"Cheers" turns 40

"Cheers" first premiered on Sept. 30, 1982 and had its last call more than a decade later, on May 20, 1993.

• The legendary sitcom spent many of its episodes inside a Boston pub based on a real-world watering hole called Cheers on Beacon Hill.
• "Cheers" helped launch the careers of actors Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson, Kirstie Alley and Kelsey Grammer.
• The show's theme song — "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" by Portnoy — is as recognizable as the series itself.

What they're saying: "It was like going to camp -- a good one, not one you wanted to call home every day," actress Rhea Perlman told ABC News about working on the show.

• "It just was a very comfortable, fun place to be," Perlman added. "We had great writers, we had a great cast and we had fun."

Don't forget that "Cheers" poured us another one with "Frasier," a spinoff series that saw Grammer taking on the lead role.

• "Frasier" won 37 Emmy Awards and five consecutive wins in the Best Comedy Series category — the most of any series, according to the Guinness World Records.