"edited 90-minute version aired on Thursday, August 19, 1993. In this episode, Shelley Long reprised the role of Diane Chambers, a character who is reunited with her former on-off love interest Sam Malone after six years of separation. Rebecca Howe continues her relationship with plumber Don Santry. Frasier Crane helps Woody Boyd write Woody's political speech. A semi-unemployed Norm Peterson wants a job. Cliff Clavin wants to be promoted by the Post Office. The television series ""Cheers"" follows the fortunes and inter-relationships of a group of Bostonians who meet regularly at ""Cheers"", their local bar. Sam Malone (Ted Danson), a"
"About 5.7% of families and 8.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.8% of those under age 18 and 2.3% of those age 65 or over. Hanover has a public library, a branch of the Jefferson County Public Library. Fictional bartender at ""Cheers"", Woody Boyd, was born and raised in Hanover according to the show. Although Woody Harrelson – the actor who portrayed the character – was born in Midland, Texas and grew up in Lebanon, Ohio with his two brothers, he did graduate in 1983 from Hanover College as an English major with a minor in"
"a final drink with each other, leading Woody to utter his final line: ""Cheers"". Although this is Woody's only appearance on the show, he is referenced both prior to and after this. When Sam visits Frasier in the season 2 episode, ""The Show Where Sam Comes Back"", he reveals that Kelly and Woody's first child was a boy, who is of normal intelligence. In the season 9 episode ""Cheerful Goodbyes,"" Frasier reveals that at his going-away party at Cheers before returning to Seattle, Woody grabbed onto his legs and begged him not to go. Woody's political career was not mentioned"
"Sam and Diane Sam Malone and Diane Chambers, collectively known as Sam and Diane, are fictional characters in the American situation comedy television series ""Cheers"". Sam Malone is a working-class, retired baseball player-turned-bartender played by Ted Danson; Diane Chambers is a college-graduate cocktail waitress played by Shelley Long. Danson appeared on ""Cheers"" for its entire run of the series; Long was part of the regular cast from the 1982 series premiere (""Give Me a Ring Sometime"") until the fifth-season finale, ""I Do, Adieu"" (1987). Long returned for a special appearance in the 1993 series finale, ""One for the Road."" During"
"Sam Malone Samuel ""Sam"" ""Mayday"" Malone is a fictional character on the American television show ""Cheers"", portrayed by Ted Danson and created by Glen and Les Charles. The central character of the series, Sam, a former relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox baseball team, is the owner and bartender of the bar called ""Cheers"". He is also a recovering alcoholic and a notorious womanizer. Although his celebrity status was short-lived, Sam retains that standing within the confines of Cheers, where he is beloved by the regular patrons. Along with Carla Tortelli and Norm Peterson, he is one of only"
"Wendt starred as Willy Loman in ""Death of a Salesman"" at St. Jacob's Country Playhouse in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada from October 18 to November 4, 2017. Wendt has been married to Bernadette Birkett since July 8, 1978. They have three children: Hilary (b. 1985), Joe (b. 1987), and Daniel (b. 1990). George Wendt George Robert Wendt III (born October 17, 1948) is an American actor and comedian. He played Norm Peterson on the television sitcom ""Cheers"" (1982–1993), which earned him six consecutive Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series nominations. Wendt was born in the Beverly"
"and everyone shouts ""Swarley,"" same as when the characters traditionally yelled ""Norm!"" whenever Norm Peterson entered the Cheers bar, and he turns and walks out dejectedly as Carl the bartender plays ""Where Everybody Knows Your Name."" The camera angle also changes to show the same bar set-up and framing for the main interior bar shots featured in ""Cheers"". Additionally, the end credits are done in the gold ""Cooper Black"" font of the ""Cheers"" credits (which was a highly popular font for sitcoms of the early-to-mid-1980s). The is named for Norm Peterson due to Armin Shimerman calling the originally nameless character"
"Coach Ernie Pantusso Ernie Pantusso (or Pantuso), commonly known as ""Coach"", is a fictional character on the American television show ""Cheers"", portrayed by Nicholas Colasanto between 1982 and 1985. Coach was originally Sam Malone's baseball coach before the show's pilot episode. He later became a bartender of Cheers, while Sam became its owner and another bartender. He is not ""worldly wise"" but has some shred of wit. He also has a daughter named Lisa, who solely appeared in ""Coach's Daughter"" (1982), from his late wife Angela. While he technically last appeared in the cold opening of ""Rescue Me"", Colasanto's last"
"Sam as a hostess/office manager. For the rest of the episode, to celebrate Sam's reclaiming the bar, a huge banner hung from the staircase, reading ""Under OLD Management""! Three men developed and created the ""Cheers"" television series: The Charles brothers—Glen and Les—and James Burrows, who identified themselves as ""two Mormons and a Jew."" They aimed at ""creating a show around a Spencer Tracy-Katharine Hepburn-type relationship"" between their two main characters, Sam Malone and Diane Chambers. Malone represents the average man, while Chambers represents class and sophistication. The show revolves around characters in a bar under ""humorous adult themes"" and ""situations."""
