She definitely left a big hole in Cheers when she left... ❤❤❤

I was expecting a more contentious response, but she actually handled that pretty graciously.

@TerryMcGearyScotland

Жыл бұрын

She did indeed. Extremely gracious.I knew nothing of her post-Cheers history but she sounds like the kind of person who had no intentions of letting the industry push her around at the expense of family. Well done her!

@gracenurse3365

Жыл бұрын

She does handle it well! It sounds like she’s more sick of the question rather than it angers her.

She really does laugh like that!

She was straight up gorgeous...

@fortynights1513

9 күн бұрын

I don’t see enough people saying this. Very lovely lady.

You have to at least admire the guts to walk away from a monster hit show as Cheers had become by 1987. Whether it was tension with other cast members or just a feeling that she was getting bored with the character, she did what she did, and here she’s talking about how it gave her more time with family. That said, the Sam and Diane storyline had run its course by Season 5 and it might be hard to imagine Cheers continuing on as it did for another 6 years without a fresh storyline. Enter Rebecca Howe!

@trawlins396

Жыл бұрын

Well said. There was really nowhere for them to go w that storyline. Unless they got married and had kids.

@BishopWalters12

7 ай бұрын

Exactly, she was great but the Sam and Diane s@@t was getting annoying by season 4 in my opinion. I can't blame her for wanting to move on after 5 seasons. Her movie career never took off but she had more time with her family and still made a lot of money. Not a bad deal.

I really love her voice

I wish Ms. Long well always. Such a tough business especially when trying to raise children. The writing on Cheers was off the charts; Ken Levine and David Isaacs couldn't say enough about what Shelley Long did with part. Grateful for the five glorious seasons she gave the show.

I love Shelly Long. Shes hysterical, the way she says things and goes from sweet to explosiveness. We need people to express that crazy energy that we may have seen in our families. They act it out and then we get to laugh and release bad energy or clean up our energy.

RIP Kirstie Alley.

I had such a crush on her in the 80s❤️❤️💞

@josephcalderon906

Жыл бұрын

It's hard not to, when you're a young heterosexual male from 18-30.

@70ajc

8 ай бұрын

Get in line, chaps !

Can you imagine somebody asking you over and over again why you left the job you had in college? She had a lot more grace than I would have. 😂

@shanefolan9175

2 жыл бұрын

very different though than an ordinary job, she left 1 of the biggest roles on tv back then and walked away from 1 of the biggest tv shows in history. It was the role that defined her career.

@jedijones

2 жыл бұрын

@@shanefolan9175 The show only had 1 or 2 more good seasons anyway. She got out in time to maintain her integrity and always be remembered as being from the show's golden age.

@bloodtopaz8816

Жыл бұрын

@@jedijones I liked all the seasons of Cheers but Shelley Long couldn't have known that the show would go on another 6 years and that it would be remembered as fondly as it is. Seeing how Shelley Longs career really floundered after leaving Cheers, if she knew back than what she knows now, would she have made the same choice? You don't climb a mountain, get to the top and than start back down again. You get to the top, take in all the sights, sounds, and smells. Take it all in. Than, once you have celebrated your victor and only than, do you start back down. Shelley Long got to the top and than walked out the door and the fans, almost 40 years later, are still asking "Why".

@ismayb754

2 ай бұрын

​@shanefolan9175 but the annoyance is exactly the same, which is the point you missed

@RatatRatR

22 күн бұрын

@@jedijones Part of the reason she'll always be remembered that way is that she never had another big memorable role.

A spin-off show called Prof. Chambers where the Character Diane Chambers is the head of the literary department at a small prestigious private university. Universe make it so...

@independentfilmchannel1476

2 ай бұрын

I often thought something along those lines would be perfect. Missed opportunity.

Love her Face..that SMILE!❤️

She's lovely!

Love her laugh

Amazing actress and person. Love her❤

The show was not the same after she left.

@BishopWalters12

7 ай бұрын

It was better, nothing against her but the show was able to move on from the Sam and Diane drama. We got more focus on the supporting characters lives outside of the bar and we had Rebecca. Alley joining the show is a big reason why it went 6 seasons after Diane left.

@PungiFungi

Ай бұрын

Believe it or not, a lot of the cast members did not like Long leaving as they figure it would be to the detriment of the show. Turned out they could live without her with the arrival of Alley.

