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PostPosted: Mon Dec 05, 2022 6:23 pm    Post subject: RIP Kirstie Alley

She passed at 71 of cancer.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 05, 2022 6:37 pm    Post subject:

I remember Kristie as Rebecca Howe on the long-running sitcom Cheers. Kristie's battle with weight has come to an end. RIP
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 05, 2022 6:55 pm    Post subject:

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 05, 2022 7:07 pm    Post subject:

She wrestled with many demons in the course of her life. It’s a shame choosing to become such a horrible Trumpster was one of them.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 05, 2022 7:50 pm    Post subject:

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She wrestled with many demons in the course of her life. It’s a shame choosing to become such a horrible Trumpster was one of them.


Seems to afflict a fair number of Cheers alumni
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She wrestled with many demons in the course of her life. It’s a shame choosing to become such a horrible Trumpster was one of them.


Seems to afflict a fair number of Cheers alumni
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She wrestled with many demons in the course of her life. It’s a shame choosing to become such a horrible Trumpster was one of them.


Seems to afflict a fair number of Cheers alumni


It didn't help her addictions that she had to report to a bar for work. The local psychologist was an addict who frequented the bar so she couldn't seek help from him and she was sexually harassed by the bartender every episode.
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I remember Kristie as Rebecca Howe on the long-running sitcom Cheers. Kristie's battle with weight has come to an end. RIP


That's where everyone remembers her from, Jodie. I saw a B movie she was in called Summer School back in 87, but I wouldn't count that any more than I'd count Ratzenberger's cameo in Superman 2.
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She wrestled with many demons in the course of her life. It’s a shame choosing to become such a horrible Trumpster was one of them.


Seems to afflict a fair number of Cheers alumni


Indeed.
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She wrestled with many demons in the course of her life. It’s a shame choosing to become such a horrible Trumpster was one of them.


Seems to afflict a fair number of Cheers alumni


It didn't help her addictions that she had to report to a bar for work. The local psychologist was an addict who frequented the bar so she couldn't seek help from him and she was sexually harassed by the bartender every episode.


Don’t forget the addict wearing Milk Bone underwear.
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I remember Kristie as Rebecca Howe on the long-running sitcom Cheers. Kristie's battle with weight has come to an end. RIP


That's where everyone remembers her from, Jodie. I saw a B movie she was in called Summer School back in 87, but I wouldn't count that any more than I'd count Ratzenberger's cameo in Superman 2.


She had her own series called Veronica’s Closet that went several seasons and Ratz was a big part of the Toy Story franchise.
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She wrestled with many demons in the course of her life. It’s a shame choosing to become such a horrible Trumpster was one of them.


Seems to afflict a fair number of Cheers alumni


Indeed.


RIP. I hated her politics and never thought she was anything special as an actress.
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harmful disgusting pig. good for the rest of us.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2022 11:04 am    Post subject:

RIP. Although I don't agree with her ideas, I did enjoy her acting in Cheers. Her and the rest of the cast will always be part of my teen years.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2022 11:25 am    Post subject:

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(Rolling Stone's chief TV critic reflects on Kirstie Alley's 'TV magic')

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Rolling Stone's chief TV critic Alan Sepinwall joins "CNN This Morning" to discuss the career and life of Emmy-winning actress Kirstie Alley, who died at the age of 71 after a brief battle with cancer, her children True and Lillie Parker announced on her social media.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2022 12:08 pm    Post subject:

Never thought much of her as a actress. Overrated at best. I think Shelley Long was much better than she was in Cheers.

Her downfall, she was both a stupid Trumptard and a former Scientologist so she made some horrible choices.

I guess RIP but I will never have kind words for any Trump supporter. May you all go straight to hell.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2022 12:26 pm    Post subject:

Kristie also played a Vulcan on Star Trek.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2022 8:22 pm    Post subject:

She reached OT VIII.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 07, 2022 12:39 am    Post subject:

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Never thought much of her as a actress. Overrated at best. I think Shelley Long was much better than she was in Cheers.

