He says that he hopes his legacy, when people fall upon his name one hundred years from now, is not that he was Cliff from Cheers, or Mack the Truck in a Pixar film, but that he was that guy who advocated for empowering individuals to leave America better than it was found. Ratzenberger is an aficionado of learning, a connoisseur of understanding the mechanics of how things work, and an advocate for re-introducing trade, mechanics, shop, and carpentry skills back into schools so that we can truly marry human talent and skill to today’s innovative society in order to create a better America. He could talk for hours about the infrastructure of America and how highways, tunnels, and cities were meticulously built during a time when the only manpower was true man power the blood, sweat, and tears of laborers. He’s a fascinating person to talk to, rich with knowledge of history and how things work. And that’s what brings us to today and this article.John Ratzenberger loves acting, writing, and entrepreneurship. Ambitious? Let’s just say that in between his acting, vocal talents, and screen writing, he is also an avid entrepreneur with his hands in several businesses. He started his acting career while working part-time as a carpenter to pay the bills. In addition to an average of 5 speeches a month, regular visits with Congressional leaders on issues that affect American manufacturers and another Pixar film release this summer, he’ll be launching 1-2 minute syndicated vignettes called “It’s a Little Known Fact” on radio stations nationwide starting this month. ![]() John Ratzenberger has been listed as the 6th most successful actor of all time in terms of box office receipts and there’s no slowing him down. He’s also the only actor to voice a role in every Pixar film with such beloved characters as Mack the Truck and Hamm the Piggy Bank. He has worked on feature films like Superman and Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back, as well as independent films like The Woodcarver. Or maybe you know him from his hit show Made In America on the Travel Channel where he showcased the people behind the products made in the USA. There’s a good chance you know him as Cliff Clavin, the know-it-all postman onCheers. This article was originally posted in HuffPost Business by Stacey Alcorn. What “American Made” Means to John Ratzenberger It’s FUNNY.” Continue reading this article on. Every time anybody opens his or her mouth on-that show, it’s significant. “I wish I’d written that instead of everything I HAD written. Elsewhere,” the runaway winner was a then-little-known sitcom named “Cheers.” Ten years later, in an interview with Kurt Vonnegut that I was conducting a book called “Teleliteracy: Taking Television Seriously,” Vonnegut made this appreciative comment about his favorite sitcom: “I would say that television has produced one comic masterpiece, which is ‘Cheers,’” Vonnegut said. Although the competition that year included much-appreciated “St. After the 1982-83 TV season, the Television Critics Association (TCA) polled its members to nominate and acknowledge, for the first time, the best new series on TV. This story was written by David Bianculli.) Here are two quick anecdotes, spaced a decade apart, attesting to the excellence of NBC’s “Cheers,” which ends its 11 season run Thursday night. (Originally published by the Daily News on May 16, 1993. NY Daily News Honors Cheers by Reposting 1993 Story
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