Fury/Getty
“And so I’m just looking at the audience as the show’s going on.”
“I said, ‘That seem odd to you?'”
he remembered telling the head of security.
Woody Harrelson as Woody Boyd, Ted Danson as Sam Malone, John Ratzenberger as Cliff Clavin, Rhea Perlman as Carla Tortelli, George Wendt as Norm Peterson on ‘Cheers’.NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty
“So he went and checked it out.”
Security’s investigation revealed that the suspicious character had a disturbing item concealed by his clothing.
“It was creepy.
So they got rid of him.”
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The actor said he never received any further information about the incident.
“I never heard anything else about it,” he said.
“But that was nuts because they came so close.
But he just didn’t seem right.
Just, ‘Something’s wrong there.'”
Ratzenberger also recalled a startling encounter with a fan in public.
“And it was at this public market.
She pulled my arm at the elbow.
Well, now the baby’s fallen.”
Fortunately, the actor’s reflexes were quick enough to avoid catastrophe.
“I was fast enough to catch it with the other arm,” he said.
So you don’t watch my show ever again.
That was the scariest moment I think I ever had.
I never paid it much mind."
Ratzenberger said that fan interactions can be irritating sometimes, but he’s come to expect such inconveniences.
“There’s annoying parts,” he said.
“But that’s gonna happen.
See, it goes along with the territory too.
You gotta understand.
This is the jungle you’re walking through.
Now you gotta figure it out.”
“Nobody ever showed up at the door,” he said.
“Nothing like that.
I always had dogs, anyway, hoping they’d show up.”
Watch Ratzenberger discuss theCheerssamurai superfan in the clip above.
