publication date: Wednesday, February 22, 2017 (part of Winter 2017)

category: Television

clue: He's been a magazine editor, a crime scene investigator, an afterlife architect, an irritable doctor, a corrupt billionaire, and a North Dakota sheriff, but none of them will ever be as famous as his bar owner and retired pitcher.

explanation: Danson starred in Bored to Death, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The Good Place, Becker, Damages, Fargo, and Cheers. more…

intended difficulty: easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Matthew Preston, and Jesse King


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