@@robertschmidt7879 While I absolutely loved coach, and everything he did, when he said, "speaking", the roar started, but the look on Diane's face, finished me.
@@robertschmidt7879It always was an OK line, and great scene to me, "Speaking" set me back in my seat, and was definitely enough to carry it through. Catching that sincere look of bewilderment on her face, likely went unnoticed, but it took nothing away from coach's scene...if fact, it enhanced the scene. Coach was poetry in motion, and Diane was an enhancement, whom I really liked.
I know they had a reason not to have a special episode when he died but would have been nice to see something for him. The last episode where he tilts Coach's personal photo possession was at least a good nod as never forgetting him.
I read a few years back Ted Danson saying that the show didn't really turn into a sitcom until Woody Harrelson came aboard. He said that Nick Colasanto was the heart and soul of the show.
Every sitcom back in those days had it's dummy, most were kind of lame, but Coach was by far the funniest. Nicholas Colasanto's way of delivering those lines had you believe he was really simple minded, I cry laughing at some of those scenes. It's a real shame he never had the proper sendoff when he passed away like they did with Jack Soo on Barney Miller. He deserved it.
One of the things that I love about the show so far (I’m only on the tail end of season one) is that none of the characters mock him or make fun of him for being simple minded. They just roll with it and accept him for who he is. In any other sitcom the other characters would usually make fun of a character like him for being so air-headed. Instead, the comedy of coach’s character comes from the fact that he’s so Ernest about everything, that you can’t help but laugh at his little remarks and quips to everything throughout the show. I give props to the actor for playing it so well. If anyone else were to play coach, I don’t think his personality would’ve been pulled off as well.
@annasambuco3877 I think they really respected him so much. They talk to some cast in sept, 23 and George Wendt said how do you change lkke that? He said as soon as he gets there he acts like he's 11 years old. I went to the bull and Finch in late 80s early 90s. Got a sweatshirt still have. Says Cheers, last call. With the date of final episode. 2nd most watched finally in tv history behind mash. But it ran on a night against tougher competition. A few days later a repeat was just as popular. But coach was great. A director too!!😂👍☮️
@Amp661I think most fans would disagree with you. His delivery was great. The entire cast had great respect for the man. He wa very intelligent in real life. A director as well.🤣👍🤣☮️
As seen in the clips here, Coach had nuance besides being an air head. He could still be witty, sly or assertive, even if by default his brain was only half on. That's generally the best sort of the dunce archetype, the ones that are more eccentric than stupid and you don't want to underestimate TOO much.
He's not a dummy it's subtle humor which takes real talent . It's easy to be overbearing . Coach is very lovable and relatable as a character because he's an Everyman. Not perfect and he admits it . That's a gift and lacking now in society
Woody Harrelson was funny and did a great job but Cheers just wasn’t ever the same after Coach was gone. He was just so perfect in his portrayal and so damn funny.
Tough pair of shoes to fill. But Harrelson obviously proved he was more of a renaissance man. Some of the films he did were pretty nuts. I remember one with him, Liz Shue, and this one chick where I always forget her name, but her performances are pretty unique (I think she was also in American Psycho). He was a fantastic lead in it. Decades ago, though.
I'm bummed they left out the 1st episode with him telling Diane about Sam being a major league pitcher! Coach: No, I mean it, he was the best. Sure as the earth is round. Sam: You don't believe that. Coach: I didn't until I saw those pictures from the space shuttle.
also missing from the 1st episode: when Coach answers the phone, and asks the Bar if there is an Ernie Pantusso there and Sam had to remind him who he was so Coach answers into the Phone, "Speaking"
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@@rogercraven2667 What a wonderful thought. Imagine a "COMEDY", where they focused on a beloved cast member who had died...how long before the program died? You could certainly work Coach's death into a joke, correct? Some people cannot rationalize, and I've wondered, why?
