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Cheers: Season 7, Episode 15Don't Paint Your Chickens (23 Feb. 1989)Sam is dating a young woman named Erin. Sam meets Erin on the pretense that he is totally into athletics - tennis, hiking, cycling, running to name a few activities - since she implies ... See full summary » Director:James Burrows |
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Sam is dating a young woman named Erin. Sam meets Erin on the pretense that he is totally into athletics - tennis, hiking, cycling, running to name a few activities - since she implies that's what she's into, and will only date men like that. After a few dates, he becomes so tired that he feels he needs to call it off with her, but will he be truthful about the reason? A little less active are Norm and Rebecca. Norm hasn't had a painting job in months. Rebecca just had another interview at corporate for a marketing executive job, but seems to be is getting nowhere in the company. So she suggests to Norm that she use her considerable marketing skills to help him market his painting company. Norm is reluctant to do so, until Rebecca threatens him with something called his bar tab. Rebecca has an expensive marketing plan up her sleeve. In Rebecca's mind, Norm's company is her new career when they get their first new client based on the marketing. When she finds out that she lost the ... Written by Huggo
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23 February 1989 (USA) See more »Filming Locations:
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Norm Peterson: Oh, that's great Frase.
Dr. Frasier Crane: I'd like to read it to you to see if it's still accessible to the layman. May I have your opinion?
Carla LeBec: Sure: buy a new suit, get a haircut, and stay home.
Dr. Frasier Crane: Thank you, Carla. Now, I call the piece, "Ingmar Bergman: Poet of the Subconscious". The films of Ingmar Bergman...
Norm Peterson: Boy, who could forget her in 'Casablanca', huh?
Dr. Frasier Crane: No, no, you're thinking of ...
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The title is based upon the moral "Don't count your chicken before they hatch" which came from the Aesop story about "The Milkmaid and her Pail". See more »Quotes
Dr. Frasier Crane: Congratulate the doctor. I'm doing a piece on the psychological ramifications of Ingmar Bergman's later works for American Film.Norm Peterson: Oh, that's great Frase.
Dr. Frasier Crane: I'd like to read it to you to see if it's still accessible to the layman. May I have your opinion?
Carla LeBec: Sure: buy a new suit, get a haircut, and stay home.
Dr. Frasier Crane: Thank you, Carla. Now, I call the piece, "Ingmar Bergman: Poet of the Subconscious". The films of Ingmar Bergman...
Norm Peterson: Boy, who could forget her in 'Casablanca', huh?
Dr. Frasier Crane: No, no, you're thinking of ...
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Let's call this the third episode in the Norm/Rebecca Painting Saga, the first two being "Paint Your Office" and "Let Sleeping Drakes Lie." This installment finds Rebecca channeling all her frustrated corporate energy into Norm's dysfunctional house-painting business. She gets so high from their limited success that she heads to the corporate bosses to quit.
Meanwhile Sam hooks up with Erin, a young blond whose very existence revolves around strenuous physical exercise. There a few odd moments in this sub-plot as some of Sam's lines are over-dubbed and nonsensical, most notably:
"Alright I'm meeting Erin for some jogging"
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"I think I'll ease into a bubble bath... or a wheelchair"
I'm not sure what went wrong in the direction or editing that required these sloppy overdubs, but there you go.
Kirstie Alley really shines here as a comedic lead... she is full of energy and original deliveries, and it's nice to see the Rebecca character finally tasting some success.
"He's nude, sir... BUCK NAKED."
GRADE: A