New England Patriots button worn by Rhea Perlman as Carla Tortelli on Cheers
date: label: date made
content: before 1993
name: label: Associated Name
content: New England Patriots
notes: label: Description
content: <i>Cheers</i> was an American situation comedy that aired on the NBC television network from 1982-1993. Created by James Burrows, Glen Charles and Les Charles, the program followed the staff and patrons of a Boston bar, the titular <i>Cheers, </i> where, according to the show’s popular theme, everybody knows your name. Nominated for a record 117 prime-time Emmy awards and winning 28, <i>Cheers</i> is routinely lauded by media critics for having been one of television’s best written programs.
label: Description
content: The character of scrappy Cheers’ waitress Carla Tortellia was played by actress Rhea Perlman. Only one of three characters to appear in all 275 episodes, Carla was a tough, working mother who mocked the pretensions of the show’s more serious-minded characters.
label: Description
content: For her work on Cheers, Perlman (b. 1948) won prime time 4 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Television broadcasts
label: Subject
content: Comedy
label: Subject
content: Comedy
label: Subject
content: Television
label: web subject
content: Entertainment
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum of Television
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2021.0131.08.08
label: accession number
content: 2021.0131
label: catalog number
content: 2021.0131.08.08
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button
label: Object Name
content: button, football
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in; 8.89 cm