Boston Red Sox baseball jacket, worn by Ted Danson as Sam Malone on Cheers
date: label: date made
content: ca 1990
name: label: Associated Name
content: Boston Red Sox
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, <i>everybody knows your name. </i> 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.
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content: The character of Cheers' bar owner and former Red Sox pitcher Sam Malone was portrayed by actor Ted Danson. Malone was only one three characters appear in all of Cheers' 275 episodes. A promiscuous bachelor, Malone often presented as being both attracted to, and challenged by, intelligent, independent women such as waitress Diane Chambers (Shelly Long) and bar manager Rebecca Howe (Kirstie Alley.)
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content: In addition to his role on Cheers, Edward <i>Ted </i>Danson (b. 1947) has starred in such television programs as <i>Becker, The Good Place,</i> and <i> C.S.I. Crime Scene Investigation.</i> His film work included roles in <i>Three Men and a Baby, Creepshow,</i> and <i>Saving Private Ryan.</i>
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content: A vocal advocate for environmental issues, Danson penned the 2011 book Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans and What We Can Do to Save Them with co-author Michael D'Orso.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Television broadcasts
label: Subject
content: Comedy
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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: 2021.0131.06.01
label: catalog number
content: 2021.0131.06.01
label: accession number
content: 2021.0131
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jacket
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: acrylic (overall material)
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content: nylon (overall material)
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content: metal (snap material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 29 in x 33 in x 2 in; 73.66 cm x 83.82 cm x 5.08 cm