During the opening credits of the television show "Cheers", when the newspaper is held up saying "We Win" - who was it that won?

"Cheers" was an American sitcom which ran for eleven seasons from September 30, 1982, to May 20, 1993. The show is set in a Boston bar named "Cheers" where a group of not so typical locals met to relax, argue, insult each other and basically have a good time.

When "Cheers" was first being developed, a three-person film company Castle, Bryant, Johnsen got the assignment to create the main titles. One of the of 17 meticulously selected, hand-tinted engravings and photographs selected was the Brooklyn Eagle headline announcing the 1941 World Series win by the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Since then, the opening sequence they produced has become one of the most familiar 60 seconds in television history.

The 275 episodes became one of the most popular series of all time and received critical acclaim from its beginning to end.

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tmurph

Respectfully, I think this answer is incorrect. On the IMDB website, the online archive of movie and TV entertainment information, the information on the opening sequence images on the Cheers archive says : "The images were taken from old archives of photographs, and then treated to look older. The entire sequence was created by Castle/Bryant/Johnsen, Inc. The newspaper headline "We win!" refers to the ending of prohibition." Also, the New York Yankees won the 1941 World Series, not the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Terry Cannon

Maybe the Writer Ron Harvey should do a bit more research or someone should do some FACT checking this answer it TOTALLY incorrect. What Bostonian in their right mind would celebrate a NY Yankee or Brooklyn Win. They hate each other

filmnut

It about The only win by the Boston Braves. Why would a show set in Boston have a Headliner of the Brooklyn Dodgers? I actually had to answer this question in a Sports question playing Trivial Pursuit. We used to play this game at Nepenthe in Big Sur After are usual Sunday Night Dinner for Employees who lived on the property.

Richard D. Boyle

I was sure the correct option would be the Boston sports connection because of that area for both Cheers and for the author, Ron Harvey. I used a 50/50 just to be sure and was stunned when NY and Brooklyn came up. Neither made any sense. I was stationed on Cape Cod for nearly five years and know how about the intense animosity that Boston has for NYC baseball teams, especially the Yankees. I was sure Brooklyn was wrong but I went with it as the lesser of two evils. I still don’t know... Braves? OK. End of Prohibition? OK. But not this “right” answer.

teacherchicky

This answer is incorrect as the producers looked long and hard through archives pertaining to Boston where the bar is situated and the"WE WIN"headlines were from the end of prohibition or a Boston sports headline. After all, they h

Terry Masterson

Incorrect. It was the Boston Braves!

Jerry Kimball

Wrong! The "We Win" headline refers to the 1948 Boston Braves win. No way would it refer to a New York team winning anything...the two cities baseball teams hated each other!

filmnut

1918 Boston Braves winners of their only pennant.Elizabeth Buehler-Miller,

Elizabeth Buehler-Miller

And why the hell would Boston celebrate a Brooklyn win? The common understanding is the photo refers to the 1918 Red Sox World Series win, so I chose that answer; but IMDB also says the “We Win!” refers to the end of Prohibition