Cheers of the original TV series, the play was adapted by Erik Forrest Jackson. It is produced by Troika/Stageworks. The director was Matt Lenz. It starred Grayson Powell as "Sam Malone," Jillian Louis as "Diane Chambers," Barry Pearl as "Ernie 'Coach' Pantusso," Sarah Sirotta as "Carla Tortelli," Paul Vogt as "Norm Peterson", and Buzz Roddy as "Cliff Clavin." The production is scheduled to tour through 2017. Cheers Cheers is an American sitcom that ran on NBC from September 30, 1982, to May 20, 1993, with a total of 275 half-hour episodes for eleven seasons. The show was produced by Charles/Burrows/Charles Productions
What Is... Cliff Clavin? book "Brainiac", noted that "Jeopardy!"-related sitcom episodes had become common at the time. On the first episode of "Jeopardy!" season 31, which aired on September 15, 2014, "Jeopardy!" champion Elizabeth Williams echoed Cliff Clavin's answer in her response to the Final Jeopardy clue. Williams's $600 wager combined with her opponents' incorrect responses allowed Williams to triumph that day, nonetheless. The episode inspired the term "Clavin's Rule" in reference to maximizing all the winnings at the final round and losing them all. What Is... Cliff Clavin? "What Is... Cliff Clavin?" is an eighth season episode of the American television series "Cheers".