30 "Cheers" Facts That Change Everything

facts verse presents 30 Cheers facts that change everything before we get started make sure you subscribe and click the notification bell so you don't miss a single video cheers is one of the greatest shows in its day and one of the greatest shows in history on May 20th 1993 the gang at cheers said goodbye to the world when the show's last episode aired over the years there have been many stories printed about the show even if you've read every one of them there's a good chance you still don't know something about the show here are 30 things you might not know about cheers cheers almost didn't make it past the first season like many iconic shows cheers didn't receive great ratings during the first season the show premiered on September 30th 1982 and the ratings were dismal it placed 77th out of 100 shows that week fortunately nbc's entertainment president at the time brandon tartikoff thought the show was worth it and he didn't cancel it during his first season had he pulled the plug like most people wanted to television history wouldn't be the same the bull and Finch pub initially the bar was supposed to be set in a hotel the co-creators Glenn and les Charles decided that the show should be set in New England they chose Boston because there were only five TV shows set in Boston and they were all short-lived also East Coast bars were considered real neighborhood hangouts which made Boston the perfect setting for the show the bar that cheers was modeled from was called the bull & Finch pub as the show's popularity rose it didn't take long for the Beacon Hill tavern to start being called the real cheers to satisfy the masses a second location was opened in Faneuil Hall in 2011 this bar is called Cheers and it's a replica of the bar in the show a year later the bull and Finch officially changed their name to Cheers Sam Malone was originally a professional football player in the very first script Sam Malone was an ex-football player this made sense because at the time Fred Dreyer was the actor considered for the role and he was a former NFL defensive end William Devane was also a strong contender for the part in the beginning Julia Duffy was being considered for Diane in the end Ted Danson and Shelley Long or cast because of the incredible chemistry the two had when Ted was set to play Sam and he signed his contract the character became a former baseball player rather than a football player because of his body type Ted Danson attended bartending school playing the role of Sam meant that Ted had to pour out a lot of drinks to prepare for the role Ted spent two weeks at a bartending school in Burbank California you norman cliff weren't supposed to be regulars George Wendt aka norm and John Ratzenberger aka cliff were both auditioning for the same role it was a minor role of George and the character has just one line beer the character's name was changed to norm when George was cast John wasn't about to give up too easily John was born in Bridgeport Connecticut which isn't too far from where chairs is set before leaving the office he asked the producers if the bar had a know-it-all he told them that every New England bar has its regular know-it-all and this is when cliff Clavin was born norm Peterson is based on a real person in 2012 the show's co-creator les Charles told GQ that norm was based on a real person les worked in a bar after college and there was a guy who went in every night his name wasn't norm but he claimed every night that he was there for just one beer just like norm the man always stayed for more than one beer when the man's wife would call he would tell les to tell her he wasn't there norms never seen wife is voiced by George Wentz real wife norms wife is never seen on the show there's an episode where you can hear her voice and it's George Wentz wife Bernadette Burkett who lent her voice Bernadette also appeared on the show once in season three she played cliffs love interest cliff Clavin 'he's fun facts were often improvised most of cliff Clavin is random and untrue facts were improvised by John after some time on the show the writers realized they could trust him to come up with funny and crazy facts so they just let him go with it some of the bar scene dialogue came from real bar conversations to come up with real sounding dialogue the creators of the show would go to Los Angeles bars and eavesdrop on patrons conversations in the series premiere there's an argument about the sweatiest movie ever and the creators got this from a real bar conversation social issues Cheers writers were never ones to shy away from social issues like alcoholism or homosexuality in the season 1 episode titled the boys in the bar one of Sam's old teammates announced that he's gay the episode helped writer Ken Levine and David Isaac's earn a GLAAD Media Award Sam almost had an HIV scare in 1998 the Writers Guild of America went on strike this meant that some of the planned shows were never filmed one of them was the season 6 cliffhanger where Sam finds out that his former girlfriend is hiv-positive Rhea wasn't the only Perlman on set Rhea Perlman wasn't the only one of her family on set her sister Heidi produced over 2 dozen episodes between 1985 and 1986 she also wrote several of the shows her father Phil played a bar regular named Phil Eddie Lebec Jay Thomas played Carla's former hockey star turned ice show performer husband Eddie Lebec when