"our hands, I feel kind of badly about it. It can be very frustrating."" ""Cheers"" began with a limited five-character ensemble consisting of Ted Danson, Shelley Long, Rhea Perlman, Nicholas Colasanto and George Wendt. By the time season 10 began, the show had eight front characters in its roster. ""Cheers"" was also able to gradually phase in characters such as Cliff, Frasier, Lilith, Rebecca, and Woody. During season 1, only one set, the bar, housed all of the episodes. Later seasons introduced other sets, but the show's ability to center the action in the bar and avoid straying was notable."
"position, and was quickly accepted by the staff and regulars. He also developed a ""big brother/little brother"" relationship with Sam Malone, the owner of Cheers. In the coming years, he filled the void left by Coach and eventually married the wealthy Kelly Gaines (Jackie Swanson), overcoming her father's objections to Woody's lowly station in life as well as conflicting religious views: he's Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, she's ""Evangelical Lutheran Church of America"" (The episode uses ""of"" but the denomination is ""in America""). In the final season, Frasier Crane orchestrated an experiment that went awry and resulted in Woody's election to the"
"Woody Boyd, the bartender at Cheers, calls in to the show because he is stuck driving in circles at the airport. He and Frasier reminisce on their Cheers days later in the show. Occasionally, the problem mentioned by a caller served as the main plot for the show, such as Gretchen (Glenne Headly), who worried that her husband was having an affair with a woman whom Frasier suspected of being Niles's wife, Maris. In a similar episode ""A Word to the Wiseguy"", Frasier receives a call from Brandy, the girlfriend of a shady businessman saying she wants to leave him"
"an off-center mentality, misunderstanding others' comments much as Coach had done. For example, when Bill Medley of The Righteous Brothers appears and starts singing ""You've Lost That Loving Feeling"", Woody asks him, ""How come you changed your name from Righteous?"" With the exception of Carla, Eddie, and Sam, Woody always addresses other characters by their honorific. Sometimes this leads to awkward phrasing such as referring to Lilith as Mrs. Dr. Sternin-Crane. Woody arrived at Cheers expecting to meet his ""pen pal"" Coach, with whom he exchanged pens instead of letters. Upon learning of Coach's death, he filled the open bartender"
"Sam's offer to be the bar's waitress to start over. In the original script the employees were the principal characters, and Norm and Cliff were not included. Later revisions added Norm and Cliff, and scenes were restructured and rewritten. Originally, ""Cheers"" set would be a hotel, but it was ultimately changed to a bar. Ratings were low when the episode first aired, but were moderately successful in reruns. It has been critically praised over the years, and earned its writers awards for Best Writing in 1983. As owner Sam Malone opens the Cheers bar, a professor Sumner Sloane (Michael McGuire)"
"the Funniest Male Performer in a TV Series. From ""Cheers"": From others: Sam Malone Samuel ""Sam"" ""Mayday"" Malone is a fictional character on the American television show ""Cheers"", portrayed by Ted Danson and created by Glen and Les Charles. The central character of the series, Sam, a former relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox baseball team, is the owner and bartender of the bar called ""Cheers"". He is also a recovering alcoholic and a notorious womanizer. Although his celebrity status was short-lived, Sam retains that standing within the confines of Cheers, where he is beloved by the regular patrons."