The Nightshift was good

Thanks for sharing.

I loved Troop Beverly Hills !!

I loved her on Cheers, but her decision to leave was a good one. If she’d stayed, the show wouldn’t have run another 6 seasons. They had done everything they could do to with the Sam and Diane storyline. Honestly that relationship jumped the shark at the end of season 4. Most of season 5 was horrible. Adding Kirstie Alley gave the show new story possibilities and new life. It was almost like a spin-off itself

@andrewcarlton6357

Жыл бұрын

Exactly what I think. I like Diane more than Rebecca but honestly the Sam & Diane romance was getting old at that point. I love that Shelley came back for the series finale in 93 at the end of the 11th season. The series finale was the only episode Shelley and Kirstie (the leading ladies of CHEERS) were in together.

@dannymontgomery5811

Жыл бұрын

Rebecca was 10 times funnier than Dianne

@BishopWalters12

7 ай бұрын

Damn right, I binge watched the show a few years ago, the Sam and Diane s@@t was getting annoying in season 4. Long was great on the show but they needed some new blood. Who can blame Long for wanting to leave and feeling bored after 5 seasons? She took her shot with movies, she got to work less hours and still make good money. Her movie career didn't work out but can't blame her for trying.

"There's always some reporter that says, 'Oh she shouldn't have left Cheers', and they harp on that." Much like he is doing in this interview?

@shanefolan9175

2 жыл бұрын

yea but let's be honest-it is strongly stuck to her name that she left a hit show and floundered so why not address it?

@ismayb754

2 ай бұрын

He tried pretty hard (and failed) to disguise his question as something other people ask. But he was asking it 😂😂😂

Always thought she was so pretty and I preferred her over Alley.

She was gorgeous and typically the beautiful women on a show become the movie stars. It was the right move it just didn't work out. Some have tv star quality some movie star.

Beautiful person inside and out!

Timeline’ish: Sept 1982: -“Cheers” premieres. 1983 Primetime Emmys: -The show’s first season wins Comedy Series, Comedy Writing (ep: “Pilot”), & Comedy Directing (ep: “Show Down: Part II”). -4 actors are nominated {Ted Danson, Shelley Long, Nicholas Colasanto, & Rhea Perlman}, but only one wins: Ms. Shelley Long (ep: “Pilot”), who gives one of the kindest speeches ever. Dec 1986: -Shelley Long leaves “Cheers” after seasons. May 1993: After an 11-season run, “Cheers” ends. cut to: 2024 (nearly 38 years later) -What is the first topic that comes to folks minds when they think of ‘Cheers’? -When people bring up the series amongst friends, who is usually the first performer/character that comes to mind?” -What is “Cheers” most remembered for, even amongst folks who’ve never seen a single episode? ^^^Ms. Long has no regrets nor should she. In the end, she IS the show’s legacy.

I love her ❤

She handled that well. She was great in Night Shift!

She did well to leave. I would ave

loved both them,

Cheers was not the same after she left. She should have stayed.

Always enjoyed watching her

Shelley Long has been running away from Diane Chambers for several decades. This is evident in how she reacts to questions like "Do you regret leaving Cheers". What tends to happen, especially TV before the internet is that characters like Diane Chambers who is a beloved character from a beloved show, the audience became emotionally attached to - almost like Diane Chambers was their friend. Just about 40 years after Shelley Long left the show, people are still asking "Do you have regrets leaving Cheers". There will never be a good answer no matter how many times it's answered by Shelley Long, because, imo, there were stories left untold with the relationship between Sam and Diane that the audience expected but never got. While Cheers was a great opportunity for Shelley Long, it's really how a lot America and the world was introduced to Shelley Long, in the end, the character of Diane Chambers did not help Shelley Long. Diane Chambers may have greatly hindered Shelley Longs acting career because the audience can't see Shelley Long as anything else and or they judge Shelley Longs other performances around Diane Chambers. Shelley Long is not the first actor to have to go through this. It happens to a lot of actors. Actors have to choose between being only remembered for a character they played decades ago or a pay check. They may not be able to leave the part and live financially independent so they stick to it or do what Shelley Long did. It can be a scary choice to leave a popular TV show because there may not be another similar part in the future.

