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Let a television series stick around long enough, and the cast members, provided there isn't a tremendous amount of turnover, begin to feel like family. They're weekly guests in your living room, and they're doing all the entertaining. It's a nifty arrangement.

This coziness would be impossible to maintain over double-digit seasons if the sets of these series weren't friendly, respectful environments. There are deadlines and airdates to hit, so it behooves everyone to be not only professional, but pleasant. This means being an adult and realizing that everyone has their quirks and bad days. You cut people slack, and you make as much room as possible for whatever tsuris is going on in their life — because if you keep at it for enough years, your work family is family full-stop.

And this isn't always a difficult situation. Sometimes, a co-worker's personal mess adds color and joy to the creative process.

Al Rosen, the old rummy of the legendary TV series Cheers, was born in 1910, in Maryland. He started off with several roles in movies in the 40s, worked as a Production Supervisor in a show, and then again acted in various TV series and movies. His career's most important role was the recurring character Al/Big Al in the TV show Cheers.

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Though Al's roles were often small, none went unnoticed and absolutely all of them are unforgettable. Let’s take a look at his best roles in movies, shorts, and shows according to IMDb.

In Washington, D.C., we are blissfully recovering from Monday night’s game when the Nationals beat the Dodgers to tie up the playoff series 2-2. We are hoarse from yelling and need serious manicures from all the nail biting innings.

East Coast Jewish fans are religiously thrilled our match-up will begin on Wednesday night at 8:30 p.m. Et because the start time comes after sundown of our holiest Day of Atonement. We are supposed to observe the holiday by praying in synagogue, not eating or drinking, and not watching baseball.

It’s not fair to those Jewish fans living on the West Coast as the game starts there at 5:30 p.m., which is before sundown. Although I want my home team Nats to win, I do feel empathy for those Jewish Dodgers fans who are confronting religious dilemmas about watching the game during Yom Kippur.

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