Don Juan Is Hell (12 Dec. 1985)

Diane uses Sam as a case study for a paper in her Human Sexuality class, but she paints an unflattering picture of him. Meanwhile, Woody challenges Carla to a sports trivia contest, and Cliff grows a unique squash.

Director:

James Burrows

Writers:

Glen Charles (creator), Les Charles (creator),

Stars:

Ted Danson, Shelley Long, Rhea Perlman

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Ted Danson	...	Sam Malone
Shelley Long	...	Diane Chambers
Rhea Perlman	...	Carla Tortelli
John Ratzenberger	...	Cliff Clavin
Woody Harrelson	...	Woody Boyd
George Wendt	...	Norm Peterson
Kenneth Tigar	...	Dr. Lowell Greenspon
Stephen Minor	...	Barry
Raf Mauro	...	Reporter (as Rafael Mauro)
Tim Cunningham	...	Tim

Storyline

Carla is the bar's resident sports trivia buff, and takes on all comers. Woody thinks he's up to the challenge and tries to memorize all in Carla's sports book. He ultimately goes just a little too far in his studying. Diane is doing some studying of her own. She is taking a psychology course on human sexuality, and is racking her brain to come up with an interesting term paper topic. Sam figures that sex is his area of expertise, and thus offers to be Diane's term paper subject. She's a bit reluctant at first due to their past sexual history, but Sam is so adamant, she agrees. Without Sam's knowledge, she writes a paper on Don Juanism. The paper gets raves from her professor, who thinks it's publishable. His only reservations are that "Trevor" - the name she's given Sam in her paper - is too perfect an example of the subject that he could be construed as being made up. In getting the paper published, Diane has to decide whether to divulge Sam as Trevor, which could open up Sam's less...

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 December 1985 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Charles/Burrows/Charles Productions, Paramount Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The title comes from Don Juan In Hell, a play within a play from the drama Man and Superman by George Bernard Shaw written in 1903.

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Quotes

Sam Malone: [about the paper Diane wrote on his sexual behavior] Everything in here is true, including the part about, I've never had a non-sexual relationship.
Diane Chambers: Now there. That's a good example of exaggeration. You and I have a non-sexual relationship.
Sam Malone: How can you say that?
Diane Chambers: Well, I think the fact that we don't have sex is a major hint.

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