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Cheers: Season 1 (1982)
Starring: Ted Danson, Rhea Perlman Director: James Burrows Rating: Not Rated
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One of the most beloved and critically-acclaimed television series of all time, CHEERS ran for 10 seasons and centered on the colorful staff and patrons of the Boston bar "where everyone knows your name." Run by former Red Sox pitcher and ladies' man Sam Malone (Ted Danson), the establishment's ever-present characters include salty barmaid Carla (Rhea Perlman), flighty bartender Coach (Nicholas Colasanto), barflies Norm (George Wendt) and Cliff (John Ratzenberger), and, of course, Sam's love interest/nemesis Diane Chambers (Shelley Long).
This collection includes all 22 episodes from the beloved series' debut season.
Episodes:
1. Give Me a Ring Sometime
First aired: 9/30/1982
Writer: Glen Charles, Les Charles
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: John Ratzenberger (Cliff Clavin) , Michael McGuire (Professor Sumner Sloane), John P. Navin, Jr. (Teenager), Ron Frazier (Ron), Erik Holland (Swedish customer)
Stuffy & sophisticated Diane Chambers is dumped by her fiance in a blue collar Boston bar where she meets baseball star-turned-bar owner Sam Malone.
2. Sam's Women
First aired: 10/7/1982
Writer: Earl Pomerantz
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Jack Knight (Jack) , Donnelly Rhodes (Leo Metz), Donna McKechnie (Debra), Angela Aames (Brandee), Keenen Ivory Wayans (Customer)
Diane's teasing about the airheaded women Sam dates sends him looking for a date of a higher cerebral plane. Also, an old customer insists he must see the former owner to discuss his personal problems.
3. The Tortelli Tort
First aired: 10/14/1982
Writer: Tom Reeder
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Paul Vaughn (Customer #3), John Ratzenberger (Cliff Clavin) , Ron Karabatsos (Ed Kellner), Stephen Keep (Dr. Graham), Richard McGonagle (Customer #2), Rex Ryon (Bruin), John Fiedler (Fred), Thomas Babson (Customer #1)
Carla's fiery temper almost costs Sam the bar when she attacks an obnoxious Yankees fan. Diane offers to help by suggesting Carla seek anger management.
4. Sam at Eleven
First aired: 10/21/1982
Writer: Les Charles, Glen Charles
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Harry Anderson (Harry "the Hat" Gittes), Paul Vaughn (Customer) , Fred Dryer (Dave Richards), Eapen Mathai (Recordist), Michael Mann (Guy)
Sam realizes how much he misses his former sports celebrity status when a local newscaster asks to interview him again.
5. Coach's Daughter
First aired: 10/28/1982
Writer: Ken Estin
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Allyce Beasley (Lisa Pantuso), Philip Charles MacKenzie (Roy), Tim Cunningham (Chuck), Teddy Bergeron (Man), Jacqueline Cassel (Woman)
Coach's daughter brings the obnoxious lout she plans to marry to meet her father.
6. Any Friend of Diane's
First aired: 11/4/1982
Writer: Ken Levine, David Isaacs
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Julia Duffy (Rebecca Prout), Macon McCalman (Darrell Stabell)
Diane becomes upset when Sam hits on an old friend of hers who's on the rebound from an unhappy love affair.
7. Friends, Romans, Accountants
First aired: 11/11/1982
Writer: Ken Levine, David Isaacs
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: John Ratzenberger (Cliff Clavin) , James Read (Herb Sawyer), Kenneth Kimmins (Fred Wilson), Jim Hudson (Accountant #2), Peter Van Norden (Cymbals Player), Edie Berry (Accountant #3), Jonathan Terry (Accountant #1)
Norm tries to make points with the boss by planning the annual office party at Cheers and arranging for Diane to be the old man's "date."
8. Truce or Consequences
First aired: 11/18/1982
Writer: Ken Levine, David Isaacs
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: John Ratzenberger (Cliff Clavin), Jack Knight (Jack) , David A. Penhale (Customer #1)
Diane and Carla decide to bury the hatchet over after-work drinks, which lead to a startling confession from Carla about her youngest child.
9. Coach Returns to Action
First aired: 11/25/1982
Writer: Earl Pomerantz
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: John Ratzenberger (Cliff Clavin) , Murphy Gross (Nina), Julia Hendler (Girl), Eve Smith (Tourist #3), Barry Cutler (Tourist #2), Keone Young (Tourist #1), Bill Wiley (Tour Guide)
Coach and Sam become unlikely romantic rivals for Coach's new neighbor.
10. Endless Slumper
First aired: 12/2/1982
Writer: Sam Simon
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: John Ratzenberger (Cliff Clavin) , Christopher McDonald (Rick Walker), Anne Haney (Miss Gilder)
Sam gets a phonecall from an old baseball friend, Rick Walker, who has been having a lousy season. He wonders what he should do, and Sam tries to help but can't think of what to do. He suggests getting a lucky charm, and Coach says that Sam used to have one. It turns out Sam still does - a bottle cap, which he says he found. Sam lends Rick the cap and Rick's performance improves greatly - whilst Sam goes through a period of very bad luck. When Sam find out that Rick lost the bottle cap, he gets depressed, as Diane finds out that it was in fact the cap off the last bottle of beer Sam ever drank.
11. One for the Book
First aired: 12/9/1982
Writer: Katherine Green
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Jack Knight (Jack), John Ratzenberger (Cliff Clavin) , Ian Wolfe (Buzz Crowder), Boyd Bodwell (Kevin), Frank McCarthy (Mr. Phillips)
While Diane keeps notes on bar conversation, a novice comes in for one final fling before entering a monastery and a World War I doughboy shows up for a very small reunion.
