i watched an episode recently w/ anthony tortelli chasing after a young sherilyn fenn looking aboslutely ridic
― push iatee (some dude), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 18:00 (twelve years ago)
wow
― d-_-b (mh), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 18:01 (twelve years ago)
http://por-img.cimcontent.net/api/assets/bin-201210/331ccdca9f0259c1d8f18226352e22f5.jpg
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 18:11 (twelve years ago)
Hedaya was great in Dick.
― 5-Hour Enmity (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 18:14 (twelve years ago)
pretty sure his character is not that far removed from his character as the father in A Night at the Roxbury
― d-_-b (mh), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 18:15 (twelve years ago)
I need to watch Blood Simple again, he's so good in that.
― C-3PO Sharkey (Phil D.), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 18:17 (twelve years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzMQEZLjZlk
― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 18:27 (twelve years ago)
watching the season 5 finale right now, it's all the more remarkable the show continued to survive and flourish not just after the Diane departure but after the awful 'flash forward with everyone in old person makeup' gambit
― some dude, Thursday, 1 November 2012 17:45 (twelve years ago)
take that back! that episode never fails to choke me up.
― Manchild in Beantown (stevie), Thursday, 1 November 2012 17:46 (twelve years ago)
oh it's a good episode otherwise, i just hate that kind of thing
― some dude, Thursday, 1 November 2012 17:54 (twelve years ago)
so into diane right now
― j., Wednesday, 28 November 2012 03:10 (twelve years ago)
some random cable channel (Reelz i think?) runs 2 Cheers episodes every afternoon, which i've been watching and enjoying the hell out of now and again lately, although it never fails to irritate me that invariably one episode is Diane/Coach era and one is Rebecca/Woody era (i love both eras, just kinda wanna spend time on one or the other and not switch gears halfway through the hour).
― some dude, Wednesday, August 22, 2012 11:21 AM (3 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Reelz heard my cries of protest and started airing the show more or less chronologically! been fun watching nothing but season 1 episodes lately (in slightly shuffled order), really helps me appreciate the charms of the Diane/Coach years more than i had before.
― some dude, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 03:15 (twelve years ago)
they really had shit on point from day 1, it's pretty remarkable
― j., Wednesday, 28 November 2012 03:19 (twelve years ago)
and, and, the point, coach, is that you finally did learn the pledge of allegiance
no, sam, i never learned it
yeah, but uh you respected mr spires for trying to help you
no, i hated his guts, sam
but looking back on it now you respect him for it...
no, no, he died and i was glad he died
― j., Friday, 30 November 2012 07:51 (twelve years ago)
irish to remake cheers
darragh for sam, local garda for coach imo
― mookieproof, Thursday, 20 December 2012 05:10 (twelve years ago)
"Woody, would you add up these receipts for me please""sure..........there's 8 of 'em"
― fonkytimez lemonade (some dude), Friday, 25 January 2013 18:12 (twelve years ago)
I prefer smart (or semi-smart) Sam to dumb Sam, but this is too good:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxaQ9cKYQXo
― Chuck_Tatum, Saturday, 26 January 2013 23:54 (twelve years ago)
I do periodically steal one of dumb Sam's jokes:
"Do you think I'm pedantic?"Me: "That depends.""On what?"Me: "On what 'pedantic' means."
― clemenza, Sunday, 27 January 2013 17:56 (twelve years ago)
http://www.avclub.com/articles/10-episodes-that-show-how-cheers-stayed-great-for,96297/
― Public Brooding Closet (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 10 April 2013 15:07 (twelve years ago)
Holy crap I never knew about this! Cheers scene inside St Elsewhere scene
http://youtu.be/JhCyXui0e_Q
― These are my every day balloons (Ste), Saturday, 13 April 2013 10:47 (twelve years ago)
erm, St Elsehwere scene in the Cheers bar even.
― These are my every day balloons (Ste), Saturday, 13 April 2013 10:48 (twelve years ago)
http://www.newsfromme.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/cheersmuncie.jpg
― Thank you for talkin' to me Williamsburg (WilliamC), Monday, 3 June 2013 22:11 (twelve years ago)
yeah that's how it ties into tommy westphal universe and ergo frasier, the 86 celtics, etc
― balls, Monday, 3 June 2013 22:46 (twelve years ago)
feel like i've gotten dragged into a cornhole
― waterprick (stevie), Monday, 3 June 2013 22:55 (twelve years ago)
participated in some cornhole just the other day tbh
― mookieproof, Monday, 3 June 2013 23:02 (twelve years ago)
I've been living in a cornholeI've been living in a cornhole
woody was a black santa claus...
― pplains, Tuesday, 4 June 2013 01:59 (twelve years ago)
Watched the ep the other night with Carol Kane as a woman who hooks up with Sam and immediately becomes obsessed with him, and she gives a great weird unhinged performance, really fascinating to watch.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 21 August 2014 21:36 (ten years ago)
The results for this poll are weird.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 21 August 2014 21:43 (ten years ago)
I just caught one of the Nick Tortelli episodes. Why is Dan Hedaya doing Pacino in Scarface?
