Best CHEERS character

Danson plays gay on Taxi:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JR3nL7mQGbQ

OMG THE CHEERS THEME BUT LOUD YOUTUBE!!!!!!!!

<3 distortion <3

stuck between cliff and coach as sentimental favorites

cheers theme but loud was going to be in my OP but i thought a screenshot would be better

love his constant cutting up of limes when's he's playing the background of a scene too - no-one's ordering G&Ts or V/L/S or whatever, but he's an in-recovery alcoholic in a bar and is keeping his hands busy. same with the completely inappropriate swagger that he brings to swigging from those dinky little water bottles. his swig swag.

― ʘ (sic), Wednesday, August 22, 2012 9:32 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

very otm! danson's performance is so lived-in from day one. great danson body language moment: theres a norm ep in season 1 or 2 where sam and norm are having a convo in the pool room (i think its the ep where norm confesses he loves vera but he has to be a pig in front of the guys anyway), norm's futzing around with some pool balls and sam wordlessly shows him a pitching grip with the cueball. i assume it was improvised, and its a great brando-picking-up-the-glove moment

diane is such an asshole, y'all, how can you vote for her

― horseshoe, Wednesday, August 22, 2012 10:19 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

well, she grows as a character, she starts out as just a prig but gains dimensions. she can be frustrating (just like sam) but long makes her lovable without softening her irritating edges. and long brings a lot of comic dimensions to the table... she can do slapstick, she can do screwball, she can be dry and she can be antic and it's all credible.

Cheers is sort of the blurry line between 70s desperation sitcoms and 90s "friends" type sitcoms. It never gets gritty like some of the taxi type ones but never quite let's you forget where it comes from. Did always love the water bottle touch w Sam and gotta say must rep for the swaggering guest role of sam's id and former teammate (iirc?) as played by Hunter himself Fred Dryer.

― omar little, Wednesday, August 22, 2012 11:42 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

this is otm too. the Taxi lineage is pretty clear early on (Taxi owned btw), and as the show progresses it becomes more antic and farcical. the show walks this weird tightrope (esp in the early seasons) where they're not sure how much they can acknowledge that they're milking laughs from depressed degenerates. that's why i love those norm lines i quoted upthread.

i imagine that Dryer's sam would've been coarser, i dont know if he could've pulled off danson's sweaters & sailboats vibe.

Plumped for Cliff: Cliff bled - moustache and all - from Cheers into real life, in Glasgow, sometime in the early-mid 1990s and drank in a bar that I worked in. I just googled Cliff's Glasgow Name and found his linkedin profile. He has no connections.

Cheers was so much a part of my early life. Every Friday night with my sister and my parents, and as soon as it finished my Dad would clap his hands and say 'Off to bed'. Of course we'd stay as quiet as possible in order to to remain invisible to my folks. I don't think I've seen an episode in about ten years.

also one of the best tv themes of all time.

Another way Cheers and Taxi are linked for me is that, as a kid, I used to switch away from both because I hated their opening theme/credits. M*A*S*H did the same thing too, to an even greater extent, and unlike Cheers & Taxi, I still hate that show.

okay i love diane

happy birthday shelley long!!

Previews Jingle:
Thank you for coming to Loew's.
Sit back and relax
and enjoy the show!

Previews Announcer: Coming this Spring from Tri-Star Pictures..

[ Husband's eyes widen in excitement as he watches the preview ]

In a land where there is no daylight, fire is a way of life.

Husband: Ooh, this looks good!

Clint Eastwood: Burn, baby, burn!

Previews Announcer: "The Fire King".

Husband: Man, I love Eastwood! I'm definitely going to see that one!

[ bouncy music surrounds next preview ]

Previews Announcer: Meet Diane Carvenal. She's got just two days to learn how to juggle, or she'll lose custody of her only son.

[ Music Pot: "I Feel Good", James Brown ]

Shelley Long is: "My Mom, The Mime". Rated R.

Husband: That looks awful. How do movies like that get made?

Wife: I know what you mean..