12. The Spy Who Came in for a Cold One
First aired: 12/16/1982
Writer: David Lloyd
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Jack Knight (Jack), John Ratzenberger (Cliff Clavin) , Ellis Rabb (Eric Finch), Robert Evan Collins (Chauffeur), Kurtis Woodruff (Sailor)
The bar patrons are all enthralled by the mysterious gentleman who claims to be a secret agent.
13. Now Pitching, Sam Malone
First aired: 1/6/1983
Writer: Ken Levine, David Isaacs
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Barbara Babcock (Lana Marshall), Luis Tiant (Himself), Richard Hill (Tibor Svetkovic), Paul Vaughan (Unknown (recurring))
Sam lets the sexy appeal of an agent and the glamour of the public spotlight lure him into being a TV pitchman.
14. Let Me Count the Ways
First aired: 1/13/1983
Writer: Heide Perlman
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: John Ratzenberger (Cliff Clavin), Jack Knight (Jack), Alan Koss (Alan) , Mark King (Marshall Lipton), Steve Hanafin (Steve)
Diane looks to her friends for comfort when her cat dies, but finds everyone too enthralled by a Celtics game to notice.
15. Father Knows Last
First aired: 1/20/1983
Writer: Heide Perlman
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Jack Knight (Jack), John Ratzenberger (Cliff Clavin) , Mark King (Marshall Lipton), Herb Mitchell (Tom), Mary Ellen Trainor (Mary)
Carla reveals she's pregnant but fools another man into thinking he's the father.
16. The Boys in the Bar
First aired: 1/27/1983
Writer: Ken Levine, David Isaacs
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Jack Knight (Jack), Harry Anderson (Harry "The Hat" Gittes), John Ratzenberger (Cliff Clavin) , Alan Autry (Tom Kenderson), John Furey (Larry), Michael Kearns (Richard), Kenneth Tigar (Ken), Thomas Babson (Barney), Wesley Thompson (Photographer), Shannon Sullivan (Reporter #1), John Bluto (Reporter #2), Lee Ryan (I) (Bob)
Cheers' regulars fear the place may become a gay hangout after an old friend and teammate of Sam's reveals his homosexuality in a tell-all book.
17. Diane's Perfect Date
First aired: 2/10/1983
Writer: David Lloyd
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: John Ratzenberger (Cliff Clavin) , Derek McGrath (Andy Schroeder), Gretchen Corbett (Gretchen), Doug Sheehan (Walter Franklin)
Sam and Diane dare each other to find the other's perfect date, but Sam's last minute choice doesn't quite measure up.
18. No Contest
First aired: 2/17/1983
Writer: Heide Perlman
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Paul Vaughn (Unknown) , Charlie Stavola (host), Renee Gentry (Yvonne), Tessa Richarde (Bonnie), Sharon Peters (Jocelyn), Tip O'Neill (Himself)
Sam enters Diane in the "Miss Boston Barmaid" contest without telling her.
19. Pick a Con ... Any Con
First aired: 2/24/1983
Writer: David Angell
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: John Ratzenberger (Cliff Clavin), Harry Anderson (Harry "The Hat" Gittes), Alan Koss (Alan) , Reid Shelton (George Wheeler), Stephen D. Lee (Leo)
Sam enlists Harry the conman to help fleece a card shark who cheated Coach out of a lot of money.
20. Someone Single, Someone Blue
First aired: 3/3/1983
Writer: David Angell
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: John Ratzenberger (Cliff Clavin) , Glynis Johns (Helen Chambers), Duncan Ross (Boggs), Dean Dittman (Harrison Fiedler), Paul Willson (Gregg)
Diane's mother turns up at Cheers with the news that Diane must marry before the next day or her mother will lose her share of Diane's father's estate.
21. Showdown (1)
First aired: 3/24/1983
Writer: Glen Charles, Les Charles
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Paul Vaughn (Paul), Alan Koss (Alan), John Ratzenberger (Cliff Clavin) , George Ball (Derek Malone), Deborah Shelton (Debbie)
Sam becomes jealous when his impressive older brother Derek drops by the bar and charms everyone including a smitten Diane.
Special. Uncle Sam Malone
First aired: 0/0/0
Writer: Ralph Phillips
Director: James Burrows
Guest star:
The gang tries to convince Diane that U.S. savings bonds are a good investment.
22. Showdown (2)
First aired: 3/31/1983
Writer: Glen Charles, Les Charles
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Lois De Banzie (Lady #1), Helen Page Camp (Lady #2), Peggy Kubena (Cindy)
Diane's fascination with Sam's older brother brings their long simmering relationship to a boil when the sibling asks Diane to go to Paris with him. |
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Starring:
Ted Danson | Rhea Perlman | George Wendt | John Ratzenberger | Kelsey Grammer | Woody Harrelson | Kirstie Alley | Shelley Long | ...more
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Directed By:
James Burrows | Andy Ackerman | Thomas Lofaro | John Ratzenberger | Tim Berry | Rick Beren
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Genre:
Comedy, Television/TV Series
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DVD Release Date:
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Format: Region 1
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Rating:
Not Rated
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Year:
1982
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Regional Coding:
R1:
Will only play on North American Region 1 or multi-region DVD players.
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Number of Discs:
4
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Screen Ratio:
Full Screen Edition - 1.33:1
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English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround) | |
Running Time:
539 minutes
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Studio:
Paramount
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UPC/Barcode Number:
097360569247
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Closed-Captioned: Yes
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Color: Yes
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- All 22 episodes on four discs
- Featurettes: A Conversation with Ted Danson, Coach Ernie's Rules of the Game, Love at First Site: Opposites Distract and Stormin' Norm-isms
- Trivia game
- Number of discs: 4
- Scene Access
- Interactive Menus
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