"recommended that he not return to work. Although he appeared in the cold opening of the third-season finale (""Rescue Me""), his last full episode was ""Cheerio Cheers"" (filmed in late November 1984). Following Colasanto's death by heart attack on February 12, 1985, the show's creators decided not to recast Coach's role, so Coach is written out of the show as deceased without explanation and is replaced since ""Birth, Death, Love and Rice"" (episode 70, 1985) by a co-bartender Woody Boyd, portrayed by Woody Harrelson. Apparently Coach and Woody were ""Pen Pals"" exchanging pens in the mail. Sam explains to Woody"
"and a 36 share. Woody Interruptus ""Woody Interruptus"" is the twelfth episode of ""Cheers""s . It first aired on NBC in the United States on December 13, 1990. In the episode, Kelly returns from France with a male friend who says he's going to steal her from Woody. Woody deals with this by deciding to sleep with Kelly. This episode earned its director James Burrows accolades for Best Directing in 1991 and gained high viewership at its first airing. Kelly (Jackie Swanson) and Henrí (Anthony Cistaro) return from France. Henrí, who Sam later learns is an arrogant womanizer during a"
"(Chris Pratt) compares his relationship with Gamora (Zoe Saldana) to the relationship of Sam and Diane while dancing to Sam Cooke's ""Bring It on Home to Me"". Sam and Diane Sam Malone and Diane Chambers, collectively known as Sam and Diane, are fictional characters in the American situation comedy television series ""Cheers"". Sam Malone is a working-class, retired baseball player-turned-bartender played by Ted Danson; Diane Chambers is a college-graduate cocktail waitress played by Shelley Long. Danson appeared on ""Cheers"" for its entire run of the series; Long was part of the regular cast from the 1982 series premiere (""Give Me"
"least one television. Cheers (season 6) The sixth season of ""Cheers"" is an American television situation comedy set in a Boston bar called ""Cheers"". It originally aired on NBC in the United States between September 24, 1987 and May 7, 1988. The show was created by director James Burrows and writers Glen and Les Charles under their production company Charles Burrows Charles Productions, in association with Paramount Television. This season features the debut of Kirstie Alley as Rebecca Howe. ""Cheers"" survived low ratings in the first season and changes to the Thursday evening schedule of NBC's primetime block Must See"
"Cheers (season 6) The sixth season of ""Cheers"" is an American television situation comedy set in a Boston bar called ""Cheers"". It originally aired on NBC in the United States between September 24, 1987 and May 7, 1988. The show was created by director James Burrows and writers Glen and Les Charles under their production company Charles Burrows Charles Productions, in association with Paramount Television. This season features the debut of Kirstie Alley as Rebecca Howe. ""Cheers"" survived low ratings in the first season and changes to the Thursday evening schedule of NBC's primetime block Must See TV, and retained"
"Carla Tortelli Carla Maria Victoria Angelina Teresa Apollonia Lozupone Tortelli LeBec, commonly known as Carla Tortelli, is a waitress on the American television show ""Cheers"", portrayed by Rhea Perlman. Outwardly, at least, Carla is a mean-spirited woman who expresses disdain for many (perhaps even most) people. She had four children with her then-husband Nick when the series started and eight children with three different men when it ended. Carla appeared in all 271 episodes of ""Cheers"" in 1982–1993 and guest-starred in ""Cheerful Goodbyes"", an episode of the spin-off ""Frasier"". She has also appeared in ""Cheers"", an episode of ""St. Elsewhere"";"
"discarded the idea that he might have moved away, as they felt he would never abandon his friends. In addition, as most viewers were aware of Colasanto's death, the writing staff decided to handle the situation more openly. The season four opener, ""Birth, Death, Love and Rice"", dealt with Coach's death as well as introduced Woody Harrelson, Colasanto's replacement. Nearly all of ""Cheers"" took place in the front room of the bar, but the characters often went into the rear pool room or the bar's office. ""Cheers"" did not show any action outside the bar until the first episode of"
"George Wendt George Robert Wendt III (born October 17, 1948) is an American actor and comedian. He played Norm Peterson on the television sitcom ""Cheers"" (1982–1993), which earned him six consecutive Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series nominations. Wendt was born in the Beverly neighborhood on the southwest side of Chicago, Illinois, the son of Loretta Mary (née Howard) and George Robert Wendt, a navy officer and realtor. His maternal grandfather was photographer Tom Howard. Wendt is of German and three quarters Irish descent. He attended Campion High School in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. He"
"Cheers Cheers is an American sitcom that ran on NBC from September 30, 1982, to May 20, 1993, with a total of 275 half-hour episodes for eleven seasons. The show was produced by Charles/Burrows/Charles Productions in association with Paramount Network Television. The show was created by the team of James Burrows, Glen Charles, and Les Charles. The show is set in a bar named Cheers in Boston, Massachusetts, where a group of locals meet to drink, relax, and socialize. The show's main theme song, co-written and performed by Gary Portnoy, lent its refrain ""Where Everybody Knows Your Name"" as the"