Black Man in Rear of Theater: [ exubirant ] That looked funny!

Wife: Boy, you know, I really wish they would just hurry up with the movie.

Husband: Oh, here it is. I think it's starting.

Previews Jingle:
Thank you for coming to Loew's.
Sit back and relax
20 more minutes of previews.

Wife: [ groans ]

[ dissolve to exterior, Loew's Theatre ]

[ SUPER: "Twenty Minutes Later" ]

[ dissolve to interior of theatre ]

Previews Announcer: And this cop doesn't have a badge or a gun, because he's not a cop. John Ratzenberger is.. "Not-a-Cop".

Wife: Well, that should be about it..

Previews Jingle:
Thank you for coming to Loew's.
You've been very patient
so here's more previews!

Husband: Oh, come on!

Angry Man: Start the movie!

Black Man in Rear of Theater: [ overjoyed ] Yeah, more previews!

Previews Announcer: Joe Nukem just found out he has terminal cancer. That means he only has 24 hours left - to rock!

[ Music Pot: "Panama", Van Halen ]

Wife: Oh, come on! Now that is just poor taste!

Black Man in Rear of Theater: [ laughing ] He got sunglasses on!

Previews Announcer: Hal Linden and Shelley Long star in.. "Panama".

Husband: Hey, look, it's been, like, over 30 minutes. You want to get out of here?

Wife: Let's go.

Husband: Come on.

[ stand up and race to exit doors ]

Previews Jingle:
Thank you for coming to Loew's.
Don't think about leaving
The doors are locked from the outside!

Husband: What?!

Wife: Come on, they can't be serious..

Disturbed Man: [ trying to force open the locked doors ] It's true! We're locked in here!

Wife: Oh, my God!

Previews Announcer: Shelley Long has just met the man of her dreams. The only problem? He's a puppet!

[ Music Pot: "I Feel Good", James Brown ]

Wife: You already used that song!

[ dissolve to exterior, Loew's Theatre ]

[ SUPER: "Two Hours Later" ]

[ dissolve to interior of theatre ]

Previews Announcer: See the award-winning film from Pakistan - "Vendetta of Ganesh". Starring Shelley Long.

Wife: God, why are there so many Shelley Long movies?! I'm getting really thirsty..

Husband: My cell phone won't work, either. They're jamming it..

Black Man in Rear of Theater: These previews are hilarious!

[ dissolve to exterior, Loew's Theatre ]

[ SUPER: "The Next Day" ]

[ dissolve to interior of theatre ]

[ Music Pot: "I Feel Good", James Brown ]

Wife: Water! I need water!

Husband: I'm sorry, I've got some melted ice.

Wife: Please! Give it to me, then!

Angry Man: Hey, I found half a box of Junior Mints!

Disturbed Man: Give me those, you son of a bitch!

Previews Announcer: Rhea Perlman is Shelley Long, in "The Shelley Long Story".

[ movie patrons start to tear Man apart, limb for limb ]

Angry Man: Owwww!! Owww!! They're tearing me apart!

every character in this is so great, its so hard to choose. rebecca was a little off-message her first season or two, but the whole robin colcord subplot is gravy - the episode with her getting drunk the night before the wedding and trying to seduce sam is all time.

but it's gotta be woody, i guess.

Rebecca: "Woody, have you ever had your whole life cave in on you all of a sudden?"
Woody: "No, but I have had a cave cave in on me."

this is totally my favourite sitcom of all time btw.

Cosby Show would easily be in my top ten, too.

Timely:

http://d3j5vwomefv46c.cloudfront.net/photos/full/646620881.jpg?key=480679&Expires=1346263466&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIYVGSUJFNRFZBBTA&Signature=udPZLYhZX1-neE6OdWNumxvZe8P8EDrMvMmFzVw2rcmkNZrChCwBw8J3l4deTlQgs70K5bwDR8ewGgGsvcRWEtffGW-c8tcHmq039f0oHh4xEJB0gCo5HEOFi60-v5XJ5cJG8Tvp0qZGYBsigaAuVzdVxcBxTkIM~Sx4WU-iDn0_

hey, i know the guy who made that

Charles, Burrows or Charles?

some doof on a movie forum was talking about how he'd rather watch 4 episodes of cheers than any given movie, so someone responded with that

i keep missing threads!

i think i'll vote carla

voted norm just you mention Cheers and the first thing i think of is "NORM!"

are there any episodes where at least several of the characters are all visibly hammered?

