I know that George Wendt and Shelley Long were comedians.
And that Rhea Perlman was an actress.


There's a differnce between the two.
Now Im just wondering -- who could make jokes on their own -- and who just used the ones they got??

I think Ted Danson was more of an actor. I was reading through the Cheers scrapbook today and Shelley said that Ted was really nervous during auditions because he couldn't improvise. So I'm guessing he stuck to the script most of the time.

wait a minute, Shelley was a comedienne and not an actress? I would've thought it was the other way around.

Originally posted by Brian Damage
wait a minute, Shelley was a comedienne and not an actress? I would've thought it was the other way around.

She worked on Second City with George Wendt.



And about Kirstie Alley -- Cheers' was her first comedic role.

I didn't know that.