― MaudAddam (cryptosicko), Friday, 22 August 2014 01:40 (ten years ago)
because it funny
― i was a downy lad, and twee (stevie), Friday, 22 August 2014 08:16 (ten years ago)
Watched the Cassavetes episode of Columbo just last night, always a mindblower that it was directed by Ernie "Coach" Pantusso
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Friday, 22 August 2014 08:36 (ten years ago)
itv4 are showing a cheers double bill every weekday @ 7pm.
in chrono order i believe.
only found out last week, so no idea of they started with series 1/coach era, as we are up to the beginning of frasier/lillith relationship.
has been absolutely brilliant seeing it all again through my aged perspective as i get a lot more this time round than i did when i was a young'un.
― mark e, Friday, 22 August 2014 09:44 (ten years ago)
Cheers is my favourite sitcom, no question. But there's a point early in the rebecca era where sam's constant badgering of her for sex gets pretty indefensibly crepey imo
― i was a downy lad, and twee (stevie), Friday, 22 August 2014 09:47 (ten years ago)
I like how all the characters on this show are smart and stupid at the same time.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Friday, 22 August 2014 17:53 (ten years ago)
How come? I totally agree with the top 5, except that I would put Lilith above Cliff, and Carla above Coach.
― Tuomas, Friday, 22 August 2014 18:18 (ten years ago)
I don't know, I'd think for an ensemble show like this the votes would be more spread out. And I think Sam and Diane should be higher since they were the central focus of the show for so long (and Danson and Long are both amazing). Like 3 votes for Sam just seems like contrarianism. Cliff is funny but there's no way he's the best character on the show, especially by a five-vote margin.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Friday, 22 August 2014 19:16 (ten years ago)
definitely. i think that's why it was so unusually good at 'class' comedy - diane and frasier look down on sam and the others because they are poor and not educated, but diane and frasier are every bit as dumb (and as smart) as anyone else in the bar. so the joke's (at least) as much on them as sam et al.
― i was a downy lad, and twee (stevie), Friday, 22 August 2014 20:47 (ten years ago)
i've torrented the whole thing but have not yet begun to rewatch -- but iirc sam was pretty savvy at first and they made him dumber. (beyond diane making him dumber, of course)
― mookieproof, Saturday, 23 August 2014 00:26 (ten years ago)
everyone got dumber. Rebecca got pathetic, which was amusing at 1st but then just seemed lazy and cartoonish.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Saturday, 23 August 2014 01:13 (ten years ago)
uk'rs :
series 6 starts tomorrow on itv4 at 6am.
thank f*ck for a recorder ..
― mark e, Friday, 29 August 2014 23:19 (ten years ago)
the complete series on dvd was going cheap on amazon (uk) the other day - bought a copy for my brother for his birthday. i bought em as they came out and have NEVER regretted the purchase.
― you couldn't even wear a fedora if your lifes depended on it (stevie), Saturday, 30 August 2014 08:58 (ten years ago)
MeTV is running Cheers in the US now, in order. I had never seen the first ep. Did Norm ever get face-down-on-the-bar drunk again?
― Okay, there's lil' Zipper again (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 4 September 2014 19:58 (ten years ago)
The first episode is surprisingly good considering the typically shaky quality of pilots. Love the "war is gross" bit, and the discussion of "sweatiest movie ever."
― MaudAddam (cryptosicko), Thursday, 4 September 2014 21:42 (ten years ago)
first episode is a textbook brilliant pilot - v subtle exposition, characters nailed in their opening moments, diane's impending cuckolding inevitable but still irresistible.
― you couldn't even wear a fedora if your lifes depended on it (stevie), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 18:35 (ten years ago)
Just watched the episode "The Boys in the Bar," where Sam's old teammate comes out and Norm, et al fear that Cheers will turn into a gay bar. A few jokes riff on tired stereotypes (show tunes), but for the most part all of the humour is targeted towards the homophones, which strikes me as quite progressive for an American sitcom in 1983. I know that Soap had happened by this point, and Golden Girls--which included several subplots featuring sympathetic queer characters--was only a few years off, but was there really anything else like this happening on television at the time?
― MaudAddam (cryptosicko), Thursday, 25 September 2014 15:50 (ten years ago)
Archie Bunker's Place
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 25 September 2014 15:54 (ten years ago)
There was a sympathetically presented transwoman on two eps of All in the Family (and a third where the character was killed in a hate crime, right?).
I also recall supporting characters and or themed episodes of Taxi, The Nancy Walker Show... hmm, there must be a couple more...
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 25 September 2014 15:58 (ten years ago)
the AITF character (who was played by a popular San Francisco cabaret figure):
http://all-in-the-family-tv-show.wikia.com/wiki/Beverly_LaSalle
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 25 September 2014 16:03 (ten years ago)
I had completely forgotten that plotline!
― Dick Clownload (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 25 September 2014 16:14 (ten years ago)
Woah. I definitely gotta be on the lookout for that AITF ep.
Also, there was a Nancy Walker Show?!
― MaudAddam (cryptosicko), Thursday, 25 September 2014 16:15 (ten years ago)