Jeopardy! fans are reeling after a Final Jeopardy wager brought back memories of Cliff Clavin, the beloved mailman barfly from Cheers. During an episode of the iconic sitcom, Cliff (John Ratzenberger) ...

Believing that he bombed his audition, the actor secured his spot in the sitcom by creating his own character, Cliff Clavin NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Cheers wouldn’t have been the same ...

Wendt and Ratzenberger respectively played Norm Peterson and Cliff Clavin on Cheers, which aired from 1982 to 1993 Alexis Jones is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

George Wendt (left), James Comisar (center), president of the Comisar Collection and the Museum of Television, and John Ratzenberger (right) pose for a picture in front of the iconic Cheers bar at ...

John Ratzenberger as Cliff Clavin on 'Cheers' in the 1980s Cheers wouldn’t have been the same without Cliff Clavin — and the beloved character wouldn't exist without John Ratzenberger's quick thinking ...