"igazor;c-16933996" wrote:
@Stormkeep - That's a great find, but I'm not really sure that Sam Malone was the first one to have said that (or something really close to it). I think by then it may have been a bit recycled. I'm still remembering it more with a heavy British accent, fake or otherwise, for some reason. :)
@igazor, Your memory may be crossing two quotes, "Not a lot of people know that" would be a quote with a british accent. But it does not continue to the part about being famous. https://metro.co.uk/2011/03/23/michael-caine-i-never-said-not-a-lot-of-people-know-that-646227/
No variation of search terms on google turn up any origin other than Cheers for the quote in question but many variations turn up the Cheers quote. Pretty solid evidence that it originated with Cheers or, alternatively, that whoever did originate it was in no way even remotely famous...the internet is quite good at aggressively correcting errors, so if anyone out there knew Sam Malone copied it, we'd find it online somewhere with someone insisting the originator get credit.
