This is an annual post. "The Lost CHEERS" scene. Season one of CHEERS and my partner David Isaacs and I were asked to write a scene to be aired during the pre-game of the 1983 Super Bowl (carried that year on NBC). We wrote it, they filmed it, and it aired right before the game. 80,000,000 people saw it. Nothing I've ever written has been seen by that many people at one time. (And now 131,000 more have seen it on YouTube.)
The scene was never re-run and never showed up in any DVD package. I did not have a copy and I thought it was lost forever. But the late sportswriter, Joe Resnick, had recorded every Super Bowl. I asked if I could see that one. Sure enough the scene was aired close enough to kick-off that it was included in his tape. I managed to digitize it, and every Super Bowl weekend I feature it.
So enjoy. Good luck to the Rams AND Bengals.
from By Ken Levine
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