First scene I saw with him he picks up the phone and says cheers. Just a minute I’ll check. Is there an Ernie Pantuso here?? That’s you coach. Speaking 😂😂😂
There are still fantastic sitcoms being made, it's just that multicam sitcoms, and more importantly, network television is going out of fashion. Now, I didn't grow up on Cheers (I'm nearly 23) , but like 5 years ago I decided to watch through all of Frasier on Netflix (having never seen an episode before), and then watched through all of Cheers after that (I did those out of order, I know). I really enjoyed both and would even call them some of the best TV shows I've ever watched, but I think it's unfair dismiss modern television altogether because you're more familiar with this format or just nostalgic for particular shows from this era. If you want fantastic modern sitcoms, try Parks and Rec, Community, 30 Rock, Arrested Development, The Good Place, The Office, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and Schitt's Creek just to name a few. For what it's worth, if you're only referring to *network* multicam sitcoms when saying that sitcoms aren't "fantastic" anymore (which you very well could be--you specifically mention networks in your comment), then generally speaking I agree with you. But if you want to know why these shows have declined in quality, it's because modern audiences are generally preferring streaming services over network TV or cable, so that's where the quality TV shows are going. On top of that, the single-camera format has become preferred by modern audiences, and we're getting sick of laugh tracks. So if it's a modern, multicam, network sitcom either filmed in front of a live studio audience or with a laugh track that you're looking for, I'm sorry, but those are just going out of fashion. But if it's good writing, good characters, and good laughs that you're interested it, I suggest one of the shows I mentioned earlier
This week a channel here showed a series of classic Columbo episodes, and two of them back to back were Etude in Black with John Cassavetes and Swan Song, the one with The Man in Black, Johnny Cash.... And they were both directed by Nicholas Colasanto! It's weird thinking of Coach being behind the camera, but it just shows what a great comedic actor he was.
#Cheers to me is without question one of the all-time top 3 sitcoms in TV history. Excellent writing, and stellar casting also. One of my favorite Coach moments was when Coach hurt himself at the bar and the ensuing conversation with Diane (I'm writing this is from memory so lines may be off): D: Coach! Are you okay?? C: Yeah I'm fine. That was nothing. D: Coach, you must have a high tolerance for pain! C: Tolerance? I don't know the meaning of the word. D: That's impressive! C: No seriously, I don't know what that word means. 🤣🤣
@Amp661 Boy are you off the mark. Diane was the best thing on the show and Coach was a close second. I stopped watching regularly after season 5. Only Frasier and Lilith were worth my time after that. Sam was boring without Diane, Norm and Cliff became stagnant, Woody was a cheap imitation of Coach, and worst of all was that badly conceived white trash moron and epic pain in the ass Carla.
Can't believe you didn't have the clip where his tie gets in the blender. He notices, and fries or "My tie, my tie!.....anybody want a Mai tai?". Great stuff, though.
Frasier. And Cheers The twins but was never the same. Frasier and Sam the protagonists. Woody is Niles Diane is Daphne Roz and Carla Coach and Dad Martin Norm and Kenny Cliff is Bob ...and then theres Lillith !
@@RoxyCakes yes that was the brilliant part. With Coach he waz Sam's coach and father figure. Then when Woody came you saw Sam being the father figure to him.
Strange you should mention that. Robert Prosky was the actor who replaced Michael Conrad on "Hill Street Blues" when Conrad passed away. Kirstie Alley replaced Shelley Long when she left "Cheers" in 1987. So only a few years later who did "Cheers" hire to play the part of Rebecca's visiting father from San Diego? Yep, Robert Prosky!😂B.W.
No secret / interesting Easter egg in the Ted Lasso finale - the bartender, May, adjusts the picture of Geronimo that hung in the bar of that series as a tribute to the Cheers finale when Sam adjusts the picture. That same picture hung in Colasanto's dressing room. I love that kind of thing. ua-cam.com/video/V6sf3D9-s7g/v-deo.html
I was sad when Diane left Sam to write a book! He took it like a man when he told her "Have a good life" I cry every time I watch that part, but then again I wanted to slap Diane for breaking Sam's heart!
