Newswatch: Manufacturing Show Opens With Rally to Save American Jobs
One celebrity at the rally was John Ratzenberger. Probably best known as Cliff Clavin, the mailman in the "Cheers" television series, he currently is host of the Discovery Channel's "Made in America" series on American-made products. Ratzenberger gave a passionate speech about growing up around manufacturing in Bridgeport, CT, and manufacturing's importance to the country.
"Bridgeport was once the jewel in the crown of the industrial Northeast," Ratzenberger said. "I was raised with the idea that Americans were inventors and problem solvers. Our parents made things, and they took pride in what they made."