The Millionaire (TV series) Miller's character approaches a subject and says, "My name is Michael Anthony, and I have been authorized to give you one million dollars!" The man tears up the check, saying, "My name is Mike Todd, and "I don't need it!"" In the sitcom "Cheers", the episode "How to Marry a Mailman" opens with Norm Peterson and Cliff Clavin explaining "The Millionaire" and its premise to multi-millionaire Robin Colcord in an effort to get Colcord to give them a million dollars. The 1983-84 ABC-TV series "Lottery!" also explored sudden wealth and its impacts upon its beneficiaries, as did the NBC-TV shows
Home Is the Sailor (Cheers) the Sailor" scored a 28.4 rating and was third placed in the list of top ten shows that were tuned-in by households on the week of September 21–27, 1987. This episode earned its writers Glen and Les Charles an Emmy Award nomination for an Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series in 1988 but did not win. In 1997, it was ranked No. 45 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time. In 2014, "IGN" ranked it as number two of the top ten "Cheers" episodes. "Screaming Viking", a fictional made-up cocktail seen in this episode, became an actual cocktail.