I seriously believe Archie Bunker's Place, which was also set in a bar, was one of the major targets of Cheers. I think the people who made Cheers knew stuff about Norman Lear which suggested he wasn't nearly as wise as a person like his television work was. He probably was even like Sam when it came to womanizing, and was probably even worse. Archie Bunker's Place didn't last long after Cheers debuted.
It's funny, when I was a kid in the 80's as I was turning the knob on our small TV in our living room, going through different channels I use to come across the ending credits of cheers. Sometimes the beginning of the intro but I use to say to myself: "man I hate that music"! Maybe every now and then an episode or two, just a glimpse but hardly. I was not into sitcoms. Heck, I had no idea what a sitcom was, let alone the word itself. Now as an old man I can't get enough of cheers! I must have watched the entire show over and over again countless times. Now I wish I had back then.
When I moved to Boston in 1994 it was still the Bull and Finch pub below and a different restaurant upstairs but they were connected by the internal stairs. The bar didn't look at all like the Cheers set but it was still really cool to see it in person. Seeing the intro with the outside that I passed so many times really takes me back.
I visited there with some grad students on a field trip studying urban renewal, Jane Jacobs, in the mid 80s. There was a Japanese radio ad company recording my table clinking their glasses saying cheers. The show was already an international hit.
@@cvn6555 it was always called the Bull finch bar, they doctored in the name Cheers and rearranged the the bar when they were filming, sometimes they can make the bar look bigger with camera settings and angles
@@doubleoddbs4357 They didn't film the series there. They filmed it on a set built on a sound stage. I mean, I lived in Boston for five years while the show was on and noticed when the sign outside the actual bar was changed.
Am 47 been homeless and addicted to most things am still struggling but with all the things and ppl I've forgotten I can still sing along with the theme tune for some reason 😂
Darn right it was one of the top sitcoms. The writing was OUTSTANDING. And both the cast and crew were essentially exemplary in every way imaginable. And while I'm here, I *WILL* argue that "Moonlighting" was equally fantastic when it came to the entire production--especially regarding the writing and direction. :)
@@pamelalagree-kanotz6845 Strange, I thought Kirstie was WONDERFUL as "Rebecca Howe". Yes, Shelley Long was brilliant as "Diane", but the Howe character was also fantastic. The character was always a "paper tiger", and it was a subtle nuance of difference over the Chambers character. Also, interestingly enough, it TOTALLY tracks that both Alley and Cattrall once also portrayed "Star Trek vulcans". Their general demeanors, vocal patterns, neurotic presences, intensities, and so forth were very similar.
I miss that show, then I bumped into Ted Danson at boat Logan airport about 20 years ago, really nice guy, I asked him if he wanted to have a drink with me because they had a bar called Cheers at the airport and he said he was unaware of the bar and said he had to be somewhere, but he was nice about it 🤣
I've literally been watching this show since 1982.. I still love it! Watched them first run, syndicated, and now i just pop in DVDs. I consider TAXI CHEERS and FRAISER to be one big shared TV universe.
Even when I had no time to watch the whole show I would always watch long enough to hear Norm come in; he always had a one liner that would make me laugh.
She sure was. She was much too refined and intelligent for Sam. She was far too whimsical and light-hearted for Frasier. And as for Sloane 🤣 he was clearly the father that she was desperately trying to gain attention from her whole life.
Honestly, I didn't think Diane was beautiful until I had the TV on mute for a while. That's not a joke, and I'm not trying to put her character down. It's odd how things work like that.
Gorgeous opening piano variation that I've never heard before (after all these years). Kudos to whoever wrote it and/or decided to include it :) Mahalo.
This makes every other sitcom second place, I have no higher compliment. Cheers was like white noise, comfort food, a warm blanket a best friend and more...
