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Tom Babson on a rock outcrop, filming The Edge in 1976

Tom Babson filming The Edge, 1976. Courtesy of Tom Babson.

“They accepted me like I was part of the family.”

Tom Babson, on joining the cast of Cheers

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A seat at Cheers.

Tom Babson on growing up between a hockey rink and the theater, working with Yvon Chouinard on The Edge, and playing Tom the barfly lawyer on Cheers.

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