Cheers: Season 1
National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1982)
TV Series  /  Comedy, Drama
In Collection
#606
0*
Seen ItYes
03242933808
IMDB   7.8
534 mins USA / English
Blu-Ray 
John Ratzenberger Cliff
Ted Danson Sam Malone
George Wendt Norm Peterson
Rhea Perlman Carla Tortelli
Shelley Long Diane Chambers
Nicholas Colasanto Ernie 'Coach' Pantusso
Jack Knight Jack
Paul Vaughn Paul
Alan Koss Alan
Harry Anderson Harry
Mary Ellen Trainor Mary
Keenen Ivory Wayans Customer #1
Tim Cunningham Chuck
Ken DuMain Customer
Thomas Babson Barney
Director
James Burrows
Producer James Burrows
Glen Charles
Writer James Burrows
Sam Simon
Cinematography Kenneth Peach
John Finger
Musician Craig Safan

Sam (Ted Danson), a former pitcher for the Boston Redsox, owns and runs Cheers, a cozy bar in Boston. Somewhat snobby, beautiful and intelligent Diane (Shelley Long) -- forced to become a waitress when her fiance jilts her -- constantly bickers with Sam. Eventually, they fall in love. Several wacky characters make the bar their home-away-from-home, including sarcastic waitress Carla (Rhea Perlman), beer-loving Norm (George Wendt) and Boston letter carrier Cliff (John Ratzenberger).
A few seasons later, Sam sells the bar to buy a boat and sail around the world. But his boat sinks and he returns to bartending. Rebecca (Kirstie Alley), the new (more ambitious) manager, hires him back. They love to hate each other and eventually get together as well.
Episodes
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    9/30/1982  1.  Give Me a Ring Sometime
Cheers is a small bar in Boston, MA. As owner Sam Malone opens up, a couple enter the bar. Professor Sumner Sloane and his fiance Diane Chambers are to go to Barbados to be married, but Sumner's ex-wife still has the wedding ring. Sumner asks Sam to keep an eye on Diane for him whilst he goes and fetches it. Sam tries chatting up Diane but she's not interested. The other employees at Cheers arrive for work - waitress and single mom Carla Tortelli, and bartender Ernie ""Coach"" Pantusso, who was Sam's baseball coach back in the days when Sam was a relief pitcher for the Red Sox. As the bar gets busier and more people wonder who she is, Diane hopes Sumner will return eventually. Sumner comes back a few hours later and says he hasn't got the ring, but then his ex-wife calls and says she's got it, so he once again leaves Diane in Cheers whilst he goes to fetch it. He asks Diane to call the airport and put their flight back a bit. Once again he is gone a long time, and Diane starts to worry t
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  Glen Charles  / Les Charles 
Guest starring:  Michael McGuire, John P. Navin, Jr., Ron Frazier, Erik Holland
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    10/7/1982  2.  Sam's Women
Diane's teasing about his airhead women sends Sam looking for a date of a higher cerebral plane and an old customer insists he must see the former owner to discuss his personal problems.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  Earl Pomerantz 
Guest starring:  Donnelly Rhodes,  Donna McKechnie, Angela Aames,  Keenen Ivory Wayans
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    10/14/1982  3.  The Tortelli Tort
Carla's fiery temper almost costs Sam the bar when she attacks an obnoxious Yankees fan.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  Tom Reeder 
Guest starring:  Ron Karabatsos, Stephen Keep, Richard McGonagle,  Paul Vaughn, Rex Ryon,  John FiedlerThomas Babson
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    10/21/1982  4.  Sam at Eleven
Sam realizes how much he misses his former sports celebrity status when a local newscaster asks to interview him again.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  Glen Charles  / Les Charles 
Guest starring:  Fred Dryer,  Paul Vaughn, Eapen Mathai, Michael Mann
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    10/28/1982  5.  Coach's Daughter
Coach's daughter brings the obnoxious lout she plans to marry to meet her father.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  Ken Estin 
Guest starring:  Allyce Beasley, Philip Charles MacKenzie,  Tim Cunningham, Teddy Bergeron, Jacqueline Cassel
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    11/4/1982  6.  Any Friend of Diane's
Diane becomes upset when Sam hits on an old friend of hers who's on the rebound from an unhappy love affair.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  David Isaacs  / Ken Levine 
Guest starring:  Julia Duffy, Macon McCalman
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    11/11/1982  7.  Friends, Romans, Accountants
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".