I can make my eyes vibrate. Freaks ppl out still. I was a kid 35 years ago give or take. I remember this in the summer when the show got popular or came out. Dad grilling and life was good.. early/mid 80s miss it
There are some shows that can stand the test of time and this is one of them my other favourite is the Mary Tyler Moore show from the 70s I was a young woman and just loved her fashion sense
Where have I seen "Miss Guilder" before? 10:11 - Carla said "six bucks an hour" but that's not what the caption said. 😲 15:15 - Look at Dianne handle those pretzels with her bare hands. Hello, Health Inspector? 24:37 - Not only does Ted Danson fall down for that "Bonanza" joke, but you actually see his feet in the air-comedy gold. 25:08 - Diane said "Der Ring des Nibelungen", but the caption said "Ners ring of the new lungs." I kid you not. 23:40 - Sam: "He survived the Titanic? Coach: "I forgot to ask." When I was in junior high we were assigned to write an original story and read it to the class. One bright spark wrote a tale in which he did not survive. He actually stood there and read "Then I died." 25:55 - Dialogue: "I put up with your sporting events." Caption: "I put up with your squirting events."
Good HEAVENS, the writing on "Cheers" was so legendarily wonderful, yes? What a shame that here in 202x... ummm... maybe I'm wrong, but ya don't really see anything like it. Sure, sure "Breaking Bad" and "Better Call Saul" has some monumentally groovy writing, but there's nothing like THIS in terms of comedic writing that actually worked, was performed at exemplary levels, and landed so strongly on two solid feet for DECADES. What a treasure of a series. Paramount must be over the moon that they have the rights. Also... it's hard to believe that Nicholas Colasanto isn't going to be the only one who's passed on much longer. :( But hey, we all only have so many years remaining. CHEERS! :)
Previous comments about the Cheers bar actually being Boston’s Bull and Finch bar are mistaken. The Cheers bar was a specifically built Hollywood studio set. Only exterior shots of the Bull and Finch were used.
For some reason I just looked this up my step dad used to watch this I'm good with faces and voices. That woman that came in I swear, she from Mrs dought fire
My favorite, I was 14 yeats old, gave me a sense of piece and at 14 I said, i will find a place like that, I did, 19o5 santa barbara, on state atreet, 196, mcloskes in ardmore pa, and 1997 A.J ON MAIN STREET IN NORRISTOWN PA,
The first thing Sam does on the first show is straighten out that picture. The last thing Sam does on the final show is straighten out the same picture. I think it's a picture of Coach.
I am searching for the final episode, missed it because I was on holiday back then and never got to see it full. Who can direct me to it (no payment sites)
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The writing for Cheers is timeless. After 40 years, this material is still hilarious!
I seriously believe Archie Bunker's Place, which was also set in a bar, was one of the major targets of Cheers. I think the people who made Cheers knew stuff about Norman Lear which suggested he wasn't nearly as wise as a person like his television work was. He probably was even like Sam when it came to womanizing, and was probably even worse. Archie Bunker's Place didn't last long after Cheers debuted.
It's funny, when I was a kid in the 80's as I was turning the knob on our small TV in our living room, going through different channels I use to come across the ending credits of cheers. Sometimes the beginning of the intro but I use to say to myself: "man I hate that music"! Maybe every now and then an episode or two, just a glimpse but hardly. I was not into sitcoms. Heck, I had no idea what a sitcom was, let alone the word itself. Now as an old man I can't get enough of cheers! I must have watched the entire show over and over again countless times. Now I wish I had back then.
Old man? I was a kid in the 80’s too and I am not an old man lol. How dare you sir!!
@@thesinaclwon I'm 50 now and one of sons tell me: "you old coot"! Or when I forget something, "you're losing it old man"! 😬
@@rcgeneration824 🤣
That was the only comedy I watched. Never watched friends
Classic show as was the 80s
This show is so well written that you can listen to it and enjoy the show. It's practically the best radio show ever, it just happens to be on tv
How did you know?
And WKRP. :-)
Absolutely, I agree with you.
Never appreciated how beautiful the place was. Great comedy.
the GOAT show, and it has aged wonderfully
I remember watching this as a kid and that "did I hear a buck snort" line cracked me up then and still does now. Hilarious!
