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New York Post
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
George Wendt reunited with ‘Cheers' co-stars Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson before his death
George Wendt celebrated 'Cheers' in his final public appearance before his death. The actor appeared on his former co-stars Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson's podcast, 'Where Everybody Knows Your Name,' in Aug. 2024, nine months before he died at age 76. During the episode, Wendt recalled how he landed the role of Norm Peterson on the beloved sitcom. Advertisement 11 Ted Danson, John Ratzenberger, George Wendt, Woody Harrelson in 'Cheers.' ©NBC/Courtesy Everett Collection 'My agent called and said, 'You know, honey, they want you to do this 'Cheers,'' said Wendt. 'Now you're not available,' because I had this other show ['Making the Grade'] at Paramount for CBS. Then they go, 'But they want you to come in anyway, and it's really small, though.' I go, 'Oh, okay.'' 11 George Wendt on Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson's podcast. TeamCoco/YouTube Advertisement 11 Ted Danson on the podcast in August 2024. TeamCoco/YouTube 11 Woody Harrelson chatting with his 'Cheers' co-stars. TeamCoco/YouTube Wendt explained that he initially auditioned to just say one word in the pilot episode. But the casting team wanted more from him and he ultimately secured the role of Norm after another audition. 'I read it and then they decided they were going to try to make it work out where I could do both shows, and then the other show got canceled,' Wendt shared. Advertisement 11 George Wendt at the 2016 Chiller Theater Expo in New Jersey. WireImage 'Cheers' aired on NBC from 1982 to 1993. The cast also included Danson, 77, as Sam Malone, Harrelson, 63, as Woody Boyd, Shelley Long as Diane Chambers, Nicholas Colasanto as Coach Ernie Pantusso, Rhea Perlman as Carla Tortelli, and more. Wendt became a fan favorite, scoring six Emmy nominations for Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his role as Norm. Advertisement 11 George Wendt poses for a portrait in 1983. Getty Images 11 The cast of 'Cheers' during an episode in 1988. NBCUniversal via Getty Images 11 George Wendt, Ted Danson in 'Cheers.' ©NBC/Courtesy Everett Collection Two months before his podcast appearance, Wendt participated in a comedy sketch at the Big Slick Celebrity Weekend in Kansas City, Missouri alongside his real-life nephew, 'Ted Lasso' actor Jason Sudeikis. 11 George Wendt performs onstage during 2024 Big Slick Celebrity Weekend. Getty Images Wendt also attended the 75th annual Primetime Emmy Awards in January 2024 for an iconic 'Cheers' reunion that also featured Danson, Perlman, Kelsey Grammer and John Ratzenberger. At a pre-Emmy party, Wendt was seen with a cane and getting help walking from Sudeikis, 49. 11 John Ratzenberger and George Wendt at the Emmy Awards in January 2024. REUTERS Advertisement The Post confirmed that Wendt died 'peacefully in his sleep' on Tuesday morning. 'George was a doting family man, a well-loved friend and confidant to all of those lucky enough to have known him,' the family rep's told The Post in a statement. 'He will be missed forever. The family has requested privacy during this time.' 11 George Wendt at Sirius XM Annual Celebrity Fantasy Football Draft in 2012. Getty Images for Sirius XM Radio Danson said in a statement to The Post that he was 'devastated' over Wendt's death. Advertisement 'It is going to take me a long time to get used to this. I love you, Georgie,' the 'Good Place' actor said. Perlman, for her part, told The Post: 'George Wendt was the sweetest, kindest man I ever met. It was impossible not to like him.'