Tim B - I remember seeing him in that after he'd died and I was shocked. He was COMPLETELY different in that - very hard and tough - than he was in Cheers.
I remember when cheers first came on the air. It was considered a racy show and they had to show it after 9 o'clock once the kids were in bed but my Dad would let me stay up and watch it with him. That's true as well there was a time when Cheers was considered a show for adults because it was in a bar and dealt with adult issues how Sam was a womanizer and everything else especially the very early years when Coach was on the show. It was on at 9 o'clock for that reason. Thursday nights. That later became a prime slot. TV used to be so different. Cheers literally changed television.
Cheers changed nothing. It stood alone except for maybe Seinfeld. 30 Rock was the last really great sitcom. Network TV after the new century began became a virtual wasteland of game shows and reboots. No imagination.
The sad thing is that Nicholas knew he was in bad shape especially with the alcoholism that led to his congestive heart failure and yet he took the role of Coach anyway. The sad thing is that the show was slowly killing him and each year up until his heart attack he got worse. I wonder if he didn't take the role and retired from acting how many more years he could have lived. I personally think he wouldn't have made it to 70, but at least he beloved by everyone in that cast.
I LOVED DIANE she was gorgeous and a perfect match for Sam, perfect. I did not like Kristy at all she was either, hollering, crying, pissing and moaning or acting like a spoiled child. To me Kristy was obnoxious. Diane brought spark, excitement, charm, intelligence, fun, up lifting banter that was so missed after she left. Diane brought pizzazz punctuated with a spirit and zest for life. The show was never the same when Kristy Alley came. Yes the zipper segment was funny but again it would have been hilarious with Diane. I do not see Diane in the reunion segments. Their seemed to be a dislike for her by one of the cast members after Diane left the show. My obvious guess is that it was jealously. We all wanted Diane and Sam to make it So sad that she left the show.
My belief is that when Kirstie began on Cheers, the shos began to go downhill. Rebecca wAS JUST ANOTHER /LOSER WITH NO INTEELIGENCE TO SPEAK OF, A/WHEN Diane left, the shlw died, only FQRSIER ABD Lilith had anything intelligent to say.
@@bobbyproulx5688 Yes I quit watching also. With Diane we had a sitcom with an intelligent, social and value minded plots. When Kristie came in the show became another trailer trash type show with low level interaction similar to so many other obnoxious sitcoms. Writers thought to get laughs the actors had to be obnoxious in real life as well. Hollywood took us DOWN THE TUBES.
@Dick Trickle I know Shelly was also getting tired of playing the chase and say no role. She thought that Diane and Sam should get married. At the end of the season they actually filmed a wedding between them that must have been filed away when Shelly decided to leave the show. I give her a lot of credit for trying to find ways to play Diane's chase escapades. As far as Ted or Sam and Rebecca. I stopped watching after Diane left the show it was never the same after that. I did not like the loud mouth pushy Rebecca. The spark of excitement was gone for me after Diane left. She was fabulous.
Yep. Donnelly Rhodes. He was a Canadian, and I know him, now, form 'Soap', but being born in 1973, I knew him from a Canadian show called 'Danger Bay' (played on CBC from 1985-1990). I'm remembering now after quick research that I just did ('cause I couldn't remember his real name) that he died in 2018 at 80 years old
R.I.P. Nicholas Colosanto but it’s Coach Kisha was the bomb but then Woody Harrelson replaced him it was such a tragic for him when he had a heart attack but he would’ve made his life a great career than ever and On cheers
You edited in a scene from the episode with the prospective priest about to enter the seminary and you didn't include Coach's funniest bit. Coach: I always thought I might like to be a priest, I thought it would be a nice quiet life" Priest: Well allow me to dispel your misconceptions. Coach: (kneeling down before the priest) Oh, thank you father!
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"is there an Ernie Pantusso here?" That's you coach, speaking!👍👍🤣🤣🤣🤣
My absolute favorite line!👍👍🤣🤣🤣
You just saved me typing it out! :-)
@@robertschmidt7879 While I absolutely loved coach, and everything he did,
when he said, "speaking", the roar started, but the look on Diane's face, finished me.
