John Ratzenberger (2013)

Do people come up to you and say "It's a little known fact...".

How did you prepare for your role in Empire Strikes Back?

Who was the most fun person to work with during Toy Story and why?

Grumpiest?

What was your favorite random "fact" Cliff Clavin ever said?

Hi John, Did you ever get any kind of backlash from the Postal Service for your portrayal of Cliff?

Would love to see you reprise your role as the 'Underminer' in an Incredible's sequel. Any hope for us superhero/pixar fans?

Do you think Mike and Sully ever came back for Yeti?

Did you ever go out drinking with the other Cheers people? Or was that too much like work?

Thanks for doing this! Two things: Do people recognize your voice when you are out in the world? Second, your mustache is magnificent.

Mr Ratzenberger, what was the beer from Cheers made with? The heads on those were awful.

Who's funnier, Tom Hanks or Tim Allen?

who are three people who have never been in my kitchen?

sex, marry, kill: Kirstie Alley, Shelly Long, Rhea Pearlman GO!

How did you come up with the Cliff Clavin voice? Was it inspired by a specific person or was it more of your take on a general Boston accent? Those are hard to do consistently well.

Do you prefer on screen acting or voice acting? Why?

Thank you for doing Made in America. It was a great family show and we all got together to watch it. I was sorry to see it end.

What was your favorite episode of cheers and your favorite line from the show?

Who was your favorite character to voice?

Who would win in a fight to the death between you, Kelsey Grammar and Ted Danson?

Do you watch "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia"? How do you think Cliff would fare in such a bar?

Are you a cat or dog person? Or neither one of them?

Hi John,

Could you please share a story or two about working with the great Nicholas Colasanto?

Thanks!

What was it like to intermittently return to the character of Cliff over the years, such as when you appeared on Frasier?

I love you. What's your favorite color???

Hi John. Thank you for doing the AMA.

While I appreciate the sentiment behind shows like American Made, I also wonder what your thoughts are on the intangible things produced right here in the USA. Shows like yours place high value on products that can be held in your hand and closely associate them with patriotism. I, along with many others in the Reddit community, am a software developer. I work hard every day to produce a high quality product. While my hands don't get dirty, I do feel that I am producing something of value. What are your thoughts on products that are made of bits instead of atoms? Products that cannot be held in your hand but still have great value to the American economy? Of course, I don't expect any TV shows to document what I do for a living. I realize that watching a person write code is certainly not going to build a TV audience, but do you think that these products deserve some credit as well?

Why did they over-dub your voice in Gandhi?

I've been a fan of yours ever since Camp Cucamonga (I was too young to watch Cheers at the time).

A few questions:

How comfortable were your stools on Cheers, especially after filming for 11 season? Was the cast as close as it seemed on screen? How many of the Cliff-isms were your own idea (or were they mostly always written for you directly)?

Finally...when is Pixar going to finally give you a starring role?

Hey John, loved you as Cliff on Cheers. I rewatched the entire series this past Spring and Cliff was by far my favorite character. My favorite Cliff Clavin quote was "They did a study between postal workers and chimpanzees. They proved chimps were 32% slower. Of course, they were better with public relations."

My question is, what were you guys actually drinking on set? Near beer?

Can you tell me about the history of plumbing?

Hey Mr. Ratzenberger,
Did you know the Toy Story (and Pixar as well) was going to be a massive hit? Or did you take it as a job that looked fun to do?

Were there a lot of Cliff Clavin groupies back in the day?

No question, but I thought you had passed away recently and when I found out you were still alive I was relieved. Thanks for being alive!

Any plans to open a burger joint with a extra special meat source?

If your childhood toys had been alive, what kind of childhood would they have seen?

What was your favorite Cliff joke from Cheers and what was your favorite Norm joke from Cheers?

Do you still have the potato that looks like Nixon?

Were you in Motel Hell? That was awesome. Will you do more Motel Hells? It would be awesome if you did more Motel Hells.

I would like to hear some anecdotes from working on Empire Strikes Back and House II....

Hey John - You still have the house on that little PNW island? I met you a few times as a teenager working at the local video store there, thanks for being a nice guy to a kid!

Loved you on Cheers and even more so in your voice over work. Have you worked with audiobooks at all? If so, which titles so I can be on the look out for them :)

Hi, John, I'm a big fan, love Cheers, and I think you're awesome and really talented! Silly questions:

1. What makes you laugh?
2. Are you ticklish? If so where and are your feet ticklish?

I hope this makes you smile! Love & light Jo X

Have you ever been snipe hunting?

Hey John.

I'm a really big fan of the Pixar movies (though I suppose everyone else here is). My question is how did the whole 'Pixar good luck charm' thing happen?

Thanks for doing this AMA

Is the Bermuda Triangle REALLY not a triangle?

Do you enjoy the made for TV specials as much as the features?

Also, my nephew LOVES Mack. Thank you for what you do.

Hi Mr. Ratzenburger, do you remember your appaearance on the Opie & Anthony radio show where comedian Jim Jeffries diefied you and did spot on impressions of you (well, Cliff specifically). How surreal was that and does that happen often? Cheers! (no horrible pun intended, sir).

Hi John...

No question... just telling you that I love you to death.... Cliff Clavin is a true hero... not in the hero sense of good... but hero in the sense that Homer Simpson is also my hero...

Can you please tell the beer makes you smarter story though... I love that one!

Do you have a bar which is your own real-life "Cheers"?

Hi John!
How about a little known fact?

What kind of shoes are you wearing at the moment?...Just curious

Weren't you in Superman, the Movie? Some sort of missile driver or something? Was that your first gig?

I really enjoyed the "Made in America" series and was wondering why you're not continuing that show as opposed to starting anew? Also, you should link to your crowdfunding from here.

Is it true that you were a school teacher before you became an actor?

What makes the perfect pita?

How did you get into acting? Did you want to do it from a young age?

Which of your characters are you most often recognised for?