@alexalexalex797

Жыл бұрын

But i mean thats only natural. Once you’ve became famous from a beloved tv show, you can very rarely escape. I mean can you imagine anyone from Seinfeld as anything else? Its just the way of success tv i guess

@bloodtopaz8816

Жыл бұрын

@@baariebe I bet you're right

@BishopWalters12

7 ай бұрын

The Sam and Diane stuff was so stale by season 5. I thought she was great on the show but Cheers needed some new blood. I never blamed her for wanting to roll the dice and go for a movie career. It also worked out best for fans, I think Rebecca is a big reason why Cheers was able to go 6 seasons after Long left.

@bloodtopaz8816

7 ай бұрын

@@BishopWalters12 I would agree with this. However, I don't like the ending of the series.

Love her Christmas movies!

More please?

She is a real life Diane. 0:41 & 2:01 Omg

@shanefolan9175

2 жыл бұрын

Danson himself said she was very like Diane.

@kravitz1999

2 жыл бұрын

@@shanefolan9175 exactly!

@shanefolan9175

2 жыл бұрын

@@kravitz1999 I don't think her being like Diane is a negative thing. Yes she may have being somewhat overbearing and difficult but it came from a point of being a perfectionist in her work. She was never a bitch or a diva/mean as some reports would say, rather she had a particular style of work that was different but it always came from a good place. Danson also said that her performances in the early years carried the show and I fully agree with that; say what you want about her but you can't deny that she put everything into her job as Diane and was Oscar worthy in a way that few actresses can replicate.

@kravitz1999

2 жыл бұрын

@@shanefolan9175 those "some reports" were from her fellow cast mates though

@shanefolan9175

2 жыл бұрын

@@kravitz1999 yea they said she was difficult but tabloids and online changed that to ''everybody hated her'' which was never accurate.

Good for her.

Troop Beverly Hills will forever be my favorite movie!

She probably also knows that if she stayed, Cheers would've ended earlier. She had a great character with great chemistry with Danson, but it couldn't stretch out further.

Where can we watch the full interview?

That show stop being funny after Kirstie Alley ate Shelly Long -Peter Griffin

I liked her in Outrageous Fortune with Bette Midler.

Omg she went into cheers character diane when he asked the question lol.

The show took a very huge blow and change after Nicholas Colasanto's death in 1985. I'm wondering if his death subconsciously might have led to Shelly Long's departure from the show. Kind of like the way I felt about NCIS after Sasha Alexander left the series and had her character killed off. The Original years personally to me in most series is always the best to me. The original Happy Days seasons, the original Good Times seasons, the original All In The Family seasons, the original Chico and the Man seasons before Freddie Prize's death.

She was actually in quite a few big movies during the 80's, and Cheers would NOT have last another 6 years without Kristie Alley. Everything played out for everyone.

Việt Nam hello Shelley Long Sabrina thank you

I loved her on Cheers but I wonder if it stays on 6 more seasons if she had stayed.

@travisjames3517

6 ай бұрын

It wouldn't. Not the same thing over and over and over......

この女優さん、本当に可愛いな。

I love Troop Beverly, Money Pit, Hello Again and Outrageous Fortune! It is tough to be a woman star and to value yourself, you can tell it’s been a fight for her but i love lady comidiennes!

What was Long like in person?

Cheers obviously was still great after she left but it lost a bit of it's heart and soul I think. Best decision for her and I love her!!!

Omg Valerie Cherish is shelley long!!!!!

Big fan of Shelley and I always thought it was s@@@@y how people threw leaving Cheers in her face. She did Cheers for 5 years, wanted to take a shot with movies, work less hours and still make great money. Can you blame her? Her movie career didn't take off but over 90% of working actors would love to have her career.

I understand her wanting to leave to spend more time with her family however I wish she'd returned for guest spots throughout the 6 seasons and not only done the finale. It wasn't believable that Diane wouldn't have returned more than she did.

@ThatsJustMyBabyDaddy

2 жыл бұрын

So sad how we expect public figures to be our puppets.

@shanefolan9175

2 жыл бұрын

not really, I can think of friends in tightknit peer groups who left and lost all contact with the group-it happens. That's the nature of even the tightest of friendship groups-people move on and leave because life changes. I've even had very close friends before myself whom I haven't seen in years-it happens.

@PhantomDreamer_

2 жыл бұрын

I saw an interview from around the time of the 1993 series finale and Long seemed surprised she didn't make any guest appearances as Diane Chambers the last 6 seasons of Cheers. 1 Diane episode a season would have been nice, certainly better than Nick and Loretta Tortelli guest spots.