@@justplainbrad7713 Comedic timing! :-) In my opinion, 1/2 beat later and it would’ve been an OK line.
@@robertschmidt7879It always was an OK line, and great scene to me, "Speaking" set me back in my seat, and was definitely enough to carry it through. Catching that sincere look of bewilderment on her face, likely went unnoticed, but it took nothing away from coach's scene...if fact, it enhanced the scene.
Coach was poetry in motion, and Diane was an enhancement, whom I really liked.
I Say that line still to this day.
Coach was #legend. You simply can't learn that kind of comedic timing and delivery.
He was brilliant. As much as I loved Woody as well, I wish Coach was around for a couple, few more years.
1982. I was 9 years old and to this day, I still love coach. R.I.P. Lou.
Me too !!! These were great shows not like today 🙄😊
U can see his resting place on the internet...
Coach was such a decent man with a heart of gold.
Quite so. There's a very moving scene when he talks his daughter out of marring a cad
Diane throwing the pitch at Coach has always been one of my favorite moments.
Coach was awesome! Rest in peace Nick.
It's probable Coach is still getting swindled by Harry. =)
Coach was the funniest member of the cast on Cheers.
@Dick Trickle Sort of, it's between Frazier and Harry the Hat.
Coach is the kinda mentor EVERYONE needs/deserves
Coach was the show's real MVP. I know it was able to move forward without him, but some of the magic was permanently missing after he died.
I know they had a reason not to have a special episode when he died but would have been nice to see something for him. The last episode where he tilts Coach's personal photo possession was at least a good nod as never forgetting him.
I read a few years back Ted Danson saying that the show didn't really turn into a sitcom until Woody Harrelson came aboard. He said that Nick Colasanto was the heart and soul of the show.
When this show was on I was happy. Full of hopes and dreams.
The same feeling as well
@@Bullwinkelme also, I wish I could go back to those days, watching Cheers made the week (here in Ireland)
Every sitcom back in those days had it's dummy, most were kind of lame, but Coach was by far the funniest. Nicholas Colasanto's way of delivering those lines had you believe he was really simple minded, I cry laughing at some of those scenes. It's a real shame he never had the proper sendoff when he passed away like they did with Jack Soo on Barney Miller. He deserved it.
One of the things that I love about the show so far (I’m only on the tail end of season one) is that none of the characters mock him or make fun of him for being simple minded. They just roll with it and accept him for who he is. In any other sitcom the other characters would usually make fun of a character like him for being so air-headed. Instead, the comedy of coach’s character comes from the fact that he’s so Ernest about everything, that you can’t help but laugh at his little remarks and quips to everything throughout the show. I give props to the actor for playing it so well. If anyone else were to play coach, I don’t think his personality would’ve been pulled off as well.
@annasambuco3877 I think they really respected him so much. They talk to some cast in sept, 23 and George Wendt said how do you change lkke that? He said as soon as he gets there he acts like he's 11 years old. I went to the bull and Finch in late 80s early 90s. Got a sweatshirt still have. Says Cheers, last call. With the date of final episode. 2nd most watched finally in tv history behind mash. But it ran on a night against tougher competition. A few days later a repeat was just as popular. But coach was great. A director too!!😂👍☮️
@Amp661I think most fans would disagree with you. His delivery was great. The entire cast had great respect for the man. He wa very intelligent in real life. A director as well.🤣👍🤣☮️
As seen in the clips here, Coach had nuance besides being an air head. He could still be witty, sly or assertive, even if by default his brain was only half on. That's generally the best sort of the dunce archetype, the ones that are more eccentric than stupid and you don't want to underestimate TOO much.
He's not a dummy it's subtle humor which takes real talent . It's easy to be overbearing . Coach is very lovable and relatable as a character because he's an Everyman. Not perfect and he admits it . That's a gift and lacking now in society
coach was one of the all time great sit com characters, and Nic was incredibly good at making him lovable.