Her downfall, she was both a stupid Trumptard and a former Scientologist so she made some horrible choices.

I guess RIP but I will never have kind words for any Trump supporter. May you all go straight to hell.


I'll disagree there.
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Never thought much of her as a actress. Overrated at best. I think Shelley Long was much better than she was in Cheers.

Her downfall, she was both a stupid Trumptard and a former Scientologist so she made some horrible choices.

I guess RIP but I will never have kind words for any Trump supporter. May you all go straight to hell.


I'll disagree there.


I have to agree with you there. It didn't really bother me when she left the show. But when Kirstie Alley came on, I thought she took it to another level.
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RIP. Although I don't agree with her ideas, I did enjoy her acting in Cheers. Her and the rest of the cast will always be part of my teen years.


Rebecca and Woody years > Diane and Coach, and I liked Coach as much as the next guy, but we're talkin The Woodster here. The earlier years were a bit before my time, too.

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Never thought much of her as a actress. Overrated at best. I think Shelley Long was much better than she was in Cheers.

Her downfall, she was both a stupid Trumptard and a former Scientologist so she made some horrible choices.

I guess RIP but I will never have kind words for any Trump supporter. May you all go straight to hell.


I'll disagree there.


I have to agree with you there. It didn't really bother me when she left the show. But when Kirstie Alley came on, I thought she took it to another level.


Most fans liked the switch. Not Shelley's fault, but it was the character and the cat/mouse w/ Sam. Got stale after awhile. If Kirstie wasn't a stand-out actor, I don't think Shelley was, either. Only two things I know her from outside of Cheers were the flicks They Money Pit and Night Shift (w/ Mike Keaton and Henry Winkler, who kinda reminds me of Long/Alley in a way careerwise/actingwise). There have been a plethora of TV actors who went on to excellent filmwork and as many who were more suited to TV. Woody and Danson, e.g, tho Danson had movie credits pre Cheers like Body Heat and Creepshow). Tom Hanks the preeminent example of a TV actor to film glory. In 80, Judd Hirsch and Mary Tyler Moore in Ordinary People, won the best pic. Both were lauded for their performances. Can happen, but Kirstie and Shelley not noted for their range, otherwise, they would've branched out from stuff like Summer School and Money Pit (as Tom Hanks did).

Imo, the writing improved from early to late run. Few years back, Cheers epis were on some channel at a convenient time for me to watch again on the regular for maybe a year. I watched a grip of epis again during that span and realized a thing or two in retrospect. It seemed the shows were funnier later in the run and maybe a little looser premise-wise, which I think helped. The more solid premise epis away from the bar were kinda hit and miss in the early go, again, because they usually just forwarded the Sam/Diane dynamic to another setting. I think the show's prime was late 80s. Lilith was a good later add, too.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 08, 2022 4:11 pm    Post subject:

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How dare you not give any love to Shelley Long's tour de force in Troop Beverly Hills, what a gross oversight on your part. In all seriousness, I liked that movie, which also starred Craig T. Nelson as her estranged husband, and Betty Thomas was funny as the antagonist.
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How dare you not give any love to Shelley Long's tour de force in Troop Beverly Hills, what a gross oversight on your part. In all seriousness, I liked that movie, which also starred Craig T. Nelson as her estranged husband, and Betty Thomas was funny as the antagonist.


Craig T. Nelson? Now, yer talkin. I must see...this movie...
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 08, 2022 4:46 pm    Post subject:

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I remember Kristie as Rebecca Howe on the long-running sitcom Cheers. Kristie's battle with weight has come to an end. RIP


That's where everyone remembers her from, Jodie. I saw a B movie she was in called Summer School back in 87, but I wouldn't count that any more than I'd count Ratzenberger's cameo in Superman 2.


What you dissed Summer School wow
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