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Cheers Beacon Hill
Cheers Beacon Hill is a bar/restaurant located on Beacon Street in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, across from the Boston Public Garden. Founded in 1969 as the Bull & Finch Pub, the bar is best remembered internationally as the exterior of the bar seen in the hit NBC sitcom ''Cheers'', which ran between 1982 and 1993. History The show used the Bull & Finch as the inspiration for the hit TV show and exterior for the series, establishing shots of the namesake bar Cheers. A slightly modernized replica of the set bar has been built on the ground floor. '' The Official Preppy Handbook'' published in 1980 described Quaffer's (the upstairs in the Hampshire House at the time) as "Clubby, library atmosphere, with the requisite backgammon tables. Private club, but flexible, especially for ladies." The trademark, filed in 1982 has since been canceled. In 1982 ''Boston'' magazine awarded the Bull & Finch the title of Boston's best bar. On May 20, 1993, the night ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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''Cheers'' is an American sitcom television series that ran on NBC from September 30, 1982, to May 20, 1993, with a total of 275 half-hour episodes across 11 seasons. The show was produced by Charles/Burrows/Charles Productions in association with Paramount Network Television, and was created by the team of James Burrows and Glen and Les Charles. The show is set in a bar and namesake Cheers in Boston, where a group of locals in the city meet to drink, relax and socialize. At the center of the show was the bar's owner and head bartender, Sam Malone, who was a womanizing former relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. The show's ensemble cast introduced in the pilot episode were 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 included Frasier Crane, Woody Boyd, Lilith Sternin, and Rebecca Howe. After premiering in 1982, it was nearly canceled durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
