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Jun 5, 2023 · From left to right (top): George Wendt, Shelley Long, Kelsey Grammer, Ted Danson, John Ratzenberger and Woody Harrelson and Rhea Perlman (front) conitnued to generate laughs as "Cheers" endured ...
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- Drew Weisholtz
'Thanks' expresses more gratitude. 'Cheers' to the guy who passes the salt, 'thanks' to the guy who donates a kidney. 'Thanks' also has more gravitas (though less than 'Thank you'). An interviewer is unlikely to say 'Cheers, Prime Minister'. David Cameron is unlikely to say 'I would like to say cheers to the British public for electing me'.
Sep 29, 2022 · NBC. “Cheers” premiered about a week after “Family Ties,” portending the era of what became known as “Must See TV,” a block of Thursday night programming on NBC that really solidified ...
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- Drew Weisholtz
- The Pilot: "Give Me A Ring Sometime"
- "Norm!"
- Know-It-All Cliff
- Classic Holiday Episode: "Thanksgiving Orphans"
- It's Woody!
- Will They/Won't They? Sam and Diane's Forever On/Off Love Affair
- The Wedding Episode: "An Old-Fashioned Wedding"
- The Replacement: "Home Is The Sailor"
- The Spinoff: Frasier Crane
- The Series Finale: "One For The Road"
Few series are lucky enough to have such a spot-on first episode, one that in 24 minutes takes us through a wide range of characters' quirks, the Sam-Diane sparks and the talky, fast-moving tone of the show. Bonus: the fiery discussion of what the "sweatiest movie ever made" is.
The original "Cheers" script didn't include a Norm Peterson — and both George Wendt (who went on to play Norm) and John Ratzenberger (who went on to play Cliff Clavin) actually auditioned for the same part, a character named "George." Wendt landed the role and instantly made hay out of very few words — like his request for "Beer!" Eventually, there...
If "Norm!" solidified one kind of barfly, Cliff Clavin was another classic trope: The know-it-all. The character idea was Ratzenberger's idea, and he became known for firing off random "facts" during nearly every episode. This all culminated in Cliff's becoming a contestant on "Jeopardy!" and the episode "What Is … Cliff Clavin?" (Jan. 18, 1990) — ...
Many of the "Cheers" regulars aren't able to land Thanksgiving plans (or at the last minute their plans fall through) so the cast ends up at Carla's for a potluck that turns into a hilarious turkey. Norm actually brings an enormous raw turkey ("Birdzilla") and Diane insists dinner must wait until the bird is ready. That does not go well, and pretty...
Knowing Woody Harrelson as we do today — he's starred in films like "Natural Born Killers" and "The Hunger Games" — it's a revelation to see him in his breakout role as Woody Boyd, aspiring actor and former Indiana farm kid. Woody began appearing on Sept. 26, 1985 at the start of the series' fourth season, showing up in the bar with wide-eyed wonde...
Over the show's first five seasons they flirted and insulted each other, sleeping together and breaking up repeatedly. Each of the first four seasons ended with a cliffhanger about them — and with the fifth-season finale "I Do, Adieu" (May 7, 1987) they're finally set to set things in stone ... when Diane puts an end to the whole question. Even if ...
Nope, the nuptials weren't for Sam and Diane, but rather for Woody and Kelly, who have to deal with crazed dogs, a minister who's been tippling, a missing chef and a dead body hidden in a dumbwaiter. The episode was a two-parter in which everything went wrong in exactly the funniest of possible ways, and show creators (Glen Charles, Les Charles and...
When your show is heavily focused on the chemistry between two of its leads and one leaves, well, that's a conundrum. Fortunately, Kirstie Alley came on board at the start of season six, taking over where Shelley Long left off — kind of. As the manager sent by the bar's corporate franchise owner, Rebecca immediately has jurisdiction over the whole ...
"Cheers" was so successful at creating great characters and finding terrific actors to inhabit them that they ended up with "Frasier," which ran from 1993 to 2004, nearly matching "Cheers" for number of episodes (264 to 275). Frasier Crane, an overeducated psychiatrist began showing up in season three ("Rebound, Part 1" on Sept. 27, 1984) to help S...
Ending an ensemble show like "Cheers" meant finding room for every one of our favorites to say goodbye in their own way — and that included the return of Diane. The Sam-Diane will they/won't they was by that point a dead and buried subject, and yet we wondered … would they ride off into the sunset together? Turns out: Nope. Instead, the show spent ...
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- Randee Dawn
Jun 20, 2022 · CBS Television Distribution. It’s hard to describe the aura surrounding '80s America. It was a time of fear, patriotism, optimism, and an economic boom. While a perversive bleakness is present ...
The happy history of the word ‘cheers’. In the English language, there aren’t many happier histories than that of the word ‘cheers’. From a Latin term for your face, to the toasting word ...
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Cheers. ) " One for the Road " is the final episode of the American television series Cheers. It was the 271st episode of the series and the twenty-sixth episode of the eleventh season of the show. It first aired on NBC on May 20, 1993, to an audience of approximately 42.4 million households in a 98-minute version, making it the second-highest ...