" hey look you guys, if you cant say it in front of me dont say it anymore"... that was priceless.
I loooved Coach...great collection thanks. It feels good to laugh out loud ...too funny..
You are so welcome!
How to be a dummy in a show but encompass loads of wisdom. Love Coach!
When Nick answered the phone then puts the caller on hold then sings is So Funny!!
It was my first introduction to the coach. The show was on late at night where I was and I watched it after I came off shift. That scene was so funny.
Woody Harrelson was funny and did a great job but Cheers just wasn’t ever the same after Coach was gone. He was just so perfect in his portrayal and so damn funny.
Tough pair of shoes to fill. But Harrelson obviously proved he was more of a renaissance man. Some of the films he did were pretty nuts. I remember one with him, Liz Shue, and this one chick where I always forget her name, but her performances are pretty unique (I think she was also in American Psycho). He was a fantastic lead in it. Decades ago, though.
@@Novastar.SaberCombat I mean, I tripped out when I first saw Natural Born Killers. ;-b
@@wtfsalommy3250 What a phony piece of shit that movie was. Oliver Stone and quarantino are so overrated.
I love the little detail that he knows the names and ages of Carla’s kids off the top of his head
Coach just Made the show ,he was a great Character and I missed him when he passed.
Great job editing. Thanks for all of your hard work!!
Thanks for watching!
@@RoxyCakes Cheers is one of my favourite comedies
I'm bummed they left out the 1st episode with him telling Diane about Sam being a major league pitcher!
Coach: No, I mean it, he was the best. Sure as the earth is round.
Sam: You don't believe that.
Coach: I didn't until I saw those pictures from the space shuttle.
also missing from the 1st episode: when Coach answers the phone, and asks the Bar if there is an Ernie Pantusso there and Sam had to remind him who he was so Coach answers into the Phone, "Speaking"
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Coach was so funny. So sad he passed away so soon in the show
It's also sad that they TOTALLY IGNORED his passing.
One would think they would have had more respect for him.
@@rogercraven2667 What a wonderful thought.
Imagine a "COMEDY", where they focused on a beloved cast member who had died...how long before the program died?
You could certainly work Coach's death into a joke, correct?
Some people cannot rationalize, and I've wondered, why?
They didn't totally ignore his passing; they just didn't dwell on it.
@@justplainbrad7713 you should get into. comedy, no way youd be missed.
@@jordansmith9743 So, you're one of those people who cannot rationalize. Tough luck!
Coach was the only character Carla didn't verbally abuse...
Thank you for the memories. ❤️🇵🇹
First scene I saw with him he picks up the phone and says cheers. Just a minute I’ll check. Is there an Ernie Pantuso here?? That’s you coach. Speaking 😂😂😂
Nick Was Very Funny On Cheers with a lot of heart!! R.I.P. Nick!! 🙏🙏
I was hoping it would have the one where he threw himself down the stairs. I wasn’t disappointed 😀
Before his career as a moonlighter, Coach worked as a stunt double on the set of The Exorcist. It's true!
He was in Mean Streets as well, if I remember correctly.
@@briancox9357 Raging Bull. Was one of the mobsters who controlled LaMotta
When Coach yells "o.k honey, I'm ready; Let her rip" how can you not laugh like a buffoon? We miss you Mr. Colasanto
What a great show! Why can’t the networks make fantastic sitcoms anymore?
