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Originally Posted by Stu from NYC
oops. Didnt realize that Sam Malone of Cheers was partly based on Sudden Sam.
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Probably a little more than "partly".
Sam (McDowell, not Malone) had a serious drinking problem he overcame and earned the Baseball Assistance Team (B.A.T.) Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022, for his work as an advocate for recovery and sobriety.
I was lucky enough to be there for the Cheers wrap party day at the State House and later at Tom Kershaw's Bull & Finch Pub, where Jay Leno was broadcasting the Tonight Show. Quite an event.