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re: So the Cheers thread last week got me pretty pumped up so I started watching it
Posted on 3/18/13 at 2:05 pm to WG_Dawg
Posted on 3/18/13 at 2:05 pm to WG_Dawg
I think the show hits its stride midway through the 1st season or so. They created the whole will-they-or-won't-they cliche, but they handled it real well. Even better than those who were playing with their formula.
I don't want to say every episode is entirely in the bar, because they branched out occasionally, but I can't think of an episode that isn't at least rooted in the bar. It's a great dynamic, really.
Perhaps my favorite episode of the whole series is, I think, a first season episode -- Coach and his daughter. It's kind of heartbreaking. I think the show really hit its peak S2 and S3, but it's pretty much all great.
I don't want to say every episode is entirely in the bar, because they branched out occasionally, but I can't think of an episode that isn't at least rooted in the bar. It's a great dynamic, really.
Perhaps my favorite episode of the whole series is, I think, a first season episode -- Coach and his daughter. It's kind of heartbreaking. I think the show really hit its peak S2 and S3, but it's pretty much all great.
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Posted on 3/18/13 at 2:06 pm to Baloo
Cool, that's what I was looking for.
Posted on 3/18/13 at 2:13 pm to Baloo
Cheers is also notable for its linear, continuing storyline. I believe it was the first sitcom to do this, aside from soap opera spoofs like Mary Hartman and Soap.
Posted on 3/18/13 at 2:16 pm to Baloo
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but it's pretty much all great
This.
I remember watching Cheers growing up, but don't remember specifics like what seasons were better than others. I do know that I remember a lot more of the show without Coach than with him though. And I absolutely LOVED Woody...thought he was always hilarious.
I've caught reruns here and there over the years, and every single time I catch a show, it still cracks me up. What's great about a show like Cheers is that the writing is SO fricking good. Things were funny because they were just inherently funny, not because it was referential or social commentary of popular things at the time. Things that Cliff and Norm say back in the 1980s are just as funny and relevant now as they were then. Seems like a lot of what's funny these days has everything to do with social commentary of what's popular right now and a lot of it is referential humor, whereas Cheers is just plain good/funny.
It's amazing to me watching reruns now just how well the show holds up today.
Posted on 3/18/13 at 3:27 pm to Baloo
Frazier Crane as a recurring character pre-Lilith was my favorite time, but honestly I love the old "coach" episodes. Woody was a funny character as well but different than the coach. I never missed an episode of this show growing up
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