Indian Express
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Indian Express
Resurfaced clip shows Conan O'Brien freezing as tarantula crawls on his wrist in hilarious moment with Coyote Peterson
An old Conan O'Brien clip has resurfaced recently –and it is sending shivers (and laughs) across the Internet again. This particular moment from eight years ago captures the late-night television icon facing down two giant, nightmare-inducing spiders brought on the set by wildlife educator Coyote Peterson. The segment starts with Peterson introducing the Goliath bird-eater tarantula – yes, it is as terrifying as it sounds – and casually placing it right on Conan's wrist. The host, frozen stiff and wide-eyed, could have passed for a mannequin. 'Does it have venom in it right now?' Conan asked nervously, to which Peterson calmly replied, 'Yeah, and big fangs. Enormous fangs.' Things only escalated from this point on. Out came another creature: a vinegaroon, a bizarre, scorpion-like arachnid. Without hesitation, Peterson positioned it right beside the tarantula on the same wrist. 'Why would you put that near the other one?!' Conan exclaimed, clearly trying to keep it together. The audience burst into laughter as he later added, 'I have never been this still in my entire life.' A post shared by Team Coco (@teamcoco) In the full version of the video, available on YouTube, Peterson also placed the vinegaroon on actor-musician Jeff Goldblum, who was another guest that night. His reaction too was along expected lines. Recently reposted by Team Coco with the caption, 'This is the most calm he's ever been,' the video has drawn over 200,000 views and counting. The comments are a mix of fascination, fear, and fond nostalgia. A user wrote, 'I've been a tarantula lover since childhood. My parents weren't afraid of bugs, so I guess I wasn't either. They are about as venomous as a honey bee and extremely fragile because they move with hydraulic pressure. I used to dress mine up in Barbie clothes. She was so kind and tolerant of my grubby kid hands. I surprised her once and she bit me, and it resulted in a small bump that hurt for about a half hour. I know most people are deeply afraid anyway.' Another user wrote, 'I stopped breathing while watching this.' A third person commented, 'Knowing me I'd have a sneeze at this very moment.' A fourth individual added, 'Animal segments on Conan was always gold. Loved the one where one of the animals got spooked and triggered a series of events that led to chaos.' For those unfamiliar, Conan O'Brien is a towering figure in American comedy. With a career spanning nearly three decades in late-night television – from Late Night with Conan O'Brien to Conan on TBS — he is known for his razor-sharp wit and unmatched ability to riff with guests. Beyond the talk show circuit, he has also made his mark as a comedy writer for The Simpsons and Saturday Night Live, and even hosted the Emmy Awards and the Oscars.
Buzz Feed
29-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Benji And Joel Madden Shared Rare Comments About Their Wives Cameron Diaz And Nicole Richie, And Now My Heart Is Going To Explode
You know Benji and Joel Madden of Good Charlotte. Well, you might not know that the twin emo pop-punk trailblazers are happily married husbands of two superstar women — Cameron Diaz and Nicole Richie. Benji and Cameron have been married since 2015, and they share two children: daughter Raddix, 5, and son Cardinal, 11 months. Nicole and Joel have been married since 2010, and they share two children: daughter Harlow, 17, and son Sparrow, 15. Can we take a beat to recognize how badass these Madden children's names are? Raddix? Sparrow? Cardinal? Harlow? In an appearance on the eternal smoke show Rob Lowe's SiriusXM's Literally! With Rob Lowe Show, Benji and Joel shared super comments about their marriage to two of Hollywood's most fabulously relevant women. Rob started the discussion by saying, "All three of us married to strong women. When you think about all of our similarities, [they're] like core stuff about how we view life, how we view success, what we want to do with our time, how we wanna invest in others, and what's important to us. A lot of people have different values." Rob has been married to Sheryl Berkoff since 1991. They have two sons, Matthew Edward, and actor John Owen Lowe. Benji agreed with Rob's assertion that they're all married to strong women. "I think also too, when you think about the powerful women that are just these forces of nature – I think all of our wives are interesting in the fact that they also don't want to be with a pushover guy," he added. "They still need a strong counterpart, but you have to also not have the ego." Joel chimed in, "We all respect our wives. They are absolutely our counterparts, and we all have a healthy fear of our wives. I don't know if I ever thought someone could keep me. It's not that I was a relationship guy, but then I met Nicole and she absolutely runs the show. But we are partners." Joel continued, "So there's aspects that I run, but there's a whole part of my life that would not work if she wasn't there running it. And she gave me a way deeper, richer life because of the aspects of my life that she oversees, and vice versa. I think we work together, but she's strong. I respect her and fear her a little bit." "It's more than just a part of your life," Benji included. "It's a whole foundation. Like Cameron, when we met, it was like the world just went like this [right side up.]" Team Coco / Rob jumped in, saying, "They're formidable. You don't wanna fuck with them. I want no part of running a foul of any of our three wives." Ugh, I'm obsessed. Get you a twin pop-punk rockstar that talks about you on podcasts like the boys of Good Charlotte talk about their wives. 🎶 These girls like these boys... Like these boys like these girls... 🎶 🎶 The girls that are mommies... Donato Sardella Like boys who... are the fathers of their children??🎶 Nevermind. I tried to make my own version of Good Charlotte's 2002 hit " Girls & Boys" work. If you want to hear the brothers and Rob have a great conversation about male friendships, music, and more about their wives — check out the full interview here.
