Other Appearances
Ted Danson reprised his role of Sam Malone from Cheers in pregame segments of the 1983 Super Bowl and of one of baseball games of the 1986 World Series, The Magical World of Disney episode "Mickey's 60th Birthday", and The Simpsons episode "Fear of Flying". In the Super Bowl pregame skit, Sam and his buddies at the bar chide Diane for not knowing and ridiculing football and then meet Pete Axthelm, the NBC sportscaster who stops by. In the pregame skit of the 1986 World Series game, Sam is interviewed by Bob Costas at the bar. In "Mickey's 60th Birthday", Sam realizes that he forgets Rebecca's birthday, so he begs Mickey Mouse to sing "Happy Birthday to You" as her birthday present. However, Rebecca chooses Mickey over Sam, who still wants to seduce her. In The Simpsons, Sam is dating twins whose names are Diane and Rebecca.
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