One of Ted Danson’s ‘favorite ‘Cheers’ stories’ involves Woody Harrelson running late for practice — and then having the best excuse ever

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Calling his former co-star “amazing,” Danson said Harrelson is “biting off these big chunks of life”

Unique Nicole/Getty Woody Harrelson and Ted Danson attend Oceana's 5th Annual

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Woody Harrelson and Ted Danson attend Oceana’s 5th Annual “Rock Under The Stars” Event on August 12, 2023 in Hollywood, California.

There really is no predicting what Woody Harrelson can do.

The 63-year-old actor is what Ted Danson calling a “whimsical creature”—so much so that one of Danson’s “favorite Bowl stories” involves Harrelson doing something quite unexpected.

On Jimmy Kimmel live on Nov. 14, Danson, 76, recalled the cast of the ’80s sitcom “waiting” for Harrelson to show up to rehearsals one day, “and he ended up being about 30 minutes late for rehearsal. And a half hour is when you’re late then… And we thought, ‘Well, what the hell?'”

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“And someone came running in and said, ‘Woody called. He’s in Berlin. The wall is coming down and he didn’t want to miss it,'” Danson said, recalling the truly incredible excuse his colleague had for coming too late in November 1989.

“That’s the quirky side of Woody, but also the magnificent side. He just bites off these big chunks of life. He’s just amazing.”

NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Ted Danson as Sam Malone, Woody Harrelson as Woody Boyd on 'Cheers'

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Ted Danson as Sam Malone, Woody Harrelson as Woody Boyd on ‘Cheers’

The former costars recently teamed up to launch a joint podcast project, Where everyone knows your namewhich Danson previously told PEOPLE is “so much fun” to make.

“We get to reminisce and share and catch up with each otherwhich alone is enough, but we have also met many people between us that we can talk to and find out what they are doing, including Senator (John) Kerry which had a small (role) in Bowl and we can talk to him about climate change,” Danson said before the podcast’s premiere. “We can really go anywhere with that.”

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NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal/Getty ohn Ratzenberger as Cliff Clavin, Kelsey Grammer as Dr. Frasier Crane, Rhea Perlman as Carla Tortelli, Ted Danson as Sam Malone, Kirstie Alley as Rebecca Howe, Woody Harrelson as Woody Boyd, George Wendt as Normson on 'Cheers'

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ohn Ratzenberger as Cliff Clavin, Kelsey Grammer as Dr. Frasier Crane, Rhea Perlman as Carla Tortelli, Ted Danson as Sam Malone, Kirstie Alley as Rebecca Howe, Woody Harrelson as Woody Boyd, George Wendt as Norm Peterson on ‘Cheers’

The podcast has also offered Harrelson a platform to reflect on the many incredible things he’s done in his life — including nude snowboarding with his longtime friend, the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea.

“I have footage of Woody Harrelson snowboarding naked down a big snowy mountain.” Flea admitted during an August appearance on the podcast.

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Harrelson called it “big shots” before admitting his wife Laura “warned (him) against” letting Flea post the video on Instagram.