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One For The Road (Cheers)
"One for the Road" is the final episode of the American television series ''Cheers''. It was the 271st episode of the series and the twenty-sixth episode of the eleventh season of the show. It first aired on NBC on May 20, 1993, to an audience of approximately 42.4 million households in a 98-minute version, making it the second-highest-rated series finale of all time behind the series finale of ''M*A*S*H'' and the highest-rated episode of the 1992–1993 television season in the United States."NBC wins May sweeps; Cheers ratings No. 2 all-time." ''Toronto Star'' May 30, 1993, SU2 ed: C4. Web. January 6, 2012. Margulies, Lee.TV Ratings: Surprise! 'Cheers' Finale Powers NBC to Top" ''Los Angeles Times'' May 26, 1993. Web. January 6, 2012. In Los Angeles in 1993, "each rating point qualed49,657 households." The 98-minute version was rebroadcast on May 23, 1993, and an edited 90-minute version aired on August 19, 1993. According to estimates by NBC, the finale was watched by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheers
''Cheers'' is an American television sitcom, created by Glen and Les Charles, Glen Charles & Les Charles and James Burrows, that aired on NBC for eleven seasons from September 30, 1982, to May 20, 1993. The show was produced by Charles/Burrows/Charles Productions in association with Paramount Television (original), Paramount Television. The show is set in the Cheers Beacon Hill, titular bar in Boston, where a group of locals meet to drink, relax, socialize, and escape from their day-to-day issues. At the center of the show is the bar's owner and head bartender, Sam Malone, who is a womanizing former relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. The show's ensemble cast introduced in the Give Me a Ring Sometime, pilot episode are waitresses Diane Chambers and Carla Tortelli, second bartender Coach Ernie Pantusso, and regular customers Norm Peterson and Cliff Clavin. Later main characters of the show also include, Frasier Crane, Woody Boyd, Lilith Sternin, and Rebecca Howe. After premier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goodbye, Farewell, And Amen
"Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" is a television film that served as the series finale of the American television series '' M*A*S*H''. The 2½-hour episode first aired on CBS on February 28, 1983, ending the series' original run. The episode was written by eight collaborators, including series star Alan Alda, who also directed. As of 2025, it remains the most-watched single episode of any television series in U.S. history, and for twenty-seven years was the most-watched single broadcast in television history. The episode's plot chronicles the final days of the Korean War at the 4077th MASH; it features several storylines intended to show the war's effects on the individual personnel of the unit and to bring closure to the series. After the ceasefire goes into effect, the members of the 4077th throw a party before taking down the camp for the last time. After tear-filled goodbyes, the main characters go their separate ways, leading to the final scene of the series. Plot The film b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bartender
A bartender (also known as a barkeep or barman or barmaid or a mixologist) is a person who formulates and serves alcoholic or soft drink beverages behind the Bar (establishment), bar, usually in a licensed bar (establishment), establishment as well as in restaurants and nightclubs, but also occasionally at private parties. Bartenders also usually maintain the supplies and inventory for the bar. As well as serving beer and wine, a bartender can generally also mix classic cocktails such as a Cosmopolitan (cocktail), cosmopolitan, Manhattan (cocktail), Manhattan, Old fashioned (cocktail), old fashioned, and negroni. Bartenders are also responsible for confirming that customers meet the legal drinking age requirements before serving them alcoholic beverages. In certain countries, such as the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Ireland and Sweden, bartenders are legally required to refuse more alcohol to drunk customers. Mixology is defined as the art or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lothario
Lothario is an Italian name used as shorthand for an unscrupulous seducer of women, based upon a character in '' The Fair Penitent'', a 1703 tragedy by Nicholas Rowe.Lothario Dictionary by Merriam-Webster In Rowe's play, Lothario is a libertine who seduces and betrays Calista; and his success is the source for the proverbial nature of the name in the subsequent English culture. ''The Fair Penitent'' itself was an adaptation of '' The Fatal Dowry'' (1632), a play by Philip Massinger and [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Danson
Edward Bridge Danson III (born December 29, 1947) is an American actor. He achieved stardom playing the lead character Sam Malone on the NBC sitcom ''Cheers'' (1982–1993), for which he received two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. He was further Emmy-nominated for the FX legal drama ''Damages'' (2007–2010) and the NBC comedy '' The Good Place'' (2016–2020). He was the recipient of the 2025 Carol Burnett Award. Danson made his film debut in 1978 in the crime drama '' The Onion Field''. His breakout film role was in the comedies ''Three Men and a Baby'' (1987) and ''Three Men and a Little Lady'' (1990). He also acted in '' Body Heat'' (1981), '' Creepshow'' (1982), '' Dad'' (1989) and ''Saving Private Ryan'' (1998). Danson's other leading roles on television include the CBS sitcom '' Becker'' (1998–2004) and the CBS dramas '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' (2011–2015) and '' CSI: Cyber'' (2015–2016). In 2015, he starred in the second season of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Point Pleasant Register
