Where Everybody Knows Your Name Where Everybody Knows Your Name "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" is the theme song from the 1980s television sitcom "Cheers". The song was written by Gary Portnoy and Judy Hart Angelo and performed by Gary Portnoy. Shortly after the premiere of "Cheers", Portnoy went back into the studio to record a longer version of the song that made the US and British pop charts. However, it failed to reach the Top 40 in either of those 2. The full-length version was made available on Portnoy's 2004 album "Keeper". In January 2013, Argentum Records released a five-song EP to iTunes entitled
Ethel Portnoy Her books were translated by her (ex-)husband (they were divorded in the 1980s), their daughter Hepzibah Kousbroek (1954–2009) and by Tinke Davids. Most of her books were published by Amsterdam publisher Meulenhoff. The Dutch language is using the term "Broodje Aap" ('monkey sandwich') to refer to urban legends as a result of Portnoy's book with the same title. Ethel Portnoy Ethel Portnoy (March 8, 1927 – May 25, 2004) was a Dutch Jewish writer. She wrote mainly essays, columns, short stories, travel stories and several novels. Ethel Portnoy was born in Philadelphia but grew up in the Bronx in New