Jay wasn't working on Cheers he was the host of a popular radio show in Los Angeles on the show Eddie was killed by a Zamboni there was a reason he was killed off on his radio show he was asked what it was like to be on Cheers he said it was brutal because he had to kiss Rhea Perlman right after his character was killed off the show cheers did a mini episode for the US Treasury early in the show the creators were contacted by the US Treasury to create a special mini episode to promote the u.s. savings bond it was titled Uncle Sam Malone but it never made it to TV or on the DVD it was merely a promotional tool to get people to buy savings bonds The Lost scenes for Super Bowl 17 in 1983 the writers wrote a unique scene to be part of the 1983 Super Bowl 17 pregame show in the scene Sam Diane Carla norm cliff and NBC announcer Pete acts don't bet on the game it ran right before the game and writer Ken Levine said that he had never written anything that would be seen by so many people that night 80 million people saw the scene it never aired again and you can't find it on the DVD boxset Ted Danson wore a hairpiece Ted Danson's character Sam was obsessed with his hair to make his hair look great he wore a hairpiece most people didn't know this until Ted accepted his Emmy without the hairpiece in 1990 in the 1993 episode it's lonely on top Sam tells Carla about his hair challenges viewers often complained the laugh track was too loud viewers often complain that the laugh track was too loud the problem is that they didn't use a laugh track the show is filmed before a live studio audience and this is what the viewers were hearing the role of Frasier was written for John Lithgow the role of Frasier was initially written for John Lithgow but he wasn't interested he had just received two consecutive Oscar nominations for the world according to GARP he was also successful in blowout and all that jazz his career was going full steam ahead so he didn't want to do TV Kelsey Grammer ended up with the role and it made him a huge success Kelsey Grammer played Frasier for 20 years Kelsey made his debut on shears in 1984 he was supposed to be on the show for a short time but the fans loved him so he became a series regular for months after Cheers ended kelsey began filming Frasier and that show ran for 11 seasons his two decade run as Frasier was record breaking Tony Soprano's mother was Frazier's mother Nancy Marchand played both Tony Soprano's mother and also Frazier's on Cheers she threatened to kill Diane in the series Frasier his mother was played by Tom Hanks his wife Rita Wilson in flashbacks by the time Frasier was on the air his fictional mother had passed away Kirstie Alley is the only cheer star not to appear on Frasier during Frazier's 11-year run every one of the cheers cast appeared on the show except for Kirstie Alley being a Scientologist Kirstie said that appearing on a show about a psychiatrist conflicted with her beliefs Frasier's dad changed for the show when Frasier talked about his father on Cheers he was also a well respected psychiatrist and had passed away in the series Frasier his father as an ex-cop and played by John Mahoney Norm's first name is Hillary Norm's full name on shears as Hillary Norman Peterson norm drank near beer the bar on the show is fully functional but the cast didn't get to spend their day drinking when norm was given his ice-cold beer it was a weakened strain of beer mixed with a bit of salt to keep the head on the glass perfect more than once George Wendt had to consume one of these beers Woody's name was already set in stone when woody harrelson read for the part of woody the director didn't have him in mind first the fact that his name was woody and the character's name was woody was a sheer coincidence Cheers help promote designated drivers no Cheers patron ever drove home drunk there were many times that calling a cab or a designated driver was mentioned in the show the Harvard alcohol project helped to promote spreading this message Sam and Diane got married because the show is filmed before a live studio audience the producers had to be sneaky from time to time so that the audience wouldn't leak the story line to keep Shelley Long's departure a secret the live audience watched Sam and Diane get married at the end of season five the real ending had Diane leave for six months to finish her book they just didn't want this to get leaked Spanish version in September 2011 a Spanish version of the show also called cheers debuted it started Alberto San Juan as a former soccer player who started running an Irish pub the show didn't catch on and it last for one season Ted Danson ended the show when Ted Danson announced he was leaving at the end of the 1992-93 season the writers were going to have woody run the bar woody harrelson didn't want to do the show without Danson so the series came to an end the cast got drunk during their send-off NBC made a major event of the series finale the cast and crew celebrated at Boston's bull and Finch pub and thousands of fans gathered outside to watch the show on two Jumbotrons the show ended at 11:00 p.m. and for the next half-hour the drinks were flowing the cast cried hugged and they got completely drunk which one of these facts was your favorite let us know in the comments and be sure to subscribe to FAQs verse for more great videos you

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Published: Thu Jun 25 2020