Forbes
24-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Conan O'Brien's Mark Twain Prize Ceremony Is A Spicy, Politically Charged Affair
Mark Twain would be proud. Conan O'Brien accepted the 26th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at a star-studded gala at the Kennedy Center on March 23 that was sillier, spicier and, as the first major event at the Kennedy Center since President Donald Trump took office again and took over the chairmanship of the vaunted cultural bastion, more politically charged than previous years. In the second of a new multiyear distribution deal with Netflix, audiences will get to witness much of the roasting and toasting when the streamer begins airing the event on May 4. Comedy giants Bill Burr, Stephen Colbert, Will Ferrell, Nikki Glaser, Seth Herzog, David Letterman, Tracy Morgan, John Mulaney, Kumail Nanjiani, Adam Sandler, Sarah Silverman and Reggie Watts were on hand to fete the man who counts late-night host—The Max Weinberg 7, the band for 17 years of 'Late Night With Conan O'Brien,' were on stage throughout—"Saturday Night Live' and 'Simpsons' scribe, and current purveyor of Team Coco among his comedic dynasty. Video appearances by Bill Hader and Martin Short, Paul Rudd and Fred Armisen, who crushed it reoccurring in a variety of roles, peppered the proceedings. And not to be outdone, so did some of O'Brien's infamous sidekicks and creations including Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, Cocaine Bear and PimpBot. Aside from O'Brien's profound acceptance speech, in which he brought the spirit of Twain into the room, noting, 'One cannot invoke Twain without understanding who he was and what he stood for,' here are some of the standout moments of the night: · John Mulaney joking that the Center, which bears the name of former President John F. Kennedy, would be renamed after Roy Cohn, the political operator who helped lead Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist investigations in the '50s, who served as an early Trump lawyer. · After Kumail Nanjiani shared his introduction to America when he came to the States as a college student—'The first thing I saw on TV was a masturbating bear. And I remember thinking, I think I'm going to like it here,' he said… And then [I think] nothing represents America better than an unbelievably powerful predator pleasuring itself on television, delivering a 'Twain Talk' that compared the credit O'Brien receives for writing for 'The Simpsons'—O'Brien's name gets brought up 93% of the time people talk about writers for the show, vs his actual contribution—O'Brien wrote three of 781 episodes, 'a whopping 0.38%,' he deadpanned. · Silverman reminiscing about an appearance on O'Brien's show. 'They wrote a bit where he interviews Hitler, who comes on because he's embarrassed because he's being compared to Donald Trump, and they cast me as Hitler. And it's this way of thinking that makes Conan great. Again,' she said. 'I just really miss the days when you were America's only orange asshole.' · David Letterman musing, 'The Mark Twain Prize... let me just say one thing. I'm not a historian but I believe history will show, in history for all time, this will have been the most entertaining gathering of the resistance, ever.' · Stephen Colbert, who engaged in his tribute while eating a succession of spicier wings with Hot Ones founder Sean Evans, noting that 'in light of the new administration of the Kennedy Center, these are all right wings.' · Bill Burr waxing poetic about DC. 'Nothing says comedy like the free-flowing creative vibes of the District of Columbia,' he ribbed. 'I don't know what it is. There's something about staring and prolonging wars while crushing the working man for your own self-interest that really inspires all who gather on this furrowed ground. I always found this place weird. I was in Georgetown today, which is oddly quaint while sort of feeling like slavery is still legal. But lonely ay at a stage level. Like weed.' · Tracy Morgan noting both he and O'Brien watched a lot of television and old movies when they were kids. 'I used to stay inside because I was in the projects in the Bronx and I didn't want to get shot,' he said. 'Conan, on the other hand, would stay inside and watch TV because he wasn't allowed to go out in the sun.'
