For other people named Sam Malone, see Sam Malone (disambiguation).
Fictional character
Sam Malone
Cheers character
Sam flirting with a woman in "Behind Every Great Man" (episode 63, 1985)
First appearance
Cheers:
"Give Me a Ring Sometime" (1982)
Last appearance
Cheers:
"One for the Road" (1993)
Frasier:
"The Show Where Sam Shows Up" (1995)
Created by
Glen and Les Charles
Portrayed by
Ted Danson
In-universe information
Gender
Male
Occupation
Owner/Bartender
Family
Derek Malone (brother)
Spouse
Debra (divorced)
Nationality
American
Samuel "Mayday" Malone[1] is a fictional character on the American television show Cheers, portrayed by Ted Danson and created by Glen and Les Charles. The protagonist of the series, Sam is a former relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox baseball team who owns and tends the bar called "Cheers". He is also a recovering alcoholic and a notorious womanizer. Although his celebrity status was short-lived, Sam retains that standing within the confines of Cheers, where he is beloved by the regular patrons. Along with Carla Tortelli and Norm Peterson, he is one of only three characters to appear in all episodes of Cheers.[citation needed] Sam has an on-again, off-again relationship with the bar waitress Diane Chambers (Shelley Long) for the series' first five seasons until her departure from the series. Then he tries to seduce Diane's replacement, Rebecca Howe (Kirstie Alley), who frequently rejects his advances. Sam also appears in "The Show Where Sam Shows Up", a crossover episode of the spin-off Frasier.
Other actors auditioned for the role. Producers decided to give Danson the role for primarily his scenes with Shelley Long as Diane. Critical reception for the character has been mostly positive. Some academics considered Sam an example of satirizing masculinity. For his performance as Sam, Ted Danson won two respective Emmy Awards as an Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 1990 and 1993 and two Golden Globe Awards as a Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy Series.
the fifth season (1986–87), Sam cyclically proposes to Diane, but she rejects every proposal until, in "Chambers vs. Malone" (episode 108, 1987), Diane...
SamMalone and Diane Chambers, collectively known as Sam and Diane, are fictional characters in the American situation comedy television series Cheers...
is an American actor. He achieved stardom playing the lead character SamMalone on the NBC sitcom Cheers, for which he received two Primetime Emmy Awards...
added them as part of the series. Samuel "Mayday" Malone (Ted Danson) — a bartender and owner of Cheers. Sam is also a ladies' man. Before the series began...
roles. The film tells the story of the rise of "Bugsy Malone" and the battle for power between "Fat Sam" and "Dandy Dan". Set in New York City, it is a gangster...
issues. At the center of the show is the bar's owner and head bartender, SamMalone, who is a womanizing former relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. The...
from the original on September 20, 2012. Retrieved July 18, 2012. "Uncle SamMalone". United States Department of Treasury. c. 1980s. Retrieved July 21, 2012...
Look up Malone in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Malone (Irish: Ó Maoileoin) is an Irish surname. From the Irish "Mael Eóin", the name means a servant...
appearance by Ted Danson as SamMalone, a recovering sex addict, bartender and ex-baseball player. In this episode, Sam arrives in Seattle to see his...
waitress. She has an on-off relationship with the womanizing bartender SamMalone (Ted Danson) and a one-year relationship with Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer)...
with SamMalone (Ted Danson). Not only SamMalone's rival and opposite, Frasier Crane was also part of the love triangle, "a different form of the Sam-Diane...
with Frasier even using some of the same insults and quoting a line by SamMalone to Diane Chambers on Cheers ("Are you as turned on as I am?"), which results...
character, bartender SamMalone, and the high-class, snobbish Diane. Rebecca was intended to fill the gap as Sam's new female foil. After Sam sells the bar to...
Colasanto between 1982 and 1985. Coach is SamMalone's former baseball coach, who becomes a bartender at Cheers under Sam's ownership. He is not "worldly wise"...
Slovak tourist, when asking for directions in Florida. The character of SamMalone, the alcoholic ex-Red Sox pitcher portrayed by Emmy Award winning actor...
1976 movie Bugsy Malone as "Fat Sam" and subsequently starred in the television series Fish. Cassisi was "discovered" by Bugsy Malone director Alan Parker...
the pilot episode of the short-lived spinoff The Tortellis. Along with SamMalone and Norm Peterson, she is one of only three characters to appear in every...
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Mirror Center for the People and the Press (now the Pew Research Center), SamMalone was voted a "favorite character" by twenty-six percent of respondents...
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Lilith pressuring Frasier to finalize his will and one main plot about SamMalone's (Ted Danson) concern that his sperm count may be low. The episode's epilogue...
best friend Cliff Clavin, Frasier Crane, and Lilith Sternin. Along with SamMalone and Carla Tortelli, Norm is one of only three characters to appear in...
is currently available on DVD. This season introduces six characters: SamMalone (Ted Danson)—a bartender, bar owner, and retired baseball player. Before...
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