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Woody The tap hasn't even run dry and Norms bar stool is still warm, but Woody Harrelson already has moved on to bigger things. B\ Sam Baltrusis. I hr Daily I n-r Press. Boston U. Woody Harrelson play* an architect who * offered a million bucks to share his wife for a night In indecent Proposal. Wilt'll lll< llll Illlt'lll ( .nut*, \\l M )(1\ 1 I.II It'Kl >11 |llM 11mldii t <li > it, " 1 m ,i Ini; lieliei el ill sex 1 l.il I elv >11 s.ins. .md .ill i>1 ns |><>siii\e .t111 ilniU's. 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It n like*, vrah. gt anted vse ir at tut * and all, hut still the Nituatioii was vrn awkwaid llaiirlvm sa\s “l hn mg *r\ nu ik’n. all I waN thinking wa* Ms («od. what woultl lh ut r think *>1 this' 11 a i it Ison, H. ha* gone horn a hilde thumping Pirshsteitan mamma s U»s horn < >hit» to IIoIIssomhI n jet n t * t ting Don |uan \ltri gtaduatiug horn Indiana n I iaiiou-i ( ollrgr, lit mused to New N oi k t«» puisne a i ait t i in thratri He untlt i studied in Neil Simon * Hihm Hints and was otiei rd a *i\ month t turn at t tt» pla\ Woods 1U i\d on < h'rfy irpt.ii mg (tic • *llgmal hal Undo \n h<»!as ( .. .1 < h ( ul sail In < hho (lire! m 1 ,,Hr> ’ Six months I* « .mu- right \rais .11 »<t H.utt lv*»n n ♦ .»ii ci t>l«*svmini I'm just totalh thiiH< <t ittai ! am m uimii ' am! that 1 am hoikit>14 as an at toi lie- sa\s I it 1111 imU 1 Htirn 1 was ill 1 nllrgf am I I irallv tilt In t ltn>k f 01 wait! !o mm h t \t rpl skipping im lith( two t !.i\srs am! grtttng in the timet our Ihrtr waMi'l trails a lot In II thru I !t« m <ia\s Ilanrivm lias a It*t nmir it* ith»k ft»iv.iiti m lit M inis lo have slipped rflotllrssls into his role* as a I h»i|\\st h hi stud hi fat 1. aflei liir ( htn\ finale hr plans to put ins chin vs it \\ooch IVovd |*t tvona 1«> irsi ami puisne .t inll nine film tait t i I u- got im»ir t»ffris than I tail at t rpl ” hr s,«v s ” Xml not liir \\«» h!\ llovd kind, eithet I t*i a guv vsho s lived his 1\ hit dir past It vs seals as a dumb hit k. that's a big rrlirt In irum of thr vsav vsr an all feeling and the durt lion vsr air all he ading, it serin* i«* hr lime tt» most on Mr pausrs mid sentrme paving homage to thr show that la urn hrd his t. urn Hut gosh, it’s going to Ik vat I Still, Matielson s lutuit with nmvit s srrim to hr on hack Mis irt ml pci hu mam r in WhtU \fttn ( ant jump sui pi iscd skt pm s and 1 atapultrd dir at toi into thr t oset rtl litillvHtMkI "hot scat In I’aiamouni s indetrnl Profwuil, hr plass David Mutphs an at t Inlet t who. Matielson saw “is toialh in It»vt with ins mate and hap|>rnv to tall into rt onomit haul times " I hr sought aflri n*lr (hr beat oul thr two Baldwins. William and Met 1 Iranis Maiirlson vsitii two of I follvwtMMi s iw»\ of fit t hattf hit Iris Mooli and Robot Krdfoi ti 1 hr mo\ tr. 1 running l>11 rt 101 l v nr and I*i«mIik « l She in 1 ausing lot tlie* fit>I Hint Mint’ I*.18e s / Ual \i!unf:t'n is.»|»n unising i aieet move lot 11a nr Ison in r^ b'sul, Rrdfoid plass .« . Ii.uimikuk tmam in who die n tin Ii.ip|>il\ (named couple twin* is Millenng ecu immu .t I }\ > .» tin I In >ti tloll.it > ti Moon spends just one night swth him I i.ti u Im>n s.i\s 1‘tofntuii is a he >ut xsIi.«t inoiirx e an and t.iiiiim bus \nd ii itas an impottaiil iuoi.il twist “ I he* enicstion »s i( von. tile* \tc*wei. e anir up against tin situa non. what would 1»<- \out irae non' How would Haiielson ie-.it t in a leal Hit hitlnrnt /*>«'/'■ uil situation It s haul loi me* to gauge Iweause l Iiaw a i<u ol in* uic*slie* va\s I fuive l«» know wliat it s like* again not to haw* am mono It would Ik haul loi me* to ira« t Ihm aitse* I in no| in nrrd of mom s hut the se * hat a< le ts we*le* in need Hal te lson definiteh is not ill need lot mone s oi tm»ur n >l«s “It still, to this das hiows ms mind,' he saw. it ile t ting on his unorthodox and uncommon aw nil into the lioils we m ni hie-i a i e Its “ I heie* was a lime in ms life when esen thing I did was grated tow aid ms vision < *1 what sue e e ss is I hrie* was a te asoii loi e*st*is e onset vilton. ru ts ie latloilshlp and rse*t\ period e»f flee time It ssas all alwuit tills nolle Ml. this need leu sue e css \nd one e I found sue t ess. it was haul to m*t out < »f the* sue e ew-di isen mind se t Feu me*, it is im|K~ratise ili.it I hse- ms lile mele (K inle iu i>t whatese i is going on rxu malls All that matte is ic alls is it I am happs I fis » omit tone transforms to a ejinet. sineere response “I’m happs now I’m srn happs Hut it has lake'll a leuig time* loi me to cnine to that ~ IX Here * one word for all you mourning Cheers fans - reruns. Last call for laughs at Cheers n was the place you went wnere everyoooy Knew your name But after 11 seasons, the cast o! Cheers is turning oft the lights and going home No more Norm No more Sam No more Woody "I definitely think it's time for Cheers to go," says Woody Harrelson. who plays Woody Boyd on the series in which he co-stars with Ted Danson and Kirstie Alley 'I think most people would agree Not college students "Losing Cheers is like losing a close friend." says Jen Tague a tumor at Boston U "I've been watching the show since it followed Farm > Ties, and it has become a Thursday night ritual" That's right Long before Beverly Hills 90210 Cheers was the knot that tied this generation together i m in a rraiernny ana everyone in ine nouse arops their studies to watch Cheers, says Clift DeGrot a junior at the U of Oregon "Losing Cheers is a pity * But don t mourn the show s loss too long Harrelson has a list of upcoming movie roles Kelsey Grammer is getting his own NBC show to play Cheers favorite shrink, Dr Frasier Crane And George Wendt who plays Norm, has a new sitcom waiting after the finale Cheers, which debuted in September 1982, outlasted such classics as All in the Family and I Love Lucy It's the only comedy that has surpassed M'A’S'Hs longevity M'A'S'H lasted tor 255 shows Cheers has done 263 And that can mean only one thing "I will be watching the reruns faithfully." Boston U s Tague says ■ Sam Baltrusis