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Recurring cheers actor jay thomas was written off of the sitcom after he called kissing rhea perlman brutal on his radio show. One of his biggest roles was as loudmouth tv host jerry gold.

Jul 13, 2025
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Carla (rhea perlman) and eddie, the goalie for the boston bruins, hit it off immediately, even if their love affair put a temporary jinx on the bruins’ wining streak. Folks came and went on the sitcom, its how things go for the most part Jay thomas joined cheers in season 5 as eddie lebec, the boyfriend to rhea perlman’s character, the perpetually pregnant bar waitress carla

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In season 6, they got married and it seemed like thomas would be sticking around

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Instead, his character was killed off off screen in season 8.

Longtime character actor jay thomas learned this all the way back in 1989 when he lost his high profile recurring gig on the hit sitcom cheers In the show cheers, which premiered in 1987, jay played eddie lebec This character was the boyfriend of rhea perlman’s character, as well as a goalie for the boston bruins that was having some trouble with his career It became a recurring role for jay, winning him plenty of notoriety.

:) jay thomas was doing a radio interview and he was insulting toward having to kiss rhea perlman She heard this interview and eddie was written off the show It’s likely all going to be paraphrase since it was a radio show Both rhea perlman and james burrows deny it had anything to do with writing off eddie.

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Jay Bird Facts | Garrulus Glandarius

“i have to kiss rhea perlman.” not anymore, he didn’t

Jay thomas, the actor who played carla’s husband eddie on cheers,thought it would be funny to publicly call rhea perlman ugly on his radio show While many of the central and supporting cast members still benefit from that legacy, there's one who most certainly doesn't The comedian and disc jokey played eddie, the husband of rhea perlman 's carla on the show As fans may well recall, eddie was killed off during cheers season 8 in the episode death takes a holiday on ice.

Carla tortelli’s (rhea perlman) personal life had its own subplot on the popular 1980s sitcom, and her story arc resulted in radio dj jay thomas being cast as carla’s husband, eddie lebec. Friday, july 21, 2006 the kiss of death for eddie lebec had a question about jay thomas who played eddie lebec on cheers (okay, i’ve had it for awhile but am just now getting to it.) i first met jay when he was a disc jockey on 99x in new york back in the 70’s Til actor jay thomas got his character, eddie lebec, killed off of the tv show cheers when he talked about how horrible it was to kiss his character's wife, rhea perlman, on his radio show But, perlman remembers the situation differently

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In the same oral history, levine claimed that perlman was upset about thomas' radio show comment.

Rhea perlman reportedly was listening to an la radio show hosted by jay thomas, who played the eddie lebec character American actor jay thomas was born jon thomas terrell on 12th july, 1948 in kermit, texas and passed away on 24th aug 2017 santa barbara, california aged 69 He is most remembered for mork & mindy cheers His zodiac sign is cancer

Rhea perlman is a 77 year old american actress Culture, tv, art buchwald, jay thomas, rhea perlman, david letterman, sitcoms, comedy tv shows, abc, nbc see also One of the best seasons of tv you’ll ever watch Both shelley long and rhea perlman were pregnant at different times during the filming of cheers

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Long was with child near the end of the third season, and the producers opted to hide her under.

Jay thomas on “cheers” in 1987 He played eddie lebec, the husband of carla tortelli, who was played by rhea perlman Nbcu photo bank, via getty images Eddie lebec was suddenly killed off of the popular series after jay thomas made an unkind comment about rhea perlman (carla) on his radio show

A listener called in and asked thomas what it was.

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