When I moved to Boston in 1994 it was still the Bull and Finch pub below and a different restaurant upstairs but they were connected by the internal stairs. The bar didn't look at all like the Cheers set but it was still really cool to see it in person. Seeing the intro with the outside that I passed so many times really takes me back.
I visited the Bull & Finch in the mid-nineties as well. I was surprised at how small the place was.
I visited there with some grad students on a field trip studying urban renewal, Jane Jacobs, in the mid 80s. There was a Japanese radio ad company recording my table clinking their glasses saying cheers. The show was already an international hit.
@@cvn6555 it was always called the Bull finch bar, they doctored in the name Cheers and rearranged the the bar when they were filming, sometimes they can make the bar look bigger with camera settings and angles
@@doubleoddbs4357 They didn't film the series there. They filmed it on a set built on a sound stage. I mean, I lived in Boston for five years while the show was on and noticed when the sign outside the actual bar was changed.
Thursday nights in the 80s were the best!
They certainly were! ❤
Cheers, Night Court, Hills St. Blues. And Cosby and Family Ties were in there at one point.
I remember that line up!
Absolutely! Always looked forward to Thursday night… the good old days.
So right you are at least the one I remember(lol)
Am 47 been homeless and addicted to most things am still struggling but with all the things and ppl I've forgotten I can still sing along with the theme tune for some reason 😂
❤
Definitely one of the TOP sitcoms of all time 🎉
Until Kirstie alley joined.
My #1. BBT is #2
Darn right it was one of the top sitcoms. The writing was OUTSTANDING. And both the cast and crew were essentially exemplary in every way imaginable. And while I'm here, I *WILL* argue that "Moonlighting" was equally fantastic when it came to the entire production--especially regarding the writing and direction. :)
@@pamelalagree-kanotz6845 Strange, I thought Kirstie was WONDERFUL as "Rebecca Howe". Yes, Shelley Long was brilliant as "Diane", but the Howe character was also fantastic. The character was always a "paper tiger", and it was a subtle nuance of difference over the Chambers character.
Also, interestingly enough, it TOTALLY tracks that both Alley and Cattrall once also portrayed "Star Trek vulcans". Their general demeanors, vocal patterns, neurotic presences, intensities, and so forth were very similar.
I miss that show, then I bumped into Ted Danson at boat Logan airport about 20 years ago, really nice guy, I asked him if he wanted to have a drink with me because they had a bar called Cheers at the airport and he said he was unaware of the bar and said he had to be somewhere, but he was nice about it 🤣
That’s cool. I wish that he would’ve gone and had a drink with you. You would have some cool stories
I miss those times! Cheers was such a good show!
I've literally been watching this show since 1982..
I still love it! Watched them first run, syndicated, and now i just pop in DVDs.
I consider TAXI CHEERS and FRAISER to be one big shared TV universe.
Totally agree
Frasier, right.
Actually, they are. They all share creators, producers and writers. Wings, also.
Don't forget WKRP and Family Ties!
Night court also
Even when I had no time to watch the whole show I would always watch long enough to hear Norm come in; he always had a one liner that would make me laugh.
A a kid I did not appreciate Diane as much as I do now that I am older. She was really quite humorous. Thank you, Shelley Long.
That'll be the writers responsible for those laughs.
The writers are
@@robertsaca3512a writer can write anything but an actor has to deliver the experience that you achieve.
She is a good actress but her character ruined cheers.
I remember when my sister told me about a show I wasn't watching called "Cheers." Became a weekly TV staple.
I loved Cheers. Great cast and writers. Diane was beautiful and smart.
She sure was. She was much too refined and intelligent for Sam. She was far too whimsical and light-hearted for Frasier. And as for Sloane 🤣 he was clearly the father that she was desperately trying to gain attention from her whole life.
Honestly, I didn't think Diane was beautiful until I had the TV on mute for a while.
That's not a joke, and I'm not trying to put her character down. It's odd how things work like that.
