Jamesfilmfan905
Cheers ran from 1982-1993 and starred Ted Danson as a womanizing ex alcoholic former Red sox pitcher Sam mayday Malone that ran a cosy little hangout in Boston where every knows your name . The show starred these various characters who hung out at cheers while having occupations in society of there own . Sam Malone occupation = owner of cheers Diane chambers = an English graduate / waitress at cheers Carla tortelli = waitress /housewife cliff clavin = postal worker Norm Peterson = a former accountant who since being fired literally counts cheers as his home . Rebecca howe = a business women who later becomes the co owner of cheers . woody boyd = a waiter later a Boston city council man Frasier crane = psychiatrist lITTH CRANE = PSCHIATIST overall cheers was good at first for the first 5 seasons when shelly long was in it she provided the show with a lightning rod of brains and beauty but later series with kirstie alley became to gimmicky for me and the same criticism as I had with Frasier the writer decreased to lowest standard possible being to childish and puerile anyway the show is amusing and provides some nice laughs but Frasier is the infinitely superior shows
ComedyFan2010
Today I for the first time finished watching this show that aired its last episode over 20 years ago. And I am kind of surprised, because I am somebody who likes to watch TV and Cheers is very good, a real classic.Yet for some reason we don't see many reruns on TV. Which is very surprising considering that we have shows being shown that are older and less good.Set in a small and cozy bar in Boston we watch the variety of the characters go through their every day adventures. It is pretty fun and I love the variety of cast we have in it. Smart ones,dumb ones,romantic, badass, mean, anything you can think of is represented on this show. My personal favorites were Frasier and Lilith, they were indeed very extraordinary characters that always made me laugh. But I must say there was nobody on the show that I disliked. Even characters like Carla whom I would never want to be friends with in reality, were very special, irreplaceable and so many dimensional.I must say Cheers was lucky with the cast change in the middle. Not everyone liked Rebecca years more than Diane. But one has to agree that this big change in the story is what partially helped keeping this show safe from becoming a caricature of itself with a tired storyline. It remained fresh and fun until the end. A real classic.
jmbwithcats
Cheers did something masterful that I have never seen another show do so well. It was able to capture an honesty and plumb the emotional depths from laughter to heartfelt tears with the precision of a master artist. There are so many examples of this greatness, from Diane trying out for the Boston Ballet, only to say "Nevermind", but then look back as her dream slips away. To the episode where Diane finally leaves Cheers for good, thinking to herself she is only leaving for six months, and Sam saying quietly, "Have a nice life." He knows she has to take her shot, it's truly selfless, add to that the scenes of possible futures growing old together, and it's enough to make the hardest heart crack. The show brought up incredibly meaningful and real issues, timeless and touching, stirring the depths of the human condition, with humor, and alacrity so soft and human as to make it's nuance linger long after the credits roll, and the theme song has vanished from the ear... it continues on in the mind. Cheers in my opinion is the best sitcom ever made, I think MASH comes in a close second, and there have been other shows I love dearly for many reasons, Get Smart, Fawlty Towers, and others I am sure, but Cheers was simply beautiful. As a kid I watched Cheers when it first aired and I enjoyed it, but never returned to the series until recently, 30 years later... and I glean so much more now, and have been nothing but impressed with the writing, the humanity, the chemistry, the joy of the cast working together, and the opportunity to really say something. I hope others always enjoy and appreciate this show, because it does have it's laughs, it's tears, and it's memories, but it also has it's lessons, it's losses, and it's inspiration. The show deserves nothing less than a 9, but I gave it a 10, because it touched me deeply, and that cannot be ignored.
Maniac-9
The show everyone knows but just for a refresher course involves Sam Malone who's a former Red Sox pitcher who owns a bar. In the early seasons his fellow bartender at Cheers was Coach who used to be one of his coaches in Malone's playing career, but after Coach's untimely passing they bring in Woody Boyd a much younger bartender just as naive as Coach. Carla is the feisty Italian barmaid and the other waitress was Diane for the first half of the series' run. Later on Rebecca is brought on as the bar manager. Norm, Cliff and Frasier are just 3 of the bars regulars.The show was one of the longest running and most successful sitcoms in TV history and one of my favorite shows as a kid. Back when NBC still had "Must See TV" Cheers and The Cosby Show was the beginning of all of that.