Sam "Mayday" Malone is a character on the American television show Cheers, portrayed by Ted Danson. The central character of the series, Sam was a former relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox Major League Baseball team who owned Cheers and tended bar there. He was a recovering alcoholic and notorious lothario. Although his sports celebrity status in the wider world was short-lived, Sam retained that standing within the confines of Cheers, where h...
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Sam "Mayday" Malone is a character on the American television show Cheers, portrayed by Ted Danson. The central character of the series, Sam was a former relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox Major League Baseball team who owned Cheers and tended bar there. He was a recovering alcoholic and notorious lothario. Although his sports celebrity status in the wider world was short-lived, Sam retained that standing within the confines of Cheers, where he was beloved, and in some cases idolized, by the regular patrons of the bar.
Sam appeared in all 270 episodes of Cheers between 1982–1993. He also made a guest appearance in the Frasier episode "The Show Where Sam Shows Up."
In a 1986 episode of Cheers, Sam reveals that he's "pushing 40". From this, we might assume he was born circa 1947, the year Ted Danson (the actor who plays Sam) was born.
Sam had one older brother, Derek, who was an excellent student. A poor student, Sam had a contentious relationship with his father, who always pushed...
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