The Diane character was a smart mouthed , pretentious snob . The perfect part for Shelly Long .
Norm and Cliff are bar stool fly legend`s. CHEERS.
Yep!!!😂😂😂
A few years later, Harry's best con was when he passed himself off as a judge and it took years for anyone to catch on.
LOL
It was a classic, in its time. Not that long ago, although now seems like ages
Bringing teenage memories back. Love it great show great opening tune.
Now that I'm 55, I finally enjoy watching Cheers!
Still THE BEST sitcom of all time...
One of the best. M*A*S*H for me personally was the best sitcom. But for 80's sitcoms cheers was probably the best.
Gorgeous opening piano variation that I've never heard before (after all these years). Kudos to whoever wrote it and/or decided to include it :) Mahalo.
One of the greatest sitcoms ever. Watched every episode when I was a kid. The other kids thought I was weird. They didn’t understand the jokes.
I can't live in a world knowing Ted Danson makes more than me!
I'm not sure I understand your comment at all
@@GroveEndRoad Seinfeld reference.
...OK, George...and he probably has his own bathroom...
@@GroveEndRoad it's from a slightly funnier sitcom.
I loved when Norm said I cant do that to the Navy. :)
This makes every other sitcom second place, I have no higher compliment. Cheers was like white noise, comfort food, a warm blanket a best friend and more...
I can make my eyes vibrate. Freaks ppl out still. I was a kid 35 years ago give or take. I remember this in the summer when the show got popular or came out. Dad grilling and life was good.. early/mid 80s miss it
I bet you I have the most hours watched on this show on paramount in history. I fall asleep listening to this show everynight
I still smile when I hear the theam song for this show
That second cold opening Keenan Ivory Wayans was the guy who said ' Those are our drinks' 😄
I Loved this show as a kid in the 80's and now as an adult i can see now why my childhood was the Best!!!
I tried to explain this show to my nephew. He didn't get it.
I showed him this compilation... he got it!
What an absolute gem to pop up for me after last week! This was perfect!
My dad watched this when I was a kid. This feels like home
It makes a nice break in the day doesn't it
I remeber this. I was young but was too in a really bad place at that time-I felt so lost.
Gosh used to love watching this cheer….
Classic show. Better than i thought it was when i first watched but then realized how hilarious it was even as a kid
Thanks for the upload.
Hadn't watched this show since I left NYC in 1994.
Possibly the greates show ever on network TV
There are some shows that can stand the test of time and this is one of them my other favourite is the Mary Tyler Moore show from the 70s I was a young woman and just loved her fashion sense
I still watch Barney Miller
💯💯💯💯
I totally agree 🎉
Sure. Selling alcohol will always be a thing.
Beautiful wooden bar! 🍹
Pure gold.
"It's a story about a magic ring that curses everyone who owns it."
I thought Norm was going to say, "I got one of those at my wedding."
That was wonderful!
that was a fun show
Loved this series. ❤❤❤❤😂😂😂🎉
Luvved Cheers from Bonnie Scotland! 🤘🏻🤣🏴
Awesome show.
Please upload Cheers and Frasier all seasons full episodes on UA-cam. Supporters like this lol 😂
Still absolutely timeless and priceless All Ways 🙌🏻❤️📺💯🎥👏🏻
Where have I seen "Miss Guilder" before?
10:11 - Carla said "six bucks an hour" but that's not what the caption said. 😲
15:15 - Look at Dianne handle those pretzels with her bare hands. Hello, Health Inspector?
24:37 - Not only does Ted Danson fall down for that "Bonanza" joke, but you actually see his feet in the air-comedy gold.
25:08 - Diane said "Der Ring des Nibelungen", but the caption said "Ners ring of the new lungs." I kid you not.
23:40 - Sam: "He survived the Titanic?
Coach: "I forgot to ask." When I was in junior high we were assigned to write an original story and read it to the class. One bright spark wrote a tale in which he did not survive. He actually stood there and read "Then I died."
