Cheers 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 in association with Paramount Network Television. The show was created by the team of James Burrows, Glen Charles, and Les Charles. The show is set in a bar named Cheers in Boston, Massachusetts, where a group of locals meet to drink, relax, and socialize. The show's main theme song, co-written and performed by Gary Portnoy, lent its refrain "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" as the
Mendy Portnoy guitar lessons, with Sruli taking piano, before the two switched. In 2010, he performed at the Complete Unity Concert at Heichal Shlomo alongside Aharit Hayamim, Shtar, and JudaBlue. He and Sruli participated in the music video "Waving Flags", performed by campers and volunteer staff at Camp Simcha. Mendy Portnoy was featured on composer Yossi Green's 2015 album "Pianesque". That same year, he collaborated with singer and saxophonist Daniel Zamir on "Esa Einai", an album of Shlomo Carlebach songs, and released a short online-only piano album entitled "Holy Days". He was the final keyboardist for the Jewish rock band Hamakor, performing