He recognizes Cheers as the foundational platform that enabled all of their subsequent careers.

“without cheers I would not have be sitting here talking to you guys I would not be do pretty much doing anything in my career it was such an amazing platform for us to jump off of that's what the everybody knows your name they bured our careers”

John Ratzenberger believes that the Cheers writing staff consistently produced unpredictable scripts that were enjoyable for the cast to discover during weekly read-throughs.

“I never opened it I would go in to work with you guys not having read the script and so I could just so every time you turn the page it was like a little Christmas present”