The ''Point Pleasant Register'' was a newspaper serving Point Pleasant, West Virginia, Point Pleasant and Mason County, West Virginia from 1862 to 2022. Circulation was limited to Mason County, West Virginia, Mason County and nearby areas. The newspaper was founded by George W. Tippett as ''The Weekly Register'' in 1862,"Newspapers", in ''Hardesty's Biographical Atlas of Mason County, West Virginia'', H. H. Hardesty & Co., New York, Toledo, and Chicago (1882). many years before becoming a daily publication, known as ''The Point Pleasant Register'' beginning in 1909. History Precursors Several ephemeral newspapers preceded the ''Register'' at Point Pleasant. The first of these was ''The West Virginian'', published by Charles W. Hoy and William Peoples, beginning in 1845. This paper ceased publication after about a year, when Peoples moved the printing press to Gallipolis, Ohio. Another newspaper was published from 1852 to 1854, under the titles ''Weekly Bulletin'' and ''The W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of the longest-running newspapers in the United States, the ''Times'' serves as one of the country's Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. , ''The New York Times'' had 9.13 million total and 8.83 million online subscribers, both by significant margins the List of newspapers in the United States, highest numbers for any newspaper in the United States; the total also included 296,330 print subscribers, making the ''Times'' the second-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States, following ''The Wall Street Journal'', also based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' is published by the New York Times Company; since 1896, the company has been chaired by the Ochs-Sulzberger family, whose current chairman and the paper's publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cliff Clavin
Clifford C. Clavin, Jr. (born 1947 or 1949) is a fictional character on the American television show ''Cheers'' played by John Ratzenberger. A postal worker, he is the bar's resident know-it-all. Cliff was not originally scripted in the series' pilot episode, "Give Me a Ring Sometime", but the producers decided to add a know-it-all character and Ratzenberger helped flesh it out. The actor made guest appearances as Cliff on ''The Tortellis'', ''St. Elsewhere'', ''Wings (1990 TV series), Wings'', and ''Frasier''. Development Creation The original script for the 1982 pilot, "Give Me a Ring Sometime", did not include Norm Peterson or Cliff Clavin. George Wendt and John Ratzenberger originally auditioned for a minor character, George, and George Wendt was hired for that role.Wendt, p. 112.Wendt, pp. 113–114. John Ratzenberger auditioned for the role George, as well. George was Diane Chambers' first customer, had one line (consisting of the order, "Beer!") and was intended for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norm Peterson
Hilary Norman Peterson is a regular fictional character on the American television show ''Cheers''. The character was portrayed by actor George Wendt and is named Hilary after his paternal grandfather. Norm appeared in all 275 episodes of ''Cheers'' from 1982 to 1993 and was initially the only customer featured in the show's main cast, later joined by best friend 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 '' Wings'' episode " The Story of Joe" and the spin-off '' The Tortellis.'' Casting and creation In the original script of the 1982 pilot, " Give Me a Ring Sometime," there was no Norm Peterson. George Wendt and John Ratzenberger auditioned for the same role, originally named George, and Wendt w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woody Boyd
Woodrow Huckleberry Tiberius Boyd is a fictional character on the American television show ''Cheers'', portrayed by Woody Harrelson. Woody, simple-minded but good-hearted, debuts in the season premiere of the fourth season, "Birth, Death, Love and Rice". He also appears in one ''Frasier'' episode " The Show Where Woody Shows Up". ''Cheers'' Woody was born on July 23 (like Harrelson) and hails from Hanover, Indiana, where he was voted the smartest student in school. His mother's name was Margaret and his father's name is Edgel. He and his childhood sweetheart, Beth Curtis, were also voted "Couple Most Likely to Explode," as they were both obese at the time. It was later revealed that they always ate, to excess, around one another due to their palpable sexual tension. Woody followed in Coach's footsteps in many ways, failing to understand the most obvious jokes, concepts, and situations. Woody was essentially a straight man for all of the other characters at Cheers, though hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frasier Crane
Dr. Frasier Winslow Crane (born ) is a fictional character who is both a supporting character on the American television sitcom ''Cheers'' and the titular protagonist of its spin-off '' Frasier'' and the latter's 2023 sequel. In all three series, he is portrayed by Kelsey Grammer. The character debuted in the ''Cheers'' third-season premiere, " Rebound (Part 1)" (1984), as Diane Chambers's love interest, part of the Sam and Diane story arc. Intended to appear for only a few episodes, Grammer's performance in the role was praised by producers, prompting them to expand his role and increase his prominence. Later in ''Cheers'', Frasier marries Lilith Sternin ( Bebe Neuwirth) and has a son, Frederick. After ''Cheers'' ended, the character moved to a spin-off series, ''Frasier'', through which the span of his overall television appearances totals twenty years. In the spin-off, Frasier moves back to his birthplace, Seattle, after his divorce from Lilith, who retained custody of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. Rebecca was intended to fill the gap as Sam's new female foil. After Sam sells the bar to a corporation, the audience learns Rebecca is the new manager of Cheers. She spars with Sam and frequently rejects his advances. She gradually becomes neurotic and falls in love with almost every rich man in Boston. With the exception of the late Nicholas Colasanto, Alley w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