Because it's too "risky"
Too much hippie, woke, cancel culture, someone may get there feelings hurt, political, PC bullcrap🤣🤣
There are still fantastic sitcoms being made, it's just that multicam sitcoms, and more importantly, network television is going out of fashion. Now, I didn't grow up on Cheers (I'm nearly 23) , but like 5 years ago I decided to watch through all of Frasier on Netflix (having never seen an episode before), and then watched through all of Cheers after that (I did those out of order, I know). I really enjoyed both and would even call them some of the best TV shows I've ever watched, but I think it's unfair dismiss modern television altogether because you're more familiar with this format or just nostalgic for particular shows from this era. If you want fantastic modern sitcoms, try Parks and Rec, Community, 30 Rock, Arrested Development, The Good Place, The Office, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and Schitt's Creek just to name a few. For what it's worth, if you're only referring to *network* multicam sitcoms when saying that sitcoms aren't "fantastic" anymore (which you very well could be--you specifically mention networks in your comment), then generally speaking I agree with you. But if you want to know why these shows have declined in quality, it's because modern audiences are generally preferring streaming services over network TV or cable, so that's where the quality TV shows are going. On top of that, the single-camera format has become preferred by modern audiences, and we're getting sick of laugh tracks. So if it's a modern, multicam, network sitcom either filmed in front of a live studio audience or with a laugh track that you're looking for, I'm sorry, but those are just going out of fashion. But if it's good writing, good characters, and good laughs that you're interested it, I suggest one of the shows I mentioned earlier
They're too busy rebooting. What a sad development and a full admission that imagination is dead.
I forgot how good this show was ..
This week a channel here showed a series of classic Columbo episodes, and two of them back to back were Etude in Black with John Cassavetes and Swan Song, the one with The Man in Black, Johnny Cash.... And they were both directed by Nicholas Colasanto! It's weird thinking of Coach being behind the camera, but it just shows what a great comedic actor he was.
I had no idea.
He directed at least one early Colombo episode.
#Cheers to me is without question one of the all-time top 3 sitcoms in TV history. Excellent writing, and stellar casting also. One of my favorite Coach moments was when Coach hurt himself at the bar and the ensuing conversation with Diane (I'm writing this is from memory so lines may be off):
D: Coach! Are you okay??
C: Yeah I'm fine. That was nothing.
D: Coach, you must have a high tolerance for pain!
C: Tolerance? I don't know the meaning of the word.
D: That's impressive!
C: No seriously, I don't know what that word means.
🤣🤣
Honestly one of my favorites was when he sung into the phone
Coach was amazing. It was so sad when he passed.
The Look on Sam's face when Coach left with Nina Lol!
Coach was always my favorite. He did not say all that much but when he did is was a killer,
The coach was so funny.he is legend.for me the best actor in cheers.rip coach. Cheers without diane and coach was not same anymore.
For me first 5 sesaons was better
@Amp661 Boy are you off the mark. Diane was the best thing on the show and Coach was a close second. I stopped watching regularly after season 5. Only Frasier and Lilith were worth my time after that. Sam was boring without Diane, Norm and Cliff became stagnant, Woody was a cheap imitation of Coach, and worst of all was that badly conceived white trash moron and epic pain in the ass Carla.
"oh Thank God, i thought I had malaria" LOL
Great show for sure!!
Coach was the best.
If you like Nick's acting.....catch him in Kojak, where he played a mob boss. It was awesome.
Also the movies Raging Bull and Fat City.
Coach was one of a kind man, i loved his character, he had a heart or gold man, Rip Nick Castlano
Colasanto...😅😅😅...coach would have liked that...
Mr Colasanto was brilliant. Coach should have lived forever.
Works every time 😂😂
we ned tv show like this back on air tv
I love your videos.
He was also a director on a few Colombo
Episodes
Coach.. he definitely made the show!! I wonder how the show would have been if he didn't pass..
@Amp661 "better" my ass. All they did was give all the lines that would have gone to Coach to Woody.
Can't believe you didn't have the clip where his tie gets in the blender. He notices, and fries or "My tie, my tie!.....anybody want a Mai tai?". Great stuff, though.
Some of my edits get taken down.....
Rest in peace Nick
Frasier. And Cheers
The twins but was never the same.
Frasier and Sam the protagonists.
Woody is Niles
Diane is Daphne
Roz and Carla
Coach and Dad Martin
Norm and Kenny
Cliff is Bob
...and then theres Lillith !
Fraise....namm...
Coach was hilarious
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Coach was the best lmao
Him kicking Sam in the ass shows that he may not have been a great bartender, but he was a fantastic coach.
