This thread got me curious about what stations are showing reruns. Nationally it’s still airing on WGN and The Hallmark Channel.
Right now The Hallmark Channel is running stuff from the last season, ultimately leading up to the Berenger-fueled final couple episodes.
I don’t remember much of anything about The Tortelli’s spin-off. That’s probably for the best, but Hedeya was grand in the role on Cheers.
Nick Tortelli taught me the word “uggo.”
Coach taught me about Albania:
Albania, Albania,
You border on the Adriatic.
Your land is mostly mountainous
And your chief export is chrome.
A shame the Berenger arc was a tad underwhelming. Didn’t care for the final stretch run.
I was a Cheers die hard, but never cared for Frasier spin-off.
Fave Cliff episode-when in order to stop being such an insufferable know-it-all, hires someone to rig him up with a gizmo to give shock every time he’s an ass. After being zapped over and over again, he finally snatches away the control, furiously pushing away at the button and yelling “How do you like it!”–only since the gizmo itself was still attached to his body, he was getting the blasts of bolts. (Think Simpson’s Family Therapy)
Fave Cliff episode runner up-the bully episode where he fakes knowing karate ("take me to the hospital"
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| Originally Posted by Fat Elvis View Post I was a Cheers die hard, but never cared for Frasier spin-off. |
I was with Frasier for the first couple seasons, but eventually got tired of it. What was great about him on Cheers was how they took this really refined character and had him slowly get corrupted by all the meaningless minutiae at the bar. Frasier brought him back to his comfort zone and it just wasn’t as funny.
I liked that “Scrambled Eggs” song during the end credits though.
I watched the first five or six seasons of Frasier and liked it a lot, even though it had a much different vibe than Cheers. Niles was the MVP on that show.
Coincidentally, I came home the other day, and my wife was napping on the couch, and had left the TV on WGN. I couldn’t find the remote, so I sat down and Cheers came on. It was the “Tell Your Fortune Scale” episode, and sitting there watching it, I realized how much I missed the show. I don’t think I had seen an episode in like 3-4 years.
Missed the next episode because I had to take my son to football practice, but liked the “Norm-ism” at the beginning:
“NORM!”
“What’s shakin’, Norm?”
“All 4 cheeks and a couple of chins, Coach.”
“Beer, Norm?”
“Little early isn’t it, Woody?”
“For a beer?”
“No, for stupid questions.”
A Normie: “It’s a dog-eat-dog world and I’m wearing milkbone underwear.”
And a Cliffy: “Who are three people who have never been in my kitchen?”
The episode where Cliff suffered hysterical blindness around his gf also hilarious.
Fave Carla feud? I loved her snarky battles with Diane.
I’d have to vote for the Diane years as well. The show was good through its entire run but somehow the very best Diane era episodes felt less like tv sitcom light entertainment and more like watching fantastically well written filmed stage plays or something.
I watched the early seasons for the first time only a couple of years ago and it’s all pretty much timeless, with the glaring exception of a gay-themed episode from season 1 or 2 which would never, ever be done that way today.
“Ggg-gg-ggroin injury.”
Also the opening bit with the kid who wants Sam to sign a Carl Yaztremski ball still makes me laugh to this day.
Woody Harrelson as Woody Boyd is Mark Twain.
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| Originally Posted by Moltisanti View Post That was good. My favorite was Robert Urich. Wasn’t really a Spencer fan but his cameo was a delight. Pantsing Wade Boggs is also up there. |
Cheers is why I’m a Red Sox fan. Grew up in Colorado and Arkansas during its run, so I never had a local team to root for. I loved Sammy ‘MayDay’ Malone, and loved the show. It was easy to do when you are 10.
Best sitcom ever. I loved both era’s. Some episodes in the Diane years could have qualified as the best drama on television also. Loved the Rebecca years too, Robin Colcord was a great television villian.
My favorite Norm quote is this one
Woody: Hey Mr. Peterson, Jack Frost nipping at your nose?
Norm: Yep, now let’s get Joe Beer nipping at my liver.
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| Originally Posted by Frank The Tank View Post Best sitcom ever. I loved both era’s. Some episodes in the Diane years could have qualified as the best drama on television also. |
Sam’s “Have a good life” is one of the most heartbreaking things I’ve ever seen on television, as is watching the elderly Sam and Diane fade out of the house they were buying because Sam knew they’d never live there.
Man, I need to watch this show again.
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| Originally Posted by Mattioli View Post And a Cliffy: “Who are three people who have never been in my kitchen?” |
That same episode I saw: (Postman is talking to Cliff) “…I really messed up at our branch the other day, and boss told me to get my head outta my Clavin.”
It’s remarkable that a sitcom that changed two pretty major roles was able to move on without a hitch.
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| Originally Posted by Ratty View Post Diane and Sam’s chemistry was so great that you’d never know that those two kind of hated each other in real life. |
Felt bad for Shelley during that 300th episode retrospective episode hosted by John McLaughlin. She tried to justify leaving and put a positive spin on her era, but you could see the contempt and hatred from the others seething under the surface, threatening to boil over. If I recall, some direct shots taken.
The switching of gears and transition to Rebbecca was the best thing that could’ve happened to the show. Kirstie Alley was amazingly funny and sexy back in the day.
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| Originally Posted by Richard Dickson View Post It’s remarkable that a sitcom that changed two pretty major roles was able to move on without a hitch. |
I think part of it that is that the changes happened to come about at just the right time to freshen the show up instead of derailing it. After five years they’d probably pushed the Sam/Diane dynamic about as far as it could go, and while Coach was good I’m not sure there was a lot more they could do with that character, so Woody was a perfect substitute.
The animosity towards Shelley Long is news to me. What was the deal?