25:55 - Dialogue: "I put up with your sporting events." Caption: "I put up with your squirting events."
I always thought Ted Danson and Shelley Long had a wonderful chemistry in this show. True professionals.
First intro legendary haha
Coach was awesome!!
Is that Keenen Ivory Wayans in the second cold open that says - "Those are our drinks."? I paused it when he walks by and I'm pretty sure it's him.
A TIMELESS CLASSIC
Cheers was a staple in my house
Shelley Long. 👍
The Cheers song meant bedtime when I was young. 😂
This is a great show
Cheers the best bar
Wow, I remember every episode
Good HEAVENS, the writing on "Cheers" was so legendarily wonderful, yes? What a shame that here in 202x... ummm... maybe I'm wrong, but ya don't really see anything like it. Sure, sure "Breaking Bad" and "Better Call Saul" has some monumentally groovy writing, but there's nothing like THIS in terms of comedic writing that actually worked, was performed at exemplary levels, and landed so strongly on two solid feet for DECADES. What a treasure of a series. Paramount must be over the moon that they have the rights.
Also... it's hard to believe that Nicholas Colasanto isn't going to be the only one who's passed on much longer. :( But hey, we all only have so many years remaining. CHEERS! :)
My absolute favorite series as a 20 something barfly
Best. Show. EVER!
Previous comments about the Cheers bar actually being Boston’s Bull and Finch bar are mistaken. The Cheers bar was a specifically built Hollywood studio set. Only exterior shots of the Bull and Finch were used.
Such an important part of my college years.
For some reason I just looked this up my step dad used to watch this I'm good with faces and voices. That woman that came in I swear, she from Mrs dought fire
The actor who played Paul was originally named Glenn. I wonder why they changed it. Maybe he was originally named after one of the Charles brothers.
Seeing this clip reminded me that Paul played one of the Bobs in Office Space!
Two minor but so very memorable roles where Paul Wilson stole the show!
Carla is the O.G. hawk tuah girl.
My favorite, I was 14 yeats old, gave me a sense of piece and at 14 I said, i will find a place like that, I did, 19o5 santa barbara, on state atreet, 196, mcloskes in ardmore pa, and 1997 A.J ON MAIN STREET IN NORRISTOWN PA,
23:38 That guy in the background to the left looks like Dennis Farina.
A crash course in actual comedy writing for people raise on "The Office."
I didn't realize that old lady from Mrs. Doubtfire was on Cheers.
I miss the really good comedies of the very distant past.
Cheers and Nightcourt were the best! Correction are still the best! They do not make television like this anymore. Classics through and through!
21:31 We all know what hes talking about wink wink
Cheers is filmed before a live studio audience.
I really miss Coach and Harry.
A consistently high quality comedy show. Only second to The Simpsons.
The first thing Sam does on the first show is straighten out that picture.
The last thing Sam does on the final show is straighten out the same picture.
I think it's a picture of Coach.
The sound of the clicker during the opera scene brought me way back.
They don't make them like that anymore!
Just realized most of my childhood was spent in a bar!!!! 🤔 Well, that explains it!
I used to watch that show and frasier
Best thing about Frasier was Niles!
@@pamelalagree-kanotz6845 There both my favorite characters
still do
Me it was this and MASH. MASH I thought was really quite good
Wow , scary but I used to watch this, but not for the over 10 years worth. It was ok to eat dinner over.
Notice how the bar doesn't have music blasting all the time? Today, you won't find that anywhere.
I’m the champ at the Cheers trivia game. Anyone else have it?
She fell off her shoes :O
Brutal
I am searching for the final episode, missed it because I was on holiday back then and never got to see it full.
Who can direct me to it (no payment sites)
Funny that Carla acted exactly the same as Danny the Vito did.
I'm impressed you didn't say Utah.
10:10 Six WHAT an hour?!?
Harry Anderson trick shot at 17:00. Same ball goes in two pockets?! I bet ya missed that one didn't ya?
No, he just missed
He was quite the shaker and mover
Larry bird picture pool room