"[a]nd her constant insensitive and unfunny remarks[.]"" From primary sources: From non-primary sources: Carla Tortelli Carla Maria Victoria Angelina Teresa Apollonia Lozupone Tortelli LeBec, commonly known as Carla Tortelli, is a waitress on the American television show ""Cheers"", portrayed by Rhea Perlman. Outwardly, at least, Carla is a mean-spirited woman who expresses disdain for many (perhaps even most) people. She had four children with her then-husband Nick when the series started and eight children with three different men when it ended. Carla appeared in all 271 episodes of ""Cheers"" in 1982–1993 and guest-starred in ""Cheerful Goodbyes"", an episode of the"
"Norm Peterson Hilary Norman Peterson is a character on the American television show ""Cheers"", portrayed by George Wendt. He is named Hilary after his grandfather. Norm appeared in all 275 episodes of ""Cheers"" between 1982–1993 and was initially the only customer featured in the main cast, later joined by Cliff Clavin, Frasier Crane, and Lilith Sternin. Along with Sam Malone and Carla Tortelli, Norm is one of only three characters to appear in every episode of ""Cheers"". He also made one guest appearance each in the three other sitcoms set in the ""Cheers"" universe: the ""Frasier"" episode ""Cheerful Goodbyes,"" the"
"that the federal copyright law does not trump the California Celebrities Rights Act. In another, the 9th Circuit ordered a jury trial on the basis of publicity rights. The case resulted in an undisclosed settlement in 2001 to the actors. Norm Peterson Hilary Norman Peterson is a character on the American television show ""Cheers"", portrayed by George Wendt. He is named Hilary after his grandfather. Norm appeared in all 275 episodes of ""Cheers"" between 1982–1993 and was initially the only customer featured in the main cast, later joined by Cliff Clavin, Frasier Crane, and Lilith Sternin. Along with Sam Malone"
"the ""Cheers"" theme song. Gary Portnoy Gary Portnoy (born June 8, 1956) is an American musician and singer-songwriter. He is best known for co-writing and performing the main theme song of the NBC sitcom ""Cheers"", ""Where Everybody Knows Your Name"". In the early 1980s, Gary Portnoy and Judy Hart Angelo set out to write a theme for ""Cheers"". After their first two attempts were rejected, ""Where Everybody Knows Your Name"" was selected. Prior to that, Portnoy's songs had been recorded by various artists, including Dolly Parton's ""Say Goodnight"" (co-written by Susan Sheridan) and Air Supply's ""I'll Never Get Enough of"
"on ""Frasier"", the spin-off show from ""Cheers"", in the season 6 episode ""The Show Where Woody Shows Up"". During a visit to Seattle he reconnects with Frasier Crane, who had since moved there from Boston. After a one-night reunion, the two begin to spend a great deal of time with each other – which gradually turns into an ordeal for both, as they quickly realize they have moved on from their past and settled into new lives, with neither man seeing the other's life as being particularly fulfilling. The two men decide to part company on good terms, after sharing"
"Comedy Series. Rebecca Howe Rebecca Howe is a fictional character of the American television sitcom ""Cheers"", portrayed by Kirstie Alley and created by Glen and Les Charles. Rebecca appeared in 147 episodes of ""Cheers"" between 1987 and 1993 and in one episode of ""Wings"". She debuts in the season six episode ""Home Is the Sailor"" after Shelley Long—who played waitress Diane Chambers—left the show to pursue a movie career. Much of the show's humor in previous seasons had been based around the interaction and sexual tension between the womanizing, working-class main character, bartender Sam Malone, and the high-class, snobbish Diane."
"Cranston, Rhode Island. On April 19, 1985, Colasanto was awarded posthumously the Best Supporting Actor by Viewers for Quality Television, a (now defunct) non-profit organization that determined what was considered high-quality on television. Colasanto's character was written out of the show as also having died. The fourth-season premiere episode, ""Birth, Death, Love and Rice"" (1985), deals with Coach's death as well as introducing Colasanto's successor, Woody Harrelson, as Woody Boyd. Colasanto hung a picture of Geronimo in his dressing room. After his death, it was placed on the wall in the bar (part of the ""Cheers"" production set) in memory"
"pressure Sam to take action to ensure that Cheers does not become a gay bar. The episode won a GLAAD Media Award, and the script's writers, Ken Levine and David Isaacs, were nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. Addiction also plays a role in ""Cheers"", almost exclusively through Sam. He is a recovering alcoholic who had bought a bar during his drinking days. Frasier has a notable bout of drinking in the fourth-season episode ""The Triangle"", while Woody develops a gambling problem in the seventh season's ""Call Me Irresponsible"". Cheers had several owners before Sam, as the bar was opened"
"Diane Chambers Diane Chambers is a fictional character in the American television situation comedy show ""Cheers"", portrayed by Shelley Long and created by Glen and Les Charles. After her fiancé Sumner Sloan abandons her in the Cheers bar in the pilot episode, Diane works as a bar waitress. She has an on-off relationship with the womanizing bartender Sam Malone (Ted Danson) and a one-year relationship with Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer), who later becomes a main character of the series and ""Frasier"". When Long left the series during the fifth season, the producers wrote her character out. Since then, they added"