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© Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.'Cheers' bar sells for $675,000 at Dallas auction of items from classic TV shows
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TokyoLiving
Overpriced garbage...
starpunk
A passing of an era. When 'Cheers' went off the air nearly 30 years ago, I 'sensed' that a turning point in TV and entertainment itself had been turned. I sensed that TV would never be the same. Sad to say, I was right.
'Cheers' was filmed before a live studio audience so you knew the jokes were funny, NO canned laugh track. And the last few seasons were such a hot. I can remember of them now and they still make ROFL. Of course later in college I 'discovered' in a lit fulfillment course that Norm stevens and Cliff Claven were based on Shakespeare's Rosencrans and Guildenstern. That adds more to the appeal.
I saw the famous Bull + Fince Pub when I visited Boston for the first time in 2019. There's a huge yellow banner there that denotes the show, but the interior is nothing like what's on TV.
It may be overpriced. But to paraphrase Living Colour (the funk-metal band), it has a value that you can't see.
And while I wouldn't pay those prices for the items myself, I still consider 'Cheers' to be culture.