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11-25-2025, 09:50 PM
https://www.comicsands.com/boston-cheers-sign-hand
While visiting Boston, TikToker @liztheginger noticed a bizarre detail about the hand on the infamous Cheers restaurant sign and decided to ask Bostonians about it—and locals weighed in with some hilariously unhelpful answers.
ByMorgan Allison Ross
Nov 19, 2025
A TikToker was simply “making her way in the world today” when she encountered something on Boston’s most famous TV landmark that was… not making its way anywhere.
Because instead of the friendly, sturdy pointing thumb you might expect from the iconic Cheers sign, TikToker Elizabeth—better known as @liztheginger (https://www.tiktok.com/@liztheginger?referer_url=www.dailydot.com%2Fnews%2Fcheers-restaurant-hand-sign%2F&refer=embed&embed_source=121374463%2C121468991%2C121439635%2C121749182%2C121433650%2C121404359%2C121497414%2C121477481%2C121351166%2C121947600%2C121811500%2C121896267%2C121860360%2C121487028%2C121679410%2C121331973%2C120811592%2C120810756%2C121885509%3Bnull%3Bembed_name&referer_video_id=7567223732444335374), the self-proclaimed CEO of spotting weird (https://www.comicsands.com/weird-news/) tourist attractions—discovered a wooden appendage drooping with all the enthusiasm of a flaccid peen.
In her viral video, now at over 976,000 views, Elizabeth films herself staring at the sign like she’s trying to decode ancient runes. At the bottom of the wood-carved plaque, a hand directs visitors toward the bar. Except the thumb appears to have brought a smaller, sadder, limp companion along for support, much like Frasier Crane midway (https://frasier.fandom.com/wiki/Frasier_Crane) through an emotional spiral.
And in the sign’s defense, the same carved hand does appear on the restaurant’s official Instagram, meaning someone approved it, carved it, varnished it, and said, “Yes. This is the finger a drunk Sam Malone would’ve inappropriately flirted with.”
Fun fact: the pointing-hand motif (https://www.messynessychic.com/2025/03/07/the-secret-history-of-the-manicule-little-hand-thats-everywhere/?utm_source) is actually a real 19th-century trade-sign style (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manicule?utm_source) used outside taverns and shops. So the limp digit might be an attempt at “colonial authenticity.” Unfortunately, it landed closer to “the sign needs a prescription from Dr. Frasier Crane.”
While visiting Boston, TikToker @liztheginger noticed a bizarre detail about the hand on the infamous Cheers restaurant sign and decided to ask Bostonians about it—and locals weighed in with some hilariously unhelpful answers.
ByMorgan Allison Ross
Nov 19, 2025
A TikToker was simply “making her way in the world today” when she encountered something on Boston’s most famous TV landmark that was… not making its way anywhere.
Because instead of the friendly, sturdy pointing thumb you might expect from the iconic Cheers sign, TikToker Elizabeth—better known as @liztheginger (https://www.tiktok.com/@liztheginger?referer_url=www.dailydot.com%2Fnews%2Fcheers-restaurant-hand-sign%2F&refer=embed&embed_source=121374463%2C121468991%2C121439635%2C121749182%2C121433650%2C121404359%2C121497414%2C121477481%2C121351166%2C121947600%2C121811500%2C121896267%2C121860360%2C121487028%2C121679410%2C121331973%2C120811592%2C120810756%2C121885509%3Bnull%3Bembed_name&referer_video_id=7567223732444335374), the self-proclaimed CEO of spotting weird (https://www.comicsands.com/weird-news/) tourist attractions—discovered a wooden appendage drooping with all the enthusiasm of a flaccid peen.
In her viral video, now at over 976,000 views, Elizabeth films herself staring at the sign like she’s trying to decode ancient runes. At the bottom of the wood-carved plaque, a hand directs visitors toward the bar. Except the thumb appears to have brought a smaller, sadder, limp companion along for support, much like Frasier Crane midway (https://frasier.fandom.com/wiki/Frasier_Crane) through an emotional spiral.
And in the sign’s defense, the same carved hand does appear on the restaurant’s official Instagram, meaning someone approved it, carved it, varnished it, and said, “Yes. This is the finger a drunk Sam Malone would’ve inappropriately flirted with.”
Fun fact: the pointing-hand motif (https://www.messynessychic.com/2025/03/07/the-secret-history-of-the-manicule-little-hand-thats-everywhere/?utm_source) is actually a real 19th-century trade-sign style (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manicule?utm_source) used outside taverns and shops. So the limp digit might be an attempt at “colonial authenticity.” Unfortunately, it landed closer to “the sign needs a prescription from Dr. Frasier Crane.”