Lilith, because she is smoking hot.

I always thought Norm was short until I met him on the set of Space Truckers. George Wendt was like 6'1 or more.

I'd also really though Dennis Hopper was around my height until i met him on that film & found out he was 5'6 or something.
Think I'm slightly short of 6ft.

& funny that John Ratzenberger was always an action film hero actor/bit part player until he did this and was a postman who lived at home with his mother. You see him among the marines in A Bridge Too Far and stuff.
Bit like Leslie Neilsen always being a straight action hero leading man until about Airplane.

Isnt George Wendt a death metal fan or something?

Haha, actually, George Wendt loves the Who.

Voted George Wendt.

If memory serves, at least a couple of them had clearly been drinking the night they all did Leno after the final show. (xposts)

Saw George Wendt on tv once talking about Wayne Kramer.

I was thinking of putting a live tape by the Whipping Boy somewhere for him when I did that film. Wonder if he'd've liked them. I did hear he was into things like Husker du, though i think he's hanging with Soul Asylum in Mould's book, at least until the beer runs out.

He was once sighted at a Replacements show in Chicago.

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/350033/cheers-star-george-wendt-direct-wayne-kramer-video.jhtml

HARDEN: One day Woody brought the cast of Cheers and we played a half-court game with them. Ted Danson was there and the heavy one, the fat one — George [Wendt] — and another guy. They were playing me, Woody, and someone else. George Wendt hit a jumper on me. I couldn't believe it. I was like, "Wait a minute, let me get to work on this guy." But they stopped the game so we could go film. I never got the chance to redeem myself. He hit a long jumper on me. That's unbelievable — he couldn't even get off the ground.

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8266665/an-oral-history-ron-shelton-basketball-comedy-white-men-jump

He did read this thread: the right to be fat?

Gah, I meant "didn't".

Wendt used to go to London between seasons in the early 90s and see indie rock bands in Camden toilet venues & the Reading festival

i saw him at the astoria in london (rip) at a buffalo tom show while he was starring in Art here.

that owns

i see my childhood belief that george wendt was the coolest human being on earth turned out to be correct

haha otm

maybe bebe neuwirth is *literally* the most beautiful woman in history, too

Love the way Lilith *looks* too, just a great visual creation

well how bout that

http://snakkle.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/bebe-neuwirth-yearbook-senior-year-young-1976-photo-GC.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAb1W6FJ2qo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGDq7bchbEU

you know, I don't think I have ever been served a beer in a mug at a bar

i saw him at the astoria in london (rip) at a buffalo tom show while he was starring in Art here.

― a bag of andy capp's hot fries (stevie), Wednesday, August 29, 2012 6:38 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I love(d ;_;) the Astoria.
I love Buffalo Tom.
That is fantastic.

you know, I don't think I have ever been served a beer in a mug at a bar

I have. Drink enough of them and it usually leads to situations like this one.

http://canitbesaturdaynow.com/images/fpics/831/april_2_232_.jpg

maybe bebe neuwirth is *literally* the most beautiful woman in history, too

no maybe about it.

Shame the Astoria is no more anyway innit?
Liked that venue most of the time.
Was it not used for concerts (as in rock gigs) until about 25 years ago or something. Don't seem to remember going there much until the 90s.

went there LOADS in the 90s (and early 00s), along with its sister venue, the LA2. so many good times. and it was a great venue - London's best of that size, lots of character, decent staff. they installed a new sound system in the mid-00s, and it was DEAFENING in a good way.

and then Boris levelled it, the cunt.