Cheers (season 1) People", intended to satirize "the lifestyle of old decadent old-money WASPs," but, to meet producers' demands, they rewrote the lyrics to be about "likeable losers" in a Boston bar. The show's producers rejected this song, as well as later songs that Portnoy and Angelo wrote. When Portnoy and Hart Angelo heard that NBC had commissioned thirteen episodes, they created "Where Everybody Knows Your Name", and rewrote the lyrics. "Cheers" was first broadcast at 9:00pm (Eastern) / 8:00pm (Central) on Thursday during fall 1982, which later became NBC's Must See TV, which followed the hour-long musical series "Fame" and preceded another
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