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  David Isaacs  / Ken Levine 
Guest starring:  James Read, Kenneth Kimmins, Jim Hudson,  Peter Van Norden, Edie Berry, Jonathan Terry
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    11/18/1982  8.  Truce or Consequences
Diane and Carla decide to bury the hatchet over after work drinks, which lead to a startling confession from Carla about her youngest child.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  David Isaacs  / Ken Levine 
Guest starring:  David A. Penhale
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    11/25/1982  9.  Coach Returns to Action
Coach and Sam become unlikely romantic rivals for Coach's new neighbor.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  Earl Pomerantz 
Guest starring:  Murphy Gross, Julia Hendler, Eve Smith, Barry Cutler, Keone Young, Bill Wiley
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    12/2/1982  10.  Endless Slumper
Rick Walker, a friend of Sam, seeks his advice on how to end a losing streak.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  Sam Simon 
Guest starring:  Christopher McDonald, Anne Haney
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    12/9/1982  11.  One for the Book
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.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  Katherine Green 
Guest starring:  Ian Wolfe, Boyd Bodwell, Frank McCarthy
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    12/16/1982  12.  The Spy Who Came in for a Cold One
The bar patrons are all enthralled by the mysterious gentleman who claims to be a secret agent.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  David Lloyd 
Guest starring:  Ellis Rabb, Robert Evan Collins, Kurtis Woodruff
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    1/6/1983  13.  Now Pitching, Sam Malone
Sam lets the sexy appeal of an agent and the glamour of the public spotlight lure him into being a TV pitchman.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  David Isaacs  / Ken Levine 
Guest starring:  Barbara Babcock, Luis Tiant, Richard Hill, Paul Vaughan
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    1/13/1983  14.  Let Me Count the Ways
Diane looks to her friends for comfort when her cat dies, but finds everyone too enthralled by a Celtics game to notice.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  Heide Perlman 
Guest starring:  Mark King, Steve Hanafin
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    1/20/1983  15.  Father Knows Last
Carla has a secret that's about to be revealed:she's five months pregnant.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  Heide Perlman 
Guest starring:  Mark King, Herb Mitchell,  Mary Ellen Trainor
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    1/27/1983  16.  The Boys in the Bar
Cheers' regulars fear the place may become a gay hangout after an old friend of Sam's reveals his homosexuality on TV.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  David Isaacs  / Ken Levine 
Guest starring:  Alan Autry, John Furey, Michael Kearns, Kenneth Tigar,  Thomas Babson, Wesley Thompson, Shannon Sullivan, John Bluto, Lee Ryan
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    2/10/1983  17.  Diane's Perfect Date
Sam and Diane dare each other to find the other's perfect date, but Sam's last minute choice doesn't quite measure up.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  David Lloyd 
Guest starring:  Derek McGrath, Gretchen Corbett, Doug Sheehan
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    2/17/1983  18.  No Contest
Sam enters Diane in the "Miss Boston Barmaid" contest without telling her.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  Heide Perlman 
Guest starring:  Charlie Stavola, Renee Gentry, Tessa Richarde, Sharon Peters, Tip O'Neill,  Paul Vaughn
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    2/24/1983  19.  Pick a Con... Any Con
Sam enlists Harry the conman to help fleece a card shark who cheated Coach out of a lot of money.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  David Angell 
Guest starring:  Reid Shelton, Stephen D. Lee
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    3/3/1983  20.  Someone Single, Someone Blue
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.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  David Angell 
Guest starring:  Glynis Johns, Duncan Ross, Dean Dittman, Paul Willson
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    3/24/1983  21.  Showdown (1)
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.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  Glen Charles  / Les Charles 
Guest starring:  George Ball, Deborah Shelton,  Paul Vaughn
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    3/31/1983  22.  Showdown (2)
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.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  Glen Charles  / Les Charles 
Guest starring:  Lois De Banzie, Helen Page Camp, Peggy Kubena
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