@andrewcarlton6357

Жыл бұрын

I think it was more special that Shelley only came back for the series finale after leaving the show as a regular at the end of the 5th season. I do like Diane more than Rebecca. Diane & Lilith are my favorite regulars on the show.

@josephcalderon906

Жыл бұрын

​@@andrewcarlton6357 I liked Diane far more than Rebecca as well.i asked my sister years ago,which era of the series she preferred, and she answered the Rebecca years.

“Don’t ever ask me that question again ok?”😄 “Ok…. but about Cheers…”

Woody had the best career out of all the cast members

Idk i feel like she really does regret it but will never admit it to avoid looking foolish

Outrageous Fortune is her best film, Troop Beverly Hills is a fun movie and then you have Cheers. Wished movies worked out for her but I believe that when she had that beef with Bette Midler on Outrageous Fortune she cooled her career down. Bette Midler was an established movie actress by the time Shelley Long got her chance.

@AT-st5dr

2 жыл бұрын

I love outrageous fortune. They had such good chemistry on screen. Shame they didn’t get along in real life.

@andrewcarlton6357

Жыл бұрын

I always loved IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES. She was really adorable as Drew Barrymore's mom. As Lucy in the film she wanted to be a writer just like as Diane on CHEERS.

@Notturnoir

7 ай бұрын

Bette had a rep for being a steam roller… lol like in Jinxed

@realamerican5969

6 ай бұрын

And she was perfect as Carol Brady!

@Notturnoir

6 ай бұрын

The timing was more the issue, the 80s comedies are unbeatable for what they are, but in the 90s things changed to Indie moody youth, then action took over, then “thrillers” w/ serial killers, hit men etc tropes. So the women & family friendly comedies were reduced and the actresses replaced (Bonnie Hunt took many of those wife/mom type of roles). She had success w Brady and I wish she would have continued w sequels, but really 90s sequels to 80s movies werent popular.

I think her character reached the end of its character development.

"Do you regret losing $100,000 in Vegas that one time?"

Night shift good movie

Great answer. Okay, some of the stuff Shelley did after leaving Cheers wasn't that great, but it could have all been brilliant in which case no-one would even fathom asking her if she regretted leaving. I think the regret would have been stronger had she not left and they'd been hits. And I think she was being mostly playful with the last request to never ask it again.

She left Cheers because she committed to a contract of five years. Jaclyn Smith signed on to do Charlie's Angel's for five seasons. She would have left If CA would pick up on season 6.

She was cute as a button!

Misleading thumbnail

she has incredible legs

I stopped watching Cheers after Shelley left the show..

@BBQFanNo1

Жыл бұрын

I agree. The Coach and Diane years on the show will always be my personal forever favourite in the series just like the first 4 seasons of Happy Days will always forever be my favourite of the series. Just like the first 3 seasons of Good Times with John Amos will always forever be my favourite in the series.

@BishopWalters12

7 ай бұрын

You missed out.

I love Cheers & Sam & Diane were fireworks to watch, but if she hadn’t left we wouldn’t have gotten the latter Kirstie years & tbh those were my favorite.

Her leaving cheers Would probably be the same as asking Chevy chase why he left Saturday night live To do bigger and better things movies

Money Pit anyone?

I think it was a good time for her to move on. The episodes were getting repetitive and stale. It had a good run. It was time to end it.

She sounds like Diane 😅

I admire the interviewer for bringing up the elephant in the room.

I wouldn’t wanna be asked about my biggest mistake over and over again either. 😂

Apparently, Long was looking to transition to become a movie star, and she thought that her widespread popularity in the TV landscape was enough to propel her onto the big screen. It's worth noting that at that point, this wasn't an exactly new practice: both Michael Douglas and Tom Hanks left their budding career in television to try their hand with films: a massive gamble which obviously paid off. Immediately, it seemed to be a great career move for the actress. Fresh from her exit in "Cheers", Long already had a hit in 1987 in "Outrageous Fortune", but it wasn't exactly a smooth ride from there, as her movie career never really took off the way Douglas's and Hanks's did. Aside from her aspirations to be a movie star, Long's decision to leave Cheers was bolstered by having constant conflicts behind-the-scenes with her co-stars, particularly Danson and Kelsey Grammer, who played Frasier Crane. It's an open secret in Hollywood that, just like her character, Diane, the actress didn't really fit with Cheers' ensemble cast, which famously got along quite well. After abruptly being offered the opportunity to finish her novels in the season 5 finale titled "I Do, Adieu," she chose to pursue her dreams of becoming a published author and only postponing her supposed wedding to Sam. While she promised that she'd be back, both Sam and the viewers knew that she wouldn't. As for the show itself, her departure didn't affect its popularity at all, with some arguing that its best years were after Diane left.

