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Ted Danson Admits He Was Always Trying to 'Outdo' Woody Harrelson When He First Joined Cheers

Ted Danson opened up about the competition he felt with Woody Harrelson when the latter joined 'Cheers' during its fourth season.

Ted Danson opened up in the new episode of his podcast about how he felt a rivalry with Woody Harrelson when the latter joined Cheers in season 4 Danson said he would try to "outdo" his costar whenever he could, but it ultimately proved fruitless Harrelson said he nonetheless only has good memories of joining the show Burrows, 84, spoke about how Harrelson joined the series as Woody Boyd(a character name chosen well before he was cast) in season 4 after Nicholas Colasanto, who played Coach the bartender, died in 1985. When it became blatantly clear we couldn't beat him in anything — basketball, arm wrestling, whatever, chess — all of a sudden it was like, well, practical jokes.” If he had the idea for a joke when he was around castmates George Wendt, John Ratzenberger and Kelsey Grammer, he’d think, “I have to wait for Woody.

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