I have seen every episode God only knows how many times. 1st time I got or caught the Sir Isaac Hayes joke. Lol
He just doesn’t know what to do with himself 🎹
8.45 the molly is in full effect
I love seeing the Taxi crossover actors!
He hates that question
Loved coach. So glad they didn't replace him with another old man like on Hill Street Blues
Agreed, It was great that Woody was brought in as a kind of young Coach instead,
@@RoxyCakes yes that was the brilliant part. With Coach he waz Sam's coach and father figure. Then when Woody came you saw Sam being the father figure to him.
Strange you should mention that. Robert Prosky was the actor who replaced Michael Conrad on "Hill Street Blues" when Conrad passed away. Kirstie Alley replaced Shelley Long when she left "Cheers" in 1987. So only a few years later who did "Cheers" hire to play the part of Rebecca's visiting father from San Diego? Yep, Robert Prosky!😂B.W.
It would have seemed like a cheap move if they would have. Bringing in woody was genius.
I liked it when Lucy Bates was the desk sergeant for a time before Jablonski was brought in, who was no Phil Esterhaus, unfortunately.
No secret / interesting Easter egg in the Ted Lasso finale - the bartender, May, adjusts the picture of Geronimo that hung in the bar of that series as a tribute to the Cheers finale when Sam adjusts the picture. That same picture hung in Colasanto's dressing room. I love that kind of thing.
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i love norm's quote way to hum girl right in the honeydew and coach is ok after being hit by the baseball Lol
When you got a bartender especially in Boston nicknamed The Coach the regulars shuffle in every night and you got a great neighborhood watering hole
There's nothin in the world like a Bawstin Bah especially with locals like this.
I got a bar in downtown L.A. called Hank's. He was an old seadog who died in the late 80's, but every now and then I hear an old story about him.
You have too be a cheers fan and grow up in the generation too get it and I get it ❤️
That sweater Diane wore when she hit coach in the head with the baseball ..mmmm 😊
Way to go, Diane!
It works all the time..👌😎
My favorite characters:
1. Coach
2. Woody
3. Cliff
4. Norm
Colasanto always reminded me of a more cipher, slightly more charismatic Richard Dawson. RIP to both. 💪😎✌️
I was sad when Diane left Sam to write a book! He took it like a man when he told her "Have a good life" I cry every time I watch that part, but then again I wanted to slap Diane for breaking Sam's heart!
It was really sad.
Cheers is easily the greatest sitcom of all time, and Coach was a huge reason why. Brilliant actor, and underrated.
Not underrated. The last scene of the show was dedicated to him, Sam fixing the indian portrait on the wall.
@@redacted2275 No kidding. But, no awards or anything. Not well known today.
❤ her
He played a mafia boss in Raging Bull...
Tim B - I remember seeing him in that after he'd died and I was shocked. He was COMPLETELY different in that - very hard and tough - than he was in Cheers.
He was the original dumb blonde, but one with a big heart.
"original"? You must be very young.
I can still sing the Albania song.
Coach was to Sam what Mickey was to Rocky ⚾️🥊
6:44 this scene is amazing bait and switch
works every time 13:59 lol
But what can he do?
He gets on base.
Coach was the goat
I loved that guy
7:48 does anyone notice that cliff sounded different back then?
To his credit, Cliff was always the only member of the cast to use a Boston accent.
I remember when cheers first came on the air. It was considered a racy show and they had to show it after 9 o'clock once the kids were in bed but my Dad would let me stay up and watch it with him. That's true as well there was a time when Cheers was considered a show for adults because it was in a bar and dealt with adult issues how Sam was a womanizer and everything else especially the very early years when Coach was on the show. It was on at 9 o'clock for that reason. Thursday nights. That later became a prime slot. TV used to be so different. Cheers literally changed television.
Cheers changed nothing. It stood alone except for maybe Seinfeld. 30 Rock was the last really great sitcom. Network TV after the new century began became a virtual wasteland of game shows and reboots. No imagination.