@Nethanel773

10 ай бұрын

Long's departure was a litmus test for Cheers, the kind of sitcom with rare blends and balance to make it a consistently enjoyable show. Woody Harrelson with his talent was a first lucky find in replacing the departed Nick Colasanto. Then enter the late Kirsty Alley RIP, another lucky find, who really added to the show with her own kind of comedy with the rest of the cast. Cheers continuing to be a great show amidst big changes and then the spinoff, Frasier, I think speaks a lot to the creative team of Charles/Burrows/Charles.

Omg she laughs like that in real life!?

Your title did not accurately represent what the video was about. Her answer was totally positive with a tinge of sarcasm. As a "journalist", you should not fall into the easy practice of lying in a title to get viewers. Downvoting because of your deceit and hope others will too.

Her career plummeted after cheers.

That Fake laugh trying to put out frustation is hilarious.

felt like after she left Cheers it turned more and more cartoonish and the characterization more broad and 'wacky'. wasn't a fan of Rebecca, just never felt she clicked with the cast dynamic the way Diane did.

Shelley Long left cheers to do better things, then what do we get? The Brady Bunch Movie LMAO

@OMG_BeCkY

11 ай бұрын

Don't even go there! I love TBBM.

@BishopWalters12

7 ай бұрын

Long got to work less hours and still make loads of money. I would take that life in a heartbeat.

@Lunchladydoyle

Ай бұрын

Outrageous Fortune, big hit for Disney and a golden globe nom for Bette Midler. The Money Pit, another box office success. Troop Beverly Hills also made money after production costs. She costarred in Irreconcilable Differences with Ryan O’Neal and received a Golden Globe nomination. She never stopped doing guest appearances on popular shows like Boston Legal and has a recurring role on the hit show Modern Family. Seems like she did her way, left before her Cheers character got stale and got to be a good Mom while still having a career in Hollywood. And this makes you salty why ?? Because you aren’t known for zip most likely …

She regrets it.

I was so glad she left 😅

To me the show was boring after a poiint, maybe yr 6. Some shows shouldve just ended there.

The life of shelley is actually really sad

@user-jq2ud5yf6s

2 жыл бұрын

How

@CapraObscura

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-jq2ud5yf6s household name to lonely old lady whos only companion now is a little dog

@shanefolan9175

2 жыл бұрын

@@CapraObscura how do you know she's lonely? I know people who live alone and wouldn't want it any other way. It's a myth that living along is lonely or deems you unhappy.

@CapraObscura

2 жыл бұрын

@@shanefolan9175 i actually live off grid on my own.. I know what alone is, I cant be bothered to argue but here we are.. she was a loved name who tried to break from cheers to hit the jackpot but failed and her attitude is that of an angry hermit

@shanefolan9175

2 жыл бұрын

@@CapraObscura and you base her life on your bitter experience?

It’s okay. I never liked Shelley Long when she was on Cheers.

Troop Beverly Hills is one of the worst films ever made I can’t believe she mentioned it

@OMG_BeCkY

11 ай бұрын

Uh, excuse me?? A world without TBH is no world for me! Beverly Hills, what a THRILL! Get it, Phyllis!!

@ismayb754

2 ай бұрын

Never heard of it, but even the title sounds appalling.

Cheers was so much better without Shelley Long

Flops but damn was she talented in them 😅

Night shift was great!

She screwed her career.👎

Leaving cheers was completely foolish. I dont care what she says. It was beyond foolish. but its a good thing she left cause cheers might not have lasted as long as it did if she stayed. Rebecca bred new life into the show

One of the biggest Hollywood mistakes.

The show was better when she left. Her character started to become very annoying and repetitive. Kristie ally was a great addition to the show. It’s interesting that she left the show to star in movies and were all flops but kristie ally stayed on the show and was in box office hits like “looks who’s talking”.

She’s weird.

Not an ounce of star quality, warmth or charisma....