Ted Danson reveals he turned down bigger role in Frasier 'several times'
The pair famously shared the screen in iconic 80s sitcom Cheers, where Ted starred as bar owner Sam Malone, opposite his former colleague's efforts as stuffy psychiatrist Frasier Crane.
After Kelsey landed his very own spin-off, the Good Place star reprised his role for a one-off episode, which aired in 1995.
However, popping up on the Howie Mandel Does Stuff podcast, the 77-year-old opened up about why his brief stint in season two didn't lead to something more regular.
'He asked me several times, over the years, to be part of it, and I didn't,' he told the host. 'Not because I was angry at Kelsey or anything, mostly because I didn't know how to…
'How the f**k do you play Sam Malone in his 60s or now 70s?
'It's amusing to be an aging adolescent when you're in your 30s, 40s, but not when you're in your 70s. So I thought, I don't know how to do that.
'It wouldn't be the Cheers writers … I would have felt at sea. I wouldn't know how to do it. That's why I said no.'
Host Howie then questioned Ted on his tumultuous friendship with Kelsey over the years, and the latter's recent remarks that they had been 'talking about a couple of ideas', including something on the recently-canceled Frasier reboot.
'That was over the years,' he clarified. 'Recently, in the last year, I did say, 'Absolutely. Ask me and I will come do it'.
'Because I felt like I not only owed it to him, but I wanted to.
'If it came back and he asked me to do an episode or something? Yeah, I would.'
Ted's comments come after Kelsey made headlines about the future of Frasier – following the news that the revival had been axed by Paramount+ after two seasons.
The original series aired for 11 seasons between 1993 and 2004, and won a whopping 37 Emmys in that time.
Three decades later, the actor led the way in a 2023 reboot, joined by a mostly new cast, including Nicholas Lyndhurst and Jack Cutmore-Scott.
Unfortunately, the episodes failed to impress and the project was shelved – but Kelsey teased that it could find a different home on another network, with Ted possibly getting involved. More Trending
'We'll end up somewhere where people are passionate about it,' he told the New York Post. 'Ted [Danson] and I might visit actually something together.
'We've been talking about a couple ideas. Maybe on Frasier. We don't know.'
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'As long as it's still a relevant relationship, it will still be relevant for the show,' he added. '[Sam] and Frasier got along pretty well, discovered some things together about life. They could still do that.'
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