3:57 😂
Is there an Ernie Pantuso here?
Another sitcom they can't seem to make today???
Sitting Bull❤
Shake my head when people say King of Queens was better show than Cheers. Noway
Diane was so fine
The sad thing is that Nicholas knew he was in bad shape especially with the alcoholism that led to his congestive heart failure and yet he took the role of Coach anyway. The sad thing is that the show was slowly killing him and each year up until his heart attack he got worse. I wonder if he didn't take the role and retired from acting how many more years he could have lived. I personally think he wouldn't have made it to 70, but at least he beloved by everyone in that cast.
LOLOLOL
I LOVED DIANE she was gorgeous and a perfect match for Sam, perfect. I did not like Kristy at all she was either, hollering, crying, pissing and moaning or acting like a spoiled child. To me Kristy was obnoxious. Diane brought spark, excitement, charm, intelligence, fun, up lifting banter that was so missed after she left. Diane brought pizzazz punctuated with a spirit and zest for life. The show was never the same when Kristy Alley came. Yes the zipper segment was funny but again it would have been hilarious with Diane. I do not see Diane in the reunion segments. Their seemed to be a dislike for her by one of the cast members after Diane left the show. My obvious guess is that it was jealously. We all wanted Diane and Sam to make it So sad that she left the show.
My belief is that when Kirstie began on Cheers, the shos began to go downhill. Rebecca wAS JUST ANOTHER /LOSER WITH NO INTEELIGENCE TO SPEAK OF, A/WHEN Diane left, the shlw died, only FQRSIER ABD
Lilith had anything intelligent to say.
@@bobbyproulx5688 Yes I quit watching also. With Diane we had a sitcom with an intelligent, social and value minded plots. When Kristie came in the show became another trailer trash type show with low level interaction similar to so many other obnoxious sitcoms. Writers thought to get laughs the actors had to be obnoxious in real life as well. Hollywood took us DOWN THE TUBES.
@Dick Trickle I know Shelly was also getting tired of playing the chase and say no role. She thought that Diane and Sam should get married. At the end of the season they actually filmed a wedding between them that must have been filed away when Shelly decided to leave the show. I give her a lot of credit for trying to find ways to play Diane's chase escapades. As far as Ted or Sam and Rebecca. I stopped watching after Diane left the show it was never the same after that. I did not like the loud mouth pushy Rebecca. The spark of excitement was gone for me after Diane left. She was fabulous.
Agree. Stopped watching. The nutter Kirstie Alley was intolerable.
1:00 -- wasn't he in Soap?
Yes he was. He played the convict who escaped from jail. Character’s name was Dutch.
Yep. Donnelly Rhodes. He was a Canadian, and I know him, now, form 'Soap', but being born in 1973, I knew him from a Canadian show called 'Danger Bay' (played on CBC from 1985-1990). I'm remembering now after quick research that I just did ('cause I couldn't remember his real name) that he died in 2018 at 80 years old
R.I.P. Nicholas Colosanto but it’s Coach Kisha was the bomb but then Woody Harrelson replaced him it was such a tragic for him when he had a heart attack but he would’ve made his life a great career than ever and On cheers
What the Hell are you talking about?
@@waynemarvin5661 I meant he was the bomb coach on the show cheers
@@waynemarvin5661 That’s what I’m talking about
He also directed several episodes of "Hawaii Five-O"
Sir Issac Hayes 😂
Last semester, my son comes home from college, with his new girlfriend, who’s black…
And your son’s not.
I see you shaved off your Pantusso
I wonder what the guy after Gus expected him to do about his son's fianceé (if she was the issue).
OK, but what does he expects Gus to do about it?@Amp661
You edited in a scene from the episode with the prospective priest about to enter the seminary and you didn't include Coach's funniest bit.
Coach: I always thought I might like to be a priest, I thought it would be a nice quiet life"
Priest: Well allow me to dispel your misconceptions.
Coach: (kneeling down before the priest) Oh, thank you father!
That was a riot
Im on my way to first